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Sat, Apr 27, 2013·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Chicago Blackhawks 1, St. Louis Blues 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 76% of the time.

STL winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI0601017123
STL2911207328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:33STLPatrik BerglundAssists: Andy McDonald, Vladimir Tarasenko · Wrist, 0.33 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:24STLJaden SchwartzGWGAssists: David Backes, Kris Russell · Backhand, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P2 8:39STLJaden SchwartzAssists: David Backes, Kris Russell · Backhand, 0.07 xG0–3
  4. P3 8:23CHIBen SmithAssists: Jeremy Morin, Jimmy Hayes · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 5:19STLKevin Shattenkirk: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 18:11CHISheldon Brookbank: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 10:39CHIRyan Stanton: High sticking2 min
  4. P3 9:09STLKevin Shattenkirk: Tripping2 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHISTL
23Shots on goal28
1.5Expected goals2.9
46Shot attempts61
26Faceoffs won33
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
16Hits12
17Blocked shots12
2Giveaways6
4Takeaways9

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.

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestBickell – Hayes – Shaw6:52

    xG 0.31–0.14 (69%)attempts 7–7goals 0–1

  2. Bickell – Frolik – Shaw2:28

    xG 0.10–0.06 (65%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Bickell – Morin – Shaw2:21

    xG 0.02–0.03 (38%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Smith – Pirri – Morin9:51

    xG 0.26–0.45 (36%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLalonde – Stanton7:02

    xG 0.23–0.04 (87%)attempts 7–2goals 1–0

  2. Brookbank – Stanton3:52

    xG 0.13–0.10 (57%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Rozsival – Oduya11:54

    xG 0.38–0.43 (47%)attempts 9–14goals 0–1

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestSteen – Backes – Schwartz11:13

    xG 0.38–0.10 (79%)attempts 13–4goals 2–0

  2. McDonald – Sobotka – Stewart12:35

    xG 0.69–0.43 (62%)attempts 12–11goals 0–1

  3. Porter – Cracknell – Reaves8:10

    xG 0.20–0.21 (48%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  4. Berglund – Perron – Tarasenko9:07

    xG 0.31–0.46 (40%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBouwmeester – Pietrangelo13:50

    xG 0.79–0.25 (76%)attempts 15–12goals 0–0

  2. Leopold – Shattenkirk19:24

    xG 0.53–0.42 (56%)attempts 18–10goals 0–0

  3. Polak – Russell15:22

    xG 0.48–0.64 (43%)attempts 13–17goals 2–1

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 2.9 xGCHI 1.5 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLCHI

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 CHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #610 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.62 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 76% of the time.

STL winsCHI wins

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

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