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Wed, Nov 24, 2021·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

St. Louis Blues 2, Detroit Red Wings 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 66% of the time.

DET winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL111011115237
DET1111329423

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:11STLPavel BuchnevichPPAssists: Jordan Kyrou, Brandon Saad · Snap, 0.19 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:48DETLucas RaymondAssists: Tyler Bertuzzi, Dylan Larkin · Snap, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:45DETDylan LarkinAssists: Robby Fabbri, Nick Leddy · Snap, 0.30 xG1–2
  4. P3 1:11STLDavid PerronAssists: Scott Perunovich, Jordan Kyrou · Snap, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P3 4:38DETAdam ErneGWGAssists: Vladislav Namestnikov, Pius Suter · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:45DETRobby FabbriENAssists: Filip Hronek · Snap, 0.77 xG2–4
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 8:55DETMichael Rasmussen: Slashing2 min · PPG
  2. P3 8:52DETJordan Oesterle: Interference2 min
  3. P3 12:45DETMoritz Seider: Cross checking2 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 SOG0DET
48% to win52% to win
← STL attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Thomas won the faceoff against Suter
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLDET
37Shots on goal23
4.3Expected goals3.3
64Shot attempts44
26Faceoffs won31
3Power plays0
0Penalty minutes6
15Hits13
13Blocked shots16
4Giveaways5
5Takeaways3

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 – Buchnevich – Thomas14:34

    xG 1.04–0.64 (62%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  2. Schenn – Saad – Kyrou7:14

    xG 0.48–0.16 (74%)attempts 7–3goals 0–1

  3. Perron – O'Reilly – Barbashev8:49

    xG 0.30–0.07 (82%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  4. Perron – O'Reilly – Kyrou3:02

    xG 0.11–0.09 (55%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestParayko – Perunovich6:28

    xG 0.55–0.22 (71%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

  2. Faulk – Krug16:09

    xG 0.82–0.53 (60%)attempts 16–7goals 0–1

  3. Scandella – Mikkola2:56

    xG 0.33–0.20 (63%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestGagner – Smith – Veleno3:59

    xG 0.18–0.02 (89%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Fabbri – Suter – Zadina4:56

    xG 0.35–0.24 (60%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Bertuzzi – Larkin – Raymond16:14

    xG 0.56–0.73 (44%)attempts 12–11goals 1–0

  4. Fabbri – Smith – Suter2:08

    xG 0.00–0.31 (0%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRenouf – Lindstrom10:54

    xG 0.53–0.32 (62%)attempts 8–8goals 2–0

  2. Leddy – Seider2:51

    xG 0.09–0.02 (82%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Leddy – Hronek17:30

    xG 1.36–1.33 (50%)attempts 19–17goals 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.

DET 3.3 xGSTL 4.3 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETSTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 47/100 · #759 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.43 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 37% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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 66% of the time.

DET winsSTL wins

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

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