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Wed, Nov 29, 2017·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Anaheim Ducks 3, St. Louis Blues 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 67% of the time.

STL winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA11021307330
STL012016211239

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:17ANAAntoine VermetteAssists: Kevin Roy, Francois Beauchemin · Deflected, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P2 0:33ANAKevin RoyPPAssists: Jakob Silfverberg, Cam Fowler · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–0
  3. P2 3:01ANAAntoine VermettePPGWGAssists: Chris Wagner, Kevin Bieksa · Wrist, 0.26 xG3–0
  4. P3 16:12STLKyle BrodziakAssists: Dmitrij Jaskin, Joel Edmundson · Wrist, 0.14 xG3–1
  5. P3 19:43STLKyle BrodziakAssists: Vladimir Sobotka, Colton Parayko · Wrist, 0.15 xG3–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 7:09ANAAntoine Vermette: Interference2 min
  2. P1 11:00STLJoel Edmundson: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 14:02ANAAntoine Vermette: Cross checking2 min
  4. P1 19:44STLPatrik Berglund: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P2 1:55STLPatrik Berglund: Interference2 min · PPG
  6. P2 13:17ANACorey Perry: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 15:19STLVladimir Sobotka: High sticking double minor4 min
  8. P3 3:25STLBrayden Schenn: Delaying game face off violation2 min
  9. P3 13:25ANACam Fowler: Slashing2 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANASTL
30Shots on goal39
2.0Expected goals2.9
46Shot attempts71
32Faceoffs won31
6Power plays4
8Penalty minutes12
15Hits24
21Blocked shots12
5Giveaways5
6Takeaways5

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestVermette – Shaw – Roy5:06

    xG 0.39–0.05 (89%)attempts 14–2goals 1–0

  2. Vermette – Roy – Kossila2:21

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Cogliano – Silfverberg – Wagner5:06

    xG 0.39–0.47 (45%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Cogliano – Wagner – Shaw3:38

    xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBeauchemin – Vatanen8:05

    xG 0.58–0.24 (71%)attempts 19–6goals 1–0

  2. Bieksa – Fowler9:58

    xG 0.30–0.12 (72%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  3. Manson – Lindholm13:01

    xG 0.19–0.33 (37%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestSteen – Stastny – Sobotka10:48

    xG 0.35–0.09 (79%)attempts 15–5goals 0–0

  2. Thorburn – Upshall – Brodziak4:19

    xG 0.03–0.08 (28%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Berglund – Jaskin – Blais5:04

    xG 0.09–0.25 (27%)attempts 3–6goals 0–1

  4. Schenn – Tarasenko – Schwartz9:42

    xG 0.24–0.50 (33%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdmundson – Parayko5:01

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  2. Pietrangelo – Edmundson5:36

    xG 0.15–0.05 (76%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Bouwmeester – Bortuzzo4:36

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 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 2.9 xGANA 2.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 60/100 · #518 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.78 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 67% of the time.

STL winsANA wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).