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Mon, Feb 8, 2021·Enterprise Center, St. Louis

Arizona Coyotes 4, St. Louis Blues 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 65% of the time.

STL winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
ARI0102915022426
STL111117111041343

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:29STLRyan O'ReillyPPAssists: David Perron, Justin Faulk · Wrist, 0.29 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:48ARIConor GarlandAssists: Clayton Keller, Nick Schmaltz · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P2 8:11STLDavid PerronAssists: Ivan Barbashev, Ryan O'Reilly · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P2 11:36ARIChristian DvorakPPAssists: Nick Schmaltz, Jakob Chychrun · Wrist, 0.36 xG2–2
  5. P3 3:44STLRyan O'ReillyAssists: Mackenzie MacEachern · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:59ARIClayton KellerPPAssists: Christian Dvorak, Jakob Chychrun · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. STL David Perron scored
  2. 2. ARI Nick Schmaltz stopped
  3. 3. STL Brayden Schenn stopped
  4. 4. ARI Conor Garland scored
  5. 5. STL Ryan O'Reilly stopped
  6. 6. ARI Christian Dvorak scored
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 2:41STLKyle Clifford: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:41ARIJohn Hayden: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 13:01ARIMichael Chaput: High sticking2 min · PPG
  4. P1 13:49STLJustin Faulk: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 4:40ARIJason Demers: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 11:25STLVince Dunn: Hooking2 min · PPG
  7. P2 17:51ARIJakob Chychrun: Interference2 min
  8. P3 9:58STLZachary Sanford: Cross checking2 min
  9. P3 17:35ARIClayton Keller: Holding2 min
  10. P3 18:31STLJaden Schwartz: High sticking2 min · PPG
  11. P3 19:11STLJustin Faulk: Holding2 min
  12. P3 19:11ARIConor Garland: Embellishment2 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 20:00O'Reilly won the faceoff against Dvorak
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARISTL
26Shots on goal43
3.1Expected goals4.1
68Shot attempts69
30Faceoffs won26
4Power plays4
15Penalty minutes15
22Hits21
17Blocked shots28
6Giveaways6
3Takeaways5

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 – Keller8:18

    xG 0.67–0.32 (68%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  2. Brassard – Kessel – Dvorak3:07

    xG 0.06–0.03 (65%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Larsson – Chaput – Hayden5:18

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Brassard – Kessel – Hayton6:28

    xG 0.09–0.17 (35%)attempts 8–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Hjalmarsson13:34

    xG 0.84–0.15 (85%)attempts 19–5goals 1–0

  2. Goligoski – Chychrun2:21

    xG 0.12–0.00 (97%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Demers – Oesterle11:15

    xG 0.52–0.54 (49%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestSchenn – Schwartz – Kyrou12:26

    xG 1.00–0.37 (73%)attempts 13–11goals 0–1

  2. Hoffman – Sundqvist – Sanford8:27

    xG 0.26–0.15 (65%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Perron – O'Reilly – Barbashev9:58

    xG 0.27–0.20 (58%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

  4. Clifford – MacEachern – de la Rose4:42

    xG 0.30–0.38 (45%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFaulk – Krug16:02

    xG 1.36–0.74 (65%)attempts 22–12goals 2–0

  2. Bortuzzo – Mikkola6:36

    xG 0.06–0.03 (69%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Parayko – Dunn18:49

    xG 0.30–0.57 (35%)attempts 14–23goals 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 4.1 xGARI 3.1 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 88/100 · #106 of 868 this seasonSwing 2.39 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 3% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +44 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 65% of the time.

STL winsARI wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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