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Sat, Mar 25, 2017·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Calgary Flames 3, St. Louis Blues 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 69% of the time.

STL winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CGY190101616331
STL0131611101231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:11CGYTroy BrouwerPPAssists: Johnny Gaudreau, Kris Versteeg · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P2 8:08STLIvan BarbashevAssists: Colton Parayko, Nail Yakupov · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P3 7:16STLJaden SchwartzAssists: Kyle Brodziak, Jay Bouwmeester · Wrist, 0.38 xG1–2
  4. P3 10:53CGYMatt BartkowskiAssists: Johnny Gaudreau, Sean Monahan · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. OT 4:57CGYSean MonahanGWGAssists: Mark Giordano, Michael Frolik · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 13:16CGYMichael Stone: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 16:42STLScottie Upshall: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P2 4:51STLScottie Upshall: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 4:51CGYMatthew Tkachuk: Embellishment2 min
  5. P2 17:40STLPatrik Berglund: Cross checking2 min
  6. P3 17:56STLAlex Pietrangelo: Delaying game puck over glass2 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYSTL
31Shots on goal31
1.9Expected goals2.8
55Shot attempts56
28Faceoffs won32
3Power plays1
4Penalty minutes8
31Hits18
15Blocked shots15
2Giveaways3
5Takeaways4

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.

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestFrolik – Backlund – Tkachuk12:51

    xG 0.50–0.19 (72%)attempts 17–5goals 0–0

  2. Bouma – Chiasson – Bennett9:16

    xG 0.08–0.19 (30%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  3. Stajan – Versteeg – Brouwer10:55

    xG 0.11–0.93 (10%)attempts 5–12goals 0–0

  4. Ferland – Gaudreau – Monahan10:59

    xG 0.13–1.02 (11%)attempts 9–14goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. Stone – Brodie16:56

    xG 0.26–0.46 (36%)attempts 12–14goals 0–1

  2. Engelland – Bartkowski14:07

    xG 0.39–0.68 (36%)attempts 6–15goals 1–0

  3. Giordano – Hamilton17:53

    xG 0.39–0.95 (29%)attempts 21–15goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestSteen – Tarasenko – Schwartz12:40

    xG 0.76–0.15 (84%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  2. Upshall – Brodziak – Reaves11:02

    xG 0.72–0.17 (81%)attempts 11–5goals 0–1

  3. Yakupov – Sanford – Barbashev9:32

    xG 0.21–0.20 (51%)attempts 10–5goals 1–0

  4. Berglund – Perron – Paajarvi10:53

    xG 0.20–0.34 (37%)attempts 5–17goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBouwmeester – Pietrangelo19:37

    xG 1.84–0.47 (80%)attempts 26–18goals 1–1

  2. Gunnarsson – Bortuzzo11:58

    xG 0.28–0.17 (63%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  3. Edmundson – Parayko14:40

    xG 0.22–0.33 (40%)attempts 9–9goals 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 2.8 xGCGY 1.9 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLCGY

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 CGY. Dots are goals.

Excitement 80/100 · #218 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.15 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 11% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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 69% of the time.

STL winsCGY wins

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

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