Sun, Feb 27, 2022·United Center, Chicago
St. Louis Blues 4, Chicago Blackhawks 0
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 70% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STL | 08 | 313 | 114 | 435 |
| CHI | 012 | 011 | 07 | 030 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P2 2:26STLJordan KyrouGWGAssists: Brayden Schenn, Ivan Barbashev · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–0
- P2 6:56STLPavel BuchnevichAssists: Robert Thomas · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–0
- P2 18:08STLDavid PerronPPAssists: Brayden Schenn, Justin Faulk · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–0
- P3 3:04STLDavid PerronUnassisted · Wrist, 0.15 xG4–0
Penalties (8)
- P1 19:49CHIBrandon Hagel: Tripping2 min
- P2 10:54STLDavid Perron: Tripping2 min
- P2 16:30CHICaleb Jones: Holding2 min · PPG
- P2 18:55STLPavel Buchnevich: Cross checking2 min
- P3 7:57STLJordan Kyrou: Cross checking2 min
- P3 7:57CHISam Lafferty: Roughing2 min
- P3 13:53STLVladimir Tarasenko: Tripping2 min
- P3 18:51CHIHenrik Borgstrom: Hooking2 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Carpenter won the faceoff against O'Reilly
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach 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
- bestPerron – O'Reilly – Saad10:40
xG 0.54–0.16 (77%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0
- Bozak – Joshua – Kostin7:04
xG 0.45–0.26 (64%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0
- Tarasenko – Buchnevich – Thomas10:37
xG 0.51–0.54 (49%)attempts 8–10goals 1–0
- Schenn – Barbashev – Kyrou10:20
xG 0.41–0.72 (36%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0
Defence pairs
- bestParayko – Mikkola16:59
xG 0.87–0.40 (68%)attempts 13–12goals 2–0
- Bortuzzo – Walman7:50
xG 0.41–0.41 (50%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0
- Bortuzzo – Faulk2:20
xG 0.03–0.06 (32%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0
Chicago Blackhawks
Forward lines
- bestKubalik – Kurashev – Slavin5:38
xG 0.35–0.21 (62%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0
- Hagel – Entwistle – Dach2:57
xG 0.20–0.09 (68%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0
- Lafferty – Hagel – Dach4:52
xG 0.05–0.04 (56%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0
- Kane – Strome – DeBrincat11:30
xG 0.73–0.86 (46%)attempts 13–12goals 0–2
Defence pairs
- bestJones – Phillips11:42
xG 1.04–0.26 (80%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0
- Murphy – McCabe2:22
xG 0.07–0.03 (72%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0
- Regula – Phillips3:21
xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
CHI's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line CHI is favoured, below it STL. Dots are goals.
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 70% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (CHI − STL), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).