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Mon, Nov 28, 2022·Enterprise Center, St. Louis

Dallas Stars 4, St. Louis Blues 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 53% of the time.

STL winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL091837424
STL0110815124

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P2 3:51DALWyatt JohnstonAssists: Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P3 7:57DALTy DellandreaGWGAssists: Wyatt Johnston, Jamie Benn · Tip-in, 0.07 xG2–0
  3. P3 13:17STLBrandon SaadAssists: Josh Leivo · Tip-in, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P3 15:54DALJason RobertsonUnassisted · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–1
  5. P3 17:25DALMiro HeiskanenENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.39 xG4–1
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 6:30DALJoel Hanley: Fighting5 min
  2. P2 6:30STLNathan Walker: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 13:39DALJason Robertson: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 17:53STLJustin Faulk: Hooking2 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0STL
49% to win51% to win
← DAL attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Seguin won the faceoff against Barbashev
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALSTL
24Shots on goal24
2.6Expected goals2.4
57Shot attempts44
30Faceoffs won17
1Power plays1
7Penalty minutes7
15Hits22
8Blocked shots21
9Giveaways6
14Takeaways13

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestBenn – Dellandrea – Johnston9:57

    xG 0.47–0.24 (66%)attempts 9–4goals 1–0

  2. Seguin – Faksa – Marchment10:44

    xG 0.31–0.41 (43%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  3. Pavelski – Hintz – Robertson13:42

    xG 0.55–0.85 (39%)attempts 11–16goals 1–0

  4. Glendening – Gurianov – Kiviranta10:02

    xG 0.05–0.45 (10%)attempts 4–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHakanpää – Lindell13:21

    xG 0.87–0.47 (65%)attempts 21–9goals 1–0

  2. Miller – Hanley12:04

    xG 0.00–0.21 (0%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

  3. Suter – Heiskanen21:04

    xG 0.61–0.88 (41%)attempts 16–18goals 2–1

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestO'Reilly – Leivo – Saad11:58

    xG 0.85–0.12 (88%)attempts 15–3goals 1–0

  2. Schenn – Kyrou – Neighbours9:05

    xG 0.68–0.61 (53%)attempts 6–11goals 0–1

  3. Tarasenko – Buchnevich – Barbashev13:25

    xG 0.56–0.58 (49%)attempts 11–19goals 0–1

  4. Walker – Acciari – Kyrou2:45

    xG 0.02–0.05 (28%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBortuzzo – Rosen3:54

    xG 0.54–0.23 (70%)attempts 6–3goals 1–0

  2. Leddy – Faulk3:09

    xG 0.28–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Faulk – Krug6:13

    xG 0.29–0.03 (91%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

STL 2.4 xGDAL 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

STL's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line STL is favoured, below it DAL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 26/100 · #1042 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.87 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 53% of the time.

STL winsDAL wins

Simulated goal difference (STL − DAL), 10,000 replays

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).