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Thu, Oct 19, 2023·Enterprise Center, St. Louis

Arizona Coyotes 6, St. Louis Blues 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 73% of the time.

STL winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI111315216642
STL0711514226

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:42ARINick BjugstadPPAssists: Matias Maccelli, Juuso Välimäki · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P2 2:34ARIClayton KellerAssists: Nick Schmaltz · Backhand, 0.19 xG2–0
  3. P2 7:02STLJakub VranaAssists: Marco Scandella, Kevin Hayes · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P2 7:44ARIMichael CarconeGWGAssists: Sean Durzi · Wrist, 0.20 xG3–1
  5. P2 13:58ARINick SchmaltzAssists: Clayton Keller · Backhand, 0.11 xG4–1
  6. P3 2:09ARIJason ZuckerPPAssists: Matias Maccelli, Juuso Välimäki · Slap, 0.07 xG5–1
  7. P3 3:16STLSammy BlaisAssists: Jakub Vrana · Snap, 0.40 xG5–2
  8. P3 16:59ARISean DurziPPAssists: Logan Cooley · Snap, 0.13 xG6–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 13:01STLSammy Blais: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  2. P2 4:09ARITroy Stecher: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 15:26ARILawson Crouse: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 1:42STLAlexey Toropchenko: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P3 13:49STLMarco Scandella: Holding2 min
  6. P3 16:49STLSammy Blais: Hooking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 16:49ARILiam O'Brien: Misconduct10 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 20:00McBain won the faceoff against Alexandrov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARISTL
42Shots on goal26
3.8Expected goals2.3
69Shot attempts45
41Faceoffs won33
4Power plays2
14Penalty minutes8
15Hits26
9Blocked shots14
5Giveaways9
6Takeaways17

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 – Hayton11:41

    xG 1.06–0.61 (64%)attempts 17–8goals 2–2

  2. Zucker – Maccelli – Cooley11:38

    xG 0.78–0.33 (70%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  3. Kerfoot – O'Brien – McBain11:51

    xG 0.33–0.13 (71%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  4. Bjugstad – Crouse – Carcone8:27

    xG 0.07–0.49 (13%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDumba – Dermott15:35

    xG 0.96–0.49 (66%)attempts 21–11goals 1–0

  2. Stecher – Välimäki15:31

    xG 0.75–0.50 (60%)attempts 16–12goals 0–1

  3. Durzi – Moser15:15

    xG 0.45–0.71 (39%)attempts 9–12goals 2–1

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestSchenn – Kapanen – Toropchenko5:44

    xG 0.48–0.15 (76%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Hayes – Vrana – Blais9:26

    xG 0.52–0.49 (52%)attempts 5–9goals 2–0

  3. Schenn – Kapanen – Neighbours5:09

    xG 0.15–0.38 (28%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Sundqvist – Toropchenko – Alexandrov4:08

    xG 0.01–0.28 (3%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Faulk – Krug14:54

    xG 0.73–0.85 (46%)attempts 17–20goals 0–1

  2. Leddy – Parayko16:37

    xG 0.08–0.56 (12%)attempts 6–15goals 0–1

  3. Scandella – Tucker15:35

    xG 0.37–1.11 (25%)attempts 10–18goals 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 2.3 xGARI 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 42/100 · #808 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.98 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 73% 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).