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Fri, Mar 25, 2016·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Vancouver Canucks 0, St. Louis Blues 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 79% of the time.

STL winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN070602015
STL211110116437

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:51STLKyle BrodziakSHGWGAssists: Scottie Upshall · Tip-in, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:25STLRobby FabbriAssists: Paul Stastny, Troy Brouwer · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P2 15:32STLCarl GunnarssonAssists: Paul Stastny, Troy Brouwer · Slap, 0.03 xG0–3
  4. P3 12:15STLJoel EdmundsonAssists: Vladimir Tarasenko, Colton Parayko · Slap, 0.04 xG0–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 8:06VANAndrey Pedan: Holding2 min
  2. P1 9:45STLKevin Shattenkirk: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 9:45STLKevin Shattenkirk: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 9:45VANAlexandre Burrows: Fighting5 min
  5. P3 0:18VANJannik Hansen: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 0:23VANDan Hamhuis: Delaying game puck over glass2 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANSTL
15Shots on goal37
1.6Expected goals3.4
32Shot attempts65
32Faceoffs won25
1Power plays3
11Penalty minutes7
14Hits35
10Blocked shots8
3Giveaways4
6Takeaways8

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSedin – Sedin – Hansen13:10

    xG 0.67–0.53 (56%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  2. Baertschi – Horvat – Virtanen10:18

    xG 0.22–0.26 (46%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  3. Higgins – Dorsett – Gaunce11:55

    xG 0.29–0.46 (38%)attempts 5–11goals 0–1

  4. Burrows – Vey – Etem9:36

    xG 0.14–0.58 (20%)attempts 2–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Bartkowski12:37

    xG 0.75–0.25 (75%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  2. Bartkowski – Pedan6:34

    xG 0.23–0.26 (46%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  3. Hamhuis – Weber7:22

    xG 0.18–0.33 (36%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestUpshall – Brodziak – Reaves10:19

    xG 0.68–0.33 (68%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. Brouwer – Stastny – Fabbri10:11

    xG 0.73–0.39 (65%)attempts 15–5goals 2–0

  3. Lehtera – Tarasenko – Schwartz12:25

    xG 0.25–0.18 (59%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

  4. Backes – Berglund – Jaskin11:56

    xG 0.56–0.50 (53%)attempts 17–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGunnarsson – Parayko12:41

    xG 0.82–0.52 (61%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  2. Edmundson – Parayko4:04

    xG 0.30–0.06 (85%)attempts 8–1goals 1–0

  3. Bortuzzo – Edmundson9:03

    xG 0.43–0.20 (68%)attempts 13–3goals 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 3.4 xGVAN 1.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 3/100 · #1208 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.55 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 79% of the time.

STL winsVAN wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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