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Mon, Dec 5, 2022·Madison Square Garden, New York

St. Louis Blues 4, New York Rangers 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 69% of the time.

NYR winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL1931307429
NYR2616312624

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:14NYRBraden SchneiderAssists: Julien Gauthier · Slap, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:24STLPavel BuchnevichAssists: Nick Leddy, Robert Thomas · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–1
  3. P1 19:32NYRAdam FoxPPAssists: Artemi Panarin, Vincent Trocheck · Snap, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P2 0:12STLVladimir TarasenkoUnassisted · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–2
  5. P2 1:07NYRVincent TrocheckAssists: Artemi Panarin, Jacob Trouba · Tip-in, 0.08 xG2–3
  6. P2 11:04STLJordan KyrouPPAssists: Justin Faulk, Ivan Barbashev · Slap, 0.08 xG3–3
  7. P2 12:35STLRyan O'ReillyAssists: Brayden Schenn, Jordan Kyrou · Backhand, 0.15 xG4–3
  8. P3 4:48NYRK'Andre MillerAssists: Alexis Lafrenière · Snap, 0.03 xG4–4
  9. P3 8:16NYRAlexis LafrenièreGWGAssists: Mika Zibanejad · Tip-in, 0.07 xG4–5
  10. P3 14:04NYRChris KreiderSHUnassisted · Backhand, 0.17 xG4–6
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 12:21NYRRyan Lindgren: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 19:26STLJordan Kyrou: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 6:40NYRJacob Trouba: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 6:40STLVladimir Tarasenko: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 6:54NYRRyan Lindgren: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 9:25NYRAlexis Lafrenière: Holding2 min · PPG
  7. P3 13:39NYRVincent Trocheck: Hooking2 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 SOG0NYR
49% to win51% to win
← STL attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Thomas won the faceoff against Zibanejad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLNYR
29Shots on goal24
3.1Expected goals2.0
54Shot attempts41
28Faceoffs won34
4Power plays1
4Penalty minutes10
21Hits25
12Blocked shots13
4Giveaways9
4Takeaways10

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. bestTarasenko – Buchnevich – Thomas10:40

    xG 0.70–0.18 (79%)attempts 11–3goals 2–0

  2. Pitlick – Walker – Acciari8:47

    xG 0.44–0.16 (73%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Leivo – Saad – Barbashev6:59

    xG 0.30–0.08 (79%)attempts 7–3goals 0–1

  4. O'Reilly – Schenn – Kyrou9:59

    xG 0.48–0.48 (50%)attempts 9–9goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestLeddy – Parayko16:36

    xG 0.99–0.58 (63%)attempts 18–13goals 3–1

  2. Bortuzzo – Mikkola10:10

    xG 0.41–0.05 (89%)attempts 6–5goals 0–1

  3. Faulk – Mikkola2:27

    xG 0.14–0.10 (58%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestKreider – Goodrow – Vesey5:16

    xG 0.30–0.03 (90%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Zibanejad – Kakko – Lafrenière4:41

    xG 0.36–0.27 (57%)attempts 4–6goals 2–0

  3. Brodzinski – Blais – Gauthier7:03

    xG 0.13–0.17 (44%)attempts 5–5goals 1–0

  4. Trocheck – Panarin – Kravtsov12:31

    xG 0.36–0.49 (43%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTrouba – Miller15:33

    xG 0.72–0.41 (63%)attempts 11–15goals 3–0

  2. Fox – Lindgren15:22

    xG 0.39–0.83 (32%)attempts 10–11goals 0–3

  3. Hajek – Schneider12:21

    xG 0.15–0.69 (18%)attempts 9–12goals 1–0

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.

NYR 2.0 xGSTL 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRSTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 96/100 · #76 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.50 · 10 goals in reachComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 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 69% of the time.

NYR winsSTL wins

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

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