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Tue, Jan 14, 2025·Enterprise Center, St. Louis

Calgary Flames 1, St. Louis Blues 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 62% of the time.

STL winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY08010110128
STL180918225

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:49STLColton ParaykoAssists: Brayden Schenn, Cam Fowler · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P3 6:06CGYKevin BahlAssists: Martin Pospisil · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P3 11:11STLRadek FaksaGWGAssists: Tyler Tucker, Alexey Toropchenko · Tip-in, 0.06 xG1–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 10:53CGYBlake Coleman: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 13:38STLOskar Sundqvist: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 4:32CGYBrayden Pachal: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 15:48STLRyan Suter: 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYSTL
28Shots on goal25
1.6Expected goals2.2
64Shot attempts55
21Faceoffs won23
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
20Hits20
13Blocked shots18
14Giveaways14
7Takeaways4

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.

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestSharangovich – Pelletier – Kerins8:06

    xG 0.23–0.04 (84%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Kadri – Huberdeau – Pospisil10:41

    xG 0.32–0.24 (57%)attempts 18–11goals 0–1

  3. Backlund – Coleman – Coronato12:03

    xG 0.35–0.35 (50%)attempts 12–11goals 0–1

  4. Lomberg – Rooney – Duehr6:45

    xG 0.12–0.13 (49%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAndersson – Bahl15:45

    xG 0.54–0.27 (66%)attempts 20–11goals 1–0

  2. Weegar – Hanley16:49

    xG 0.54–0.30 (65%)attempts 17–14goals 0–2

  3. Bean – Pachal11:27

    xG 0.12–0.52 (19%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestFaksa – Joseph – Toropchenko8:44

    xG 0.43–0.18 (71%)attempts 10–15goals 1–0

  2. Saad – Sundqvist – Texier5:56

    xG 0.12–0.07 (62%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Schenn – Kyrou – Holloway11:52

    xG 0.31–0.30 (51%)attempts 12–11goals 1–0

  4. Buchnevich – Thomas – Neighbours11:55

    xG 0.18–0.48 (27%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFowler – Parayko17:55

    xG 0.55–0.43 (56%)attempts 16–27goals 1–0

  2. Faulk – Broberg12:50

    xG 0.31–0.30 (51%)attempts 11–11goals 0–1

  3. Suter – Tucker10:41

    xG 0.26–0.47 (35%)attempts 12–9goals 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 2.2 xGCGY 1.6 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLCGY

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 CGY. Dots are goals.

Excitement 31/100 · #912 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.14 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 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 62% of the time.

STL winsCGY wins

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

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