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Wed, Nov 4, 2015·United Center, Chicago

St. Louis Blues 6, Chicago Blackhawks 5 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 58% of the time.

CHI winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
STL283120712629
CHI5180801403543

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:08CHIMarko DanoAssists: Ryan Hartman · Snap, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P1 3:02STLAlexander SteenAssists: Colton Parayko, Vladimir Tarasenko · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P1 4:37CHIAndrew ShawUnassisted · Wrist, 0.27 xG1–2
  4. P1 6:35CHITeuvo TeravainenAssists: Trevor Daley · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–3
  5. P1 15:12STLRobby FabbriAssists: David Backes · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–3
  6. P1 17:09CHIBrent SeabrookAssists: Patrick Kane, Teuvo Teravainen · Slap, 0.02 xG2–4
  7. P1 17:52CHIPatrick KanePPAssists: Brent Seabrook, Andrew Shaw · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–5
  8. P2 3:11STLAlexander SteenAssists: Colton Parayko, Jay Bouwmeester · Deflected, 0.07 xG3–5
  9. P2 17:12STLJay BouwmeesterPPAssists: Troy Brouwer, Scott Gomez · Wrist, 0.13 xG4–5
  10. P2 19:26STLDavid BackesAssists: Alex Pietrangelo, Robby Fabbri · Wrist, 0.16 xG5–5
  11. OT 3:54STLVladimir TarasenkoGWGAssists: Alex Pietrangelo · Wrist, 0.05 xG6–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 4:37STLJoel Edmundson: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
  2. P1 9:54STLJori Lehtera: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 10:25CHIPatrick Kane: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 17:44STLDavid Backes: Interference2 min · PPG
  5. P2 8:02STLJay Bouwmeester: Interference2 min
  6. P2 16:40CHITeuvo Teravainen: Interference2 min · PPG
  7. P3 1:02STLAlexander Steen: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 3:43STLAlexander Steen: Hooking2 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 SOG0CHI
47% to win54% to win
← STL attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lehtera won the faceoff against Toews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLCHI
29Shots on goal43
2.1Expected goals2.6
50Shot attempts70
35Faceoffs won42
2Power plays5
10Penalty minutes4
24Hits11
17Blocked shots10
3Giveaways5
2Takeaways3

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. bestUpshall – Backes – Fabbri9:36

    xG 0.47–0.17 (74%)attempts 13–11goals 2–0

  2. Gomez – Brouwer – Paajarvi11:02

    xG 0.50–0.36 (58%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  3. Upshall – Backes – Brodziak2:02

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Ott – Brodziak – Rattie4:01

    xG 0.00–0.32 (0%)attempts 2–6goals 0–3

Defence pairs

  1. bestPietrangelo – Edmundson11:51

    xG 0.47–0.15 (76%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  2. Butler – Gunnarsson10:17

    xG 0.36–0.25 (59%)attempts 7–10goals 0–2

  3. Bouwmeester – Pietrangelo6:51

    xG 0.12–0.13 (49%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestAnisimov – Kane – Teravainen13:41

    xG 0.49–0.11 (82%)attempts 13–10goals 2–0

  2. Desjardins – Kruger – Shaw9:42

    xG 0.41–0.12 (77%)attempts 13–5goals 0–1

  3. Toews – Garbutt – Panarin12:20

    xG 0.47–0.29 (61%)attempts 14–7goals 0–2

  4. Toews – Kane – Panarin2:26

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDaley – Gustafsson9:37

    xG 0.49–0.08 (87%)attempts 10–4goals 2–1

  2. Hjalmarsson – van Riemsdyk20:05

    xG 0.62–0.65 (49%)attempts 19–14goals 0–2

  3. Seabrook – Svedberg17:25

    xG 0.57–0.70 (45%)attempts 21–20goals 1–1

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.

CHI 2.6 xGSTL 2.1 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHISTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 99/100 · #10 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.29 · 11 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 5% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +27 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 58% of the time.

CHI winsSTL wins

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

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