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Sun, Apr 7, 2013·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

St. Louis Blues 1, Detroit Red Wings 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 62% of the time.

DET winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL0111806125
DET0701308028

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 16:28STLChris PorterGWGAssists: Patrik Berglund, Barret Jackman · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–0
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 17:01DETJakub Kindl: Interference2 min
  2. P2 12:22STLPatrik Berglund: Interference2 min
  3. P2 19:16STLDavid Backes: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 3:48STLVladimir Sobotka: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 15:59STLDavid Perron: Holding the stick2 min
  6. P3 15:59DETHenrik Zetterberg: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 17:52DETNiklas Kronwall: Concealing puck2 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 SOG0DET
43% to win57% to win
← STL attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Franzen won the faceoff against Backes
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLDET
25Shots on goal28
1.4Expected goals1.9
37Shot attempts56
31Faceoffs won25
2Power plays3
8Penalty minutes6
23Hits23
13Blocked shots7
7Giveaways6
3Takeaways10

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. bestPorter – Stewart – Berglund10:55

    xG 0.54–0.18 (75%)attempts 7–10goals 1–0

  2. Sobotka – Tarasenko – Schwartz10:00

    xG 0.10–0.08 (55%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Steen – Backes – Perron13:55

    xG 0.48–0.56 (46%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJackman – Polak12:46

    xG 0.38–0.25 (60%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  2. Leopold – Shattenkirk12:24

    xG 0.16–0.20 (45%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Bouwmeester – Pietrangelo15:07

    xG 0.56–0.61 (48%)attempts 7–17goals 1–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestFilppula – Franzen – Nyquist11:43

    xG 0.40–0.20 (66%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  2. Eaves – Emmerton – Sheahan5:24

    xG 0.14–0.05 (73%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Datsyuk – Zetterberg – Abdelkader12:18

    xG 0.45–0.55 (45%)attempts 14–8goals 0–1

  4. Cleary – Miller – Andersson8:45

    xG 0.04–0.29 (11%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – Ericsson13:37

    xG 0.58–0.23 (72%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  2. Quincey – Kindl12:27

    xG 0.30–0.18 (62%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  3. White – Quincey2:36

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 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.

DET 1.9 xGSTL 1.4 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETSTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 11/100 · #639 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.96 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 40% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 62% of the time.

DET winsSTL wins

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

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