Tue, Mar 27, 2018·Scottrade Center, St. Louis
San Jose Sharks 2, St. Louis Blues 3 (OT)
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 63% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | OT | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SJS | 18 | 19 | 07 | 00 | 224 |
| STL | 17 | 113 | 09 | 13 | 332 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 6:26SJSEvander KaneAssists: Melker Karlsson, Brent Burns · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
- P1 17:43STLOskar SundqvistAssists: Colton Parayko, Vince Dunn · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
- P2 7:07SJSJoe PavelskiPPAssists: Brent Burns · Tip-in, 0.08 xG2–1
- P2 12:03STLVladimir TarasenkoPPAssists: Brayden Schenn, Alex Pietrangelo · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–2
- OT 2:33STLVladimir TarasenkoGWGAssists: Vladimir Sobotka · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–3
Penalties (3)
- P1 11:37STLJoel Edmundson: High sticking2 min
- P2 6:21STLJoel Edmundson: Hooking2 min · PPG
- P2 11:05SJSTimo Meier: Tripping2 min · PPG
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 Hertl
- 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.
San Jose Sharks
Forward lines
- bestTierney – Labanc – Meier7:42
xG 0.43–0.23 (65%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0
- Pavelski – Kane – Karlsson9:14
xG 0.54–0.37 (59%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0
- Pavelski – Kane – Tierney6:52
xG 0.30–0.17 (65%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0
- Ward – Hansen – Kane3:13
xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–1
Defence pairs
- bestDillon – DeMelo12:06
xG 0.37–0.16 (70%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0
- Martin – Burns17:42
xG 0.39–0.37 (52%)attempts 15–15goals 0–0
- Vlasic – Braun18:42
xG 0.55–0.71 (44%)attempts 14–21goals 1–1
St. Louis Blues
Forward lines
- bestSteen – Brodziak – Berglund12:28
xG 0.48–0.16 (75%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0
- Sobotka – Jaskin – Barbashev6:21
xG 0.38–0.09 (80%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0
- Schenn – Tarasenko – Schwartz15:38
xG 0.47–0.35 (58%)attempts 15–7goals 0–1
- Thorburn – Sundqvist – Barbashev5:52
xG 0.03–0.04 (43%)attempts 4–3goals 1–0
Defence pairs
- bestBortuzzo – Schmaltz7:18
xG 0.64–0.09 (88%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0
- Pietrangelo – Edmundson19:57
xG 0.49–0.30 (62%)attempts 19–10goals 0–0
- Bortuzzo – Parayko3:16
xG 0.06–0.03 (70%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0
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.
STL's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line STL is favoured, below it SJS. 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 63% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (STL − SJS), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).