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Sat, Feb 24, 2024·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

St. Louis Blues 1, Detroit Red Wings 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 85% of the time.

DET winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL0815010123
DET41429011634

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:33DETPatrick KaneAssists: Shayne Gostisbehere, Alex DeBrincat · Slap, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:21DETMichael RasmussenGWGAssists: Lucas Raymond, Jeff Petry · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–2
  3. P1 5:24DETRobby FabbriUnassisted · Deflected, 0.11 xG0–3
  4. P1 19:02DETAlex DeBrincatPPAssists: Moritz Seider, Daniel Sprong · Snap, 0.22 xG0–4
  5. P2 12:28STLZachary BolducAssists: Brandon Saad, Nathan Walker · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–4
  6. P2 16:56DETJ.T. CompherAssists: Lucas Raymond, Michael Rasmussen · Deflected, 0.18 xG1–5
  7. P2 18:34DETAlex DeBrincatAssists: Patrick Kane · Snap, 0.16 xG1–6
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 15:52DETLucas Raymond: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 18:11STLJordan Binnington: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 7:59STLNathan Walker: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P2 8:46STLRobert Thomas: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 14:06DETJ.T. Compher: Holding the stick2 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 SOG0DET
46% to win54% to win
← STL attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Larkin won the faceoff against Sundqvist
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLDET
23Shots on goal34
2.1Expected goals4.5
41Shot attempts65
26Faceoffs won27
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
21Hits23
13Blocked shots6
5Giveaways7
2Takeaways4

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 – Saad – Bolduc2:57

    xG 0.25–0.10 (70%)attempts 3–3goals 1–0

  2. Hayes – Saad – Buchnevich4:22

    xG 0.01–0.14 (8%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

  3. Buchnevich – Kyrou – Thomas5:52

    xG 0.04–0.23 (14%)attempts 2–7goals 0–1

  4. Hayes – Saad – Kapanen4:08

    xG 0.05–0.32 (14%)attempts 2–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestParayko – Perunovich3:50

    xG 0.11–0.03 (76%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Leddy – Kessel2:43

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Scandella – Perunovich5:33

    xG 0.06–0.05 (55%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestKane – Larkin – DeBrincat11:52

    xG 0.95–0.48 (67%)attempts 16–9goals 2–1

  2. Compher – Rasmussen – Raymond10:19

    xG 0.48–0.05 (91%)attempts 10–4goals 2–0

  3. Fabbri – Fischer – Sprong9:52

    xG 0.62–0.27 (70%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0

  4. Perron – Copp – Veleno9:51

    xG 0.27–0.31 (46%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPetry – Chiarot14:51

    xG 1.08–0.43 (72%)attempts 16–14goals 2–0

  2. Walman – Seider15:09

    xG 0.84–0.29 (75%)attempts 19–8goals 1–0

  3. Maatta – Gostisbehere13:39

    xG 0.85–0.39 (69%)attempts 13–6goals 1–0

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.

DET 4.5 xGSTL 2.1 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETSTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 13/100 · #1158 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.53 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50DET 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, Detroit Red Wings win this game 85% of the time.

DET winsSTL wins

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

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