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Thu, Nov 9, 2023·Enterprise Center, St. Louis

Arizona Coyotes 1, St. Louis Blues 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 86% of the time.

STL winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI1307010120
STL11511206233

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:16STLOskar SundqvistAssists: Sammy Blais, Jakub Vrana · Wrist, 0.33 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:44ARILawson CrousePPAssists: Clayton Keller, Nick Schmaltz · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P2 6:00STLRobert ThomasGWGAssists: Pavel Buchnevich, Torey Krug · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 9:07ARILiam O'Brien: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 9:07ARILiam O'Brien: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 9:16ARIMathew Dumba: Boarding2 min
  4. P1 14:19STLRobert Thomas: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P1 17:57ARIJoshua Brown: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 6:57ARILogan Cooley: Too many men on the ice2 min
  7. P2 10:39ARIJoshua Brown: Interference2 min
  8. P2 15:30ARIJason Zucker: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 1:03STLColton Parayko: 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
46% to win54% to win
← ARI attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Thomas won the faceoff against Hayton
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARISTL
20Shots on goal33
1.8Expected goals4.2
43Shot attempts59
27Faceoffs won34
2Power plays7
14Penalty minutes4
19Hits21
14Blocked shots12
10Giveaways13
9Takeaways18

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 – Hayton11:15

    xG 0.69–0.23 (75%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  2. Kerfoot – O'Brien – McBain4:12

    xG 0.09–0.13 (42%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Bjugstad – Crouse – Maccelli8:00

    xG 0.40–0.58 (41%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  4. Zucker – Carcone – Cooley8:38

    xG 0.35–0.92 (28%)attempts 10–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDumba – Välimäki11:02

    xG 0.28–0.18 (62%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Durzi – Moser11:14

    xG 0.64–0.71 (48%)attempts 13–7goals 0–1

  3. Dumba – Moser2:20

    xG 0.05–0.16 (25%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestSundqvist – Blais – Neighbours7:31

    xG 0.29–0.07 (79%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  2. Hayes – Vrana – Toropchenko6:09

    xG 0.43–0.29 (60%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  3. Schenn – Saad – Kyrou8:48

    xG 0.27–0.35 (44%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  4. Buchnevich – Kapanen – Thomas9:47

    xG 0.34–0.43 (44%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLeddy – Parayko16:19

    xG 0.85–0.51 (62%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

  2. Faulk – Krug14:23

    xG 1.09–0.78 (58%)attempts 13–16goals 2–0

  3. Scandella – Perunovich7:41

    xG 0.27–0.05 (85%)attempts 7–4goals 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 4.2 xGARI 1.8 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 33/100 · #906 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.18 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 86% 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).