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Thu, Feb 26, 2015·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

St. Louis Blues 2, Winnipeg Jets 1 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 74% of the time.

WPG winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
STL0411109052229
WPG01101116031131

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 18:11STLPatrik BerglundAssists: Paul Stastny, Ryan Reaves · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P3 3:14WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Andrew Ladd, Michael Frolik · Snap, 0.15 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. WPG Bryan Little stopped
  2. 2. STL T.J. Oshie stopped
  3. 3. WPG Drew Stafford stopped
  4. 4. STL Vladimir Tarasenko scored
  5. 5. WPG Andrew Ladd scored
  6. 6. STL Alexander Steen scored
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 17:02STLPetteri Lindbohm: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 5:07WPGEric O'Dell: Holding2 min
  3. P3 19:03STLDavid Backes: Illegal check to head2 min
  4. OT 2:03WPGMark Scheifele: Tripping2 min
  5. OT 4:12WPGMark Stuart: Roughing2 min
  6. OT 4:12WPGMark Stuart: Roughing2 min
  7. OT 4:12STLT.J. Oshie: Roughing2 min
  8. OT 4:12STLT.J. Oshie: Roughing2 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 SOG0WPG
46% to win54% to win
← STL attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Little won the faceoff against Backes
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLWPG
29Shots on goal31
1.9Expected goals3.2
58Shot attempts65
31Faceoffs won34
2Power plays2
8Penalty minutes8
21Hits35
23Blocked shots19
9Giveaways14
5Takeaways7

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. bestStastny – Berglund – Jaskin4:17

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  2. Lehtera – Tarasenko – Schwartz13:45

    xG 0.37–0.39 (49%)attempts 19–17goals 0–0

  3. Ott – Goc – Jaskin4:23

    xG 0.09–0.19 (32%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Steen – Backes – Oshie13:31

    xG 0.34–0.63 (35%)attempts 9–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBouwmeester – Lindbohm17:11

    xG 0.44–0.16 (74%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  2. Butler – Pietrangelo2:06

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Jackman – Butler13:08

    xG 0.28–0.78 (26%)attempts 10–12goals 1–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestStafford – Tlusty – Scheifele14:53

    xG 1.25–0.31 (80%)attempts 18–14goals 0–0

  2. Ladd – Little – Frolik17:04

    xG 0.85–0.41 (67%)attempts 18–12goals 0–0

  3. Thorburn – O'Dell – Lowry10:40

    xG 0.12–0.41 (23%)attempts 8–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStuart – Trouba14:02

    xG 1.07–0.34 (76%)attempts 16–14goals 0–0

  2. Enstrom – Myers16:01

    xG 0.43–0.36 (55%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  3. Harrison – Byfuglien12:05

    xG 0.17–0.41 (29%)attempts 12–9goals 0–1

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.

WPG 3.2 xGSTL 1.9 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGSTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 37/100 · #721 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.28 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +25 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 74% of the time.

WPG winsSTL wins

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

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