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Sat, Feb 12, 2022·Enterprise Center, St. Louis

Chicago Blackhawks 1, St. Louis Blues 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 74% of the time.

STL winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI051902116
STL2919213531

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:19STLDavid PerronPPAssists: Justin Faulk, Brayden Schenn · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:31STLDakota JoshuaGWGAssists: Torey Krug, Oskar Sundqvist · Backhand, 0.19 xG0–2
  3. P2 2:37CHIDylan StromePPAssists: Patrick Kane, Dominik Kubalik · Tip-in, 0.15 xG1–2
  4. P2 19:19STLVladimir TarasenkoAssists: Robert Thomas, Pavel Buchnevich · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–3
  5. P3 7:11STLOskar SundqvistAssists: Niko Mikkola, Brandon Saad · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–4
  6. P3 15:38STLJordan KyrouAssists: Brayden Schenn · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–5
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 7:11CHIConnor Murphy: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P2 1:45STLNiko Mikkola: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P2 2:24STLPavel Buchnevich: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 6:09STLDavid Perron: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P2 6:39CHIBrandon Hagel: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 4:48CHICalvin de Haan: Holding2 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHISTL
16Shots on goal31
1.7Expected goals3.0
36Shot attempts65
22Faceoffs won23
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
17Hits25
21Blocked shots13
8Giveaways8
11Takeaways20

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.

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestCarpenter – Lafferty – Kurashev2:28

    xG 0.22–0.10 (70%)attempts 3–2goals 0–1

  2. Lafferty – Borgstrom – Slavin7:45

    xG 0.22–0.19 (54%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  3. Kane – Kubalik – Strome8:44

    xG 0.26–0.49 (35%)attempts 8–11goals 0–1

  4. Carpenter – Entwistle – Kurashev5:45

    xG 0.07–0.38 (16%)attempts 2–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcCabe – Jones3:48

    xG 0.08–0.02 (76%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  2. Murphy – Jones13:44

    xG 0.47–0.55 (46%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

  3. de Haan – McCabe3:46

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–1

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestO'Reilly – Schenn – Kyrou12:30

    xG 0.88–0.37 (71%)attempts 16–4goals 1–0

  2. Perron – Saad – Barbashev12:36

    xG 0.56–0.18 (76%)attempts 14–5goals 0–0

  3. Sundqvist – Joshua – Kostin6:04

    xG 0.28–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

  4. Tarasenko – Buchnevich – Thomas11:44

    xG 0.43–0.57 (43%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestParayko – Mikkola17:11

    xG 1.19–0.21 (85%)attempts 21–4goals 1–0

  2. Bortuzzo – Walman7:12

    xG 0.05–0.16 (26%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  3. Faulk – Krug16:25

    xG 0.72–0.89 (45%)attempts 20–14goals 2–0

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 3.0 xGCHI 1.7 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLCHI

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 CHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 26/100 · #1013 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.87 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 74% of the time.

STL winsCHI wins

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

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