Carolina Hurricanes at St. Louis Blues
Recap
written from the game dataThe St. Louis Blues beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3. The lead changed hands 2 times. The Blues led 3-1 after two periods. The biggest swing in win probability was Kasperi Kapanen's goal at 4:26 of the third period, which took the Blues' chances from 52% to 78%. Expected goals favored the Hurricanes, 2.7 to 1.9; shots on goal were CAR 40, STL 19. With league-average goaltending at both ends, the Hurricanes win a replay of these chances 65% of the time. Pyotr Kochetkov stopped 15 of 19 (.789), 2.1 goals below expected; Joel Hofer stopped 37 of 40 (.925). Three stars: 1. Jake Neighbours (1 G, 1 A), 2. Mathieu Joseph (1 G, 1 A), 3. Andrei Svechnikov (1 G, 1 A).
Three stars
- ★J. Neighbours1 G, 1 A

- ★★M. Joseph1 G, 1 A

- ★★★A. Svechnikov1 G, 1 A

Line score
goals · shots on goal beneathScoring
7 goals1st period
1-01:21
2nd period
1-110:22
1-211:35
1-313:31
3rd period
2-31:39
3-32:57
3-44:26
Penalties
1st
- 10:59
Jake Neighbours · Hookingdrawn by Martin Necas2 min
2nd
- 2:04
Shayne Gostisbehere · Interferencedrawn by Kasperi Kapanen2 min
- 6:02
Shayne Gostisbehere · Hookingdrawn by Brandon Saad2 min
- 13:58
Sebastian Aho · Cross checkingdrawn by Jordan Kyrou2 min
- 13:58
Robert Thomas · Roughingdrawn by Sebastian Aho2 min
3rd
- 1:09
Colton Parayko · Delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 5:41
Sean Walker · Roughingdrawn by Zachary Bolduc2 min
- 8:57
Pavel Buchnevich · High stickingdrawn by Martin Necas2 min
- 13:46
Jaccob Slavin · Delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 20:00
Brayden Schenn · Roughingdrawn by Andrei Svechnikov2 min
- 20:00
Andrei Svechnikov · Cross checkingdrawn by Robert Thomas2 min
- 20:00
Andrei Svechnikov · Roughingdrawn by Brayden Schenn2 min
Win probability
ours · the whole gameBiggest swing: Kasperi Kapanen, 3rd 4:26 — 52% → 78%
Shot map
unblocked attempts · size = our xGExpected goals
- 2.73 G
- All situations
- 4 G1.9
- 2.02 G
- Even strength
- 4 G1.5
- 0.71 G
- Power play
- 0 G0.3
- 0.00 G
- Shorthanded
- 0 G0.0
Expected goals: the chance each unblocked attempt scores, from our shot model, summed. 82 unblocked attempts.
Deserve to win
on the chances createdFlurry-adjusted xG 2.69 – 1.85
How often each side wins a replay of these chances with league-average goaltending at both ends. Rebounds in a flurry are counted once, so a scramble is not three chances.
Team stats
- 40
- Shots on goal
- 19
- 46%
- Faceoffs
- 54%
- 1/3
- Power play
- 0/4
- 14
- Penalty minutes
- 10
- 13
- Hits
- 27
- 5
- Blocked shots
- 12
- 11
- Giveaways
- 18
- 9
- Takeaways
- 3
Box score
every player line
Season series
Tied 1-1
3@
4this game
1@
4Final
Data: NHL. Model: Gridpex (expected goals and win probability built on NHL play-by-play).
