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2021-02-27 · SAP Center at San Jose

7 – 6Final

STL beat SJS 7–6. STL lost the expected-goals battle 2.4 to 4.3 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Marco Scandella scored at 7:14 of the third, moving STL’s win probability from 48% to 77%. Devan Dubnyk allowed 4.1 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
31 – 40
Expected goals
2.4 – 4.3
xG share
SJS 64%
Home-ice start
SJS 53%

Win probability

The site’s win-probability model, second by second: score, time left and the manpower on the ice. Dots are goals; hover for the swing.

STL goalSJS goal

Expected goals

Running total of each team’s shot quality (unblocked attempts). Dots are goals.

STLSJS

Three stars, by the model

Net goals added in this game versus a league-average player: on-ice goal share, finishing, playmaking, suppression, drawn and taken penalties, faceoffs; goalies by goals saved above expected.

STL
Marco Scandella
2 G, 1 A · 25:28 TOI
Finishing +1.68
+1.69
SJS
2 G, 0 A · 23:09 TOI
On-ice +0.32 · Finishing +1.32
+1.66
SJS
2 G, 1 A · 18:28 TOI
Finishing +1.60
+1.60

Rough nights

SJS
Devan Dubnyk
59:11 TOI
GSAx −4.14
−4.14
STL
30:34 TOI
GSAx −2.07
−2.25
STL
0 G, 1 A · 25:49 TOI
On-ice −0.39 · Finishing −0.09 · Penalties −0.18
−0.68

Scoring

Win probability of the scoring team just before and after each goal.

TimeTeamGoalSTL–SJSWin prob.
P1 0:17 SJSTimo Meier
from Rudolfs Balcers, Dylan Gambrell
0–153% → 69%
P1 6:08 STLMarco Scandella
unassisted
1–131% → 47%
P1 10:11 SJSEvander KanePP
from Logan Couture, Brent Burns
1–254% → 70%
P2 3:34 STLSammy Blais
from Vince Dunn, Ryan O'Reilly
2–228% → 47%
P2 6:43 SJSTimo MeierPP
from Kevin Labanc
2–354% → 73%
P2 7:28 STLBrayden Schenn
from David Perron
3–327% → 47%
P2 10:34 SJSEvander Kane
unassisted
3–453% → 75%
P2 18:16 STLZachary Sanford
from Jordan Kyrou, Torey Krug
4–424% → 47%
P3 1:18 STLMackenzie MacEachernSH
from Zachary Sanford, Marco Scandella
5–447% → 72%
P3 2:13 SJSKevin Labanc
from John Leonard, Timo Meier
5–527% → 52%
P3 3:20 STLRyan O'Reilly
from Justin Faulk
6–548% → 75%
P3 6:31 SJSLogan Couture
from Brent Burns, Mario Ferraro
6–623% → 52%
P3 7:14 STLMarco Scandella
from Oskar Sundqvist, Mike Hoffman
7–648% → 77%

Every player

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STL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Marco Scandella D25:2821+1.69+0.01+1.68−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Mackenzie MacEachern L7:381+0.76+0.02+0.75−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Sammy Blais L13:271+0.70+0.08+0.80−0.01+0.00−0.18+0.00
Brayden Schenn C21:081+0.70−0.26+0.84−0.00+0.03+0.00+0.09
Ryan O'Reilly C23:5311+0.63−0.15+0.46+0.01+0.01+0.18+0.12
Zachary Sanford L15:2011+0.50+0.15+0.55−0.02+0.01−0.18−0.01
Torey Krug D20:061+0.06+0.11−0.06+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jordan Kyrou R12:131+0.05+0.24−0.41+0.04−0.00+0.18+0.00
Vince Dunn D17:521+0.03+0.04−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jacob de la Rose L1:16+0.00+0.01−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Mike Hoffman C13:481−0.02+0.12−0.15+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.01
Kyle Clifford L6:51−0.12−0.01−0.10−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Robert Bortuzzo D15:02−0.20−0.21+0.01−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Oskar Sundqvist C21:081−0.33−0.32−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Niko Mikkola D15:01−0.36−0.02−0.15−0.01−0.01−0.18+0.00
Nathan Walker L16:27−0.36−0.27−0.08−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
David Perron L18:001−0.52−0.18−0.15+0.00−0.01−0.18+0.00
Justin Faulk D25:491−0.68−0.39−0.09−0.00−0.02−0.18+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Ville Husso G29:26+0.26
Jordan Binnington G30:34−2.25

SJS

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Evander Kane L23:092+1.66+0.32+1.32+0.03−0.03+0.00+0.02
Timo Meier R18:2821+1.60+0.02+1.60+0.00−0.01+0.00−0.02
Logan Couture C21:4511+1.11+0.25+0.70+0.02+0.01+0.18−0.05
Kevin Labanc R16:4611+0.49−0.09+0.58+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Brent Burns D27:212+0.25+0.39−0.17+0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
John Leonard L13:211+0.20+0.13−0.11−0.00+0.00+0.18+0.00
Erik Karlsson D20:52+0.07+0.06−0.32+0.00−0.03+0.36+0.00
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D17:28+0.01+0.01+0.00−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Mario Ferraro D19:391−0.01−0.02+0.01+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Matt Nieto L8:11−0.05−0.03−0.00−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Radim Simek D14:51−0.06−0.03−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Nikolai Knyzhov D13:17−0.12−0.11+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Dylan Gambrell C17:161−0.20−0.12−0.00−0.02−0.01+0.00−0.05
Noah Gregor L7:41−0.25−0.10−0.10−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.03
Ryan Donato C17:04−0.27+0.48−0.74−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.01
Sasha Chmelevski C6:08−0.28−0.08−0.16−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.03
Patrick Marleau C14:37−0.37+0.18−0.32−0.00−0.00−0.18−0.04
Rudolfs Balcers L18:551−0.44−0.04−0.40−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Devan Dubnyk G59:11−4.14

Net goals for one game are noisy: a single goal against on the ice or a lucky finish moves them a lot. See the card guide and Net Goals 101 for how they are built.