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Mon, Feb 15, 2021·Gila River Arena, Glendale

St. Louis Blues 0, Arizona Coyotes 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 54% of the time.

ARI winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL0901203024
ARI0101504119

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 5:21ARIClayton KellerGWGAssists: Nick Schmaltz · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 19:34STLRyan O'Reilly: Interference2 min
  2. P2 9:03ARIClayton Keller: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 10:29ARILawson Crouse: Delaying game smothering puck2 min
  4. P2 19:52STLMackenzie MacEachern: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 8:23STLBrayden Schenn: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 16:35STLRyan O'Reilly: High sticking2 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.

STL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ARI
46% to win54% to win
← STL attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dvorak won the faceoff against O'Reilly
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLARI
24Shots on goal19
1.9Expected goals1.7
52Shot attempts35
24Faceoffs won23
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
16Hits30
8Blocked shots15
5Giveaways3
6Takeaways4

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.

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestSundqvist – Sanford – Poganski7:22

    xG 0.33–0.02 (95%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Perron – O'Reilly – Barbashev13:01

    xG 0.31–0.19 (62%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  3. Clifford – MacEachern – de la Rose6:57

    xG 0.17–0.14 (55%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  4. Hoffman – Schenn – Kyrou10:32

    xG 0.21–0.19 (53%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBortuzzo – Dunn11:45

    xG 0.35–0.12 (74%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0

  2. Gunnarsson – Parayko10:03

    xG 0.23–0.11 (66%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  3. Gunnarsson – Faulk3:49

    xG 0.10–0.01 (94%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. Pitlick – Dvorak – Crouse10:39

    xG 0.27–0.22 (55%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  2. Brassard – Kessel – Hunt9:25

    xG 0.16–0.15 (53%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  3. Schmaltz – Garland – Keller10:26

    xG 0.31–0.38 (45%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  4. Hayden – Fischer – Hayton6:45

    xG 0.06–0.28 (17%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDemers – Ekman-Larsson14:39

    xG 0.49–0.35 (58%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

  2. Oesterle – Lyubushkin12:03

    xG 0.19–0.28 (41%)attempts 7–10goals 1–0

  3. Goligoski – Chychrun17:03

    xG 0.23–0.52 (31%)attempts 7–18goals 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.

ARI 1.7 xGSTL 1.9 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARISTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

ARI's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line ARI is favoured, below it STL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 1/100 · #860 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.59 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 54% of the time.

ARI winsSTL wins

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

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