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St. Louis Blues at Dallas Stars

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St. Louis Blues
2
Dallas Stars
▸4
FinalTV NBCSN, SN·American Airlines Center

Recap

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The Dallas Stars beat the St. Louis Blues 4-2. The Blues scored first; the Stars answered. The Stars led 4-1 after two periods. The biggest swing in win probability was John Klingberg's goal at 9:26 of the second period, which took the Stars' chances from 71% to 87%. Expected goals were close — STL 2.1, DAL 2.0; shots on goal were STL 29, DAL 31. With league-average goaltending at both ends, the Blues win a replay of these chances 51% of the time. Jordan Binnington stopped 27 of 31 (.871), 2.0 goals below expected; Ben Bishop stopped 27 of 29 (.931). Three stars: 1. Tyler Seguin (2 A), 2. Jamie Benn (1 A), 3. Mats Zuccarello (2 A).

Three stars

  1. ★
    DAL
    T. Seguin2 A
  2. ★★
    DAL
    J. Benn1 A
  3. ★★★
    DAL
    M. Zuccarello2 A

Line score

goals · shots on goal beneath
Goals and shots on goal by period
Team1st2nd3rdT
STLSTL1809112229
DALDAL21221405431

Scoring

6 goals

1st period

  1. STL
    V. Tarasenko(5)PPG
    V. Dunn (4), R. O'Reilly (5)
    wristxG 0.04win prob +9 pts
    1-0
    5:02
  2. DAL
    J. Dickinson(3)
    T. Seguin (5), M. Zuccarello (5)
    backhandxG 0.18win prob +14 pts
    1-1
    11:23
  3. DAL
    J. Spezza(2)PPG
    A. Radulov (3), E. Lindell (3)
    slapxG 0.03win prob +15 pts
    1-2
    19:08

2nd period

  1. DAL
    J. Klingberg(2)
    T. Seguin (6), M. Zuccarello (6)
    wristxG 0.05win prob +15 pts
    1-3
    9:26
  2. DAL
    R. Hintz(5)
    J. Benn (7), A. Radulov (4)
    snapxG 0.20win prob +7 pts
    1-4
    17:28

3rd period

  1. STL
    R. Thomas(1)
    A. Pietrangelo (8), R. O'Reilly (6)
    wristxG 0.04win prob +2 pts
    2-4
    13:44

Penalties

STL 6 PIM·DAL 8 PIM

1st

  • 4:44DALJason Dickinson · High stickingdrawn by Robert Thomas2 min
  • 17:15STLTyler Bozak · Interferencedrawn by Tyler Seguin2 min

2nd

  • 10:33DALRadek Faksa · Holdingdrawn by Oskar Sundqvist2 min
  • 20:00STLJordan Binnington · Roughingdrawn by Jamie Benn2 min
  • 20:00STLJordan Binnington · Slashingdrawn by Ben Bishop2 min
  • 20:00DALJamie Benn · Unsportsmanlike conductdrawn by Jordan Binnington2 min

3rd

  • 2:47DALTyler Pitlick · High stickingdrawn by Colton Parayko2 min

Win probability

ours · the whole game
Tap or hover the chart for the moment-by-moment number
DAL goalSTL goalFinal: DAL 100%

Biggest swing: John Klingberg, 2nd 9:26 — DAL 71% → 87%

Shot map

unblocked attempts · size = our xG
R. Hintz · Goal · xG 0.19J. Dickinson · Goal · xG 0.18M. Heiskanen · On goal · xG 0.13A. Cogliano · Missed · xG 0.13A. Radulov · On goal · xG 0.12A. Cogliano · On goal · xG 0.11A. Radulov · On goal · xG 0.11T. Seguin · On goal · xG 0.09E. Lindell · Missed · xG 0.08M. Zuccarello · Missed · xG 0.07J. Dickinson · On goal · xG 0.06J. Benn · On goal · xG 0.06R. Polak · On goal · xG 0.06T. Seguin · Missed · xG 0.06J. Dickinson · On goal · xG 0.05A. Cogliano · On goal · xG 0.05J. Klingberg · Goal · xG 0.05T. Seguin · On goal · xG 0.05B. Lovejoy · On goal · xG 0.04J. Dickinson · On goal · xG 0.04A. Radulov · Missed · xG 0.04R. Faksa · On goal · xG 0.04A. Cogliano · On goal · xG 0.03B. Lovejoy · Missed · xG 0.03J. Spezza · Goal · xG 0.03M. Heiskanen · On goal · xG 0.03R. Polak · On goal · xG 0.02B. Comeau · Missed · xG 0.01T. Seguin · On goal · xG 0.01R. Hintz · On goal · xG 0.01M. Heiskanen · Missed · xG 0.01M. Heiskanen · On goal · xG 0.01R. Faksa · Missed · xG 0.01A. Radulov · On goal · xG 0.00J. Dickinson · On goal · xG 0.00B. Comeau · On goal · xG 0.00A. Cogliano · On goal · xG 0.00M. Zuccarello · On goal · xG 0.00E. Lindell · On goal · xG 0.00R. Polak · On goal · xG 0.00
DAL4 G · 2.0 xG · 40 att
Tap a shot for who, when and how likely
GoalOn goalMissedBigger = higher xG

Expected goals

STLvsDAL
2.12 G
All situations
4 G2.0
1.51 G
Even strength
3 G1.7
0.61 G
Power play
1 G0.3

Expected goals: the chance each unblocked attempt scores, from our shot model, summed. 83 unblocked attempts.

Deserve to win

on the chances created
STL51%49%DAL

Flurry-adjusted xG 2.07 – 2.01

How often each side wins a replay of these chances with league-average goaltending at both ends. Rebounds in a flurry are counted once, so a scramble is not three chances.

Team stats

STLvsDAL
29
Shots on goal
31
41%
Faceoffs
59%
1/3
Power play
1/2
6
Penalty minutes
8
28
Hits
30
10
Blocked shots
20
14
Giveaways
15
5
Takeaways
7

Box score

every player line
St. Louis Blues skaters
SkaterGAP+/-SOGixGHitBlkPIMFO%TOI
27A. PietrangeloD011+130.23220—25:36
55C. ParaykoD000-250.18110—24:50
90R. O'ReillyC022020.200003520:42
29V. DunnD011010.07000—20:21
19J. BouwmeesterD000-200.02100—20:02
10B. SchennC000010.0120010019:42
91V. TarasenkoR101-120.21200—19:29
17J. SchwartzL000000.10110—18:39
57D. PerronL000040.29110—17:17
18R. ThomasC101040.362005016:21
7P. MaroonL000-120.07400—15:48
70O. SundqvistC000010.092103615:23
21T. BozakC000-100.144022713:49
4C. GunnarssonD000000.00120—13:48
41R. BortuzzoD000-110.04020—11:24
20A. SteenL000-120.06000—09:56
49I. BarbashevL000-110.022003308:51
15R. FabbriC000-100.00300007:00
St. Louis Blues goalies
GoalieSASVGASV%xGAGSAxTOI
50J. Binnington(L)31274.8712.03-1.9757:09

Series

STL leads 4-3

Data: NHL. Model: Gridpex (expected goals and win probability built on NHL play-by-play).