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Sun, Dec 15, 2024·Enterprise Center, St. Louis

New York Rangers 2, St. Louis Blues 3

Expected result

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

STL winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR0801129228
STL1727010324

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:51STLPavel BuchnevichAssists: Jake Neighbours, Robert Thomas · Slap, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:33STLJordan KyrouAssists: Alexey Toropchenko, Brayden Schenn · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–2
  3. P2 10:28STLRobert ThomasGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–3
  4. P3 10:18NYRBrett BerardUnassisted · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–3
  5. P3 11:37NYRWill CuylleAssists: Alexis Lafrenière, Filip Chytil · Snap, 0.15 xG2–3
Penalties (1)
  1. P1 8:35NYRJonny Brodzinski: Tripping2 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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRSTL
28Shots on goal24
1.4Expected goals2.1
59Shot attempts43
36Faceoffs won29
0Power plays1
2Penalty minutes0
41Hits20
8Blocked shots19
15Giveaways15
2Takeaways2

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 Rangers

Forward lines

  1. Smith – Trocheck – Brodzinski12:42

    xG 0.38–0.34 (53%)attempts 14–7goals 0–1

  2. Chytil – Lafrenière – Cuylle13:41

    xG 0.34–0.39 (47%)attempts 12–9goals 1–0

  3. Zibanejad – Vesey – Berard9:45

    xG 0.12–0.24 (33%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  4. Kreider – Carrick – Edstrom10:25

    xG 0.15–0.31 (33%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Jones – Schneider17:03

    xG 0.39–0.48 (45%)attempts 17–12goals 0–1

  2. Ruhwedel – Mackey12:33

    xG 0.26–0.57 (32%)attempts 11–10goals 1–1

  3. Fox – Lindgren18:36

    xG 0.34–0.70 (33%)attempts 14–12goals 1–1

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestBuchnevich – Thomas – Neighbours12:41

    xG 0.71–0.29 (71%)attempts 9–14goals 2–0

  2. Schenn – Kyrou – Toropchenko10:04

    xG 0.47–0.22 (68%)attempts 7–10goals 1–1

  3. Saad – Holloway – Bolduc10:42

    xG 0.31–0.28 (53%)attempts 9–8goals 0–1

  4. Walker – Joseph – Texier9:20

    xG 0.16–0.22 (41%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFowler – Parayko20:01

    xG 1.07–0.29 (79%)attempts 20–12goals 2–1

  2. Faulk – Broberg16:50

    xG 0.41–0.31 (57%)attempts 8–18goals 0–0

  3. Suter – Perunovich12:06

    xG 0.18–0.34 (35%)attempts 6–14goals 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 2.1 xGNYR 1.4 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLNYR

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 NYR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 60/100 · #515 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.78 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 winsNYR wins

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

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