Mon, Mar 12, 2018·Honda Center, Anaheim
St. Louis Blues 4, Anaheim Ducks 2
Three stars
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 72% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STL | 110 | 29 | 14 | 423 |
| ANA | 07 | 17 | 18 | 222 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 17:30STLRobert BortuzzoAssists: Alex Pietrangelo, Brayden Schenn · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–0
- P2 3:00STLIvan BarbashevAssists: Nikita Soshnikov, Alex Pietrangelo · Wrist, 0.19 xG2–0
- P2 4:17ANACorey PerryAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Brandon Montour · Tip-in, 0.06 xG2–1
- P2 16:50STLVladimir SobotkaGWGAssists: Jordan Schmaltz, Ivan Barbashev · Snap, 0.16 xG3–1
- P3 6:15ANADerek GrantAssists: Chris Kelly, Hampus Lindholm · Snap, 0.03 xG3–2
- P3 11:28STLPatrik BerglundAssists: Kyle Brodziak · Snap, 0.10 xG4–2
Penalties (2)
- P2 4:53STLDmitrij Jaskin: Hooking2 min
- P2 12:43ANAFrancois Beauchemin: Tripping2 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Brodziak won the faceoff against Getzlaf
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach 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
- bestThorburn – Barbashev – Soshnikov6:39
xG 0.35–0.06 (85%)attempts 10–2goals 1–0
- Schenn – Tarasenko – Schwartz15:02
xG 0.59–0.35 (63%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0
- Sobotka – Jaskin – Thompson11:02
xG 0.20–0.36 (35%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0
- Steen – Brodziak – Berglund10:56
xG 0.15–0.35 (30%)attempts 4–16goals 1–2
Defence pairs
- bestSchmaltz – Dunn6:49
xG 0.40–0.11 (79%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0
- Bortuzzo – Parayko6:51
xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 1–0
- Bortuzzo – Pietrangelo8:24
xG 0.31–0.23 (57%)attempts 6–8goals 1–0
Anaheim Ducks
Forward lines
- bestGetzlaf – Perry – Rakell12:48
xG 0.72–0.01 (99%)attempts 18–2goals 1–0
- Chimera – Kelly – Grant6:42
xG 0.08–0.03 (71%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0
- Kesler – Cogliano – Silfverberg11:52
xG 0.26–0.56 (32%)attempts 10–9goals 0–1
- Henrique – Ritchie – Kase11:38
xG 0.28–0.58 (32%)attempts 10–10goals 0–1
Defence pairs
- bestFowler – Montour21:14
xG 0.58–0.34 (63%)attempts 23–9goals 1–0
- Manson – Lindholm15:23
xG 0.42–0.43 (50%)attempts 12–12goals 1–1
- Beauchemin – Bieksa13:30
xG 0.35–0.64 (36%)attempts 11–13goals 0–1
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
ANA's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line ANA is favoured, below it STL. Dots are goals.
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 72% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (ANA − STL), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).