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Sat, Nov 13, 2021·PNC Arena, Raleigh

St. Louis Blues 2, Carolina Hurricanes 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 69% of the time.

CAR winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL06113110229
CAR171918324

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:15CARBrady SkjeiAssists: Sebastian Aho, Andrei Svechnikov · Snap, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:44CARSebastian AhoPPAssists: Tony DeAngelo, Andrei Svechnikov · Slap, 0.10 xG0–2
  3. P2 12:30STLPavel BuchnevichPPAssists: Robert Thomas, Jordan Kyrou · Snap, 0.28 xG1–2
  4. P3 0:48STLVladimir TarasenkoAssists: Ivan Barbashev, Robert Thomas · Wrist, 0.25 xG2–2
  5. P3 17:03CARBrendan SmithGWGAssists: Tony DeAngelo, Jordan Martinook · Slap, 0.02 xG2–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 9:39STLMarco Scandella: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 14:58CARAndrei Svechnikov: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 2:56STLMarco Scandella: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 10:30CARAndrei Svechnikov: Roughing2 min · PPG
  5. P2 14:36CARBrady Skjei: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 17:20CARSebastian Aho: 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.

STL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CAR
48% to win52% to win
← STL attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00O'Reilly won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLCAR
29Shots on goal24
4.2Expected goals2.9
46Shot attempts49
27Faceoffs won24
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
23Hits10
9Blocked shots6
16Giveaways16
0Takeaways11

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. bestO'Reilly – Buchnevich – Kyrou10:06

    xG 0.50–0.21 (70%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  2. Perron – Bozak – Saad9:11

    xG 0.31–0.16 (66%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  3. Tarasenko – Barbashev – Thomas9:18

    xG 0.76–0.62 (55%)attempts 8–10goals 1–1

  4. Neal – Joshua – Kostin6:17

    xG 0.03–0.38 (8%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFaulk – Rosen14:18

    xG 0.95–0.31 (75%)attempts 12–9goals 1–0

  2. Bortuzzo – Walman11:15

    xG 0.24–0.42 (37%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  3. Scandella – Parayko13:33

    xG 0.55–0.81 (40%)attempts 7–14goals 0–1

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStepan – Leivo – Kotkaniemi3:30

    xG 0.30–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Stepan – Leivo – Martinook2:28

    xG 0.10–0.03 (77%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Trocheck – Teravainen – Kotkaniemi3:24

    xG 0.03–0.14 (16%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Trocheck – Teravainen – Martinook7:05

    xG 0.15–0.27 (36%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCole – Smith8:38

    xG 0.23–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Cole – Skjei5:49

    xG 0.22–0.20 (52%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Skjei – DeAngelo13:43

    xG 0.74–1.16 (39%)attempts 14–16goals 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.

CAR 2.9 xGSTL 4.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARSTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 64/100 · #538 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.49 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +39 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 69% of the time.

CAR winsSTL wins

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

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