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Fri, Mar 26, 2021·Enterprise Center, St. Louis

Anaheim Ducks 4, St. Louis Blues 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 67% of the time.

STL winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA092926424
STL01001717134

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:23ANASam SteelAssists: Jakob Silfverberg · Deflected, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P2 19:07ANAMax JonesGWGAssists: Ryan Getzlaf · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–0
  3. P3 10:50STLRyan O'ReillyAssists: Marco Scandella, Torey Krug · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–1
  4. P3 18:57ANADerek GrantENAssists: Cam Fowler · Wrist, 0.68 xG3–1
  5. P3 19:55ANARickard RakellENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.67 xG4–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 1:22STLBrayden Schenn: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 1:22ANAJani Hakanpää: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 5:36ANATrevor Zegras: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 2:29ANABen Hutton: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 2:29STLJacob de la Rose: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 7:17ANATrevor Zegras: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 5:21STLRobert Thomas: High sticking2 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0STL
46% to win54% to win
← ANA attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00O'Reilly won the faceoff against Lundeström
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANASTL
24Shots on goal34
3.9Expected goals3.0
37Shot attempts51
17Faceoffs won28
1Power plays2
14Penalty minutes12
18Hits17
10Blocked shots7
9Giveaways9
11Takeaways6

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. Silfverberg – Steel – Jones3:59

    xG 0.07–0.13 (35%)attempts 1–5goals 1–0

  2. Getzlaf – Grant – Jones4:26

    xG 0.37–0.45 (45%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

  3. Getzlaf – Rakell – Comtois2:48

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Henrique – Terry – Zegras6:41

    xG 0.04–0.19 (18%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFowler – Hakanpää13:23

    xG 0.68–0.58 (54%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

  2. Shattenkirk – Fowler2:33

    xG 0.05–0.04 (50%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Shattenkirk – Welinski11:33

    xG 0.18–0.23 (44%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestBozak – Clifford – de la Rose5:47

    xG 0.19–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Perron – O'Reilly – Sanford2:45

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Hoffman – Sanford – Thomas5:48

    xG 0.16–0.30 (35%)attempts 2–6goals 0–1

  4. Perron – O'Reilly – Kyrou9:01

    xG 0.20–0.45 (30%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBortuzzo – Mikkola9:52

    xG 0.32–0.17 (65%)attempts 10–5goals 0–1

  2. Scandella – Dunn13:47

    xG 0.58–0.45 (56%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  3. Faulk – Krug16:52

    xG 0.43–0.69 (38%)attempts 9–11goals 0–1

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 3.0 xGANA 3.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 27/100 · #617 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.88 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 67% of the time.

STL winsANA wins

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

-7
-6
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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