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Sun, Mar 10, 2013·Honda Center, Anaheim

St. Louis Blues 2, Anaheim Ducks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 72% of the time.

ANA winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL11001417231
ANA091736422

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:09STLRyan ReavesAssists: Wade Redden, Adam Cracknell · Deflected, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P2 8:24ANAAndrew CoglianoSHAssists: Emerson Etem, Ben Lovejoy · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. P3 1:41STLPatrik BerglundPPAssists: Kris Russell, T.J. Oshie · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P3 3:11ANABobby RyanAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Francois Beauchemin · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P3 5:20ANACorey PerryPPGWGAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Francois Beauchemin · Deflected, 0.20 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:20ANACorey PerryENAssists: Francois Beauchemin, Sheldon Souray · Wrist, 0.60 xG2–4
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 12:24STLAdam Cracknell: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 16:23ANAMatt Beleskey: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 17:52STLWade Redden: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 4:30STLT.J. Oshie: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  5. P2 4:56STLBarret Jackman: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 6:26ANACorey Perry: Interference2 min
  7. P2 19:08STLKris Russell: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 1:17ANABobby Ryan: Tripping2 min · PPG
  9. P3 3:41STLRoman Polak: Tripping2 min · PPG
  10. P3 10:09STLBarret Jackman: Slashing2 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 SOG0ANA
43% to win57% to win
← STL attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backes won the faceoff against Koivu
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLANA
31Shots on goal22
1.9Expected goals3.0
51Shot attempts48
35Faceoffs won32
3Power plays7
14Penalty minutes6
27Hits25
17Blocked shots7
3Giveaways6
2Takeaways4

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. bestBackes – Oshie – Schwartz8:41

    xG 0.93–0.40 (70%)attempts 17–7goals 0–0

  2. Nichol – Cracknell – Reaves4:44

    xG 0.21–0.08 (72%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

  3. Backes – Stewart – Schwartz2:15

    xG 0.09–0.03 (75%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Oshie – Berglund – Perron2:37

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRedden – Shattenkirk10:13

    xG 0.42–0.05 (89%)attempts 10–3goals 1–0

  2. Polak – Russell14:10

    xG 0.50–0.37 (58%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  3. Jackman – Pietrangelo12:53

    xG 0.50–0.38 (57%)attempts 15–11goals 0–1

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Perry – Ryan11:57

    xG 0.50–0.18 (73%)attempts 11–11goals 1–0

  2. Selanne – McMillan – Holland2:22

    xG 0.25–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Selanne – Beleskey – Holland6:05

    xG 0.00–0.31 (0%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

  4. Koivu – Winnik – Cogliano10:53

    xG 0.04–0.35 (10%)attempts 3–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Lydman – Fowler11:28

    xG 0.20–0.18 (53%)attempts 6–13goals 0–0

  2. Lydman – Sbisa2:51

    xG 0.03–0.04 (45%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Lovejoy – Sbisa11:40

    xG 0.19–0.23 (45%)attempts 6–5goals 0–1

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.

ANA 3.0 xGSTL 1.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANASTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 75/100 · #189 of 720 this seasonSwing 2.03 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 72% of the time.

ANA winsSTL wins

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

-7
-6
-5
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-3
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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