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Sat, Mar 22, 2025·Enterprise Center, St. Louis

Chicago Blackhawks 1, St. Louis Blues 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 60% of the time.

STL winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI0611308127
STL0521327425

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 15:13STLRobert ThomasAssists: Dylan Holloway, Jordan Kyrou · Bat, 0.20 xG0–1
  2. P2 17:20STLAlexey ToropchenkoGWGAssists: Radek Faksa, Nathan Walker · Snap, 0.31 xG0–2
  3. P2 19:06CHIIlya MikheyevSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P3 1:12STLNathan WalkerAssists: Alexey Toropchenko, Justin Faulk · Snap, 0.21 xG1–3
  5. P3 7:43STLZachary BolducAssists: Philip Broberg, Brayden Schenn · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 15:03CHIJason Dickinson: Instigator2 min
  2. P1 15:03CHIJason Dickinson: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 15:03STLJake Neighbours: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 15:03CHIJason Dickinson: Instigator misconduct10 min
  5. P2 18:45CHITyler Bertuzzi: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 5:59CHIPatrick Maroon: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 5:59STLTyler Tucker: Fighting5 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHISTL
27Shots on goal25
2.4Expected goals2.9
50Shot attempts52
22Faceoffs won29
0Power plays2
24Penalty minutes10
19Hits24
12Blocked shots10
13Giveaways11
2Takeaways9

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.

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestDonato – Nazar – Bedard2:53

    xG 0.76–0.04 (95%)attempts 10–1goals 0–0

  2. Bertuzzi – Donato – Veleno9:52

    xG 0.34–0.09 (79%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  3. Bertuzzi – Veleno – Bedard2:28

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  4. Maroon – Reichel – Slaggert5:24

    xG 0.23–0.02 (91%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVlasic – Del Mastro6:29

    xG 0.74–0.47 (61%)attempts 9–8goals 0–1

  2. Murphy – Del Mastro9:39

    xG 0.57–0.42 (58%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Vlasic – Kaiser6:35

    xG 0.17–0.15 (54%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestKyrou – Thomas – Holloway5:14

    xG 0.68–0.08 (89%)attempts 10–4goals 1–0

  2. Faksa – Walker – Toropchenko9:41

    xG 0.59–0.13 (82%)attempts 10–4goals 2–0

  3. Thomas – Neighbours – Bolduc6:21

    xG 0.46–0.24 (66%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  4. Schenn – Neighbours – Bolduc3:46

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLeddy – Fowler15:14

    xG 1.15–0.64 (64%)attempts 14–14goals 2–0

  2. Faulk – Broberg18:10

    xG 0.64–0.59 (52%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

  3. Suter – Tucker15:57

    xG 0.48–0.62 (43%)attempts 7–19goals 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 2.9 xGCHI 2.4 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLCHI

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 CHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 25/100 · #975 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.80 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 60% of the time.

STL winsCHI wins

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

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