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Thu, Dec 8, 2011·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Anaheim Ducks 2, St. Louis Blues 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 76% of the time.

STL winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA1409110223
STL1112518424

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:19STLChris PorterAssists: Jamie Langenbrunner, Ian Cole · Wrist, 0.46 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:31ANABobby RyanAssists: Teemu Selanne, Saku Koivu · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:39STLIan ColeAssists: Matt D'Agostini, Jamie Langenbrunner · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P2 18:14STLT.J. OshieGWGAssists: Carlo Colaiacovo · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–3
  5. P3 3:17ANADevante Smith-PellyAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Bobby Ryan · Wrist, 0.21 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:14STLT.J. OshieENAssists: David Backes · Wrist, 0.60 xG2–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 16:58ANALuca Sbisa: Boarding2 min
  2. P2 4:12STLRoman Polak: Holding2 min
  3. P2 18:20STLRoman Polak: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 0:00STLT.J. Oshie: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 0:00ANACorey Perry: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 19:37ANAFrancois Beauchemin: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 19:37ANACorey Perry: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 19:37STLBarret Jackman: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 19:37STLT.J. Oshie: 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANASTL
23Shots on goal24
1.8Expected goals3.2
45Shot attempts49
24Faceoffs won22
2Power plays1
8Penalty minutes10
23Hits23
11Blocked shots12
3Giveaways4
3Takeaways4

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestSelanne – Koivu – Ryan5:55

    xG 0.26–0.13 (67%)attempts 5–4goals 1–0

  2. Selanne – Ryan – Cogliano3:16

    xG 0.17–0.18 (50%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Cogliano – Bonino – Smith-Pelly6:07

    xG 0.03–0.10 (22%)attempts 4–6goals 0–1

  4. Hagman – Getzlaf – Perry11:55

    xG 0.17–0.40 (30%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLydman – Guenin11:14

    xG 0.54–0.13 (80%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  2. Beauchemin – Fowler19:08

    xG 0.46–0.39 (54%)attempts 9–11goals 1–0

  3. Lydman – Beauchemin3:21

    xG 0.06–0.25 (18%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestSteen – Backes – Oshie12:50

    xG 0.73–0.15 (83%)attempts 15–4goals 1–0

  2. Langenbrunner – Porter – Sobotka4:09

    xG 0.56–0.11 (84%)attempts 6–3goals 1–0

  3. Arnott – Langenbrunner – D'Agostini6:14

    xG 0.21–0.03 (87%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

  4. Nichol – Porter – Sobotka5:02

    xG 0.16–0.22 (43%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRussell – Cole13:51

    xG 0.41–0.08 (84%)attempts 15–9goals 1–0

  2. Colaiacovo – Pietrangelo14:15

    xG 0.39–0.36 (52%)attempts 9–10goals 1–1

  3. Jackman – Polak18:28

    xG 0.49–0.83 (37%)attempts 15–16goals 0–1

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 3.2 xGANA 1.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 44/100 · #646 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.23 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 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, St. Louis Blues win this game 76% of the time.

STL winsANA wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).