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Thu, Oct 30, 2014·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Anaheim Ducks 0, St. Louis Blues 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 69% of the time.

STL winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA0130407024
STL1907113229

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:29STLAlexander SteenGWGAssists: Carl Gunnarsson, Kevin Shattenkirk · Tip-in, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P3 2:03STLRyan ReavesAssists: Maxim Lapierre · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 18:08ANARickard Rakell: Holding2 min
  2. P2 1:06STLJori Lehtera: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 11:57ANANate Thompson: Kneeing2 min
  4. P3 7:03STLDmitrij Jaskin: Holding2 min
  5. P3 8:44STLJay Bouwmeester: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P3 10:09ANACorey Perry: Too many men on the ice2 min
  7. P3 19:10STLBarret Jackman: Holding2 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANASTL
24Shots on goal29
1.6Expected goals2.5
48Shot attempts59
22Faceoffs won32
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
19Hits16
14Blocked shots13
8Giveaways4
6Takeaways9

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestJackman – Etem – Rakell5:54

    xG 0.11–0.04 (74%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Heatley – Kesler – Smith-Pelly8:06

    xG 0.40–0.51 (44%)attempts 7–11goals 0–2

  3. Thompson – Cogliano – Silfverberg8:28

    xG 0.24–0.44 (36%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  4. Getzlaf – Perry – Beleskey9:31

    xG 0.21–0.53 (28%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStoner – Fowler10:01

    xG 0.74–0.63 (54%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  2. Beauchemin – Vatanen2:08

    xG 0.04–0.03 (60%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Beauchemin – Lindholm14:11

    xG 0.18–0.24 (43%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestSteen – Lehtera – Tarasenko12:36

    xG 0.59–0.20 (75%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  2. Berglund – Schwartz – Jaskin10:19

    xG 0.56–0.43 (56%)attempts 14–4goals 0–0

  3. Ott – Lapierre – Reaves5:58

    xG 0.33–0.28 (55%)attempts 5–14goals 1–0

  4. Lapierre – Porter – Paajarvi2:43

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBouwmeester – Pietrangelo13:46

    xG 0.60–0.12 (83%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  2. Jackman – Cole8:59

    xG 0.60–0.30 (67%)attempts 8–11goals 1–0

  3. Shattenkirk – Gunnarsson8:32

    xG 0.49–0.27 (65%)attempts 9–4goals 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 2.5 xGANA 1.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 1/100 · #1217 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.59 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 69% of the time.

STL winsANA wins

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

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