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Tue, Apr 15, 2025·Enterprise Center, St. Louis

Utah Hockey Club 1, St. Louis Blues 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 70% of the time.

STL winsUTA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
UTA0511404123
STL4120928629

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:08STLBrayden SchennAssists: Jimmy Snuggerud, Pavel Buchnevich · Snap, 0.23 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:17STLPavel BuchnevichGWGAssists: Jake Neighbours, Robert Thomas · Snap, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P1 14:45STLJimmy SnuggerudPPAssists: Zachary Bolduc, Pavel Buchnevich · Deflected, 0.20 xG0–3
  4. P1 19:13STLZachary BolducPPAssists: Robert Thomas, Cam Fowler · Snap, 0.12 xG0–4
  5. P2 5:40UTAClayton KellerPPAssists: Mikhail Sergachev, Nick Schmaltz · Slap, 0.03 xG1–4
  6. P3 6:59STLJordan KyrouPPAssists: Brayden Schenn, Oskar Sundqvist · Snap, 0.25 xG1–5
  7. P3 17:24STLJordan KyrouAssists: Alexey Toropchenko, Cam Fowler · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–6
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 14:03UTALawson Crouse: Roughing2 min · PPG
  2. P1 16:53UTALogan Cooley: Holding2 min
  3. P1 17:47UTABarrett Hayton: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  4. P2 3:03UTASean Durzi: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 5:34STLNathan Walker: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 11:14STLZachary Bolduc: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 14:59STLMathieu Joseph: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  8. P3 6:31UTAClayton Keller: Tripping2 min · PPG
  9. P3 7:31STLAlexey Toropchenko: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 10:55UTABarrett Hayton: Tripping2 min
  11. P3 10:55STLMathieu Joseph: Misconduct10 min
  12. P3 10:55UTABarrett Hayton: Misconduct10 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.

UTA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

UTASTL
23Shots on goal29
2.2Expected goals3.3
53Shot attempts48
29Faceoffs won31
4Power plays6
22Penalty minutes18
19Hits11
11Blocked shots21
27Giveaways21
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.

Utah Hockey Club

Forward lines

  1. bestCrouse – McBain – Doan12:16

    xG 0.48–0.09 (84%)attempts 15–6goals 0–0

  2. Bjugstad – Kerfoot – Stenlund8:55

    xG 0.27–0.20 (58%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Schmaltz – Yamamoto – Hayton4:31

    xG 0.07–0.10 (43%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Keller – Guenther – Cooley7:42

    xG 0.04–0.15 (22%)attempts 5–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBortuzzo – Maatta7:11

    xG 0.57–0.11 (84%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Maatta – Kesselring3:04

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Maatta – Durzi2:49

    xG 0.03–0.06 (37%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestBuchnevich – Thomas – Neighbours6:12

    xG 0.27–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–1goals 1–0

  2. Schenn – Kyrou – Snuggerud7:15

    xG 0.22–0.10 (69%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Sundqvist – Joseph – Bolduc6:05

    xG 0.17–0.27 (39%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  4. Faksa – Walker – Toropchenko8:54

    xG 0.02–0.21 (8%)attempts 2–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFowler – Parayko11:58

    xG 0.93–0.00 (100%)attempts 13–3goals 3–0

  2. Faulk – Broberg14:12

    xG 0.12–0.12 (50%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  3. Suter – Leddy14:53

    xG 0.17–0.64 (21%)attempts 8–19goals 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 3.3 xGUTA 2.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLUTA

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 UTA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #1137 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.54 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 57% (winner's lowest chance)
UTA 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +11 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 70% of the time.

STL winsUTA wins

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

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