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Mon, Jan 10, 2011·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Phoenix Coyotes 4, St. Louis Blues 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Phoenix Coyotes win this game 55% of the time.

STL winsPHX wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHX01021528433
STL11108217336

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:53STLDavid BackesAssists: Matt D'Agostini, Alexander Steen · Snap, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:39PHXLauri KorpikoskiAssists: Ed Jovanovski, Adrian Aucoin · Deflected, 0.27 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:15PHXLee StempniakUnassisted · Backhand, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P3 3:01STLMatt D'AgostiniAssists: Vladimir Sobotka · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–2
  5. P3 3:21STLBrad WinchesterAssists: Jay McClement, Brad Boyes · Tip-in, 0.28 xG2–3
  6. P3 9:58PHXKyle TurrisAssists: Sami Lepisto, Taylor Pyatt · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–3
  7. P3 16:48PHXTaylor PyattGWGAssists: Kyle Turris, Lauri Korpikoski · Wrap-around, 0.03 xG4–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 5:31STLCam Janssen: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 5:31PHXPaul Bissonnette: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 8:22PHXSami Lepisto: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 9:38PHXEd Jovanovski: Boarding2 min
  5. P2 1:15STLRoman Polak: Interference2 min
  6. P2 19:39STLAlex Pietrangelo: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  7. P2 0:00STLEric Brewer: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 0:00PHXKeith Yandle: Roughing2 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.

PHX00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHXSTL
33Shots on goal36
3.5Expected goals3.3
61Shot attempts63
28Faceoffs won33
2Power plays2
11Penalty minutes11
22Hits20
13Blocked shots13
6Giveaways4
5Takeaways3

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.

Phoenix Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestDoan – Belanger – Upshall13:09

    xG 0.53–0.09 (85%)attempts 15–5goals 0–0

  2. Pyatt – Fiddler – Stempniak5:22

    xG 0.29–0.08 (78%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  3. Whitney – Vrbata – Hanzal11:27

    xG 0.30–0.29 (51%)attempts 6–7goals 0–1

  4. Bissonnette – Korpikoski – Turris2:08

    xG 0.01–0.07 (16%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLepisto – Ekman-Larsson7:58

    xG 0.55–0.21 (72%)attempts 10–8goals 2–0

  2. Aucoin – Jovanovski18:14

    xG 0.62–0.42 (60%)attempts 13–11goals 1–1

  3. Morris – Yandle17:14

    xG 0.59–0.59 (50%)attempts 14–17goals 0–1

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestSteen – Crombeen – Berglund10:54

    xG 0.53–0.11 (83%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  2. Janssen – Porter – Hensick2:13

    xG 0.14–0.15 (48%)attempts 3–4goals 0–1

  3. Boyes – Winchester – McClement10:21

    xG 0.64–0.69 (48%)attempts 14–12goals 1–2

  4. Backes – Sobotka – D'Agostini14:41

    xG 0.52–0.76 (41%)attempts 12–17goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. Colaiacovo – Johnson12:11

    xG 0.72–0.70 (51%)attempts 17–14goals 0–3

  2. Jackman – Pietrangelo17:21

    xG 0.81–0.86 (49%)attempts 18–17goals 2–1

  3. Brewer – Polak16:42

    xG 0.18–0.43 (30%)attempts 8–13goals 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 xGPHX 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLPHX

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 PHX. Dots are goals.

Excitement 86/100 · #153 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.27 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 19% (winner's lowest chance)
PHX 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +40 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Phoenix Coyotes win this game 55% of the time.

STL winsPHX wins

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

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