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Thu, Mar 10, 2022·Enterprise Center, St. Louis

New York Rangers 2, St. Louis Blues 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 58% of the time.

STL winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR11111404229
STL31639010635

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:05STLRobert ThomasAssists: Jordan Kyrou, Colton Parayko · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:50STLIvan BarbashevAssists: Brandon Saad, Torey Krug · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–2
  3. P1 15:41STLRobert ThomasGWGAssists: Jordan Kyrou, Vladimir Tarasenko · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–3
  4. P1 18:37NYRRyan StromePPAssists: Adam Fox, Igor Shesterkin · Slap, 0.07 xG1–3
  5. P2 0:15STLRyan O'ReillyAssists: Brayden Schenn, David Perron · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–4
  6. P2 7:07STLJake WalmanAssists: Robert Bortuzzo, Ryan O'Reilly · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–5
  7. P2 7:45STLDavid PerronAssists: Marco Scandella, Brayden Schenn · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–6
  8. P2 12:23NYRK'Andre MillerPPAssists: Artemi Panarin, Adam Fox · Tip-in, 0.08 xG2–6
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 4:31NYRRyan Lindgren: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 5:24NYRJonny Brodzinski: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P1 8:05NYRRyan Lindgren: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 17:48STLRobert Bortuzzo: Holding the stick2 min · PPG
  5. P2 4:52STLNiko Mikkola: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 4:52NYRDryden Hunt: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 9:20STLJordan Kyrou: Cross checking2 min
  8. P2 11:19STLJustin Faulk: Slashing2 min · PPG
  9. P3 14:31NYRAlexis Lafrenière: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 14:31STLDavid Perron: Holding the stick2 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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRSTL
29Shots on goal35
2.9Expected goals3.4
50Shot attempts57
20Faceoffs won30
3Power plays3
13Penalty minutes13
27Hits18
13Blocked shots10
4Giveaways5
14Takeaways5

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.

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestGauthier – Gettinger – Chytil7:09

    xG 0.40–0.24 (63%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Strome – Hunt – Panarin10:04

    xG 0.58–0.50 (53%)attempts 12–8goals 0–1

  3. Reaves – Goodrow – Brodzinski10:40

    xG 0.04–0.20 (17%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  4. Kreider – Zibanejad – Lafrenière8:49

    xG 0.00–0.46 (0%)attempts 4–12goals 0–3

Defence pairs

  1. bestNemeth – Schneider9:14

    xG 0.76–0.31 (71%)attempts 13–6goals 0–1

  2. Nemeth – Miller2:32

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Nemeth – Fox2:29

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestTarasenko – Kyrou – Thomas10:53

    xG 0.68–0.48 (59%)attempts 11–11goals 2–0

  2. Perron – O'Reilly – Schenn6:48

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–2goals 2–0

  3. Perron – O'Reilly – Saad2:37

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. MacEachern – Thomas – Toropchenko2:38

    xG 0.31–0.22 (58%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFaulk – Krug13:45

    xG 0.76–0.12 (86%)attempts 15–9goals 1–0

  2. Bortuzzo – Mikkola7:35

    xG 0.30–0.11 (73%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Parayko – Walman3:32

    xG 0.39–0.23 (63%)attempts 3–4goals 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 3.4 xGNYR 2.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLNYR

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 NYR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 41/100 · #827 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.74 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 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, St. Louis Blues win this game 58% of the time.

STL winsNYR wins

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

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