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Wed, Apr 6, 2022·Enterprise Center, St. Louis

Seattle Kraken 1, St. Louis Blues 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 71% of the time.

STL winsSEA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SEA0911109129
STL111113212436

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:38STLRobert ThomasPPAssists: Ivan Barbashev, Pavel Buchnevich · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P2 7:56STLJustin FaulkGWGAssists: Brayden Schenn, Nick Leddy · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–2
  3. P2 9:55SEAJordan EberleAssists: Will Borgen, Ryan Donato · Tip-in, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P3 2:34STLJordan KyrouAssists: Brayden Schenn, Robert Bortuzzo · Tip-in, 0.07 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:45STLRyan O'ReillyENAssists: Brandon Saad, Calle Rosen · Wrist, 0.77 xG1–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 2:59SEAJoonas Donskoi: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 5:33SEAJared McCann: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  3. P2 13:17SEAJoonas Donskoi: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 19:26SEACarson Soucy: Cross checking2 min
  5. P3 12:11SEAAlexander Wennberg: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 15:16STLAlexey Toropchenko: Holding2 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.

SEA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SEASTL
29Shots on goal36
2.9Expected goals4.2
60Shot attempts52
24Faceoffs won22
1Power plays6
12Penalty minutes2
19Hits24
7Blocked shots12
5Giveaways10
19Takeaways11

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.

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestMcCann – Geekie – Kuhlman2:25

    xG 0.32–0.07 (81%)attempts 5–2goals 0–1

  2. Sheahan – McCann – Kuhlman4:47

    xG 0.18–0.07 (74%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Eberle – Wennberg – Donato12:39

    xG 0.71–0.67 (52%)attempts 17–12goals 1–0

  4. Donskoi – Sprong – Geekie4:05

    xG 0.39–0.39 (50%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSoucy – Borgen11:11

    xG 0.78–0.38 (67%)attempts 13–6goals 1–0

  2. Oleksiak – Fleury11:42

    xG 0.48–0.29 (62%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

  3. Larsson – Dunn14:38

    xG 0.50–0.93 (35%)attempts 16–14goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestSchenn – Barbashev – Kyrou10:44

    xG 0.85–0.39 (69%)attempts 14–6goals 2–1

  2. Tarasenko – Buchnevich – Thomas10:37

    xG 0.38–0.46 (45%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

  3. MacEachern – Walker – Toropchenko7:30

    xG 0.15–0.57 (21%)attempts 4–11goals 0–0

  4. Perron – O'Reilly – Saad9:25

    xG 0.12–0.59 (17%)attempts 3–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Bortuzzo – Rosen8:09

    xG 0.60–0.60 (50%)attempts 10–9goals 1–1

  2. Leddy – Faulk14:53

    xG 0.62–0.65 (49%)attempts 9–15goals 1–0

  3. Scandella – Parayko13:52

    xG 0.68–0.77 (47%)attempts 10–17goals 0–0

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 4.2 xGSEA 2.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLSEA

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 SEA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 29/100 · #983 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.97 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
SEA 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 71% of the time.

STL winsSEA wins

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

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