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Tue, Nov 16, 2021·Enterprise Center, St. Louis

Arizona Coyotes 3, St. Louis Blues 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 67% of the time.

STL winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI1111913323
STL11419013236

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:37ARIKyle CapobiancoPPAssists: Lawson Crouse, Alex Galchenyuk · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:57STLJordan KyrouAssists: Ryan O'Reilly, Pavel Buchnevich · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:35ARIBarrett HaytonUnassisted · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–1
  4. P2 14:58STLTorey KrugAssists: Ryan O'Reilly · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. P3 13:52ARIBarrett HaytonPPGWGAssists: Shayne Gostisbehere, Phil Kessel · Tip-in, 0.13 xG3–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 3:10ARIShayne Gostisbehere: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 5:38STLIvan Barbashev: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P1 9:05ARIAlex Galchenyuk: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 12:08ARIDysin Mayo: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 14:46STLKlim Kostin: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 14:46ARIClayton Keller: Cross checking2 min
  7. P3 13:29STLBrandon Saad: Tripping2 min · PPG

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
48% to win52% to win
← ARI attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00O'Reilly won the faceoff against Boyd
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARISTL
23Shots on goal36
1.9Expected goals2.8
39Shot attempts56
30Faceoffs won32
2Power plays3
8Penalty minutes6
14Hits7
12Blocked shots8
5Giveaways9
10Takeaways10

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. bestEriksson – Beagle – Roussel9:23

    xG 0.33–0.27 (56%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  2. O'Brien – Fasching – Jenik4:50

    xG 0.10–0.09 (54%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Boyd – Crouse – Keller11:50

    xG 0.50–0.50 (50%)attempts 9–12goals 0–1

  4. Kessel – Galchenyuk – Hayton12:13

    xG 0.42–0.44 (49%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Capobianco – Dineen12:07

    xG 0.46–0.50 (48%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

  2. Chychrun – Lyubushkin15:43

    xG 0.19–0.29 (39%)attempts 11–10goals 0–1

  3. Gostisbehere – Mayo16:46

    xG 0.54–0.68 (44%)attempts 10–15goals 1–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestPerron – Bozak – Saad10:19

    xG 0.40–0.20 (67%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  2. O'Reilly – Buchnevich – Kyrou9:57

    xG 0.23–0.16 (59%)attempts 5–5goals 1–0

  3. Neal – Sundqvist – Kostin7:15

    xG 0.17–0.11 (62%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  4. Tarasenko – Barbashev – Thomas10:25

    xG 0.41–0.49 (45%)attempts 7–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestFaulk – Krug15:28

    xG 0.52–0.39 (57%)attempts 13–12goals 1–1

  2. Scandella – Parayko12:53

    xG 0.42–0.34 (55%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  3. Parayko – Perunovich4:24

    xG 0.10–0.03 (77%)attempts 2–1goals 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 2.8 xGARI 1.9 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 47/100 · #766 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.49 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 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 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).