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Tue, Feb 22, 2011·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Colorado Avalanche 4, St. Louis Blues 3

Expected result

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

STL winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL2120629427
STL115112118345

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:07COLDavid JonesAssists: Paul Stastny, John-Michael Liles · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:04COLMilan HejdukPPAssists: John-Michael Liles, Paul Stastny · Tip-in, 0.36 xG2–0
  3. P1 13:05STLPatrik BerglundAssists: T.J. Oshie, Alexander Steen · Tip-in, 0.16 xG2–1
  4. P2 17:20STLChris StewartPPAssists: Kevin Shattenkirk, Brad Boyes · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. P3 14:54COLErik JohnsonUnassisted · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–2
  6. P3 17:22COLPaul StastnyGWGUnassisted · Backhand, 0.15 xG4–2
  7. P3 17:44STLChris StewartAssists: Andy McDonald, Nikita Nikitin · Deflected, 0.23 xG4–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 8:20STLChris Stewart: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P2 9:26STLAndy McDonald: Interference2 min
  3. P2 14:32COLJay McClement: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 15:32COLMatt Hunwick: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  5. P2 18:31STLKevin Shattenkirk: Interference2 min
  6. P3 10:50STLCarlo Colaiacovo: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 19:56STLAndy McDonald: 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.

COL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLSTL
27Shots on goal45
3.1Expected goals3.4
58Shot attempts81
34Faceoffs won24
5Power plays2
4Penalty minutes10
20Hits19
19Blocked shots15
0Giveaways1
7Takeaways3

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.

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestDupuis – McLeod – O'Reilly6:35

    xG 0.33–0.09 (79%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

  2. Jones – Stastny – Stoa11:00

    xG 0.81–0.74 (52%)attempts 15–18goals 2–0

  3. Hejduk – Yip – Duchene10:45

    xG 0.29–0.52 (36%)attempts 9–11goals 0–1

  4. McClement – Porter – Winnik9:30

    xG 0.30–0.65 (32%)attempts 5–17goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHunwick – Johnson3:10

    xG 0.20–0.03 (89%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

  2. Liles – O'Byrne9:30

    xG 0.53–0.53 (50%)attempts 11–18goals 1–0

  3. Liles – Johnson4:51

    xG 0.34–0.46 (43%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestMcDonald – Backes – Stewart8:36

    xG 0.71–0.16 (82%)attempts 18–7goals 0–0

  2. Boyes – Winchester – Sobotka7:53

    xG 0.53–0.31 (63%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  3. Crombeen – D'Agostini – McRae5:15

    xG 0.12–0.21 (37%)attempts 3–8goals 0–1

  4. Steen – Oshie – Berglund10:14

    xG 0.51–0.65 (44%)attempts 15–9goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestColaiacovo – Shattenkirk14:36

    xG 0.90–0.51 (64%)attempts 26–12goals 0–1

  2. Nikitin – Pietrangelo4:20

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Jackman – Polak3:06

    xG 0.28–0.11 (73%)attempts 5–3goals 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.

STL 3.4 xGCOL 3.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLCOL

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 COL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 74/100 · #280 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.70 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +38 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 winsCOL wins

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

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

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