St. Louis Blues vs. Vancouver CanucksDec 20, 2018

FinalThursday, Dec 20, 2018· Rogers Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	0	0	1	1		STL	15	3	12	30
VAN	0	2	3	5		VAN	5	14	10	29

: STL 56VAN 45
: STL 2.08VAN 2.59
PP goals: STL 0VAN 1
Hits: STL 30VAN 21
Blocks: STL 9VAN 20
PIM: STL 4VAN 6
: STL 52%VAN 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks rout St. Louis Blues 5–1

Vancouver Canucks beat St. Louis Blues 5–1 at home. Jake Virtanen (VAN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. VAN's first power-play unit (Edler, Horvat, Goldobin, Boeser and Pettersson) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:35 together.

Points
Bo Horvat had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:53.Horvat
Points
Jake Virtanen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 12:22.Virtanen
Points
Alexander Edler had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:07.Edler
PP1
VAN's first power-play unit (Edler, Horvat, Goldobin, Boeser and Pettersson) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:35 together.Edler Horvat Goldobin Boeser Pettersson
New line
New look for VAN: Beagle–Roussel–Motte skated 8:07 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (21.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Beagle Roussel Motte
New line
New look for VAN: Leivo–Granlund–Gaudette skated 5:57 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (64.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Leivo Granlund Gaudette
Usage
Alexander Edler (VAN) played 18:07, −6:34 down on his 24:41 season average over 55 games.Edler
Luck
VAN scored 5 goals on 2.59 expected goals (45 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

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)VAN attacks right (top on phones) →

VAN
STL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 101 of 101 attempts · VAN 45 · STL 56

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

VAN
STL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

VAN 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 44% of the game, VAN 17%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

VAN

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	VAN
	58	42
	1.84	1.05
	1.82	0.99
	16	2
	6	6
	12	12
	+0.023	−0.023
	44%	17%

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 – Perron – O'Reilly
12:5371% CF
L2Schenn – Tarasenko – Schwartz
12:2264% CF
L3Maroon – Bozak – Thomas
10:2743% CF
L4Nolan – Sundqvist – Barbashev
7:12100% CF
D1Bouwmeester – Bortuzzo
14:3464% CF
D2Edmundson – Parayko
13:2341% CF
D3Butler – Dunn
9:5179% CF

PP1O'Reilly – Schenn – Tarasenko – Schwartz – Dunn
2:5675% CF
PP2Steen – Maroon – Perron – Bozak – Parayko
2:5650% CF
PK1FSundqvist – Barbashev
1:17
PK2FSteen – Bozak
0:39
PK1DBouwmeester – Bortuzzo
1:34
PK2DEdmundson – Parayko
0:39

Current STL line combinations →

Vancouver Canucks

L1Beagle – Roussel – Motte
8:0721% CF
L2Leivo – Granlund – Gaudette
5:5764% CF
L3Eriksson – Horvat – Virtanen
5:4442% CF
L4Goldobin – Boeser – Pettersson
4:330% CF
D1Gudbranson – Hutton
18:0732% CF
D2Biega – Pouliot
15:5648% CF
D3Edler – Tanev
12:1140% CF

PP1Edler – Horvat – Goldobin – Boeser – Pettersson
1:35100% CF
PP2Eriksson – Leivo – Granlund – Hutton – Virtanen
0:38100% CF
PK1FEriksson – Roussel
3:05
PK2FBeagle – Granlund
2:53
PK1DEdler – Tanev
2:17
PK2DGudbranson – Hutton
1:46

Current VAN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

5:51
VANBo HorvatPP (Elias Pettersson, Alexander Edler)snap0.21 xG
STL: Bouwmeester, Steen, Bortuzzo, O'ReillyVAN: Edler, Horvat, Goldobin, Boeser, Pettersson
STL 0 – 1 VAN
6:19
VANAdam Gaudettewrist0.04 xG
STL: Maroon, Bozak, Edmundson, Parayko, ThomasVAN: Biega, Leivo, Granlund, Pouliot, Gaudette
STL 0 – 2 VAN

3rd period

2:08
VANJosh Leivo (Markus Granlund)wrist0.02 xG
STL: Schenn, Tarasenko, Schwartz, Edmundson, ParaykoVAN: Edler, Tanev, Leivo, Granlund, Gaudette
STL 0 – 3 VAN
6:33
STLVladimir Tarasenko (Brayden Schenn)wrist0.18 xG
STL: Schenn, Tarasenko, Schwartz, Edmundson, ParaykoVAN: Edler, Tanev, Leivo, Granlund, Gaudette
STL 1 – 3 VAN
11:24
VANJake Virtanen (Alexander Edler, Bo Horvat)wrist0.02 xG
STL: Bouwmeester, Maroon, Bozak, Dunn, ThomasVAN: Eriksson, Edler, Tanev, Horvat, Virtanen
STL 1 – 4 VAN
15:24
VANLoui ErikssonEN (Jake Virtanen, Chris Tanev)backhand0.83 xG
STL: Perron, O'Reilly, Schenn, Tarasenko, Schwartz, DunnVAN: Eriksson, Edler, Tanev, Horvat, Virtanen
STL 1 – 5 VAN

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
David Perron L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.15	3	0	2	19:55	—	—	63	76
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	0	0	0	18:32	—	—	68	91
Alexander Steen L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.17	3	3	0	18:18	—	—	68	91
Brayden Schenn C	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.10	2	1	0	18:32	—	—	57	62
Jaden Schwartz L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.24	3	0	0	18:31	—	—	55	58
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L2	1	0	1	-1	4	0.37	0	0	0	17:23	—	—	61	67
Patrick Maroon L	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.15	1	0	0	16:11	—	—	46	57
Tyler Bozak C	L3	0	0	0	-2	5	0.42	1	0	0	15:31	—	—	46	51
Robert Thomas C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.05	1	1	0	11:59	—	—	42	50
Ivan Barbashev L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:31	—	—	71	4
Oskar Sundqvist C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:06	—	—	86	20
Jordan Nolan C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	8:27	—	—	100	100
Jay Bouwmeester D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	22:17	—	—	66	81
Robert Bortuzzo D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	1	0	0	20:33	—	—	61	65
Colton Parayko D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	1	1	0	21:43	—	—	42	53
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	6	2	0	17:44	—	—	45	51
Vince Dunn D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.12	0	0	2	20:14	—	—	58	59
Chris Butler D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:39	—	—	84	73

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	L	28	24	4	.857	1.76	59:37

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Antoine Roussel L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	19:46	—	—	39	21
Jay Beagle C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	2	0	0	17:19	—	—	28	17
Tyler Motte C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	15:06	—	—	23	9
Markus Granlund C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.25	0	1	0	13:44	—	—	58	37
Josh Leivo L	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.07	1	0	0	12:56	—	—	62	44
Adam Gaudette R	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.14	1	0	0	10:19	—	—	50	37
Loui Eriksson L	L3	1	0	1	+2	4	1.03	0	0	0	17:18	—	—	48	49
Bo Horvat C	L3	1	1	2	+2	2	0.31	0	0	2	16:53	—	—	50	57
Jake Virtanen R	L3	1	1	2	+2	4	0.35	2	1	0	12:22	—	—	44	41
Brock Boeser R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	0	0	0	16:13	—	—	42	44
Elias Pettersson C	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.18	1	1	0	15:16	—	—	36	29
Nikolay Goldobin R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:33	—	—	10	25
Erik Gudbranson D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	3	3	0	23:55	—	—	31	23
Ben Hutton D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	0	1	0	23:03	—	—	37	25
Alex Biega D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	4	1	0	18:31	—	—	54	58
Derrick Pouliot D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	1	2	2	17:48	—	—	46	53
Alexander Edler D	D3	0	2	2	+2	2	0.00	1	7	0	18:07	—	—	44	29
Chris Tanev D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.00	2	1	2	16:18	—	—	40	21

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	W	30	29	1	.967	2.08	59:33

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.