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Thu, Jan 15, 2015·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Detroit Red Wings 3, St. Louis Blues 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 56% of the time.

STL winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DET022140513324
STL09082703227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 18:04DETJoakim AnderssonAssists: Drew Miller, Luke Glendening · Backhand, 0.20 xG1–0
  2. P2 19:04DETTomas TatarAssists: Jonathan Ericsson, Riley Sheahan · Backhand, 0.31 xG2–0
  3. P3 3:58STLDavid BackesPPAssists: Jay Bouwmeester, Kevin Shattenkirk · Tip-in, 0.14 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:12STLAlexander SteenAssists: Alex Pietrangelo, Vladimir Tarasenko · Tip-in, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. OT 4:57DETPavel DatsyukGWGAssists: Kyle Quincey, Danny DeKeyser · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–2
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 2:46STLSteve Ott: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 2:46DETBrendan Smith: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 4:20STLJay Bouwmeester: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 5:25DETStephen Weiss: Cross checking2 min
  5. P1 13:55DETTomas Tatar: Holding2 min
  6. P2 14:35STLBarret Jackman: Holding2 min
  7. P2 18:18DETHenrik Zetterberg: Interference2 min
  8. P2 18:18STLT.J. Oshie: Embellishment2 min
  9. P3 0:26STLAlexander Steen: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 2:03DETHenrik Zetterberg: Hooking2 min · PPG
  11. P3 11:51STLMaxim Lapierre: Holding the stick2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETSTL
24Shots on goal27
2.7Expected goals2.3
61Shot attempts49
37Faceoffs won37
4Power plays3
10Penalty minutes12
16Hits18
13Blocked shots22
7Giveaways4
8Takeaways6

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestMiller – Andersson – Glendening7:49

    xG 0.65–0.35 (65%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  2. Datsyuk – Zetterberg – Abdelkader10:15

    xG 0.25–0.07 (78%)attempts 10–1goals 0–0

  3. Weiss – Helm – Pulkkinen6:53

    xG 0.32–0.28 (53%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  4. Nyquist – Tatar – Sheahan10:05

    xG 0.18–0.31 (37%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSmith – Ouellet13:45

    xG 1.17–0.32 (78%)attempts 19–11goals 1–0

  2. Quincey – DeKeyser13:11

    xG 0.22–0.35 (38%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  3. Kronwall – Ericsson11:30

    xG 0.19–0.36 (35%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. Lehtera – Tarasenko – Schwartz11:14

    xG 0.54–0.49 (52%)attempts 12–9goals 0–1

  2. Lindstrom – Stastny – Berglund9:01

    xG 0.20–0.27 (43%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  3. Ott – Lapierre – Reaves5:31

    xG 0.10–0.23 (30%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  4. Steen – Backes – Oshie9:06

    xG 0.09–0.26 (25%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJackman – Cole9:22

    xG 0.30–0.23 (57%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  2. Shattenkirk – Gunnarsson14:38

    xG 0.71–0.71 (50%)attempts 13–14goals 0–1

  3. Bouwmeester – Pietrangelo15:41

    xG 0.11–0.64 (15%)attempts 5–18goals 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 2.3 xGDET 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 82/100 · #193 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.05 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +47 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 56% of the time.

STL winsDET wins

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

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