St. Louis Blues vs. Arizona CoyotesDec 31, 2019

FinalTuesday, Dec 31, 2019· Gila River Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	1	0	0	1		STL	11	18	10	39
ARI	1	0	2	3		ARI	11	8	7	26

: STL 65ARI 54
: STL 4.41ARI 3.88
PP goals: STL 0ARI 2
Hits: STL 31ARI 18
Blocks: STL 13ARI 12
PIM: STL 8ARI 8
: STL 56%ARI 44%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Arizona Coyotes beat St. Louis Blues 3–1

Arizona Coyotes beat St. Louis Blues 3–1 at home. Jakob Chychrun (ARI) led the scoring with 0G 2A. STL scored 1 goal on 4.41 expected goals (65 attempts), well short of its chances.

Points
Jakob Chychrun had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:26.Chychrun
Luck
STL scored 1 goal on 4.41 expected goals (65 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for ARI: Richardson–Hinostroza–Fischer skated 8:30 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Richardson Hinostroza Fischer
Goalie
Antti Raanta (ARI) faced 39 shots and stopped 38 (.974), +7 against a season average of 31.7; the win.Raanta
Usage
Oskar Sundqvist (STL) played 19:22, +5:05 up on his 14:17 season average over 56 games.Sundqvist
Usage
David Perron (STL) played 21:57, +3:41 up on his 18:16 season average over 70 games.Perron
Usage
Robert Bortuzzo (STL) played 9:34, −3:39 down on his 13:13 season average over 41 games.Bortuzzo
Luck
Christian Dvorak (ARI) generated 0.96 xG on 8 attempts without scoring; the chances were there.Dvorak

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← STL attacks left (bottom on phones)ARI attacks right (top on phones) →

ARI
STL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 119 of 119 attempts · ARI 54 · STL 65

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

ARI
STL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

ARI pressure
STL pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: STL 36% of the game, ARI 28%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

ARI

STL

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	STL	ARI
	18	13
	0.96	0.82
	0.94	0.77
	6	4
	0	0
	4	5
	+0.045	−0.045
	36%	28%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

St. Louis Blues

L1Perron – O'Reilly – Sundqvist
13:5682% CF
L2Schenn – Schwartz – Kyrou
7:1111% CF
L3MacEachern – de la Rose – Barbashev
7:090% CF
L4Steen – Bozak – Thomas
6:49100% CF
D1Bouwmeester – Parayko
14:0050% CF
D2Pietrangelo – Faulk
11:1271% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Dunn
5:25100% CF

PP1Perron – Pietrangelo – O'Reilly – Schenn – Schwartz
3:56100% CF
PP2Bozak – Faulk – Dunn – Kyrou – Thomas
1:59
PK1FSteen – O'Reilly
2:15
PK2FSundqvist – de la Rose
1:19
PK1DPietrangelo – Parayko
2:11
PK2DBouwmeester – Bortuzzo
1:44

Current STL line combinations →

Arizona Coyotes

L1Hall – Dvorak – Garland
11:0778% CF
L2Richardson – Hinostroza – Fischer
8:3033% CF
L3Kessel – Stepan – Crouse
7:3543% CF
L4Soderberg – Schmaltz – Keller
7:220% CF
D1Oesterle – Lyubushkin
14:1813% CF
D2Demers – Ekman-Larsson
14:0575% CF
D3Goligoski – Chychrun
12:4740% CF

PP1Kessel – Ekman-Larsson – Hall – Dvorak – Keller
4:5590% CF
PP2Soderberg – Goligoski – Schmaltz – Garland – Chychrun
1:54100% CF
PK1FStepan – Hinostroza
0:56
PK2FRichardson – Soderberg
0:32
PK1DGoligoski – Chychrun
2:12
PK2DDemers – Ekman-Larsson
0:57

Current ARI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

8:05
ARIConor GarlandPP (Alex Goligoski, Jakob Chychrun)slap0.04 xG
STL: Pietrangelo, Parayko, Sundqvist, BarbashevARI: Soderberg, Goligoski, Schmaltz, Garland, Chychrun
STL 0 – 1 ARI
14:53
STLTyler Bozak (Alexander Steen, Robert Thomas)wrist0.16 xG
STL: Bouwmeester, Steen, Bozak, Parayko, ThomasARI: Hall, Oesterle, Dvorak, Garland, Lyubushkin
STL 1 – 1 ARI

3rd period

7:20
ARIPhil KesselPP (Lawson Crouse, Jakob Chychrun)wrist0.11 xG
STL: Pietrangelo, Schenn, Faulk, Schwartz, KyrouARI: Goligoski, Kessel, Stepan, Crouse, Chychrun
STL 1 – 2 ARI
19:08
ARINick SchmaltzEN (Carl Soderberg, Derek Stepan)wrist0.89 xG
STL: Perron, Pietrangelo, O'Reilly, Schenn, SchwartzARI: Soderberg, Goligoski, Stepan, Schmaltz, Chychrun
STL 1 – 3 ARI

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.25	0	2	0	23:30	—	—	82	76
David Perron L	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.71	1	1	0	21:57	—	—	82	76
Oskar Sundqvist C	L1	0	0	0	0	7	0.31	3	0	0	19:22	—	—	82	76
Brayden Schenn C	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.31	2	0	0	16:13	—	—	11	18
Jaden Schwartz L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.28	3	3	0	15:43	—	—	11	18
Jordan Kyrou R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	2	11:26	—	—	11	18
Ivan Barbashev L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	6	0	4	12:07	—	—	50	54
Jacob de la Rose L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.71	1	0	2	11:22	—	—	50	0
Mackenzie MacEachern L	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.52	5	0	0	8:31	—	—	50	54
Robert Thomas C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.20	1	0	0	13:41	—	—	100	100
Tyler Bozak C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.46	0	0	0	13:35	—	—	100	100
Alexander Steen L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.24	2	1	0	12:37	—	—	100	100
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.04	2	1	0	22:44	—	—	73	93
Jay Bouwmeester D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.01	2	1	0	20:50	—	—	43	67
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	0	1	0	22:46	—	—	83	76
Justin Faulk D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	2	0	22:13	—	—	43	11
Vince Dunn D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	1	0	0	15:44	—	—	29	0
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:34	—	—	100	—

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	L	25	23	2	.920	3.00	58:28

Arizona Coyotes

ARI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Taylor Hall L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.29	0	0	0	20:35	—	—	78	72
Christian Dvorak C	L1	0	0	0	-1	7	0.96	1	0	0	19:01	—	—	78	72
Conor Garland R	L1	1	0	1	-1	3	0.42	1	0	0	14:28	—	—	78	72
Brad Richardson R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	15:14	—	—	33	100
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.34	0	1	0	11:59	—	—	33	100
Christian Fischer R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	9:51	—	—	33	100
Derek Stepan C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.06	1	2	0	17:29	—	—	43	13
Phil Kessel R	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.23	1	0	0	15:57	—	—	43	13
Lawson Crouse L	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.24	3	0	0	10:59	—	—	43	13
Clayton Keller R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	0	0	0	14:29	—	—	0	0
Carl Soderberg C	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	1	1	2	14:24	—	—	0	0
Nick Schmaltz C	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.94	1	0	0	13:43	—	—	0	0
Jordan Oesterle D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	16:51	—	—	13	24
Ilya Lyubushkin D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	2	0	15:22	—	—	13	24
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	3	2	22:37	—	—	75	86
Jason Demers D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	0	2	18:14	—	—	75	86
Alex Goligoski D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	20:54	—	—	40	16
Jakob Chychrun D	D3	0	2	2	+1	1	0.10	1	0	0	20:26	—	—	40	16

ARI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Antti Raanta(start)	W	39	38	1	.974	4.41	59:19

Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.