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Thu, Nov 4, 2010·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

San Jose Sharks 0, St. Louis Blues 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 55% of the time.

STL winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS0905011025
STL1811407229

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:41STLMatt D'AgostiniGWGAssists: Barret Jackman, Alex Pietrangelo · Snap, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P2 14:12STLDavid PerronAssists: T.J. Oshie, Alex Pietrangelo · Backhand, 0.06 xG0–2
Penalties (19)
  1. P1 4:41SJSDevin Setoguchi: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 9:39SJSNiclas Wallin: Boarding2 min
  3. P1 12:10SJSDevin Setoguchi: Interference2 min
  4. P1 15:17STLMatt D'Agostini: Holding the stick2 min
  5. P1 17:42STLBrad Winchester: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 17:42SJSJamal Mayers: Fighting5 min
  7. P1 18:41SJSDan Boyle: Kneeing2 min
  8. P2 3:22SJSJoe Thornton: Boarding2 min
  9. P2 3:22SJSFrazer McLaren: Roughing2 min
  10. P2 3:22STLEric Brewer: Roughing2 min
  11. P2 5:29SJSJoe Thornton: Illegal check to head5 min
  12. P2 5:29SJSJoe Thornton: Game misconduct10 min
  13. P2 5:29SJSLogan Couture: Fighting5 min
  14. P2 5:29STLAlex Pietrangelo: Fighting5 min
  15. P2 9:09SJSDany Heatley: Boarding2 min
  16. P2 9:27STLDavid Backes: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  17. P2 10:38SJSMarc-Edouard Vlasic: Roughing2 min
  18. P2 10:38STLDavid Perron: Roughing2 min
  19. P2 18:42STLB.J. Crombeen: 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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0STL
47% to win53% to win
← SJS attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pavelski won the faceoff against Berglund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSSTL
25Shots on goal29
2.5Expected goals2.8
56Shot attempts59
35Faceoffs won18
3Power plays7
41Penalty minutes20
27Hits9
13Blocked shots16
3Giveaways6
5Takeaways6

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.

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestThornton – Marleau – Heatley3:23

    xG 0.25–0.03 (88%)attempts 5–2goals 0–1

  2. Clowe – Pavelski – Setoguchi8:15

    xG 0.26–0.15 (64%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Mayers – Mitchell – McGinn2:11

    xG 0.01–0.19 (7%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

  4. Marleau – Heatley – Couture7:29

    xG 0.21–0.61 (26%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoyle – Murray15:25

    xG 0.40–0.35 (54%)attempts 15–13goals 0–0

  2. Wallin – Vlasic8:43

    xG 0.12–0.14 (46%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Huskins – Demers8:49

    xG 0.38–0.52 (42%)attempts 9–10goals 0–2

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestMcDonald – Boyes – Berglund7:18

    xG 0.51–0.08 (87%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  2. McClement – Steen – D'Agostini7:40

    xG 0.32–0.29 (52%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  3. Steen – Crombeen – Sobotka4:35

    xG 0.23–0.22 (50%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  4. Backes – Oshie – Perron8:23

    xG 0.29–0.31 (48%)attempts 3–13goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOystrick – Strachan7:46

    xG 0.83–0.14 (86%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. Jackman – Pietrangelo11:42

    xG 0.41–0.20 (66%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

  3. Brewer – Johnson12:23

    xG 0.35–0.46 (43%)attempts 11–18goals 1–0

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.

STL 2.8 xGSJS 2.5 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLSJS

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 SJS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 10/100 · #1072 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.76 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 55% of the time.

STL winsSJS wins

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

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