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Tue, Dec 10, 2013·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

St. Louis Blues 2, Winnipeg Jets 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 60% of the time.

WPG winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL0218110220
WPG080518121

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:44STLAlexander SteenAssists: T.J. Oshie, David Backes · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P3 3:00WPGBryan LittlePPAssists: Andrew Ladd, Olli Jokinen · Snap, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P3 16:58STLKevin ShattenkirkPPGWGAssists: Derek Roy · Slap, 0.06 xG2–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 14:49STLDavid Backes: Interference2 min
  2. P2 14:35WPGBlake Wheeler: Interference2 min
  3. P3 1:47STLVladimir Sobotka: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P3 4:15WPGBlake Wheeler: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 6:28STLDavid Backes: Boarding2 min
  6. P3 13:02STLChris Stewart: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 16:34WPGDustin Byfuglien: Hooking2 min · PPG
  8. P3 0:00STLAlexander Steen: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 0:00WPGBryan Little: Roughing2 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.

STL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WPG
48% to win52% to win
← STL attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backes won the faceoff against Little
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLWPG
20Shots on goal21
1.7Expected goals1.3
57Shot attempts43
37Faceoffs won28
3Power plays4
10Penalty minutes8
27Hits39
12Blocked shots22
3Giveaways11
7Takeaways4

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.

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestMorrow – Lapierre – Cracknell6:31

    xG 0.30–0.10 (76%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

  2. Sobotka – Tarasenko – Schwartz5:12

    xG 0.24–0.12 (67%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Steen – Backes – Oshie13:57

    xG 0.17–0.06 (75%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  4. Roy – Berglund – Tarasenko4:56

    xG 0.09–0.00 (99%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJackman – Shattenkirk12:50

    xG 0.40–0.01 (97%)attempts 17–4goals 0–0

  2. Bouwmeester – Pietrangelo14:52

    xG 0.44–0.22 (67%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

  3. Polak – Cole9:20

    xG 0.14–0.11 (55%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. Albert – Peluso – Wright5:47

    xG 0.08–0.12 (41%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  2. Ladd – Wheeler – Little11:59

    xG 0.16–0.30 (34%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  3. Frolik – Halischuk – Scheifele10:06

    xG 0.08–0.25 (25%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  4. Jokinen – Thorburn – Setoguchi12:36

    xG 0.08–0.31 (20%)attempts 3–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestClitsome – Trouba10:18

    xG 0.16–0.03 (83%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  2. Stuart – Trouba2:19

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Enstrom – Byfuglien17:48

    xG 0.07–0.39 (15%)attempts 5–14goals 0–1

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.

WPG 1.3 xGSTL 1.7 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGSTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

WPG's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line WPG is favoured, below it STL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 38/100 · #702 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.29 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +39 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 60% of the time.

WPG winsSTL wins

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

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