St. Louis Blues vs. Arizona CoyotesJan 26, 2023

FinalThursday, Jan 26, 2023· Mullett Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	0	0	0	0		STL	12	15	6	33
ARI	0	2	3	5		ARI	10	9	7	26

: STL 62ARI 45
: STL 2.46ARI 2.84
PP goals: STL 0ARI 1
Hits: STL 20ARI 27
Blocks: STL 10ARI 17
PIM: STL 9ARI 11
: STL 57%ARI 43%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Arizona Coyotes rout St. Louis Blues 5–0

Arizona Coyotes beat St. Louis Blues 5–0 at home. Nick Schmaltz (ARI) led the scoring with 3G 1A. Robert Thomas (STL) played 8:27, −11:03 down on his 19:30 season average over 72 games.

Points
Nick Schmaltz had a hat trick and an assist (4 points) on 3 shots in 16:24.Schmaltz
Points
Nick Ritchie had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 12:31.Ritchie
Usage
Robert Thomas (STL) played 8:27, −11:03 down on his 19:30 season average over 72 games.Thomas
Luck
STL scored 0 goals on 2.47 expected goals (62 attempts), well short of its chances.
Luck
ARI scored 5 goals on 2.84 expected goals (45 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for ARI: Kassian–McBain–Maccelli skated 10:02 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (58.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kassian McBain Maccelli
Usage
Lawson Crouse (ARI) played 13:50, −3:58 down on his 17:48 season average over 76 games.Crouse
Usage
Nick Schmaltz (ARI) played 16:24, −3:22 down on his 19:46 season average over 62 games.Schmaltz

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 107 of 107 attempts · ARI 45 · STL 62

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 29% 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
	59	50
	1.74	3.06
	1.72	2.94
	6	18
	5	5
	13	18
	+0.064	−0.064
	29%	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

L1Pitlick – Acciari – Toropchenko
7:1164% CF
L2Schenn – Tarasenko – Barbashev
7:0153% CF
L3Saad – Kyrou – Thomas
6:1256% CF
L4Leivo – Brown – Neighbours
3:2650% CF
D1Leddy – Parayko
12:4165% CF
D2Faulk – Krug
11:5747% CF
D3Mikkola – Rosen
11:1040% CF

PP1Schenn – Tarasenko – Krug – Kyrou
3:18
PP2Faulk – Saad – Barbashev – Brown – Neighbours
2:19100% CF
PK1FAcciari – Toropchenko
1:55
PK2FSaad – Barbashev
0:26
PK1DParayko – Mikkola
1:24
PK2DLeddy – Faulk
0:26

Current STL line combinations →

Arizona Coyotes

L1Schmaltz – Keller – Hayton
12:0665% CF
L2Bjugstad – Crouse – Guenther
10:2327% CF
L3Boyd – Ritchie – Fischer
10:1847% CF
L4Kassian – McBain – Maccelli
10:0259% CF
D1Chychrun – Välimäki
15:5563% CF
D2Nemeth – Moser
13:3739% CF
D3Brown – Stecher
12:3425% CF

PP1Schmaltz – Keller – Chychrun – Hayton
2:21
PP2Boyd – Crouse – Välimäki – Maccelli – Guenther
0:29
PK1FBjugstad – Crouse
2:02
PK2FBoyd – Keller
1:16
PK1DNemeth – Stecher
3:34
PK2DBrown – Chychrun
0:44

Current ARI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

10:55
ARINick Schmaltz (Lawson Crouse, Troy Stecher)wrist0.12 xG
STL: Pitlick, Faulk, Saad, Krug, AcciariARI: Bjugstad, Brown, Schmaltz, Crouse, Stecher
STL 0 – 1 ARI
13:56
ARINick Schmaltzsnap0.09 xG
STL: Schenn, Faulk, Tarasenko, Krug, KyrouARI: Schmaltz, Keller, Chychrun, Välimäki, Hayton
STL 0 – 2 ARI

3rd period

0:13
ARINick Schmaltzunknown0.49 xG
STL: Schenn, Leddy, Tarasenko, Parayko, KyrouARI: Schmaltz, Keller, Chychrun, Välimäki, Hayton
STL 0 – 3 ARI
5:02
ARITravis Boyd (Christian Fischer, Nick Ritchie)wrist0.28 xG
STL: Leddy, Saad, Barbashev, Mikkola, BrownARI: Boyd, Ritchie, Fischer, Chychrun, Välimäki
STL 0 – 4 ARI
7:16
ARIBarrett HaytonPP (Nick Ritchie, Nick Schmaltz)wrist0.15 xG
STL: Faulk, Acciari, Mikkola, ToropchenkoARI: Ritchie, Schmaltz, Keller, Chychrun, Hayton
STL 0 – 5 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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Noel Acciari C	L1	-1	0	0.00	4	1	0	17:28	—	—	57	53
Alexey Toropchenko R	L1	0	1	0.01	2	1	0	15:56	—	—	52	66
Tyler Pitlick C	L1	-1	2	0.16	3	0	0	12:39	—	—	61	51
Ivan Barbashev L	L2	-1	1	0.10	0	0	0	18:24	—	—	67	40
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L2	-2	3	0.54	1	0	0	17:17	—	—	50	30
Brayden Schenn C	L2	-2	2	0.25	0	0	0	17:14	—	—	46	30
Brandon Saad L	L3	-2	0	0.18	2	1	0	18:54	—	—	53	31
Jordan Kyrou R	L3	-2	6	0.54	0	0	0	15:58	—	—	54	25
Robert Thomas C	L3	0	1	0.08	0	0	2	8:27	—	—	59	15
Logan Brown C	L4	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:09	—	—	50	42
Jake Neighbours L	L4	0	1	0.09	1	0	0	13:20	—	—	50	46
Josh Leivo L	L4	0	4	0.15	1	0	7	12:40	—	—	45	44
Colton Parayko D	D1	-1	2	0.17	1	1	0	19:38	—	—	65	52
Nick Leddy D	D1	-2	3	0.08	0	1	0	18:54	—	—	66	39
Justin Faulk D	D2	-2	2	0.09	0	1	0	22:19	—	—	57	46
Torey Krug D	D2	-2	4	0.02	1	3	0	19:29	—	—	53	42
Niko Mikkola D	D3	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	16:42	—	—	35	18
Calle Rosen D	D3	0	1	0.00	2	0	0	16:39	—	—	42	24

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thomas Greiss(start)	L	25	21	5	.840	2.84	60:00

Arizona Coyotes

ARI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Clayton Keller R	L1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.09	0	0	0	18:30	—	—	61	63
Barrett Hayton C	L1	1	0	1	+2	4	0.27	0	0	2	17:31	—	—	63	74
Nick Schmaltz C	L1	3	1	4	+3	3	0.79	0	0	0	16:24	—	—	62	68
Nick Bjugstad C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.08	1	0	0	14:57	—	—	27	24
Lawson Crouse L	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	2	0	13:50	—	—	29	30
Dylan Guenther R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	0	0	2	12:44	—	—	26	18
Travis Boyd C	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.33	2	1	0	15:07	—	—	40	86
Christian Fischer R	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.62	0	1	0	14:16	—	—	40	86
Nick Ritchie L	L3	0	2	2	+1	1	0.04	5	0	0	12:31	—	—	44	87
Matias Maccelli L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	0	0	13:37	—	—	48	79
Jack McBain C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	5	0	0	13:27	—	—	56	78
Zack Kassian R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	1	0	12:41	—	—	53	78
Jakob Chychrun D	D1	0	0	0	+3	2	0.16	1	1	0	23:15	—	—	61	85
Juuso Välimäki D	D1	0	0	0	+3	1	0.05	1	0	0	21:43	—	—	63	86
Patrik Nemeth D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	2	0	19:56	—	—	39	28
J.J. Moser D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	2	5	18:16	—	—	47	34
Troy Stecher D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	2	0	19:04	—	—	31	27
Joshua Brown D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	2	5	2	16:36	—	—	23	27

ARI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Karel Vejmelka(start)	W	33	33	0	.1000	2.46	59:35

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.