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Sat, Feb 25, 2012·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

St. Louis Blues 3, Winnipeg Jets 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 89% of the time.

WPG winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
STL260406002316
WPG01621708001241

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:43STLDavid BackesAssists: T.J. Oshie, Andy McDonald · Snap, 0.19 xG1–0
  2. P1 19:14STLDavid PerronAssists: Patrik Berglund, T.J. Oshie · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–0
  3. P2 7:19WPGBlake WheelerAssists: Evander Kane, Dustin Byfuglien · Snap, 0.43 xG2–1
  4. P2 15:14WPGBlake WheelerAssists: Andrew Ladd, Dustin Byfuglien · Tip-in, 0.25 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. WPG Blake Wheeler scored
  2. 2. STL Andy McDonald scored
  3. 3. WPG Bryan Little stopped
  4. 4. STL T.J. Oshie stopped
  5. 5. WPG Evander Kane stopped
  6. 6. STL Kevin Shattenkirk stopped
  7. 7. WPG Andrew Ladd stopped
  8. 8. STL David Perron scored
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 4:49WPGAlexander Burmistrov: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 8:53STLRyan Reaves: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 11:06STLChris Stewart: Too many men on the ice2 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.

STL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WPG
45% to win55% to win
← STL attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00McDonald won the faceoff against Slater
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLWPG
16Shots on goal41
1.2Expected goals3.8
42Shot attempts67
26Faceoffs won27
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
36Hits21
12Blocked shots15
4Giveaways6
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.

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestArnott – Porter – Stewart5:25

    xG 0.13–0.06 (68%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  2. Backes – Oshie – Sobotka3:38

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

  3. Arnott – Crombeen – Porter2:25

    xG 0.01–0.01 (33%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Arnott – McDonald – Crombeen4:24

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHuskins – Polak11:58

    xG 0.42–0.27 (61%)attempts 5–14goals 2–0

  2. Huskins – Pietrangelo2:01

    xG 0.05–0.07 (42%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  3. Jackman – Polak3:06

    xG 0.00–0.47 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–1

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestLadd – Wheeler – Little15:28

    xG 1.32–0.22 (86%)attempts 22–8goals 1–0

  2. Wellwood – Kane – Burmistrov11:03

    xG 0.61–0.16 (79%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  3. Antropov – Miettinen – Stapleton2:12

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  4. Antropov – Miettinen – Kane2:30

    xG 0.01–0.01 (67%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEnstrom – Byfuglien19:46

    xG 2.51–0.47 (84%)attempts 29–15goals 2–1

  2. Hainsey – Oduya18:37

    xG 0.57–0.31 (64%)attempts 12–12goals 0–1

  3. Stuart – Jones10:49

    xG 0.16–0.11 (58%)attempts 11–2goals 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.

WPG 3.8 xGSTL 1.2 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGSTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

WPG's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line WPG is favoured, below it STL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 65/100 · #396 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.53 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +26 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 89% of the time.

WPG winsSTL wins

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

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