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Sat, Feb 11, 2023·Enterprise Center, St. Louis

Arizona Coyotes 5, St. Louis Blues 6 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 63% of the time.

STL winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
ARI210093900528
STL0521731312637

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:51ARIClayton KellerAssists: Nick Schmaltz, Juuso Välimäki · Backhand, 0.16 xG1–0
  2. P1 9:31ARINick SchmaltzPPAssists: Clayton Keller, Juuso Välimäki · Snap, 0.21 xG2–0
  3. P2 10:20STLBrandon SaadAssists: Pavel Buchnevich, Colton Parayko · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P2 17:19STLSammy BlaisAssists: Nick Leddy, Brayden Schenn · Backhand, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. P3 1:27STLRobert ThomasAssists: Jordan Kyrou, Pavel Buchnevich · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–3
  6. P3 6:44STLCalle RosenAssists: Tyler Pitlick, Alexey Toropchenko · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–4
  7. P3 8:33STLCalle RosenAssists: Brayden Schenn, Jordan Kyrou · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–5
  8. P3 9:47ARIClayton KellerAssists: Barrett Hayton, Troy Stecher · Wrist, 0.01 xG3–5
  9. P3 13:14ARINick BjugstadPPAssists: Nick Schmaltz, Juuso Välimäki · Wrist, 0.18 xG4–5
  10. P3 19:03ARILawson CrouseAssists: Nick Schmaltz, Juuso Välimäki · Snap, 0.12 xG5–5
  11. OT 1:02STLRyan O'ReillyGWGAssists: Pavel Buchnevich, Colton Parayko · Wrist, 0.22 xG5–6
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 8:12STLPavel Buchnevich: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 17:53ARIBarrett Hayton: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 6:48ARIZack Kassian: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 13:12ARIDysin Mayo: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P2 15:09STLSammy Blais: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 19:07ARIJ.J. Moser: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 10:21STLRyan O'Reilly: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 13:05STLIvan Barbashev: Tripping2 min · PPG
  9. P3 14:13ARIJuuso Välimäki: Holding2 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
49% to win51% to win
← ARI attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bjugstad won the faceoff against Acciari
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARISTL
28Shots on goal37
2.9Expected goals3.7
51Shot attempts68
21Faceoffs won42
4Power plays5
10Penalty minutes8
14Hits22
14Blocked shots13
6Giveaways2
14Takeaways10

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 – Keller – Hayton11:07

    xG 0.64–0.58 (52%)attempts 5–10goals 2–0

  2. Bjugstad – Crouse – Maccelli10:21

    xG 0.20–0.25 (45%)attempts 12–15goals 0–1

  3. Kassian – Ritchie – McBain2:19

    xG 0.00–0.27 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

  4. Boyd – Ritchie – Fischer6:14

    xG 0.10–0.64 (14%)attempts 6–9goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. Stecher – Välimäki14:52

    xG 0.62–0.64 (49%)attempts 12–12goals 1–0

  2. Nemeth – Mayo4:58

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

  3. Brown – Moser6:17

    xG 0.19–0.32 (37%)attempts 9–5goals 0–2

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestSchenn – Kyrou – Thomas10:19

    xG 0.62–0.15 (81%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

  2. O'Reilly – Saad – Buchnevich11:09

    xG 0.44–0.33 (57%)attempts 9–8goals 1–1

  3. Barbashev – Blais – Acciari6:59

    xG 0.14–0.14 (50%)attempts 6–10goals 0–1

  4. Pitlick – Walker – Toropchenko4:34

    xG 0.13–0.41 (24%)attempts 2–3goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRosen – Tucker10:41

    xG 0.60–0.14 (81%)attempts 12–6goals 1–0

  2. Faulk – Krug11:20

    xG 0.56–0.13 (81%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  3. Faulk – Rosen2:16

    xG 0.08–0.01 (86%)attempts 1–3goals 1–0

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 3.7 xGARI 2.9 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 100/100 · #4 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.75 · 11 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 14% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +42 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 63% 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).