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Thu, Oct 17, 2024·Enterprise Center, St. Louis

New York Islanders 0, St. Louis Blues 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 52% of the time.

STL winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NYI0701401003034
STL060140812130

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. OT 2:04STLJake NeighboursGWGAssists: Philip Broberg, Joel Hofer · Tip-in, 0.20 xG0–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 5:02STLMathieu Joseph: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 8:11STLPierre-Olivier Joseph: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 16:15NYIMathew Barzal: High sticking2 min
  4. P3 2:00STLJake Neighbours: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 2:00NYIAlexander Romanov: Roughing2 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0STL
43% to win57% to win
← NYI attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Thomas won the faceoff against Horvat
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYISTL
34Shots on goal30
2.7Expected goals2.5
58Shot attempts57
24Faceoffs won21
2Power plays1
4Penalty minutes6
23Hits30
21Blocked shots12
13Giveaways12
5Takeaways5

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.

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestDuclair – Horvat – Barzal11:56

    xG 0.79–0.27 (75%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  2. Lee – Pageau – Holmstrom9:19

    xG 0.24–0.06 (79%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  3. Palmieri – Nelson – Tsyplakov13:13

    xG 0.59–0.84 (41%)attempts 13–16goals 0–0

  4. Cizikas – Wahlstrom – MacLean7:01

    xG 0.13–0.58 (19%)attempts 2–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDobson – Romanov16:09

    xG 0.99–0.62 (62%)attempts 24–14goals 0–0

  2. Pelech – Pulock16:47

    xG 0.39–0.34 (54%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  3. Reilly – Mayfield11:02

    xG 0.33–0.62 (34%)attempts 8–17goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestBuchnevich – Neighbours – Bolduc9:07

    xG 0.36–0.17 (69%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  2. Faksa – Kapanen – Toropchenko7:15

    xG 0.29–0.29 (50%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Saad – Kyrou – Thomas14:58

    xG 0.64–0.68 (48%)attempts 12–19goals 0–0

  4. Schenn – Joseph – Holloway10:12

    xG 0.30–0.54 (36%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJoseph – Kessel10:10

    xG 0.77–0.18 (81%)attempts 18–8goals 0–0

  2. Faulk – Broberg17:04

    xG 0.63–0.81 (44%)attempts 16–16goals 0–0

  3. Suter – Parayko19:42

    xG 0.27–0.48 (36%)attempts 11–14goals 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 2.5 xGNYI 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLNYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 7/100 · #1221 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.68 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3OTEnd

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 52% of the time.

STL winsNYI wins

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

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