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Thu, Jan 27, 2022·Enterprise Center, St. Louis

Calgary Flames 1, St. Louis Blues 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 68% of the time.

STL winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY1601508129
STL21111027528

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:15STLBrandon SaadAssists: Brayden Schenn, Torey Krug · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 10:34CGYMikael BacklundAssists: Andrew Mangiapane · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P1 13:59STLBrayden SchennGWGAssists: Niko Mikkola · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P2 9:57STLBrandon SaadUnassisted · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–3
  5. P3 4:10STLJordan KyrouAssists: Robert Thomas, Marco Scandella · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–4
  6. P3 18:59STLRyan O'ReillyPPAssists: Brandon Saad, Vladimir Tarasenko · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–5
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 16:45CGYDillon Dube: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 16:45STLDavid Perron: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 3:34STLMarco Scandella: Holding2 min
  4. P2 12:29CGYMilan Lucic: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 15:58STLDavid Perron: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 18:34CGYAdam Ruzicka: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 14:44CGYTrevor Lewis: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 18:06CGYBlake Coleman: Holding2 min · PPG
  9. P3 19:54STLTyler Bozak: Slashing2 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYSTL
29Shots on goal28
3.2Expected goals2.1
64Shot attempts44
34Faceoffs won22
3Power plays4
10Penalty minutes8
19Hits18
7Blocked shots13
8Giveaways8
12Takeaways11

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.

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestBacklund – Coleman – Mangiapane9:20

    xG 1.08–0.21 (84%)attempts 13–5goals 1–0

  2. Lucic – Monahan – Dube8:07

    xG 0.42–0.38 (53%)attempts 11–4goals 0–2

  3. Gaudreau – Lindholm – Tkachuk10:20

    xG 0.26–0.35 (42%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

  4. Lewis – Ritchie – Ruzicka7:41

    xG 0.13–0.45 (22%)attempts 4–8goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestTanev – Kylington12:13

    xG 0.61–0.27 (70%)attempts 14–8goals 1–0

  2. Hanifin – Andersson15:39

    xG 0.91–0.61 (60%)attempts 16–13goals 0–1

  3. Gudbranson – Zadorov13:08

    xG 0.39–0.63 (38%)attempts 9–10goals 0–3

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestPerron – Schenn – Saad9:06

    xG 0.49–0.44 (53%)attempts 8–8goals 3–0

  2. O'Reilly – Buchnevich – Barbashev9:23

    xG 0.25–0.27 (48%)attempts 9–5goals 0–1

  3. Bozak – Sundqvist – Kostin7:17

    xG 0.05–0.27 (16%)attempts 1–9goals 0–0

  4. Tarasenko – Kyrou – Thomas9:40

    xG 0.56–0.90 (38%)attempts 9–14goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestParayko – Mikkola15:26

    xG 0.48–0.43 (53%)attempts 9–15goals 0–1

  2. Bortuzzo – Scandella11:26

    xG 0.45–0.41 (52%)attempts 6–10goals 2–0

  3. Faulk – Krug13:30

    xG 0.56–1.22 (32%)attempts 13–18goals 1–0

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 2.1 xGCGY 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLCGY

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 CGY. Dots are goals.

Excitement 30/100 · #962 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.02 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 68% of the time.

STL winsCGY wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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+7

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