Chicago Blackhawks vs. St. Louis BluesOct 30, 2021

FinalSaturday, Oct 30, 2021· Enterprise Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CHI	0	0	0	0		CHI	4	12	9	25
STL	0	0	1	1		STL	14	15	8	37

: CHI 56STL 70
: CHI 2.34STL 3.54
PP goals: CHI 0STL 1
Hits: CHI 22STL 17
Blocks: CHI 15STL 15
PIM: CHI 6STL 4
: CHI 45%STL 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues edge Chicago Blackhawks 1–0

St. Louis Blues beat Chicago Blackhawks 1–0 at home. Torey Krug (STL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for CHI: Strome–DeBrincat–Hardman skated 10:05 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (36% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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New look for CHI: Strome–DeBrincat–Hardman skated 10:05 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (36% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Strome DeBrincat Hardman
New line
New look for STL: Perron–Schenn–Kyrou skated 12:48 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (64.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Perron Schenn Kyrou
Luck
STL scored 1 goal on 3.54 expected goals (70 attempts), well short of its chances.
Luck
CHI scored 0 goals on 2.34 expected goals (56 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Marc-Andre Fleury (CHI) faced 37 shots and stopped 36 (.973), +6 against a season average of 30.9; the loss.Fleury
Usage
Niko Mikkola (STL) played 8:36, −8:32 down on his 17:08 season average over 53 games.Mikkola
New line
New look for CHI: Kubalik–Kurashev–Dach skated 8:31 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kubalik Kurashev Dach
New line
New look for STL: Clifford–Joshua–Kostin skated 7:09 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (76.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Clifford Joshua Kostin

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

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

STL
CHI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 126 of 126 attempts · STL 70 · CHI 56

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

STL
CHI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: CHI 19% of the game, STL 37%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

STL

CHI

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	CHI	STL
	53	67
	2.09	3.27
	2.00	3.12
	11	14
	7	2
	25	11
	−0.080	+0.080
	19%	37%

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.

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Strome – DeBrincat – Hardman
10:0536% CF
L2Toews – Carpenter – Hagel
9:4761% CF
L3Kubalik – Kurashev – Dach
8:3150% CF
L4Gaudette – Entwistle – Johnson
5:270% CF
D1de Haan – Jones
13:3953% CF
D2Murphy – Gustafsson
13:2248% CF
D3McCabe – Phillips
6:4947% CF

PP1Toews – Kubalik – Jones – DeBrincat – Dach
2:58100% CF
PP2Gustafsson – Strome – Gaudette – Hagel – Kurashev
1:0025% CF
PK1FToews – Carpenter
1:38
PK2FHagel – Entwistle
1:03
PK1DMurphy – McCabe
2:21
PK2Dde Haan – Jones
0:45

Current CHI line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Perron – Schenn – Kyrou
12:4864% CF
L2Tarasenko – Barbashev – Thomas
11:4054% CF
L3Neal – Bozak – Buchnevich
9:1638% CF
L4Clifford – Joshua – Kostin
7:0976% CF
D1Faulk – Krug
12:3866% CF
D2Scandella – Parayko
11:4529% CF
D3Walman – Mikkola
0:51

PP1Neal – Perron – Schenn – Tarasenko – Krug
2:2780% CF
PP2Perron – Tarasenko – Krug – Buchnevich – Thomas
1:3767% CF
PK1FBozak – Barbashev
1:23
PK2FBuchnevich – Thomas
1:21
PK1DScandella – Parayko
2:51
PK2DFaulk – Mikkola
1:00

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

3rd period

7:25
STLTorey KrugPP (Vladimir Tarasenko, David Perron)wrist0.07 xG
CHI: de Haan, Jones, Entwistle, DachSTL: Perron, Tarasenko, Krug, Buchnevich, Thomas
CHI 0 – 1 STL

Box score

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

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex DeBrincat R	L1	3	0.20	1	0	2	20:49	—	—	38	39
Dylan Strome C	L1	2	0.20	0	0	0	15:10	—	—	39	41
Mike Hardman L	L1	1	0.15	3	0	0	12:55	—	—	34	34
Jonathan Toews C	L2	1	0.08	1	0	0	18:15	—	—	60	38
Brandon Hagel L	L2	5	0.49	2	0	0	17:15	—	—	62	46
Ryan Carpenter C	L2	2	0.26	4	0	0	15:57	—	—	64	57
Kirby Dach C	L3	0	0.24	0	1	0	18:58	—	—	50	52
Dominik Kubalik L	L3	1	0.25	0	1	0	16:01	—	—	46	41
Philipp Kurashev C	L3	0	0.06	0	0	0	15:04	—	—	52	41
MacKenzie Entwistle R	L4	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:19	—	—	0	0
Adam Gaudette R	L4	2	0.13	1	0	2	10:11	—	—	23	24
Reese Johnson C	L4	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:00	—	—	0	0
Seth Jones D	D1	4	0.09	3	2	0	26:48	—	—	48	39
Calvin de Haan D	D1	2	0.16	1	1	2	19:59	—	—	55	46
Connor Murphy D	D2	1	0.01	1	4	0	22:37	—	—	35	24
Erik Gustafsson D	D2	1	0.01	1	2	0	19:10	—	—	50	36
Jake McCabe D	D3	0	0.00	1	4	0	17:51	—	—	30	40
Isaak Phillips D	D3	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:21	—	—	44	52

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	L	37	36	1	.973	3.54	58:24

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brayden Schenn C	L1	0	0	0	1	0.32	0	0	0	19:44	—	—	63	62
David Perron L	L1	0	1	1	3	0.18	1	0	0	19:35	—	—	58	59
Jordan Kyrou R	L1	0	0	0	2	0.53	0	0	0	18:10	—	—	61	58
Robert Thomas C	L2	0	0	0	1	0.14	0	1	0	19:58	—	—	55	67
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L2	0	1	1	2	0.40	0	0	2	18:06	—	—	56	70
Ivan Barbashev L	L2	0	0	0	3	0.32	2	0	0	16:24	—	—	54	68
Pavel Buchnevich L	L3	0	0	0	2	0.13	1	1	0	15:31	—	—	38	55
Tyler Bozak C	L3	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	13:52	—	—	33	50
James Neal L	L3	0	0	0	3	0.30	0	1	0	12:14	—	—	38	55
Kyle Clifford L	L4	0	0	0	5	0.34	0	0	0	10:43	—	—	70	56
Klim Kostin C	L4	0	0	0	1	0.10	3	0	0	8:49	—	—	78	62
Dakota Joshua C	L4	0	0	0	2	0.24	3	0	0	8:39	—	—	77	60
Justin Faulk D	D1	0	0	0	3	0.21	2	3	0	25:54	—	—	64	72
Torey Krug D	D1	1	0	1	2	0.13	1	0	0	20:30	—	—	69	74
Colton Parayko D	D2	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	4	0	26:42	—	—	45	55
Marco Scandella D	D2	0	0	0	3	0.05	3	5	0	21:39	—	—	35	36
Jake Walman D	D3	0	0	0	3	0.10	0	0	2	11:12	—	—	71	76
Niko Mikkola D	D3	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:36	—	—	64	65

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	W	25	25	0	.1000	2.34	59:42

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.