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Sun, Dec 12, 2021·Enterprise Center, St. Louis

Anaheim Ducks 3, St. Louis Blues 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 67% of the time.

STL winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
ANA11101111413339
STL071111601225

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:32ANABuddy RobinsonAssists: Nicolas Deslauriers, Sam Carrick · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–0
  2. P2 6:43STLOskar SundqvistAssists: Nathan Walker, Brayden Schenn · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P3 7:40STLNathan WalkerAssists: Brayden Schenn · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P3 13:29ANATroy TerryAssists: Cam Fowler, Sam Steel · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–2
  5. OT 3:58ANATroy TerryGWGUnassisted · Backhand, 0.24 xG3–2
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 11:58STLScott Perunovich: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 15:45ANAJosh Manson: Holding2 min
  3. OT 3:58STLScott Perunovich: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANASTL
39Shots on goal25
3.0Expected goals2.0
57Shot attempts39
27Faceoffs won21
1Power plays1
2Penalty minutes2
16Hits15
7Blocked shots9
5Giveaways7
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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Terry – Steel14:00

    xG 0.99–0.26 (79%)attempts 18–6goals 1–0

  2. Deslauriers – Carrick – Robinson9:39

    xG 0.51–0.10 (84%)attempts 9–3goals 1–0

  3. Grant – Silfverberg – Lundeström13:19

    xG 0.38–0.35 (52%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  4. Rakell – Milano – Zegras11:13

    xG 0.52–0.56 (48%)attempts 11–11goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestFowler – Manson19:08

    xG 0.79–0.44 (64%)attempts 17–11goals 0–1

  2. Shattenkirk – Benoit11:56

    xG 0.59–0.30 (66%)attempts 11–6goals 1–1

  3. Shattenkirk – Lindholm2:14

    xG 0.18–0.15 (55%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestSchenn – Sundqvist – Walker10:30

    xG 0.39–0.13 (74%)attempts 6–6goals 1–0

  2. O'Reilly – Saad – Brown11:10

    xG 0.44–0.52 (46%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  3. Schenn – Peca – Joshua3:06

    xG 0.00–0.15 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Tarasenko – Buchnevich – Barbashev14:41

    xG 0.38–0.93 (29%)attempts 9–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBortuzzo – Perunovich10:20

    xG 0.32–0.20 (61%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  2. Parayko – Mikkola22:11

    xG 0.46–0.77 (37%)attempts 14–15goals 0–1

  3. Scandella – Krug17:41

    xG 0.48–1.28 (27%)attempts 8–23goals 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.

STL 2.0 xGANA 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 58/100 · #622 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.75 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 15% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +33 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 67% of the time.

STL winsANA wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).