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Sun, Nov 14, 2021·Enterprise Center, St. Louis

Edmonton Oilers 5, St. Louis Blues 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 75% of the time.

STL winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM19313110532
STL114115210439

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:18STLJordan KyrouPPAssists: Pavel Buchnevich, Robert Thomas · Snap, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:55EDMConnor McDavidAssists: Zach Hyman, Cody Ceci · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P2 2:51EDMLeon DraisaitlPPAssists: Connor McDavid, Zach Hyman · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P2 9:58STLRobert BortuzzoAssists: Tyler Bozak, David Perron · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. P2 16:11EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Kailer Yamamoto · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–2
  6. P2 16:19EDMRyan McLeodAssists: Warren Foegele, Kyle Turris · Backhand, 0.09 xG4–2
  7. P3 4:06STLIvan BarbashevAssists: Robert Thomas, Colton Parayko · Wrist, 0.03 xG4–3
  8. P3 7:48STLVladimir TarasenkoAssists: Pavel Buchnevich, Robert Thomas · Backhand, 0.12 xG4–4
  9. P3 19:32EDMKailer YamamotoGWGAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Darnell Nurse · Snap, 0.10 xG5–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 8:37EDMDarnell Nurse: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 9:53STLRobert Thomas: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 11:28EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 14:11EDMColton Sceviour: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P2 2:28STLRobert Thomas: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 11:59EDMConnor McDavid: Interference2 min
  7. P2 18:34EDMLeon Draisaitl: Holding2 min
  8. P3 5:12STLTyler Bozak: Interference2 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0STL
48% to win52% to win
← EDM attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00O'Reilly won the faceoff against Draisaitl
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMSTL
32Shots on goal39
2.3Expected goals3.9
44Shot attempts58
38Faceoffs won23
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
13Hits11
5Blocked shots6
4Giveaways6
6Takeaways6

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestNugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl – Yamamoto13:39

    xG 0.73–0.22 (77%)attempts 12–6goals 2–1

  2. Draisaitl – McDavid – Puljujarvi2:17

    xG 0.25–0.18 (57%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Sceviour – Ryan – Benson3:40

    xG 0.08–0.12 (38%)attempts 3–2goals 0–1

  4. Hyman – McDavid – Puljujarvi14:16

    xG 0.52–0.66 (44%)attempts 12–13goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Ceci16:12

    xG 0.80–0.72 (53%)attempts 14–10goals 1–1

  2. Russell – Barrie12:39

    xG 0.28–0.29 (49%)attempts 7–9goals 1–1

  3. Nurse – Bouchard17:15

    xG 0.67–1.32 (34%)attempts 14–22goals 1–1

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestO'Reilly – Buchnevich – Kyrou10:10

    xG 0.70–0.15 (82%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  2. Neal – Joshua – Kostin4:00

    xG 0.33–0.07 (83%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Tarasenko – Barbashev – Thomas10:30

    xG 0.42–0.64 (40%)attempts 8–16goals 0–2

  4. Perron – Bozak – Saad11:46

    xG 0.26–0.53 (33%)attempts 8–8goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestBortuzzo – Walman9:15

    xG 0.84–0.16 (84%)attempts 14–4goals 2–1

  2. Scandella – Faulk6:31

    xG 0.90–0.35 (72%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Parayko – Rosen8:12

    xG 0.21–0.22 (49%)attempts 6–5goals 0–2

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 3.9 xGEDM 2.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 97/100 · #48 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.53 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +50 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 75% of the time.

STL winsEDM wins

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

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