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Tue, Nov 14, 2023·Enterprise Center, St. Louis

Tampa Bay Lightning 0, St. Louis Blues 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 55% of the time.

STL winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL0801507030
STL11028211529

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:09STLColton ParaykoGWGAssists: Robert Thomas, Pavel Buchnevich · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P2 16:17STLJordan KyrouAssists: Torey Krug, Justin Faulk · Backhand, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P2 16:36STLJakub VranaAssists: Torey Krug, Kevin Hayes · Snap, 0.10 xG0–3
  4. P3 16:02STLKasperi KapanenENAssists: Pavel Buchnevich · Wrist, 0.67 xG0–4
  5. P3 19:18STLJordan KyrouAssists: Brayden Schenn · Snap, 0.13 xG0–5
Penalties (2)
  1. P1 12:39STLNick Leddy: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P3 19:39STLJustin Faulk: 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.

TBL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0STL
46% to win54% to win
← TBL attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cirelli won the faceoff against Sundqvist
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLSTL
30Shots on goal29
2.9Expected goals3.1
73Shot attempts47
23Faceoffs won28
2Power plays0
0Penalty minutes4
17Hits19
12Blocked shots26
8Giveaways11
15Takeaways16

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.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestCirelli – Eyssimont – Jeannot7:21

    xG 0.97–0.20 (83%)attempts 17–4goals 0–0

  2. Glendening – Motte – Merela7:41

    xG 0.52–0.04 (92%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  3. Kucherov – Point – Hagel8:51

    xG 0.37–0.07 (84%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  4. Motte – Eyssimont – Jeannot3:20

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRaddysh – Sergachev14:55

    xG 1.26–0.61 (67%)attempts 25–11goals 0–2

  2. de Haan – Myers13:09

    xG 0.55–0.40 (58%)attempts 16–10goals 0–1

  3. de Haan – Raddysh2:17

    xG 0.10–0.03 (76%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestSchenn – Saad – Kyrou15:14

    xG 0.81–0.57 (59%)attempts 15–21goals 2–0

  2. Buchnevich – Kapanen – Thomas13:42

    xG 0.39–0.51 (43%)attempts 7–11goals 1–0

  3. Hayes – Vrana – Toropchenko9:57

    xG 0.51–0.74 (40%)attempts 10–16goals 1–0

  4. Sundqvist – Blais – Neighbours10:25

    xG 0.41–0.77 (35%)attempts 5–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLeddy – Parayko19:50

    xG 0.76–0.38 (67%)attempts 13–14goals 1–0

  2. Scandella – Perunovich12:15

    xG 0.42–0.81 (34%)attempts 8–20goals 0–0

  3. Faulk – Krug20:23

    xG 0.87–1.42 (38%)attempts 20–28goals 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.

STL 3.1 xGTBL 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLTBL

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 TBL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 3/100 · #1290 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.50 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 55% of the time.

STL winsTBL wins

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

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