Thu, Mar 25, 2021·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul
St. Louis Blues 0, Minnesota Wild 2
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 84% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STL | 010 | 014 | 013 | 037 |
| MIN | 02 | 26 | 03 | 211 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P2 5:46MINMarcus JohanssonGWGAssists: Kevin Fiala, Jonas Brodin · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
- P2 15:21MINKirill KaprizovAssists: Mats Zuccarello · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–2
Penalties (10)
- P1 0:01STLBrayden Schenn: Fighting5 min
- P1 0:01MINRyan Hartman: Fighting5 min
- P1 1:57STLVince Dunn: Cross checking2 min
- P1 4:12MINJonas Brodin: Holding2 min
- P1 9:53STLRobert Bortuzzo: Hooking2 min
- P1 17:10MINCarson Soucy: Holding2 min
- P2 11:12MINKirill Kaprizov: Hooking2 min
- P2 18:34MINNico Sturm: Fighting5 min
- P2 18:34STLZachary Sanford: Fighting5 min
- P3 0:57STLJustin Faulk: 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Hartman won the faceoff against Schenn
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach 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
- bestSchenn – Tarasenko – Schwartz11:56
xG 0.47–0.02 (95%)attempts 15–3goals 0–0
- Perron – O'Reilly – Kyrou10:25
xG 0.59–0.14 (81%)attempts 16–4goals 0–0
- Hoffman – Sanford – Thomas7:14
xG 0.47–0.15 (76%)attempts 8–2goals 0–1
- Clifford – Joshua – Blais5:18
xG 0.04–0.08 (34%)attempts 3–3goals 0–1
Defence pairs
- bestFaulk – Krug15:55
xG 0.91–0.10 (90%)attempts 21–5goals 0–0
- Scandella – Dunn12:10
xG 0.32–0.14 (69%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0
- Scandella – Faulk2:28
xG 0.12–0.01 (94%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0
Minnesota Wild
Forward lines
- Johansson – Hartman – Fiala9:52
xG 0.19–0.22 (46%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0
- Bonino – Bjugstad – Sturm6:08
xG 0.00–0.14 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0
- Zuccarello – Rask – Kaprizov8:10
xG 0.20–0.37 (35%)attempts 5–9goals 1–0
- Cramarossa – Greenway – Eriksson Ek7:14
xG 0.06–0.52 (10%)attempts 2–13goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- Suter – Spurgeon14:11
xG 0.23–0.52 (31%)attempts 6–18goals 0–0
- Brodin – Dumba15:21
xG 0.19–0.57 (25%)attempts 5–10goals 1–0
- Cole – Soucy12:22
xG 0.15–0.62 (20%)attempts 8–16goals 1–0
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
MIN's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line MIN is favoured, below it STL. Dots are goals.
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 84% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (MIN − STL), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).