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Fri, Nov 26, 2021·United Center, Chicago

St. Louis Blues 2, Chicago Blackhawks 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 58% of the time.

CHI winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
STL216060201225
CHI0101611011327

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:59STLPavel BuchnevichAssists: Jordan Kyrou, Justin Faulk · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P1 16:39STLIvan BarbashevPPAssists: Robert Thomas, Pavel Buchnevich · Snap, 0.11 xG2–0
  3. P2 0:34CHIJujhar KhairaAssists: Mike Hardman, Reese Johnson · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–1
  4. P3 14:56CHIBrandon HagelAssists: Seth Jones, Jonathan Toews · Tip-in, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:27CHIAlex DeBrincatGWGAssists: Patrick Kane, Seth Jones · Slap, 0.14 xG2–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 5:03STLVladimir Tarasenko: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 14:54CHIKirby Dach: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P2 0:28STLBrayden Schenn: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 0:28CHIJake McCabe: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 10:25STLPavel Buchnevich: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 1:37STLIvan Barbashev: 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.

STL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CHI
48% to win52% to win
← STL attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Johnson won the faceoff against O'Reilly
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLCHI
25Shots on goal27
1.6Expected goals2.0
45Shot attempts55
25Faceoffs won24
1Power plays3
11Penalty minutes7
17Hits33
16Blocked shots13
4Giveaways14
9Takeaways16

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. bestSchenn – Buchnevich – Kyrou10:40

    xG 0.47–0.13 (79%)attempts 15–6goals 1–0

  2. Perron – O'Reilly – Saad2:53

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Bozak – O'Reilly – Saad3:25

    xG 0.09–0.07 (58%)attempts 1–3goals 0–1

  4. Bozak – Saad – Sundqvist2:17

    xG 0.02–0.08 (19%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Parayko – Perunovich5:34

    xG 0.14–0.10 (58%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Faulk – Perunovich2:27

    xG 0.11–0.08 (57%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Parayko – Mikkola9:29

    xG 0.18–0.16 (53%)attempts 7–8goals 0–1

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestKubalik – DeBrincat – Dach13:52

    xG 0.38–0.20 (65%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  2. Khaira – Johnson – Hardman5:56

    xG 0.27–0.11 (71%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  3. Khaira – Borgstrom – Kurashev4:09

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  4. Carpenter – Borgstrom – Kurashev3:23

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMurphy – Gustafsson4:21

    xG 0.31–0.05 (85%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

  2. McCabe – Gustafsson3:10

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Murphy – McCabe12:30

    xG 0.17–0.18 (49%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

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.

CHI 2.0 xGSTL 1.6 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHISTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 73/100 · #420 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.77 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 12% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +40 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 58% of the time.

CHI winsSTL wins

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

-7
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-3
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-1
0
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+7

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