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Sat, Oct 24, 2015·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

New York Islanders 3, St. Louis Blues 2 (OT)

Expected result

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

STL winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NYI19170214322
STL0801421503240

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:52NYIKyle OkposoPPAssists: Nick Leddy, Frans Nielsen · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P2 18:41NYIJohn TavaresAssists: Nikolay Kulemin, Josh Bailey · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–0
  3. P3 2:26STLColton ParaykoAssists: Steve Ott · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–1
  4. P3 10:51STLAlexander SteenAssists: Colton Parayko, Jori Lehtera · Tip-in, 0.12 xG2–2
  5. OT 4:00NYIMikhail GrabovskiGWGAssists: Frans Nielsen · Tip-in, 0.15 xG3–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 5:31STLVladimir Tarasenko: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 8:07NYIThomas Hickey: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 16:26STLChris Butler: Roughing2 min · PPG
  4. P2 2:29NYIThomas Hickey: Interference2 min
  5. P2 5:08NYIMikhail Grabovski: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 13:53STLAlexander Steen: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 5:42NYITravis Hamonic: Delaying game2 min
  8. P3 12:37NYIBrian Strait: Holding2 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0STL
47% to win54% to win
← NYI attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Grabovski won the faceoff against Lehtera
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYISTL
22Shots on goal40
2.1Expected goals3.3
46Shot attempts79
29Faceoffs won26
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
27Hits20
19Blocked shots17
2Giveaways3
6Takeaways2

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.

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestBernier – Grabovski – Nelson9:33

    xG 0.80–0.35 (69%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Nielsen – Okposo – Lee7:32

    xG 0.15–0.07 (69%)attempts 5–9goals 0–1

  3. Kulemin – Bailey – Tavares10:44

    xG 0.19–0.41 (31%)attempts 8–14goals 1–0

  4. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas7:26

    xG 0.15–0.70 (17%)attempts 5–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStrait – Hickey8:49

    xG 0.60–0.35 (63%)attempts 8–11goals 0–1

  2. Hamonic – de Haan14:03

    xG 0.15–0.58 (21%)attempts 8–17goals 0–1

  3. Boychuk – Leddy15:07

    xG 0.40–0.97 (29%)attempts 13–19goals 1–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestSteen – Lehtera – Tarasenko12:43

    xG 0.64–0.18 (78%)attempts 17–6goals 1–0

  2. Ott – Brodziak – Reaves6:49

    xG 0.26–0.11 (70%)attempts 13–4goals 1–0

  3. Gomez – Ott – Rattie2:01

    xG 0.18–0.04 (82%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  4. Backes – Brouwer – Jaskin12:12

    xG 0.49–0.79 (38%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBouwmeester – Pietrangelo15:55

    xG 0.86–0.69 (55%)attempts 28–9goals 0–1

  2. Gunnarsson – Parayko13:54

    xG 0.40–0.29 (58%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0

  3. Bortuzzo – Edmundson7:00

    xG 0.10–0.15 (39%)attempts 6–6goals 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 3.3 xGNYI 2.1 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLNYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 81/100 · #215 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.04 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 41% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50STL 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, St. Louis Blues win this game 69% of the time.

STL winsNYI wins

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

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