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Tue, Feb 22, 2022·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

St. Louis Blues 4, Philadelphia Flyers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 89% of the time.

PHI winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL11001135426
PHI0100719126

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:50STLBrayden SchennAssists: Ivan Barbashev, Jordan Kyrou · Backhand, 0.57 xG1–0
  2. P3 8:09PHIOskar LindblomAssists: Travis Sanheim, Travis Konecny · Slap, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P3 8:51STLVladimir TarasenkoGWGAssists: Robert Thomas, Niko Mikkola · Snap, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:07STLIvan BarbashevENAssists: Oskar Sundqvist, Niko Mikkola · Wrist, 0.73 xG3–1
  5. P3 19:53STLBrandon SaadENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.77 xG4–1
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 13:32PHITravis Sanheim: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 18:30STLNiko Mikkola: Holding2 min
  3. P3 14:58STLTorey Krug: 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.

STL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
48% to win52% to win
← STL attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Laughton won the faceoff against Schenn
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLPHI
26Shots on goal26
5.1Expected goals2.2
59Shot attempts57
18Faceoffs won36
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
16Hits22
16Blocked shots16
7Giveaways9
6Takeaways3

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.

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestSchenn – Barbashev – Kyrou10:05

    xG 1.31–0.55 (71%)attempts 11–14goals 1–1

  2. Tarasenko – Buchnevich – Thomas13:51

    xG 0.92–0.33 (74%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0

  3. Perron – O'Reilly – Saad12:05

    xG 0.63–0.31 (67%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  4. Bozak – Sundqvist – Kostin8:16

    xG 0.26–0.47 (35%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBortuzzo – Walman8:26

    xG 0.81–0.17 (83%)attempts 15–5goals 0–1

  2. Faulk – Krug19:36

    xG 1.12–0.84 (57%)attempts 17–19goals 1–0

  3. Parayko – Mikkola16:44

    xG 0.78–0.63 (55%)attempts 9–17goals 1–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. Laughton – Lindblom – Konecny12:27

    xG 0.66–0.73 (48%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0

  2. Giroux – Atkinson – Ratcliffe12:06

    xG 0.23–0.54 (30%)attempts 11–8goals 0–1

  3. Brown – Willman – MacEwen9:06

    xG 0.15–0.85 (15%)attempts 6–14goals 0–0

  4. van Riemsdyk – Mayhew – Frost9:15

    xG 0.32–1.05 (23%)attempts 7–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestRistolainen – Sanheim17:55

    xG 0.86–0.64 (57%)attempts 20–18goals 1–0

  2. Yandle – Seeler8:33

    xG 0.07–0.72 (9%)attempts 4–12goals 0–0

  3. Braun – Provorov19:04

    xG 0.64–1.51 (30%)attempts 15–16goals 0–2

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.

PHI 2.2 xGSTL 5.1 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHISTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

PHI's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line PHI is favoured, below it STL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 39/100 · #850 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.34 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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, St. Louis Blues win this game 89% of the time.

PHI winsSTL wins

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

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