St. Louis Blues vs. Chicago BlackhawksApr 6, 2018

FinalFriday, Apr 6, 2018· United Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	1	0	3	4		STL	10	9	16	35
CHI	0	0	1	1		CHI	5	7	8	20

: STL 61CHI 50
: STL 3.70CHI 1.60
PP goals: STL 0CHI 0
Hits: STL 24CHI 8
Blocks: STL 19CHI 20
PIM: STL 4CHI 4
: STL 48%CHI 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–1

St. Louis Blues beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–1 at CHI. Patrik Berglund (STL) led the scoring with 3G 0A. New look for CHI: Sharp–Kane–Schmaltz skated 12:28 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Patrik Berglund had a hat trick (3 points) on 5 shots in 14:55.Berglund
Points
Kyle Brodziak had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:44.Brodziak
New line
New look for CHI: Sharp–Kane–Schmaltz skated 12:28 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sharp Kane Schmaltz
New line
New look for CHI: Anisimov–Saad–Martinsen skated 11:03 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (42.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Anisimov Saad Martinsen
Usage
Chris Butler (STL) played 20:26, +8:33 up on his 11:53 season average over 5 games.Butler
New line
New look for STL: Thorburn–Barbashev–Soshnikov skated 8:14 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (38.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Thorburn Barbashev Soshnikov
Usage
Robert Bortuzzo (STL) played 19:01, +4:16 up on his 14:45 season average over 71 games.Bortuzzo
Usage
Patrick Sharp (CHI) played 19:03, +6:15 up on his 12:48 season average over 69 games.Sharp

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)CHI attacks right (top on phones) →

CHI
STL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 111 of 111 attempts · CHI 50 · STL 61

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CHI
STL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

CHI 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 49% of the game, CHI 16%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

CHI

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	CHI
	67	53
	3.27	1.54
	3.25	1.52
	13	5
	4	1
	18	8
	−0.016	+0.016
	49%	16%

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

L1Schenn – Tarasenko – Schwartz
13:1756% CF
L2Sobotka – Jaskin – Thompson
12:4556% CF
L3Steen – Brodziak – Berglund
11:4448% CF
L4Thorburn – Barbashev – Soshnikov
8:1438% CF
D1Pietrangelo – Edmundson
16:5556% CF
D2Parayko – Dunn
16:4044% CF
D3Butler – Bortuzzo
15:0758% CF

PP1Pietrangelo – Schenn – Tarasenko – Schwartz – Dunn
1:05100% CF
PP2Steen – Sobotka – Butler – Berglund – Parayko
0:55100% CF
PK1FSteen – Brodziak
0:57
PK2FBerglund – Barbashev
0:26
PK1DButler – Bortuzzo
0:57
PK2DPietrangelo – Edmundson
0:57

Current STL line combinations →

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Sharp – Kane – Schmaltz
12:2825% CF
L2Anisimov – Saad – Martinsen
11:0342% CF
L3Sikura – DeBrincat – Ejdsell
9:4143% CF
D1Murphy – Hillman
6:0840% CF
D2Keith – Seabrook
5:1427% CF
D3Oesterle – Rutta
4:4163% CF

PP1Keith – Seabrook – Saad – Sikura – DeBrincat
1:03
PP2Sharp – Anisimov – Kane – Gustafsson – Schmaltz
0:57100% CF
PK1FAnisimov – Saad
0:53
PK2FSchmaltz – Kampf
0:31
PK1DKeith – Seabrook
1:00
PK2DHillman – Rutta
0:31

Current CHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

18:17
STLPatrik Berglund (Joel Edmundson, Kyle Brodziak)tip-in0.05 xG
STL: Steen, Brodziak, Berglund, Pietrangelo, EdmundsonCHI: Keith, Anisimov, Saad, Oesterle, Martinsen
STL 1 – 0 CHI

3rd period

8:08
CHIErik Gustafsson (Patrick Kane, Nick Schmaltz)wrist0.03 xG
STL: Pietrangelo, Schenn, Tarasenko, Schwartz, EdmundsonCHI: Sharp, Kane, Gustafsson, Schmaltz, Rutta
STL 1 – 1 CHI
8:24
STLPatrik Berglund (Kyle Brodziak, Robert Bortuzzo)wrist0.08 xG
STL: Steen, Brodziak, Butler, Berglund, BortuzzoCHI: Sharp, Keith, Kane, Oesterle, Schmaltz
STL 2 – 1 CHI
12:40
STLJaden Schwartz (Brayden Schenn)slap0.17 xG
STL: Butler, Bortuzzo, Schenn, Tarasenko, SchwartzCHI: Keith, Seabrook, Anisimov, Saad, Martinsen
STL 3 – 1 CHI
18:49
STLPatrik BerglundENbackhand0.64 xG
STL: Sobotka, Berglund, Jaskin, Edmundson, ParaykoCHI: Sharp, Keith, Seabrook, Anisimov, Kane, DeBrincat
STL 4 – 1 CHI

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
Brayden Schenn C	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	17:00	—	—	60	82
Jaden Schwartz L	L1	1	0	1	0	5	0.47	0	3	0	16:36	—	—	59	80
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.39	1	0	0	15:53	—	—	60	83
Vladimir Sobotka C	L2	0	0	0	+1	5	0.15	0	0	2	17:21	—	—	56	81
Dmitrij Jaskin R	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.78	5	0	0	16:00	—	—	62	87
Tage Thompson C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	14:02	—	—	61	84
Alexander Steen L	L3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:30	—	—	50	50
Kyle Brodziak C	L3	0	2	2	+2	3	0.16	0	2	0	15:44	—	—	58	65
Patrik Berglund C	L3	3	0	3	+3	5	0.93	5	0	0	14:55	—	—	58	61
Ivan Barbashev L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	1	0	0	10:58	—	—	58	46
Chris Thorburn R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	10:30	—	—	40	55
Nikita Soshnikov R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:27	—	—	36	11
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.31	1	3	2	20:26	—	—	62	73
Joel Edmundson D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.02	0	1	0	19:15	—	—	57	53
Vince Dunn D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.29	0	4	0	20:56	—	—	56	81
Colton Parayko D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	3	1	0	20:00	—	—	44	56
Chris Butler D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	2	0	20:26	—	—	57	65
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.03	1	2	0	19:01	—	—	56	63

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hutton(start)	W	20	19	1	.950	1.60	60:00

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Schmaltz C	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	20:14	—	—	33	20
Patrick Kane R	L1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.18	1	0	2	19:43	—	—	31	18
Patrick Sharp L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.30	0	1	0	19:03	—	—	26	14
Brandon Saad L	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.11	1	2	0	19:04	—	—	40	13
Artem Anisimov C	L2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.02	0	1	0	16:07	—	—	48	13
Andreas Martinsen L	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	4	0	2	14:12	—	—	43	9
Alex DeBrincat R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	0	0	0	14:51	—	—	44	79
Dylan Sikura R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.32	0	0	0	14:20	—	—	50	79
Victor Ejdsell C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	3	0	11:19	—	—	41	78
Blake Hillman D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	1	0	16:01	—	—	48	26
Connor Murphy D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	1	0	14:30	—	—	37	17
Duncan Keith D	D2	0	0	0	-4	1	0.05	0	0	0	17:53	—	—	35	35
Brent Seabrook D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.06	0	3	0	15:38	—	—	43	28
Jordan Oesterle D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.10	0	1	0	18:58	—	—	55	54
Jan Rutta D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	1	0	16:32	—	—	44	55
Erik Gustafsson D	—	1	0	1	+1	1	0.03	0	3	0	19:21	—	—	44	29
David Kampf C	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	3	0	15:00	—	—	68	89
Vinnie Hinostroza C	—	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	0	0	0	14:58	—	—	68	81

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
J-F Berube(start)	L	34	31	3	.912	3.06	58:16

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.