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Thu, Apr 18, 2013·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Phoenix Coyotes 1, St. Louis Blues 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Phoenix Coyotes win this game 72% of the time.

STL winsPHX wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
PHX08011111040134
STL1901108021230

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:58STLDavid PerronAssists: David Backes, Alex Pietrangelo · Deflected, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P3 18:53PHXRadim VrbataPPAssists: Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Martin Hanzal · Backhand, 0.20 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. STL Andy McDonald scored
  2. 2. PHX Antoine Vermette stopped
  3. 3. STL Chris Stewart stopped
  4. 4. PHX Radim Vrbata stopped
  5. 5. STL Alexander Steen stopped
  6. 6. PHX Oliver Ekman-Larsson stopped
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 2:05STLRyan Reaves: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:05PHXPaul Bissonnette: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 3:00PHXKeith Yandle: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 3:41STLChris Porter: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P1 4:11PHXAntoine Vermette: Holding2 min
  6. P1 15:06STLAlexander Steen: Roughing2 min
  7. P1 17:05STLAlex Pietrangelo: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  8. P1 0:00STLDavid Backes: Cross checking2 min
  9. P1 0:00PHXRostislav Klesla: Cross checking2 min
  10. P3 17:44STLDavid Backes: Boarding2 min · PPG
  11. OT 5:00STLRyan Reaves: Game misconduct head coach0 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
43% to win57% to win
← PHX attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Berglund won the faceoff against Gordon
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHXSTL
34Shots on goal30
3.4Expected goals2.1
64Shot attempts50
23Faceoffs won33
3Power plays2
11Penalty minutes15
26Hits14
12Blocked shots17
3Giveaways0
5Takeaways7

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. bestMoss – Gordon – Klinkhammer12:12

    xG 0.73–0.03 (96%)attempts 15–4goals 0–0

  2. Bissonnette – Bolduc – Conner2:01

    xG 0.07–0.13 (37%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Vrbata – Hanzal – Boedker12:08

    xG 0.28–0.47 (38%)attempts 11–10goals 0–1

  4. Doan – Vermette – Conner4:29

    xG 0.06–0.31 (17%)attempts 1–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMichalek – Ekman-Larsson16:34

    xG 0.91–0.28 (76%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  2. Morris – Yandle14:04

    xG 0.81–0.73 (53%)attempts 12–14goals 0–1

  3. Klesla – Stone12:17

    xG 0.74–0.67 (52%)attempts 14–15goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestSteen – Backes – Perron11:01

    xG 0.46–0.14 (77%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

  2. McDonald – Sobotka – Stewart9:46

    xG 0.66–0.62 (52%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  3. Porter – Berglund – Schwartz2:30

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

  4. Berglund – Tarasenko – Schwartz7:06

    xG 0.16–0.30 (35%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBouwmeester – Pietrangelo18:16

    xG 0.67–0.57 (54%)attempts 15–14goals 1–0

  2. Jackman – Polak12:07

    xG 0.44–0.44 (50%)attempts 16–14goals 0–0

  3. Leopold – Shattenkirk15:03

    xG 0.73–1.37 (35%)attempts 14–15goals 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 2.1 xGPHX 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 54/100 · #334 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.67 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
PHX 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +46 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 72% of the time.

STL winsPHX wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).