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St. Louis Blues vs. Boston BruinsMar 11, 2024

Final· TD Garden
away
STL
5
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BOS
1
Goals123TShots123T
STL2215STL107522
BOS0011BOS12121337
STL 41BOS 63
STL 3.69BOS 3.84
PP goals
STL 1BOS 0
Hits
STL 27BOS 23
Blocks
STL 10BOS 8
PIM
STL 6BOS 6
STL 59%BOS 41%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues rout Boston Bruins 5–1

St. Louis Blues beat Boston Bruins 5–1 at BOS. Kasperi Kapanen (STL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. New look for STL: Schenn–Kyrou–Thomas skated 9:44 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (47.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

  1. Points
    Kasperi Kapanen had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 15:40.Kapanen
  2. Points
    Brandon Saad had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:06.Saad
  3. Points
    Kevin Hayes had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:04.Hayes
  4. New line
    New look for STL: Schenn–Kyrou–Thomas skated 9:44 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (47.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.SchennKyrouThomas
  5. Luck
    BOS scored 1 goal on 3.84 expected goals (63 attempts), well short of its chances.
  6. Goalie
    Joel Hofer (STL) faced 37 shots and stopped 36 (.973), +9 against a season average of 27.7; the win.Hofer
  7. New line
    New look for BOS: Marchand–Pastrnak–Zacha skated 4:32 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.MarchandPastrnakZacha
  8. New line
    New look for STL: Buchnevich–Neighbours–Bolduc skated 6:39 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.BuchnevichNeighboursBolduc

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.

Shot map, STL at BOS: 104 attempts, 59 on goal, 6 goals, 7.53 expected goals; best chance Pavel Buchnevich at 0.70 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← STL attacks left (bottom on phones)BOS attacks right (top on phones) →
  • BOS
  • STL
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 104 of 104 attempts · BOS 63 · STL 41

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, STL at BOS: expected goals 3.84 to 3.69 (BOS led the chances), shot attempts 63 to 41, 6 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdBOSSTLKTHSPTnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • BOS
  • STL
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
BOSSTLcontrol2nd3rdKapanen · 1st 10:13Thomas · 1st 17:59Hayes · 2nd 4:31Saad · 2nd 15:25Pastrnak · 3rd 1:48Toropchenko · 3rd 11:27
  • 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 23% of the game, BOS 37%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, STL at BOS: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Jeremy Swayman (59:18) for BOS and Joel Hofer (59:55) for STL, 6 goals.

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
StatSTLBOS
3765
3.173.90
2.853.57
1020
45
2422
+0.028−0.028
23%37%

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

Current STL line combinations →

Boston Bruins

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 10:13
    STLKasperi Kapanen (Torey Krug, Brandon Saad)wrist0.16 xG
    STL: Hayes, Saad, Krug, Kapanen, KesselBOS: Shattenkirk, Pastrnak, Heinen, Zacha, Lohrei
    STL 1 – 0 BOS
  2. 17:59
    STLRobert ThomasPP (Pavel Buchnevich, Justin Faulk)slap0.14 xG
    STL: Schenn, Faulk, Buchnevich, Kyrou, ThomasBOS: Lindholm, Zacha, Carlo
    STL 2 – 0 BOS

2nd period

  1. 4:31
    STLKevin Hayes (Kasperi Kapanen, Matthew Kessel)wrist0.18 xG
    STL: Hayes, Saad, Krug, Kapanen, KesselBOS: Shattenkirk, Pastrnak, Heinen, Zacha, Lohrei
    STL 3 – 0 BOS
  2. 15:25
    STLBrandon Saad (Kevin Hayes, Kasperi Kapanen)wrist0.61 xG
    STL: Faulk, Hayes, Saad, Kapanen, PerunovichBOS: Shattenkirk, Coyle, Lindholm, Heinen, Brazeau
    STL 4 – 0 BOS

3rd period

  1. 1:48
    BOSDavid Pastrnak (Kevin Shattenkirk, Pavel Zacha)slap0.04 xG
    STL: Leddy, Parayko, Buchnevich, Neighbours, BolducBOS: Marchand, Shattenkirk, Lindholm, Pastrnak, Zacha
    STL 4 – 1 BOS
  2. 11:27
    STLAlexey ToropchenkoEN (Colton Parayko, Nick Leddy)tip-in0.54 xG
    STL: Leddy, Hayes, Parayko, Buchnevich, ToropchenkoBOS: Marchand, Pastrnak, Zacha, McAvoy, Geekie, Lohrei
    STL 5 – 1 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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Kasperi Kapanen RL1123+320.1700015:40——4864
Brandon Saad LL1112+320.8510015:06——4363
Kevin Hayes RL1112+410.1820013:04——4864
Robert Thomas CL2101010.1701018:04——4623
Jordan Kyrou RL2000050.2610217:46——4829
Brayden Schenn CL2000010.0050215:47——4422
Pavel Buchnevich LL3011030.9200017:15——4464
Jake Neighbours LL3000-100.0020016:33——3041
Zachary Bolduc RL3000-110.140109:59——3328
Oskar Sundqvist CL4000000.0020216:32——1412
Alexey Toropchenko RL4101+130.6230013:37——2049
Nathan Walker LL4000010.162107:29——837
Justin Faulk DD1011+100.0001024:13——3237
Scott Perunovich DD1000+110.0012018:59——3337
Nick Leddy DD2011000.0021022:03——3448
Colton Parayko DD2011000.0031019:22——4458
Torey Krug DD3011+210.2111018:51——4256
Matthew Kessel DD3011+200.0021013:45——3950
STL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Joel Hofer(start)W37361.9733.8459:55

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Justin Brazeau RL1000-110.0621013:18——6941
Jesper Boqvist CL1000010.0540013:09——92100
Jakub Lauko CL1000020.4020012:45——7184
Morgan Geekie CL2000-130.1810016:26——6868
Trent Frederic CL2000010.1040214:30——7084
James van Riemsdyk LL2000010.2900012:33——8373
Brad Marchand LL3000010.0231017:57——5240
Pavel Zacha CL3011-220.2100016:04——5638
David Pastrnak RL3101-260.8600015:40——5235
Jake DeBrusk LL4000070.8901216:53——6180
Charlie Coyle CL4000-100.0011215:50——5645
Danton Heinen LL4000-330.5710014:15——6454
Charlie McAvoy DD1000-100.0011026:00——7355
Matt Grzelcyk DD1000020.0300019:14——7077
Mason Lohrei DD2000-310.0211019:48——6652
Kevin Shattenkirk DD2011-240.1101015:59——6550
Hampus Lindholm DD3000000.0021019:43——4644
Brandon Carlo DD3000020.0610015:26——5374
BOS goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)L21174.8103.1559:18

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Kasperi Kapanen (STL) 1st 10:13 · assists Torey Krug, Brandon Saad · Forecheck turnover · 39.3 mph shot.

Kevin Hayes · 2nd 4:31 · STL

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
2-on-0
Passes
1
Shot
46.6 mph
Distance
11 ft
Entry to goal
3.0 s
Type
one-timer

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Brandon Saad · 2nd 15:25 · STL

Play
rebound
Entry
carry
Odd man
No
Passes
0
Shot
5.6 mph
Distance
5 ft
Entry to goal
5.2 s
Type
rebound

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