St. Louis Blues vs. Chicago BlackhawksMar 8, 2020

FinalSunday, Mar 8, 2020· United Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	0	1	1	2		STL	7	10	9	26
CHI	0	0	0	0		CHI	7	13	9	29

: STL 50CHI 48
: STL 2.59CHI 2.89
PP goals: STL 0CHI 0
Hits: STL 34CHI 26
Blocks: STL 8CHI 15
PIM: STL 25CHI 11
: STL 55%CHI 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues beat Chicago Blackhawks 2–0

St. Louis Blues beat Chicago Blackhawks 2–0 at CHI. Jaden Schwartz (STL) led the scoring with 0G 2A. New look for STL: Schenn–Schwartz–Blais skated 9:19 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Jaden Schwartz had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:11.Schwartz
New line
New look for STL: Schenn–Schwartz–Blais skated 9:19 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Schenn Schwartz Blais
Luck
CHI scored 0 goals on 2.89 expected goals (48 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Drake Caggiula (CHI) played 4:39, −7:21 down on his 12:00 season average over 39 games.Caggiula
New line
New look for STL: Sundqvist–MacEachern–Barbashev skated 7:18 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (84.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sundqvist MacEachern Barbashev
Usage
Marco Scandella (STL) played 24:33, +7:05 up on his 17:28 season average over 61 games.Scandella
Usage
Duncan Keith (CHI) played 30:21, +6:04 up on his 24:17 season average over 60 games.Keith
Usage
Adam Boqvist (CHI) played 10:56, −5:25 down on his 16:21 season average over 40 games.Boqvist

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 98 of 98 attempts · CHI 48 · STL 50

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 40% of the game, CHI 29%.

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
	50	34
	2.16	1.97
	2.12	1.89
	12	7
	5	1
	19	16
	+0.031	−0.031
	40%	29%

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 – Schwartz – Blais
9:1957% CF
L2Perron – O'Reilly – Sanford
7:4250% CF
L3Sundqvist – MacEachern – Barbashev
7:1885% CF
L4Steen – Bozak – Thomas
5:2940% CF
D1Scandella – Parayko
16:0145% CF
D2Gunnarsson – Pietrangelo
11:2567% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Dunn
6:0975% CF

PP1Perron – Pietrangelo – O'Reilly – Schenn – Schwartz
2:15100% CF
PP2Bozak – Parayko – Sanford – Dunn – Thomas
1:09
PK1FSteen – O'Reilly
3:20
PK2FBozak – Sundqvist
1:09
PK1DBortuzzo – Scandella
4:15
PK2DGunnarsson – Pietrangelo
2:12

Current STL line combinations →

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Toews – Saad – Kubalik
9:1355% CF
L2Kane – Strome – Nylander
8:2735% CF
L3Carpenter – Highmore – Kampf
6:3350% CF
L4DeBrincat – Caggiula – Dach
3:5250% CF
D1Maatta – Koekkoek
8:1358% CF
D2Seeler – Murphy
7:5133% CF
D3Keith – Boqvist
7:4158% CF

PP1Keith – Toews – Kane – Kubalik – DeBrincat
5:3680% CF
PP2Saad – Maatta – Strome – Boqvist – Dach
1:39100% CF
PK1FToews – Saad
1:09
PK2FCarpenter – Kampf
0:33
PK1DKeith – Murphy
2:31
PK2DMaatta – Koekkoek
0:57

Current CHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

6:41
STLRobert Bortuzzo (Brayden Schenn, Jaden Schwartz)wrist0.07 xG
STL: Gunnarsson, Bortuzzo, Schenn, Schwartz, BlaisCHI: Toews, Saad, Murphy, Maatta, Kubalik
STL 1 – 0 CHI

3rd period

5:37
STLAlex Pietrangelo (Jaden Schwartz, Sammy Blais)wrist0.11 xG
STL: Gunnarsson, Pietrangelo, Schenn, Schwartz, BlaisCHI: Kane, Seeler, Murphy, Strome, Nylander
STL 2 – 0 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
Jaden Schwartz L	L1	0	2	2	+2	2	0.63	1	0	0	16:11	—	—	52	44
Brayden Schenn C	L1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.14	2	0	0	15:23	—	—	52	48
Sammy Blais L	L1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.25	8	0	2	13:07	—	—	59	58
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	19:58	—	—	54	61
David Perron L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	0	0	0	14:25	—	—	53	47
Zachary Sanford L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.39	2	0	0	14:13	—	—	64	77
Ivan Barbashev L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	4	1	4	14:06	—	—	67	53
Oskar Sundqvist C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	3	0	4	13:03	—	—	72	84
Mackenzie MacEachern L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	0	10	10:36	—	—	72	61
Alexander Steen L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	16:03	—	—	33	8
Tyler Bozak C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:37	—	—	60	22
Robert Thomas C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	1	0	0	13:02	—	—	73	48
Marco Scandella D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	0	0	24:33	—	—	40	35
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.08	4	0	0	23:15	—	—	44	38
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	1	0	1	+1	5	0.26	2	2	0	24:55	—	—	69	72
Carl Gunnarsson D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.04	1	1	0	17:37	—	—	67	67
Vince Dunn D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	0	5	13:41	—	—	82	44
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.11	1	1	0	13:15	—	—	73	63

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	W	29	29	0	.1000	2.89	60:00

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jonathan Toews C	L1	-1	1	0.15	0	0	0	23:49	—	—	50	41
Brandon Saad L	L1	-1	2	0.28	3	0	0	20:10	—	—	45	40
Dominik Kubalik L	L1	-1	0	0.00	4	0	2	19:49	—	—	50	41
Patrick Kane R	L2	-1	7	0.70	0	0	0	26:21	—	—	29	39
Dylan Strome C	L2	-1	3	0.24	0	2	0	19:01	—	—	32	45
Alex Nylander L	L2	-1	3	0.16	0	1	0	12:00	—	—	38	47
Matthew Highmore C	L3	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	9:57	—	—	36	22
David Kampf C	L3	0	0	0.02	1	0	0	9:46	—	—	46	33
Ryan Carpenter C	L3	0	1	0.01	5	2	0	8:43	—	—	50	46
Alex DeBrincat R	L4	0	4	0.63	0	1	0	18:54	—	—	47	62
Kirby Dach C	L4	0	1	0.09	3	1	4	14:55	—	—	36	55
Drake Caggiula L	L4	0	1	0.27	4	0	5	4:39	—	—	50	82
Olli Maatta D	D1	-1	2	0.04	0	1	0	20:13	—	—	38	27
Slater Koekkoek D	D1	0	1	0.04	0	1	0	16:59	—	—	46	51
Connor Murphy D	D2	-2	0	0.00	2	1	0	20:56	—	—	26	32
Nick Seeler D	D2	-1	0	0.00	4	3	0	11:54	—	—	36	61
Duncan Keith D	D3	0	1	0.09	0	1	0	30:21	—	—	48	56
Adam Boqvist D	D3	0	1	0.15	0	1	0	10:56	—	—	50	71

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Corey Crawford(start)	L	26	24	2	.923	2.13	56:24

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.