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Sun, Apr 13, 2014·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Detroit Red Wings 3, St. Louis Blues 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 66% of the time.

STL winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET141918321
STL0706010023

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:30DETJustin AbdelkaderGWGAssists: Brian Lashoff, Pavel Datsyuk · Tip-in, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P2 16:19DETRiley SheahanAssists: Tomas Tatar · Slap, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P3 12:43DETJustin AbdelkaderAssists: Pavel Datsyuk, Jakub Kindl · Tip-in, 0.16 xG3–0
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 6:58DETXavier Ouellet: Holding the stick2 min
  2. P1 7:59STLCarlo Colaiacovo: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 9:48DETJoakim Andersson: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P1 13:49STLMagnus Paajarvi: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P2 9:38STLJordan Leopold: Holding2 min
  6. P2 12:18DETLuke Glendening: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 19:55STLAlexander 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETSTL
21Shots on goal23
2.1Expected goals1.3
46Shot attempts40
24Faceoffs won31
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
14Hits26
12Blocked shots10
4Giveaways3
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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestDatsyuk – Abdelkader – Nyquist11:08

    xG 0.42–0.11 (79%)attempts 7–5goals 2–0

  2. Bertuzzi – Tatar – Sheahan10:01

    xG 0.45–0.18 (71%)attempts 9–5goals 1–0

  3. Helm – Andersson – Jurco10:00

    xG 0.16–0.25 (39%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  4. Legwand – Miller – Glendening8:29

    xG 0.20–0.41 (33%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOuellet – Sproul10:12

    xG 0.34–0.04 (89%)attempts 11–2goals 0–0

  2. Kindl – Lashoff11:12

    xG 0.51–0.33 (61%)attempts 12–13goals 3–0

  3. Quincey – Smith15:46

    xG 0.45–0.54 (46%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestRoy – Steen – Schwartz2:45

    xG 0.14–0.03 (80%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Aucoin – Porter – Cracknell12:40

    xG 0.45–0.44 (51%)attempts 9–7goals 0–2

  3. Roy – Rattie – Jaskin4:08

    xG 0.05–0.05 (49%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Steen – Paajarvi – Schwartz2:45

    xG 0.00–0.00 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Bouwmeester – Cole11:56

    xG 0.62–0.62 (50%)attempts 14–12goals 0–0

  2. Colaiacovo – Shattenkirk14:39

    xG 0.28–0.43 (39%)attempts 14–8goals 0–1

  3. Leopold – Polak12:54

    xG 0.15–0.37 (29%)attempts 4–13goals 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.

STL 1.3 xGDET 2.1 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 5/100 · #1106 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.60 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 66% of the time.

STL winsDET wins

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

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