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Fri, Jan 8, 2016·Honda Center, Anaheim

St. Louis Blues 3, Anaheim Ducks 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 66% of the time.

ANA winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
STL0831702011328
ANA11215119032439

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:00ANARyan KeslerAssists: Jakob Silfverberg, Carl Hagelin · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P2 2:36STLRyan ReavesAssists: Patrik Berglund, Joel Edmundson · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:03STLTroy BrouwerAssists: Joel Edmundson · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P2 16:25STLRobby FabbriAssists: Alex Pietrangelo · Backhand, 0.11 xG3–1
  5. P2 16:56ANACorey PerryAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Josh Manson · Snap, 0.08 xG3–2
  6. P3 4:32ANARyan KeslerPPAssists: Jakob Silfverberg, Hampus Lindholm · Snap, 0.08 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. ANA Jakob Silfverberg scored
  2. 2. STL Alexander Steen scored
  3. 3. ANA Corey Perry stopped
  4. 4. STL Vladimir Tarasenko stopped
  5. 5. ANA Ryan Kesler stopped
  6. 6. STL Jori Lehtera stopped
  7. 7. ANA Ryan Getzlaf scored
  8. 8. STL Kevin Shattenkirk stopped
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 14:32ANAJosh Manson: Holding2 min
  2. P1 18:32STLKevin Shattenkirk: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 7:28ANACorey Perry: Interference2 min
  4. P2 10:31ANAKorbinian Holzer: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 10:44STLVladimir Tarasenko: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 10:44ANARyan Kesler: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 10:44STLVladimir Tarasenko: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 12:46ANAShawn Horcoff: Cross checking2 min
  9. P3 0:16STLAlexander Steen: High sticking2 min
  10. P3 3:15STLDmitrij Jaskin: Hooking2 min · PPG
  11. P3 8:59STLJoel Edmundson: Cross checking2 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 SOG0ANA
47% to win54% to win
← STL attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stastny won the faceoff against Getzlaf
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLANA
28Shots on goal39
2.4Expected goals3.3
51Shot attempts71
40Faceoffs won35
4Power plays5
15Penalty minutes13
32Hits29
14Blocked shots13
15Giveaways20
7Takeaways6

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. bestBrodziak – Reaves – Jaskin8:40

    xG 0.38–0.11 (77%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

  2. Steen – Backes – Brouwer2:38

    xG 0.10–0.03 (76%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Steen – Brouwer – Stastny3:07

    xG 0.01–0.03 (23%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Steen – Brouwer – Paajarvi2:07

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

Defence pairs

  1. bestPietrangelo – Edmundson5:17

    xG 0.43–0.21 (67%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  2. Edmundson – Parayko8:14

    xG 0.59–0.52 (53%)attempts 7–9goals 2–1

  3. Gunnarsson – Parayko5:52

    xG 0.02–0.06 (29%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Perry – Rakell13:42

    xG 0.84–0.19 (82%)attempts 14–7goals 1–0

  2. Kesler – Hagelin – Silfverberg7:26

    xG 0.50–0.17 (75%)attempts 14–5goals 1–0

  3. Horcoff – Cogliano – Sekac8:58

    xG 0.10–0.12 (44%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  4. Thompson – Stewart – Maroon5:29

    xG 0.01–0.61 (2%)attempts 2–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestManson – Theodore11:02

    xG 0.64–0.12 (85%)attempts 15–6goals 1–0

  2. Manson – Lindholm4:50

    xG 0.17–0.04 (82%)attempts 10–1goals 0–0

  3. Bieksa – Vatanen12:07

    xG 0.49–0.61 (45%)attempts 14–14goals 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.

ANA 3.3 xGSTL 2.4 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANASTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 91/100 · #106 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.35 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 9% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +28 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 66% of the time.

ANA winsSTL wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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