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Thu, Dec 12, 2013·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Toronto Maple Leafs 3, St. Louis Blues 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 85% of the time.

STL winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR071629322
STL316110210636

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:48STLDavid BackesAssists: Alexander Steen, Jay Bouwmeester · Snap, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:59STLJaden SchwartzAssists: Vladimir Sobotka, Barret Jackman · Wrist, 0.23 xG0–2
  3. P1 16:10STLDerek RoyAssists: Chris Stewart, Jaden Schwartz · Snap, 0.12 xG0–3
  4. P2 0:29STLChris StewartGWGAssists: Vladimir Sobotka, Jaden Schwartz · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–4
  5. P2 1:45TORNazem KadriAssists: Phil Kessel · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–4
  6. P3 7:04STLAlexander SteenAssists: T.J. Oshie, Alex Pietrangelo · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–5
  7. P3 14:30TORNikolay KuleminAssists: Mason Raymond, Trevor Smith · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–5
  8. P3 16:52TORJames van RiemsdykUnassisted · Backhand, 0.03 xG3–5
  9. P3 19:30STLDavid BackesENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.41 xG3–6
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 6:47TORJay McClement: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 13:27STLAlexander Steen: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 2:24STLBarret Jackman: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 6:28TORDavid Clarkson: Illegal check to head2 min
  5. P2 17:56TORDavid Clarkson: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 17:56STLRoman Polak: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 7:19STLIan Cole: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 9:01TORDavid Clarkson: 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.

TOR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORSTL
22Shots on goal36
1.4Expected goals3.6
40Shot attempts61
26Faceoffs won37
3Power plays3
11Penalty minutes11
20Hits13
9Blocked shots12
1Giveaways4
5Takeaways13

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.

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. Kessel – van Riemsdyk – Holland2:53

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

  2. Lupul – Kulemin – Holland7:16

    xG 0.10–0.16 (38%)attempts 4–5goals 0–1

  3. Clarkson – Raymond – Smith6:48

    xG 0.13–0.24 (34%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  4. McClement – McLaren – D'Amigo4:03

    xG 0.05–0.44 (11%)attempts 3–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Gardiner – Rielly15:16

    xG 0.45–0.80 (36%)attempts 12–13goals 1–1

  2. Franson – Gunnarsson10:58

    xG 0.24–0.67 (26%)attempts 7–13goals 2–1

  3. Ranger – Fraser14:56

    xG 0.22–0.66 (25%)attempts 6–14goals 0–2

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestSobotka – Stewart – Schwartz9:31

    xG 0.80–0.12 (87%)attempts 12–3goals 2–0

  2. Steen – Backes – Oshie11:42

    xG 0.79–0.14 (85%)attempts 14–4goals 2–1

  3. Morrow – Lapierre – Cracknell7:21

    xG 0.28–0.13 (68%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  4. Roy – Berglund – Tarasenko9:34

    xG 0.07–0.24 (22%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBouwmeester – Pietrangelo15:11

    xG 1.24–0.25 (83%)attempts 21–8goals 2–2

  2. Jackman – Shattenkirk12:45

    xG 0.56–0.32 (63%)attempts 8–5goals 2–1

  3. Polak – Cole12:37

    xG 0.42–0.30 (58%)attempts 11–10goals 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 3.6 xGTOR 1.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLTOR

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 TOR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 68/100 · #320 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.61 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 85% of the time.

STL winsTOR wins

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

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