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Sat, Apr 6, 2019·Enterprise Center, St. Louis

Vancouver Canucks 2, St. Louis Blues 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 72% of the time.

STL winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
VAN0705211020225
STL11009111062336

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:50STLBrayden SchennAssists: Vladimir Tarasenko, Ryan O'Reilly · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P3 3:53VANTanner PearsonPPAssists: Alexander Edler, Thatcher Demko · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P3 10:29STLVladimir TarasenkoPPAssists: Alex Pietrangelo, Ryan O'Reilly · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P3 17:51VANElias PetterssonPPAssists: Alexander Edler, Brock Boeser · Slap, 0.04 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. STL Ryan O'Reilly scored
  2. 2. VAN Elias Pettersson stopped
  3. 3. STL David Perron scored
  4. 4. VAN Brock Boeser stopped
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 18:03STLRobert Bortuzzo: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 12:24VANAlexander Edler: Holding2 min
  3. P3 2:34STLPatrick Maroon: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P3 9:58VANAlexander Edler: Holding2 min · PPG
  5. P3 16:34STLRobert Bortuzzo: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  6. OT 3:31VANBo Horvat: 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0STL
46% to win54% to win
← VAN attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sundqvist won the faceoff against Horvat
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANSTL
25Shots on goal36
1.7Expected goals3.0
49Shot attempts66
29Faceoffs won34
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
8Hits13
23Blocked shots15
2Giveaways5
6Takeaways5

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestLeivo – Boeser – Pettersson4:26

    xG 0.16–0.03 (83%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Beagle – Granlund – Schaller9:40

    xG 0.14–0.12 (53%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  3. Leivo – Boeser – Gaudette4:11

    xG 0.12–0.19 (39%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  4. Virtanen – Boeser – Pettersson3:43

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Hutton – Rafferty11:32

    xG 0.09–0.12 (44%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  2. Schenn – Hughes13:41

    xG 0.17–0.51 (25%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  3. Edler – Stecher18:38

    xG 0.05–1.05 (5%)attempts 7–24goals 0–1

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestO'Reilly – Schenn – Tarasenko12:56

    xG 0.92–0.04 (96%)attempts 19–5goals 1–0

  2. Perron – Schwartz – Sundqvist11:16

    xG 0.50–0.15 (77%)attempts 13–3goals 0–0

  3. Steen – Sanford – Barbashev9:12

    xG 0.26–0.10 (72%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  4. Maroon – Fabbri – Thomas10:37

    xG 0.21–0.15 (59%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPietrangelo – Dunn17:08

    xG 0.85–0.27 (76%)attempts 22–8goals 0–0

  2. Bortuzzo – Edmundson13:36

    xG 0.69–0.19 (79%)attempts 12–11goals 1–0

  3. Bouwmeester – Gunnarsson16:55

    xG 0.47–0.11 (81%)attempts 14–6goals 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.

STL 3.0 xGVAN 1.7 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLVAN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 77/100 · #293 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.09 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +45 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 72% of the time.

STL winsVAN wins

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

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