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Tue, Mar 1, 2011·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Calgary Flames 6, St. Louis Blues 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 63% of the time.

STL winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY1160558629
STL0707011025

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:20CGYAlex TanguayGWGAssists: Jarome Iginla · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P3 4:59CGYJarome IginlaAssists: Brendan Morrison, Alex Tanguay · Slap, 0.02 xG2–0
  3. P3 6:58CGYDavid MossPPAssists: Mark Giordano · Tip-in, 0.23 xG3–0
  4. P3 10:48CGYJarome IginlaAssists: Brendan Morrison, Alex Tanguay · Slap, 0.02 xG4–0
  5. P3 13:58CGYRobyn RegehrPPAssists: Brendan Morrison, Rene Bourque · Slap, 0.03 xG5–0
  6. P3 19:55CGYNiklas HagmanAssists: Mikael Backlund · Wrist, 0.03 xG6–0
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 11:25STLCam Janssen: Charging2 min
  2. P2 7:33CGYTom Kostopoulos: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 9:54STLDavid Backes: Holding2 min
  4. P2 16:43CGYCory Sarich: Holding2 min
  5. P3 5:50STLKevin Shattenkirk: Boarding2 min · PPG
  6. P3 7:46STLCam Janssen: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 7:46CGYTom Kostopoulos: Fighting5 min
  8. P3 12:42STLChris Stewart: Tripping2 min · PPG

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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYSTL
29Shots on goal25
1.6Expected goals2.2
41Shot attempts67
25Faceoffs won27
4Power plays2
9Penalty minutes13
14Hits29
24Blocked shots8
5Giveaways3
5Takeaways11

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.

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. Jackman – Stajan – Bourque10:23

    xG 0.16–0.21 (44%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  2. Jokinen – Moss – Glencross9:04

    xG 0.12–0.20 (38%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  3. Kostopoulos – Hagman – Backlund10:42

    xG 0.14–0.24 (36%)attempts 9–9goals 1–0

  4. Morrison – Iginla – Tanguay12:08

    xG 0.33–1.06 (24%)attempts 6–16goals 3–0

Defence pairs

  1. Staios – Babchuk14:09

    xG 0.40–0.49 (45%)attempts 14–16goals 3–0

  2. Regehr – Bouwmeester15:38

    xG 0.17–0.41 (30%)attempts 8–17goals 0–0

  3. Sarich – Giordano12:57

    xG 0.23–0.97 (19%)attempts 9–15goals 1–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestMcDonald – Backes – D'Agostini13:17

    xG 1.12–0.23 (83%)attempts 20–12goals 0–1

  2. Steen – Crombeen – Porter9:33

    xG 0.15–0.03 (83%)attempts 11–2goals 0–0

  3. Janssen – Cracknell – Reaves6:12

    xG 0.04–0.02 (65%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  4. Oshie – Stewart – Berglund10:04

    xG 0.26–0.26 (51%)attempts 7–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestJackman – Polak15:20

    xG 1.21–0.30 (80%)attempts 27–5goals 0–1

  2. Shattenkirk – Pietrangelo15:24

    xG 0.39–0.24 (63%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

  3. Colaiacovo – Shattenkirk2:12

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 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 2.2 xGCGY 1.6 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLCGY

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 CGY. Dots are goals.

Excitement 6/100 · #1130 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.63 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 63% of the time.

STL winsCGY wins

Simulated goal difference (STL − CGY), 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).