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Tue, Feb 4, 2020·Enterprise Center, St. Louis

Carolina Hurricanes 3, St. Louis Blues 6

Expected result

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

STL winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR0717214328
STL1947110626

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:44STLSammy BlaisAssists: Justin Faulk, Ivan Barbashev · Wrist, 0.34 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:27STLZachary SanfordAssists: Jay Bouwmeester, Colton Parayko · Wrap-around, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P2 4:50STLColton ParaykoAssists: Brayden Schenn, Robert Thomas · Slap, 0.03 xG0–3
  4. P2 6:05CARSebastian AhoAssists: Warren Foegele, Andrei Svechnikov · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–3
  5. P2 7:31STLBrayden SchennPPGWGAssists: Jaden Schwartz, Ryan O'Reilly · Wrist, 0.24 xG1–4
  6. P2 11:54STLBrayden SchennPPAssists: Jaden Schwartz, Ryan O'Reilly · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–5
  7. P3 10:41STLZachary SanfordAssists: Jay Bouwmeester, Ryan O'Reilly · Slap, 0.05 xG1–6
  8. P3 12:31CARBrock McGinnAssists: Jordan Staal, Jaccob Slavin · Deflected, 0.11 xG2–6
  9. P3 16:35CARMartin NecasPPAssists: Ryan Dzingel, Jake Gardiner · Slap, 0.06 xG3–6
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 3:42STLBrayden Schenn: Holding the stick2 min
  2. P1 15:35STLVince Dunn: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 15:35CARAndrei Svechnikov: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 17:09CARSebastian Aho: Holding2 min
  5. P2 1:52STLVince Dunn: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 7:19CARJordan Martinook: Slashing2 min · PPG
  7. P2 10:58CARJake Gardiner: Hooking2 min · PPG
  8. P3 7:42STLSammy Blais: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 15:03STLAlexander Steen: Hooking2 min · PPG
  10. P3 17:40CARMartin Necas: Slashing2 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARSTL
28Shots on goal26
2.2Expected goals2.7
46Shot attempts37
18Faceoffs won27
4Power plays4
10Penalty minutes10
11Hits19
3Blocked shots11
4Giveaways6
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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStaal – Niederreiter – Teravainen9:08

    xG 0.37–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Williams – Dzingel – Martinook3:11

    xG 0.37–0.01 (96%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Williams – Haula – Dzingel2:20

    xG 0.17–0.05 (76%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  4. Staal – McGinn – Foegele2:32

    xG 0.13–0.11 (54%)attempts 3–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSlavin – van Riemsdyk13:37

    xG 0.52–0.15 (77%)attempts 12–5goals 1–1

  2. Edmundson – Fleury12:28

    xG 0.65–0.84 (44%)attempts 10–12goals 0–1

  3. Gardiner – Pesce15:08

    xG 0.53–0.85 (38%)attempts 8–9goals 1–2

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestBrouwer – Barbashev – Blais7:32

    xG 0.77–0.17 (82%)attempts 7–4goals 1–0

  2. Perron – O'Reilly – Sanford10:41

    xG 0.30–0.18 (62%)attempts 8–5goals 2–1

  3. Steen – Bozak – Kyrou7:30

    xG 0.37–0.34 (52%)attempts 4–6goals 0–1

  4. Schenn – Schwartz – Thomas12:09

    xG 0.07–1.00 (6%)attempts 4–14goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFaulk – Dunn9:23

    xG 1.12–0.41 (73%)attempts 10–9goals 1–2

  2. Bouwmeester – Parayko13:55

    xG 0.63–0.33 (66%)attempts 12–6goals 3–0

  3. Gunnarsson – Pietrangelo11:50

    xG 0.16–0.59 (21%)attempts 4–12goals 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 2.7 xGCAR 2.2 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 68/100 · #346 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.72 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 winsCAR wins

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

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