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Sat, Oct 12, 2013·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

New York Rangers 3, St. Louis Blues 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 63% of the time.

STL winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR11111315329
STL11235117534

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:38STLAlexander SteenAssists: T.J. Oshie, David Backes · Wrist, 0.20 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:54NYRRyan CallahanPPAssists: Derick Brassard, Derek Stepan · Backhand, 0.22 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:11STLDavid BackesAssists: Alexander Steen · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P2 12:44STLDerek RoyPPAssists: Kevin Shattenkirk, Alexander Steen · Slap, 0.06 xG1–3
  5. P2 16:56NYRBrad RichardsAssists: Derick Brassard · Slap, 0.08 xG2–3
  6. P2 18:27STLDavid BackesGWGAssists: T.J. Oshie, Alexander Steen · Deflected, 0.13 xG2–4
  7. P3 2:54NYRRyan CallahanPPAssists: Brad Richards, Derek Stepan · Wrist, 0.26 xG3–4
  8. P3 10:42STLVladimir TarasenkoPPAssists: Kevin Shattenkirk, Derek Roy · Snap, 0.03 xG3–5
Penalties (15)
  1. P1 6:55STLBrenden Morrow: Interference2 min
  2. P1 14:01NYRDerek Dorsett: Boarding2 min
  3. P1 17:30NYRJustin Falk: Interference2 min
  4. P1 17:55STLT.J. Oshie: Boarding2 min · PPG
  5. P1 17:55STLDavid Backes: Roughing2 min
  6. P1 17:55NYRBrian Boyle: Roughing2 min
  7. P1 19:00STLBarret Jackman: Charging2 min
  8. P2 4:43NYRDerek Dorsett: Holding2 min
  9. P2 4:43STLMaxim Lapierre: Too many men on the ice2 min
  10. P2 7:30STLT.J. Oshie: High sticking2 min
  11. P2 12:08NYRJustin Falk: Interference2 min · PPG
  12. P3 1:51STLDerek Roy: Holding2 min · PPG
  13. P3 4:46NYRDerick Brassard: Tripping2 min
  14. P3 10:36NYRDerek Dorsett: High sticking2 min · PPG
  15. P3 19:40NYRAnton Stralman: Interference2 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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0STL
48% to win52% to win
← NYR attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Berglund won the faceoff against Boyle
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRSTL
29Shots on goal34
2.8Expected goals2.1
53Shot attempts60
26Faceoffs won34
5Power plays6
16Penalty minutes14
17Hits16
15Blocked shots13
4Giveaways2
2Takeaways2

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.

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestPyatt – Moore – Dorsett6:07

    xG 0.42–0.09 (82%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Boyle – Pouliot – Fast7:09

    xG 0.35–0.42 (46%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  3. Pyatt – Stepan – Zuccarello6:02

    xG 0.07–0.23 (22%)attempts 2–13goals 0–0

  4. Richards – Callahan – Brassard9:36

    xG 0.25–0.49 (34%)attempts 7–12goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – McDonagh12:44

    xG 0.30–0.18 (62%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  2. Del Zotto – Moore8:11

    xG 0.17–0.09 (65%)attempts 3–6goals 1–0

  3. Staal – Girardi10:40

    xG 0.84–0.82 (50%)attempts 12–14goals 0–2

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestSteen – Backes – Oshie10:14

    xG 0.67–0.13 (84%)attempts 17–2goals 2–0

  2. Morrow – Roy – Stewart7:05

    xG 0.17–0.17 (50%)attempts 7–6goals 0–1

  3. Lapierre – Sobotka – Reaves7:14

    xG 0.36–0.38 (48%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  4. Berglund – Tarasenko – Schwartz9:55

    xG 0.25–0.39 (39%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBouwmeester – Pietrangelo12:45

    xG 0.68–0.53 (56%)attempts 19–9goals 1–1

  2. Leopold – Shattenkirk12:44

    xG 0.59–0.49 (54%)attempts 17–8goals 1–0

  3. Jackman – Polak14:22

    xG 0.27–0.29 (48%)attempts 12–8goals 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 2.1 xGNYR 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLNYR

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 NYR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 71/100 · #278 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.58 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 63% of the time.

STL winsNYR wins

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

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