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Tue, Oct 24, 2023·Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg

St. Louis Blues 2, Winnipeg Jets 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 70% of the time.

WPG winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL0611014220
WPG0821428430

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:55WPGDavid GustafssonAssists: Cole Perfetti, Dylan DeMelo · Snap, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:13WPGMason AppletonAssists: Adam Lowry, Neal Pionk · Snap, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P2 18:25STLPavel BuchnevichPPAssists: Brayden Schenn, Jordan Kyrou · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P3 4:10WPGKyle ConnorGWGAssists: Nate Schmidt · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–3
  5. P3 16:37STLRobert ThomasAssists: Pavel Buchnevich · Wrist, 0.23 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:50WPGMorgan BarronENAssists: Mark Scheifele, Neal Pionk · Wrist, 0.72 xG2–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 5:25STLMarco Scandella: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 6:38STLBrandon Saad: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 14:54WPGJosh Morrissey: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 17:40WPGDylan Samberg: High sticking2 min · PPG
  5. P3 2:31WPGDylan DeMelo: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 4:01STLJakub Vrana: Interference2 min
  7. P3 8:46WPGBrenden Dillon: Hooking2 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
46% to win54% to win
← STL attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Schenn won the faceoff against Lowry
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLWPG
20Shots on goal30
1.9Expected goals3.0
39Shot attempts59
35Faceoffs won19
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
23Hits16
17Blocked shots9
9Giveaways8
1Takeaways6

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. bestSaad – Kyrou – Thomas12:27

    xG 0.43–0.37 (54%)attempts 7–16goals 0–0

  2. Sundqvist – Toropchenko – Neighbours4:09

    xG 0.06–0.08 (45%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Hayes – Vrana – Blais3:53

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

  4. Sundqvist – Blais – Neighbours3:24

    xG 0.07–0.19 (27%)attempts 4–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestFaulk – Krug14:36

    xG 0.31–0.20 (61%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Scandella – Tucker6:34

    xG 0.14–0.31 (31%)attempts 2–8goals 0–2

  3. Leddy – Parayko16:35

    xG 0.52–0.90 (37%)attempts 13–25goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestNiederreiter – Lowry – Appleton8:28

    xG 0.32–0.10 (76%)attempts 11–2goals 1–0

  2. Scheifele – Connor – Iafallo12:56

    xG 0.54–0.33 (62%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  3. Lowry – Appleton – Barron2:32

    xG 0.06–0.01 (90%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Barron – Kupari – Gustafsson4:21

    xG 0.17–0.14 (55%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeMelo – Morrissey15:42

    xG 0.58–0.46 (56%)attempts 16–8goals 1–0

  2. Schmidt – Samberg10:31

    xG 0.23–0.14 (63%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Dillon – Pionk12:27

    xG 0.48–0.52 (48%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0

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 3.0 xGSTL 1.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 43/100 · #797 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.07 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 70% of the time.

WPG winsSTL wins

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

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