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Sat, Oct 22, 2022·Rogers Place, Edmonton

St. Louis Blues 2, Edmonton Oilers 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 60% of the time.

EDM winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL190518222
EDM0501008023

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:04STLTorey KrugPPGWGAssists: Vladimir Tarasenko, Brayden Schenn · Slap, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P3 18:58STLJustin FaulkENAssists: Robert Thomas · Snap, 0.32 xG2–0
Penalties (2)
  1. P1 4:03EDMLeon Draisaitl: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P3 9:57STLNathan Walker: Interference2 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
49% to win51% to win
← STL attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00O'Reilly won the faceoff against McDavid
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLEDM
22Shots on goal23
2.5Expected goals2.0
41Shot attempts58
25Faceoffs won18
1Power plays1
2Penalty minutes2
29Hits29
25Blocked shots8
11Giveaways13
6Takeaways7

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. bestO'Reilly – Saad – Kyrou11:20

    xG 0.80–0.30 (73%)attempts 12–15goals 0–0

  2. Barbashev – Acciari – Neighbours3:39

    xG 0.03–0.05 (39%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Walker – Acciari – Toropchenko3:26

    xG 0.04–0.10 (30%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Schenn – Tarasenko – Thomas11:13

    xG 0.28–0.38 (42%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLeddy – Parayko15:52

    xG 0.79–0.41 (66%)attempts 16–13goals 0–0

  2. Parayko – Mikkola2:17

    xG 0.16–0.13 (55%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Leddy – Faulk2:18

    xG 0.04–0.05 (45%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestHyman – Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl11:03

    xG 0.72–0.30 (71%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  2. Foegele – Puljujarvi – McLeod9:23

    xG 0.32–0.18 (64%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  3. Kane – McDavid – Yamamoto13:05

    xG 0.30–0.48 (39%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCeci – Nurse13:05

    xG 0.39–0.21 (65%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  2. Barrie – Niemelainen3:54

    xG 0.14–0.08 (64%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Murray – Bouchard4:21

    xG 0.21–0.17 (56%)attempts 6–4goals 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.

EDM 2.0 xGSTL 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 1/100 · #1311 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.58 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +13 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 60% of the time.

EDM winsSTL wins

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

-7
-6
-5
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-3
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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