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Mon, Apr 1, 2013·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

St. Louis Blues 4, Minnesota Wild 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 68% of the time.

MIN winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL11221012424
MIN0517013125

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:32STLJaden SchwartzUnassisted · Snap, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P2 6:59MINDany HeatleyAssists: Jonas Brodin, Torrey Mitchell · Wrist, 0.22 xG1–1
  3. P2 12:17STLAndy McDonaldGWGAssists: Alexander Steen, David Backes · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P2 14:07STLKevin ShattenkirkAssists: Jaden Schwartz, Patrik Berglund · Slap, 0.02 xG3–1
  5. P3 19:09STLBarret JackmanAssists: Andy McDonald · Wrist, 0.01 xG4–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 10:07MINRyan Suter: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  2. P2 4:59STLRoman Polak: Holding2 min
  3. P2 9:09STLKevin Shattenkirk: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 15:18STLDavid Backes: Boarding2 min
  5. P2 17:58STLVladimir Sobotka: Interference2 min
  6. P3 10:26STLDavid Perron: 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.

STL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MIN
43% to win57% to win
← STL attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backes won the faceoff against Brodziak
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLMIN
24Shots on goal25
1.1Expected goals1.8
48Shot attempts46
32Faceoffs won30
1Power plays5
10Penalty minutes2
24Hits14
13Blocked shots16
0Giveaways12
8Takeaways2

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestMcDonald – Steen – Backes5:09

    xG 0.32–0.00 (100%)attempts 12–1goals 1–0

  2. McDonald – Backes – Stewart2:38

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Stewart – Berglund – Schwartz5:11

    xG 0.12–0.05 (70%)attempts 7–4goals 1–0

  4. Nichol – Porter – Reaves3:52

    xG 0.08–0.02 (81%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJackman – Pietrangelo7:48

    xG 0.46–0.03 (93%)attempts 13–2goals 1–0

  2. Polak – Russell10:03

    xG 0.19–0.06 (75%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  3. Leopold – Shattenkirk9:03

    xG 0.06–0.06 (50%)attempts 10–3goals 1–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. Cullen – Bouchard – Setoguchi5:50

    xG 0.07–0.14 (33%)attempts 3–8goals 0–1

  2. Rupp – Konopka – Mitchell4:29

    xG 0.02–0.09 (17%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  3. Heatley – Brodziak – Clutterbuck7:42

    xG 0.05–0.17 (23%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

  4. Koivu – Parise – Coyle7:30

    xG 0.03–0.23 (12%)attempts 4–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Suter – Brodin10:42

    xG 0.13–0.32 (29%)attempts 6–15goals 0–0

  2. Stoner – Spurgeon8:31

    xG 0.01–0.22 (5%)attempts 4–10goals 0–1

  3. Clark – Gilbert6:49

    xG 0.02–0.25 (7%)attempts 5–13goals 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.

MIN 1.8 xGSTL 1.1 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINSTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 40/100 · #439 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.37 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 40% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 68% of the time.

MIN winsSTL wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).