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Thu, Oct 27, 2016·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Detroit Red Wings 2, St. Louis Blues 1 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 60% of the time.

STL winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
DET0411109032227
STL0141907021132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:31STLKevin ShattenkirkAssists: Patrik Berglund · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–1
  2. P2 13:54DETFrans NielsenSHAssists: Darren Helm, Alexey Marchenko · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. STL Alexander Steen scored
  2. 2. DET Frans Nielsen stopped
  3. 3. STL Vladimir Tarasenko stopped
  4. 4. DET Gustav Nyquist scored
  5. 5. STL Kevin Shattenkirk stopped
  6. 6. DET Dylan Larkin stopped
  7. 7. STL David Perron stopped
  8. 8. DET Andreas Athanasiou stopped
  9. 9. STL Nail Yakupov stopped
  10. 10. DET Tomas Tatar stopped
  11. 11. STL Robby Fabbri stopped
  12. 12. DET Riley Sheahan stopped
  13. 13. STL Patrik Berglund stopped
  14. 14. DET Darren Helm stopped
  15. 15. STL Dmitrij Jaskin stopped
  16. 16. DET Henrik Zetterberg scored
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 6:44STLPaul Stastny: Holding2 min
  2. P1 12:47DETMike Green: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 18:51DETRiley Sheahan: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 9:15STLPaul Stastny: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 12:20DETJonathan Ericsson: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 19:53STLRobert Bortuzzo: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 4:31STLKevin Shattenkirk: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 10:20DETTomas Tatar: Hooking2 min
  9. OT 4:40STLRobby Fabbri: Hooking2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0STL
44% to win56% to win
← DET attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Brodziak won the faceoff against Glendening
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETSTL
27Shots on goal32
2.2Expected goals2.8
46Shot attempts60
26Faceoffs won28
5Power plays4
8Penalty minutes10
15Hits18
17Blocked shots10
2Giveaways5
7Takeaways10

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestNielsen – Nyquist – Larkin7:23

    xG 0.22–0.06 (78%)attempts 5–5goals 0–1

  2. Zetterberg – Tatar – Sheahan4:11

    xG 0.10–0.08 (55%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  3. Zetterberg – Abdelkader – Tatar2:06

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  4. Zetterberg – Tatar – Athanasiou5:22

    xG 0.01–0.07 (13%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreen – Smith2:25

    xG 0.25–0.02 (92%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Ericsson – Marchenko11:43

    xG 0.31–0.22 (59%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Smith – Sproul7:44

    xG 0.06–0.10 (38%)attempts 2–5goals 0–1

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestLehtera – Tarasenko – Schwartz11:16

    xG 0.84–0.29 (74%)attempts 14–5goals 0–0

  2. Berglund – Perron – Yakupov6:52

    xG 0.14–0.08 (63%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Brodziak – Reaves – Jaskin4:49

    xG 0.06–0.02 (73%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Steen – Stastny – Fabbri8:11

    xG 0.09–0.46 (16%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestShattenkirk – Parayko2:40

    xG 0.45–0.04 (92%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Edmundson – Parayko12:08

    xG 0.36–0.08 (81%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  3. Shattenkirk – Bortuzzo7:05

    xG 0.24–0.20 (55%)attempts 9–4goals 1–0

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 2.8 xGDET 2.2 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 49/100 · #576 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.61 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 18% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +27 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 60% of the time.

STL winsDET wins

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

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