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Sun, Feb 15, 2015·BB&T Center, Sunrise

St. Louis Blues 2, Florida Panthers 1 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 65% of the time.

FLA winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
STL01411007022233
FLA07011121021141

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 11:48STLJaden SchwartzAssists: Jori Lehtera, Vladimir Tarasenko · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P3 18:47FLANick BjugstadAssists: Aleksander Barkov, Aaron Ekblad · Wrist, 0.23 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. STL T.J. Oshie stopped
  2. 2. FLA Nick Bjugstad stopped
  3. 3. STL Vladimir Tarasenko scored
  4. 4. FLA Brad Boyes scored
  5. 5. STL Alexander Steen stopped
  6. 6. FLA Jonathan Huberdeau stopped
  7. 7. STL Dmitrij Jaskin stopped
  8. 8. FLA Jimmy Hayes stopped
  9. 9. STL Jori Lehtera scored
  10. 10. FLA Jussi Jokinen stopped
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 14:19STLT.J. Oshie: Holding2 min
  2. P2 13:58STLRyan Reaves: Interference2 min
  3. P2 13:58STLRyan Reaves: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 13:58FLAShawn Thornton: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 13:58FLAShawn Thornton: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  6. P3 8:47FLADerek MacKenzie: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 8:47STLIan Cole: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 10:33STLJori Lehtera: Hooking2 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 SOG0FLA
46% to win54% to win
← STL attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backes won the faceoff against Bolland
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLFLA
33Shots on goal41
2.4Expected goals3.3
55Shot attempts62
32Faceoffs won34
0Power plays2
13Penalty minutes9
23Hits31
12Blocked shots9
1Giveaways8
6Takeaways4

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. bestSteen – Backes – Oshie13:28

    xG 0.72–0.39 (65%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  2. Lehtera – Tarasenko – Schwartz11:19

    xG 0.55–0.25 (69%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  3. Ott – Goc – Reaves8:19

    xG 0.30–0.19 (62%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  4. Stastny – Berglund – Jaskin9:34

    xG 0.09–0.43 (18%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJackman – Cole13:12

    xG 0.99–0.39 (72%)attempts 19–10goals 1–0

  2. Bouwmeester – Gunnarsson17:11

    xG 0.51–0.16 (76%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  3. Butler – Pietrangelo18:50

    xG 0.40–0.45 (47%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestJokinen – Hayes – Bjugstad11:00

    xG 0.63–0.22 (74%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  2. Thornton – MacKenzie – Kopecky6:59

    xG 0.37–0.42 (46%)attempts 7–6goals 0–1

  3. Boyes – Huberdeau – Barkov11:52

    xG 0.10–0.41 (20%)attempts 5–13goals 0–0

  4. Fleischmann – Upshall – Bolland13:05

    xG 0.23–0.70 (25%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Campbell – Ekblad19:42

    xG 0.44–0.40 (52%)attempts 14–14goals 0–0

  2. O'Brien – Petrovic11:31

    xG 0.46–0.64 (41%)attempts 6–14goals 0–1

  3. Kampfer – Gudbranson17:56

    xG 0.30–0.86 (26%)attempts 11–19goals 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.

FLA 3.3 xGSTL 2.4 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLASTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 49/100 · #576 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.57 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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, Florida Panthers win this game 65% of the time.

FLA winsSTL wins

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

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