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Sat, Apr 8, 2017·PNC Arena, Raleigh

St. Louis Blues 5, Carolina Hurricanes 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 55% of the time.

CAR winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
STL11521416042539
CAR21119113051438

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:26STLIvan BarbashevAssists: Alex Pietrangelo, Vladimir Tarasenko · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P1 9:10CARKlas DahlbeckAssists: Jordan Staal · Wrist, 0.00 xG1–1
  3. P1 19:31CARJeff SkinnerAssists: Brett Pesce, Noah Hanifin · Wrist, 0.30 xG1–2
  4. P2 5:19STLAlexander SteenPPAssists: Alex Pietrangelo, Vladimir Tarasenko · Slap, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P2 14:11CARJoakim NordstromAssists: Sergey Tolchinsky, Victor Rask · Backhand, 0.09 xG2–3
  6. P2 19:06STLRyan ReavesAssists: Kyle Brodziak, Scottie Upshall · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–3
  7. P3 2:03STLScottie UpshallSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.29 xG4–3
  8. P3 9:14CARJeff SkinnerAssists: Noah Hanifin, Brett Pesce · Backhand, 0.13 xG4–4

Shootout

  1. 1. CAR Lee Stempniak scored
  2. 2. STL David Perron stopped
  3. 3. CAR Jeff Skinner stopped
  4. 4. STL Patrik Berglund scored
  5. 5. CAR Jaccob Slavin stopped
  6. 6. STL Zachary Sanford stopped
  7. 7. CAR Sebastian Aho stopped
  8. 8. STL Vladimir Tarasenko scored
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 4:03STLAlexander Steen: Holding2 min
  2. P1 10:10STLColton Parayko: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 19:50CARJordan Staal: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 3:26CARKlas Dahlbeck: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P2 9:10CARJustin Faulk: Holding2 min
  6. P3 1:13STLColton Parayko: Hooking2 min
  7. OT 1:06STLColton Parayko: Tripping2 min
  8. OT 4:01CARJordan Staal: 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 SOG0CAR
44% to win56% to win
← STL attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Ryan won the faceoff against Barbashev
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLCAR
39Shots on goal38
3.9Expected goals4.2
57Shot attempts64
24Faceoffs won39
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
22Hits22
13Blocked shots8
5Giveaways21
10Takeaways12

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. bestTarasenko – Schwartz – Barbashev11:17

    xG 0.63–0.33 (66%)attempts 8–12goals 1–1

  2. Paajarvi – Jaskin – Sanford5:46

    xG 0.22–0.08 (73%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Upshall – Brodziak – Reaves10:12

    xG 0.59–0.71 (45%)attempts 12–7goals 1–1

  4. Steen – Berglund – Perron10:58

    xG 0.21–0.84 (20%)attempts 6–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGunnarsson – Schmaltz10:02

    xG 0.72–0.61 (54%)attempts 10–11goals 0–1

  2. Edmundson – Parayko18:27

    xG 0.67–0.89 (43%)attempts 15–16goals 0–0

  3. Bouwmeester – Pietrangelo15:05

    xG 0.32–0.84 (27%)attempts 8–16goals 2–2

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStempniak – Skinner – Lindholm11:06

    xG 0.85–0.25 (77%)attempts 11–10goals 2–0

  2. Stempniak – Skinner – Rask2:02

    xG 0.41–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Teravainen – Aho12:53

    xG 0.40–0.44 (47%)attempts 16–7goals 1–0

  4. Bickell – McGinn – Ryan8:02

    xG 0.00–0.33 (0%)attempts 1–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPesce – Hanifin11:11

    xG 0.87–0.23 (79%)attempts 15–7goals 2–0

  2. Slavin – Pesce7:14

    xG 0.61–0.12 (84%)attempts 14–2goals 1–0

  3. Faulk – Hanifin5:35

    xG 0.29–0.05 (85%)attempts 5–4goals 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.

CAR 4.2 xGSTL 3.9 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARSTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 95/100 · #36 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.74 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 17% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +30 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 55% of the time.

CAR winsSTL wins

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

-7
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-3
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-1
0
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+7

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