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Thu, Nov 21, 2019·Enterprise Center, St. Louis

Calgary Flames 0, St. Louis Blues 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 59% of the time.

STL winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY01601707040
STL11321127531

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:07STLZachary SanfordGWGAssists: Robert Thomas · Slap, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:23STLOskar SundqvistAssists: Zachary Sanford · Wrist, 0.20 xG0–2
  3. P2 9:42STLDavid PerronPPAssists: Alex Pietrangelo, Brayden Schenn · Slap, 0.07 xG0–3
  4. P3 2:31STLOskar SundqvistAssists: Zachary Sanford, Robert Thomas · Slap, 0.19 xG0–4
  5. P3 9:18STLVince DunnAssists: Robert Thomas, Zachary Sanford · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P2 9:18CGYZac Rinaldo: Roughing2 min · PPG
  2. P2 12:18STLDavid Perron: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P2 16:59STLAlex Pietrangelo: Interference2 min
  4. P2 18:34STLIvan Barbashev: Holding2 min
  5. P2 18:38CGYElias Lindholm: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 13:07STLBrayden Schenn: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 13:07CGYRasmus Andersson: Fighting5 min
  8. P3 16:15STLDavid Perron: 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0STL
45% to win55% to win
← CGY attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Schenn won the faceoff against Backlund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYSTL
40Shots on goal31
2.6Expected goals3.1
67Shot attempts48
26Faceoffs won32
4Power plays2
9Penalty minutes13
20Hits10
6Blocked shots11
9Giveaways7
8Takeaways9

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.

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestLucic – Ryan – Dube9:52

    xG 0.61–0.45 (57%)attempts 19–8goals 0–1

  2. Rinaldo – Jankowski – Mangiapane5:37

    xG 0.32–0.23 (58%)attempts 5–4goals 0–1

  3. Frolik – Rinaldo – Jankowski2:21

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  4. Gaudreau – Lindholm – Monahan13:53

    xG 0.52–0.67 (44%)attempts 16–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Andersson – Kylington2:05

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  2. Davidson – Kylington9:55

    xG 0.31–0.49 (39%)attempts 15–6goals 0–2

  3. Giordano – Andersson16:07

    xG 0.53–0.84 (39%)attempts 19–15goals 0–1

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestBozak – Schenn – Schwartz13:00

    xG 1.04–0.46 (70%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  2. Sundqvist – Sanford – Thomas10:45

    xG 1.04–0.49 (68%)attempts 12–14goals 4–0

  3. MacEachern – de la Rose – Kostin7:57

    xG 0.33–0.33 (49%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

  4. Perron – O'Reilly – Barbashev13:50

    xG 0.29–0.56 (34%)attempts 9–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBortuzzo – Dunn12:16

    xG 0.84–0.29 (74%)attempts 10–11goals 3–0

  2. Bouwmeester – Pietrangelo2:10

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Bouwmeester – Faulk16:12

    xG 0.77–0.76 (50%)attempts 12–21goals 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 3.1 xGCGY 2.6 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLCGY

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 CGY. Dots are goals.

Excitement 3/100 · #1067 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.48 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 59% of the time.

STL winsCGY wins

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

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