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Wed, Jan 23, 2019·Honda Center, Anaheim

St. Louis Blues 5, Anaheim Ducks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 91% of the time.

ANA winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL11321326532
ANA120704113

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:44ANADaniel SprongAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Hampus Lindholm · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P1 10:34STLVladimir TarasenkoAssists: Brayden Schenn, Ryan O'Reilly · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P2 2:04STLZachary SanfordGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–1
  4. P2 7:41STLOskar SundqvistAssists: Patrick Maroon, Zachary Sanford · Wrist, 0.17 xG3–1
  5. P3 8:42STLTyler BozakAssists: Jaden Schwartz, Colton Parayko · Wrist, 0.26 xG4–1
  6. P3 9:16STLSammy BlaisAssists: Mackenzie MacEachern, Carl Gunnarsson · Wrist, 0.23 xG5–1
Penalties (1)
  1. P3 10:35STLTyler Bozak: High sticking2 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 SOG0ANA
46% to win54% to win
← STL attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Henrique won the faceoff against O'Reilly
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLANA
32Shots on goal13
4.8Expected goals1.7
68Shot attempts46
26Faceoffs won27
0Power plays1
2Penalty minutes0
25Hits32
16Blocked shots12
13Giveaways16
9Takeaways5

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. bestO'Reilly – Schenn – Tarasenko15:55

    xG 1.44–0.40 (78%)attempts 23–14goals 1–0

  2. MacEachern – Barbashev – Blais8:32

    xG 0.93–0.12 (88%)attempts 12–6goals 1–0

  3. Maroon – Sundqvist – Sanford13:02

    xG 1.01–0.42 (71%)attempts 10–8goals 2–1

  4. Steen – Bozak – Schwartz13:03

    xG 0.90–0.41 (69%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGunnarsson – Pietrangelo17:51

    xG 2.00–0.33 (86%)attempts 27–9goals 2–0

  2. Edmundson – Dunn16:29

    xG 1.06–0.46 (70%)attempts 18–15goals 1–0

  3. Bouwmeester – Parayko20:44

    xG 1.33–0.85 (61%)attempts 20–20goals 1–1

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Terry – Jones2:16

    xG 0.17–0.10 (63%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Getzlaf – Rakell – Shore7:17

    xG 0.25–0.39 (39%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  3. Getzlaf – Shore – Sprong7:52

    xG 0.48–0.62 (43%)attempts 7–8goals 1–2

  4. Henrique – Ritchie – Sprong3:04

    xG 0.09–0.24 (26%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFowler – Welinski2:20

    xG 0.15–0.02 (90%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Lindholm – Montour21:46

    xG 0.76–1.16 (40%)attempts 17–17goals 1–1

  3. Fowler – Manson16:37

    xG 0.44–1.67 (21%)attempts 11–27goals 0–2

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.

ANA 1.7 xGSTL 4.8 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANASTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 26/100 · #917 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.86 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 91% of the time.

ANA winsSTL wins

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

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