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Wed, Jan 24, 2024·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

St. Louis Blues 4, Vancouver Canucks 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 65% of the time.

VAN winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
STL27051511418
VAN0701031401332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:14STLJake NeighboursAssists: Robert Thomas · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:57STLPavel BuchnevichPPAssists: Jake Neighbours, Robert Thomas · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–0
  3. P3 1:00VANPius SuterAssists: Brock Boeser, Quinn Hughes · Backhand, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P3 1:41STLAlexey ToropchenkoAssists: Kevin Hayes, Nathan Walker · Tip-in, 0.13 xG3–1
  5. P3 5:42VANPius SuterPPAssists: Brock Boeser · Wrist, 0.14 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:08VANPius SuterAssists: J.T. Miller, Quinn Hughes · Wrist, 0.21 xG3–3
  7. OT 1:54STLBrayden SchennGWGAssists: Nick Leddy · Wrist, 0.12 xG4–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 14:38VANNoah Juulsen: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  2. P2 3:55STLJake Neighbours: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 6:23VANAndrei Kuzmenko: High sticking double minor4 min
  4. P3 4:32STLColton Parayko: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  5. P3 16:09STLTorey Krug: Cross checking2 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 SOG0VAN
46% to win54% to win
← STL attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Blueger won the faceoff against Schenn
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLVAN
18Shots on goal32
2.7Expected goals3.5
46Shot attempts79
23Faceoffs won25
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
26Hits20
23Blocked shots15
3Giveaways9
5Takeaways7

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. bestHayes – Walker – Toropchenko12:33

    xG 0.41–0.36 (53%)attempts 9–16goals 1–0

  2. Sundqvist – Blais – Alexandrov6:38

    xG 0.06–0.17 (27%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Schenn – Saad – Neighbours11:47

    xG 0.48–0.70 (41%)attempts 6–15goals 0–0

  4. Buchnevich – Kyrou – Thomas10:59

    xG 0.24–0.57 (29%)attempts 7–16goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Leddy – Parayko19:58

    xG 0.71–0.72 (50%)attempts 11–28goals 0–0

  2. Krug – Kessel15:25

    xG 0.86–0.93 (48%)attempts 11–20goals 1–1

  3. Scandella – Perunovich9:28

    xG 0.27–0.38 (42%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestBlueger – Joshua – Garland9:52

    xG 0.13–0.02 (88%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  2. Miller – Boeser – Suter10:33

    xG 0.48–0.38 (56%)attempts 18–8goals 1–1

  3. Pettersson – Mikheyev – Kuzmenko8:40

    xG 0.45–0.73 (38%)attempts 13–10goals 0–1

  4. Lafferty – Hoglander – Aman5:43

    xG 0.14–0.58 (20%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCole – Myers4:18

    xG 0.31–0.01 (97%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Cole – Juulsen9:30

    xG 0.30–0.09 (77%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  3. Hronek – Hughes16:56

    xG 0.67–0.74 (48%)attempts 25–11goals 1–1

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.

VAN 3.5 xGSTL 2.7 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANSTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 92/100 · #132 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.37 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +49 pts

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 65% of the time.

VAN winsSTL wins

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

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