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Thu, Mar 19, 2015·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

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

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 73% of the time.

WPG winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
STL01018013021133
WPG0901219042234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 8:08STLDavid BackesAssists: Paul Stastny, Alex Pietrangelo · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P3 13:16WPGDrew StaffordAssists: Tyler Myers, Toby Enstrom · Backhand, 0.04 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. WPG Blake Wheeler stopped
  2. 2. STL T.J. Oshie scored
  3. 3. WPG Drew Stafford scored
  4. 4. STL Vladimir Tarasenko stopped
  5. 5. WPG Andrew Ladd scored
  6. 6. STL Alexander Steen stopped
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 15:47WPGToby Enstrom: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 18:18STLSteve Ott: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 18:18STLSteve Ott: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 18:18WPGJay Harrison: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 6:05WPGAdam Lowry: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 8:29STLRyan Reaves: Illegal check to head2 min
  7. P2 17:14WPGJim Slater: Interference2 min
  8. P2 0:00WPGAndrew Ladd: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 0:00STLAlex Pietrangelo: 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 20:00Lowry won the faceoff against Steen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLWPG
33Shots on goal34
1.8Expected goals3.0
53Shot attempts73
31Faceoffs won32
3Power plays2
8Penalty minutes10
21Hits38
23Blocked shots15
13Giveaways19
2Takeaways10

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. bestBerglund – Lehtera – Jaskin2:51

    xG 0.22–0.05 (83%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  2. Stastny – Tarasenko – Schwartz4:27

    xG 0.25–0.15 (63%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Steen – Backes – Oshie11:53

    xG 0.22–0.23 (49%)attempts 7–8goals 0–1

  4. Ott – Porter – Reaves5:14

    xG 0.00–0.08 (5%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Gunnarsson – Pietrangelo16:00

    xG 0.40–0.45 (47%)attempts 9–13goals 0–0

  2. Jackman – Bortuzzo11:30

    xG 0.21–0.30 (41%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  3. Michalek – Bouwmeester15:38

    xG 0.50–0.65 (43%)attempts 14–21goals 0–1

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestWheeler – Stafford – Scheifele13:33

    xG 0.79–0.39 (67%)attempts 20–12goals 1–0

  2. Thorburn – Halischuk – O'Dell3:15

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Slater – Stempniak – Tlusty10:41

    xG 0.29–0.11 (73%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  4. Ladd – Frolik – Lowry13:50

    xG 0.11–0.34 (24%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStuart – Trouba14:00

    xG 0.65–0.28 (70%)attempts 21–11goals 0–1

  2. Harrison – Pardy10:22

    xG 0.48–0.34 (59%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  3. Enstrom – Myers16:37

    xG 0.27–0.36 (43%)attempts 10–11goals 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.

WPG 3.0 xGSTL 1.8 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 45/100 · #624 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.46 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 17% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +34 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 73% of the time.

WPG winsSTL wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).