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Mon, Apr 4, 2016·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Arizona Coyotes 2, St. Louis Blues 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 53% of the time.

STL winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI21104012227
STL0611149526

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:28ARIAntoine VermetteAssists: Connor Murphy, Alex Tanguay · Backhand, 0.25 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:08ARIAnthony DuclairAssists: Alex Tanguay, Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–0
  3. P2 7:36STLTroy BrouwerPPAssists: Alex Pietrangelo, Colton Parayko · Tip-in, 0.14 xG2–1
  4. P3 1:28STLKyle BrodziakSHAssists: Scottie Upshall, Alex Pietrangelo · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. P3 10:42STLVladimir TarasenkoGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–3
  6. P3 13:00STLPatrik BerglundPPAssists: Vladimir Tarasenko, Kevin Shattenkirk · Slap, 0.16 xG2–4
  7. P3 19:09STLKyle BrodziakAssists: Scottie Upshall, Robert Bortuzzo · Slap, 0.05 xG2–5
Penalties (16)
  1. P2 5:52ARIAlex Grant: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 10:02STLJoel Edmundson: Interference2 min
  3. P2 10:55ARIMax Domi: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 10:55STLScottie Upshall: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 10:55ARIMax Domi: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 13:56ARIAlex Tanguay: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 18:09ARIAntoine Vermette: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 18:09ARIKevin Connauton: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 18:09ARIKevin Connauton: Roughing2 min
  10. P2 18:09STLJoel Edmundson: Roughing2 min
  11. P2 18:09STLJoel Edmundson: Roughing2 min
  12. P2 19:43STLAlexander Steen: Interference2 min
  13. P3 7:44STLMagnus Paajarvi: Slashing2 min
  14. P3 12:20ARIAlex Tanguay: High sticking2 min · PPG
  15. P3 15:45ARIAntoine Vermette: Cross checking2 min
  16. P3 15:45ARIAntoine Vermette: Misconduct10 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
47% to win54% to win
← ARI attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Richardson won the faceoff against Lehtera
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARISTL
27Shots on goal26
2.2Expected goals2.4
43Shot attempts57
39Faceoffs won19
3Power plays6
28Penalty minutes12
15Hits19
19Blocked shots11
2Giveaways0
7Takeaways6

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. bestTanguay – Vermette – Duclair10:18

    xG 0.84–0.38 (69%)attempts 12–8goals 2–1

  2. Gordon – Chipchura – Martinook7:10

    xG 0.13–0.05 (72%)attempts 1–8goals 0–0

  3. Rieder – Dauphin – Sekac9:10

    xG 0.11–0.21 (33%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  4. Doan – Richardson – Domi9:23

    xG 0.25–0.55 (31%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkman-Larsson – Murphy16:02

    xG 0.68–0.44 (61%)attempts 15–12goals 1–0

  2. Grant – Dahlbeck6:24

    xG 0.13–0.08 (61%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

  3. Michalek – Dahlbeck2:34

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestSteen – Lehtera – Tarasenko9:25

    xG 0.62–0.14 (81%)attempts 16–6goals 0–0

  2. Berglund – Schwartz – Jaskin4:04

    xG 0.05–0.01 (78%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Brouwer – Stastny – Schwartz6:34

    xG 0.29–0.32 (48%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Upshall – Brodziak – Reaves6:23

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPietrangelo – Parayko2:40

    xG 0.11–0.01 (90%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Pietrangelo – Edmundson11:29

    xG 0.54–0.50 (52%)attempts 15–11goals 0–1

  3. Bortuzzo – Edmundson3:35

    xG 0.22–0.19 (54%)attempts 2–3goals 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 2.4 xGARI 2.2 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 78/100 · #252 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.84 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 13% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +34 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 53% 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).