Sun, Feb 26, 2017·United Center, Chicago
St. Louis Blues 2, Chicago Blackhawks 4
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 71% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STL | 111 | 112 | 09 | 232 |
| CHI | 220 | 011 | 211 | 442 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 4:18CHIJonathan ToewsAssists: Nick Schmaltz, Richard Panik · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–1
- P1 11:44CHIPatrick KanePPAssists: Jonathan Toews, Duncan Keith · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–2
- P1 16:54STLMagnus PaajarviUnassisted · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–2
- P2 12:33STLAlex PietrangeloPPAssists: David Perron, Patrik Berglund · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–2
- P3 14:40CHIArtem AnisimovGWGAssists: Artemi Panarin, Patrick Kane · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–3
- P3 19:57CHITanner KeroENAssists: Marian Hossa, Brent Seabrook · Wrist, 0.51 xG2–4
Penalties (4)
- P1 9:16CHIMarcus Kruger: Holding2 min
- P1 9:53STLAlexander Steen: Hooking2 min · PPG
- P2 8:00STLJoel Edmundson: Slashing2 min
- P2 11:07CHITrevor van Riemsdyk: High sticking2 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Stastny won the faceoff against Toews
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach 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
- bestSteen – Stastny – Tarasenko14:58
xG 0.71–0.55 (56%)attempts 16–16goals 0–0
- Lehtera – Paajarvi – Jaskin12:25
xG 0.26–0.20 (56%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0
- Berglund – Perron – Schwartz12:04
xG 0.24–0.68 (26%)attempts 11–16goals 0–2
- Upshall – Brodziak – Reaves7:54
xG 0.06–0.73 (7%)attempts 4–14goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestBouwmeester – Pietrangelo18:54
xG 0.82–0.66 (56%)attempts 19–22goals 1–1
- Shattenkirk – Gunnarsson11:28
xG 0.23–0.38 (38%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0
- Edmundson – Parayko16:16
xG 0.24–1.14 (17%)attempts 11–22goals 0–1
Chicago Blackhawks
Forward lines
- bestDesjardins – Hartman – Kero4:23
xG 0.32–0.01 (97%)attempts 9–1goals 0–0
- Toews – Panik – Schmaltz13:08
xG 0.73–0.55 (57%)attempts 15–12goals 1–1
- Hossa – Jurco – Kero4:21
xG 0.16–0.10 (61%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0
- Hossa – Kruger – Jurco6:58
xG 0.09–0.10 (48%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestSeabrook – Kempny9:37
xG 0.44–0.06 (88%)attempts 12–5goals 1–0
- Rozsival – Kempny3:57
xG 0.35–0.02 (95%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0
- Keith – Seabrook5:47
xG 0.58–0.25 (69%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
CHI's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line CHI is favoured, below it STL. Dots are goals.
Did the better team win?
Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.
Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 71% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (CHI − STL), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).