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Tue, Dec 3, 2024·Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg

St. Louis Blues 4, Winnipeg Jets 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 90% of the time.

WPG winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL0621927432
WPG0803112123

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 18:04STLJordan KyrouAssists: Brayden Schenn, Philip Broberg · Deflected, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P2 18:43STLDylan HollowayGWGAssists: Robert Thomas, Scott Perunovich · Wrist, 0.21 xG2–0
  3. P3 6:38STLJordan KyrouAssists: Dylan Holloway, Scott Perunovich · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–0
  4. P3 15:45WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Neal Pionk, Josh Morrissey · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–1
  5. P3 16:21STLRobert ThomasENAssists: Radek Faksa, Brandon Saad · Wrist, 0.44 xG4–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 6:56WPGDylan DeMelo: Holding the stick2 min
  2. P2 11:30STLNathan Walker: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 16:49STLJake Neighbours: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 16:53WPGGabriel Vilardi: Interference2 min
  5. P3 7:05WPGVille Heinola: Holding2 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 SOG0WPG
43% to win57% to win
← STL attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Faksa won the faceoff against Scheifele
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLWPG
32Shots on goal23
4.2Expected goals1.4
53Shot attempts54
36Faceoffs won22
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
24Hits18
14Blocked shots13
18Giveaways13
5Takeaways6

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. bestSundqvist – Joseph – Bolduc10:09

    xG 0.55–0.13 (81%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

  2. Schenn – Kyrou – Holloway12:22

    xG 0.68–0.55 (55%)attempts 8–14goals 1–0

  3. Faksa – Walker – Toropchenko8:35

    xG 0.08–0.07 (51%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  4. Saad – Thomas – Neighbours11:20

    xG 0.30–0.41 (42%)attempts 5–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJoseph – Perunovich8:10

    xG 0.56–0.25 (69%)attempts 14–9goals 1–0

  2. Parayko – Broberg16:42

    xG 0.08–0.35 (19%)attempts 6–17goals 0–0

  3. Suter – Kessel16:04

    xG 0.28–0.57 (33%)attempts 7–19goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestScheifele – Namestnikov – Connor9:25

    xG 0.27–0.13 (68%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  2. Scheifele – Connor – Vilardi4:38

    xG 0.22–0.09 (72%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Namestnikov – Perfetti – Lambert2:38

    xG 0.00–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Vilardi – Perfetti – Lambert7:30

    xG 0.03–0.15 (19%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeMelo – Morrissey15:59

    xG 0.35–0.24 (60%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  2. Stanley – Heinola11:14

    xG 0.15–0.42 (26%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  3. Fleury – Pionk12:51

    xG 0.32–0.70 (31%)attempts 15–9goals 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.

WPG 1.4 xGSTL 4.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGSTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 25/100 · #986 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.77 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 41% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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 90% of the time.

WPG winsSTL wins

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

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