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Tue, Dec 7, 2021·Enterprise Center, St. Louis

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

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 81% of the time.

STL winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
FLA1201811200340
STL052151911430

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:49FLAAleksander BarkovAssists: Maxim Mamin, Carter Verhaeghe · Backhand, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P2 4:20STLVladimir TarasenkoAssists: Ivan Barbashev, Pavel Buchnevich · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:12FLABrandon MontourAssists: Carter Verhaeghe, Maxim Mamin · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–1
  4. P2 13:34STLBrayden SchennPPAssists: Vladimir Tarasenko, Jordan Kyrou · Tip-in, 0.11 xG2–2
  5. P3 6:48STLBrandon SaadAssists: Ivan Barbashev, Logan Brown · Tip-in, 0.08 xG2–3
  6. P3 14:28FLAJonathan HuberdeauAssists: Radko Gudas, MacKenzie Weegar · Tip-in, 0.07 xG3–3
  7. OT 0:53STLPavel BuchnevichGWGAssists: Colton Parayko, Jordan Kyrou · Wrap-around, 0.04 xG3–4
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 11:08STLColton Parayko: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 13:32STLJordan Kyrou: Holding2 min
  3. P1 19:58STLNiko Mikkola: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 13:16FLABrandon Montour: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  5. P2 13:16STLOskar Sundqvist: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 14:01FLASam Bennett: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 17:25FLAJonathan Huberdeau: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  8. P3 2:14STLIvan Barbashev: Holding2 min
  9. P3 4:44FLAOwen Tippett: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 8:51STLTorey Krug: Holding2 min
  11. P3 9:28FLASam Bennett: 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLASTL
40Shots on goal30
4.1Expected goals2.0
67Shot attempts48
27Faceoffs won27
5Power plays5
12Penalty minutes12
12Hits23
8Blocked shots16
3Giveaways16
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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestVerhaeghe – Barkov – Mamin8:00

    xG 0.90–0.11 (89%)attempts 12–2goals 2–0

  2. Hornqvist – Lomberg – Luostarinen6:23

    xG 0.35–0.07 (84%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  3. Huberdeau – Reinhart – Bennett10:06

    xG 0.71–0.57 (55%)attempts 10–13goals 1–1

  4. Vatrano – Tippett – Lundell5:03

    xG 0.11–0.07 (60%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeegar – Ekblad12:45

    xG 1.10–0.40 (73%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  2. Gudas – Forsling13:32

    xG 0.75–0.33 (69%)attempts 14–8goals 1–1

  3. Montour – Carlsson8:46

    xG 0.43–0.27 (62%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestO'Reilly – Saad – Kyrou3:41

    xG 0.42–0.14 (75%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Tarasenko – Buchnevich – Barbashev2:33

    xG 0.10–0.03 (75%)attempts 5–1goals 1–0

  3. Sundqvist – Barbashev – Brown4:12

    xG 0.07–0.19 (26%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  4. Schenn – Saad – Kyrou2:37

    xG 0.07–0.41 (14%)attempts 1–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestScandella – Krug7:19

    xG 0.51–0.13 (80%)attempts 12–1goals 0–0

  2. Krug – Parayko3:17

    xG 0.38–0.43 (47%)attempts 6–7goals 1–1

  3. Scandella – Parayko5:00

    xG 0.05–0.23 (17%)attempts 2–6goals 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.

STL 2.0 xGFLA 4.1 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 91/100 · #136 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.49 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +34 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 81% of the time.

STL winsFLA wins

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

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