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Sat, Jan 11, 2020·Enterprise Center, St. Louis

New York Rangers 2, St. Louis Blues 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 69% of the time.

STL winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR181609223
STL2931307529

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:34NYRFilip ChytilAssists: Ryan Lindgren, Artemi Panarin · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P1 9:38STLRobert BortuzzoAssists: Ivan Barbashev, Alex Pietrangelo · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P1 18:41STLVince DunnAssists: Zachary Sanford · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P2 1:26STLDavid PerronGWGAssists: Brayden Schenn, Alex Pietrangelo · Slap, 0.05 xG1–3
  5. P2 8:49NYRBrett HowdenAssists: Filip Chytil, Pavel Buchnevich · Tip-in, 0.14 xG2–3
  6. P2 10:34STLZachary SanfordAssists: Ivan Barbashev, Jacob de la Rose · Slap, 0.27 xG2–4
  7. P2 14:50STLJaden SchwartzAssists: Brayden Schenn, Oskar Sundqvist · Tip-in, 0.08 xG2–5
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 5:32STLRobert Bortuzzo: High sticking double minor4 min
  2. P2 0:21NYRPavel Buchnevich: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 18:08NYRMika Zibanejad: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 7:32STLDavid Perron: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P3 18:15STLMackenzie MacEachern: Misconduct10 min
  6. P3 18:15NYRBrendan Smith: Misconduct10 min
  7. P3 19:23NYRBrett Howden: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 0:00STLVince Dunn: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 0:00NYRJacob Trouba: Slashing5 min
  10. P3 0:00NYRJacob Trouba: Game misconduct10 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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRSTL
23Shots on goal29
1.7Expected goals2.7
40Shot attempts59
28Faceoffs won22
3Power plays3
31Penalty minutes18
16Hits12
14Blocked shots8
5Giveaways6
6Takeaways8

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.

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. Kreider – Zibanejad – Buchnevich8:55

    xG 0.31–0.32 (49%)attempts 7–9goals 0–1

  2. Fast – Strome – Panarin11:23

    xG 0.14–0.33 (30%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  3. Howden – Chytil – Kakko10:53

    xG 0.07–0.40 (16%)attempts 6–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFox – Lindgren11:19

    xG 0.51–0.09 (84%)attempts 10–3goals 2–0

  2. Skjei – Trouba13:51

    xG 0.31–0.47 (40%)attempts 7–12goals 0–1

  3. DeAngelo – Hajek11:33

    xG 0.16–0.99 (14%)attempts 8–18goals 0–1

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestSchenn – Schwartz – Sundqvist9:52

    xG 0.91–0.24 (79%)attempts 15–6goals 1–1

  2. Perron – O'Reilly – Sanford9:46

    xG 0.32–0.05 (87%)attempts 11–2goals 1–0

  3. Steen – Bozak – Thomas10:28

    xG 0.07–0.40 (15%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

  4. MacEachern – de la Rose – Barbashev8:54

    xG 0.29–0.64 (31%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPietrangelo – Dunn14:46

    xG 0.56–0.07 (88%)attempts 13–5goals 2–0

  2. Bortuzzo – Mikkola14:08

    xG 1.03–0.77 (57%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  3. Bouwmeester – Faulk17:16

    xG 0.41–0.58 (41%)attempts 12–13goals 1–1

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 2.7 xGNYR 1.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLNYR

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 NYR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 53/100 · #530 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.17 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 34% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 69% of the time.

STL winsNYR wins

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

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