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Tue, Feb 7, 2017·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

St. Louis Blues 6, Ottawa Senators 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 72% of the time.

OTT winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL01327410630
OTT05011014030

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:51STLMagnus PaajarviGWGAssists: Kevin Shattenkirk · Snap, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P2 6:46STLVladimir TarasenkoAssists: Paul Stastny, David Perron · Snap, 0.06 xG2–0
  3. P3 1:46STLPatrik BerglundPPAssists: Kenny Agostino, David Perron · Snap, 0.18 xG3–0
  4. P3 10:43STLAlexander SteenAssists: Paul Stastny · Snap, 0.32 xG4–0
  5. P3 13:49STLVladimir TarasenkoAssists: Alexander Steen, Colton Parayko · Snap, 0.07 xG5–0
  6. P3 15:01STLIvan BarbashevUnassisted · Snap, 0.19 xG6–0
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 5:10OTTZack Smith: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 5:10STLDavid Perron: Interference2 min
  3. P1 14:13OTTJean-Gabriel Pageau: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P1 18:37STLAlexander Steen: Interference2 min
  5. P2 4:39OTTMarc Methot: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 7:28STLIvan Barbashev: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 0:38OTTChris Wideman: 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

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0OTT
44% to win56% to win
← STL attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stastny won the faceoff against Smith
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLOTT
30Shots on goal30
2.9Expected goals1.6
56Shot attempts62
28Faceoffs won34
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes8
28Hits28
20Blocked shots10
6Giveaways19
4Takeaways3

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 – Tarasenko10:40

    xG 1.03–0.31 (77%)attempts 14–17goals 2–0

  2. Berglund – Paajarvi – Schwartz10:43

    xG 0.58–0.22 (73%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

  3. Perron – Lehtera – Agostino10:14

    xG 0.28–0.15 (65%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  4. Upshall – Reaves – Barbashev8:19

    xG 0.16–0.17 (47%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestShattenkirk – Bortuzzo12:40

    xG 1.35–0.07 (95%)attempts 18–7goals 2–0

  2. Edmundson – Parayko15:43

    xG 0.64–0.36 (64%)attempts 16–18goals 2–0

  3. Bouwmeester – Pietrangelo18:16

    xG 0.28–0.45 (38%)attempts 12–21goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. Pyatt – Dzingel – Pageau3:06

    xG 0.04–0.05 (44%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Ryan – Turris – Dzingel6:23

    xG 0.17–0.20 (46%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  3. Ryan – Brassard – Smith2:53

    xG 0.01–0.05 (15%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Pyatt – Hoffman – Pageau2:27

    xG 0.02–0.13 (11%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhaneuf – Wideman2:52

    xG 0.18–0.06 (75%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Methot – Ceci4:14

    xG 0.14–0.24 (37%)attempts 9–5goals 0–1

  3. Phaneuf – Ceci8:39

    xG 0.08–0.23 (27%)attempts 10–5goals 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.

OTT 1.6 xGSTL 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTSTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 8/100 · #1112 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.70 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 72% of the time.

OTT winsSTL wins

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

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