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Wed, Mar 11, 2020·Honda Center, Anaheim

St. Louis Blues 4, Anaheim Ducks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 73% of the time.

ANA winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL21719112438
ANA11011008228

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:00ANAAdam HenriqueAssists: Hampus Lindholm, Josh Manson · Other, 0.21 xG0–1
  2. P1 0:00STLIvan BarbashevAssists: Jordan Kyrou · Other, 0.31 xG1–1
  3. P1 16:08STLAlex PietrangeloPPAssists: Brayden Schenn, Ryan O'Reilly · Slap, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P2 13:28ANAJani HakanpääAssists: Adam Henrique · Snap, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P2 17:13STLZachary SanfordGWGAssists: Ryan O'Reilly, Sammy Blais · Backhand, 0.14 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:00STLAlex PietrangeloENAssists: Justin Faulk · Wrist, 0.45 xG4–2
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 4:05STLJaden Schwartz: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 9:46ANAJani Hakanpää: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 15:12ANARyan Getzlaf: Tripping2 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.

STL11 SOG · 0.3 xG

20:00

P1

0.2 xG · 1 SOG1ANA
45% to win55% to win
← STL attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backes won the faceoff against Sundqvist
  2. P1 20:00Goal by Barbashev (Kyrou)
  3. P1 20:00Goal by Henrique (Lindholm, Manson)
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLANA
38Shots on goal28
4.2Expected goals2.8
65Shot attempts50
27Faceoffs won29
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
22Hits26
10Blocked shots13
14Giveaways19
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.

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestSteen – Schenn – Schwartz14:14

    xG 0.84–0.15 (84%)attempts 16–5goals 0–0

  2. Sanford – Barbashev – Thomas2:30

    xG 0.21–0.06 (79%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Sundqvist – MacEachern – Barbashev10:41

    xG 0.71–0.57 (55%)attempts 11–8goals 1–1

  4. Perron – O'Reilly – Blais11:48

    xG 0.52–0.62 (46%)attempts 10–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBortuzzo – Dunn11:13

    xG 0.53–0.36 (59%)attempts 13–9goals 0–1

  2. Pietrangelo – Faulk17:24

    xG 0.57–0.63 (47%)attempts 15–14goals 0–0

  3. Scandella – Parayko19:50

    xG 0.94–1.14 (45%)attempts 16–19goals 1–1

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Milano – Heinen8:36

    xG 0.41–0.28 (59%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  2. Steel – Jones – Sherwood8:56

    xG 0.33–0.26 (56%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Henrique – Silfverberg – Rakell9:13

    xG 0.28–0.24 (54%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

  4. Backes – Deslauriers – Rowney10:46

    xG 0.50–0.55 (48%)attempts 6–14goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestIrwin – Manson13:36

    xG 0.79–0.39 (67%)attempts 17–12goals 0–0

  2. Hakanpää – Djoos18:39

    xG 0.76–0.66 (54%)attempts 15–13goals 2–1

  3. Del Zotto – Larsson14:55

    xG 0.27–1.32 (17%)attempts 6–22goals 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.

ANA 2.8 xGSTL 4.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANASTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

ANA's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line ANA is favoured, below it STL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 44/100 · #639 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.15 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 73% of the time.

ANA winsSTL wins

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

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