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Thu, Mar 13, 2014·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Edmonton Oilers 2, St. Louis Blues 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 76% of the time.

STL winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM1816011225
STL11518414637

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:39EDMDavid PerronAssists: Taylor Hall, Andrew Ference · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:48STLVladimir SobotkaAssists: Vladimir Tarasenko, T.J. Oshie · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:05STLVladimir TarasenkoAssists: T.J. Oshie, Vladimir Sobotka · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P2 18:03EDMMark FraserAssists: Boyd Gordon, Jesse Joensuu · Wrist, 0.21 xG2–2
  5. P3 0:42STLAlex PietrangeloGWGAssists: Vladimir Sobotka · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–3
  6. P3 4:25STLJaden SchwartzAssists: David Backes, Alexander Steen · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–4
  7. P3 7:56STLT.J. OshiePPAssists: Alexander Steen, Kevin Shattenkirk · Wrist, 0.52 xG2–5
  8. P3 12:56STLJaden SchwartzAssists: Maxim Lapierre, Magnus Paajarvi · Backhand, 0.32 xG2–6
Penalties (20)
  1. P1 1:16EDMMark Fraser: Holding2 min
  2. P1 11:39STLRoman Polak: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 9:58EDMTaylor Hall: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 19:49STLAlexander Steen: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 19:49EDMDavid Perron: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 6:14EDMRyan Smyth: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 6:14STLRyan Reaves: Misconduct10 min
  8. P3 6:14EDMLuke Gazdic: Misconduct10 min
  9. P3 7:20EDMMark Fraser: Cross checking2 min
  10. P3 10:33STLVladimir Sobotka: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 10:33EDMDavid Perron: High sticking2 min
  12. P3 10:33EDMDavid Perron: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 10:33EDMLuke Gazdic: Game misconduct10 min
  14. P3 10:33STLRyan Reaves: Game misconduct10 min
  15. P3 16:42EDMTaylor Hall: Roughing2 min
  16. P3 16:42STLVladimir Tarasenko: Roughing2 min
  17. P3 16:42STLVladimir Tarasenko: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  18. P3 16:42EDMMark Fraser: Misconduct10 min
  19. P3 16:42STLVladimir Sobotka: Misconduct10 min
  20. P3 18:41STLKevin Shattenkirk: 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMSTL
25Shots on goal37
2.1Expected goals3.7
43Shot attempts72
22Faceoffs won39
3Power plays5
46Penalty minutes42
16Hits22
17Blocked shots9
5Giveaways3
4Takeaways6

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestSmyth – Jones – Gazdic6:32

    xG 0.24–0.12 (67%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  2. Gagner – Perron – Hall11:20

    xG 0.31–0.24 (56%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  3. Hendricks – Gordon – Joensuu10:09

    xG 0.27–0.41 (39%)attempts 6–11goals 1–0

  4. Eberle – Nugent-Hopkins – Yakupov7:17

    xG 0.23–0.49 (32%)attempts 7–9goals 0–3

Defence pairs

  1. bestFraser – Schultz12:33

    xG 0.63–0.41 (61%)attempts 12–13goals 1–1

  2. Ference – Marincin2:27

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

  3. Ference – Klefbom9:25

    xG 0.16–0.37 (30%)attempts 6–8goals 1–2

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestOshie – Sobotka – Tarasenko8:26

    xG 0.69–0.16 (81%)attempts 16–4goals 2–0

  2. Steen – Backes – Schwartz11:31

    xG 0.58–0.08 (88%)attempts 15–6goals 1–1

  3. Ott – Roy – Berglund10:14

    xG 0.18–0.14 (56%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  4. Lapierre – Reaves – Paajarvi7:16

    xG 0.12–0.43 (22%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPolak – Cole11:57

    xG 0.67–0.16 (81%)attempts 16–6goals 0–0

  2. Bouwmeester – Pietrangelo13:47

    xG 0.55–0.31 (64%)attempts 13–13goals 2–1

  3. Jackman – Shattenkirk10:09

    xG 0.48–0.31 (60%)attempts 7–6goals 2–0

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 3.7 xGEDM 2.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 55/100 · #497 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.41 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 35% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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 76% of the time.

STL winsEDM wins

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

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