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Thu, Dec 29, 2022·Enterprise Center, St. Louis

Chicago Blackhawks 1, St. Louis Blues 3

Expected result

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

STL winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI1110506122
STL1911515329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:12STLJosh LeivoAssists: Nathan Walker, Alexey Toropchenko · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:13CHIPatrick KanePPAssists: Seth Jones, Max Domi · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 8:40STLCalle RosenGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:49STLBrandon SaadENAssists: Justin Faulk · Wrist, 0.52 xG1–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 7:53STLRobert Thomas: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 12:38STLNiko Mikkola: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 17:34CHITaylor Raddysh: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 3:21CHIJonathan Toews: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 15:38CHIJason Dickinson: Tripping2 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHISTL
22Shots on goal29
2.0Expected goals3.0
41Shot attempts47
22Faceoffs won21
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
17Hits22
10Blocked shots13
10Giveaways8
12Takeaways10

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.

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestAthanasiou – Dickinson – Lafferty8:59

    xG 0.36–0.10 (79%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  2. Toews – Raddysh – Kurashev12:38

    xG 0.23–0.08 (74%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  3. Blackwell – Katchouk – Johnson6:16

    xG 0.08–0.35 (19%)attempts 3–5goals 0–2

  4. Kane – Johnson – Domi11:36

    xG 0.32–0.63 (33%)attempts 4–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMurphy – Phillips12:06

    xG 0.60–0.43 (58%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  2. McCabe – Jones16:43

    xG 0.21–0.40 (34%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Jones14:17

    xG 0.39–0.70 (36%)attempts 13–10goals 0–2

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestLeivo – Walker – Toropchenko5:57

    xG 0.41–0.17 (71%)attempts 7–5goals 2–0

  2. O'Reilly – Schenn – Buchnevich11:40

    xG 0.59–0.40 (60%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0

  3. Barbashev – Kyrou – Thomas13:14

    xG 0.20–0.28 (41%)attempts 5–13goals 0–0

  4. Saad – Acciari – Brown9:36

    xG 0.01–0.37 (2%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBortuzzo – Rosen10:38

    xG 0.64–0.18 (78%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  2. Leddy – Faulk17:30

    xG 0.61–0.57 (52%)attempts 11–16goals 1–0

  3. Parayko – Mikkola15:47

    xG 0.32–0.52 (38%)attempts 9–10goals 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 3.0 xGCHI 2.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLCHI

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 CHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 28/100 · #1017 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.12 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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.

STL winsCHI wins

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

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