Sat, Oct 25, 2014·Scottrade Center, St. Louis
Chicago Blackhawks 2, St. Louis Blues 3
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 65% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHI | 19 | 05 | 110 | 224 |
| STL | 116 | 211 | 04 | 331 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 1:02CHIPatrick SharpPPAssists: Patrick Kane, Marian Hossa · Snap, 0.26 xG1–0
- P1 12:15STLJaden SchwartzAssists: T.J. Oshie, Alex Pietrangelo · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
- P2 18:09STLRyan ReavesAssists: Maxim Lapierre, Steve Ott · Tip-in, 0.02 xG1–2
- P2 19:54STLDmitrij JaskinGWGAssists: Alex Pietrangelo, Patrik Berglund · Wrist, 0.44 xG1–3
- P3 2:37CHIKris VersteegAssists: Patrick Sharp, Brad Richards · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–3
Penalties (8)
- P1 0:16STLJay Bouwmeester: Hooking2 min · PPG
- P1 0:54STLBarret Jackman: Roughing2 min
- P1 8:21CHITrevor van Riemsdyk: Hooking2 min
- P1 16:57CHIBrad Richards: Tripping2 min
- P2 9:06STLAlex Pietrangelo: High sticking2 min
- P2 9:06CHIJohnny Oduya: Roughing2 min
- P2 11:21CHINiklas Hjalmarsson: Cross checking2 min
- P3 12:17STLSteve Ott: Slashing2 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Backes
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.
Chicago Blackhawks
Forward lines
- bestHossa – Sharp – Shaw6:30
xG 0.49–0.09 (85%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0
- Richards – Sharp – Versteeg3:22
xG 0.18–0.00 (98%)attempts 5–1goals 1–0
- Hossa – Toews – Saad2:50
xG 0.09–0.09 (50%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0
- Bickell – Toews – Kane7:50
xG 0.20–0.27 (43%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- Rozsival – van Riemsdyk10:43
xG 0.22–0.35 (38%)attempts 9–8goals 0–1
- Keith – Hjalmarsson2:06
xG 0.01–0.15 (8%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0
- Oduya – Hjalmarsson15:19
xG 0.39–0.69 (36%)attempts 13–13goals 0–2
St. Louis Blues
Forward lines
- bestLindstrom – Berglund – Jaskin7:58
xG 0.78–0.15 (84%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0
- Ott – Lapierre – Reaves4:04
xG 0.36–0.17 (68%)attempts 6–8goals 1–1
- Backes – Oshie – Schwartz10:58
xG 0.51–0.37 (58%)attempts 9–10goals 1–0
- Steen – Lehtera – Tarasenko11:29
xG 0.20–0.56 (26%)attempts 4–12goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestBouwmeester – Pietrangelo18:18
xG 1.53–0.44 (78%)attempts 20–15goals 2–0
- Jackman – Leopold10:49
xG 0.28–0.20 (58%)attempts 8–12goals 1–0
- Cole – Shattenkirk14:19
xG 0.72–0.66 (52%)attempts 10–14goals 0–1
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
STL's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line STL is favoured, below it CHI. Dots are goals.
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 65% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (STL − CHI), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).