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Sat, Nov 12, 2016·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

St. Louis Blues 4, Columbus Blue Jackets 8

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 62% of the time.

CBJ winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL19117211437
CBJ39410111830

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:34CBJSam GagnerAssists: Scott Hartnell, Lukas Sedlak · Backhand, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P1 6:35STLKevin ShattenkirkPPAssists: Vladimir Tarasenko, David Perron · Snap, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P1 6:43CBJNick FolignoAssists: Brandon Saad · Snap, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P1 15:10CBJAlexander WennbergAssists: Brandon Saad, Nick Foligno · Deflected, 0.01 xG1–3
  5. P2 5:18CBJSam GagnerAssists: Scott Hartnell, Lukas Sedlak · Backhand, 0.24 xG1–4
  6. P2 5:56CBJBrandon DubinskyGWGAssists: Cam Atkinson, Boone Jenner · Snap, 0.15 xG1–5
  7. P2 10:52CBJMarkus NutivaaraAssists: Cam Atkinson, Boone Jenner · Snap, 0.10 xG1–6
  8. P2 13:30CBJWilliam KarlssonAssists: David Savard, Cam Atkinson · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–7
  9. P2 15:56STLRobby FabbriPPAssists: Vladimir Tarasenko, Jori Lehtera · Snap, 0.21 xG2–7
  10. P3 0:21STLVladimir TarasenkoPPAssists: Kevin Shattenkirk, David Perron · Snap, 0.05 xG3–7
  11. P3 2:53CBJZach WerenskiPPAssists: Cam Atkinson, Nick Foligno · Slap, 0.09 xG3–8
  12. P3 6:23STLRobby FabbriPPAssists: Vladimir Tarasenko, David Perron · Snap, 0.13 xG4–8
Penalties (15)
  1. P1 5:45CBJLukas Sedlak: Holding the stick2 min · PPG
  2. P1 17:49STLNail Yakupov: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 6:42CBJDavid Savard: Interference2 min
  4. P2 15:07CBJJack Johnson: Holding2 min · PPG
  5. P2 18:49CBJRyan Murray: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P3 2:26STLPetteri Lindbohm: High sticking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 5:05CBJZach Werenski: Hooking2 min · PPG
  8. P3 5:38STLAlexander Steen: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 5:38CBJDavid Savard: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 9:58CBJMatt Calvert: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  11. P3 9:58STLPetteri Lindbohm: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  12. P3 13:31CBJBoone Jenner: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 13:31STLDavid Perron: Roughing2 min
  14. P3 14:50STLRobby Fabbri: Holding2 min
  15. P3 14:50CBJNick Foligno: Holding2 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 SOG0CBJ
44% to win56% to win
← STL attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Berglund won the faceoff against Wennberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLCBJ
37Shots on goal30
3.1Expected goals2.4
65Shot attempts47
29Faceoffs won32
5Power plays2
12Penalty minutes18
11Hits20
12Blocked shots13
3Giveaways6
2Takeaways7

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. bestLehtera – Tarasenko – Fabbri9:03

    xG 0.85–0.43 (66%)attempts 14–11goals 0–1

  2. Stastny – Perron – Jaskin7:46

    xG 0.33–0.05 (87%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  3. Stastny – Perron – Yakupov3:57

    xG 0.02–0.01 (59%)attempts 4–1goals 0–1

  4. Upshall – Brodziak – Jaskin3:36

    xG 0.04–0.06 (40%)attempts 3–2goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBouwmeester – Parayko8:49

    xG 0.53–0.32 (62%)attempts 11–8goals 0–2

  2. Shattenkirk – Gunnarsson12:26

    xG 0.41–0.25 (62%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  3. Parayko – Lindbohm5:30

    xG 0.15–0.06 (71%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestDubinsky – Atkinson – Jenner10:08

    xG 0.63–0.38 (63%)attempts 12–12goals 2–0

  2. Hartnell – Gagner – Sedlak8:36

    xG 0.44–0.27 (62%)attempts 7–8goals 2–0

  3. Foligno – Saad – Wennberg9:49

    xG 0.13–0.21 (38%)attempts 9–5goals 2–0

  4. Calvert – Karlsson – Anderson11:50

    xG 0.17–0.65 (20%)attempts 4–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestProut – Nutivaara10:26

    xG 0.72–0.47 (61%)attempts 11–10goals 3–0

  2. Johnson – Murray14:27

    xG 0.27–0.41 (40%)attempts 10–16goals 1–0

  3. Savard – Werenski13:49

    xG 0.25–0.64 (28%)attempts 9–11goals 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.

CBJ 2.4 xGSTL 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJSTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 76/100 · #273 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.77 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 62% of the time.

CBJ winsSTL wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).