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Mon, Dec 8, 2014·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Florida Panthers 2, St. Louis Blues 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 67% of the time.

STL winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA0811818234
STL21107210428

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:17STLMaxim LapierreAssists: Chris Porter, Ryan Reaves · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:34STLIan ColeAssists: Jori Lehtera, Vladimir Tarasenko · Slap, 0.07 xG0–2
  3. P2 15:21FLANick BjugstadAssists: Tomas Fleischmann, Erik Gudbranson · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P3 14:54FLAAaron EkbladAssists: Jussi Jokinen, Brian Campbell · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P3 18:06STLChris PorterGWGAssists: Barret Jackman · Tip-in, 0.04 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:28STLPaul StastnyENAssists: Alex Pietrangelo · Wrist, 0.56 xG2–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 8:10FLAAaron Ekblad: Boarding2 min
  2. P1 8:16FLAJussi Jokinen: Holding the stick2 min
  3. P1 12:52STLRyan Reaves: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 4:54FLADerek MacKenzie: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 8:31FLADave Bolland: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 17:39STLPatrik Berglund: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 10:49STLJaden Schwartz: 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLASTL
34Shots on goal28
2.2Expected goals3.1
50Shot attempts50
28Faceoffs won31
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
32Hits13
10Blocked shots9
5Giveaways10
6Takeaways8

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestJokinen – Hayes – Trocheck10:42

    xG 0.61–0.08 (88%)attempts 9–3goals 1–1

  2. Boyes – Bergenheim – Bolland11:11

    xG 0.24–0.11 (69%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  3. Fleischmann – Bjugstad – Huberdeau10:16

    xG 0.36–0.38 (49%)attempts 9–10goals 1–1

  4. MacKenzie – Kopecky – Pirri7:48

    xG 0.32–0.34 (48%)attempts 11–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampbell – Ekblad15:46

    xG 0.90–0.25 (78%)attempts 15–9goals 1–1

  2. Mitchell – Kulikov14:35

    xG 0.54–0.13 (80%)attempts 16–8goals 0–1

  3. Olsen – Gudbranson10:28

    xG 0.31–0.49 (39%)attempts 7–10goals 1–1

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestBackes – Oshie – Berglund3:22

    xG 0.17–0.05 (78%)attempts 5–1goals 0–1

  2. Oshie – Berglund – Schwartz2:34

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Lindstrom – Stastny – Schwartz2:22

    xG 0.13–0.17 (42%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Lehtera – Tarasenko – Schwartz11:49

    xG 0.25–0.39 (39%)attempts 7–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJackman – Cole11:16

    xG 0.43–0.33 (57%)attempts 8–7goals 2–0

  2. Cole – Shattenkirk2:20

    xG 0.02–0.06 (25%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Shattenkirk – Lindbohm10:48

    xG 0.15–0.30 (34%)attempts 7–12goals 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 3.1 xGFLA 2.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 72/100 · #282 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.72 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +45 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 67% of the time.

STL winsFLA wins

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

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