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Mon, Dec 12, 2022·Enterprise Center, St. Louis

Nashville Predators 0, St. Louis Blues 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 62% of the time.

STL winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NSH07090801025
STL09040714124

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. OT 2:23STLBrayden SchennGWGAssists: Jordan Kyrou, Torey Krug · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 4:17NSHRyan Johansen: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 9:49STLRobert Bortuzzo: Roughing removing opponents helmet2 min
  3. P1 15:16STLBrayden Schenn: Boarding2 min
  4. P1 17:28NSHRyan Johansen: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 4:05NSHRyan Johansen: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  6. P2 7:08STLNiko Mikkola: Interference2 min
  7. P2 14:09STLColton Parayko: Cross checking2 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.

NSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHSTL
25Shots on goal24
2.9Expected goals2.2
58Shot attempts53
24Faceoffs won23
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
30Hits32
17Blocked shots18
6Giveaways6
11Takeaways8

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.

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestTrenin – Jeannot – Parssinen8:27

    xG 0.98–0.24 (81%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  2. Johansen – Niederreiter – Sissons6:42

    xG 0.18–0.03 (84%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Jankowski – Glass – Smith5:24

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Duchene – Granlund – Forsberg9:23

    xG 0.25–0.16 (62%)attempts 6–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJosi – Fabbro4:35

    xG 0.43–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 0–0

  2. Ekholm – Fabbro11:03

    xG 0.71–0.37 (66%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  3. Josi – Gross12:30

    xG 0.33–0.04 (89%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestKyrou – Thomas – Toropchenko6:34

    xG 0.32–0.15 (68%)attempts 11–1goals 0–0

  2. Tarasenko – Kyrou – Thomas3:07

    xG 0.22–0.21 (50%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Schenn – Tarasenko – Barbashev9:10

    xG 0.26–0.50 (34%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  4. O'Reilly – Leivo – Saad8:51

    xG 0.13–0.42 (23%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Bortuzzo – Mikkola6:59

    xG 0.11–0.29 (28%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  2. Faulk – Krug13:41

    xG 0.47–0.72 (39%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  3. Leddy – Parayko13:29

    xG 0.19–0.82 (19%)attempts 7–17goals 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 2.2 xGNSH 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLNSH

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 NSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 12/100 · #1200 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.07 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3OTEnd

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 62% of the time.

STL winsNSH wins

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

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