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Tue, Feb 9, 2016·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Winnipeg Jets 2, St. Louis Blues 1 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 71% of the time.

STL winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
WPG08111010041233
STL071707010122

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:15WPGBryan LittleAssists: Dustin Byfuglien, Toby Enstrom · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–0
  2. P2 2:27STLColton ParaykoPPAssists: Jori Lehtera, Robby Fabbri · Slap, 0.05 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. STL Alexander Steen stopped
  2. 2. WPG Blake Wheeler stopped
  3. 3. STL Vladimir Tarasenko stopped
  4. 4. WPG Andrew Ladd stopped
  5. 5. STL Jori Lehtera stopped
  6. 6. WPG Bryan Little stopped
  7. 7. STL Troy Brouwer stopped
  8. 8. WPG Mark Scheifele scored
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 1:30WPGBen Chiarot: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 3:59STLRobby Fabbri: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 8:07STLRobby Fabbri: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P2 0:45WPGBen Chiarot: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  5. P2 7:08STLRobert Bortuzzo: Interference2 min
  6. P2 17:42STLRobert Bortuzzo: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 2:07WPGAnthony Peluso: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 5:36STLAlexander Steen: Holding2 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
33Shots on goal22
2.9Expected goals1.7
68Shot attempts39
27Faceoffs won35
5Power plays3
6Penalty minutes10
23Hits19
6Blocked shots19
3Giveaways4
11Takeaways3

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 – Ehlers10:15

    xG 0.58–0.27 (68%)attempts 11–5goals 1–0

  2. Ladd – Lowry – Armia11:34

    xG 0.40–0.09 (82%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  3. Perreault – Burmistrov – Scheifele11:23

    xG 0.57–0.31 (65%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

  4. Thorburn – Peluso – Copp3:23

    xG 0.23–0.26 (47%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMyers – Chiarot12:59

    xG 0.80–0.41 (66%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

  2. Enstrom – Byfuglien14:29

    xG 0.80–0.62 (56%)attempts 15–11goals 1–0

  3. Myers – Trouba2:42

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestBrouwer – Lehtera – Fabbri7:26

    xG 0.22–0.05 (83%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  2. Brodziak – Reaves – Paajarvi4:34

    xG 0.20–0.11 (65%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  3. Stastny – Berglund – Tarasenko12:03

    xG 0.28–0.43 (40%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  4. Upshall – Steen – Backes8:21

    xG 0.32–0.49 (40%)attempts 5–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBortuzzo – Edmundson10:28

    xG 0.35–0.27 (56%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  2. Bouwmeester – Shattenkirk16:34

    xG 0.43–0.87 (33%)attempts 10–24goals 0–1

  3. Gunnarsson – Parayko14:15

    xG 0.20–0.81 (20%)attempts 5–19goals 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 1.7 xGWPG 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 49/100 · #595 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.58 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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, Winnipeg Jets win this game 71% 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).