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Fri, Apr 12, 2013·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

St. Louis Blues 1, Columbus Blue Jackets 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 50% of the time.

CBJ winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL11201109132
CBJ1621013419

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:26STLKevin ShattenkirkAssists: Andy McDonald, Vladimir Sobotka · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:32CBJCam AtkinsonAssists: Matt Calvert, Adrian Aucoin · Deflected, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:20CBJArtem AnisimovGWGAssists: Brandon Dubinsky, Cam Atkinson · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P2 18:36CBJRyan JohansenAssists: Nick Foligno, James Wisniewski · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–3
  5. P3 1:21CBJMarian GaborikAssists: Mark Letestu, Vinny Prospal · Backhand, 0.09 xG1–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 1:48CBJJared Boll: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 15:09CBJDalton Prout: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 4:40CBJVinny Prospal: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P3 17:03STLKevin Shattenkirk: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  5. P3 17:03STLKevin Shattenkirk: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 18:08CBJNick Foligno: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 19:06CBJMatt Calvert: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 19:06CBJBrandon Dubinsky: Misconduct10 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 SOG0CBJ
43% to win57% to win
← STL attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Johansen won the faceoff against Backes
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLCBJ
32Shots on goal19
2.3Expected goals2.2
60Shot attempts40
23Faceoffs won25
5Power plays1
4Penalty minutes20
31Hits31
10Blocked shots12
4Giveaways0
4Takeaways5

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 – Perron8:27

    xG 0.39–0.16 (71%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  2. Steen – Backes – Tarasenko3:17

    xG 0.09–0.13 (42%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. McDonald – Sobotka – Perron3:31

    xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 2–1goals 0–1

  4. McDonald – Sobotka – Tarasenko6:13

    xG 0.25–0.36 (41%)attempts 11–7goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestBouwmeester – Pietrangelo17:05

    xG 0.71–0.47 (60%)attempts 23–11goals 0–1

  2. Leopold – Shattenkirk14:15

    xG 0.30–0.37 (45%)attempts 15–9goals 1–2

  3. Polak – Pietrangelo2:00

    xG 0.00–0.13 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestUmberger – Foligno – Johansen11:15

    xG 1.16–0.28 (81%)attempts 14–8goals 1–0

  2. Letestu – Calvert – Atkinson3:02

    xG 0.25–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–2goals 1–0

  3. Dubinsky – Anisimov – Atkinson5:39

    xG 0.22–0.06 (80%)attempts 4–4goals 1–0

  4. MacKenzie – Dubinsky – Boll2:14

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAucoin – Wisniewski14:57

    xG 0.75–0.14 (84%)attempts 10–8goals 2–0

  2. Tyutin – Johnson14:59

    xG 0.51–0.54 (49%)attempts 10–19goals 2–1

  3. Nikitin – Prout15:47

    xG 0.73–0.83 (47%)attempts 12–21goals 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.

CBJ 2.2 xGSTL 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJSTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 35/100 · #497 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.18 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 35% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 50% of the time.

CBJ winsSTL wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).