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Sat, Jan 17, 2015·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Toronto Maple Leafs 0, St. Louis Blues 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 62% of the time.

STL winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR0150408027
STL113010210333

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:40STLKevin ShattenkirkGWGAssists: Ryan Reaves, Maxim Lapierre · Backhand, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P3 1:38STLAlexander SteenAssists: David Backes, Alex Pietrangelo · Backhand, 0.06 xG0–2
  3. P3 15:00STLT.J. OshieAssists: Alexander Steen, David Backes · Wrap-around, 0.02 xG0–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 1:18STLT.J. Oshie: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 7:21TORRichard Panik: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 4:49STLAlex Pietrangelo: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 17:08TORJames van Riemsdyk: Holding2 min
  5. P3 11:23TORRoman Polak: Boarding2 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.

TOR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORSTL
27Shots on goal33
1.7Expected goals2.3
56Shot attempts65
22Faceoffs won36
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
21Hits19
14Blocked shots13
3Giveaways11
7Takeaways8

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.

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestSantorelli – Winnik – Kadri11:31

    xG 0.45–0.34 (57%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  2. Bodie – Booth – Carrick2:19

    xG 0.07–0.03 (68%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Santorelli – van Riemsdyk – Kadri3:42

    xG 0.02–0.02 (42%)attempts 2–3goals 0–1

  4. Clarkson – Smith – Panik6:21

    xG 0.14–0.17 (45%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPolak – Rielly19:04

    xG 0.71–0.51 (58%)attempts 17–22goals 0–0

  2. Gardiner – Rielly2:11

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Holzer – Gardiner10:12

    xG 0.32–0.42 (44%)attempts 15–9goals 0–1

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestLindstrom – Stastny – Berglund10:13

    xG 0.62–0.32 (66%)attempts 17–9goals 0–0

  2. Steen – Backes – Oshie12:31

    xG 0.45–0.31 (59%)attempts 14–13goals 2–0

  3. Ott – Lapierre – Reaves6:14

    xG 0.21–0.08 (72%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0

  4. Lehtera – Tarasenko – Schwartz10:59

    xG 0.28–0.46 (38%)attempts 8–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBouwmeester – Pietrangelo13:28

    xG 0.58–0.39 (60%)attempts 17–13goals 0–0

  2. Jackman – Cole13:04

    xG 0.37–0.28 (58%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

  3. Shattenkirk – Gunnarsson16:32

    xG 0.30–0.72 (29%)attempts 10–19goals 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 2.3 xGTOR 1.7 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLTOR

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 TOR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 7/100 · #1134 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.66 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 62% of the time.

STL winsTOR wins

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

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