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Sat, Oct 10, 2015·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

St. Louis Blues 2, Minnesota Wild 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 68% of the time.

MIN winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL07112113232
MIN1102801319

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:52MINCharlie CoyleUnassisted · Backhand, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P2 2:49STLAlexander SteenAssists: Vladimir Tarasenko, Paul Stastny · Snap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 15:15MINZach ParisePPAssists: Ryan Suter, Mikael Granlund · Deflected, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P2 15:36MINCharlie CoyleGWGAssists: Thomas Vanek, Ryan Suter · Deflected, 0.40 xG1–3
  5. P3 4:45STLVladimir TarasenkoPPAssists: Kevin Shattenkirk, Alexander Steen · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P2 4:49STLColton Parayko: Roughing2 min
  2. P2 4:49MINNino Niederreiter: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 10:38STLAlexander Steen: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 14:53STLJaden Schwartz: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P2 18:05STLCarl Gunnarsson: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 1:18MINThomas Vanek: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  7. P3 5:16MINZach Parise: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 12:48STLKevin Shattenkirk: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 12:48MINRyan Carter: 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 SOG0MIN
47% to win54% to win
← STL attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stastny won the faceoff against Koivu
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLMIN
32Shots on goal19
2.5Expected goals1.6
62Shot attempts43
25Faceoffs won28
3Power plays3
10Penalty minutes10
19Hits14
14Blocked shots19
2Giveaways7
5Takeaways10

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. bestBrouwer – Lehtera – Schwartz6:35

    xG 0.31–0.04 (89%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  2. Steen – Stastny – Tarasenko11:38

    xG 0.79–0.59 (57%)attempts 15–6goals 1–2

  3. Backes – Brodziak – Jaskin4:29

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Lehtera – Schwartz – Fabbri3:14

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBortuzzo – Parayko9:08

    xG 0.39–0.07 (85%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  2. Bouwmeester – Pietrangelo14:44

    xG 0.68–0.39 (64%)attempts 12–16goals 0–0

  3. Shattenkirk – Parayko4:09

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestVanek – Schroeder – Coyle8:49

    xG 0.60–0.06 (91%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

  2. Porter – Carter – Haula4:20

    xG 0.01–0.04 (25%)attempts 3–2goals 0–1

  3. Pominville – Parise – Granlund11:19

    xG 0.40–0.57 (42%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  4. Koivu – Zucker – Niederreiter10:21

    xG 0.10–0.38 (20%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Spurgeon15:20

    xG 0.78–0.61 (56%)attempts 14–15goals 1–0

  2. Brodin – Dumba14:19

    xG 0.28–0.38 (43%)attempts 8–12goals 1–0

  3. Scandella – Folin10:52

    xG 0.23–0.45 (33%)attempts 9–12goals 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.

MIN 1.6 xGSTL 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINSTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 40/100 · #739 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.35 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 68% of the time.

MIN winsSTL wins

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

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