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Sat, Dec 3, 2016·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Winnipeg Jets 3, St. Louis Blues 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 55% of the time.

STL winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
WPG18150911323
STL07260900222

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:27WPGChris ThorburnSHAssists: Blake Wheeler · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–0
  2. P2 5:16STLAlexander SteenAssists: Alex Pietrangelo, Jay Bouwmeester · Slap, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:26STLDmitrij JaskinAssists: Carl Gunnarsson, Alex Pietrangelo · Slap, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P2 9:18WPGPatrik LaineAssists: Bryan Little, Nikolaj Ehlers · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–2
  5. OT 0:17WPGBryan LittleGWGAssists: Patrik Laine, Dustin Byfuglien · Wrist, 0.14 xG3–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 11:31WPGAlexander Burmistrov: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 16:06WPGMarko Dano: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 19:52WPGAndrew Copp: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 17:46WPGJosh Morrissey: Interference2 min
  5. P2 17:46STLScottie Upshall: Interference2 min
  6. P3 14:15STLDmitrij Jaskin: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 17:38WPGJosh Morrissey: 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGSTL
23Shots on goal22
1.7Expected goals1.8
42Shot attempts46
23Faceoffs won25
1Power plays4
10Penalty minutes4
32Hits20
12Blocked shots11
1Giveaways6
9Takeaways15

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestLittle – Ehlers – Laine11:17

    xG 0.36–0.08 (81%)attempts 8–7goals 1–0

  2. Lowry – Copp – Dano8:25

    xG 0.31–0.15 (68%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  3. Thorburn – Burmistrov – Tanev6:14

    xG 0.13–0.23 (37%)attempts 7–5goals 0–1

  4. Wheeler – Stafford – Perreault11:22

    xG 0.12–0.46 (21%)attempts 5–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestByfuglien – Morrissey15:39

    xG 0.38–0.12 (76%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  2. Enstrom – Byfuglien2:06

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  3. Postma – Chiarot8:50

    xG 0.08–0.15 (34%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestBerglund – Jaskin – Yakupov6:47

    xG 0.21–0.05 (81%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  2. Stastny – Perron – Schwartz11:36

    xG 0.15–0.11 (58%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Steen – Tarasenko – Fabbri10:49

    xG 0.23–0.21 (53%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  4. Upshall – Brodziak – Reaves8:39

    xG 0.37–0.49 (43%)attempts 6–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBouwmeester – Parayko2:24

    xG 0.33–0.06 (86%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Gunnarsson – Parayko3:44

    xG 0.13–0.08 (63%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

  3. Gunnarsson – Pietrangelo2:21

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 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.

STL 1.8 xGWPG 1.7 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLWPG

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 WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 74/100 · #292 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.03 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 22% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 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 55% of the time.

STL winsWPG wins

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

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