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Mon, Nov 21, 2022·Enterprise Center, St. Louis

Anaheim Ducks 1, St. Louis Blues 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 57% of the time.

STL winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA1150706128
STL1901127327

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:11STLNoel AcciariAssists: Brayden Schenn · Backhand, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:42ANACam FowlerAssists: Isac Lundeström · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P3 15:47STLJustin FaulkPPGWGAssists: Robert Thomas, Jordan Kyrou · Snap, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:41STLNoel AcciariENAssists: Pavel Buchnevich · Wrist, 0.74 xG1–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 0:17ANAMason McTavish: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 6:51ANASimon Benoit: Holding2 min
  3. P3 5:11STLNick Leddy: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 10:19STLBrandon Saad: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 14:22ANADmitry Kulikov: Tripping2 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANASTL
28Shots on goal27
3.1Expected goals3.5
48Shot attempts51
19Faceoffs won31
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
13Hits23
15Blocked shots12
6Giveaways11
9Takeaways9

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestHenrique – Terry – Zegras10:30

    xG 1.03–0.24 (81%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  2. Jones – Leason – McTavish10:20

    xG 0.44–0.26 (63%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  3. Carrick – Terry – Lundeström2:30

    xG 0.09–0.28 (25%)attempts 2–4goals 1–0

  4. Carrick – Vatrano – Lundeström2:10

    xG 0.01–0.26 (2%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFowler – Klingberg7:11

    xG 0.62–0.26 (71%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Kulikov – Klingberg2:06

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Klingberg – White3:22

    xG 0.11–0.01 (94%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestSchenn – Barbashev – Acciari12:39

    xG 1.02–0.31 (77%)attempts 15–7goals 1–0

  2. Buchnevich – Kyrou – Thomas10:18

    xG 0.63–0.51 (55%)attempts 7–12goals 0–1

  3. Pitlick – Toropchenko – Alexandrov6:25

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. O'Reilly – Leivo – Saad10:14

    xG 0.41–0.98 (29%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRosen – Tucker11:12

    xG 0.71–0.12 (86%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0

  2. Faulk – Mikkola16:56

    xG 0.95–1.05 (48%)attempts 17–15goals 1–0

  3. Leddy – Parayko17:13

    xG 0.70–0.84 (46%)attempts 10–18goals 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 3.5 xGANA 3.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 35/100 · #925 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.22 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +34 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 57% of the time.

STL winsANA wins

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

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