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Thu, Apr 13, 2023·American Airlines Center, Dallas

St. Louis Blues 0, Dallas Stars 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 88% of the time.

DAL winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL0905011025
DAL012010112134

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 3:45DALWyatt JohnstonGWGAssists: Evgenii Dadonov, Jamie Benn · Snap, 0.20 xG0–1
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 2:16DALJoel Kiviranta: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 6:39STLJake Neighbours: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 12:58STLSammy Blais: Cross checking2 min
  4. P3 9:20DALEvgenii Dadonov: Tripping2 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.

STL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
49% to win51% to win
← STL attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Schenn won the faceoff against Pavelski
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLDAL
25Shots on goal34
1.1Expected goals3.5
38Shot attempts67
16Faceoffs won33
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
15Hits11
18Blocked shots6
14Giveaways12
12Takeaways9

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.

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. Buchnevich – Kapanen – Toropchenko2:59

    xG 0.02–0.12 (16%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Saad – Kyrou – Thomas8:43

    xG 0.37–0.52 (42%)attempts 8–10goals 0–1

  3. Pitlick – Walker – Toropchenko6:57

    xG 0.10–0.28 (26%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Buchnevich – Kapanen – Blais7:12

    xG 0.13–0.47 (21%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Faulk – Krug12:54

    xG 0.34–0.74 (32%)attempts 9–16goals 0–0

  2. Rosen – Tucker11:41

    xG 0.09–0.50 (16%)attempts 7–8goals 0–1

  3. Leddy – Parayko18:22

    xG 0.37–1.39 (21%)attempts 12–28goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestBenn – Dadonov – Johnston9:09

    xG 0.92–0.16 (85%)attempts 17–5goals 1–0

  2. Pavelski – Hintz – Robertson12:07

    xG 0.90–0.22 (81%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  3. Seguin – Domi – Marchment10:28

    xG 0.54–0.19 (74%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  4. Faksa – Dellandrea – Kiviranta8:31

    xG 0.30–0.21 (58%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Heiskanen16:45

    xG 1.20–0.13 (90%)attempts 27–6goals 1–0

  2. Miller – Harley13:58

    xG 0.89–0.21 (81%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  3. Hakanpää – Lindell13:43

    xG 0.74–0.34 (69%)attempts 15–12goals 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.

DAL 3.5 xGSTL 1.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALSTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 10/100 · #1232 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.78 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 88% of the time.

DAL winsSTL wins

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

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