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Sun, Feb 12, 2012·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

San Jose Sharks 0, St. Louis Blues 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 91% of the time.

STL winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS0701107025
STL11011018328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:03STLAlex PietrangeloPPGWGAssists: T.J. Oshie, Andy McDonald · Snap, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 17:16STLDavid PerronPPAssists: David Backes, Alex Pietrangelo · Backhand, 0.58 xG0–2
  3. P3 19:54STLAlex PietrangeloENUnassisted · Snap, 0.50 xG0–3
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 11:28SJSDan Boyle: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 13:20SJSBrent Burns: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P1 14:28SJSAndrew Desjardins: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P2 2:22STLCarlo Colaiacovo: Interference2 min
  5. P2 15:43SJSRyane Clowe: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P2 15:43SJSBrad Winchester: Elbowing2 min
  7. P3 2:38STLRyan Reaves: Elbowing2 min
  8. P3 9:15STLT.J. Oshie: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 12:22STLT.J. Oshie: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 17:43SJSMarc-Edouard Vlasic: Tripping2 min
  11. P3 19:54SJSMarc-Edouard Vlasic: Misconduct10 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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSSTL
25Shots on goal28
1.4Expected goals4.1
57Shot attempts58
26Faceoffs won28
4Power plays6
22Penalty minutes8
16Hits15
18Blocked shots18
2Giveaways5
7Takeaways6

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.

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestClowe – Ferriero – Couture6:10

    xG 0.24–0.10 (69%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  2. Thornton – Marleau – Pavelski11:47

    xG 0.26–0.15 (64%)attempts 18–7goals 0–0

  3. Winchester – Clowe – Couture4:00

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  4. Handzus – Mitchell – McGinn6:42

    xG 0.08–0.19 (29%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoyle – Vlasic11:40

    xG 0.45–0.21 (69%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  2. Murray – Burns7:44

    xG 0.11–0.16 (41%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  3. Vlasic – Braun2:00

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestMcDonald – Stewart – Berglund5:01

    xG 0.27–0.07 (80%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  2. Langenbrunner – Porter – Sobotka5:37

    xG 0.12–0.03 (80%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Nichol – Crombeen – Reaves4:09

    xG 0.08–0.05 (62%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Porter – Sobotka – Stewart3:46

    xG 0.04–0.04 (53%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPolak – Russell11:08

    xG 0.26–0.10 (71%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. Jackman – Shattenkirk9:11

    xG 0.05–0.16 (26%)attempts 9–13goals 0–0

  3. Colaiacovo – Pietrangelo14:15

    xG 0.25–0.37 (40%)attempts 9–17goals 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 4.1 xGSJS 1.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLSJS

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 SJS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 5/100 · #1155 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.61 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 91% of the time.

STL winsSJS wins

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

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