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Sun, Nov 26, 2023·United Center, Chicago

St. Louis Blues 4, Chicago Blackhawks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 72% of the time.

CHI winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL3801218428
CHI110012111233

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:21STLJake NeighboursAssists: Pavel Buchnevich, Torey Krug · Backhand, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P1 5:27STLKevin HayesAssists: Jordan Kyrou, Brandon Saad · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–0
  3. P1 14:45CHIRyan DonatoAssists: Isaak Phillips, Wyatt Kaiser · Tip-in, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P1 17:02STLPavel BuchnevichPPGWGAssists: Robert Thomas, Torey Krug · Snap, 0.22 xG3–1
  5. P3 13:52STLJake NeighboursAssists: Pavel Buchnevich, Robert Thomas · Wrist, 0.17 xG4–1
  6. P3 18:58CHIBoris KatchoukAssists: Ryan Donato, Wyatt Kaiser · Backhand, 0.12 xG4–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 12:21STLTyler Tucker: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 16:00CHIWyatt Kaiser: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 10:20CHIIsaak Phillips: Holding2 min
  4. P3 15:26STLKasperi Kapanen: Tripping2 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 SOG0CHI
46% to win54% to win
← STL attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Thomas won the faceoff against Dickinson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLCHI
28Shots on goal33
3.8Expected goals2.4
43Shot attempts65
24Faceoffs won27
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
24Hits18
21Blocked shots4
18Giveaways24
7Takeaways10

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. bestBuchnevich – Thomas – Neighbours11:37

    xG 1.39–0.13 (91%)attempts 12–12goals 2–0

  2. Sundqvist – Blais – Toropchenko9:43

    xG 0.57–0.37 (61%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  3. Schenn – Vrana – Kapanen10:25

    xG 0.53–0.42 (56%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

  4. Hayes – Saad – Kyrou11:28

    xG 0.31–0.77 (29%)attempts 8–19goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFaulk – Krug15:33

    xG 1.31–0.45 (75%)attempts 14–14goals 2–0

  2. Scandella – Tucker12:27

    xG 0.86–0.20 (81%)attempts 9–9goals 1–0

  3. Leddy – Parayko17:06

    xG 0.61–1.12 (35%)attempts 10–24goals 0–2

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestDonato – Katchouk – Johnson10:24

    xG 0.72–0.36 (67%)attempts 13–5goals 1–0

  2. Kurashev – Reichel – Bedard10:51

    xG 0.38–0.45 (45%)attempts 13–9goals 0–1

  3. Foligno – Dickinson – Anderson8:39

    xG 0.13–0.47 (22%)attempts 9–5goals 0–1

  4. Johnson – Raddysh – Guttman8:35

    xG 0.18–0.72 (20%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKaiser – Phillips14:54

    xG 0.68–0.49 (58%)attempts 15–4goals 1–0

  2. Jones – Korchinski4:25

    xG 0.25–0.32 (44%)attempts 8–4goals 0–1

  3. Murphy – Vlasic2:46

    xG 0.00–0.27 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 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.

CHI 2.4 xGSTL 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHISTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 42/100 · #816 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.93 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 72% of the time.

CHI winsSTL wins

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

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