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Thu, Feb 15, 2024·Enterprise Center, St. Louis

Edmonton Oilers 3, St. Louis Blues 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 58% of the time.

STL winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM214014110338
STL1841517630

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:13STLRobert ThomasAssists: Nick Leddy, Pavel Buchnevich · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:51EDMLeon DraisaitlPPAssists: Connor McDavid, Evan Bouchard · Snap, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P1 19:33EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsAssists: Zach Hyman, Connor McDavid · Wrist, 0.21 xG2–1
  4. P2 1:09STLJake NeighboursAssists: Brayden Schenn, Torey Krug · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. P2 8:37STLTorey KrugAssists: Jake Neighbours, Matthew Kessel · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–3
  6. P2 15:32STLJordan KyrouPPGWGAssists: Jake Neighbours, Robert Thomas · Wrist, 0.24 xG2–4
  7. P2 19:35STLPavel BuchnevichPPAssists: Robert Thomas, Jordan Kyrou · Tip-in, 0.11 xG2–5
  8. P3 11:14EDMCorey PerryAssists: Brett Kulak, Connor McDavid · Wrist, 0.17 xG3–5
  9. P3 17:07STLBrandon SaadENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.41 xG3–6
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 5:20STLMatthew Kessel: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 11:23EDMLeon Draisaitl: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 12:33STLJordan Kyrou: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P1 15:04STLNikita Alexandrov: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 3:55EDMVincent Desharnais: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 15:25EDMVincent Desharnais: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  7. P2 16:15EDMCorey Perry: Fighting5 min · PPG
  8. P2 16:15STLMarco Scandella: Fighting5 min
  9. P2 18:39EDMConnor Brown: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 4:44EDMCody Ceci: Slashing2 min
  11. P3 6:36EDMVincent Desharnais: Elbowing2 min
  12. P3 6:36EDMVincent Desharnais: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  13. P3 14:49EDMDylan Holloway: 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMSTL
38Shots on goal30
3.8Expected goals4.3
67Shot attempts61
26Faceoffs won36
3Power plays8
21Penalty minutes11
12Hits13
14Blocked shots15
0Giveaways6
14Takeaways12

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestBrown – Janmark – Ryan4:21

    xG 0.34–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Kane – Hyman – Nugent-Hopkins2:23

    xG 0.30–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Kane – Draisaitl – Holloway6:32

    xG 0.16–0.05 (76%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Hyman – Draisaitl – McDavid2:03

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCeci – Nurse11:51

    xG 0.48–0.12 (80%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  2. Kulak – Desharnais11:42

    xG 0.55–0.34 (61%)attempts 19–8goals 0–0

  3. Ekholm – Bouchard11:50

    xG 0.93–1.00 (48%)attempts 15–16goals 1–2

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestSundqvist – Walker – Alexandrov2:51

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Schenn – Kapanen – Neighbours9:16

    xG 0.72–0.77 (48%)attempts 10–11goals 2–1

  3. Buchnevich – Kyrou – Thomas10:37

    xG 0.52–0.57 (48%)attempts 11–14goals 1–0

  4. Hayes – Saad – Toropchenko8:21

    xG 0.18–0.30 (38%)attempts 3–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKrug – Kessel13:55

    xG 0.80–0.71 (53%)attempts 15–15goals 2–0

  2. Leddy – Parayko11:17

    xG 0.67–0.76 (47%)attempts 12–13goals 1–1

  3. Scandella – Rosen8:31

    xG 0.27–0.46 (37%)attempts 6–8goals 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.

STL 4.3 xGEDM 3.8 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 76/100 · #374 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.45 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 35% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 58% of the time.

STL winsEDM wins

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

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