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Sat, Dec 11, 2010·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Carolina Hurricanes 2, St. Louis Blues 1 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 79% of the time.

STL winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CAR0160714021229
STL06011118040139

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 3:18CARBrandon SutterAssists: Tuomo Ruutu, Jussi Jokinen · Deflected, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P3 6:31STLAlex PietrangeloPPAssists: Patrik Berglund, Alexander Steen · Slap, 0.06 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. STL Matt D'Agostini stopped
  2. 2. CAR Brandon Sutter stopped
  3. 3. STL Brad Boyes stopped
  4. 4. CAR Jeff Skinner stopped
  5. 5. STL Alexander Steen stopped
  6. 6. CAR Jussi Jokinen scored
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 8:38CARIan White: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 15:02STLB.J. Crombeen: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 15:02CARJay Harrison: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 18:10STLBarret Jackman: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 10:22STLBrad Winchester: Holding2 min
  6. P2 16:14CARJamie McBain: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  7. P2 16:55CARJoe Corvo: Delaying game2 min
  8. P3 6:08CAREric Staal: Tripping2 min · PPG
  9. P3 9:05CARJoni Pitkanen: Holding2 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARSTL
29Shots on goal39
2.6Expected goals4.8
48Shot attempts75
27Faceoffs won31
2Power plays5
15Penalty minutes9
19Hits23
13Blocked shots6
4Giveaways4
0Takeaways7

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestLaRose – Dwyer – Tlusty8:13

    xG 0.33–0.15 (69%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. Samsonov – Bodie – Carter6:10

    xG 0.19–0.28 (40%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Samsonov – LaRose – Dwyer2:20

    xG 0.03–0.18 (14%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Cole – Staal – Skinner14:15

    xG 1.09–1.33 (45%)attempts 13–21goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHarrison – White3:23

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Gleason – McBain4:51

    xG 0.72–0.59 (55%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

  3. Corvo – Gleason13:47

    xG 0.67–0.64 (51%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestBoyes – Backes – Sobotka11:27

    xG 0.84–0.26 (77%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  2. McClement – Steen – D'Agostini8:20

    xG 0.53–0.31 (63%)attempts 10–6goals 0–1

  3. Winchester – Crombeen – Berglund4:18

    xG 0.03–0.10 (25%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Scatchard – Janssen – Della Rovere5:21

    xG 0.03–0.32 (9%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJackman – Pietrangelo14:24

    xG 1.55–0.63 (71%)attempts 23–8goals 0–0

  2. Colaiacovo – Johnson9:58

    xG 0.56–0.30 (65%)attempts 10–8goals 0–1

  3. Brewer – Cole9:51

    xG 0.41–0.29 (58%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

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 4.8 xGCAR 2.6 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 44/100 · #657 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.41 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +31 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 79% of the time.

STL winsCAR wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).