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Tue, Oct 13, 2015·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

St. Louis Blues 4, Calgary Flames 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 69% of the time.

CGY winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL1143905428
CGY270318318

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:14CGYMason RaymondAssists: Dennis Wideman, Michael Frolik · Tip-in, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:46STLScottie UpshallAssists: Paul Stastny, Troy Brouwer · Wrist, 0.35 xG1–1
  3. P1 17:31CGYJiri HudlerPPAssists: Johnny Gaudreau, Dennis Wideman · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–2
  4. P2 2:49STLTroy BrouwerAssists: David Backes · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P2 4:47STLColton ParaykoPPAssists: Jori Lehtera, Alex Pietrangelo · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–2
  6. P2 19:28STLColton ParaykoGWGAssists: Alexander Steen, Vladimir Tarasenko · Wrist, 0.02 xG4–2
  7. P3 1:42CGYDavid JonesAssists: Michael Frolik · Snap, 0.15 xG4–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 4:17STLDmitrij Jaskin: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 7:40STLAlexander Steen: Interference2 min
  3. P1 14:27STLDavid Backes: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 17:14STLKevin Shattenkirk: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P2 4:20CGYMatt Stajan: Tripping2 min · PPG

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 SOG0CGY
47% to win54% to win
← STL attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Monahan won the faceoff against Stastny
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLCGY
28Shots on goal18
2.3Expected goals1.4
57Shot attempts46
36Faceoffs won20
1Power plays4
8Penalty minutes2
18Hits14
17Blocked shots19
11Giveaways11
1Takeaways5

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 – Stastny – Tarasenko13:04

    xG 0.62–0.07 (89%)attempts 20–3goals 1–0

  2. Upshall – Backes – Jaskin7:27

    xG 0.51–0.24 (68%)attempts 12–5goals 0–1

  3. Backes – Brouwer – Jaskin2:56

    xG 0.21–0.02 (91%)attempts 3–6goals 1–0

  4. Ott – Brodziak – Reaves6:27

    xG 0.18–0.06 (76%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdmundson – Parayko7:46

    xG 1.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 12–1goals 1–0

  2. Bouwmeester – Parayko3:34

    xG 0.35–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–0goals 1–0

  3. Shattenkirk – Gunnarsson9:51

    xG 0.16–0.14 (53%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestStajan – Jones – Ferland6:24

    xG 0.10–0.02 (84%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Frolik – Ferland – Bennett2:01

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Stajan – Jones – Bouma2:05

    xG 0.05–0.01 (76%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Backlund – Bouma – Bollig4:13

    xG 0.04–0.09 (31%)attempts 3–2goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Engelland – Kulak9:48

    xG 0.18–0.32 (36%)attempts 4–9goals 1–0

  2. Giordano – Hamilton16:03

    xG 0.21–0.43 (33%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0

  3. Wideman – Russell17:09

    xG 0.37–0.76 (33%)attempts 12–20goals 1–2

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.

CGY 1.4 xGSTL 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYSTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 61/100 · #453 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.70 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 69% of the time.

CGY winsSTL wins

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

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