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Mon, Jan 30, 2023·Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg

St. Louis Blues 2, Winnipeg Jets 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 83% of the time.

WPG winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL0121717226
WPG01201948439

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 14:36STLJake NeighboursPPAssists: Torey Krug, Jordan Binnington · Backhand, 0.22 xG1–0
  2. P3 2:02STLNikita AlexandrovAssists: Josh Leivo, Jake Neighbours · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–0
  3. P3 2:42WPGJosh MorrisseyAssists: Saku Maenalanen, Neal Pionk · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P3 9:32WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers, Kyle Connor · Snap, 0.21 xG2–2
  5. P3 9:53WPGJosh MorrisseyGWGAssists: Morgan Barron, Saku Maenalanen · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:36WPGMark ScheifeleENAssists: Blake Wheeler, Kyle Connor · Backhand, 0.76 xG2–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 1:14WPGKyle Connor: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 3:37STLNikita Alexandrov: High sticking double minor4 min
  3. P2 2:53STLColton Parayko: Interference2 min
  4. P2 8:20STLIvan Barbashev: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 13:32WPGNate Schmidt: Holding2 min · PPG
  6. P2 15:12STLNick Leddy: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 16:47STLAlexey Toropchenko: High sticking2 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 SOG0WPG
49% to win51% to win
← STL attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dubois won the faceoff against Schenn
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLWPG
26Shots on goal39
2.2Expected goals4.4
45Shot attempts72
31Faceoffs won30
2Power plays6
12Penalty minutes4
21Hits22
19Blocked shots12
9Giveaways10
7Takeaways8

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. bestLeivo – Alexandrov – Neighbours5:37

    xG 0.24–0.08 (76%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  2. Tarasenko – Barbashev – Acciari9:31

    xG 0.24–0.13 (64%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Schenn – Saad – Kyrou10:22

    xG 0.28–0.53 (34%)attempts 10–10goals 0–1

  4. Pitlick – Brown – Toropchenko3:37

    xG 0.00–0.85 (0%)attempts 0–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLeddy – Parayko11:15

    xG 0.62–0.23 (73%)attempts 14–8goals 0–1

  2. Krug – Parayko2:30

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Faulk – Rosen2:57

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestMaenalanen – Dubois – Barron10:39

    xG 0.69–0.29 (70%)attempts 14–13goals 2–0

  2. Scheifele – Connor – Kuhlman3:17

    xG 0.22–0.03 (87%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Wheeler – Lowry – Perfetti5:21

    xG 0.30–0.24 (55%)attempts 7–5goals 0–1

  4. Scheifele – Ehlers – Connor8:43

    xG 0.29–0.33 (46%)attempts 5–5goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCapobianco – Samberg9:50

    xG 0.96–0.28 (78%)attempts 15–6goals 1–1

  2. Dillon – Schmidt12:47

    xG 0.67–0.31 (69%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  3. Morrissey – Pionk14:58

    xG 0.63–0.37 (63%)attempts 21–14goals 2–0

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.

WPG 4.4 xGSTL 2.2 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGSTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 74/100 · #394 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.83 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 9% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +34 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 83% of the time.

WPG winsSTL wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).