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Sat, Apr 9, 2011·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Nashville Predators 0, St. Louis Blues 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 63% of the time.

STL winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NSH0508011024
STL091917225

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 5:20STLT.J. OshieGWGAssists: David Backes, Kevin Shattenkirk · Backhand, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P3 19:11STLAlexander SteenUnassisted · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–2
Penalties (2)
  1. P2 6:57NSHJoel Ward: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 14:03STLCam Janssen: Roughing2 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.

NSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHSTL
24Shots on goal25
2.9Expected goals2.2
48Shot attempts46
22Faceoffs won18
1Power plays1
2Penalty minutes2
10Hits14
10Blocked shots15
5Giveaways5
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.

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestLegwand – Ward – Spaling11:58

    xG 0.62–0.21 (74%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  2. Fisher – Kostitsyn – Hornqvist13:06

    xG 0.68–0.66 (51%)attempts 10–13goals 0–1

  3. Dumont – Geoffrion – Wilson9:14

    xG 0.16–0.28 (37%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  4. Smithson – Tootoo – Halischuk9:53

    xG 0.08–0.22 (28%)attempts 3–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Weber20:45

    xG 1.00–0.50 (67%)attempts 20–15goals 0–0

  2. Franson – Blum2:46

    xG 0.16–0.10 (62%)attempts 5–2goals 0–1

  3. O'Brien – Franson13:21

    xG 0.34–0.69 (33%)attempts 8–11goals 0–1

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestJanssen – Crombeen – Reaves5:34

    xG 0.44–0.03 (94%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. McDonald – Backes – Oshie13:53

    xG 0.66–0.62 (52%)attempts 17–11goals 1–0

  3. Steen – Porter – Sobotka11:26

    xG 0.16–0.14 (53%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  4. D'Agostini – Stewart – Berglund11:56

    xG 0.12–0.27 (31%)attempts 5–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJackman – Shattenkirk12:12

    xG 0.68–0.08 (89%)attempts 12–5goals 1–0

  2. Nikitin – Polak15:41

    xG 0.87–0.57 (61%)attempts 17–10goals 0–0

  3. Colaiacovo – Pietrangelo18:54

    xG 0.41–0.55 (43%)attempts 12–13goals 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 xGNSH 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLNSH

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 NSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 1/100 · #1221 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.58 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 63% of the time.

STL winsNSH wins

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

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