Mon, Dec 19, 2022·Rogers Arena, Vancouver
St. Louis Blues 5, Vancouver Canucks 1
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 58% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STL | 012 | 38 | 27 | 527 |
| VAN | 011 | 110 | 013 | 134 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P2 10:25STLJordan KyrouAssists: Nick Leddy, Vladimir Tarasenko · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
- P2 12:24VANIlya MikheyevAssists: Quinn Hughes · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–1
- P2 13:02STLNathan WalkerGWGAssists: Nick Leddy, Colton Parayko · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–1
- P2 18:50STLRobert ThomasPPAssists: Ivan Barbashev, Jordan Kyrou · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–1
- P3 1:07STLJordan KyrouPPAssists: Vladimir Tarasenko, Torey Krug · Wrist, 0.12 xG4–1
- P3 9:19STLJordan KyrouAssists: Robert Thomas, Vladimir Tarasenko · Wrist, 0.10 xG5–1
Penalties (9)
- P1 0:20STLColton Parayko: Tripping2 min
- P1 5:08STLColton Parayko: Cross checking2 min
- P1 10:33VANJ.T. Miller: Slashing2 min
- P2 7:13STLPavel Buchnevich: High sticking2 min
- P2 17:34VANLuke Schenn: Tripping2 min · PPG
- P2 19:22VANConor Garland: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
- P3 6:30STLJosh Leivo: Hooking2 min
- P3 0:00VANKyle Burroughs: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- P3 0:00STLNathan Walker: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Schenn won the faceoff against Horvat
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach 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
- bestTarasenko – Kyrou – Thomas2:16
xG 0.30–0.05 (85%)attempts 4–1goals 2–0
- Walker – Acciari – Toropchenko6:39
xG 0.11–0.07 (62%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0
- Schenn – Tarasenko – Buchnevich8:08
xG 0.28–0.29 (49%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0
- O'Reilly – Leivo – Saad9:00
xG 0.59–0.64 (48%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestBortuzzo – Mikkola8:19
xG 0.16–0.08 (65%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0
- Faulk – Krug11:21
xG 0.34–0.42 (45%)attempts 6–7goals 1–1
- Krug – Parayko2:47
xG 0.07–0.48 (13%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0
Vancouver Canucks
Forward lines
- bestHorvat – Boeser – Mikheyev11:12
xG 0.66–0.23 (74%)attempts 11–5goals 1–0
- Miller – Garland – Dries7:20
xG 0.50–0.48 (51%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0
- Lazar – Pederson – Kuzmenko8:12
xG 0.06–0.09 (40%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0
- Joshua – Studnicka – Aman3:47
xG 0.01–0.23 (5%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestMyers – Hughes18:25
xG 1.14–0.81 (59%)attempts 16–15goals 1–0
- Burroughs – Bear11:38
xG 0.90–0.58 (61%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0
- Schenn – Ekman-Larsson11:39
xG 0.37–0.31 (54%)attempts 8–8goals 0–2
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
VAN's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line VAN is favoured, below it STL. Dots are goals.
Did the better team win?
Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.
Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 58% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (VAN − STL), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).