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Mon, Apr 7, 2025·Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg

St. Louis Blues 1, Winnipeg Jets 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 93% of the time.

WPG winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL031804115
WPG0818210326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:34WPGMorgan BarronAssists: Josh Morrissey · Snap, 0.19 xG0–1
  2. P2 7:27STLPavel BuchnevichAssists: Robert Thomas, Philip Broberg · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P3 7:05WPGAlex IafalloGWGAssists: Kyle Connor · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:51WPGAdam LowryENAssists: Mark Scheifele · Wrist, 0.64 xG1–3
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 8:58WPGBrandon Tanev: Cross checking2 min
  2. P2 10:23STLJustin Faulk: Interference2 min
  3. P3 3:09WPGVladislav Namestnikov: High sticking2 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 20:00Namestnikov won the faceoff against Faksa
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLWPG
15Shots on goal26
1.3Expected goals4.1
40Shot attempts64
26Faceoffs won24
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
31Hits26
20Blocked shots18
19Giveaways12
1Takeaways4

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. bestFaksa – Walker – Toropchenko11:31

    xG 0.49–0.43 (53%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

  2. Sundqvist – Joseph – Bolduc8:40

    xG 0.10–0.24 (28%)attempts 5–4goals 0–1

  3. Schenn – Kyrou – Neighbours9:24

    xG 0.12–0.36 (25%)attempts 6–13goals 0–0

  4. Buchnevich – Thomas – Snuggerud10:59

    xG 0.30–0.97 (24%)attempts 7–21goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLeddy – Fowler14:34

    xG 0.38–0.32 (54%)attempts 11–7goals 0–1

  2. Suter – Tucker13:44

    xG 0.22–0.41 (35%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

  3. Leddy – Faulk3:16

    xG 0.00–0.50 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestScheifele – Connor – Iafallo12:49

    xG 1.25–0.29 (81%)attempts 22–7goals 1–1

  2. Lowry – Appleton – Tanev9:34

    xG 0.48–0.09 (84%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  3. Anderson-Dolan – Barron – Gustafsson6:31

    xG 0.43–0.05 (89%)attempts 9–3goals 1–0

  4. Niederreiter – Namestnikov – Perfetti14:03

    xG 0.26–0.33 (44%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeMelo – Morrissey19:18

    xG 0.85–0.11 (89%)attempts 21–11goals 1–0

  2. Schenn – Samberg13:37

    xG 1.08–0.49 (69%)attempts 22–9goals 1–1

  3. Fleury – Stanley12:30

    xG 0.16–0.39 (29%)attempts 7–7goals 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 4.1 xGSTL 1.3 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 19/100 · #1072 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.96 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 52% (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, Winnipeg Jets win this game 93% 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).