St. Louis Blues vs. Arizona CoyotesApr 17, 2021

FinalSaturday, Apr 17, 2021· Gila River Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	2	0	0	2		STL	11	4	7	22
ARI	0	2	1	3		ARI	10	10	9	29

: STL 52ARI 51
: STL 1.76ARI 2.88
PP goals: STL 1ARI 1
Hits: STL 30ARI 17
Blocks: STL 11ARI 24
PIM: STL 6ARI 2
: STL 57%ARI 43%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Arizona Coyotes edge St. Louis Blues 3–2

Arizona Coyotes beat St. Louis Blues 3–2 at home. Michael Bunting (ARI) led the scoring with 1G 0A. ARI's first power-play unit (Kessel, Ekman-Larsson, Dvorak, Pederson and Keller) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:08 together.

PP1
ARI's first power-play unit (Kessel, Ekman-Larsson, Dvorak, Pederson and Keller) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:08 together.Kessel Ekman-Larsson Dvorak Pederson Keller
New line
New look for ARI: Schmaltz–Garland–Keller skated 10:59 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Schmaltz Garland Keller
New line
New look for ARI: Bunting–Fischer–Pederson skated 7:41 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (64.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bunting Fischer Pederson
New line
New look for STL: Clifford–Walker–Barbashev skated 9:07 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Clifford Walker Barbashev
Usage
Michael Bunting (ARI) played 12:25, −4:29 down on his 16:54 season average over 20 games.Bunting
Usage
Vince Dunn (STL) played 16:14, −3:05 down on his 19:19 season average over 42 games.Dunn
Usage
Tyler Pitlick (ARI) played 12:56, −3:31 down on his 16:27 season average over 37 games.Pitlick
Cats
Niklas Hjalmarsson (ARI) blocked 6 shots in 18:05.Hjalmarsson

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 103 of 103 attempts · ARI 51 · STL 52

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 24% of the game, ARI 40%.

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
	48	50
	1.47	2.68
	1.46	2.53
	7	13
	1	6
	8	18
	+0.064	−0.064
	24%	40%

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 – Blais
11:3872% CF
L2Schenn – Tarasenko – Schwartz
9:1540% CF
L3Clifford – Walker – Barbashev
9:0740% CF
L4Hoffman – Bozak – Sanford
8:0781% CF
D1Faulk – Krug
15:4852% CF
D2Parayko – Walman
14:2656% CF
D3Scandella – Dunn
11:4744% CF

PP1Perron – O'Reilly – Schenn – Tarasenko – Krug
1:04100% CF
PP2Hoffman – Bozak – Schwartz – Sanford – Dunn
0:50100% CF
PK1FBozak – O'Reilly
1:11
PK2FSchwartz – Sanford
0:58
PK1DFaulk – Parayko
1:28
PK2DScandella – Walman
0:40

Current STL line combinations →

Arizona Coyotes

L1Kessel – Larsson – Hunt
11:1147% CF
L2Schmaltz – Garland – Keller
10:5933% CF
L3Pitlick – Dvorak – Crouse
10:0550% CF
L4Bunting – Fischer – Pederson
7:4164% CF
D1Goligoski – Chychrun
18:3845% CF
D2Ekman-Larsson – Lyubushkin
14:1659% CF
D3Hjalmarsson – Demers
13:5244% CF

PP1Kessel – Ekman-Larsson – Dvorak – Pederson – Keller
2:08100% CF
PP2Goligoski – Schmaltz – Bunting – Garland – Chychrun
1:37100% CF
PK1FFischer – Crouse
0:59
PK2FPitlick – Dvorak
0:30
PK1DEkman-Larsson – Chychrun
0:49
PK2DGoligoski – Hjalmarsson
0:44

Current ARI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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	+1	2	0.21	2	1	0	19:30	—	—	64	54
David Perron L	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.03	0	0	0	18:42	—	—	52	44
Sammy Blais L	L1	1	0	1	0	1	0.27	4	0	4	14:57	—	—	59	52
Brayden Schenn C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	2	0	0	17:15	—	—	27	16
Jaden Schwartz L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	0	0	16:15	—	—	27	13
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	1	0	0	15:38	—	—	38	16
Ivan Barbashev L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:18	—	—	46	20
Nathan Walker L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:08	—	—	33	13
Kyle Clifford L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	1	0	10:58	—	—	39	14
Mike Hoffman C	L4	0	1	1	0	4	0.42	0	1	0	16:32	—	—	63	57
Tyler Bozak C	L4	1	0	1	0	3	0.23	0	1	0	15:13	—	—	64	46
Zachary Sanford L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	14:24	—	—	68	47
Torey Krug D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.17	3	0	0	22:39	—	—	54	40
Justin Faulk D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	3	1	2	22:38	—	—	48	31
Colton Parayko D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3	2	0	19:52	—	—	52	33
Jake Walman D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	0.18	1	2	0	16:59	—	—	52	43
Marco Scandella D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	17:43	—	—	35	30
Vince Dunn D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	16:14	—	—	48	36

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	L	29	26	3	.897	2.88	57:50

Arizona Coyotes

ARI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Phil Kessel R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.17	0	1	0	17:54	—	—	50	91
Johan Larsson L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	2	2	0	14:59	—	—	50	91
Dryden Hunt L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	2	0	0	13:39	—	—	53	90
Conor Garland R	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.21	2	1	0	17:36	—	—	46	53
Clayton Keller R	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.06	1	0	0	16:29	—	—	33	44
Nick Schmaltz C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.15	1	0	2	15:55	—	—	39	48
Christian Dvorak C	L3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.13	0	2	0	17:50	—	—	55	57
Lawson Crouse L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	2	0	0	17:04	—	—	52	62
Tyler Pitlick C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.26	0	0	0	12:56	—	—	55	61
Michael Bunting L	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.39	0	0	0	12:25	—	—	67	66
Lane Pederson C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.19	3	0	0	11:53	—	—	65	68
Christian Fischer R	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.12	1	1	0	11:45	—	—	56	54
Alex Goligoski D	D1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.16	0	5	0	25:46	—	—	49	66
Jakob Chychrun D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.18	1	3	0	22:22	—	—	44	66
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.10	1	1	0	19:24	—	—	61	68
Ilya Lyubushkin D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:06	—	—	60	66
Niklas Hjalmarsson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	6	0	18:05	—	—	42	54
Jason Demers D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	1	1	0	16:00	—	—	50	61

ARI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	W	22	20	2	.909	1.76	59:58

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.

St. Louis Blues vs. Arizona CoyotesApr 17, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

Arizona Coyotes edge St. Louis Blues 3–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

St. Louis Blues

Arizona Coyotes

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

St. Louis Blues

Arizona Coyotes