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Wed, Jan 12, 2011·Honda Center, Anaheim

St. Louis Blues 4, Anaheim Ducks 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 70% of the time.

ANA winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL06216212434
ANA380749724

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:31ANABobby RyanPPAssists: Joffrey Lupul, Lubomir Visnovsky · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:21ANAJason BlakeAssists: Saku Koivu, Teemu Selanne · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–2
  3. P1 18:17ANABobby RyanAssists: Corey Perry, Lubomir Visnovsky · Tip-in, 0.10 xG0–3
  4. P2 3:44STLDavid BackesAssists: Vladimir Sobotka, Alex Pietrangelo · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–3
  5. P2 6:15STLDavid BackesAssists: Vladimir Sobotka, Erik Johnson · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–3
  6. P3 0:30ANABobby RyanAssists: Andreas Lilja, Cam Fowler · Backhand, 0.10 xG2–4
  7. P3 6:17ANACorey PerryGWGAssists: Matt Beleskey, Bobby Ryan · Wrap-around, 0.04 xG2–5
  8. P3 13:20ANALubomir VisnovskyPPAssists: Cam Fowler, Teemu Selanne · Slap, 0.06 xG2–6
  9. P3 15:16ANABrandon McMillanPPAssists: Andy Sutton, Todd Marchant · Tip-in, 0.09 xG2–7
  10. P3 16:20STLRyan ReavesAssists: Matt D'Agostini · Wrist, 0.32 xG3–7
  11. P3 17:58STLBrad BoyesPPAssists: Matt D'Agostini, Alexander Steen · Slap, 0.02 xG4–7
Penalties (19)
  1. P1 1:51STLPhilip McRae: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 9:24ANAAndreas Lilja: Holding2 min
  3. P1 18:52ANABobby Ryan: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 14:34STLBrad Winchester: Elbowing2 min
  5. P3 1:06ANATeemu Selanne: Interference2 min
  6. P3 13:00STLB.J. Crombeen: Tripping2 min · PPG
  7. P3 13:47STLBarret Jackman: Fighting5 min · PPG
  8. P3 13:47ANAGeorge Parros: Fighting5 min · PPG
  9. P3 13:50STLB.J. Crombeen: Fighting5 min
  10. P3 13:50ANAMaxim Lapierre: Fighting5 min
  11. P3 14:05STLEric Brewer: Fighting5 min
  12. P3 14:05ANALuca Sbisa: Fighting5 min
  13. P3 14:05STLBrad Winchester: Misconduct10 min
  14. P3 14:05ANAJoffrey Lupul: Misconduct10 min
  15. P3 14:05STLBrad Winchester: Kneeing2 min
  16. P3 17:22STLVladimir Sobotka: Fighting5 min
  17. P3 17:22ANAMatt Beleskey: Fighting5 min
  18. P3 17:22ANAMatt Beleskey: Hooking2 min
  19. P3 17:44ANATodd Marchant: Delaying game puck over glass2 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 SOG0ANA
47% to win53% to win
← STL attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Koivu won the faceoff against Berglund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLANA
34Shots on goal24
3.5Expected goals2.3
74Shot attempts43
28Faceoffs won30
5Power plays4
38Penalty minutes40
27Hits21
10Blocked shots16
9Giveaways11
3Takeaways1

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.

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestCrombeen – Porter – Reaves2:29

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Boyes – Winchester – McClement7:17

    xG 0.14–0.04 (77%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. McClement – Porter – Reaves2:21

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Steen – Crombeen – Berglund5:56

    xG 0.20–0.20 (51%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Pietrangelo4:04

    xG 0.63–0.08 (89%)attempts 8–2goals 2–0

  2. Brewer – Johnson9:30

    xG 0.42–0.24 (64%)attempts 14–4goals 1–1

  3. Jackman – Polak6:28

    xG 0.19–0.11 (63%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestSelanne – Koivu – Blake10:44

    xG 0.68–0.41 (62%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  2. Marchant – Parros – Sexton4:50

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

  3. Lupul – Lapierre – McMillan7:51

    xG 0.16–0.35 (32%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

  4. Perry – Ryan – Beleskey10:56

    xG 0.66–1.09 (38%)attempts 15–16goals 3–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestLydman – Visnovsky13:01

    xG 0.79–0.52 (60%)attempts 14–12goals 3–0

  2. Lilja – Fowler15:35

    xG 0.46–0.50 (48%)attempts 11–19goals 1–1

  3. Sutton – Sbisa9:38

    xG 0.10–0.52 (16%)attempts 3–14goals 0–1

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.

ANA 2.3 xGSTL 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANASTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 81/100 · #214 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.05 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 70% of the time.

ANA winsSTL wins

Simulated goal difference (ANA − 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).