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Sat, Jan 21, 2023·Enterprise Center, St. Louis

Chicago Blackhawks 5, St. Louis Blues 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 66% of the time.

STL winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI232817518
STL011211110332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:27CHIJason DickinsonAssists: Sam Lafferty, Seth Jones · Snap, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:20CHISam LaffertySHAssists: Jason Dickinson · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–0
  3. P2 2:00CHIReese JohnsonAssists: Colin Blackwell, MacKenzie Entwistle · Tip-in, 0.11 xG3–0
  4. P2 2:54STLJordan KyrouPPAssists: Brayden Schenn, Justin Faulk · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–1
  5. P2 3:59CHIAndreas AthanasiouGWGAssists: Jason Dickinson, Isaak Phillips · Snap, 0.08 xG4–1
  6. P2 13:12STLIvan BarbashevAssists: Jordan Kyrou, Robert Thomas · Backhand, 0.09 xG4–2
  7. P3 9:15STLNick LeddyAssists: Colton Parayko, Ivan Barbashev · Slap, 0.05 xG4–3
  8. P3 16:01CHIMax DomiAssists: Tyler Johnson, Patrick Kane · Wrist, 0.09 xG5–3
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 6:31CHIMacKenzie Entwistle: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 11:29CHIJake McCabe: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 19:24STLRobert Thomas: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 2:47CHIJake McCabe: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P2 14:43STLIvan Barbashev: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 14:43CHIIsaak Phillips: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 15:22CHIConnor Murphy: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 0:00STLPavel Buchnevich: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  9. P2 0:00STLPavel Buchnevich: Roughing2 min
  10. P2 0:00CHISam Lafferty: Roughing2 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 Domi
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHISTL
18Shots on goal32
1.6Expected goals2.4
35Shot attempts56
24Faceoffs won26
2Power plays4
15Penalty minutes11
33Hits17
15Blocked shots11
3Giveaways12
15Takeaways13

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 – Lafferty10:29

    xG 0.34–0.10 (77%)attempts 8–5goals 2–0

  2. Kane – Johnson – Domi12:02

    xG 0.44–0.60 (42%)attempts 6–14goals 1–0

  3. Blackwell – Entwistle – Johnson7:52

    xG 0.16–0.40 (28%)attempts 5–9goals 1–1

  4. Toews – Raddysh – Kurashev9:18

    xG 0.10–0.39 (20%)attempts 5–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Johnson – Jones2:07

    xG 0.07–0.03 (70%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  2. Murphy – Jones2:19

    xG 0.01–0.09 (13%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Jones – Phillips11:04

    xG 0.30–0.42 (41%)attempts 8–8goals 0–1

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestSchenn – Buchnevich – Neighbours10:45

    xG 0.64–0.12 (84%)attempts 16–6goals 0–0

  2. Leivo – Barbashev – Acciari6:32

    xG 0.39–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–1goals 1–0

  3. Saad – Kyrou – Thomas10:58

    xG 0.29–0.13 (68%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  4. Pitlick – Acciari – Toropchenko2:31

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFaulk – Mikkola12:28

    xG 0.66–0.11 (85%)attempts 13–2goals 0–0

  2. Leddy – Parayko11:18

    xG 0.55–0.20 (73%)attempts 12–5goals 2–1

  3. Parayko – Rosen3:27

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 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 2.4 xGCHI 1.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 77/100 · #366 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.35 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 66% 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).