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Tue, Jan 14, 2014·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Phoenix Coyotes 1, St. Louis Blues 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Phoenix Coyotes win this game 54% of the time.

STL winsPHX wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHX041908121
STL1611002218

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:54STLT.J. OshieAssists: Alex Pietrangelo, David Backes · Slap, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P2 12:54STLT.J. OshiePPGWGAssists: David Backes, Kevin Shattenkirk · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–2
  3. P2 19:12PHXOliver Ekman-LarssonPPAssists: Keith Yandle, Mikkel Boedker · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P2 1:38PHXMichael Stone: Holding2 min
  2. P2 8:22STLBarret Jackman: Holding2 min
  3. P2 11:51PHXMichael Stone: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 16:32PHXRostislav Klesla: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 17:44STLDavid Backes: Boarding2 min · PPG
  6. P3 8:45STLBrenden Morrow: 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.

PHX00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0STL
48% to win52% to win
← PHX attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backes won the faceoff against Vermette
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHXSTL
21Shots on goal18
2.0Expected goals1.8
49Shot attempts34
33Faceoffs won30
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
23Hits18
8Blocked shots17
4Giveaways5
5Takeaways9

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. bestVermette – Korpikoski – Boedker4:57

    xG 0.35–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 0–0

  2. Vrbata – Hanzal – Kennedy12:00

    xG 0.71–0.38 (65%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  3. Doan – Ribeiro – Boedker2:19

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  4. Doan – Ribeiro – Moss5:19

    xG 0.13–0.02 (88%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMorris – Ekman-Larsson18:41

    xG 0.54–0.07 (89%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  2. Klesla – Schlemko8:54

    xG 0.88–0.49 (64%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  3. Yandle – Stone17:15

    xG 0.23–0.87 (21%)attempts 13–12goals 0–1

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestBerglund – Paajarvi – Tarasenko11:05

    xG 0.63–0.40 (61%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Cracknell – Reaves – Jaskin5:45

    xG 0.04–0.07 (39%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  3. Morrow – Roy – Stewart8:30

    xG 0.18–0.30 (37%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

  4. Backes – Oshie – Schwartz13:06

    xG 0.21–0.39 (36%)attempts 5–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Bouwmeester – Pietrangelo19:32

    xG 0.58–0.54 (52%)attempts 9–13goals 1–0

  2. Jackman – Shattenkirk15:16

    xG 0.57–0.54 (51%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  3. Polak – Cole11:39

    xG 0.22–0.66 (25%)attempts 6–14goals 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 1.8 xGPHX 2.0 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 13/100 · #1047 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.86 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
PHX 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 54% 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).