Thu, Jan 4, 2024·Enterprise Center, St. Louis
Vancouver Canucks 1, St. Louis Blues 2
Three stars
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 55% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAN | 19 | 07 | 010 | 126 |
| STL | 011 | 110 | 111 | 232 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 1:57VANConor GarlandAssists: Teddy Blueger, Dakota Joshua · Slap, 0.12 xG1–0
- P2 4:22STLColton ParaykoAssists: Robert Thomas, Jordan Kyrou · Snap, 0.07 xG1–1
- P3 8:03STLRobert ThomasGWGAssists: Scott Perunovich, Pavel Buchnevich · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–2
Penalties (3)
- P1 12:08VANNils Aman: Holding2 min
- P2 5:05STLPavel Buchnevich: High sticking2 min
- P2 11:51VANTyler Myers: 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Thomas won the faceoff against Lafferty
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.
Vancouver Canucks
Forward lines
- bestMiller – Boeser – Suter14:11
xG 0.82–0.37 (69%)attempts 15–12goals 0–0
- Karlsson – Hoglander – Aman7:56
xG 0.45–0.25 (64%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1
- Blueger – Joshua – Garland9:30
xG 0.48–0.34 (58%)attempts 9–10goals 1–1
- Lafferty – Pettersson – Mikheyev10:15
xG 0.40–0.62 (39%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestHronek – Hughes16:46
xG 1.32–0.19 (87%)attempts 21–11goals 1–1
- Cole – Juulsen7:18
xG 0.48–0.33 (59%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0
- Cole – Myers2:21
xG 0.13–0.03 (84%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0
St. Louis Blues
Forward lines
- bestSchenn – Saad – Neighbours11:13
xG 0.82–0.52 (61%)attempts 16–12goals 0–0
- Buchnevich – Kyrou – Thomas14:45
xG 0.54–0.48 (53%)attempts 15–10goals 2–0
- Sundqvist – Walker – Blais7:53
xG 0.27–0.28 (49%)attempts 4–11goals 0–0
- Hayes – Kapanen – Toropchenko9:19
xG 0.16–0.58 (22%)attempts 11–11goals 0–1
Defence pairs
- Krug – Kessel16:56
xG 0.52–0.65 (45%)attempts 15–12goals 0–0
- Leddy – Parayko16:02
xG 0.53–0.78 (40%)attempts 16–19goals 0–0
- Scandella – Perunovich9:47
xG 0.34–0.85 (28%)attempts 11–16goals 0–1
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
STL's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line STL is favoured, below it VAN. Dots are goals.
Did the better team win?
Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.
Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 55% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (STL − VAN), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).