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Thu, Apr 25, 2013·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Calgary Flames 1, St. Louis Blues 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 68% of the time.

STL winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY081308119
STL0531114420

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 3:21STLRyan ReavesAssists: Adam Cracknell, Jay Bouwmeester · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P2 7:58CGYSven BaertschiAssists: Jiri Hudler · Slap, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P2 10:00STLAndy McDonaldGWGAssists: Chris Stewart, Roman Polak · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P2 15:27STLAlexander SteenPPAssists: Chris Stewart · Wrist, 0.26 xG1–3
  5. P3 2:10STLRyan ReavesAssists: Chris Porter, Adam Cracknell · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–4
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 9:40STLVladimir Sobotka: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P1 12:48CGYMatt Stajan: Holding2 min
  3. P1 14:33STLDavid Perron: Boarding2 min
  4. P1 15:16STLKris Russell: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 15:16CGYMichael Cammalleri: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 4:00CGYMichael Cammalleri: Elbowing2 min
  7. P2 12:42STLRyan Reaves: High sticking2 min
  8. P2 15:22CGYPaul Byron: High sticking2 min · PPG
  9. P2 15:27CGYMax Reinhart: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 7:37STLRyan Reaves: Fighting5 min
  11. P3 7:37CGYTim Jackman: Instigator2 min
  12. P3 7:37CGYTim Jackman: Fighting5 min
  13. P3 7:37CGYTim Jackman: Misconduct10 min
  14. P3 11:48STLVladimir Sobotka: Slashing2 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYSTL
19Shots on goal20
1.4Expected goals2.2
43Shot attempts46
24Faceoffs won34
4Power plays5
30Penalty minutes18
23Hits19
13Blocked shots15
3Giveaways5
6Takeaways7

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.

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestHudler – Backlund – Baertschi8:37

    xG 0.31–0.14 (69%)attempts 9–8goals 1–1

  2. Cammalleri – Stajan – Stempniak8:21

    xG 0.27–0.13 (68%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Jackman – Jones – Reinhart5:57

    xG 0.07–0.09 (43%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Byron – Horak – Cervenka6:39

    xG 0.24–0.27 (47%)attempts 6–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrodie – Cundari12:47

    xG 0.36–0.06 (85%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Wideman – Giordano13:32

    xG 0.37–0.33 (53%)attempts 9–10goals 0–1

  3. Wideman – Brodie2:09

    xG 0.00–0.38 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestPorter – Cracknell – Reaves7:37

    xG 0.44–0.10 (81%)attempts 9–5goals 2–0

  2. Steen – Backes – Schwartz8:56

    xG 0.24–0.14 (64%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Berglund – Perron – Tarasenko8:59

    xG 0.40–0.31 (56%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  4. McDonald – Sobotka – Stewart10:49

    xG 0.24–0.16 (59%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLeopold – Shattenkirk11:14

    xG 0.74–0.26 (74%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

  2. Leopold – Russell2:02

    xG 0.08–0.02 (81%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Polak – Russell12:03

    xG 0.37–0.34 (52%)attempts 13–8goals 1–1

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 2.2 xGCGY 1.4 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLCGY

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 CGY. Dots are goals.

Excitement 40/100 · #443 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.36 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 68% of the time.

STL winsCGY wins

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

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