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Sat, Dec 16, 2017·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Winnipeg Jets 0, St. Louis Blues 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 77% of the time.

STL winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG015021012048
STL11206112230

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:16STLVladimir TarasenkoPPGWGAssists: Alexander Steen, Colton Parayko · Wrist, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P3 17:34STLVince DunnPPAssists: Vladimir Tarasenko, Brayden Schenn · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–2
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 4:22WPGBryan Little: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P1 8:22WPGAndrew Copp: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P1 10:31STLSammy Blais: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 18:15STLBrayden Schenn: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 4:28STLPatrik Berglund: Holding2 min
  6. P2 9:17STLJordan Schmaltz: High sticking2 min
  7. P2 10:44WPGJoel Armia: Interference2 min
  8. P3 13:33WPGDmitry Kulikov: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 17:28WPGPatrik Laine: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  10. P3 17:28STLCarl Gunnarsson: 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGSTL
48Shots on goal30
4.7Expected goals2.8
77Shot attempts54
31Faceoffs won32
4Power plays5
12Penalty minutes10
19Hits16
15Blocked shots12
2Giveaways2
4Takeaways8

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestLowry – Copp – Tanev4:53

    xG 0.46–0.12 (79%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  2. Little – Ehlers – Laine10:58

    xG 0.59–0.46 (56%)attempts 18–12goals 0–0

  3. Perreault – Lowry – Armia6:31

    xG 0.14–0.08 (64%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  4. Wheeler – Scheifele – Connor12:15

    xG 0.63–0.69 (48%)attempts 14–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMyers – Kulikov15:57

    xG 0.63–0.43 (59%)attempts 17–14goals 0–0

  2. Chiarot – Poolman9:48

    xG 0.42–0.33 (56%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  3. Trouba – Morrissey15:06

    xG 0.85–0.89 (49%)attempts 17–15goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestSchenn – Paajarvi – Tarasenko10:31

    xG 0.86–0.75 (53%)attempts 18–15goals 0–0

  2. Thorburn – Upshall – Sundqvist3:49

    xG 0.07–0.10 (39%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  3. Sobotka – Berglund – Sundqvist2:16

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  4. Steen – Stastny – Jaskin7:25

    xG 0.22–0.36 (38%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGunnarsson – Bortuzzo4:57

    xG 0.59–0.28 (68%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Bortuzzo – Dunn7:58

    xG 0.43–0.34 (56%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  3. Gunnarsson – Schmaltz6:53

    xG 0.08–0.11 (41%)attempts 1–6goals 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 xGWPG 4.7 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLWPG

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 WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 6/100 · #1200 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.67 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 77% of the time.

STL winsWPG wins

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

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