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Fri, Feb 28, 2014·Honda Center, Anaheim

St. Louis Blues 0, Anaheim Ducks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 50% of the time.

ANA winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL060804018
ANA1401104119

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:39ANAAndrew CoglianoGWGAssists: Saku Koivu, Cam Fowler · Backhand, 0.07 xG0–1
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 11:40ANACorey Perry: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 11:40STLDavid Backes: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 11:40ANACorey Perry: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 11:47STLPatrik Berglund: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  5. P1 15:31STLRyan Reaves: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 8:41STLKevin Shattenkirk: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 11:07ANAMatt Beleskey: Boarding2 min
  8. P3 2:37ANAMark Fistric: Cross checking2 min
  9. P3 8:54STLMaxim Lapierre: Diving2 min
  10. P3 8:54ANAMark Fistric: 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 SOG0ANA
48% to win52% to win
← STL attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backes won the faceoff against Koivu
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLANA
18Shots on goal19
2.1Expected goals2.1
75Shot attempts38
21Faceoffs won28
3Power plays3
13Penalty minutes13
25Hits35
8Blocked shots27
11Giveaways10
4Takeaways2

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. bestLapierre – Reaves – Jaskin6:07

    xG 0.42–0.08 (84%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  2. Berglund – Paajarvi – Schwartz8:17

    xG 0.36–0.12 (75%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  3. Berglund – Paajarvi – Tarasenko3:43

    xG 0.08–0.13 (38%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  4. Morrow – Roy – Tarasenko7:15

    xG 0.15–0.32 (32%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJackman – Shattenkirk10:01

    xG 0.61–0.19 (76%)attempts 20–2goals 0–0

  2. Colaiacovo – Polak7:03

    xG 0.46–0.22 (68%)attempts 11–8goals 0–1

  3. Colaiacovo – Shattenkirk3:00

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestKoivu – Winnik – Cogliano12:37

    xG 0.42–0.31 (58%)attempts 8–12goals 1–0

  2. Selanne – Perreault – Maroon5:57

    xG 0.12–0.19 (39%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  3. Jackman – Beleskey – Bonino5:30

    xG 0.22–0.30 (42%)attempts 3–12goals 0–0

  4. Getzlaf – Perry – Penner12:28

    xG 0.31–0.51 (38%)attempts 7–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLovejoy – Fowler13:29

    xG 0.65–0.25 (72%)attempts 13–12goals 1–0

  2. Allen – Fistric15:20

    xG 0.40–0.55 (42%)attempts 8–18goals 0–0

  3. Beauchemin – Fowler2:05

    xG 0.00–0.17 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 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.

ANA 2.1 xGSTL 2.1 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANASTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 1/100 · #1204 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.61 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50ANA 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, Anaheim Ducks win this game 50% of the time.

ANA winsSTL wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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