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Sun, Dec 29, 2019·Enterprise Center, St. Louis

Winnipeg Jets 1, St. Louis Blues 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 86% of the time.

STL winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG0711108126
STL1717214428

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:18STLRyan O'ReillyAssists: David Perron, Alex Pietrangelo · Snap, 0.30 xG0–1
  2. P2 5:40WPGNicholas ShoreAssists: Logan Shaw, Jansen Harkins · Snap, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 15:09STLJaden SchwartzGWGAssists: Jordan Kyrou, Brayden Schenn · Snap, 0.16 xG1–2
  4. P3 7:06STLRobert ThomasPPAssists: Vince Dunn, Jordan Kyrou · Wrist, 0.28 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:30STLJaden SchwartzUnassisted · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 17:48STLRyan O'Reilly: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 18:18STLAlex Pietrangelo: Interference2 min
  3. P2 19:36WPGPatrik Laine: Interference2 min
  4. P3 5:37WPGLuca Sbisa: Boarding2 min · PPG
  5. P3 17:10STLJordan Binnington: Holding2 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGSTL
26Shots on goal28
2.3Expected goals5.0
53Shot attempts59
20Faceoffs won35
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
21Hits20
13Blocked shots11
3Giveaways6
4Takeaways10

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. Shaw – Shore – Harkins6:21

    xG 0.13–0.23 (35%)attempts 4–3goals 1–0

  2. Bourque – Lowry – Appleton10:13

    xG 0.14–0.66 (17%)attempts 3–12goals 0–1

  3. Scheifele – Connor – Laine15:31

    xG 0.55–1.29 (30%)attempts 16–17goals 0–1

  4. Wheeler – Ehlers – Roslovic11:41

    xG 0.16–1.04 (14%)attempts 5–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Sbisa – Pionk16:48

    xG 0.34–0.73 (32%)attempts 12–17goals 0–0

  2. Bitetto – Beaulieu10:37

    xG 0.21–0.83 (20%)attempts 4–10goals 1–1

  3. Poolman – Morrissey19:07

    xG 0.59–1.67 (26%)attempts 16–18goals 0–1

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestPerron – O'Reilly – Sundqvist15:02

    xG 1.32–0.32 (80%)attempts 15–9goals 1–0

  2. MacEachern – de la Rose – Barbashev2:36

    xG 0.78–0.06 (93%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Steen – Bozak – Thomas9:27

    xG 0.46–0.14 (77%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  4. Schenn – Schwartz – Kyrou2:17

    xG 0.21–0.14 (60%)attempts 2–3goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPietrangelo – Faulk18:39

    xG 2.24–0.37 (86%)attempts 26–9goals 2–0

  2. Bortuzzo – Dunn9:56

    xG 0.56–0.37 (60%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

  3. Bouwmeester – Parayko15:56

    xG 0.62–0.53 (54%)attempts 11–15goals 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 5.0 xGWPG 2.3 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLWPG

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 WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 27/100 · #822 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.88 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 86% of the time.

STL winsWPG wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).