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Thu, Nov 7, 2024·Enterprise Center, St. Louis

Utah Hockey Club 4, St. Louis Blues 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Utah Hockey Club win this game 73% of the time.

STL winsUTA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
UTA11111426431
STL180215215

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:18UTAMichael KesselringAssists: Clayton Keller, Nick Schmaltz · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:41STLColton ParaykoAssists: Pavel Buchnevich, Jake Neighbours · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 18:09UTAMatias MaccelliAssists: Dylan Guenther, Logan Cooley · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P3 13:29STLJordan KyrouAssists: Pavel Buchnevich · Slap, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P3 16:39UTADylan GuentherGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:56UTAJack McBainENAssists: Mikhail Sergachev, Barrett Hayton · Wrist, 0.29 xG4–2
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 2:55STLZachary Bolduc: Holding2 min
  2. P1 12:21UTAClayton Keller: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 13:55UTANick Bjugstad: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P2 0:29STLPierre-Olivier Joseph: Instigator2 min
  5. P2 0:29UTAMaveric Lamoureux: Kneeing5 min
  6. P2 0:29STLPierre-Olivier Joseph: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 0:29UTAMaveric Lamoureux: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 0:29STLPierre-Olivier Joseph: Instigator misconduct10 min
  9. P2 0:29UTAMaveric Lamoureux: Game misconduct10 min
  10. P3 0:45STLAlexey Toropchenko: High sticking2 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.

UTA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

UTASTL
31Shots on goal15
2.9Expected goals1.7
64Shot attempts41
37Faceoffs won25
2Power plays3
24Penalty minutes21
21Hits30
17Blocked shots18
16Giveaways15
5Takeaways3

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.

Utah Hockey Club

Forward lines

  1. bestMaccelli – Guenther – Cooley7:48

    xG 0.61–0.08 (88%)attempts 10–3goals 2–0

  2. Schmaltz – Keller – Hayton9:25

    xG 0.66–0.31 (68%)attempts 15–6goals 1–2

  3. Stenlund – Carcone – McBain8:16

    xG 0.43–0.16 (73%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  4. Bjugstad – Kerfoot – Crouse12:33

    xG 0.36–0.13 (73%)attempts 13–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSergachev – Kesselring11:05

    xG 0.83–0.14 (85%)attempts 14–7goals 1–0

  2. Cole – Maatta6:37

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

  3. Välimäki – Kesselring4:29

    xG 0.23–0.13 (64%)attempts 7–2goals 1–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. Schenn – Buchnevich – Kyrou2:15

    xG 0.09–0.08 (55%)attempts 1–2goals 1–1

  2. Schenn – Kyrou – Holloway2:54

    xG 0.04–0.03 (60%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Faksa – Walker – Toropchenko11:57

    xG 0.13–0.16 (45%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  4. Schenn – Saad – Kyrou4:33

    xG 0.34–0.51 (40%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Faulk – Perunovich3:32

    xG 0.07–0.05 (60%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Faulk – Kessel2:17

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  3. Faulk – Joseph8:57

    xG 0.16–0.40 (28%)attempts 4–11goals 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 1.7 xGUTA 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLUTA

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 UTA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 71/100 · #369 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.93 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 42% (winner's lowest chance)
UTA 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +44 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Utah Hockey Club win this game 73% of the time.

STL winsUTA wins

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

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