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Thu, Apr 6, 2017·BB&T Center, Sunrise

St. Louis Blues 6, Florida Panthers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 77% of the time.

FLA winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL113113412638
FLA01211228332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:16STLRyan ReavesAssists: Scottie Upshall · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P2 6:41FLAVincent TrocheckAssists: Jaromir Jagr, Ian McCoshen · Snap, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:37STLVladimir TarasenkoAssists: Jaden Schwartz, Ivan Barbashev · Snap, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P3 0:55FLAMike MathesonAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Alexander Petrovic · Wrap-around, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. P3 5:36STLDavid PerronAssists: Colton Parayko · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–2
  6. P3 7:45FLADenis MalginAssists: Colton Sceviour, Jason Demers · Slap, 0.04 xG3–3
  7. P3 10:37STLPatrik BerglundPPGWGAssists: Jordan Schmaltz, David Perron · Tip-in, 0.10 xG4–3
  8. P3 13:49STLAlex PietrangeloPPAssists: Jaden Schwartz, Jori Lehtera · Tip-in, 0.15 xG5–3
  9. P3 19:01STLJaden SchwartzENAssists: Alex Pietrangelo, Vladimir Tarasenko · Wrist, 0.71 xG6–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 1:00STLAlexander Steen: Holding the stick2 min
  2. P1 12:50FLAVincent Trocheck: High sticking2 min
  3. P3 8:42FLAKeith Yandle: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P3 12:33FLAMike Matheson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  5. P3 14:34STLJordan Schmaltz: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P3 16:22FLANick Bjugstad: Tripping2 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.

STL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0FLA
44% to win56% to win
← STL attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Trocheck won the faceoff against Barbashev
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLFLA
38Shots on goal32
3.7Expected goals2.0
51Shot attempts55
33Faceoffs won24
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
9Hits13
12Blocked shots8
3Giveaways12
10Takeaways10

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 – Berglund – Perron10:36

    xG 0.91–0.58 (61%)attempts 11–15goals 1–2

  2. Lehtera – Paajarvi – Jaskin7:24

    xG 0.19–0.11 (65%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  3. Upshall – Brodziak – Reaves10:23

    xG 0.19–0.26 (41%)attempts 6–6goals 1–0

  4. Tarasenko – Schwartz – Barbashev12:56

    xG 0.61–0.75 (45%)attempts 12–14goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdmundson – Parayko16:36

    xG 1.23–0.71 (63%)attempts 19–21goals 2–2

  2. Bouwmeester – Pietrangelo17:37

    xG 0.52–0.68 (43%)attempts 10–17goals 1–1

  3. Gunnarsson – Schmaltz11:16

    xG 0.14–0.38 (28%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestSceviour – Marchessault – Malgin10:02

    xG 0.48–0.25 (66%)attempts 12–6goals 2–0

  2. Vanek – Smith – Bjugstad10:17

    xG 0.26–0.29 (47%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

  3. Jagr – Trocheck – Huberdeau12:35

    xG 0.76–0.81 (48%)attempts 15–13goals 1–2

  4. Thornton – MacKenzie – Sgarbossa8:19

    xG 0.12–0.20 (37%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestYandle – Demers18:09

    xG 0.76–0.59 (56%)attempts 20–15goals 1–0

  2. Pysyk – McCoshen13:08

    xG 0.53–0.39 (57%)attempts 13–9goals 1–1

  3. Petrovic – Matheson16:00

    xG 0.44–0.98 (31%)attempts 13–14goals 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.

FLA 2.0 xGSTL 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLASTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 90/100 · #111 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.15 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +31 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 77% of the time.

FLA winsSTL wins

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

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