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Tue, Nov 15, 2011·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Detroit Red Wings 1, St. Louis Blues 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 61% of the time.

STL winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET190904122
STL17119011237

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:07DETDrew MillerAssists: Justin Abdelkader · Tip-in, 0.19 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:19STLMatt D'AgostiniPPAssists: Patrik Berglund, Kevin Shattenkirk · Snap, 0.18 xG1–1
  3. P2 10:16STLAlexander SteenGWGAssists: Carlo Colaiacovo · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–2
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 11:14STLChris Stewart: Checking from behind5 min
  2. P1 11:14STLChris Stewart: Game misconduct10 min
  3. P1 17:07DETJonathan Ericsson: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P1 18:14STLDavid Backes: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 17:04STLRoman Polak: Holding2 min
  6. P3 2:34STLVladimir Sobotka: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 5:03STLJason Arnott: Interference2 min
  8. P3 12:31STLAlexander Steen: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 15:46DETMike Commodore: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  10. P3 18:06DETJohan Franzen: Slashing2 min
  11. P3 19:11DETNicklas Lidstrom: Tripping2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETSTL
22Shots on goal37
2.9Expected goals3.6
58Shot attempts57
20Faceoffs won26
6Power plays4
8Penalty minutes25
13Hits21
10Blocked shots20
6Giveaways4
2Takeaways6

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. Hudler – Abdelkader – Helm9:17

    xG 0.30–0.44 (41%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  2. Zetterberg – Filppula – Franzen8:05

    xG 0.15–0.33 (31%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  3. Eaves – Miller – Emmerton6:16

    xG 0.22–0.63 (26%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  4. Holmstrom – Cleary – Datsyuk9:04

    xG 0.13–0.95 (12%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLidstrom – Kronwall2:37

    xG 0.28–0.01 (97%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Lidstrom – Ericsson10:24

    xG 0.33–0.31 (51%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  3. Commodore – Kindl4:40

    xG 0.08–0.11 (42%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestSteen – Backes – Oshie9:26

    xG 0.90–0.14 (87%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  2. Arnott – Langenbrunner – Sobotka8:20

    xG 0.75–0.48 (61%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  3. D'Agostini – Stewart – Berglund2:51

    xG 0.26–0.03 (89%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  4. Nichol – Porter – Grachev3:16

    xG 0.28–0.21 (57%)attempts 2–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestColaiacovo – Pietrangelo11:50

    xG 1.10–0.33 (77%)attempts 14–6goals 1–0

  2. Polak – Russell10:08

    xG 0.91–0.33 (73%)attempts 15–7goals 0–1

  3. Jackman – Shattenkirk12:03

    xG 0.20–0.49 (29%)attempts 5–18goals 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 3.6 xGDET 2.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 20/100 · #951 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.05 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 36% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 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 61% of the time.

STL winsDET wins

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

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