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Tue, Jan 23, 2018·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Ottawa Senators 0, St. Louis Blues 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 65% of the time.

STL winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT080809025
STL114011216341

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:21STLVladimir SobotkaGWGAssists: Brayden Schenn, Robert Bortuzzo · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P3 6:10STLVladimir TarasenkoAssists: Colton Parayko, Kyle Brodziak · Slap, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P3 17:34STLBrayden SchennENAssists: Alex Pietrangelo, Alexander Steen · Wrist, 0.61 xG0–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 4:02STLIvan Barbashev: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 9:35OTTZack Smith: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P2 3:38STLRobert Bortuzzo: High sticking double minor4 min
  4. P2 14:26OTTBobby Ryan: Interference2 min
  5. P3 7:27OTTThomas Chabot: Boarding2 min
  6. P3 18:58STLDmitrij Jaskin: 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTSTL
25Shots on goal41
2.2Expected goals2.9
53Shot attempts67
22Faceoffs won32
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
20Hits20
19Blocked shots14
3Giveaways3
5Takeaways9

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. Ryan – Brassard – Dzingel4:32

    xG 0.05–0.03 (60%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Burrows – Dumont – White2:18

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. DiDomenico – Hoffman – Duchene4:36

    xG 0.01–0.08 (16%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Ryan – Hoffman – Duchene2:01

    xG 0.06–0.22 (22%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKarlsson – Chabot4:49

    xG 0.46–0.13 (78%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  2. Borowiecki – Burgdoerfer8:08

    xG 0.32–0.16 (67%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  3. Ceci – Chabot6:28

    xG 0.18–0.15 (55%)attempts 8–5goals 0–1

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestStastny – Tarasenko – Barbashev6:30

    xG 0.61–0.00 (100%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  2. Upshall – Brodziak – Jaskin3:30

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Steen – Sobotka – Schenn7:10

    xG 0.20–0.21 (49%)attempts 4–4goals 1–0

  4. Sobotka – Berglund – Thompson2:02

    xG 0.09–0.12 (43%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBouwmeester – Parayko11:29

    xG 0.63–0.26 (71%)attempts 18–6goals 1–0

  2. Bortuzzo – Dunn5:53

    xG 0.29–0.14 (68%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  3. Pietrangelo – Edmundson10:11

    xG 0.40–0.33 (55%)attempts 11–11goals 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 xGOTT 2.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 5/100 · #1204 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.61 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 65% of the time.

STL winsOTT wins

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

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