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Wed, Feb 13, 2013·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

St. Louis Blues 4, Detroit Red Wings 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 53% of the time.

DET winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
STL132140612425
DET211150101318

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:17DETTomas TatarAssists: Patrick Eaves · Backhand, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:54DETDrew MillerAssists: Jordin Tootoo, Jakub Kindl · Wrist, 0.33 xG0–2
  3. P1 15:18STLPatrik BerglundSHAssists: T.J. Oshie · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P2 7:12STLVladimir TarasenkoPPAssists: Chris Stewart, Andy McDonald · Snap, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P2 8:57STLChris StewartAssists: Alex Pietrangelo · Backhand, 0.09 xG3–2
  6. P2 12:39DETPavel DatsyukAssists: Valtteri Filppula, Jonathan Ericsson · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–3
  7. OT 0:52STLAlexander SteenGWGAssists: Barret Jackman, David Backes · Wrist, 0.15 xG4–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 13:30STLBarret Jackman: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 16:07STLBarret Jackman: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 5:47DETIan White: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P2 9:17DETCory Emmerton: Interference2 min
  5. P2 15:43DETJonathan Ericsson: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 15:43STLDavid Perron: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 19:06DETJakub Kindl: Interference2 min
  8. P3 6:05STLKevin Shattenkirk: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  9. P3 14:00STLIan Cole: High sticking2 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 SOG0DET
43% to win57% to win
← STL attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zetterberg won the faceoff against Backes
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLDET
25Shots on goal18
2.1Expected goals2.0
46Shot attempts51
23Faceoffs won31
3Power plays4
10Penalty minutes8
33Hits18
24Blocked shots13
3Giveaways9
8Takeaways6

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. bestStewart – Berglund – Schwartz8:49

    xG 0.31–0.03 (91%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  2. Backes – Oshie – Perron13:58

    xG 0.22–0.35 (38%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Nichol – Sobotka – Reaves5:29

    xG 0.00–0.15 (0%)attempts 1–6goals 0–1

  4. McDonald – Steen – Tarasenko9:32

    xG 0.12–0.27 (30%)attempts 7–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCole – Pietrangelo16:12

    xG 0.69–0.33 (68%)attempts 16–8goals 1–1

  2. Jackman – Shattenkirk14:44

    xG 0.19–0.31 (39%)attempts 6–13goals 0–1

  3. Polak – Russell7:35

    xG 0.04–0.64 (6%)attempts 5–10goals 0–1

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestTootoo – Miller – Emmerton7:38

    xG 0.53–0.10 (84%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  2. Cleary – Datsyuk – Filppula9:44

    xG 0.34–0.12 (74%)attempts 12–4goals 1–0

  3. Zetterberg – Abdelkader – Brunner12:39

    xG 0.26–0.30 (46%)attempts 6–8goals 0–1

  4. Eaves – Andersson – Tatar6:40

    xG 0.15–0.32 (32%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWhite – Ericsson11:01

    xG 0.31–0.13 (71%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  2. Kronwall – Lashoff11:52

    xG 0.12–0.15 (44%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Quincey – Kindl11:28

    xG 0.16–0.42 (27%)attempts 9–11goals 1–0

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.

DET 2.0 xGSTL 2.1 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETSTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 90/100 · #77 of 720 this seasonSwing 2.26 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 10% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +25 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 53% of the time.

DET winsSTL wins

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

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