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Tue, Mar 12, 2013·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

San Jose Sharks 2, St. Louis Blues 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 61% of the time.

STL winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS09119113241
STL1721014421

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:42STLChris StewartAssists: David Backes, Alex Pietrangelo · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P2 10:39STLDavid PerronAssists: Patrik Berglund · Deflected, 0.05 xG0–2
  3. P2 11:41SJSBrent BurnsAssists: Scott Gomez, Matt Irwin · Slap, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P2 19:53STLChris PorterGWGAssists: Barret Jackman · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–3
  5. P3 13:32SJSDan BoylePPAssists: Patrick Marleau, Joe Thornton · Slap, 0.09 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:44STLChris StewartENAssists: Barret Jackman · Wrist, 0.58 xG2–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 5:48STLScott Nichol: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 5:48SJSAndrew Desjardins: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 5:48SJSAndrew Desjardins: Interference2 min
  4. P1 14:37STLRyan Reaves: Interference2 min
  5. P1 19:04SJSMatt Irwin: Interference2 min
  6. P3 10:00SJSDan Boyle: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 12:21STLScott Nichol: Holding2 min · PPG
  8. P3 13:28STLBarret 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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSSTL
41Shots on goal21
3.0Expected goals2.4
75Shot attempts44
34Faceoffs won30
3Power plays3
8Penalty minutes8
27Hits26
12Blocked shots22
2Giveaways4
5Takeaways5

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.

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestMarleau – Clowe – Pavelski12:48

    xG 0.98–0.32 (75%)attempts 20–6goals 0–2

  2. Thornton – Couture – Wingels3:35

    xG 0.45–0.03 (93%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  3. Handzus – Burish – Desjardins6:28

    xG 0.45–0.18 (72%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  4. Gomez – Sheppard – Wingels4:53

    xG 0.15–0.02 (87%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStuart – Murray10:24

    xG 1.21–0.39 (75%)attempts 16–13goals 0–2

  2. Boyle – Irwin9:24

    xG 0.62–0.05 (93%)attempts 18–3goals 0–1

  3. Vlasic – Braun8:04

    xG 0.20–0.11 (65%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestOshie – Berglund – Perron4:44

    xG 0.15–0.06 (72%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  2. Porter – Sobotka – D'Agostini3:26

    xG 0.01–0.05 (18%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Porter – Cracknell – Sobotka2:03

    xG 0.01–0.12 (9%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Stewart – Berglund – Perron2:01

    xG 0.03–0.14 (16%)attempts 1–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Redden – Shattenkirk9:07

    xG 0.08–0.42 (16%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

  2. Jackman – Pietrangelo17:33

    xG 0.24–0.71 (25%)attempts 10–26goals 2–1

  3. Polak – Russell16:31

    xG 0.40–1.41 (22%)attempts 8–24goals 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.

STL 2.4 xGSJS 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLSJS

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 SJS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 43/100 · #423 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.11 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 61% of the time.

STL winsSJS wins

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

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