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Tue, Oct 28, 2025·Enterprise Center, St. Louis

Detroit Red Wings 5, St. Louis Blues 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 73% of the time.

STL winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET272716520
STL1601214222

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:47STLBrayden SchennAssists: Colton Parayko, Philip Broberg · Snap, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:01DETBen ChiarotAssists: Mason Appleton, Alex DeBrincat · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–1
  3. P1 19:24DETAlex DeBrincatPPAssists: Moritz Seider, Dylan Larkin · Tip-in, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P2 11:14DETDylan LarkinGWGAssists: Simon Edvinsson, Lucas Raymond · Tip-in, 0.05 xG3–1
  5. P2 12:56DETElmer SoderblomAssists: Michael Rasmussen, James van Riemsdyk · Snap, 0.23 xG4–1
  6. P3 15:36STLJordan KyrouAssists: Pius Suter, Philip Broberg · Wrist, 0.07 xG4–2
  7. P3 18:53DETDylan LarkinENAssists: Lucas Raymond · Wrist, 0.37 xG5–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 7:35DETTravis Hamonic: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 7:35STLBrayden Schenn: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 19:09STLDylan Holloway: Holding2 min · PPG
  4. P2 8:13STLNathan Walker: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 14:59DETBen Chiarot: Holding2 min
  6. P2 18:18DETAndrew Copp: 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0STL
47% to win53% to win
← DET attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Larkin won the faceoff against Schenn
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETSTL
20Shots on goal22
3.0Expected goals1.8
49Shot attempts51
27Faceoffs won18
2Power plays2
9Penalty minutes9
14Hits31
14Blocked shots11
19Giveaways13
3Takeaways3

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestvan Riemsdyk – Rasmussen – Soderblom10:27

    xG 0.77–0.10 (89%)attempts 10–4goals 1–0

  2. Larkin – Raymond – Finnie10:50

    xG 0.56–0.29 (66%)attempts 13–8goals 1–1

  3. Appleton – DeBrincat – Kasper10:34

    xG 0.41–0.48 (46%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

  4. Copp – Compher – Berggren10:27

    xG 0.00–0.37 (0%)attempts 2–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeider – Edvinsson16:25

    xG 1.23–0.27 (82%)attempts 20–10goals 2–1

  2. Chiarot – Sandin-Pellikka13:56

    xG 0.36–0.37 (50%)attempts 11–9goals 0–1

  3. Johansson – Edvinsson2:40

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestKyrou – Suter – Holloway11:22

    xG 0.60–0.31 (66%)attempts 12–9goals 1–0

  2. Schenn – Buchnevich – Snuggerud9:21

    xG 0.21–0.29 (42%)attempts 7–6goals 0–1

  3. Bjugstad – Sundqvist – Texier9:11

    xG 0.24–0.54 (30%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  4. Walker – Joseph – Toropchenko8:58

    xG 0.07–0.40 (14%)attempts 6–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Parayko – Broberg16:00

    xG 0.39–0.38 (51%)attempts 10–15goals 1–1

  2. Faulk – Fowler14:49

    xG 0.59–0.71 (45%)attempts 17–8goals 0–0

  3. Tucker – Mailloux10:51

    xG 0.04–0.37 (9%)attempts 4–8goals 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 1.8 xGDET 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 51/100 · #688 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.93 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 32% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 73% of the time.

STL winsDET wins

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

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