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Sun, Mar 14, 2010·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

St. Louis Blues 2, Minnesota Wild 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 68% of the time.

MIN winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL07118113238
MIN371508420

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:54MINAndrew BrunetteAssists: Cam Barker, Mikko Koivu · Tip-in, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:12MINMikko KoivuPPAssists: Antti Miettinen, Martin Havlat · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P1 18:50MINGuillaume LatendresseGWGAssists: Martin Havlat, Greg Zanon · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–3
  4. P2 14:48MINAntti MiettinenAssists: Mikko Koivu, Andrew Brunette · Snap, 0.16 xG0–4
  5. P2 17:09STLPatrik BerglundPPUnassisted · Deflected, 0.33 xG1–4
  6. P3 6:08STLPaul KariyaAssists: T.J. Oshie, David Backes · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–4
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 3:58STLDJ King: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 3:58MINDerek Boogaard: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 3:58MINJohn Scott: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 3:58STLKeith Tkachuk: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 3:58STLDJ King: Hooking2 min
  6. P1 7:01MINJaime Sifers: Tripping2 min
  7. P1 10:52MINRobbie Earl: Too many men on the ice2 min
  8. P1 12:17STLDavid Backes: High sticking2 min · PPG
  9. P1 0:00MINNick Schultz: Holding2 min
  10. P2 5:34MINCam Barker: Tripping2 min
  11. P2 7:52MINMikko Koivu: Tripping2 min
  12. P2 8:14STLDavid Backes: Hooking2 min
  13. P2 15:15MINNick Schultz: Hooking2 min · PPG

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 SOG0MIN
43% to win57% to win
← STL attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Berglund won the faceoff against Brodziak
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLMIN
38Shots on goal20
2.7Expected goals1.7
78Shot attempts32
32Faceoffs won34
6Power plays3
13Penalty minutes19
17Hits14
2Blocked shots21
4Giveaways7
1Takeaways5

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.

MIN 1.7 xGSTL 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINSTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 60/100 · #493 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.68 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 68% of the time.

MIN winsSTL wins

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

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