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Wed, Mar 30, 2022·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

St. Louis Blues 4, Vancouver Canucks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 69% of the time.

VAN winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL0731215424
VAN0529111325

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:31VANAlex ChiassonAssists: Brad Richardson, Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P2 7:26STLNick LeddyAssists: Ryan O'Reilly, David Perron · Slap, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P2 12:42VANElias PetterssonAssists: Nic Petan · Snap, 0.15 xG1–2
  4. P2 15:29STLRobert ThomasSHAssists: Brandon Saad · Snap, 0.43 xG2–2
  5. P2 17:16STLRyan O'ReillyPPAssists: Brayden Schenn, David Perron · Snap, 0.11 xG3–2
  6. P3 9:29STLNathan WalkerGWGAssists: Mackenzie MacEachern, Justin Faulk · Snap, 0.13 xG4–2
  7. P3 15:11VANElias PetterssonAssists: Conor Garland, J.T. Miller · Deflected, 0.13 xG4–3
Penalties (2)
  1. P2 14:20STLMackenzie MacEachern: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 16:27VANVasily Podkolzin: Holding2 min · PPG

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 SOG0VAN
48% to win52% to win
← STL attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Schenn won the faceoff against Lammikko
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLVAN
24Shots on goal25
3.4Expected goals2.3
47Shot attempts57
30Faceoffs won25
1Power plays1
2Penalty minutes2
25Hits27
18Blocked shots16
6Giveaways12
9Takeaways5

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. bestTarasenko – Buchnevich – Thomas13:20

    xG 1.16–0.52 (69%)attempts 14–16goals 0–1

  2. MacEachern – Walker – Brown6:22

    xG 0.29–0.23 (55%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  3. Schenn – Barbashev – Toropchenko12:59

    xG 0.31–0.34 (48%)attempts 6–10goals 0–1

  4. Perron – O'Reilly – Saad13:55

    xG 0.20–0.33 (38%)attempts 7–9goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestScandella – Parayko12:25

    xG 0.70–0.06 (92%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  2. Bortuzzo – Rosen9:01

    xG 0.66–0.52 (56%)attempts 6–12goals 0–1

  3. Leddy – Faulk12:32

    xG 0.44–0.42 (51%)attempts 12–9goals 1–1

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. Richardson – Chiasson – Lammikko2:57

    xG 0.16–0.13 (56%)attempts 1–2goals 1–0

  2. Richardson – Petan – Lockwood2:34

    xG 0.17–0.14 (55%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Horvat – Boeser – Pettersson3:44

    xG 0.08–0.07 (51%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Miller – Pearson – Boeser3:00

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkman-Larsson – Hughes2:20

    xG 0.29–0.15 (66%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Myers – Ekman-Larsson17:20

    xG 0.49–0.98 (34%)attempts 19–12goals 1–0

  3. Schenn – Hughes14:47

    xG 0.25–0.78 (24%)attempts 10–11goals 0–1

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.

VAN 2.3 xGSTL 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANSTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 62/100 · #565 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.72 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 22% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 69% of the time.

VAN winsSTL wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).