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Sun, Feb 16, 2020·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

St. Louis Blues 1, Nashville Predators 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 61% of the time.

NSH winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL013112014139
NSH0616112224

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 7:55NSHCraig SmithAssists: Rocco Grimaldi, Nick Bonino · Wrist, 0.19 xG0–1
  2. P2 10:58STLTyler BozakAssists: Carl Gunnarsson, Alex Pietrangelo · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P3 17:48NSHKyle TurrisGWGAssists: Filip Forsberg, Matt Duchene · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 17:47NSHAustin Watson: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 19:50STLZachary Sanford: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 19:50NSHAustin Watson: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 2:00NSHMikael Granlund: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 2:31STLDavid Perron: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 18:31STLRobert Thomas: Too many men on the ice2 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 SOG0NSH
45% to win55% to win
← STL attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bonino won the faceoff against Sundqvist
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLNSH
39Shots on goal24
2.5Expected goals2.0
69Shot attempts44
15Faceoffs won31
2Power plays2
6Penalty minutes6
14Hits20
9Blocked shots16
7Giveaways18
4Takeaways9

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. bestBozak – Schenn – Schwartz10:03

    xG 0.53–0.25 (68%)attempts 14–7goals 1–0

  2. Schenn – Schwartz – Thomas2:17

    xG 0.13–0.02 (87%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Steen – Sundqvist – Barbashev9:27

    xG 0.29–0.22 (56%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

  4. Perron – O'Reilly – Sanford12:52

    xG 0.94–0.92 (51%)attempts 20–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPietrangelo – Dunn2:10

    xG 0.35–0.02 (94%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Parayko – Dunn2:41

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Pietrangelo – Faulk2:06

    xG 0.16–0.06 (73%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestTurris – Duchene – Forsberg11:13

    xG 0.93–0.59 (61%)attempts 18–15goals 1–1

  2. Jarnkrok – Watson – Sissons8:02

    xG 0.30–0.01 (96%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Bonino – Smith – Grimaldi10:15

    xG 0.44–0.56 (44%)attempts 10–15goals 1–0

  4. Johansen – Granlund – Arvidsson10:15

    xG 0.13–0.47 (22%)attempts 4–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkholm – Fabbro2:04

    xG 0.26–0.11 (71%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  2. Ekholm – Tinordi15:09

    xG 0.94–0.83 (53%)attempts 16–20goals 2–0

  3. Hamhuis – Fabbro9:45

    xG 0.07–0.14 (33%)attempts 3–6goals 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.

NSH 2.0 xGSTL 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHSTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 21/100 · #884 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.06 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +44 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 61% of the time.

NSH winsSTL wins

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

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