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Mon, Nov 16, 2015·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Winnipeg Jets 2, St. Louis Blues 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 53% of the time.

STL winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG032906218
STL2111908328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:33STLVladimir TarasenkoAssists: Colton Parayko, David Backes · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:13STLDavid BackesPPAssists: Kevin Shattenkirk, Vladimir Tarasenko · Wrist, 0.33 xG0–2
  3. P2 2:16WPGDustin ByfuglienAssists: Alexander Burmistrov · Slap, 0.01 xG1–2
  4. P2 2:52WPGBryan LittleAssists: Mathieu Perreault, Anthony Peluso · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–2
  5. P2 4:24STLDavid BackesGWGAssists: Alexander Steen, Kevin Shattenkirk · Backhand, 0.08 xG2–3
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 6:13STLCarl Gunnarsson: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 13:46WPGMathieu Perreault: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  3. P1 14:33WPGAdam Pardy: Holding2 min
  4. P1 17:13STLTroy Brouwer: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 4:56STLJeremy Welsh: Holding2 min
  6. P2 10:31WPGJacob Trouba: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 10:31STLTroy Brouwer: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 11:28WPGTyler Myers: Elbowing2 min
  9. P2 15:09STLJay Bouwmeester: Hooking2 min
  10. P2 19:31STLTroy Brouwer: Tripping2 min
  11. P3 4:05WPGTyler Myers: Holding2 min
  12. P3 9:05WPGAdam Lowry: Interference2 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGSTL
18Shots on goal28
1.8Expected goals2.0
42Shot attempts48
37Faceoffs won28
5Power plays5
15Penalty minutes15
29Hits18
11Blocked shots12
3Giveaways1
5Takeaways2

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestWheeler – Little – Perreault10:42

    xG 0.62–0.13 (83%)attempts 12–4goals 0–1

  2. Thorburn – Stafford – Lowry4:06

    xG 0.12–0.17 (41%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Peluso – Burmistrov – Copp3:34

    xG 0.02–0.12 (17%)attempts 2–4goals 1–0

  4. Ladd – Scheifele – Ehlers9:08

    xG 0.05–0.24 (18%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Byfuglien – Pardy9:30

    xG 0.31–0.31 (50%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  2. Byfuglien – Trouba2:28

    xG 0.04–0.07 (37%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Stuart – Trouba8:52

    xG 0.26–0.40 (40%)attempts 5–10goals 0–1

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestSteen – Backes – Tarasenko10:49

    xG 0.45–0.27 (62%)attempts 12–7goals 2–1

  2. Upshall – Brodziak – Welsh6:52

    xG 0.30–0.13 (69%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  3. Brouwer – Lehtera – Jaskin6:53

    xG 0.11–0.07 (62%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  4. Gomez – Paajarvi – Fabbri4:53

    xG 0.12–0.10 (53%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGunnarsson – Parayko8:20

    xG 0.51–0.35 (59%)attempts 10–7goals 1–1

  2. Pietrangelo – Parayko2:09

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Bouwmeester – Pietrangelo3:08

    xG 0.15–0.09 (63%)attempts 2–3goals 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 2.0 xGWPG 1.8 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLWPG

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 WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 66/100 · #413 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.56 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50STL 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 53% of the time.

STL winsWPG wins

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

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