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Thu, Feb 6, 2020·Enterprise Center, St. Louis

Winnipeg Jets 4, St. Louis Blues 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 65% of the time.

STL winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG1911026425
STL013214010237

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:55WPGJansen HarkinsAssists: Jack Roslovic, Andrew Copp · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P2 5:58WPGPatrik LaineAssists: Mark Scheifele, Kyle Connor · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P2 11:16STLColton ParaykoPPAssists: Robert Thomas, Vince Dunn · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–1
  4. P2 13:36STLCarl GunnarssonAssists: Alex Pietrangelo, Ryan O'Reilly · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–2
  5. P3 9:04WPGAndrew CoppGWGAssists: Jansen Harkins · Backhand, 0.15 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:49WPGNikolaj EhlersENAssists: Dmitry Kulikov, Blake Wheeler · Backhand, 0.67 xG4–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 11:28STLJay Bouwmeester: Holding2 min
  2. P1 12:16WPGBlake Wheeler: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 12:35WPGNikolaj Ehlers: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 9:23WPGSami Niku: Holding2 min · PPG

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
25Shots on goal37
2.6Expected goals3.6
49Shot attempts63
25Faceoffs won35
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
13Hits27
10Blocked shots15
3Giveaways6
5Takeaways6

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestCopp – Harkins – Roslovic13:23

    xG 0.61–0.37 (62%)attempts 18–10goals 2–0

  2. Wheeler – Ehlers – Appleton12:28

    xG 0.42–0.32 (57%)attempts 11–11goals 0–1

  3. Scheifele – Connor – Laine13:44

    xG 0.51–0.64 (44%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0

  4. Bourque – Shaw – Shore5:12

    xG 0.07–0.30 (20%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKulikov – Morrissey2:07

    xG 0.26–0.02 (92%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Beaulieu – Pionk3:19

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 1–0

  3. Beaulieu – Niku2:18

    xG 0.24–0.12 (67%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. Steen – Bozak – Blais4:57

    xG 0.31–0.26 (54%)attempts 6–7goals 0–1

  2. Steen – Bozak – Barbashev3:11

    xG 0.08–0.03 (72%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Brouwer – Barbashev – Blais3:12

    xG 0.10–0.07 (57%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Perron – O'Reilly – Sanford13:50

    xG 0.48–0.47 (50%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPietrangelo – Faulk2:14

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Faulk – Dunn10:00

    xG 0.43–0.32 (57%)attempts 9–12goals 0–2

  3. Bouwmeester – Parayko18:18

    xG 0.63–0.58 (52%)attempts 12–11goals 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 3.6 xGWPG 2.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 65/100 · #385 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.41 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +33 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 65% of the time.

STL winsWPG wins

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

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