St. Louis Blues vs. Boston BruinsFeb 1, 2018

FinalThursday, Feb 1, 2018· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	0	0	1	1		STL	14	6	13	33
BOS	1	0	2	3		BOS	9	22	15	46

: STL 65BOS 74
: STL 2.61BOS 4.79
PP goals: STL 0BOS 1
Hits: STL 37BOS 30
Blocks: STL 19BOS 14
PIM: STL 4BOS 4
: STL 51%BOS 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins beat St. Louis Blues 3–1

Boston Bruins beat St. Louis Blues 3–1 at home. Ryan Spooner (BOS) led the scoring with 0G 2A. Jake Allen (STL) faced 45 shots and stopped 43 (.956), +18 against a season average of 27.4; the loss.

Points
Ryan Spooner had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:21.Spooner
Goalie
Jake Allen (STL) faced 45 shots and stopped 43 (.956), +18 against a season average of 27.4; the loss.Allen
New line
New look for BOS: Backes–Nash–Cehlarik skated 9:48 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (41.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Backes Nash Cehlarik
Luck
BOS scored 3 goals on 4.80 expected goals (74 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Brandon Carlo (BOS) played 26:14, +7:05 up on his 19:09 season average over 75 games.Carlo
Usage
Kevan Miller (BOS) played 12:33, −7:01 down on his 19:34 season average over 67 games.Miller
Luck
STL scored 1 goal on 2.61 expected goals (65 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Adam McQuaid (BOS) played 21:03, +5:29 up on his 15:34 season average over 37 games.McQuaid

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)BOS attacks right (top on phones) →

BOS
STL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 139 of 139 attempts · BOS 74 · STL 65

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

BOS
STL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

BOS 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, BOS 34%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

BOS

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	BOS
	66	84
	2.45	4.43
	2.40	4.30
	16	13
	1	5
	36	25
	+0.008	−0.008
	29%	34%

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

L1Steen – Schenn – Schwartz
9:4643% CF
L2Stastny – Tarasenko – Barbashev
8:4667% CF
L3Sobotka – Berglund – Thompson
8:2339% CF
L4Upshall – Brodziak – Jaskin
6:5438% CF
D1Pietrangelo – Edmundson
17:2538% CF
D2Bouwmeester – Parayko
14:3553% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Dunn
10:4345% CF

PP1Steen – Schenn – Tarasenko – Schwartz – Dunn
1:28100% CF
PP2Stastny – Berglund – Pietrangelo – Parayko – Thompson
0:26
PK1FSteen – Brodziak
0:30
PK1DPietrangelo – Edmundson
0:30

Current STL line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Bergeron – Pastrnak – Heinen
12:3952% CF
L2Krejci – Spooner – DeBrusk
12:3176% CF
L3Backes – Nash – Cehlarik
9:4841% CF
L4Kuraly – Schaller – Vatrano
6:2075% CF
D1Chara – Carlo
19:2650% CF
D2McQuaid – Krug
13:3562% CF
D3Miller – Grzelcyk
10:3765% CF

PP1Bergeron – Spooner – Krug – Pastrnak – Heinen
0:30100% CF
PK1FBergeron – Schaller
1:28
PK2FNash – Kuraly
0:17
PK1DMcQuaid – Carlo
1:28
PK2DKrug – Grzelcyk
0:10

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

12:32
BOSDavid Krejci (Jake DeBrusk, Ryan Spooner)backhand0.02 xG
STL: Sobotka, Berglund, Pietrangelo, Edmundson, ThompsonBOS: Krejci, Spooner, Miller, Grzelcyk, DeBrusk
STL 0 – 1 BOS

3rd period

9:05
BOSPatrice BergeronPP (David Pastrnak, Ryan Spooner)snap0.09 xG
STL: Steen, Brodziak, Pietrangelo, EdmundsonBOS: Bergeron, Spooner, Krug, Pastrnak, Heinen
STL 0 – 2 BOS
18:28
STLJaden Schwartz (Brayden Schenn, Vladimir Tarasenko)wrist0.10 xG
STL: Steen, Pietrangelo, Schenn, Tarasenko, Schwartz, DunnBOS: McQuaid, Nash, Krug, Pastrnak, Heinen
STL 1 – 2 BOS
19:59
BOSDavid BackesENwrist0.96 xG
STL: Steen, Stastny, Pietrangelo, Schenn, Tarasenko, SchwartzBOS: Chara, Backes, Krejci, Kuraly, Carlo
STL 1 – 3 BOS

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	3	0.38	4	0	0	22:08	—	—	39	29
Jaden Schwartz L	L1	1	0	1	0	5	0.60	2	2	0	20:19	—	—	45	34
Alexander Steen L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	3	1	0	17:22	—	—	43	33
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.06	1	1	2	21:08	—	—	49	35
Paul Stastny C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.43	0	0	0	16:25	—	—	63	61
Ivan Barbashev L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	3	0	0	13:50	—	—	45	29
Vladimir Sobotka C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	2	0	0	14:53	—	—	36	31
Patrik Berglund C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	2	0	0	12:53	—	—	39	24
Tage Thompson C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:32	—	—	43	43
Kyle Brodziak C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	2	0	10:48	—	—	38	33
Dmitrij Jaskin R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	1	0	10:30	—	—	44	32
Scottie Upshall R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	2	2	0	9:08	—	—	42	24
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	3	3	0	24:37	—	—	40	30
Joel Edmundson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.08	5	2	0	20:18	—	—	38	29
Colton Parayko D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.13	2	1	0	20:55	—	—	49	46
Jay Bouwmeester D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	0.17	0	0	0	20:27	—	—	48	44
Vince Dunn D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.09	0	1	2	18:30	—	—	51	43
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	4	3	0	12:51	—	—	45	25

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	L	45	43	2	.956	3.83	57:56

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.35	1	2	0	18:11	—	—	55	66
Danton Heinen L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.26	1	0	0	17:04	—	—	50	67
David Pastrnak R	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.24	1	0	0	15:18	—	—	50	65
Ryan Spooner C	L2	0	2	2	+1	2	0.07	0	0	0	17:21	—	—	66	83
David Krejci C	L2	1	0	1	+2	4	0.22	1	0	0	17:03	—	—	69	64
Jake DeBrusk L	L2	0	1	1	+1	5	0.70	0	0	0	15:14	—	—	67	79
David Backes R	L3	1	0	1	+1	8	1.53	6	2	0	18:01	—	—	47	55
Riley Nash C	L3	0	0	0	-1	5	0.38	0	2	0	15:48	—	—	45	46
Peter Cehlarik L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	10:20	—	—	40	40
Tim Schaller L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.51	2	0	2	14:21	—	—	70	68
Sean Kuraly C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.08	2	1	0	10:50	—	—	53	78
Frank Vatrano R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.04	2	0	0	6:50	—	—	77	92
Brandon Carlo D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	0	1	0	26:14	—	—	49	62
Zdeno Chara D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.03	2	2	2	22:37	—	—	51	69
Adam McQuaid D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.09	5	0	0	21:03	—	—	60	69
Torey Krug D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.23	2	1	0	20:38	—	—	59	63
Matt Grzelcyk D	D3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.06	3	1	0	16:34	—	—	60	56
Kevan Miller D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	12:33	—	—	63	62

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tuukka Rask(start)	W	33	32	1	.970	2.61	60:00

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.