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

San Jose Sharks 3, St. Louis Blues 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 67% of the time.

STL winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS11111019330
STL1921826533

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:30STLTorey KrugAssists: Brayden Schenn, Justin Faulk · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:19SJSTimo MeierAssists: Kevin Labanc, Erik Karlsson · Backhand, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 6:59STLJordan KyrouPPAssists: Pavel Buchnevich, Robert Thomas · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–2
  4. P2 13:05SJSTomas HertlAssists: Kevin Labanc, Mario Ferraro · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–2
  5. P2 18:08STLBrandon SaadAssists: Josh Leivo, Calle Rosen · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–3
  6. P3 1:26SJSLogan CoutureAssists: Erik Karlsson · Tip-in, 0.17 xG3–3
  7. P3 8:20STLCalle RosenGWGAssists: Robert Thomas, Vladimir Tarasenko · Slap, 0.03 xG3–4
  8. P3 19:41STLNoel AcciariENAssists: Pavel Buchnevich · Wrist, 0.78 xG3–5
Penalties (2)
  1. P1 7:02SJSMario Ferraro: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 5:34SJSJaycob Megna: 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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0STL
49% to win51% to win
← SJS attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00O'Reilly won the faceoff against Hertl
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSSTL
30Shots on goal33
3.0Expected goals4.1
58Shot attempts58
34Faceoffs won32
0Power plays2
4Penalty minutes0
19Hits18
10Blocked shots13
10Giveaways10
8Takeaways13

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.

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestHertl – Labanc – Meier12:53

    xG 1.26–0.15 (90%)attempts 23–4goals 2–0

  2. Bonino – Gregor – Gadjovich8:44

    xG 0.30–0.40 (43%)attempts 8–9goals 0–1

  3. Couture – Nieto – Barabanov10:41

    xG 0.80–0.91 (47%)attempts 13–13goals 1–0

  4. Lindblom – Kunin – Sturm11:41

    xG 0.27–0.65 (29%)attempts 6–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKarlsson – Megna19:20

    xG 0.94–0.71 (57%)attempts 21–14goals 2–0

  2. Benning – Ferraro7:40

    xG 0.38–0.19 (67%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Karlsson – Ferraro3:44

    xG 0.10–0.06 (61%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestTarasenko – Buchnevich – Thomas13:34

    xG 0.93–0.82 (53%)attempts 16–13goals 1–2

  2. Schenn – Barbashev – Kyrou12:26

    xG 0.49–0.39 (56%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  3. Pitlick – Acciari – Alexandrov8:03

    xG 0.36–0.29 (55%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  4. O'Reilly – Leivo – Saad10:44

    xG 0.25–1.03 (19%)attempts 4–15goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestFaulk – Krug17:24

    xG 1.52–0.79 (66%)attempts 24–13goals 1–1

  2. Mikkola – Rosen11:54

    xG 0.22–0.14 (62%)attempts 7–4goals 1–0

  3. Leddy – Parayko20:03

    xG 0.71–1.79 (28%)attempts 15–32goals 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.

STL 4.1 xGSJS 3.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLSJS

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 SJS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 77/100 · #360 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.85 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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 67% of the time.

STL winsSJS wins

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

-7
-6
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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