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Mon, May 3, 2021·Enterprise Center, St. Louis

Anaheim Ducks 1, St. Louis Blues 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 72% of the time.

STL winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA031809120
STL08110214332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 5:52STLBrayden SchennPPAssists: Jaden Schwartz, Justin Faulk · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:17ANARyan GetzlafUnassisted · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P3 2:13STLRobert BortuzzoGWGAssists: Jordan Kyrou, Robert Thomas · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:51STLRyan O'ReillyENAssists: David Perron, Justin Faulk · Backhand, 0.60 xG1–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 4:52ANATrevor Zegras: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P2 7:46ANAJacob Larsson: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 10:02STLDavid Perron: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P3 12:25STLZachary Sanford: 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 Zegras
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANASTL
20Shots on goal32
2.0Expected goals3.2
49Shot attempts55
27Faceoffs won26
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
15Hits14
11Blocked shots15
12Giveaways10
6Takeaways7

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. bestTerry – Comtois – Zegras11:59

    xG 0.58–0.26 (69%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. Rakell – Heinen – Lundeström3:15

    xG 0.07–0.02 (77%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Getzlaf – Carrick – Jones8:42

    xG 0.56–0.51 (52%)attempts 14–10goals 1–1

  4. Rakell – Volkov – Lundeström8:20

    xG 0.03–0.05 (37%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFleury – Benoit2:31

    xG 0.23–0.05 (82%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Shattenkirk – Mahura2:33

    xG 0.09–0.02 (82%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Fowler – Larsson12:51

    xG 0.41–0.46 (47%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestHoffman – Kyrou – Thomas11:12

    xG 0.47–0.20 (71%)attempts 12–9goals 1–0

  2. Perron – O'Reilly – Schenn12:48

    xG 0.45–0.36 (56%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  3. Sanford – Barbashev – Blais8:30

    xG 0.43–0.41 (51%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

  4. Bozak – Tarasenko – Schwartz11:51

    xG 0.07–0.21 (25%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBortuzzo – Walman9:04

    xG 0.68–0.37 (65%)attempts 16–9goals 1–0

  2. Parayko – Walman3:23

    xG 0.26–0.00 (99%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Parayko – Mikkola13:16

    xG 0.61–0.37 (62%)attempts 13–12goals 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 3.2 xGANA 2.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 20/100 · #682 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.02 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 72% of the time.

STL winsANA wins

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

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