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Mon, Dec 16, 2013·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

St. Louis Blues 2, Ottawa Senators 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 54% of the time.

OTT winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
STL0721201201232
OTT1100111615332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:57OTTJean-Gabriel PageauAssists: Bobby Ryan, Erik Karlsson · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P2 16:50STLChris StewartAssists: Derek Roy · Backhand, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P2 19:47STLChris StewartAssists: Derek Roy, Brenden Morrow · Snap, 0.23 xG2–1
  4. P3 5:44OTTBobby RyanAssists: Kyle Turris, Mika Zibanejad · Backhand, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. OT 3:59OTTCody CeciGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 0:24OTTZack Smith: Illegal check to head2 min
  2. P1 4:31OTTZack Smith: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 6:55STLBrenden Morrow: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 14:06STLBarret Jackman: Boarding2 min
  5. P3 1:10OTTChris Neil: Fighting5 min
  6. P3 1:10STLBarret Jackman: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 1:10OTTClarke MacArthur: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 1:10STLChris Stewart: Roughing2 min
  9. OT 1:11STLDerek Roy: Hooking2 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 SOG0OTT
48% to win52% to win
← STL attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Smith won the faceoff against Backes
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLOTT
32Shots on goal32
2.1Expected goals2.3
51Shot attempts66
24Faceoffs won37
2Power plays3
13Penalty minutes11
31Hits38
17Blocked shots12
6Giveaways18
5Takeaways7

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 – Steen – Oshie5:35

    xG 0.12–0.01 (91%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  2. Berglund – Paajarvi – Tarasenko11:06

    xG 0.12–0.12 (50%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  3. Morrow – Roy – Stewart6:04

    xG 0.39–0.39 (50%)attempts 5–13goals 2–1

  4. Roy – Porter – Stewart3:13

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJackman – Shattenkirk8:20

    xG 0.53–0.10 (84%)attempts 13–4goals 1–0

  2. Bouwmeester – Pietrangelo14:11

    xG 0.56–0.39 (59%)attempts 18–10goals 0–0

  3. Colaiacovo – Polak7:50

    xG 0.18–0.16 (53%)attempts 4–8goals 1–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestRyan – Turris – Zibanejad12:46

    xG 0.48–0.14 (77%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

  2. Neil – Greening – Smith10:28

    xG 0.37–0.22 (62%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  3. Condra – Conacher – Pageau4:12

    xG 0.10–0.03 (73%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  4. Spezza – Michalek – MacArthur8:12

    xG 0.19–0.69 (22%)attempts 9–9goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhillips – Ceci13:53

    xG 0.47–0.31 (60%)attempts 13–13goals 1–0

  2. Karlsson – Cowen22:03

    xG 0.81–0.68 (54%)attempts 24–19goals 0–1

  3. Corvo – Wiercioch11:12

    xG 0.11–0.44 (21%)attempts 7–8goals 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.

OTT 2.3 xGSTL 2.1 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTSTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 50/100 · #553 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.62 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +26 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 54% of the time.

OTT winsSTL wins

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

-7
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-3
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-1
0
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+7

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