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Fri, Apr 1, 2022·Rogers Place, Edmonton

St. Louis Blues 5, Edmonton Oilers 6 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 55% of the time.

EDM winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
STL11021221301536
EDM41811101011640

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:50EDMZach HymanAssists: Kailer Yamamoto, Leon Draisaitl · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:29STLPavel BuchnevichUnassisted · Backhand, 0.19 xG1–1
  3. P1 4:59EDMZach HymanUnassisted · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P1 10:07EDMEvander KaneSHAssists: Kailer Yamamoto, Cody Ceci · Backhand, 0.14 xG1–3
  5. P1 13:30EDMConnor McDavidAssists: Evander Kane, Tyson Barrie · Backhand, 0.16 xG1–4
  6. P2 1:54STLRobert ThomasAssists: Brandon Saad, Colton Parayko · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–4
  7. P2 15:27STLBrayden SchennAssists: Ivan Barbashev, Justin Faulk · Snap, 0.07 xG3–4
  8. P2 17:13EDMDarnell NurseAssists: Evander Kane, Cody Ceci · Backhand, 0.25 xG3–5
  9. P3 2:06STLPavel BuchnevichAssists: Colton Parayko, Robert Thomas · Wrist, 0.14 xG4–5
  10. P3 8:36STLIvan BarbashevAssists: Ryan O'Reilly, Robert Bortuzzo · Tip-in, 0.15 xG5–5
  11. OT 1:11EDMConnor McDavidGWGAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Darnell Nurse · Backhand, 0.23 xG5–6
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 8:15EDMEvan Bouchard: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 13:53STLCalle Rosen: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 19:48EDMCody Ceci: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 3:30EDMWarren Foegele: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 5:48EDMDarnell Nurse: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 5:48STLRyan O'Reilly: Roughing2 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 SOG0EDM
48% to win52% to win
← STL attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Schenn won the faceoff against Nugent-Hopkins
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLEDM
36Shots on goal40
4.0Expected goals4.2
58Shot attempts65
40Faceoffs won26
3Power plays1
4Penalty minutes8
37Hits32
15Blocked shots14
10Giveaways12
10Takeaways13

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. bestMacEachern – Walker – Brown6:15

    xG 0.38–0.11 (77%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Tarasenko – Buchnevich – Thomas11:25

    xG 1.01–1.03 (49%)attempts 12–15goals 2–2

  3. Perron – O'Reilly – Saad11:05

    xG 0.40–1.08 (27%)attempts 10–18goals 0–0

  4. Schenn – Barbashev – Toropchenko12:27

    xG 0.23–1.04 (18%)attempts 7–16goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestLeddy – Parayko3:57

    xG 0.23–0.09 (71%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

  2. Scandella – Parayko12:24

    xG 0.59–0.65 (47%)attempts 10–17goals 1–0

  3. Bortuzzo – Rosen7:22

    xG 0.27–0.43 (39%)attempts 8–8goals 2–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestKane – McDavid – Puljujarvi13:07

    xG 1.16–0.58 (67%)attempts 22–13goals 1–0

  2. Hyman – Draisaitl – Yamamoto12:39

    xG 0.91–0.92 (50%)attempts 13–12goals 2–2

  3. Brassard – Kassian – Nugent-Hopkins9:49

    xG 0.19–0.26 (42%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  4. Archibald – Foegele – McLeod4:13

    xG 0.00–0.29 (2%)attempts 1–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCeci – Nurse14:40

    xG 1.45–0.77 (65%)attempts 22–14goals 1–2

  2. Barrie – Kulak13:59

    xG 0.84–0.62 (58%)attempts 12–8goals 3–1

  3. Keith – Bouchard15:25

    xG 0.82–0.85 (49%)attempts 16–15goals 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.

EDM 4.2 xGSTL 4.0 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMSTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 99/100 · #14 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.32 · 11 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +29 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 55% of the time.

EDM winsSTL wins

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

-7
-6
-5
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).