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Sat, Nov 11, 2017·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

New York Islanders 5, St. Louis Blues 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 68% of the time.

STL winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI31211215529
STL012114111237

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:21NYIJohn TavaresAssists: Anders Lee · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:07NYICasey CizikasAssists: Nick Leddy · Backhand, 0.19 xG2–0
  3. P1 13:18NYIJordan EberleGWGAssists: Andrew Ladd · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–0
  4. P2 3:35NYIJoshua Ho-SangAssists: Alan Quine, Nick Leddy · Snap, 0.24 xG4–0
  5. P2 11:31STLBrayden SchennAssists: Jaden Schwartz, Vince Dunn · Wrist, 0.06 xG4–1
  6. P3 6:41STLScottie UpshallAssists: Robert Bortuzzo, Kyle Brodziak · Tip-in, 0.23 xG4–2
  7. P3 15:33NYIAnders LeeAssists: Adam Pelech, Calvin de Haan · Tip-in, 0.07 xG5–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 4:23NYIJason Chimera: Holding2 min
  2. P2 10:32STLScottie Upshall: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 10:32NYIJohnny Boychuk: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 13:45NYIDennis Seidenberg: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 16:01STLJaden Schwartz: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 17:43NYIMathew Barzal: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 17:43STLScottie Upshall: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 19:42NYIJohn Tavares: Hooking2 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0STL
46% to win54% to win
← NYI attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tavares won the faceoff against Stastny
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYISTL
29Shots on goal37
1.8Expected goals2.8
49Shot attempts69
32Faceoffs won34
1Power plays3
10Penalty minutes6
21Hits24
15Blocked shots15
8Giveaways2
9Takeaways10

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.

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestChimera – Clutterbuck – Cizikas7:45

    xG 0.44–0.26 (63%)attempts 12–9goals 1–0

  2. Bailey – Tavares – Lee13:40

    xG 0.40–0.32 (56%)attempts 13–14goals 1–0

  3. Ladd – Eberle – Barzal11:02

    xG 0.30–0.25 (55%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  4. Nelson – Quine – Ho-Sang10:28

    xG 0.02–0.58 (4%)attempts 2–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoychuk – Leddy15:39

    xG 0.67–0.43 (61%)attempts 16–12goals 2–0

  2. de Haan – Pelech13:35

    xG 0.32–0.28 (53%)attempts 12–12goals 2–0

  3. Seidenberg – Mayfield13:12

    xG 0.32–0.85 (27%)attempts 11–21goals 0–1

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestThorburn – Upshall – Brodziak6:03

    xG 0.38–0.07 (85%)attempts 9–4goals 1–0

  2. Schenn – Tarasenko – Schwartz14:03

    xG 0.45–0.33 (58%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  3. Paajarvi – Jaskin – Sundqvist7:56

    xG 0.27–0.28 (49%)attempts 9–10goals 0–1

  4. Steen – Stastny – Sobotka9:48

    xG 0.29–0.65 (31%)attempts 6–9goals 0–3

Defence pairs

  1. bestGunnarsson – Bortuzzo6:41

    xG 0.51–0.23 (69%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  2. Edmundson – Parayko14:52

    xG 0.56–0.31 (64%)attempts 12–9goals 0–3

  3. Gunnarsson – Pietrangelo6:02

    xG 0.18–0.05 (78%)attempts 7–3goals 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 2.8 xGNYI 1.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLNYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 62/100 · #491 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.79 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 68% of the time.

STL winsNYI wins

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

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