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Sat, Nov 5, 2016·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Columbus Blue Jackets 1, St. Louis Blues 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 69% of the time.

STL winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CBJ031701001121
STL080151512230

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 12:55CBJJosh AndersonUnassisted · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P3 2:16STLJay BouwmeesterAssists: Scottie Upshall · Slap, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. OT 4:17STLVladimir TarasenkoGWGAssists: Alexander Steen, Kevin Shattenkirk · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–2
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 10:12STLRyan Reaves: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 10:12CBJBrandon Dubinsky: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 19:29STLAlex Pietrangelo: Holding the stick2 min
  4. P2 9:45STLRyan Reaves: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 9:45CBJNick Foligno: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 15:41CBJCam Atkinson: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 19:46CBJMatt Calvert: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 4:16STLPaul Stastny: Interference2 min
  9. P3 7:16CBJJosh Anderson: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 10:07CBJJack Johnson: Charging2 min
  11. P3 13:01STLCarl Gunnarsson: 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.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJSTL
21Shots on goal30
1.4Expected goals2.2
42Shot attempts57
30Faceoffs won29
3Power plays4
15Penalty minutes13
26Hits26
13Blocked shots15
1Giveaways5
5Takeaways2

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.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestDubinsky – Atkinson – Jenner8:51

    xG 0.33–0.27 (55%)attempts 6–14goals 0–0

  2. Foligno – Saad – Wennberg9:52

    xG 0.35–0.41 (46%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  3. Hartnell – Gagner – Sedlak6:31

    xG 0.06–0.17 (27%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

  4. Calvert – Karlsson – Anderson9:35

    xG 0.18–0.40 (31%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSavard – Nutivaara10:08

    xG 0.36–0.13 (74%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  2. Jones – Werenski15:27

    xG 0.37–0.54 (41%)attempts 6–16goals 1–1

  3. Johnson – Murray13:15

    xG 0.26–0.55 (32%)attempts 9–13goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestUpshall – Brodziak – Reaves3:18

    xG 0.58–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–0goals 1–0

  2. Lehtera – Tarasenko – Schwartz12:38

    xG 0.40–0.37 (52%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  3. Steen – Berglund – Perron10:04

    xG 0.15–0.20 (42%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  4. Stastny – Jaskin – Fabbri10:29

    xG 0.09–0.40 (19%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBouwmeester – Pietrangelo13:13

    xG 0.68–0.40 (63%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  2. Pietrangelo – Parayko2:15

    xG 0.04–0.02 (64%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Shattenkirk – Gunnarsson12:15

    xG 0.34–0.37 (48%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

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.

STL 2.2 xGCBJ 1.4 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLCBJ

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 CBJ. Dots are goals.

Excitement 56/100 · #501 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.70 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +24 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 69% of the time.

STL winsCBJ wins

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

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