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Thu, Apr 6, 2023·Enterprise Center, St. Louis

New York Rangers 2, St. Louis Blues 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 59% of the time.

STL winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NYR060122600224
STL08151613322

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 8:00STLAlexey ToropchenkoUnassisted · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P3 1:55NYRVladimir TarasenkoPPAssists: Mika Zibanejad, Adam Fox · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P3 10:13STLTyler PitlickAssists: Nathan Walker, Torey Krug · Wrist, 0.25 xG1–2
  4. P3 17:57NYRVincent TrocheckPPAssists: Vladimir Tarasenko, Artemi Panarin · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:16STLKasperi KapanenGWGAssists: Brayden Schenn, Justin Faulk · Snap, 0.23 xG2–3
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 3:12NYRJacob Trouba: Tripping2 min
  2. P3 0:57STLPavel Buchnevich: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P3 17:40STLJustin Faulk: Slashing2 min · PPG

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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRSTL
24Shots on goal22
2.0Expected goals2.4
49Shot attempts45
28Faceoffs won15
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
11Hits15
12Blocked shots18
7Giveaways8
14Takeaways11

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.

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestGoodrow – Motte – Kakko2:19

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  2. Kreider – Zibanejad – Vesey2:44

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Goodrow – Vesey – Motte6:53

    xG 0.13–0.12 (51%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Tarasenko – Trocheck – Panarin12:01

    xG 0.27–0.49 (36%)attempts 7–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestFox – Miller2:38

    xG 0.33–0.08 (80%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Harpur – Schneider4:58

    xG 0.27–0.07 (80%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Trouba – Harpur2:53

    xG 0.09–0.07 (58%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestPitlick – Walker – Toropchenko11:20

    xG 0.63–0.34 (65%)attempts 9–12goals 2–0

  2. Buchnevich – Vrana – Kapanen12:52

    xG 0.49–0.28 (64%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  3. Blais – Brown – Neighbours9:56

    xG 0.25–0.25 (50%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  4. Schenn – Saad – Kyrou11:47

    xG 0.43–0.51 (46%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFaulk – Krug16:14

    xG 0.68–0.38 (64%)attempts 15–13goals 2–0

  2. Leddy – Parayko17:31

    xG 0.41–0.49 (46%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

  3. Samorukov – Rosen13:41

    xG 0.29–0.79 (27%)attempts 5–17goals 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 xGNYR 2.0 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLNYR

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 NYR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 62/100 · #555 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.84 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +38 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 59% of the time.

STL winsNYR wins

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

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