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Mon, Jan 2, 2017·Busch Stadium, St. Louis Outdoor game

Chicago Blackhawks 1, St. Louis Blues 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 81% of the time.

STL winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI1601106123
STL08115312435

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:02CHIMichal KempnyAssists: Artemi Panarin, Duncan Keith · Slap, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:45STLPatrik BerglundAssists: Jay Bouwmeester, Alexander Steen · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P3 12:05STLVladimir TarasenkoGWGAssists: Robby Fabbri · Tip-in, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P3 13:58STLVladimir TarasenkoAssists: Jori Lehtera, Robby Fabbri · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:46STLAlexander SteenENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.65 xG1–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 10:24STLAlex Pietrangelo: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 17:40CHIBrian Campbell: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P2 4:09CHIArtemi Panarin: Holding the stick2 min
  4. P2 10:50STLRobby Fabbri: Boarding2 min
  5. P2 19:10CHIRyan Hartman: Interference2 min
  6. P3 4:54CHIRyan Hartman: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 9:33STLRyan Reaves: Interference2 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHISTL
23Shots on goal35
2.0Expected goals4.0
45Shot attempts61
24Faceoffs won28
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
18Hits25
12Blocked shots12
2Giveaways4
2Takeaways5

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.

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestPanik – Rasmussen – Kero6:35

    xG 0.64–0.31 (67%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  2. Anisimov – Kane – Panarin10:09

    xG 0.35–0.23 (61%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  3. Tootoo – Desjardins – Motte3:36

    xG 0.09–0.20 (31%)attempts 3–3goals 0–1

  4. Motte – Rasmussen – Kero2:17

    xG 0.00–0.19 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestvan Riemsdyk – Kempny14:14

    xG 0.89–0.39 (70%)attempts 14–9goals 1–0

  2. Keith – Hjalmarsson12:22

    xG 0.43–0.37 (54%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  3. Campbell – Hjalmarsson2:01

    xG 0.03–0.17 (16%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestLehtera – Tarasenko – Schwartz6:32

    xG 0.37–0.03 (93%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  2. Lehtera – Tarasenko – Fabbri3:22

    xG 0.29–0.06 (83%)attempts 6–1goals 2–0

  3. Berglund – Jaskin – Fabbri5:11

    xG 0.15–0.09 (64%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  4. Berglund – Schwartz – Jaskin2:41

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestShattenkirk – Gunnarsson8:17

    xG 0.64–0.21 (75%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Shattenkirk – Edmundson3:18

    xG 0.26–0.04 (86%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

  3. Bouwmeester – Parayko14:18

    xG 0.33–0.29 (54%)attempts 8–7goals 1–1

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 4.0 xGCHI 2.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLCHI

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 CHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 39/100 · #710 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.33 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 36% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +37 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 81% of the time.

STL winsCHI wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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