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Mon, Oct 10, 2011·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Calgary Flames 2, St. Louis Blues 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 71% of the time.

STL winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY171802217
STL112213210535

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:03CGYCurtis GlencrossAssists: Olli Jokinen, Lee Stempniak · Snap, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:51STLAlexander SteenAssists: Jason Arnott, Matt D'Agostini · Snap, 0.44 xG1–1
  3. P2 3:39STLKevin ShattenkirkAssists: Jamie Langenbrunner, Andy McDonald · Snap, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P2 15:30STLAlex PietrangeloGWGAssists: Patrik Berglund, T.J. Oshie · Slap, 0.02 xG1–3
  5. P2 16:55CGYJarome IginlaPPAssists: Mark Giordano, Alex Tanguay · Snap, 0.07 xG2–3
  6. P3 3:44STLChris StewartAssists: Alex Pietrangelo · Backhand, 0.08 xG2–4
  7. P3 14:22STLJason ArnottAssists: Andy McDonald · Slap, 0.17 xG2–5
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 3:24CGYJarome Iginla: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 19:20CGYJarome Iginla: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 8:37STLJamie Langenbrunner: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 8:37CGYMark Giordano: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 10:44STLKevin Shattenkirk: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 16:36STLNikita Nikitin: Tripping2 min · PPG
  7. P3 2:33STLRyan Reaves: Interference2 min
  8. P3 3:23CGYDavid Moss: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 0:00CGYCurtis Glencross: Slashing2 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0STL
45% to win55% to win
← CGY attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backes won the faceoff against Moss
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYSTL
17Shots on goal35
1.9Expected goals3.1
44Shot attempts56
24Faceoffs won36
3Power plays3
10Penalty minutes8
17Hits18
16Blocked shots18
2Giveaways11
4Takeaways5

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 – Bourque – Horak7:09

    xG 0.04–0.06 (41%)attempts 4–7goals 0–1

  2. Kostopoulos – Hagman – Stajan5:00

    xG 0.11–0.15 (43%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  3. Jokinen – Stempniak – Glencross9:19

    xG 0.27–0.52 (34%)attempts 8–6goals 1–2

  4. Iginla – Tanguay – Moss10:31

    xG 0.25–0.53 (32%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Hannan – Giordano14:15

    xG 0.58–0.71 (45%)attempts 10–10goals 0–2

  2. Sarich – Smith13:41

    xG 0.57–0.84 (41%)attempts 13–14goals 0–1

  3. Bouwmeester – Butler16:43

    xG 0.23–0.87 (21%)attempts 12–18goals 0–1

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestLangenbrunner – McDonald – Backes9:31

    xG 0.68–0.27 (72%)attempts 9–6goals 1–1

  2. Arnott – Steen – D'Agostini9:35

    xG 0.65–0.53 (55%)attempts 15–4goals 1–0

  3. Nichol – Sobotka – Reaves4:15

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Oshie – Stewart – Berglund9:50

    xG 0.07–0.48 (13%)attempts 3–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHuskins – Pietrangelo17:29

    xG 1.02–0.12 (90%)attempts 17–10goals 2–0

  2. Nikitin – Polak13:56

    xG 0.55–0.55 (50%)attempts 8–11goals 0–1

  3. Jackman – Shattenkirk13:22

    xG 0.69–0.72 (49%)attempts 16–11goals 2–0

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 3.1 xGCGY 1.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 54/100 · #538 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.29 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 36% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 71% of the time.

STL winsCGY wins

Simulated goal difference (STL − CGY), 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).