Sat, Mar 30, 2019·Prudential Center, Newark
St. Louis Blues 3, New Jersey Devils 2 (OT)
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 54% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | OT | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STL | 16 | 110 | 08 | 13 | 327 |
| NJD | 09 | 28 | 09 | 01 | 227 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 15:09STLRobert ThomasAssists: Patrick Maroon, Tyler Bozak · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–0
- P2 4:57NJDDrew StaffordPPAssists: Pavel Zacha, Kenny Agostino · Tip-in, 0.18 xG1–1
- P2 15:56STLTyler BozakAssists: Jay Bouwmeester, Robert Thomas · Snap, 0.04 xG2–1
- P2 16:52NJDJoey AndersonAssists: Steven Santini, Travis Zajac · Tip-in, 0.11 xG2–2
- OT 4:57STLVince DunnGWGAssists: Ryan O'Reilly · Wrist, 0.18 xG3–2
Penalties (4)
- P2 3:42STLOskar Sundqvist: Holding2 min · PPG
- P2 11:55STLIvan Barbashev: Hooking2 min
- P3 3:24STLJay Bouwmeester: Tripping2 min
- P3 17:50NJDSteven Santini: 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 20:00Bozak won the faceoff against Hischier
- 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 – Bozak – Thomas12:52
xG 0.63–0.52 (55%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0
- Perron – Schwartz – Sundqvist12:28
xG 0.63–0.77 (45%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0
- O'Reilly – Schenn – Tarasenko11:12
xG 0.64–0.90 (42%)attempts 15–17goals 0–0
- Steen – Sanford – Barbashev7:38
xG 0.15–0.47 (24%)attempts 6–9goals 0–1
Defence pairs
- bestGunnarsson – Bortuzzo9:59
xG 0.50–0.37 (57%)attempts 8–11goals 0–1
- Pietrangelo – Dunn18:28
xG 0.71–0.73 (49%)attempts 17–16goals 0–0
- Bouwmeester – Parayko17:14
xG 0.75–1.55 (33%)attempts 18–19goals 0–0
New Jersey Devils
Forward lines
- bestPalmieri – Coleman – Hischier10:16
xG 0.84–0.28 (75%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0
- Stafford – Noesen – Rooney9:05
xG 0.55–0.22 (71%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0
- Zajac – Wood – Anderson9:33
xG 0.69–0.39 (64%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0
- Zajac – Coleman – Anderson2:55
xG 0.00–0.28 (0%)attempts 1–6goals 0–1
Defence pairs
- bestGreene – Severson15:51
xG 1.57–0.45 (78%)attempts 22–13goals 0–0
- Carrick – Mueller14:44
xG 0.52–0.61 (46%)attempts 9–15goals 0–0
- Butcher – Santini13:50
xG 0.51–0.88 (37%)attempts 15–13goals 1–0
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.
NJD's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line NJD 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, New Jersey Devils win this game 54% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (NJD − STL), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).