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Sat, Jan 19, 2013·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Detroit Red Wings 0, St. Louis Blues 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 79% of the time.

STL winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET020507014
STL21721029636

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:36STLVladimir TarasenkoGWGAssists: Ian Cole, Alexander Steen · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:44STLChris StewartPPAssists: Andy McDonald, Alexander Steen · Wrist, 0.17 xG0–2
  3. P2 0:29STLVladimir TarasenkoPPAssists: Kevin Shattenkirk · Wrist, 0.20 xG0–3
  4. P2 16:09STLT.J. OshieSHAssists: Alex Pietrangelo, David Backes · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–4
  5. P3 1:15STLChris StewartPPAssists: Kevin Shattenkirk, T.J. Oshie · Wrist, 0.24 xG0–5
  6. P3 14:35STLPatrik BerglundPPAssists: Alex Pietrangelo, T.J. Oshie · Deflected, 0.19 xG0–6
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 1:22STLChris Stewart: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 11:34STLDavid Perron: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 13:52DETJan Mursak: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P1 16:05DETDaniel Cleary: Holding2 min
  5. P1 19:30DETNiklas Kronwall: Interference2 min · PPG
  6. P2 14:20STLDavid Perron: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 19:46DETDaniel Cleary: Hooking2 min · PPG
  8. P3 4:09DETJordin Tootoo: Misconduct10 min
  9. P3 5:43STLDavid Perron: High sticking2 min
  10. P3 14:05DETNiklas Kronwall: Holding2 min · PPG
  11. P3 16:25STLRyan Reaves: Misconduct10 min
  12. P3 16:25DETJohan Franzen: 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0STL
43% to win57% to win
← DET attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backes won the faceoff against Zetterberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETSTL
14Shots on goal36
1.9Expected goals3.7
39Shot attempts65
30Faceoffs won26
4Power plays5
30Penalty minutes18
12Hits25
13Blocked shots12
0Giveaways7
2Takeaways5

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. bestCleary – Filppula – Franzen3:28

    xG 0.55–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Miller – Abdelkader – Emmerton2:02

    xG 0.16–0.07 (71%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Cleary – Tootoo – Abdelkader2:11

    xG 0.07–0.07 (48%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Tootoo – Miller – Emmerton3:29

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Kronwall – Ericsson12:28

    xG 0.14–0.44 (24%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  2. Colaiacovo – White15:10

    xG 0.16–0.48 (26%)attempts 8–14goals 0–0

  3. Quincey – Smith12:38

    xG 0.13–0.82 (14%)attempts 6–19goals 0–1

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestMcDonald – Steen – Tarasenko9:11

    xG 0.67–0.00 (100%)attempts 12–1goals 1–0

  2. Backes – Oshie – Perron10:04

    xG 0.50–0.27 (65%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  3. Nichol – Sobotka – Reaves8:09

    xG 0.14–0.06 (68%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  4. Stewart – Berglund – Schwartz8:19

    xG 0.33–0.67 (33%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCole – Pietrangelo14:14

    xG 0.60–0.06 (91%)attempts 12–6goals 1–0

  2. Polak – Russell14:18

    xG 0.53–0.29 (64%)attempts 18–9goals 0–0

  3. Jackman – Shattenkirk14:19

    xG 0.76–0.62 (55%)attempts 16–9goals 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 3.7 xGDET 1.9 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 5/100 · #697 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.60 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 79% 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).