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Sat, Feb 23, 2013·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Columbus Blue Jackets 1, St. Louis Blues 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 62% of the time.

STL winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ0121305120
STL1701313223

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:55STLChris StewartAssists: Kevin Shattenkirk, Alexander Steen · Slap, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P2 18:57CBJMatt CalvertSHAssists: James Wisniewski · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P3 9:51STLDavid PerronGWGAssists: David Backes, Kris Russell · Snap, 0.13 xG1–2
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 18:13STLKevin Shattenkirk: Interference2 min
  2. P2 10:12STLChris Stewart: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 10:12CBJJared Boll: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 12:34STLRoman Polak: Boarding2 min
  5. P2 12:34STLChris Stewart: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 12:34CBJR.J. Umberger: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 17:33CBJSean Collins: High sticking2 min
  8. P2 19:40STLMatt D'Agostini: Too many men on the ice2 min
  9. P3 1:28CBJNikita Nikitin: Interference2 min
  10. P3 18:17STLBarret Jackman: Boarding2 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.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJSTL
20Shots on goal23
1.5Expected goals2.0
52Shot attempts40
23Faceoffs won21
4Power plays2
8Penalty minutes12
20Hits30
9Blocked shots23
7Giveaways4
9Takeaways6

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.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestUmberger – Brassard – Atkinson10:35

    xG 0.35–0.21 (63%)attempts 16–5goals 0–0

  2. Prospal – Dorsett – Letestu10:19

    xG 0.13–0.22 (36%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. MacKenzie – Boll – Gillies7:27

    xG 0.07–0.31 (19%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  4. Foligno – Calvert – Collins7:12

    xG 0.02–0.58 (4%)attempts 3–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestAucoin – Tyutin4:18

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Tyutin – Nikitin12:19

    xG 0.31–0.18 (63%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  3. Wisniewski – Nikitin3:01

    xG 0.12–0.06 (66%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestMcDonald – Steen – Stewart10:07

    xG 0.59–0.11 (84%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  2. Backes – Oshie – Perron10:04

    xG 0.45–0.30 (60%)attempts 8–10goals 1–0

  3. Nichol – Reaves – Schwartz6:58

    xG 0.22–0.07 (75%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Sobotka – D'Agostini – Berglund10:05

    xG 0.23–0.16 (58%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCole – Pietrangelo14:16

    xG 0.74–0.11 (87%)attempts 12–9goals 1–0

  2. Jackman – Shattenkirk14:24

    xG 0.64–0.27 (70%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  3. Polak – Russell11:30

    xG 0.11–0.33 (25%)attempts 5–12goals 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 2.0 xGCBJ 1.5 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLCBJ

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 CBJ. Dots are goals.

Excitement 39/100 · #454 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.36 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +35 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 62% of the time.

STL winsCBJ wins

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

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