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Thu, Nov 9, 2017·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Arizona Coyotes 2, St. Louis Blues 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 68% of the time.

STL winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
ARI0821502040229
STL07112112072338

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 5:14STLJoel EdmundsonAssists: Chris Thorburn, Brayden Schenn · Tip-in, 0.22 xG0–1
  2. P2 9:38ARIBrendan PerliniAssists: Anthony Duclair, Kevin Connauton · Snap, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P2 18:41ARIBrendan PerliniPPAssists: Christian Dvorak, Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P3 5:01STLAlex PietrangeloAssists: Vladimir Tarasenko, Dmitrij Jaskin · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. STL Brayden Schenn scored
  2. 2. ARI Clayton Keller stopped
  3. 3. STL Vladimir Tarasenko stopped
  4. 4. ARI Derek Stepan stopped
  5. 5. STL Alexander Steen scored
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 8:07ARIMario Kempe: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 11:20STLRobert Bortuzzo: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 13:43STLJoel Edmundson: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 16:12ARIZac Rinaldo: Holding2 min
  5. P2 17:07STLBrayden Schenn: High sticking2 min · PPG
  6. P3 7:42ARIZac Rinaldo: Slashing2 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 20:00Stastny won the faceoff against Stepan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARISTL
29Shots on goal38
2.6Expected goals3.6
55Shot attempts66
29Faceoffs won40
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
25Hits30
12Blocked shots14
5Giveaways6
7Takeaways7

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. bestRieder – Dvorak – Fischer11:11

    xG 0.32–0.26 (56%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  2. Richardson – Rinaldo – Martinook10:08

    xG 0.33–0.47 (41%)attempts 13–9goals 0–1

  3. Kempe – Duclair – Perlini7:05

    xG 0.12–0.27 (31%)attempts 3–9goals 1–0

  4. Stepan – Domi – Keller12:42

    xG 0.21–0.43 (32%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Goligoski – Schenn12:48

    xG 0.16–0.18 (47%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  2. Connauton – Mermis8:49

    xG 0.36–0.43 (46%)attempts 7–5goals 1–1

  3. Demers – Ekman-Larsson17:38

    xG 0.43–0.58 (42%)attempts 14–19goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestSteen – Stastny – Sobotka13:11

    xG 0.59–0.35 (62%)attempts 15–11goals 0–1

  2. Schenn – Tarasenko – Schwartz14:00

    xG 0.40–0.18 (68%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  3. Paajarvi – Jaskin – Sundqvist8:07

    xG 0.17–0.18 (48%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  4. Thorburn – Upshall – Brodziak6:37

    xG 0.10–0.20 (34%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdmundson – Parayko15:41

    xG 0.73–0.27 (73%)attempts 19–11goals 1–0

  2. Gunnarsson – Bortuzzo3:35

    xG 0.20–0.04 (84%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Pietrangelo – Dunn5:22

    xG 0.19–0.03 (86%)attempts 5–2goals 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 3.6 xGARI 2.6 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 59/100 · #528 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.81 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +31 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 68% 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).