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Sat, Jan 21, 2017·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

St. Louis Blues 3, Winnipeg Jets 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 68% of the time.

WPG winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL1402528337
WPG18111310529

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:47WPGBryan LittlePPAssists: Dustin Byfuglien, Mark Scheifele · Tip-in, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:18STLKevin ShattenkirkPPAssists: Paul Stastny, Vladimir Tarasenko · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:27WPGBlake WheelerAssists: Dustin Byfuglien, Mathieu Perreault · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P3 2:10WPGBryan LittlePPAssists: Blake Wheeler, Mathieu Perreault · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–3
  5. P3 6:21WPGMark ScheifeleGWGAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers, Jacob Trouba · Wrist, 0.39 xG1–4
  6. P3 11:05WPGNikolaj EhlersPPAssists: Nic Petan, Jacob Trouba · Slap, 0.05 xG1–5
  7. P3 12:11STLPaul StastnyAssists: Jaden Schwartz · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–5
  8. P3 13:43STLKevin ShattenkirkAssists: Alexander Steen, Jaden Schwartz · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–5
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 5:37STLJaden Schwartz: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 7:17STLDavid Perron: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 12:43WPGNic Petan: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P1 18:39STLJoel Edmundson: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 2:49WPGJacob Trouba: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 7:50WPGDrew Stafford: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 13:19WPGMark Stuart: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 1:52STLDmitrij Jaskin: High sticking2 min · PPG
  9. P3 9:25STLPaul Stastny: Tripping2 min · PPG

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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WPG
44% to win56% to win
← STL attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stastny won the faceoff against Little
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLWPG
37Shots on goal29
2.4Expected goals3.5
55Shot attempts48
31Faceoffs won32
4Power plays5
10Penalty minutes8
15Hits14
11Blocked shots9
8Giveaways7
6Takeaways5

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. bestPerron – Lehtera – Jaskin7:35

    xG 0.39–0.28 (59%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  2. Upshall – Brodziak – Reaves6:28

    xG 0.01–0.08 (16%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  3. Berglund – Tarasenko – Fabbri11:18

    xG 0.45–0.76 (37%)attempts 9–9goals 0–1

  4. Steen – Stastny – Schwartz9:55

    xG 0.41–0.83 (33%)attempts 9–11goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestShattenkirk – Pietrangelo2:55

    xG 0.31–0.01 (97%)attempts 9–1goals 0–0

  2. Bortuzzo – Edmundson10:30

    xG 0.32–0.23 (58%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  3. Shattenkirk – Edmundson2:08

    xG 0.12–0.09 (57%)attempts 2–1goals 1–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestScheifele – Copp – Ehlers4:10

    xG 0.57–0.17 (77%)attempts 5–6goals 1–0

  2. Matthias – Lowry – Armia8:54

    xG 0.38–0.19 (67%)attempts 5–6goals 0–1

  3. Wheeler – Little – Perreault10:31

    xG 0.75–0.73 (50%)attempts 10–12goals 1–1

  4. Thorburn – Copp – Petan4:30

    xG 0.03–0.02 (54%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestByfuglien – Morrissey15:53

    xG 1.17–0.76 (61%)attempts 14–16goals 1–0

  2. Stuart – Postma8:01

    xG 0.08–0.13 (37%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Enstrom – Trouba17:08

    xG 0.29–0.61 (32%)attempts 7–11goals 0–2

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.

WPG 3.5 xGSTL 2.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGSTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 68/100 · #342 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.95 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 68% of the time.

WPG winsSTL wins

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

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