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Tue, Mar 21, 2023·Enterprise Center, St. Louis

Detroit Red Wings 3, St. Louis Blues 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 58% of the time.

STL winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
DET2708014011330
STL270408030222

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:21STLRobert BortuzzoAssists: Sammy Blais, Brayden Schenn · Backhand, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:49DETAlex ChiassonPPAssists: David Perron, Dylan Larkin · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P1 10:03STLMarco ScandellaUnassisted · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–2
  4. P1 17:47DETFilip ZadinaAssists: Dominik Kubalik, Gustav Lindstrom · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. STL Jakub Vrana stopped
  2. 2. DET Pius Suter stopped
  3. 3. STL Jordan Kyrou stopped
  4. 4. DET David Perron stopped
  5. 5. STL Pavel Buchnevich stopped
  6. 6. DET Dylan Larkin stopped
  7. 7. STL Brayden Schenn stopped
  8. 8. DET Lucas Raymond scored
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 6:42STLJustin Faulk: Slashing2 min · PPG
  2. P1 12:15DETOlli Maatta: Holding2 min
  3. P2 2:19DETAlex Chiasson: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 10:37STLColton Parayko: Interference2 min
  5. P2 17:04DETGustav Lindstrom: Interference2 min
  6. P3 3:12STLJake Neighbours: 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETSTL
30Shots on goal22
2.9Expected goals2.3
59Shot attempts45
27Faceoffs won23
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
13Hits20
13Blocked shots15
10Giveaways11
16Takeaways9

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestLarkin – Suter – Raymond7:42

    xG 0.49–0.10 (83%)attempts 13–3goals 0–0

  2. Kubalik – Copp – Suter3:02

    xG 0.17–0.04 (79%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Perron – Larkin – Raymond2:09

    xG 0.11–0.04 (74%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Chiasson – Czarnik – Berggren6:52

    xG 0.18–0.20 (48%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWalman – Seider14:17

    xG 0.42–0.12 (78%)attempts 14–7goals 0–1

  2. Maatta – Oesterle6:37

    xG 0.21–0.05 (80%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Oesterle – Lindstrom8:09

    xG 0.52–0.39 (57%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestBuchnevich – Vrana – Kapanen2:03

    xG 0.36–0.05 (88%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Vrana – Kyrou – Thomas8:13

    xG 0.30–0.21 (59%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  3. Schenn – Saad – Blais9:46

    xG 0.26–0.22 (54%)attempts 8–10goals 1–1

  4. Kyrou – Thomas – Toropchenko3:27

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBortuzzo – Scandella6:18

    xG 0.46–0.14 (76%)attempts 7–2goals 2–0

  2. Faulk – Krug7:33

    xG 0.26–0.31 (45%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Bortuzzo – Krug3:14

    xG 0.01–0.13 (8%)attempts 1–2goals 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 2.3 xGDET 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 55/100 · #644 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.69 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +19 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 58% of the time.

STL winsDET wins

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

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