Sun, Apr 9, 2017·Scottrade Center, St. Louis
Colorado Avalanche 2, St. Louis Blues 3
Three stars
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 63% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COL | 03 | 216 | 015 | 234 |
| STL | 16 | 010 | 211 | 327 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 19:37STLZachary SanfordAssists: Dmitrij Jaskin · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
- P2 4:03COLFrancois BeaucheminAssists: Sven Andrighetto, Nathan MacKinnon · Tip-in, 0.01 xG1–1
- P2 15:02COLMikko RantanenAssists: Erik Johnson · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–1
- P3 3:20STLVladimir SobotkaAssists: Jori Lehtera, Magnus Paajarvi · Wrist, 0.34 xG2–2
- P3 4:39STLVladimir TarasenkoGWGAssists: Ivan Barbashev · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–3
Penalties (6)
- P1 2:57COLTyson Barrie: Tripping2 min
- P1 9:59COLPatrick Wiercioch: Hooking2 min
- P2 16:47COLMikhail Grigorenko: Hooking2 min
- P3 0:11COLMikko Rantanen: Holding2 min
- P3 12:41STLZachary Sanford: Cross checking2 min
- P3 15:17STLPatrik Berglund: Holding2 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00MacKinnon won the faceoff against Berglund
- 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.
Colorado Avalanche
Forward lines
- bestAndrighetto – MacKinnon – Rantanen12:14
xG 0.64–0.37 (63%)attempts 13–11goals 2–0
- Comeau – Soderberg – Grigorenko7:28
xG 0.17–0.17 (49%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0
- Duchene – Nieto – Compher11:06
xG 0.47–0.56 (46%)attempts 12–12goals 0–1
- Bourque – Landeskog – Jost7:25
xG 0.16–0.33 (32%)attempts 7–8goals 0–2
Defence pairs
- bestJohnson – Barberio14:31
xG 0.58–0.26 (69%)attempts 15–9goals 1–0
- Goloubef – Wiercioch8:43
xG 0.15–0.28 (35%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0
- Beauchemin – Barrie12:12
xG 0.18–0.37 (33%)attempts 10–13goals 1–1
St. Louis Blues
Forward lines
- bestSobotka – Lehtera – Paajarvi4:27
xG 0.52–0.11 (82%)attempts 7–2goals 1–0
- Tarasenko – Schwartz – Barbashev5:34
xG 0.25–0.17 (60%)attempts 4–4goals 1–0
- Lehtera – Paajarvi – Barbashev3:58
xG 0.06–0.10 (35%)attempts 1–5goals 0–1
- Reaves – Jaskin – Sanford11:26
xG 0.19–0.25 (43%)attempts 5–10goals 1–0
Defence pairs
- bestEdmundson – Parayko13:39
xG 0.67–0.58 (54%)attempts 10–14goals 1–1
- Gunnarsson – Schmaltz11:44
xG 0.33–0.31 (51%)attempts 9–13goals 1–0
- Bouwmeester – Butler16:16
xG 0.29–0.68 (30%)attempts 12–17goals 1–1
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.
STL's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line STL is favoured, below it COL. 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, St. Louis Blues win this game 63% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (STL − COL), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).