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Mon, Mar 27, 2017·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Arizona Coyotes 1, St. Louis Blues 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 64% of the time.

STL winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI0501017122
STL0521627428

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 7:53STLJaden SchwartzAssists: Alexander Steen, Vladimir Tarasenko · Wrist, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P2 12:28STLAlex PietrangeloGWGAssists: Nail Yakupov, Alexander Steen · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P3 1:01ARITony DeAngeloAssists: Radim Vrbata, Alex Goligoski · Snap, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P3 10:06STLJaden SchwartzAssists: Vladimir Tarasenko, Alexander Steen · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:11STLVladimir TarasenkoAssists: Jaden Schwartz, Alexander Steen · Backhand, 0.13 xG1–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 1:20ARIAlex Goligoski: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 6:51STLRyan Reaves: Closing hand on puck2 min
  3. P1 9:25ARILuke Schenn: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 11:30STLNail Yakupov: Interference2 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
44% to win56% to win
← ARI attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Steen won the faceoff against Burmistrov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARISTL
22Shots on goal28
1.7Expected goals2.3
39Shot attempts48
22Faceoffs won25
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
25Hits21
11Blocked shots11
2Giveaways3
2Takeaways9

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. Burmistrov – Fischer – Keller11:07

    xG 0.10–0.20 (34%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  2. Rieder – Martinook – Perlini8:58

    xG 0.38–0.54 (41%)attempts 5–16goals 0–0

  3. McGinn – Rieder – Martinook2:37

    xG 0.08–0.26 (23%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Vrbata – Domi – Dvorak14:07

    xG 0.20–0.58 (25%)attempts 12–11goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkman-Larsson – Murphy11:20

    xG 0.79–0.39 (67%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

  2. Ekman-Larsson – DeAngelo4:02

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Goligoski – Schenn3:36

    xG 0.03–0.04 (42%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestYakupov – Sanford – Barbashev12:09

    xG 0.66–0.02 (97%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  2. Steen – Tarasenko – Schwartz13:28

    xG 1.13–0.50 (69%)attempts 19–10goals 3–0

  3. Berglund – Perron – Paajarvi10:36

    xG 0.26–0.11 (71%)attempts 7–3goals 0–1

  4. Upshall – Brodziak – Reaves10:04

    xG 0.19–0.60 (24%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBouwmeester – Pietrangelo6:57

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

  2. Bouwmeester – Bortuzzo9:42

    xG 0.36–0.11 (76%)attempts 5–4goals 1–0

  3. Bortuzzo – Edmundson2:11

    xG 0.11–0.01 (91%)attempts 1–2goals 1–0

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 2.3 xGARI 1.7 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 25/100 · #889 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.77 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 64% 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).