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Sun, Mar 15, 2026·Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg

St. Louis Blues 2, Winnipeg Jets 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 55% of the time.

WPG winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL0906216231
WPG260416316

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:31WPGHaydn FleuryAssists: Brad Lambert, Morgan Barron · Snap, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:51WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Josh Morrissey · Backhand, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P3 5:17STLDalibor DvorskyAssists: Jonatan Berggren, Pius Suter · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P3 11:53WPGKyle ConnorGWGAssists: Morgan Barron, Haydn Fleury · Snap, 0.21 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:09STLDylan HollowayAssists: Logan Mailloux, Jimmy Snuggerud · Wrist, 0.25 xG2–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 3:12STLJustin Holl: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 17:20STLOskar Sundqvist: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 13:31WPGElias Salomonsson: Holding the stick2 min
  4. P2 18:17STLPius Suter: Holding2 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
47% to win53% to win
← STL attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lowry won the faceoff against Holloway
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLWPG
31Shots on goal16
3.1Expected goals2.8
60Shot attempts37
16Faceoffs won31
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
13Hits26
6Blocked shots15
13Giveaways17
3Takeaways4

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. bestThomas – Holloway – Snuggerud13:57

    xG 0.99–0.06 (94%)attempts 23–5goals 0–0

  2. Suter – Berggren – Dvorsky8:28

    xG 0.57–0.06 (90%)attempts 15–3goals 1–0

  3. Buchnevich – Kyrou – Neighbours8:16

    xG 0.59–0.26 (70%)attempts 9–4goals 0–1

  4. Sundqvist – Toropchenko – Finley8:01

    xG 0.00–0.44 (0%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBroberg – Mailloux15:55

    xG 0.68–0.24 (74%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  2. Parayko – Lindstein12:49

    xG 0.94–0.57 (62%)attempts 20–7goals 0–1

  3. Fowler – Parayko4:18

    xG 0.30–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–0goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestLowry – Vilardi – Perfetti10:08

    xG 0.69–0.25 (73%)attempts 10–6goals 0–1

  2. Barron – Koepke – Lambert4:26

    xG 0.09–0.29 (25%)attempts 1–7goals 1–0

  3. Toews – Nyquist – Rosen5:12

    xG 0.00–0.27 (0%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  4. Scheifele – Connor – Iafallo11:09

    xG 0.17–0.48 (26%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSamberg – Salomonsson14:00

    xG 0.72–0.44 (62%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  2. Fleury – Bryson9:10

    xG 0.28–0.19 (60%)attempts 7–5goals 2–1

  3. DeMelo – Samberg2:39

    xG 0.05–0.09 (34%)attempts 2–2goals 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 2.8 xGSTL 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 26/100 · #1021 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.87 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +13 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 55% of the time.

WPG winsSTL wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).