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Sun, Nov 6, 2016·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Colorado Avalanche 1, St. Louis Blues 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 56% of the time.

STL winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL0611007123
STL21531003528

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:37STLRobby FabbriAssists: Dmitrij Jaskin, Kevin Shattenkirk · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P1 3:35STLJori LehteraGWGAssists: Carl Gunnarsson, Vladimir Tarasenko · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P2 6:38COLMatt DucheneAssists: Francois Beauchemin, Fedor Tyutin · Deflected, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P2 14:54STLJaden SchwartzPPAssists: Alexander Steen, Kevin Shattenkirk · Tip-in, 0.33 xG1–3
  5. P2 17:03STLScottie UpshallAssists: Ryan Reaves, Kyle Brodziak · Slap, 0.07 xG1–4
  6. P2 19:06STLDavid PerronAssists: Colton Parayko, Kevin Shattenkirk · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–5
Penalties (16)
  1. P1 3:51COLMikhail Grigorenko: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 6:02STLKevin Shattenkirk: High sticking double minor4 min
  3. P1 16:09COLFedor Tyutin: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 19:19STLJay Bouwmeester: Holding2 min
  5. P2 14:09COLPatrick Wiercioch: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P3 4:45STLDmitrij Jaskin: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 8:34STLJori Lehtera: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 11:07STLJori Lehtera: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 14:07COLAndreas Martinsen: Interference2 min
  10. P3 14:07STLAlexander Steen: Instigator2 min
  11. P3 14:07STLAlexander Steen: Fighting5 min
  12. P3 14:07STLAlexander Steen: Misconduct10 min
  13. P3 14:07COLAndreas Martinsen: Fighting5 min
  14. P3 18:33STLKyle Brodziak: Fighting5 min
  15. P3 18:33COLRene Bourque: Fighting5 min
  16. P3 18:33COLRene Bourque: Cross checking2 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.

COL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLSTL
23Shots on goal28
2.6Expected goals2.9
44Shot attempts46
25Faceoffs won30
6Power plays4
20Penalty minutes34
27Hits27
7Blocked shots11
2Giveaways4
5Takeaways8

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.

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. Bourque – Colborne – Grigorenko8:31

    xG 0.14–0.15 (48%)attempts 5–5goals 0–1

  2. Mitchell – McLeod – Martinsen3:57

    xG 0.11–0.17 (38%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Duchene – MacKinnon – Rantanen8:51

    xG 0.37–0.46 (45%)attempts 9–7goals 1–1

  4. Iginla – Soderberg – Landeskog6:46

    xG 0.24–0.46 (34%)attempts 3–6goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestBeauchemin – Tyutin6:43

    xG 0.31–0.16 (66%)attempts 4–5goals 1–2

  2. Johnson – Zadorov8:14

    xG 0.23–0.12 (65%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Beauchemin – Wiercioch4:59

    xG 0.14–0.17 (44%)attempts 2–3goals 0–1

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestSteen – Berglund – Perron9:33

    xG 0.67–0.30 (69%)attempts 8–8goals 1–1

  2. Lehtera – Tarasenko – Schwartz9:04

    xG 0.49–0.12 (80%)attempts 10–2goals 1–0

  3. Stastny – Jaskin – Fabbri8:46

    xG 0.10–0.18 (36%)attempts 3–4goals 1–0

  4. Upshall – Brodziak – Reaves5:22

    xG 0.10–0.19 (34%)attempts 2–3goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBouwmeester – Pietrangelo13:54

    xG 0.97–0.22 (82%)attempts 16–5goals 0–1

  2. Bouwmeester – Shattenkirk3:03

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 1–0

  3. Shattenkirk – Gunnarsson4:55

    xG 0.21–0.20 (51%)attempts 2–5goals 2–0

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 2.9 xGCOL 2.6 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLCOL

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 COL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 24/100 · #903 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.70 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +13 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 56% of the time.

STL winsCOL wins

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

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