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Sat, Dec 4, 2021·FLA Live Arena, Sunrise

St. Louis Blues 3, Florida Panthers 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 89% of the time.

FLA winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
STL1101915011325
FLA117119114012451

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:24STLLogan BrownAssists: Dakota Joshua, Ivan Barbashev · Backhand, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P1 7:04FLAMaxim MaminAssists: Lucas Carlsson, Anton Lundell · Snap, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P2 6:36STLJake WalmanAssists: Ryan O'Reilly · Slap, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P2 18:00FLASam ReinhartAssists: Lucas Carlsson, Jonathan Huberdeau · Snap, 0.36 xG2–2
  5. P3 4:29STLBrandon SaadAssists: Ryan O'Reilly, Colton Parayko · Snap, 0.12 xG3–2
  6. P3 17:26FLAMaxim MaminAssists: Anton Lundell · Snap, 0.08 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. FLA Anton Lundell scored
  2. 2. STL Jordan Kyrou stopped
  3. 3. FLA Jonathan Huberdeau stopped
  4. 4. STL Logan Brown scored
  5. 5. FLA Sam Reinhart scored
  6. 6. STL Ryan O'Reilly stopped
Penalties (7)
  1. P2 5:18STLScott Perunovich: Interference2 min
  2. P2 5:18FLARyan Lomberg: Embellishment2 min
  3. P2 12:41STLScott Perunovich: Holding2 min
  4. P2 15:13FLARadko Gudas: Cross checking2 min
  5. P3 0:15STLMarco Scandella: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 14:58STLTorey Krug: Holding the stick2 min
  7. OT 3:03STLBrayden Schenn: Tripping2 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 SOG0FLA
48% to win52% to win
← STL attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00O'Reilly won the faceoff against Luostarinen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLFLA
25Shots on goal51
2.8Expected goals6.1
35Shot attempts89
33Faceoffs won30
1Power plays4
10Penalty minutes4
24Hits19
17Blocked shots8
9Giveaways10
6Takeaways10

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. bestBarbashev – Joshua – Brown3:27

    xG 0.74–0.13 (85%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  2. O'Reilly – Saad – Sundqvist12:34

    xG 0.39–1.08 (27%)attempts 5–18goals 1–0

  3. Tarasenko – Barbashev – Thomas8:39

    xG 0.00–1.02 (0%)attempts 1–15goals 0–2

  4. Schenn – Buchnevich – Kyrou10:19

    xG 0.26–1.52 (15%)attempts 6–19goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestScandella – Krug4:59

    xG 0.33–0.08 (81%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Bortuzzo – Mikkola2:20

    xG 0.30–0.25 (54%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Bortuzzo – Krug3:27

    xG 0.27–0.26 (51%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestHuberdeau – Reinhart – Bennett13:16

    xG 1.26–0.24 (84%)attempts 20–4goals 0–1

  2. Hornqvist – Lomberg – Luostarinen8:18

    xG 0.76–0.27 (74%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  3. Thornton – Vatrano – Tippett8:36

    xG 0.52–0.15 (78%)attempts 11–4goals 0–1

  4. Verhaeghe – Mamin – Lundell10:15

    xG 0.57–0.96 (37%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudas – Carlsson12:36

    xG 2.27–0.55 (80%)attempts 25–5goals 2–0

  2. Weegar – Ekblad18:46

    xG 1.45–0.46 (76%)attempts 31–7goals 0–1

  3. Montour – Carlsson3:28

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 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.

FLA 6.1 xGSTL 2.8 xG
0123456P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLASTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 86/100 · #204 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.34 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 8% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +44 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 89% of the time.

FLA winsSTL wins

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

-7
-6
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-1
0
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+7

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