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Sat, Dec 16, 2023·Enterprise Center, St. Louis

Dallas Stars 3, St. Louis Blues 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 58% of the time.

STL winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DAL29061800323
STL192160811434

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:58DALMason MarchmentAssists: Tyler Seguin, Matt Duchene · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–0
  2. P1 6:47DALTy DellandreaAssists: Radek Faksa, Sam Steel · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–0
  3. P1 12:53STLBrandon SaadPPAssists: Jordan Kyrou, Kevin Hayes · Snap, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P2 1:36STLJordan KyrouAssists: Torey Krug, Robert Thomas · Snap, 0.18 xG2–2
  5. P2 16:46STLKevin HayesAssists: Alexey Toropchenko, Torey Krug · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–3
  6. P3 13:09DALEvgenii DadonovAssists: Miro Heiskanen, Thomas Harley · Tip-in, 0.06 xG3–3
  7. OT 0:37STLColton ParaykoGWGAssists: Jordan Kyrou, Robert Thomas · Wrist, 0.20 xG3–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 6:47STLJordan Kyrou: Delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
  2. P1 11:41DALTy Dellandrea: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 4:54STLTorey Krug: Holding2 min
  4. P2 9:20STLBrayden Schenn: 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0STL
46% to win54% to win
← DAL attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Seguin won the faceoff against Hayes
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALSTL
23Shots on goal34
2.4Expected goals2.8
56Shot attempts59
37Faceoffs won27
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
15Hits27
12Blocked shots15
6Giveaways9
8Takeaways15

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. bestSeguin – Hintz – Marchment4:11

    xG 0.65–0.10 (87%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  2. Pavelski – Benn – Johnston4:30

    xG 0.20–0.06 (77%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Dadonov – Duchene – Robertson5:15

    xG 0.12–0.16 (43%)attempts 3–6goals 1–0

  4. Pavelski – Hintz – Robertson6:21

    xG 0.24–0.28 (46%)attempts 10–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHeiskanen – Harley7:18

    xG 0.53–0.09 (85%)attempts 9–2goals 2–0

  2. Lindell – Lundkvist3:17

    xG 0.56–0.17 (77%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Suter – Harley2:24

    xG 0.26–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestBuchnevich – Kyrou – Thomas14:08

    xG 0.80–0.28 (74%)attempts 20–9goals 1–0

  2. Hayes – Toropchenko – Neighbours11:06

    xG 0.39–0.31 (55%)attempts 10–6goals 1–1

  3. Sundqvist – MacEachern – McGing7:15

    xG 0.10–0.28 (26%)attempts 1–11goals 0–1

  4. Schenn – Saad – Kapanen11:53

    xG 0.42–0.93 (31%)attempts 13–17goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLeddy – Parayko18:54

    xG 0.93–0.52 (64%)attempts 22–19goals 0–1

  2. Faulk – Krug19:22

    xG 1.05–1.04 (50%)attempts 25–18goals 2–1

  3. Scandella – Tucker11:28

    xG 0.16–0.50 (25%)attempts 5–13goals 0–1

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 2.8 xGDAL 2.4 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 82/100 · #275 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.00 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 22% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +34 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 58% 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).