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Tue, Apr 16, 2013·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Vancouver Canucks 1, St. Louis Blues 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 79% of the time.

STL winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
VAN051607040122
STL014011110012236

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 19:47VANAlexander EdlerPPAssists: Henrik Sedin, Daniel Sedin · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P3 10:50STLJay BouwmeesterAssists: David Perron, Alex Pietrangelo · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. STL Andy McDonald scored
  2. 2. VAN Derek Roy stopped
  3. 3. STL Kevin Shattenkirk stopped
  4. 4. VAN Alexandre Burrows stopped
  5. 5. STL Alexander Steen scored
Penalties (15)
  1. P1 8:42VANMaxim Lapierre: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 12:44VANAlexandre Burrows: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 15:50STLChris Stewart: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P2 14:11VANRyan Kesler: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 15:56VANKeith Ballard: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 15:56STLDavid Backes: Cross checking2 min
  7. P2 15:56STLDavid Backes: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 15:56VANAlexandre Burrows: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 15:56VANAlexandre Burrows: Roughing2 min
  10. P2 18:46STLVladimir Sobotka: Hooking2 min · PPG
  11. P3 3:35STLJay Bouwmeester: Tripping2 min
  12. P3 12:21STLDavid Perron: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 12:21STLDavid Backes: Roughing2 min
  14. P3 12:21VANAndrew Alberts: Roughing2 min
  15. P3 12:21VANZack Kassian: Roughing2 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0STL
43% to win57% to win
← VAN attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kesler won the faceoff against Sobotka
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANSTL
22Shots on goal36
1.8Expected goals3.5
47Shot attempts77
27Faceoffs won39
3Power plays4
16Penalty minutes14
21Hits22
20Blocked shots11
2Giveaways2
4Takeaways2

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSedin – Sedin – Burrows12:34

    xG 0.54–0.34 (61%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  2. Roy – Kesler – Hansen13:45

    xG 0.51–0.46 (53%)attempts 13–17goals 0–0

  3. Lapierre – Sestito – Weise3:10

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Raymond – Ebbett – Kassian7:53

    xG 0.23–0.62 (28%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBarker – Edler13:49

    xG 0.45–0.32 (59%)attempts 12–11goals 0–1

  2. Hamhuis – Garrison18:19

    xG 0.67–0.60 (53%)attempts 15–18goals 0–0

  3. Alberts – Ballard10:58

    xG 0.12–1.15 (9%)attempts 3–18goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestSteen – Backes – Perron9:21

    xG 0.75–0.37 (67%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  2. Porter – Reaves – Jaskin4:46

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Berglund – Tarasenko – Schwartz6:54

    xG 0.21–0.23 (48%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. McDonald – Sobotka – Stewart10:49

    xG 0.33–0.42 (44%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLeopold – Shattenkirk12:51

    xG 1.08–0.18 (86%)attempts 20–4goals 0–0

  2. Jackman – Polak14:54

    xG 0.51–0.51 (50%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  3. Bouwmeester – Pietrangelo16:30

    xG 0.47–0.49 (49%)attempts 16–16goals 1–0

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.

STL 3.5 xGVAN 1.8 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 50/100 · #347 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.63 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 21% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +30 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 79% of the time.

STL winsVAN wins

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

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