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Wed, Feb 26, 2014·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

St. Louis Blues 0, Vancouver Canucks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 75% of the time.

VAN winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL0601103020
VAN01401417135

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 11:13VANJannik HansenGWGAssists: Tom Sestito · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 2:57STLChris Stewart: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 18:34STLBrenden Morrow: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 0:52STLAlexander Steen: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 6:23VANJason Garrison: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 17:13VANHenrik Sedin: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 3:02VANTom Sestito: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 12:39STLAlexander Steen: Cross checking2 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 SOG0VAN
48% to win52% to win
← STL attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Richardson won the faceoff against Backes
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLVAN
20Shots on goal35
2.0Expected goals3.4
52Shot attempts58
26Faceoffs won30
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
31Hits18
11Blocked shots14
7Giveaways9
5Takeaways6

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. Morrow – Roy – Tarasenko8:50

    xG 0.16–0.24 (41%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  2. Lapierre – Reaves – Jaskin7:49

    xG 0.04–0.32 (11%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

  3. Steen – Stewart – Schwartz9:21

    xG 0.20–0.55 (27%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  4. Backes – Oshie – Berglund8:18

    xG 0.47–0.91 (34%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJackman – Shattenkirk12:36

    xG 0.46–0.24 (66%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  2. Bouwmeester – Pietrangelo15:16

    xG 0.57–0.87 (39%)attempts 16–19goals 0–0

  3. Colaiacovo – Polak11:27

    xG 0.06–0.50 (11%)attempts 2–9goals 0–1

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestRichardson – Booth – Kassian10:42

    xG 1.19–0.43 (73%)attempts 15–12goals 0–0

  2. Sestito – Dalpe – Lain6:32

    xG 0.33–0.08 (79%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Sedin – Sedin – Burrows11:02

    xG 0.40–0.27 (60%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  4. Higgins – Hansen – Schroeder10:18

    xG 0.03–0.25 (12%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBieksa – Stanton12:39

    xG 1.55–0.32 (83%)attempts 18–12goals 1–0

  2. Edler – Diaz8:13

    xG 0.28–0.07 (80%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Stanton – Diaz2:07

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 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.

VAN 3.4 xGSTL 2.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANSTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 9/100 · #1080 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.74 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +34 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 75% of the time.

VAN winsSTL wins

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

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