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Tue, Feb 2, 2021·Enterprise Center, St. Louis

Arizona Coyotes 3, St. Louis Blues 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 67% of the time.

STL winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI11119115335
STL11121216429

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:15ARIChristian DvorakAssists: Tyler Pitlick, Drake Caggiula · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:25STLMike HoffmanAssists: Colton Parayko, Sammy Blais · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P2 3:54STLJustin FaulkAssists: Sammy Blais, Vince Dunn · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–2
  4. P2 6:25ARIChristian DvorakPPAssists: Nick Schmaltz, Phil Kessel · Tip-in, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. P2 11:45STLVince DunnAssists: Jaden Schwartz, Jordan Kyrou · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–3
  6. P3 1:44STLRyan O'ReillyGWGAssists: Jordan Kyrou, Colton Parayko · Snap, 0.11 xG2–4
  7. P3 17:21ARINick SchmaltzAssists: Conor Garland, Phil Kessel · Wrist, 0.15 xG3–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 1:35ARIClayton Keller: Interference2 min
  2. P1 17:47ARIJordan Oesterle: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P2 4:20STLIvan Barbashev: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 4:50STLMarco Scandella: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 15:08ARIPhil Kessel: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 0:31ARIDrake Caggiula: High sticking double minor4 min
  7. P3 1:25STLDavid Perron: 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 20:00Barbashev won the faceoff against Dvorak
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARISTL
35Shots on goal29
3.1Expected goals2.2
57Shot attempts55
26Faceoffs won33
2Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
15Hits13
19Blocked shots16
3Giveaways3
0Takeaways1

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. bestSchmaltz – Garland – Keller11:29

    xG 0.42–0.16 (73%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  2. Pitlick – Dvorak – Caggiula9:01

    xG 0.19–0.22 (46%)attempts 5–8goals 1–0

  3. Brassard – Kessel – Hunt3:09

    xG 0.09–0.17 (35%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Brassard – Kessel – Hayton5:50

    xG 0.14–0.49 (22%)attempts 4–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Goligoski – Chychrun2:17

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Chychrun – Gross11:08

    xG 0.63–0.61 (51%)attempts 12–12goals 1–1

  3. Demers – Oesterle16:04

    xG 0.31–0.31 (50%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestSchenn – Schwartz – Kyrou11:39

    xG 0.56–0.11 (84%)attempts 16–6goals 1–0

  2. Perron – O'Reilly – Sanford9:17

    xG 0.44–0.10 (81%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  3. Clifford – Sundqvist – Barbashev7:57

    xG 0.16–0.13 (55%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Hoffman – Blais – Thomas8:53

    xG 0.35–0.37 (49%)attempts 6–9goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestScandella – Mikkola3:12

    xG 0.32–0.06 (85%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  2. Faulk – Dunn2:46

    xG 0.32–0.09 (77%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  3. Faulk – Krug16:11

    xG 0.32–0.11 (75%)attempts 14–9goals 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 2.2 xGARI 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 57/100 · #359 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.55 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 34% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 67% 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).