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Tue, Jan 15, 2019·Barclays Center, Brooklyn

St. Louis Blues 1, New York Islanders 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 70% of the time.

NYI winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
STL050181800131
NYI111060711225

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:43NYIJordan EberleAssists: Anders Lee · Backhand, 0.18 xG0–1
  2. P3 6:07STLDavid PerronAssists: Ryan O'Reilly, Jay Bouwmeester · Snap, 0.24 xG1–1
  3. OT 1:37NYIValtteri FilppulaGWGAssists: Mathew Barzal, Anthony Beauvillier · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P2 2:28STLRobert Bortuzzo: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P2 5:14NYIScott Mayfield: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 10:49NYIAnders Lee: Delaying game smothering puck2 min
  4. P3 12:15STLJay Bouwmeester: Holding2 min
  5. P3 12:25NYINick Leddy: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 16:00STLJaden Schwartz: 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.

STL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYI
46% to win54% to win
← STL attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cizikas won the faceoff against Schenn
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLNYI
31Shots on goal25
3.6Expected goals2.4
63Shot attempts42
32Faceoffs won18
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
18Hits17
10Blocked shots17
11Giveaways13
6Takeaways6

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.

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestSchenn – Tarasenko – Schwartz13:21

    xG 0.62–0.34 (64%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

  2. Perron – O'Reilly – Sanford5:50

    xG 0.28–0.02 (95%)attempts 10–1goals 0–0

  3. Sanford – Fabbri – Barbashev2:02

    xG 0.39–0.13 (75%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Perron – O'Reilly – Kyrou4:19

    xG 0.19–0.07 (72%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBortuzzo – Dunn9:52

    xG 0.47–0.39 (55%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Pietrangelo – Edmundson18:21

    xG 0.56–0.48 (54%)attempts 17–11goals 0–0

  3. Bouwmeester – Parayko14:57

    xG 0.68–0.64 (52%)attempts 17–12goals 0–1

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestEberle – Lee – Nelson10:10

    xG 0.51–0.30 (63%)attempts 8–13goals 1–0

  2. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas8:53

    xG 0.16–0.20 (44%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  3. Filppula – Komarov – Dal Colle9:32

    xG 0.24–0.31 (44%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  4. Bailey – Barzal – Beauvillier10:16

    xG 0.39–0.54 (42%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoychuk – Leddy16:02

    xG 0.82–0.40 (67%)attempts 17–12goals 1–0

  2. Mayfield – Toews12:13

    xG 0.61–0.84 (42%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

  3. Pelech – Pulock14:26

    xG 0.06–0.46 (12%)attempts 4–16goals 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.

NYI 2.4 xGSTL 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYISTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

NYI's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line NYI is favoured, below it STL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 40/100 · #754 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.40 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +31 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 70% of the time.

NYI winsSTL wins

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

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