St. Louis Blues vs. Boston BruinsMay 29, 2019

Final / OTPlayoffsWednesday, May 29, 2019· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	1OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	1OT	T
STL	2	0	0	1	3		STL	10	14	9	4	37
BOS	2	0	0	0	2		BOS	8	6	9	0	23

: STL 67BOS 48
: STL 3.19BOS 2.02
PP goals: STL 0BOS 1
Hits: STL 50BOS 31
Blocks: STL 13BOS 19
PIM: STL 10BOS 6
: STL 50%BOS 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues edge Boston Bruins 3–2 (OT)

St. Louis Blues beat Boston Bruins 3–2 in overtime at BOS. Carl Gunnarsson (STL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Matt Grzelcyk (BOS) played 4:29, −12:36 down on his 17:05 season average over 19 games.

Points
Carl Gunnarsson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:18.Gunnarsson
Usage
Matt Grzelcyk (BOS) played 4:29, −12:36 down on his 17:05 season average over 19 games.Grzelcyk
Goalie
Tuukka Rask (BOS) faced 37 shots and stopped 34 (.919), +6 against a season average of 30.9; the loss.Rask
New line
New look for STL: Maroon–Bozak–Fabbri skated 8:09 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Maroon Bozak Fabbri
Usage
Carl Gunnarsson (STL) played 18:18, +3:33 up on his 14:46 season average over 18 games.Gunnarsson
Usage
Charlie Coyle (BOS) played 19:00, +3:41 up on his 15:19 season average over 23 games.Coyle
Usage
Zdeno Chara (BOS) played 25:45, +4:28 up on his 21:17 season average over 22 games.Chara
Usage
Marcus Johansson (BOS) played 17:57, +4:07 up on his 13:50 season average over 21 games.Johansson

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 115 of 115 attempts · BOS 48 · STL 67

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 33% of the game, BOS 23%.

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
	64	44
	2.58	1.54
	2.36	1.48
	13	8
	6	4
	16	25
	+0.030	−0.030
	33%	23%

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
12:0071% CF
L2Perron – O'Reilly – Blais
11:5260% CF
L3Steen – Sundqvist – Barbashev
8:2655% CF
L4Maroon – Bozak – Fabbri
8:0943% CF
D1Bouwmeester – Parayko
17:5362% CF
D2Pietrangelo – Edmundson
10:3075% CF
D3Gunnarsson – Bortuzzo
5:0436% CF

PP1Maroon – Perron – O'Reilly – Tarasenko – Parayko
2:15100% CF
PP2Steen – Pietrangelo – Schenn – Schwartz – Sundqvist
1:16100% CF
PK1FSteen – O'Reilly
2:22
PK2FSundqvist – Barbashev
1:29
PK1DBouwmeester – Bortuzzo
3:33
PK2DPietrangelo – Parayko
2:34

Current STL line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Johansson – Coyle – Heinen
11:4745% CF
L2Nordstrom – Kuraly – Acciari
10:5930% CF
L3Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak
7:4327% CF
L4Backes – Krejci – DeBrusk
6:4214% CF
D1Chara – McAvoy
14:0934% CF
D2Krug – Carlo
13:0138% CF
D3Grzelcyk – Clifton
4:2967% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Krug – Pastrnak – DeBrusk
3:2671% CF
PP2Krejci – Johansson – Coyle – Krug – McAvoy
2:00100% CF
PK1FNordstrom – Kuraly
1:43
PK2FBergeron – Marchand
1:23
PK1DChara – Carlo
2:48
PK2DKrug – McAvoy
0:27

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:44
BOSCharlie CoylePP (Jake DeBrusk, David Pastrnak)wrist0.13 xG
STL: Pietrangelo, Bozak, Parayko, SundqvistBOS: Marchand, Coyle, Pastrnak, DeBrusk, McAvoy
STL 0 – 1 BOS
9:37
STLRobert Bortuzzo (Tyler Bozak, Carl Gunnarsson)wrist0.01 xG
STL: Maroon, Gunnarsson, Bortuzzo, Bozak, BlaisBOS: Johansson, Coyle, Grzelcyk, Clifton, Heinen
STL 1 – 1 BOS
10:17
BOSJoakim Nordstrom (Sean Kuraly)backhand0.07 xG
STL: Perron, Pietrangelo, O'Reilly, Edmundson, BlaisBOS: Nordstrom, Kuraly, Krug, Carlo, Acciari
STL 1 – 2 BOS
14:55
STLVladimir Tarasenko (Jaden Schwartz)wrist0.02 xG
STL: Bouwmeester, Pietrangelo, Schenn, Tarasenko, SchwartzBOS: Chara, Bergeron, Marchand, Pastrnak, McAvoy
STL 2 – 2 BOS

OT period

3:51
STLCarl Gunnarsson (Ryan O'Reilly, Oskar Sundqvist)slap0.04 xG
STL: Steen, Gunnarsson, Pietrangelo, O'Reilly, Sundqvist, BarbashevBOS: Johansson, Coyle, Krug, Heinen, Carlo
STL 3 – 2 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	0	0	+1	3	0.29	8	0	2	20:14	—	—	69	83
Jaden Schwartz L	L1	0	1	1	+1	5	0.59	4	0	2	18:05	—	—	79	84
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.20	3	0	0	15:50	—	—	71	77
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.53	2	0	0	20:38	—	—	57	44
David Perron L	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.04	2	0	0	17:24	—	—	60	47
Sammy Blais L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	4	0	2	13:20	—	—	61	57
Oskar Sundqvist C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.04	3	0	2	15:24	—	—	50	56
Alexander Steen L	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.42	1	0	0	15:08	—	—	56	70
Ivan Barbashev L	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	1	0	13:11	—	—	47	69
Patrick Maroon L	L4	0	0	0	+1	4	0.68	0	1	0	15:17	—	—	52	56
Tyler Bozak C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	3	1	0	11:47	—	—	45	28
Robby Fabbri C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	10:14	—	—	35	50
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	4	2	0	27:40	—	—	58	71
Jay Bouwmeester D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.01	5	1	0	25:41	—	—	68	78
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.05	2	1	0	24:47	—	—	70	71
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	2	2	2	15:42	—	—	60	66
Carl Gunnarsson D	D3	1	1	2	+2	1	0.08	0	1	0	18:18	—	—	52	37
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.04	1	3	0	11:54	—	—	32	19

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	W	23	21	2	.913	2.02	63:43

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Charlie Coyle C	L1	1	0	1	-2	3	0.33	0	1	0	19:00	—	—	46	23
Marcus Johansson L	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.15	1	0	0	17:57	—	—	48	24
Danton Heinen L	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.07	0	0	0	15:26	—	—	54	37
Sean Kuraly C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	1	0	15:56	—	—	29	60
Joakim Nordstrom C	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.47	2	5	0	15:38	—	—	32	57
Noel Acciari C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	13:35	—	—	35	63
Brad Marchand L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.27	0	0	0	18:14	—	—	45	53
David Pastrnak R	L3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.19	2	0	0	18:07	—	—	39	43
Patrice Bergeron C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.22	2	1	0	16:16	—	—	45	59
David Krejci C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	2	0	15:58	—	—	46	27
Jake DeBrusk L	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.11	0	0	0	14:06	—	—	35	20
David Backes R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	10:05	—	—	20	17
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	3	2	0	27:00	—	—	40	40
Zdeno Chara D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	3	2	0	25:45	—	—	33	31
Torey Krug D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	1	2	0	26:00	—	—	56	70
Brandon Carlo D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	0	0	22:58	—	—	44	56
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	5	3	6	16:47	—	—	36	10
Matt Grzelcyk D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	4:29	—	—	67	12

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tuukka Rask(start)	L	37	34	3	.919	3.19	63:49

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.