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Sat, Nov 2, 2019·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

St. Louis Blues 4, Minnesota Wild 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 58% of the time.

MIN winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
STL2601211011429
MIN110260700323

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:26MINMarcus FolignoAssists: Jared Spurgeon, Joel Eriksson Ek · Tip-in, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:00STLMackenzie MacEachernAssists: Ivan Barbashev, Colton Parayko · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P1 14:25STLCarl GunnarssonAssists: Ryan O'Reilly · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–1
  4. P2 1:01MINKevin FialaAssists: Jonas Brodin, Zach Parise · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–2
  5. P2 4:39MINMats ZuccarelloPPAssists: Eric Staal, Brad Hunt · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–3
  6. P3 6:05STLSammy BlaisAssists: Tyler Bozak, Justin Faulk · Wrist, 0.28 xG3–3
  7. OT 2:27STLRyan O'ReillyGWGAssists: Robert Thomas, Vince Dunn · Wrist, 0.09 xG4–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 10:52STLDavid Perron: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 14:58MINRyan Suter: Holding2 min
  3. P2 3:10STLVince Dunn: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P3 6:05MINMats Zuccarello: Bench2 min
  5. P3 8:19MINMathew Dumba: Tripping2 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 SOG0MIN
45% to win55% to win
← STL attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Barbashev
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLMIN
29Shots on goal23
1.9Expected goals1.6
55Shot attempts44
23Faceoffs won36
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
13Hits21
12Blocked shots17
6Giveaways5
5Takeaways3

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. bestSteen – Bozak – Blais4:25

    xG 0.56–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–1goals 1–0

  2. Sundqvist – MacEachern – Barbashev8:34

    xG 0.30–0.20 (60%)attempts 9–8goals 1–1

  3. Schenn – Schwartz – Thomas6:01

    xG 0.13–0.07 (67%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  4. Steen – Bozak – Thomas3:10

    xG 0.07–0.11 (40%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBouwmeester – Parayko15:54

    xG 0.46–0.22 (68%)attempts 15–12goals 1–0

  2. Faulk – Dunn15:09

    xG 0.73–0.69 (52%)attempts 19–13goals 1–1

  3. Gunnarsson – Pietrangelo14:08

    xG 0.18–0.43 (30%)attempts 7–10goals 1–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestFoligno – Greenway – Eriksson Ek11:53

    xG 0.73–0.11 (86%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0

  2. Koivu – Parise – Fiala9:05

    xG 0.13–0.04 (75%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

  3. Koivu – Parise – Kunin4:25

    xG 0.02–0.02 (50%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Staal – Zuccarello – Zucker12:38

    xG 0.25–0.41 (38%)attempts 8–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Spurgeon17:34

    xG 0.92–0.30 (75%)attempts 21–13goals 1–0

  2. Seeler – Hunt10:22

    xG 0.06–0.14 (29%)attempts 4–11goals 0–0

  3. Brodin – Dumba18:15

    xG 0.35–0.95 (27%)attempts 12–20goals 1–2

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.

MIN 1.6 xGSTL 1.9 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINSTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 75/100 · #263 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.99 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 22% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +29 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 58% of the time.

MIN winsSTL wins

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

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