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Tue, Feb 10, 2015·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Arizona Coyotes 1, St. Louis Blues 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 95% of the time.

STL winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI1904013126
STL11611406236

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:42ARISam GagnerAssists: Martin Erat, Michael Stone · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:10STLAlexander SteenAssists: T.J. Oshie, David Backes · Wrist, 0.34 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:08STLDmitrij JaskinGWGAssists: Carl Gunnarsson · Backhand, 0.07 xG1–2
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 6:14ARIBrendan Shinnimin: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P2 8:34ARIBrandon McMillan: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 17:17STLJay Bouwmeester: 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0STL
46% to win54% to win
← ARI attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backes won the faceoff against Rieder
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARISTL
26Shots on goal36
0.9Expected goals4.3
43Shot attempts56
27Faceoffs won31
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
28Hits32
10Blocked shots11
0Giveaways2
7Takeaways11

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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestMoss – Chipchura – McMillan6:08

    xG 0.12–0.06 (66%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Erat – Gagner – McMillan2:16

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–2goals 1–0

  3. Crombeen – McMillan – Shinnimin2:20

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Moss – Chipchura – Korpikoski3:28

    xG 0.01–0.02 (31%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Summers – Campbell11:59

    xG 0.13–0.26 (33%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  2. Michalek – Ekman-Larsson16:12

    xG 0.32–0.82 (28%)attempts 14–16goals 1–1

  3. Yandle – Stone19:22

    xG 0.17–0.67 (20%)attempts 11–19goals 0–1

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestSteen – Backes – Oshie13:59

    xG 0.88–0.24 (79%)attempts 16–11goals 1–0

  2. Stastny – Berglund – Jaskin12:19

    xG 0.36–0.15 (71%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  3. Lehtera – Tarasenko – Schwartz10:51

    xG 0.33–0.13 (72%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  4. Ott – Goc – Reaves8:33

    xG 0.16–0.05 (75%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBouwmeester – Gunnarsson16:55

    xG 0.92–0.29 (76%)attempts 16–14goals 1–0

  2. Butler – Pietrangelo16:14

    xG 0.55–0.23 (70%)attempts 14–15goals 1–1

  3. Jackman – Cole15:18

    xG 0.31–0.18 (63%)attempts 12–9goals 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 4.3 xGARI 0.9 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLARI

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 ARI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 18/100 · #980 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.96 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 35% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 95% of the time.

STL winsARI wins

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

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