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Sat, Feb 1, 2020·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

St. Louis Blues 2, Winnipeg Jets 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 71% of the time.

WPG winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL014014212240
WPG11221427533

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:44WPGJack RoslovicAssists: Sami Niku · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 17:05WPGJack RoslovicAssists: Dmitry Kulikov, Mark Scheifele · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–2
  3. P2 19:45WPGAndrew CoppGWGAssists: Jack Roslovic, Sami Niku · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–3
  4. P3 13:20STLBrayden SchennAssists: Jaden Schwartz, Robert Thomas · Snap, 0.08 xG1–3
  5. P3 15:50STLRyan O'ReillyAssists: Zachary Sanford, Jay Bouwmeester · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:29WPGBlake WheelerENAssists: Mark Scheifele, Kyle Connor · Wrist, 0.61 xG2–4
  7. P3 19:39WPGPatrik LaineENAssists: Blake Wheeler, Nikolaj Ehlers · Wrist, 0.60 xG2–5
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 8:36WPGAndrew Copp: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 8:36STLTroy Brouwer: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 16:36STLColton Parayko: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 1:23WPGMark Scheifele: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 11:18WPGSami Niku: Holding2 min
  6. P2 11:43STLDavid Perron: Hooking2 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 20:00Schenn won the faceoff against Wheeler
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLWPG
40Shots on goal33
2.5Expected goals3.8
66Shot attempts59
33Faceoffs won26
2Power plays2
6Penalty minutes6
13Hits14
13Blocked shots12
4Giveaways23
5Takeaways9

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. bestPerron – O'Reilly – Sanford13:01

    xG 0.72–0.15 (83%)attempts 14–12goals 1–0

  2. Schenn – Schwartz – Thomas5:20

    xG 0.25–0.01 (96%)attempts 8–2goals 1–0

  3. Steen – Brouwer – Schenn6:01

    xG 0.32–0.26 (55%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  4. Bozak – Schwartz – Thomas5:58

    xG 0.29–0.26 (53%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBouwmeester – Parayko16:33

    xG 0.68–0.55 (55%)attempts 21–14goals 1–1

  2. Bortuzzo – Dunn5:38

    xG 0.26–0.14 (66%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  3. Pietrangelo – Dunn2:26

    xG 0.10–0.01 (87%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. Bourque – Shaw – Shore6:29

    xG 0.40–0.38 (51%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  2. Wheeler – Ehlers – Appleton11:41

    xG 0.10–0.14 (43%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  3. Copp – Harkins – Roslovic9:07

    xG 0.42–0.53 (44%)attempts 10–13goals 1–1

  4. Scheifele – Connor – Laine13:57

    xG 0.47–0.82 (36%)attempts 15–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSbisa – Bitetto13:46

    xG 0.57–0.48 (54%)attempts 13–14goals 0–0

  2. Morrissey – Pionk17:47

    xG 0.57–0.79 (42%)attempts 20–16goals 0–1

  3. Kulikov – Niku13:47

    xG 0.15–0.58 (20%)attempts 9–15goals 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.

WPG 3.8 xGSTL 2.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 68/100 · #343 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.84 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 71% of the time.

WPG winsSTL wins

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

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