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Tue, Apr 23, 2013·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Colorado Avalanche 1, St. Louis Blues 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 89% of the time.

STL winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL081307118
STL11621107334

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:19STLChris StewartPPAssists: Jordan Leopold, Andy McDonald · Deflected, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P2 2:55STLPatrik BerglundPPGWGAssists: Jay Bouwmeester, Jordan Leopold · Deflected, 0.15 xG0–2
  3. P2 5:13STLAndy McDonaldAssists: Vladimir Sobotka, Chris Stewart · Backhand, 0.13 xG0–3
  4. P2 15:13COLCody McLeodAssists: Paul Stastny, Greg Zanon · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–3
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 10:18COLJamie McGinn: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 15:56COLShane O'Brien: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 0:00STLDavid Backes: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 0:00COLCody McLeod: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 0:00COLCody McLeod: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  6. P2 2:46COLJohn Mitchell: High sticking2 min · PPG
  7. P2 10:39STLPatrik Berglund: Interference2 min
  8. P3 3:06COLGreg Zanon: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 5:45STLRoman Polak: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 18:38STLAndy McDonald: Hooking2 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.

COL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLSTL
18Shots on goal34
1.6Expected goals4.3
38Shot attempts72
31Faceoffs won27
3Power plays5
12Penalty minutes8
20Hits18
21Blocked shots11
2Giveaways2
4Takeaways3

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.

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. Kobasew – Stastny – McGinn5:48

    xG 0.29–0.27 (51%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Bordeleau – Palushaj – Vincour4:38

    xG 0.04–0.24 (14%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

  3. Stastny – McGinn – Vincour3:51

    xG 0.03–0.23 (10%)attempts 1–4goals 0–1

  4. McLeod – O'Reilly – Landeskog10:32

    xG 0.05–0.26 (18%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. O'Brien – Hunwick11:56

    xG 0.21–0.18 (54%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  2. O'Brien – Elliott2:23

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Hejda – Elliott9:53

    xG 0.04–0.26 (12%)attempts 6–7goals 0–1

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestSteen – Backes – Schwartz11:00

    xG 0.45–0.02 (95%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

  2. Porter – Cracknell – Reaves4:00

    xG 0.43–0.10 (81%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Porter – Berglund – Tarasenko2:11

    xG 0.23–0.07 (76%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Cracknell – Reaves – Perron2:52

    xG 0.18–0.04 (82%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBouwmeester – Pietrangelo12:22

    xG 1.00–0.20 (83%)attempts 20–7goals 0–0

  2. Jackman – Polak9:59

    xG 0.61–0.01 (98%)attempts 5–6goals 1–0

  3. Leopold – Pietrangelo2:15

    xG 0.38–0.03 (94%)attempts 6–1goals 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.

STL 4.3 xGCOL 1.6 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLCOL

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 COL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 16/100 · #596 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.76 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 89% of the time.

STL winsCOL wins

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

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