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Thu, Oct 12, 2023·American Airlines Center, Dallas

St. Louis Blues 1, Dallas Stars 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 70% of the time.

DAL winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
STL0611203031124
DAL010110010042234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:18DALJamie BennAssists: Ty Dellandrea, Wyatt Johnston · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P2 2:37STLTyler TuckerAssists: Jakub Vrana, Sammy Blais · Snap, 0.08 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. DAL Jason Robertson scored
  2. 2. STL Brayden Schenn scored
  3. 3. DAL Matt Duchene scored
  4. 4. STL Pavel Buchnevich stopped
  5. 5. DAL Tyler Seguin stopped
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 11:00DALTyler Seguin: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 14:06DALJason Robertson: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 17:46STLBrayden Schenn: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 5:05STLBrayden Schenn: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 5:53DALJoe Pavelski: Interference2 min
  6. P2 17:44STLJustin Faulk: Slashing2 min
  7. OT 4:17STLKevin Hayes: Holding2 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
46% to win54% to win
← STL attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dellandrea won the faceoff against Schenn
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLDAL
24Shots on goal34
2.4Expected goals3.5
48Shot attempts70
28Faceoffs won31
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
26Hits18
18Blocked shots15
15Giveaways13
7Takeaways14

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. bestHayes – Vrana – Blais7:51

    xG 0.13–0.04 (78%)attempts 6–1goals 1–0

  2. Schenn – Saad – Kapanen9:44

    xG 0.49–0.40 (55%)attempts 9–10goals 0–1

  3. Sundqvist – Toropchenko – Neighbours7:13

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 0–10goals 0–0

  4. Buchnevich – Kyrou – Thomas10:36

    xG 0.21–0.71 (23%)attempts 11–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLeddy – Parayko17:27

    xG 0.61–0.43 (59%)attempts 16–13goals 0–0

  2. Scandella – Tucker8:51

    xG 0.56–0.56 (50%)attempts 9–6goals 1–1

  3. Faulk – Krug14:55

    xG 0.47–0.81 (37%)attempts 11–27goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestBenn – Dadonov – Johnston5:17

    xG 0.59–0.08 (88%)attempts 14–4goals 0–0

  2. Pavelski – Seguin – Robertson10:50

    xG 0.65–0.44 (60%)attempts 15–14goals 0–0

  3. Benn – Dellandrea – Johnston4:45

    xG 0.17–0.11 (61%)attempts 8–1goals 1–0

  4. Duchene – Marchment – Dellandrea5:14

    xG 0.09–0.05 (64%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Heiskanen12:47

    xG 1.02–0.15 (87%)attempts 24–9goals 0–0

  2. Hakanpää – Harley10:47

    xG 0.38–0.38 (50%)attempts 12–4goals 1–0

  3. Heiskanen – Harley2:42

    xG 0.15–0.20 (43%)attempts 3–3goals 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.

DAL 3.5 xGSTL 2.4 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 34/100 · #885 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.20 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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 70% of the time.

DAL winsSTL wins

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

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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).