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Mon, Apr 4, 2022·Enterprise Center, St. Louis

Arizona Coyotes 1, St. Louis Blues 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 75% of the time.

STL winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI0701015122
STL01041415529

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:17STLIvan BarbashevAssists: Calle Rosen, David Perron · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:34STLVladimir TarasenkoGWGAssists: Robert Thomas, Pavel Buchnevich · Snap, 0.08 xG0–2
  3. P2 6:33STLBrayden SchennPPAssists: David Perron, Nick Leddy · Snap, 0.13 xG0–3
  4. P2 14:39STLPavel BuchnevichSHAssists: Ryan O'Reilly · Snap, 0.19 xG0–4
  5. P3 3:09ARINick SchmaltzAssists: Cam Dineen, Nick Ritchie · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–4
  6. P3 13:09STLVladimir TarasenkoAssists: Robert Thomas, Pavel Buchnevich · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–5
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 2:01ARIKyle Capobianco: Holding2 min
  2. P1 19:00STLBrayden Schenn: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 5:47ARIBarrett Hayton: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 14:12STLRobert Thomas: Hooking2 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
48% to win52% to win
← ARI attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Beagle won the faceoff against Schenn
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARISTL
22Shots on goal29
1.7Expected goals3.1
40Shot attempts56
21Faceoffs won30
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
6Hits22
14Blocked shots9
5Giveaways7
12Takeaways11

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. bestBoyd – Ritchie – Schmaltz9:12

    xG 0.42–0.23 (65%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  2. Galchenyuk – Jenik – Maccelli5:25

    xG 0.21–0.07 (74%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  3. Galchenyuk – Fasching – Jenik2:54

    xG 0.01–0.05 (18%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Eriksson – Beagle – Ritchie2:06

    xG 0.00–0.05 (6%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Capobianco – Kolyachonok15:45

    xG 0.43–0.55 (44%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

  2. Stralman – Dineen16:05

    xG 0.57–0.74 (43%)attempts 10–15goals 1–0

  3. Gostisbehere – Mayo14:34

    xG 0.48–0.83 (37%)attempts 13–16goals 0–1

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestTarasenko – Buchnevich – Thomas10:31

    xG 0.68–0.15 (82%)attempts 11–5goals 2–0

  2. Schenn – Barbashev – Kyrou10:00

    xG 0.47–0.13 (78%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  3. Perron – O'Reilly – Saad9:55

    xG 0.61–0.41 (60%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  4. MacEachern – Walker – Toropchenko10:28

    xG 0.44–0.33 (57%)attempts 9–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestScandella – Parayko16:06

    xG 0.95–0.24 (80%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  2. Bortuzzo – Rosen12:15

    xG 0.46–0.25 (65%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  3. Leddy – Faulk17:43

    xG 0.69–0.80 (46%)attempts 13–18goals 1–1

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 3.1 xGARI 1.7 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 13/100 · #1132 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.64 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 75% of the time.

STL winsARI wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).