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Fri, Apr 5, 2013·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Columbus Blue Jackets 1, St. Louis Blues 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 63% of the time.

STL winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ0711208127
STL0521113319

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 15:58STLChris StewartPPAssists: Alex Pietrangelo, Jay Bouwmeester · Backhand, 0.20 xG0–1
  2. P2 18:36CBJArtem AnisimovAssists: Marian Gaborik, Vinny Prospal · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 18:45STLDavid BackesGWGAssists: Jaden Schwartz, Alexander Steen · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:59STLPatrik BerglundENAssists: Jay Bouwmeester · Wrist, 0.76 xG1–3
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 3:36CBJVinny Prospal: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 7:00STLVladimir Tarasenko: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 19:33STLChris Stewart: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 19:33STLAndy McDonald: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 19:33CBJVinny Prospal: Roughing2 min
  6. P1 19:33CBJFedor Tyutin: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 0:31CBJMatt Calvert: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 12:26CBJCam Atkinson: Hooking2 min
  9. P2 14:30CBJJames Wisniewski: Tripping2 min · PPG
  10. P3 10:39STLAlexander Steen: Slashing2 min
  11. P3 10:39CBJNick Foligno: Slashing2 min
  12. P3 18:20STLBarret Jackman: Hooking2 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 20:00Sobotka won the faceoff against Dubinsky
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJSTL
27Shots on goal19
2.3Expected goals3.0
50Shot attempts40
33Faceoffs won26
2Power plays4
14Penalty minutes10
20Hits19
10Blocked shots13
4Giveaways6
5Takeaways8

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 – Foligno – Johansen8:39

    xG 0.50–0.12 (80%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  2. Prospal – Gaborik – Anisimov10:16

    xG 0.22–0.25 (47%)attempts 8–11goals 1–0

  3. Dubinsky – Calvert – Atkinson11:47

    xG 0.41–0.44 (48%)attempts 9–4goals 0–1

  4. MacKenzie – Comeau – Letestu4:38

    xG 0.08–0.11 (40%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestNikitin – Prout9:31

    xG 0.32–0.05 (87%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  2. Tyutin – Prout3:08

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Wisniewski – Johnson3:16

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestPorter – Cracknell – Reaves6:56

    xG 0.20–0.02 (90%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Steen – Backes – Schwartz11:00

    xG 0.45–0.59 (43%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0

  3. McDonald – Stewart – Berglund10:14

    xG 0.28–0.44 (39%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  4. Sobotka – Perron – Tarasenko9:13

    xG 0.15–0.38 (29%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLeopold – Shattenkirk14:07

    xG 0.44–0.30 (59%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  2. Bouwmeester – Pietrangelo16:48

    xG 0.55–0.51 (52%)attempts 13–12goals 1–0

  3. Jackman – Polak14:05

    xG 0.23–0.79 (23%)attempts 7–17goals 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.

STL 3.0 xGCBJ 2.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 46/100 · #394 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.46 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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 63% 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).