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Tue, Apr 4, 2017·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Winnipeg Jets 5, St. Louis Blues 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 54% of the time.

STL winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG09311211531
STL1419013226

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:35STLAlex PietrangeloUnassisted · Wrist, 0.20 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:47WPGPatrik LaineAssists: Mark Stuart, Bryan Little · Wrist, 0.28 xG1–1
  3. P2 2:01WPGNikolaj EhlersAssists: Mark Scheifele, Blake Wheeler · Wrap-around, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P2 2:49WPGMark StuartGWGAssists: Mathieu Perreault, Adam Lowry · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–1
  5. P2 4:38STLJori LehteraAssists: Ivan Barbashev, Zachary Sanford · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–2
  6. P3 4:48WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Blake Wheeler, Nikolaj Ehlers · Wrist, 0.01 xG4–2
  7. P3 9:02WPGPatrik LaineAssists: Mathieu Perreault, Bryan Little · Wrist, 0.05 xG5–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 8:38STLPatrik Berglund: Holding2 min
  2. P2 9:15WPGDustin Byfuglien: Interference2 min
  3. P3 17:22STLRyan Reaves: Misconduct10 min
  4. P3 17:22WPGDustin Byfuglien: Misconduct10 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGSTL
31Shots on goal26
2.2Expected goals2.0
51Shot attempts50
31Faceoffs won23
1Power plays1
12Penalty minutes12
25Hits20
15Blocked shots12
4Giveaways4
9Takeaways6

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestLittle – Perreault – Laine12:17

    xG 0.57–0.29 (66%)attempts 12–12goals 2–1

  2. Lowry – Armia – Copp13:41

    xG 0.44–0.23 (66%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  3. Wheeler – Scheifele – Ehlers14:20

    xG 0.53–0.39 (58%)attempts 15–9goals 2–1

  4. Thorburn – Petan – Tanev5:50

    xG 0.02–0.44 (5%)attempts 1–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestByfuglien – Melchiori17:57

    xG 0.52–0.15 (78%)attempts 12–10goals 1–0

  2. Stuart – Nogier12:37

    xG 0.77–0.53 (59%)attempts 18–16goals 3–0

  3. Trouba – Morrissey18:02

    xG 0.16–0.98 (14%)attempts 10–19goals 1–2

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestSteen – Paajarvi – Schwartz5:02

    xG 0.39–0.08 (83%)attempts 11–2goals 0–0

  2. Steen – Tarasenko – Schwartz9:08

    xG 0.45–0.18 (71%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Berglund – Perron – Paajarvi9:00

    xG 0.23–0.08 (75%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  4. Berglund – Perron – Sanford5:01

    xG 0.18–0.15 (55%)attempts 5–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdmundson – Parayko15:51

    xG 0.37–0.13 (75%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  2. Bouwmeester – Pietrangelo18:04

    xG 0.62–0.41 (60%)attempts 15–12goals 2–3

  3. Parayko – Lindbohm2:21

    xG 0.10–0.13 (44%)attempts 5–3goals 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 2.0 xGWPG 2.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLWPG

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 WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 55/100 · #506 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.36 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 24% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50STL 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 54% of the time.

STL winsWPG wins

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

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