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Mon, Nov 13, 2017·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

St. Louis Blues 4, Calgary Flames 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 90% of the time.

CGY winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL2904211424
CGY21208517737

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:32STLVladimir TarasenkoAssists: Colton Parayko, Paul Stastny · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P1 4:54CGYMark JankowskiAssists: Matthew Tkachuk · Slap, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P1 13:45CGYMark JankowskiAssists: Jaromir Jagr, Sam Bennett · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P1 16:21STLJaden SchwartzPPAssists: Alexander Steen, Brayden Schenn · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. P3 5:39CGYSam BennettAssists: Mark Jankowski · Backhand, 0.18 xG2–3
  6. P3 11:46STLAlexander SteenAssists: Paul Stastny, Joel Edmundson · Wrist, 0.01 xG3–3
  7. P3 12:31CGYMicheal FerlandPPAssists: Johnny Gaudreau, TJ Brodie · Wrist, 0.35 xG3–4
  8. P3 12:43STLVladimir TarasenkoAssists: Jaden Schwartz, Brayden Schenn · Slap, 0.10 xG4–4
  9. P3 14:29CGYKris VersteegGWGAssists: Troy Brouwer, Curtis Lazar · Slap, 0.07 xG4–5
  10. P3 18:00CGYJohnny GaudreauAssists: Mark Giordano · Wrist, 0.15 xG4–6
  11. P3 18:57CGYMichael FrolikENAssists: Matthew Tkachuk, Mikael Backlund · Wrist, 0.70 xG4–7
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 3:00STLScottie Upshall: Interference2 min
  2. P1 3:00CGYTravis Hamonic: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 15:10CGYTJ Brodie: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 8:58STLBeau Bennett: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P3 9:18STLVladimir Sobotka: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 12:04STLOskar Sundqvist: Roughing2 min · PPG
  7. P3 12:04CGYBrett Kulak: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 12:04STLOskar Sundqvist: Roughing2 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 SOG0CGY
46% to win54% to win
← STL attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Monahan won the faceoff against Stastny
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLCGY
24Shots on goal37
1.8Expected goals4.7
50Shot attempts62
24Faceoffs won34
1Power plays3
10Penalty minutes6
18Hits15
14Blocked shots11
14Giveaways16
12Takeaways20

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 – Stastny – Tarasenko6:17

    xG 0.13–0.06 (69%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  2. Schenn – Tarasenko – Schwartz6:40

    xG 0.30–0.23 (57%)attempts 11–4goals 1–1

  3. Sobotka – Jaskin – Sundqvist6:22

    xG 0.31–0.25 (55%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  4. Steen – Stastny – Sobotka5:23

    xG 0.03–0.07 (29%)attempts 3–2goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. Parayko – Dunn7:12

    xG 0.09–0.15 (38%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Bortuzzo – Dunn7:13

    xG 0.32–0.39 (45%)attempts 6–10goals 0–1

  3. Pietrangelo – Edmundson8:50

    xG 0.27–0.35 (44%)attempts 8–9goals 1–1

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. Ferland – Gaudreau – Monahan9:22

    xG 0.09–0.05 (63%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Jagr – Jankowski – Bennett11:34

    xG 0.55–0.53 (51%)attempts 10–15goals 2–0

  3. Frolik – Backlund – Tkachuk12:05

    xG 0.65–0.63 (51%)attempts 12–12goals 0–1

  4. Versteeg – Brouwer – Lazar7:57

    xG 0.24–0.32 (43%)attempts 6–6goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Hamilton15:44

    xG 0.86–0.32 (73%)attempts 18–12goals 1–1

  2. Stone – Kulak3:45

    xG 0.41–0.07 (86%)attempts 7–2goals 2–0

  3. Stone – Brodie12:57

    xG 0.46–0.26 (64%)attempts 13–12goals 0–1

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.

CGY 4.7 xGSTL 1.8 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYSTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 97/100 · #48 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.53 · 11 goals in reachComeback index 39% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +34 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 90% of the time.

CGY winsSTL wins

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

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