Fri, May 7, 2021·T-Mobile Arena, Paradise
St. Louis Blues 3, Vegas Golden Knights 4 (OT)
Three stars
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 52% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | OT | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STL | 19 | 28 | 05 | 03 | 325 |
| VGK | 110 | 112 | 110 | 13 | 435 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 13:23VGKReilly SmithAssists: Nicolas Hague, William Karlsson · Wrist, 0.20 xG0–1
- P1 18:08STLRyan O'ReillySHAssists: Tyler Bozak, Justin Faulk · Snap, 0.06 xG1–1
- P2 14:34STLDavid PerronAssists: Zachary Sanford, Marco Scandella · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–1
- P2 16:18STLJaden SchwartzAssists: Tyler Bozak, Brayden Schenn · Snap, 0.04 xG3–1
- P2 19:50VGKAlec MartinezAssists: Mark Stone, Chandler Stephenson · Wrap-around, 0.00 xG3–2
- P3 6:52VGKNicolas RoyAssists: Nicolas Hague, Zach Whitecloud · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–3
- OT 4:42VGKJonathan MarchessaultGWGAssists: Alex Tuch, Robin Lehner · Wrist, 0.18 xG3–4
Penalties (4)
- P1 8:33STLRobert Thomas: Tripping2 min
- P1 17:55STLMackenzie MacEachern: High sticking2 min
- P2 5:21VGKWilliam Karlsson: Interference goalkeeper2 min
- P3 8:41STLJustin 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 20:00O'Reilly won the faceoff against Karlsson
- 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
- bestClifford – MacEachern – Barbashev9:02
xG 0.46–0.14 (76%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0
- Perron – O'Reilly – Sanford13:29
xG 0.41–0.20 (67%)attempts 13–11goals 1–0
- Hoffman – Kyrou – Thomas6:58
xG 0.11–0.22 (33%)attempts 3–9goals 0–1
- Bozak – Schenn – Schwartz11:47
xG 0.41–1.21 (25%)attempts 14–17goals 1–2
Defence pairs
- bestBortuzzo – Walman7:39
xG 0.38–0.29 (56%)attempts 5–11goals 1–1
- Parayko – Mikkola15:55
xG 0.65–0.70 (48%)attempts 11–15goals 0–1
- Scandella – Faulk17:47
xG 0.33–0.55 (38%)attempts 17–18goals 0–0
Vegas Golden Knights
Forward lines
- bestSmith – Karlsson – Marchessault13:58
xG 0.44–0.30 (60%)attempts 12–11goals 1–0
- Stone – Stephenson – Janmark3:32
xG 0.14–0.03 (81%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0
- Stone – Stephenson – Krebs8:38
xG 0.47–0.38 (56%)attempts 11–10goals 1–1
- Tuch – Roy – Krebs2:59
xG 0.12–0.08 (62%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestHague – Whitecloud10:40
xG 0.84–0.70 (55%)attempts 15–10goals 2–0
- Martinez – Pietrangelo15:51
xG 0.64–0.54 (54%)attempts 17–15goals 1–1
- McNabb – Theodore17:37
xG 0.45–0.48 (48%)attempts 14–17goals 0–1
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.
VGK's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line VGK 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, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 52% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (VGK − STL), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).