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Tue, Apr 7, 2015·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Winnipeg Jets 1, St. Louis Blues 0

Expected result

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

STL winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG01111703131
STL01208010030

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:31WPGChris ThorburnGWGAssists: Jim Slater, Adam Pardy · Backhand, 0.12 xG1–0
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 14:32STLDavid Backes: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 14:32WPGBryan Little: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 15:48WPGDrew Stafford: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 14:59STLPaul Stastny: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 15:50WPGDrew Stafford: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P2 16:41STLT.J. Oshie: High sticking double minor4 min
  7. P3 8:35STLJaden Schwartz: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 10:27WPGMichael Frolik: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 0:00STLT.J. Oshie: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 0:00STLDavid Backes: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 0:00STLKevin Shattenkirk: Misconduct10 min
  12. P3 0:00WPGJacob Trouba: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 0:00WPGBryan Little: 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGSTL
31Shots on goal30
2.2Expected goals2.9
57Shot attempts60
33Faceoffs won27
4Power plays2
12Penalty minutes24
23Hits32
13Blocked shots13
3Giveaways3
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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestThorburn – Slater – Tlusty4:53

    xG 0.49–0.23 (68%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

  2. Stempniak – Perreault – Lowry7:22

    xG 0.20–0.08 (70%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Wheeler – Stafford – Scheifele12:11

    xG 0.56–0.70 (44%)attempts 15–18goals 0–0

  4. Ladd – Little – Frolik11:56

    xG 0.44–0.67 (40%)attempts 13–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStuart – Trouba15:04

    xG 0.90–0.45 (67%)attempts 22–15goals 0–0

  2. Harrison – Pardy8:43

    xG 0.31–0.28 (52%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  3. Myers – Chiarot16:19

    xG 0.65–0.65 (50%)attempts 17–19goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestStastny – Oshie – Schwartz12:28

    xG 1.10–0.53 (68%)attempts 16–13goals 0–0

  2. Jokinen – Lehtera – Rattie6:23

    xG 0.14–0.12 (52%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Ott – Goc – Reaves8:24

    xG 0.24–0.31 (43%)attempts 5–6goals 0–1

  4. Backes – Berglund – Jaskin9:23

    xG 0.30–0.50 (37%)attempts 11–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGunnarsson – Pietrangelo13:06

    xG 0.86–0.62 (58%)attempts 12–15goals 0–0

  2. Shattenkirk – Pietrangelo4:11

    xG 0.34–0.11 (76%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Michalek – Pietrangelo2:26

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 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 2.9 xGWPG 2.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLWPG

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 WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 10/100 · #1098 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.76 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 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 winsWPG wins

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

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