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Sun, Nov 7, 2021·Honda Center, Anaheim

St. Louis Blues 1, Anaheim Ducks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 58% of the time.

ANA winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL18012015135
ANA0916312427

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:13STLBrandon SaadAssists: David Perron, Colton Parayko · Snap, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P2 8:23ANASam CarrickAssists: Derek Grant, Bo Groulx · Tip-in, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P3 2:46ANATroy TerryPPGWGAssists: Sonny Milano, Cam Fowler · Tip-in, 0.16 xG1–2
  4. P3 8:31ANASam SteelAssists: Hampus Lindholm, Nicolas Deslauriers · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:12ANABo GroulxENUnassisted · Snap, 0.77 xG1–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 14:39STLIvan Barbashev: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 19:02ANARyan Getzlaf: Cross checking2 min
  3. P3 2:18STLRobert Thomas: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P3 19:12STLDavid Perron: Misconduct10 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 SOG0ANA
48% to win52% to win
← STL attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Getzlaf won the faceoff against O'Reilly
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLANA
35Shots on goal27
2.8Expected goals3.2
64Shot attempts46
33Faceoffs won25
1Power plays2
14Penalty minutes2
15Hits27
8Blocked shots15
13Giveaways15
7Takeaways6

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. bestTarasenko – Kyrou – Thomas12:50

    xG 0.81–0.44 (65%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

  2. Buchnevich – Barbashev – Kostin10:13

    xG 0.69–0.54 (56%)attempts 18–7goals 0–1

  3. Perron – O'Reilly – Saad12:26

    xG 0.43–0.54 (44%)attempts 9–10goals 1–0

  4. Neal – Bozak – Neighbours7:46

    xG 0.06–0.24 (21%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFaulk – Walman12:50

    xG 0.78–0.46 (63%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  2. Parayko – Rosen2:10

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Bortuzzo – Rosen8:58

    xG 0.36–0.33 (53%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGrant – Carrick – Groulx8:39

    xG 0.32–0.19 (62%)attempts 8–7goals 1–0

  2. Deslauriers – Steel – Comtois9:32

    xG 0.44–0.46 (49%)attempts 7–10goals 1–0

  3. Milano – Lundeström – McTavish13:33

    xG 0.44–0.59 (43%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

  4. Getzlaf – Henrique – Terry12:00

    xG 0.14–0.55 (21%)attempts 7–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestShattenkirk – Benoit11:16

    xG 0.62–0.35 (64%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0

  2. Shattenkirk – Lindholm2:30

    xG 0.08–0.07 (52%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Fowler – Manson16:22

    xG 0.56–0.71 (44%)attempts 11–15goals 1–1

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.

ANA 3.2 xGSTL 2.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANASTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 30/100 · #968 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.00 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50ANA 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 58% of the time.

ANA winsSTL wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).