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Mon, Mar 17, 2014·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Winnipeg Jets 1, St. Louis Blues 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 79% of the time.

STL winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG070515117
STL0611228326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:44STLBrenden MorrowAssists: Derek Roy, Jay Bouwmeester · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P3 1:55WPGEric O'DellAssists: Evander Kane, Zach Bogosian · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–1
  3. P3 13:09STLDavid BackesPPGWGAssists: Ian Cole, Jay Bouwmeester · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–2
  4. P3 18:49STLDavid BackesENAssists: Alex Pietrangelo · Wrist, 0.58 xG1–3
Penalties (22)
  1. P2 2:39WPGBryan Little: High sticking2 min
  2. P3 1:10STLDavid Backes: Roughing2 min
  3. P3 1:10WPGBryan Little: Roughing2 min
  4. P3 3:09STLAlex Pietrangelo: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 11:26WPGEvander Kane: Slashing2 min · PPG
  6. P3 16:44STLVladimir Sobotka: Charging2 min
  7. P3 16:44WPGOlli Jokinen: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 19:59WPGOlli Jokinen: Misconduct10 min
  9. P3 19:59WPGOlli Jokinen: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 19:59WPGJacob Trouba: Misconduct10 min
  11. P3 19:59WPGDustin Byfuglien: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 19:59WPGDustin Byfuglien: Misconduct10 min
  13. P3 19:59WPGDustin Byfuglien: Roughing2 min
  14. P3 19:59WPGBlake Wheeler: Misconduct10 min
  15. P3 19:59WPGBlake Wheeler: Fighting5 min
  16. P3 19:59STLRoman Polak: Misconduct10 min
  17. P3 19:59STLMaxim Lapierre: Misconduct10 min
  18. P3 19:59STLMaxim Lapierre: Roughing2 min
  19. P3 19:59STLRyan Reaves: Misconduct10 min
  20. P3 19:59STLRyan Reaves: Roughing2 min
  21. P3 19:59STLBarret Jackman: Misconduct10 min
  22. P3 19:59STLBarret Jackman: Fighting5 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGSTL
17Shots on goal26
1.3Expected goals2.8
36Shot attempts62
24Faceoffs won35
1Power plays3
59Penalty minutes55
40Hits29
18Blocked shots11
2Giveaways5
8Takeaways5

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. Peluso – Halischuk – Cormier5:04

    xG 0.23–0.32 (42%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

  2. Ladd – Little – Frolik12:31

    xG 0.17–0.41 (29%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  3. Setoguchi – O'Dell – Kane12:02

    xG 0.08–0.41 (16%)attempts 5–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Stuart – Trouba9:17

    xG 0.30–0.38 (44%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  2. Enstrom – Bogosian10:41

    xG 0.06–0.23 (22%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  3. Pardy – Ellerby10:59

    xG 0.19–0.49 (28%)attempts 5–12goals 0–1

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestMorrow – Ott – Roy8:53

    xG 0.54–0.14 (80%)attempts 14–6goals 1–0

  2. Sobotka – Berglund – Jaskin12:32

    xG 0.33–0.08 (80%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  3. Steen – Backes – Schwartz11:37

    xG 0.40–0.18 (69%)attempts 14–4goals 0–0

  4. Lapierre – Porter – Reaves8:42

    xG 0.24–0.06 (80%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJackman – Shattenkirk15:26

    xG 0.70–0.15 (82%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  2. Polak – Cole12:05

    xG 0.35–0.14 (71%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  3. Bouwmeester – Pietrangelo15:32

    xG 0.39–0.19 (68%)attempts 23–8goals 1–0

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 2.8 xGWPG 1.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLWPG

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 WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 35/100 · #726 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.22 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +36 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 79% of the time.

STL winsWPG wins

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

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