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Sun, Mar 17, 2024·Enterprise Center, St. Louis

Anaheim Ducks 2, St. Louis Blues 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 65% of the time.

STL winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA17011110228
STL0911038427

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:41ANATroy TerryAssists: Pavel Mintyukov, Jackson LaCombe · Wrist, 0.22 xG1–0
  2. P2 14:56STLKevin HayesAssists: Torey Krug, Zachary Bolduc · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P3 1:53STLRobert ThomasPPAssists: Pavel Buchnevich, Justin Faulk · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P3 6:12STLJake NeighboursPPGWGAssists: Brayden Schenn, Pavel Buchnevich · Tip-in, 0.15 xG1–3
  5. P3 9:33STLRobert ThomasPPAssists: Pavel Buchnevich, Justin Faulk · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–4
  6. P3 19:52ANATroy TerryAssists: Alex Killorn, Leo Carlsson · Snap, 0.12 xG2–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 2:39ANAOlen Zellweger: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 9:41ANAFrank Vatrano: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 17:20ANAUrho Vaakanainen: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 9:10STLTorey Krug: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 19:13STLZachary Bolduc: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 0:59ANALeo Carlsson: Tripping2 min · PPG
  7. P3 5:52ANAJackson LaCombe: Holding2 min · PPG
  8. P3 8:23ANAMax Jones: Holding2 min · PPG

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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANASTL
28Shots on goal27
2.9Expected goals3.7
54Shot attempts59
19Faceoffs won38
2Power plays6
12Penalty minutes4
20Hits18
16Blocked shots14
1Giveaways6
14Takeaways10

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestKillorn – Terry – Carlsson7:22

    xG 0.96–0.17 (85%)attempts 13–4goals 1–0

  2. Strome – Vatrano – Leason4:41

    xG 0.40–0.08 (83%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  3. Killorn – Vatrano – Carlsson5:33

    xG 0.56–0.29 (66%)attempts 10–6goals 0–1

  4. Strome – Terry – Leason3:19

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFowler – Zellweger15:05

    xG 1.05–0.61 (63%)attempts 24–16goals 0–0

  2. LaCombe – Mintyukov12:10

    xG 0.65–0.39 (62%)attempts 12–6goals 1–1

  3. Vaakanainen – Lindstrom12:37

    xG 0.40–0.27 (59%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestSchenn – Saad – Neighbours5:00

    xG 0.45–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–0goals 0–0

  2. Hayes – Kapanen – Bolduc4:42

    xG 0.39–0.14 (74%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  3. Buchnevich – Neighbours – Bolduc2:37

    xG 0.04–0.02 (70%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Buchnevich – Kyrou – Thomas5:23

    xG 0.14–0.16 (47%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKrug – Kessel12:29

    xG 0.49–0.24 (67%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0

  2. Faulk – Perunovich11:47

    xG 0.48–0.42 (53%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  3. Leddy – Parayko14:33

    xG 0.43–1.30 (25%)attempts 12–16goals 0–1

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.

STL 3.7 xGANA 2.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 44/100 · #784 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.21 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 65% of the time.

STL winsANA wins

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

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