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Tue, Feb 8, 2011·BankAtlantic Center, Sunrise

St. Louis Blues 2, Florida Panthers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 70% of the time.

FLA winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL0711417228
FLA11101109131

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:45FLADennis WidemanPPAssists: Stephen Weiss, Michael Frolik · Slap, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P2 19:00STLDavid BackesAssists: Andy McDonald, Brad Boyes · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P3 16:00STLMatt D'AgostiniGWGAssists: Vladimir Sobotka, Barret Jackman · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–1
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 5:32STLBrad Winchester: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 5:51STLRoman Polak: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P1 10:41FLADennis Wideman: Holding the stick2 min
  4. P1 13:06STLMatt D'Agostini: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P1 15:36FLAJason Garrison: Holding2 min
  6. P1 0:00STLB.J. Crombeen: Fighting5 min
  7. P1 0:00FLABryan Allen: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 4:07FLAMichael Frolik: Boarding2 min
  9. P2 4:28STLVladimir Sobotka: High sticking2 min
  10. P2 7:02STLVladimir Sobotka: Roughing2 min
  11. P2 19:31FLADennis Wideman: Interference2 min
  12. P3 2:16FLASteve Bernier: High sticking2 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 SOG0FLA
47% to win53% to win
← STL attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Higgins won the faceoff against Berglund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLFLA
28Shots on goal31
2.6Expected goals3.8
51Shot attempts55
18Faceoffs won29
5Power plays5
15Penalty minutes15
40Hits28
14Blocked shots13
2Giveaways5
5Takeaways7

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. bestSteen – Oshie – Berglund7:06

    xG 0.62–0.09 (87%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. McDonald – Backes – D'Agostini2:06

    xG 0.65–0.13 (83%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. McClement – Sobotka – D'Agostini3:29

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. McDonald – Boyes – Backes8:03

    xG 0.38–0.45 (46%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrewer – Johnson7:51

    xG 0.87–0.21 (80%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  2. Nikitin – Polak6:25

    xG 0.24–0.19 (56%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Jackman – Pietrangelo8:00

    xG 0.20–0.19 (51%)attempts 3–3goals 2–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestReasoner – Olesz – Timmins4:28

    xG 0.20–0.02 (89%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Booth – Santorelli – Repik6:30

    xG 0.26–0.20 (57%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Bernier – Booth – Santorelli4:49

    xG 0.11–0.05 (68%)attempts 4–2goals 0–1

  4. Hordichuk – Bernier – Timmins2:00

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeaver – Garrison10:05

    xG 0.64–0.06 (92%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  2. Allen – Wideman8:46

    xG 0.32–0.17 (65%)attempts 10–3goals 0–1

  3. Wideman – Kulikov2:19

    xG 0.11–0.04 (73%)attempts 4–1goals 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.

FLA 3.8 xGSTL 2.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLASTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 37/100 · #745 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.27 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 24% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +39 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 70% of the time.

FLA winsSTL wins

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

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