Mon, Jan 7, 2019·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia
St. Louis Blues 3, Philadelphia Flyers 0
Three stars
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 87% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STL | 013 | 114 | 210 | 337 |
| PHI | 011 | 06 | 08 | 025 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P2 0:41STLBrayden SchennGWGAssists: Jaden Schwartz, Carl Gunnarsson · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–0
- P3 11:00STLVladimir TarasenkoAssists: Ryan O'Reilly, Alex Pietrangelo · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–0
- P3 18:12STLDavid PerronENAssists: Zachary Sanford, Ryan O'Reilly · Wrist, 0.64 xG3–0
Penalties (3)
- P2 8:17PHINolan Patrick: Tripping2 min
- P3 9:17STLCarl Gunnarsson: Tripping2 min
- P3 9:46PHISean Couturier: 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Giroux won the faceoff against Schenn
- 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
- bestMaroon – Sundqvist – Thomas4:19
xG 0.78–0.13 (86%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0
- Schenn – Tarasenko – Schwartz14:33
xG 0.84–0.37 (69%)attempts 18–11goals 1–0
- Maroon – Sundqvist – Barbashev4:49
xG 0.16–0.06 (74%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0
- Steen – Perron – O'Reilly2:35
xG 0.16–0.21 (44%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestBouwmeester – Parayko13:07
xG 1.06–0.37 (74%)attempts 11–17goals 0–0
- Bortuzzo – Edmundson8:54
xG 0.47–0.07 (88%)attempts 16–5goals 0–0
- Edmundson – Parayko3:51
xG 0.38–0.13 (74%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0
Philadelphia Flyers
Forward lines
- bestVoracek – Lindblom – Patrick11:08
xG 0.39–0.19 (67%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0
- van Riemsdyk – Simmonds – Weal11:54
xG 0.32–0.27 (54%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0
- Weise – Laughton – Raffl9:48
xG 0.03–0.38 (8%)attempts 3–15goals 0–0
- Giroux – Couturier – Konecny16:09
xG 0.52–1.46 (26%)attempts 20–17goals 0–1
Defence pairs
- bestSanheim – Provorov17:44
xG 0.72–0.55 (57%)attempts 17–16goals 0–1
- Gudas – Gostisbehere17:33
xG 0.22–0.24 (47%)attempts 15–5goals 0–0
- Hagg – Folin14:15
xG 0.27–0.67 (29%)attempts 10–18goals 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.
PHI's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line PHI 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 87% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (PHI − STL), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).