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Tue, Nov 4, 2014·Prudential Center, Newark

St. Louis Blues 1, New Jersey Devils 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 53% of the time.

NJD winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL090816123
NJD0901205026

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 4:55STLVladimir TarasenkoPPGWGAssists: Jori Lehtera, Jaden Schwartz · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–0
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 4:35STLJake Allen: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 19:56NJDDainius Zubrus: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 5:15STLKevin Shattenkirk: Interference2 min
  4. P2 11:12NJDAdam Larsson: Holding2 min
  5. P3 4:38NJDMarek Zidlicky: Holding2 min · PPG
  6. P3 9:09STLChris Porter: Tripping2 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.

STL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NJD
46% to win54% to win
← STL attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backes won the faceoff against Zajac
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLNJD
23Shots on goal26
2.2Expected goals2.1
38Shot attempts47
29Faceoffs won25
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
14Hits10
15Blocked shots8
1Giveaways7
6Takeaways6

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.

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestLindstrom – Steen – Backes8:48

    xG 0.72–0.25 (74%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Porter – Berglund – Jaskin12:03

    xG 0.51–0.12 (82%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  3. Ott – Steen – Backes2:03

    xG 0.03–0.09 (23%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Lehtera – Tarasenko – Schwartz10:20

    xG 0.29–0.53 (35%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJackman – Cole12:03

    xG 1.00–0.18 (85%)attempts 14–5goals 0–0

  2. Jackman – Shattenkirk3:39

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Shattenkirk – Gunnarsson10:51

    xG 0.35–0.60 (37%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestElias – Ryder – Henrique10:59

    xG 1.23–0.29 (81%)attempts 19–6goals 0–0

  2. Ruutu – Bernier – Josefson2:06

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Jagr – Zubrus – Zajac11:41

    xG 0.21–0.23 (48%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  4. Ruutu – Bernier – Gionta4:59

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGelinas – Larsson10:18

    xG 0.31–0.14 (69%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  2. Greene – Larsson2:49

    xG 0.20–0.08 (73%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Salvador – Larsson2:49

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 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.

NJD 2.1 xGSTL 2.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDSTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

NJD's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line NJD is favoured, below it STL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 10/100 · #1093 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.79 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 53% of the time.

NJD winsSTL wins

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

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