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Thu, Nov 10, 2016·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

St. Louis Blues 1, Nashville Predators 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 83% of the time.

NSH winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL1110607124
NSH0911029328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:59STLJaden SchwartzAssists: Vladimir Tarasenko, Colton Parayko · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P2 18:26NSHCalle JarnkrokAssists: Colin Wilson, Matt Irwin · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P3 3:44NSHJames NealGWGAssists: Mike Ribeiro, Pontus Aberg · Snap, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P3 4:50NSHCalle JarnkrokAssists: Mike Fisher, Filip Forsberg · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 6:20STLJay Bouwmeester: Interference2 min
  2. P2 10:54STLJaden Schwartz: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 14:42STLCarter Hutton: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P2 15:25STLKevin Shattenkirk: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P3 0:31NSHP.K. Subban: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 6:16STLCarl Gunnarsson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  7. P3 17:39NSHCraig Smith: Tripping2 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.

STL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NSH
44% to win56% to win
← STL attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Fisher won the faceoff against Stastny
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLNSH
24Shots on goal28
1.5Expected goals3.4
55Shot attempts59
25Faceoffs won23
2Power plays5
10Penalty minutes4
12Hits23
14Blocked shots18
3Giveaways13
10Takeaways6

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.

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestSteen – Stastny – Yakupov11:39

    xG 0.41–0.27 (60%)attempts 11–7goals 0–1

  2. Lehtera – Tarasenko – Schwartz13:43

    xG 0.56–0.52 (52%)attempts 19–14goals 1–0

  3. Upshall – Brodziak – Reaves3:57

    xG 0.11–0.34 (25%)attempts 5–4goals 0–1

  4. Berglund – Perron – Jaskin8:50

    xG 0.11–0.34 (25%)attempts 7–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBouwmeester – Pietrangelo14:26

    xG 0.45–0.34 (57%)attempts 14–12goals 0–1

  2. Shattenkirk – Gunnarsson11:14

    xG 0.37–0.49 (43%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  3. Parayko – Lindbohm10:35

    xG 0.35–0.47 (43%)attempts 14–10goals 1–1

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestNeal – Johansen – Arvidsson7:11

    xG 0.53–0.17 (75%)attempts 11–6goals 0–1

  2. Ribeiro – Wilson – Smith9:11

    xG 0.42–0.35 (54%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  3. Fisher – Jarnkrok – Forsberg3:14

    xG 0.14–0.11 (58%)attempts 3–3goals 1–0

  4. Jarnkrok – Watson – Sissons2:25

    xG 0.09–0.11 (44%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSubban – Ekholm15:29

    xG 0.78–0.55 (59%)attempts 15–20goals 2–1

  2. Josi – Ellis15:45

    xG 0.81–0.65 (56%)attempts 17–14goals 0–0

  3. Josi – Ekholm2:25

    xG 0.01–0.02 (34%)attempts 2–2goals 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.

NSH 3.4 xGSTL 1.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHSTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

NSH's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line NSH is favoured, below it STL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 32/100 · #795 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.16 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 83% of the time.

NSH winsSTL wins

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

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