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Fri, Dec 27, 2019·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

St. Louis Blues 5, Winnipeg Jets 4 (OT)

Expected result

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

WPG winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
STL1521511015535
WPG1121721000429

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:10STLJustin FaulkAssists: Jaden Schwartz, Brayden Schenn · Slap, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P1 19:14WPGGabriel BourqueAssists: Mason Appleton, Adam Lowry · Slap, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:30STLAlex PietrangeloAssists: Brayden Schenn, Jaden Schwartz · Slap, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P2 9:37WPGKyle ConnorAssists: Nathan Beaulieu, Patrik Laine · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–2
  5. P2 16:08STLTyler BozakPPAssists: Jaden Schwartz, David Perron · Wrist, 0.16 xG3–2
  6. P3 3:12WPGKyle ConnorPPAssists: Mark Scheifele, Neal Pionk · Wrist, 0.29 xG3–3
  7. P3 5:10STLTyler BozakAssists: Robert Thomas, Alex Pietrangelo · Slap, 0.19 xG4–3
  8. P3 18:46WPGBlake WheelerAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers, Patrik Laine · Wrist, 0.24 xG4–4
  9. OT 3:14STLDavid PerronGWGUnassisted · Backhand, 0.35 xG5–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 4:16STLDavid Perron: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P2 6:42WPGTucker Poolman: Holding2 min
  3. P2 15:07WPGMark Scheifele: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 17:31STLRobert Thomas: Holding2 min
  5. P3 2:26STLVince Dunn: Slashing2 min · PPG
  6. P3 15:36STLJustin Faulk: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  7. P3 15:36WPGMark Scheifele: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 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 SOG0WPG
45% to win55% to win
← STL attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00O'Reilly won the faceoff against Scheifele
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLWPG
35Shots on goal29
4.0Expected goals3.5
55Shot attempts55
30Faceoffs won26
2Power plays3
8Penalty minutes6
17Hits23
13Blocked shots10
8Giveaways14
7Takeaways6

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 – Thomas8:18

    xG 0.53–0.09 (85%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

  2. Schenn – Schwartz – Barbashev5:26

    xG 0.43–0.05 (90%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Perron – O'Reilly – Sundqvist12:11

    xG 0.54–0.41 (57%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  4. Schenn – Schwartz – Kyrou6:44

    xG 0.31–0.35 (47%)attempts 6–7goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPietrangelo – Faulk16:20

    xG 0.99–0.50 (66%)attempts 17–14goals 3–0

  2. Faulk – Dunn2:38

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Bouwmeester – Parayko14:38

    xG 0.61–0.49 (55%)attempts 13–9goals 0–2

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestShaw – Shore – Harkins4:08

    xG 0.30–0.03 (90%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Bourque – Lowry – Appleton10:04

    xG 0.44–0.38 (54%)attempts 10–5goals 1–0

  3. Scheifele – Connor – Laine16:19

    xG 0.54–0.64 (46%)attempts 11–14goals 1–0

  4. Wheeler – Ehlers – Roslovic10:32

    xG 0.18–0.60 (23%)attempts 5–10goals 0–3

Defence pairs

  1. bestBitetto – Beaulieu10:11

    xG 0.53–0.23 (69%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  2. Poolman – Morrissey20:12

    xG 0.60–0.77 (44%)attempts 11–11goals 1–0

  3. Sbisa – Pionk15:28

    xG 0.33–0.80 (29%)attempts 10–15goals 0–3

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.

WPG 3.5 xGSTL 4.0 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGSTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 98/100 · #31 of 1082 this seasonSwing 3.09 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +47 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.

WPG winsSTL wins

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

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