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Sat, Oct 11, 2014·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Calgary Flames 1, St. Louis Blues 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 83% of the time.

STL winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY080719124
STL29219011439

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:48STLJoakim LindstromAssists: Paul Stastny, Alexander Steen · Tip-in, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:44STLDavid BackesPPGWGAssists: Kevin Shattenkirk, Paul Stastny · Tip-in, 0.20 xG0–2
  3. P2 3:12STLAlex PietrangeloPPAssists: Kevin Shattenkirk, Paul Stastny · Slap, 0.20 xG0–3
  4. P2 7:10STLVladimir TarasenkoAssists: Jaden Schwartz, Kevin Shattenkirk · Slap, 0.16 xG0–4
  5. P3 15:47CGYCurtis GlencrossPPAssists: Mark Giordano, TJ Brodie · Tip-in, 0.13 xG1–4
Penalties (17)
  1. P1 5:22STLChris Porter: Interference2 min
  2. P1 8:06STLIan Cole: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 8:06CGYLadislav Smid: Roughing2 min · PPG
  4. P1 8:06CGYMatt Stajan: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 2:49CGYDeryk Engelland: High sticking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 7:25CGYDeryk Engelland: Cross checking2 min
  7. P2 7:28STLDavid Backes: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 10:14STLRyan Reaves: Slashing2 min
  9. P2 10:14CGYBrian McGrattan: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  10. P2 14:15STLPaul Stastny: Holding the stick2 min
  11. P3 4:13STLPaul Stastny: Interference2 min
  12. P3 6:18CGYMark Giordano: Interference2 min
  13. P3 10:48STLT.J. Oshie: Hooking2 min
  14. P3 13:30STLBarret Jackman: Fighting5 min · PPG
  15. P3 13:30CGYDeryk Engelland: Fighting5 min
  16. P3 15:06STLKevin Shattenkirk: Hooking2 min
  17. P3 18:15CGYMikael Backlund: High sticking2 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0STL
46% to win54% to win
← CGY attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backes won the faceoff against Backlund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYSTL
24Shots on goal39
1.4Expected goals3.4
47Shot attempts68
36Faceoffs won44
6Power plays5
19Penalty minutes21
25Hits14
15Blocked shots15
1Giveaways2
5Takeaways1

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.

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestRaymond – Colborne – Gaudreau7:00

    xG 0.25–0.08 (75%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. Glencross – Byron – Backlund3:28

    xG 0.15–0.06 (72%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Glencross – Backlund – Bouma5:47

    xG 0.02–0.22 (10%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  4. Setoguchi – Bouma – Monahan3:00

    xG 0.12–0.33 (27%)attempts 2–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Brodie12:04

    xG 0.47–0.11 (81%)attempts 15–5goals 0–0

  2. Wideman – Russell3:26

    xG 0.14–0.27 (34%)attempts 4–5goals 0–1

  3. Engelland – Smid4:42

    xG 0.00–0.28 (0%)attempts 0–7goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestLindstrom – Steen – Stastny9:07

    xG 0.64–0.15 (81%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

  2. Lapierre – Porter – Reaves7:24

    xG 0.23–0.22 (52%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Ott – Backes – Oshie10:22

    xG 0.20–0.21 (48%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  4. Lehtera – Tarasenko – Schwartz5:31

    xG 0.27–0.38 (42%)attempts 6–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBouwmeester – Shattenkirk11:45

    xG 0.77–0.16 (83%)attempts 14–7goals 2–0

  2. Bouwmeester – Pietrangelo2:33

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Leopold – Cole2:00

    xG 0.14–0.04 (76%)attempts 3–1goals 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.

STL 3.4 xGCGY 1.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLCGY

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 CGY. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #1048 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.53 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 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, St. Louis Blues win this game 83% of the time.

STL winsCGY wins

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

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