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Thu, Nov 21, 2024·Enterprise Center, St. Louis

San Jose Sharks 2, St. Louis Blues 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 68% of the time.

STL winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
SJS170619020224
STL1151609011331

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:11STLNathan WalkerAssists: Radek Faksa · Wrist, 0.19 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:23SJSAlexander WennbergPPAssists: Mikael Granlund, Macklin Celebrini · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:47STLJordan KyrouAssists: Pierre-Olivier Joseph, Robert Thomas · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:51SJSAlexander WennbergAssists: Mikael Granlund, Macklin Celebrini · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. STL Brayden Schenn stopped
  2. 2. SJS Mikael Granlund stopped
  3. 3. STL Jordan Kyrou stopped
  4. 4. SJS Macklin Celebrini stopped
  5. 5. STL Jake Neighbours scored
  6. 6. SJS William Eklund stopped
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 6:02STLZachary Bolduc: Interference2 min
  2. P1 7:21STLRadek Faksa: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 12:09SJSKlim Kostin: Interference2 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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSSTL
24Shots on goal31
1.9Expected goals2.9
60Shot attempts58
28Faceoffs won29
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
23Hits22
16Blocked shots20
22Giveaways16
3Takeaways6

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestToffoli – Goodrow – Celebrini12:52

    xG 0.50–0.21 (70%)attempts 18–8goals 0–0

  2. Grundstrom – Smith – Dellandrea5:17

    xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Wennberg – Kunin – Kostin10:41

    xG 0.11–0.51 (17%)attempts 9–12goals 0–1

  4. Granlund – Zetterlund – Eklund13:10

    xG 0.12–0.54 (19%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Liljegren – Thompson2:58

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Ferraro – Rutta5:46

    xG 0.07–0.08 (46%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  3. Rutta – Thompson9:12

    xG 0.03–0.17 (16%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestSchenn – Saad – Neighbours11:58

    xG 0.50–0.12 (81%)attempts 16–10goals 0–0

  2. Joseph – Holloway – Bolduc8:20

    xG 0.33–0.00 (99%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  3. Buchnevich – Kyrou – Thomas15:24

    xG 0.76–0.44 (63%)attempts 18–10goals 1–0

  4. Faksa – Walker – Toropchenko8:43

    xG 0.23–0.09 (72%)attempts 6–6goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFaulk – Perunovich10:10

    xG 0.84–0.07 (92%)attempts 17–3goals 0–0

  2. Joseph – Schueneman7:35

    xG 0.37–0.01 (97%)attempts 10–5goals 1–0

  3. Faulk – Joseph7:08

    xG 0.35–0.21 (62%)attempts 10–9goals 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.

STL 2.9 xGSJS 1.9 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLSJS

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 SJS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 50/100 · #643 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.64 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +43 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 68% of the time.

STL winsSJS wins

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

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