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Wed, Jan 20, 2010·Centre Bell, Montreal

St. Louis Blues 4, Montréal Canadiens 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 64% of the time.

MTL winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
STL3110110511428
MTL1110921404338

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:57STLDavid PerronPPAssists: Alexander Steen · Tip-in, 0.18 xG1–0
  2. P1 3:35STLPaul KariyaAssists: David Backes, T.J. Oshie · Wrist, 0.27 xG2–0
  3. P1 7:38MTLBenoit PouliotPPAssists: Tomas Plekanec, Marc-Andre Bergeron · Wrist, 0.42 xG2–1
  4. P1 19:47STLAlexander SteenAssists: Jay McClement, T.J. Oshie · Wrist, 0.31 xG3–1
  5. P3 9:11MTLBenoit PouliotAssists: Scott Gomez · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:27MTLScott GomezAssists: Jaroslav Spacek, Brian Gionta · Tip-in, 0.17 xG3–3
  7. OT 3:19STLAndy McDonaldGWGAssists: Paul Kariya · Wrist, 0.05 xG4–3
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 1:40MTLTravis Moen: Fighting5 min · PPG
  2. P1 1:40STLB.J. Crombeen: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 2:08MTLHal Gill: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P1 7:30STLCam Janssen: Roughing2 min · PPG
  5. P1 7:30MTLRoman Hamrlik: Roughing2 min
  6. P1 7:30STLTy Conklin: Goalie leave crease2 min
  7. P1 16:44MTLJaroslav Spacek: Interference2 min
  8. P2 6:50STLPaul Kariya: High sticking2 min
  9. P2 16:53MTLHal Gill: Hooking2 min
  10. P2 17:37MTLRoman Hamrlik: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  11. P2 19:43STLB.J. Crombeen: Interference2 min
  12. P3 15:14STLB.J. Crombeen: Slashing2 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 SOG0MTL
43% to win57% to win
← STL attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Plekanec won the faceoff against Tkachuk
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLMTL
28Shots on goal38
3.5Expected goals2.7
61Shot attempts63
29Faceoffs won38
4Power plays4
15Penalty minutes15
15Hits14
15Blocked shots18
15Giveaways15
6Takeaways2

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.

MTL 2.7 xGSTL 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLSTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 90/100 · #107 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.24 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +46 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 64% of the time.

MTL winsSTL wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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