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Thu, Feb 24, 2011·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

St. Louis Blues 2, Vancouver Canucks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 56% of the time.

VAN winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL01121108230
VAN2170416327

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:42VANMikael SamuelssonAssists: Henrik Sedin, Daniel Sedin · Backhand, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:47VANSami SaloAssists: Tanner Glass, Victor Oreskovich · Slap, 0.03 xG0–2
  3. P2 6:27STLAlex PietrangeloPPAssists: Andy McDonald, Vladimir Sobotka · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P2 7:41STLDavid BackesAssists: Chris Stewart, Kevin Shattenkirk · Slap, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. P3 1:05VANManny MalhotraGWGAssists: Jannik Hansen · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 2:05STLB.J. Crombeen: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:05VANTanner Glass: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 7:01VANHenrik Sedin: Interference2 min
  4. P2 5:11VANDaniel Sedin: Slashing2 min · PPG
  5. P2 16:41VANKeith Ballard: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 4:23VANDaniel Sedin: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 8:03STLChris Stewart: 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 SOG0VAN
47% to win53% to win
← STL attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kesler won the faceoff against Backes
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLVAN
30Shots on goal27
2.4Expected goals2.8
66Shot attempts49
30Faceoffs won32
4Power plays1
7Penalty minutes13
20Hits19
12Blocked shots17
6Giveaways8
7Takeaways11

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 – Berglund12:31

    xG 0.77–0.45 (63%)attempts 16–6goals 0–0

  2. McDonald – Backes – Stewart13:06

    xG 0.48–0.34 (58%)attempts 12–14goals 1–0

  3. Boyes – Sobotka – D'Agostini10:08

    xG 0.48–0.37 (57%)attempts 12–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestJackman – Shattenkirk7:02

    xG 0.47–0.32 (60%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  2. Colaiacovo – Shattenkirk5:11

    xG 0.31–0.21 (60%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Jackman – Pietrangelo5:09

    xG 0.29–0.22 (57%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSamuelsson – Sedin – Sedin2:02

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 1–0

  2. Glass – Oreskovich – Hodgson2:49

    xG 0.27–0.10 (74%)attempts 5–4goals 1–1

  3. Sedin – Sedin – Burrows14:20

    xG 0.53–0.54 (50%)attempts 8–20goals 0–0

  4. Malhotra – Torres – Hansen8:47

    xG 0.27–0.35 (44%)attempts 5–6goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRome – Tanev13:54

    xG 0.80–0.41 (66%)attempts 10–14goals 2–1

  2. Hamhuis – Ehrhoff17:07

    xG 0.64–0.45 (59%)attempts 17–13goals 0–0

  3. Salo – Ballard14:32

    xG 0.49–0.95 (34%)attempts 12–21goals 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.

VAN 2.8 xGSTL 2.4 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANSTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 63/100 · #431 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.40 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 56% of the time.

VAN winsSTL wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+7

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