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Wed, Mar 16, 2011·Honda Center, Anaheim

St. Louis Blues 1, Anaheim Ducks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 54% of the time.

ANA winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL07114010131
ANA081917224

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 9:54STLNathan OystrickPPAssists: Matt D'Agostini, Carlo Colaiacovo · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P2 11:28ANAJason BlakeAssists: Cam Fowler, Teemu Selanne · Backhand, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P3 1:50ANAJason BlakeGWGAssists: Lubomir Visnovsky, Saku Koivu · Deflected, 0.10 xG1–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 6:59STLAndy McDonald: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 18:51ANAAndy Sutton: Interference2 min
  3. P2 1:36STLB.J. Crombeen: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 5:53STLCarlo Colaiacovo: Interference2 min
  5. P2 9:39ANALubomir Visnovsky: 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.

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 Backes
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLANA
31Shots on goal24
2.4Expected goals2.2
64Shot attempts46
19Faceoffs won24
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
26Hits30
12Blocked shots16
6Giveaways12
4Takeaways8

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 – Oshie10:28

    xG 0.77–0.06 (93%)attempts 16–4goals 0–0

  2. McDonald – Stewart – Berglund3:18

    xG 0.20–0.03 (88%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. McDonald – Backes – D'Agostini9:09

    xG 0.23–0.29 (44%)attempts 7–6goals 0–2

  4. Janssen – Cracknell – Reaves3:39

    xG 0.03–0.17 (14%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOystrick – Polak9:35

    xG 0.53–0.20 (73%)attempts 14–4goals 0–1

  2. Polak – Cole6:46

    xG 0.31–0.04 (88%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Cole – Shattenkirk12:37

    xG 0.40–0.52 (44%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestWinchester – McMillan – Sexton6:16

    xG 0.36–0.19 (65%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Selanne – Koivu – Blake13:51

    xG 0.42–0.32 (57%)attempts 9–8goals 2–0

  3. Getzlaf – Perry – Ryan17:00

    xG 0.52–0.59 (47%)attempts 13–21goals 0–0

  4. Marchant – Ruutu – Parros4:45

    xG 0.17–0.25 (40%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBeauchemin – Sbisa15:00

    xG 0.73–0.64 (54%)attempts 13–20goals 0–0

  2. Lydman – Visnovsky18:00

    xG 0.64–0.62 (51%)attempts 20–18goals 1–0

  3. Sutton – Fowler13:06

    xG 0.31–0.45 (41%)attempts 6–12goals 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.

ANA 2.2 xGSTL 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 36/100 · #760 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.24 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 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 54% of the time.

ANA winsSTL wins

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

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