Tue, Nov 10, 2015·Prudential Center, Newark
St. Louis Blues 2, New Jersey Devils 0
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 77% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STL | 06 | 114 | 18 | 228 |
| NJD | 011 | 04 | 09 | 024 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P2 4:57STLMartin HavlatGWGAssists: Scott Gomez, Troy Brouwer · Snap, 0.15 xG1–0
- P3 3:28STLMagnus PaajarviAssists: Dmitrij Jaskin, Alex Pietrangelo · Snap, 0.10 xG2–0
Penalties (5)
- P1 6:54STLDmitrij Jaskin: Boarding2 min
- P2 19:57STLAlexander Steen: Charging2 min
- P2 19:57NJDBobby Farnham: Roughing2 min
- P3 3:52NJDDavid Schlemko: Hooking2 min
- P3 6:44NJDKyle Palmieri: Tripping2 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Backes won the faceoff against Henrique
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach 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
- bestUpshall – Backes – Fabbri5:53
xG 0.54–0.04 (94%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0
- Gomez – Havlat – Brouwer3:18
xG 0.25–0.11 (69%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0
- Brodziak – Paajarvi – Jaskin8:12
xG 0.20–0.11 (65%)attempts 6–6goals 1–0
- Gomez – Havlat – Fabbri3:04
xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestBouwmeester – Pietrangelo16:11
xG 1.03–0.23 (82%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0
- Gunnarsson – Parayko12:28
xG 0.71–0.03 (96%)attempts 14–2goals 1–0
- Shattenkirk – Edmundson12:03
xG 0.06–0.33 (15%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0
New Jersey Devils
Forward lines
- Cammalleri – Stempniak – Henrique10:56
xG 0.27–0.30 (47%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1
- Zajac – Palmieri – Kalinin10:59
xG 0.19–0.34 (36%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0
- Tootoo – Tlusty – Josefson7:58
xG 0.19–0.47 (28%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0
- Gionta – Farnham – O'Neill8:17
xG 0.00–0.30 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestSchlemko – Severson5:41
xG 0.35–0.23 (60%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0
- Moore – Merrill5:56
xG 0.24–0.15 (61%)attempts 5–3goals 0–1
- Greene – Larsson18:45
xG 0.21–0.37 (36%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
NJD's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line NJD is favoured, below it STL. Dots are goals.
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 77% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (NJD − STL), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).