Sun, Apr 21, 2013·Pepsi Center, Denver
St. Louis Blues 3, Colorado Avalanche 5
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 64% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STL | 111 | 117 | 14 | 332 |
| COL | 212 | 29 | 110 | 531 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 11:48COLJamie McGinnAssists: Aaron Palushaj, Paul Stastny · Tip-in, 0.32 xG0–1
- P1 12:42STLDavid BackesAssists: Jay Bouwmeester, Alex Pietrangelo · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–1
- P1 19:05COLCody McLeodAssists: Stefan Elliott, Gabriel Landeskog · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–2
- P2 3:10COLJamie McGinnPPAssists: Ryan O'Reilly · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–3
- P2 6:49STLJaden SchwartzAssists: David Backes · Slap, 0.02 xG2–3
- P2 17:23COLMatt DucheneGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–4
- P3 8:04STLKevin ShattenkirkAssists: Patrik Berglund, Vladimir Tarasenko · Wrist, 0.01 xG3–4
- P3 11:54COLChuck KobasewAssists: Jamie McGinn, Shane O'Brien · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–5
Penalties (7)
- P1 12:22STLChris Stewart: Roughing2 min
- P1 12:22COLJamie McGinn: Interference2 min
- P1 14:19COLChuck Kobasew: Too many men on the ice2 min
- P1 19:43COLGabriel Landeskog: High sticking2 min
- P2 2:16STLRoman Polak: Roughing2 min · PPG
- P3 14:08COLRyan O'Reilly: Tripping2 min
- P3 17:33STLDavid Backes: Boarding2 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Backes won the faceoff against O'Reilly
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach 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
- bestPorter – Reaves – Jaskin3:49
xG 0.21–0.02 (89%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0
- Berglund – Tarasenko – Jaskin3:05
xG 0.05–0.02 (72%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0
- Porter – Reaves – Schwartz2:39
xG 0.09–0.07 (57%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0
- Berglund – Perron – Tarasenko6:16
xG 0.18–0.29 (38%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0
Defence pairs
- bestBouwmeester – Pietrangelo15:14
xG 0.46–0.30 (61%)attempts 23–12goals 0–1
- Jackman – Polak13:40
xG 0.27–0.65 (30%)attempts 11–14goals 0–0
- Leopold – Shattenkirk14:51
xG 0.44–1.15 (28%)attempts 14–19goals 2–1
Colorado Avalanche
Forward lines
- bestMcLeod – O'Reilly – Landeskog11:37
xG 0.86–0.20 (81%)attempts 18–10goals 1–2
- Parenteau – Mitchell – Duchene11:56
xG 0.55–0.43 (56%)attempts 12–13goals 1–0
- Kobasew – Stastny – McGinn10:50
xG 0.18–0.34 (35%)attempts 7–12goals 1–0
- Bordeleau – Palushaj – Olver5:24
xG 0.06–0.28 (17%)attempts 3–11goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestHejda – Elliott14:10
xG 1.23–0.37 (77%)attempts 22–13goals 3–0
- Zanon – Barrie15:14
xG 0.50–0.41 (55%)attempts 13–20goals 0–0
- O'Brien – Hunwick11:39
xG 0.41–0.42 (49%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
COL's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line COL is favoured, below it STL. Dots are goals.
Did the better team win?
Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.
Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 64% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (COL − STL), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).