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Thu, Feb 4, 2016·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

San Jose Sharks 3, St. Louis Blues 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 60% of the time.

STL winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS01621016332
STL0131608127

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 3:55SJSJoonas DonskoiAssists: Joe Pavelski · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:15SJSJoe ThorntonGWGAssists: Joe Pavelski, Marc-Edouard Vlasic · Slap, 0.07 xG2–0
  3. P2 16:54STLJay BouwmeesterAssists: Alex Pietrangelo, Paul Stastny · Slap, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P3 16:44SJSMatt NietoUnassisted · Backhand, 0.12 xG3–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 1:06SJSJustin Braun: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 8:48STLJoel Edmundson: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 12:51SJSBrent Burns: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 13:43STLDavid Backes: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 5:09STLJori Lehtera: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 6:33SJSBrent Burns: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 6:49STLVladimir Tarasenko: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 13:12STLScottie Upshall: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 13:12SJSJoel Ward: Roughing2 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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSSTL
32Shots on goal27
2.4Expected goals2.0
47Shot attempts66
22Faceoffs won38
4Power plays2
8Penalty minutes10
12Hits13
26Blocked shots9
2Giveaways3
8Takeaways7

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.

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestMarleau – Ward – Nieto8:09

    xG 0.70–0.18 (80%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  2. Zubrus – Tierney – Karlsson6:53

    xG 0.26–0.12 (68%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Couture – Wingels – Donskoi8:14

    xG 0.24–0.21 (54%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  4. Thornton – Pavelski – Hertl11:07

    xG 0.47–0.44 (51%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVlasic – Braun11:39

    xG 0.45–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  2. Martin – Burns12:10

    xG 0.84–0.56 (60%)attempts 14–11goals 2–1

  3. Braun – Dillon2:20

    xG 0.15–0.12 (56%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestStastny – Berglund – Tarasenko7:26

    xG 0.36–0.08 (82%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  2. Stastny – Paajarvi – Tarasenko5:10

    xG 0.33–0.08 (80%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Steen – Backes – Berglund5:26

    xG 0.46–0.31 (59%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  4. Upshall – Steen – Backes4:55

    xG 0.08–0.11 (42%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGunnarsson – Parayko10:03

    xG 0.44–0.25 (64%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Shattenkirk – Parayko3:45

    xG 0.00–0.26 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–1

  3. Shattenkirk – Edmundson9:10

    xG 0.12–0.44 (21%)attempts 10–10goals 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 xGSJS 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLSJS

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 SJS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 21/100 · #985 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.07 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 60% of the time.

STL winsSJS wins

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

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