St. Louis Blues vs. Boston BruinsJan 17, 2019

FinalThursday, Jan 17, 2019· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	0	2	0	2		STL	9	11	10	30
BOS	0	2	3	5		BOS	13	8	6	27

: STL 52BOS 51
: STL 2.48BOS 3.61
PP goals: STL 0BOS 1
Hits: STL 29BOS 23
Blocks: STL 11BOS 15
PIM: STL 7BOS 11
: STL 46%BOS 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins beat St. Louis Blues 5–2

Boston Bruins beat St. Louis Blues 5–2 at home. David Krejci (BOS) led the scoring with 0G 3A. David Perron (STL) played 22:28, +5:28 up on his 17:00 season average over 56 games.

Points
David Krejci had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 16:49.Krejci
Points
Chris Wagner had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:17.Wagner
Usage
David Perron (STL) played 22:28, +5:28 up on his 17:00 season average over 56 games.Perron
New line
New look for BOS: Backes–Wagner–Kuraly skated 8:46 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Backes Wagner Kuraly
Usage
Vince Dunn (STL) played 9:56, −7:42 down on his 17:38 season average over 77 games.Dunn
Usage
Jaden Schwartz (STL) played 22:26, +4:22 up on his 18:04 season average over 68 games.Schwartz
Usage
Joel Edmundson (STL) played 13:12, −6:17 down on his 19:29 season average over 63 games.Edmundson
Usage
Oskar Sundqvist (STL) played 20:01, +6:17 up on his 13:44 season average over 73 games.Sundqvist

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 103 of 103 attempts · BOS 51 · STL 52

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 31% of the game, BOS 36%.

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
	48	55
	2.15	2.09
	2.05	2.01
	8	6
	6	6
	24	38
	−0.003	+0.002
	31%	36%

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
11:1859% CF
L2Maroon – Sundqvist – Fabbri
6:3443% CF
L3Perron – O'Reilly – Kyrou
5:3831% CF
D1Bouwmeester – Parayko
15:4332% CF
D2Gunnarsson – Pietrangelo
9:2945% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Edmundson
6:5356% CF

PP1Perron – Pietrangelo – O'Reilly – Tarasenko – Sundqvist
4:12100% CF
PP2Maroon – Schenn – Schwartz – Parayko – Kyrou
0:37100% CF
PK1FO'Reilly – Sundqvist
1:32
PK2FSchwartz – Barbashev
0:34
PK1DBouwmeester – Edmundson
2:09
PK2DGunnarsson – Pietrangelo
0:46

Current STL line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak
11:4456% CF
L2Krejci – Cehlarik – DeBrusk
11:3782% CF
L3Backes – Wagner – Kuraly
8:4640% CF
L4Donato – Heinen – Forsbacka Karlsson
8:1433% CF
D1Krug – Carlo
15:4961% CF
D2Chara – McAvoy
13:1458% CF
D3Moore – Miller
9:4746% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Krug – Pastrnak – DeBrusk
2:2567% CF
PP2Backes – Krejci – Krug – Cehlarik – Pastrnak
0:39
PK1FBergeron – Marchand
1:43
PK2FWagner – Kuraly
1:14
PK1DMoore – Carlo
2:49
PK2DChara – Miller
0:51

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

3:31
BOSTorey Krug (David Krejci, Peter Cehlarik)wrist0.04 xG
STL: Schenn, Schwartz, Parayko, Barbashev, DunnBOS: Krejci, Krug, Cehlarik, DeBrusk, McAvoy
STL 0 – 1 BOS
4:23
STLRyan O'Reilly (Jordan Kyrou, David Perron)wrist0.01 xG
STL: Perron, Bortuzzo, O'Reilly, Edmundson, KyrouBOS: Krejci, Moore, Miller, Donato, Heinen
STL 1 – 1 BOS
13:36
STLCarl Gunnarsson (Jaden Schwartz, Brayden Schenn)snap0.05 xG
STL: Gunnarsson, Pietrangelo, Schenn, Schwartz, BlaisBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Moore, Miller, Pastrnak
STL 2 – 1 BOS
16:00
BOSDavid BackesPP (Zdeno Chara, David Krejci)tip-in0.12 xG
STL: Bouwmeester, Schenn, Schwartz, EdmundsonBOS: Chara, Backes, Krejci, Cehlarik, McAvoy
STL 2 – 2 BOS

3rd period

5:27
BOSChris Wagner (Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson)wrist0.07 xG
STL: Pietrangelo, Tarasenko, Barbashev, Blais, DunnBOS: Backes, Wagner, Krug, Forsbacka Karlsson, Carlo
STL 2 – 3 BOS
13:12
BOSBrad Marchand (Charlie McAvoy, Patrice Bergeron)wrist0.10 xG
STL: Gunnarsson, Pietrangelo, O'Reilly, Schenn, SchwartzBOS: Chara, Bergeron, Marchand, Pastrnak, McAvoy
STL 2 – 4 BOS
19:08
BOSSean KuralyEN (David Krejci, Chris Wagner)snap0.74 xG
STL: Perron, Pietrangelo, O'Reilly, Schenn, Tarasenko, SchwartzBOS: Chara, Krejci, Wagner, Kuraly, McAvoy
STL 2 – 5 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
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.36	0	0	0	23:59	—	—	56	45
Jaden Schwartz L	L1	0	1	1	-2	2	0.09	0	0	0	22:26	—	—	60	56
Brayden Schenn C	L1	0	1	1	-2	2	0.22	7	1	0	21:13	—	—	57	49
Oskar Sundqvist C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	4	0	0	20:01	—	—	41	55
Patrick Maroon L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	3	0	5	11:30	—	—	50	68
Robby Fabbri C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	9:15	—	—	25	29
Ryan O'Reilly C	L3	1	0	1	-1	5	0.77	0	0	0	24:00	—	—	37	52
David Perron L	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.27	0	0	0	22:28	—	—	36	60
Jordan Kyrou R	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:26	—	—	33	64
Jay Bouwmeester D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	1	2	0	21:15	—	—	37	40
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	4	2	0	20:04	—	—	32	36
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	0	0	-2	4	0.28	0	1	0	22:30	—	—	52	48
Carl Gunnarsson D	D2	1	0	1	0	2	0.07	0	2	0	13:18	—	—	44	35
Joel Edmundson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	1	0	13:12	—	—	47	73
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	1	2	12:32	—	—	50	68
Ivan Barbashev L	—	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:12	—	—	33	9
Vince Dunn D	—	0	0	0	-2	4	0.12	1	0	0	9:56	—	—	67	58
Sammy Blais L	—	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	1	0	0	7:14	—	—	67	68

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	L	26	22	4	.846	2.03	57:32

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brad Marchand L	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.25	2	0	0	21:08	—	—	53	69
David Pastrnak R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	1	0	2	18:34	—	—	50	64
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	0	1	1	0	4	0.34	2	2	0	18:03	—	—	56	71
Jake DeBrusk L	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.16	0	0	0	17:00	—	—	80	77
David Krejci C	L2	0	3	3	+1	3	0.28	0	0	0	16:49	—	—	71	48
Peter Cehlarik L	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.15	1	0	2	14:45	—	—	82	89
Sean Kuraly C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.74	2	0	0	14:28	—	—	41	30
Chris Wagner R	L3	1	1	2	+2	1	0.91	5	0	2	14:17	—	—	43	32
David Backes R	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.16	0	0	0	11:25	—	—	56	43
Danton Heinen L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	10:38	—	—	29	17
Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.11	0	0	0	10:24	—	—	39	42
Ryan Donato C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.16	2	0	0	9:24	—	—	32	24
Brandon Carlo D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	2	0	25:47	—	—	54	52
Torey Krug D	D1	1	0	1	+2	2	0.05	1	0	0	22:16	—	—	60	57
Zdeno Chara D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	1	3	5	20:13	—	—	57	52
Charlie McAvoy D	D2	0	1	1	+3	1	0.03	1	0	0	19:24	—	—	56	61
John Moore D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.05	1	3	0	16:16	—	—	43	39
Kevan Miller D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.00	2	4	0	13:09	—	—	50	36

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tuukka Rask(start)	W	30	28	2	.933	2.48	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.