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Thu, Apr 11, 2013·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

St. Louis Blues 2, Minnesota Wild 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 65% of the time.

MIN winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL160915220
MIN0100607023

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:37STLRoman PolakGWGAssists: Chris Stewart, Chris Porter · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P3 9:30STLAndy McDonaldAssists: Vladimir Tarasenko, David Backes · Backhand, 0.15 xG2–0
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 13:04STLBarret Jackman: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 6:41STLAlex Pietrangelo: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 17:53MINJustin Falk: Cross checking2 min
  4. P3 19:51STLJay Bouwmeester: Cross checking2 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
20Shots on goal23
1.5Expected goals2.1
38Shot attempts46
21Faceoffs won24
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
18Hits21
13Blocked shots14
5Giveaways7
4Takeaways10

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. bestSteen – Backes – Perron12:20

    xG 0.20–0.10 (66%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  2. Stewart – Berglund – Schwartz9:10

    xG 0.28–0.27 (51%)attempts 4–9goals 1–0

  3. McDonald – Sobotka – Tarasenko9:07

    xG 0.29–0.42 (41%)attempts 12–5goals 1–0

  4. Porter – Cracknell – Reaves6:11

    xG 0.00–0.29 (0%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJackman – Polak13:54

    xG 0.39–0.23 (63%)attempts 9–9goals 2–0

  2. Bouwmeester – Pietrangelo18:02

    xG 0.36–0.27 (57%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  3. Leopold – Shattenkirk15:04

    xG 0.20–0.69 (22%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestBouchard – Setoguchi – Granlund10:43

    xG 0.53–0.14 (79%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  2. Brodziak – Clutterbuck – Coyle10:55

    xG 0.11–0.08 (57%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Koivu – Pominville – Parise14:51

    xG 0.34–0.45 (43%)attempts 14–10goals 0–1

  4. Rupp – Konopka – Mitchell5:29

    xG 0.00–0.17 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStoner – Spurgeon7:34

    xG 0.34–0.03 (92%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  2. Spurgeon – Brodin8:49

    xG 0.28–0.08 (77%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Gilbert – Stoner8:46

    xG 0.23–0.10 (68%)attempts 4–3goals 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.

MIN 2.1 xGSTL 1.5 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 10/100 · #665 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.81 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 65% of the time.

MIN winsSTL wins

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

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