Skip to content
Ice Lab

Sat, Apr 23, 2022·Gila River Arena, Glendale

St. Louis Blues 5, Arizona Coyotes 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 82% of the time.

ARI winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
STL3151130411533
ARI160331100420

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:13STLJustin FaulkAssists: Nathan Walker, Logan Brown · Slap, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P1 5:51STLIvan BarbashevAssists: Justin Faulk, Nick Leddy · Snap, 0.53 xG2–0
  3. P1 16:20STLBrandon SaadPPUnassisted · Backhand, 0.15 xG3–0
  4. P1 17:11ARINate SmithAssists: Anton Stralman, Michael Carcone · Deflected, 0.10 xG3–1
  5. P2 2:56STLLogan BrownAssists: Dakota Joshua · Wrist, 0.22 xG4–1
  6. P3 5:39ARIBokondji ImamaAssists: Alex Galchenyuk · Wrist, 0.19 xG4–2
  7. P3 6:23ARIMichael CarconeAssists: Anton Stralman, Phil Kessel · Wrist, 0.11 xG4–3
  8. P3 15:18ARIJ.J. MoserAssists: Nick Schmaltz, Jan Jenik · Wrist, 0.05 xG4–4
  9. OT 0:30STLJustin FaulkGWGAssists: Vladimir Tarasenko, Robert Thomas · Snap, 0.15 xG5–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 11:12ARIAlex Galchenyuk: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 15:40ARIShayne Gostisbehere: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P1 18:46STLAlexey Toropchenko: Holding the stick2 min
  4. P1 19:54ARIAlex Galchenyuk: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 10:40STLDavid Perron: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 11:47ARINick Schmaltz: 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.

STL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ARI
48% to win52% to win
← STL attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Thomas won the faceoff against McBain
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLARI
33Shots on goal20
4.3Expected goals2.1
55Shot attempts37
30Faceoffs won15
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
17Hits34
5Blocked shots11
13Giveaways19
8Takeaways6

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. bestWalker – Joshua – Brown10:43

    xG 1.57–0.21 (88%)attempts 18–3goals 2–0

  2. Barbashev – Kyrou – Toropchenko10:43

    xG 1.01–0.64 (61%)attempts 12–13goals 1–2

  3. Tarasenko – Buchnevich – Thomas11:27

    xG 0.39–0.25 (61%)attempts 4–5goals 0–1

  4. Perron – O'Reilly – Saad10:33

    xG 0.16–0.79 (17%)attempts 7–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLeddy – Faulk15:36

    xG 1.45–0.31 (82%)attempts 18–7goals 2–1

  2. Bortuzzo – Rosen10:49

    xG 0.81–0.41 (67%)attempts 12–7goals 0–2

  3. Scandella – Parayko15:34

    xG 0.81–0.96 (46%)attempts 12–14goals 1–1

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestEriksson – Roussel – McBain10:04

    xG 0.65–0.41 (61%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  2. Boyd – Schmaltz – Hayton10:30

    xG 0.37–0.43 (46%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  3. Galchenyuk – Imama – Jenik4:48

    xG 0.26–0.52 (33%)attempts 4–7goals 1–1

  4. Kessel – Carcone – Smith12:03

    xG 0.47–1.43 (25%)attempts 9–12goals 2–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – Gostisbehere15:47

    xG 0.93–0.32 (74%)attempts 13–6goals 2–0

  2. Gostisbehere – Capobianco2:02

    xG 0.00–0.20 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  3. Gostisbehere – Dineen2:07

    xG 0.00–0.28 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 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 2.1 xGSTL 4.3 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 95/100 · #72 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.99 · 9 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +41 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 82% of the time.

ARI winsSTL wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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