St. Louis Blues vs. Vancouver CanucksDec 19, 2022

FinalMonday, Dec 19, 2022· Rogers Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	0	3	2	5		STL	12	8	7	27
VAN	0	1	0	1		VAN	11	10	13	34

: STL 49VAN 55
: STL 3.21VAN 3.65
PP goals: STL 2VAN 0
Hits: STL 21VAN 26
Blocks: STL 6VAN 9
PIM: STL 10VAN 6
: STL 55%VAN 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues rout Vancouver Canucks 5–1

St. Louis Blues beat Vancouver Canucks 5–1 at VAN. Jordan Kyrou (STL) led the scoring with 3G 1A. STL's first power-play unit (Faulk, Buchnevich, Barbashev, Kyrou and Thomas) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:26 together.

Points
Jordan Kyrou had a hat trick and an assist (4 points) on 5 shots in 17:15.Kyrou
Points
Vladimir Tarasenko had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 15:17.Tarasenko
Points
Robert Thomas had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:31.Thomas
Points
Nick Leddy had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:08.Leddy
PP1
STL's first power-play unit (Faulk, Buchnevich, Barbashev, Kyrou and Thomas) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:26 together.Faulk Buchnevich Barbashev Kyrou Thomas
New line
New look for VAN: Horvat–Boeser–Mikheyev skated 11:12 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (68.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Horvat Boeser Mikheyev
New line
New look for VAN: Lazar–Pederson–Kuzmenko skated 8:12 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lazar Pederson Kuzmenko
Luck
VAN scored 1 goal on 3.65 expected goals (55 attempts), well short of 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 104 of 104 attempts · VAN 55 · STL 49

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 29% of the game, VAN 33%.

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
	46	46
	2.70	3.30
	2.58	2.96
	11	17
	7	4
	7	5
	+0.030	−0.030
	29%	33%

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

L1O'Reilly – Leivo – Saad
9:0047% CF
L2Barbashev – Kyrou – Thomas
8:1950% CF
L3Schenn – Tarasenko – Buchnevich
8:0850% CF
L4Walker – Acciari – Toropchenko
6:3925% CF
D1Leddy – Parayko
15:5944% CF
D2Faulk – Krug
11:2246% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Mikkola
8:2150% CF

PP1Faulk – Buchnevich – Barbashev – Kyrou – Thomas
2:2667% CF
PP2O'Reilly – Schenn – Tarasenko – Saad – Krug
1:26100% CF
PK1FSaad – Barbashev
3:06
PK2FO'Reilly – Buchnevich
2:40
PK1DBortuzzo – Faulk
4:10
PK2DParayko – Mikkola
2:06

Current STL line combinations →

Vancouver Canucks

L1Horvat – Boeser – Mikheyev
11:1269% CF
L2Lazar – Pederson – Kuzmenko
8:1244% CF
L3Miller – Garland – Dries
7:2064% CF
L4Joshua – Studnicka – Aman
3:4720% CF
D1Myers – Hughes
18:2752% CF
D2Burroughs – Bear
11:4455% CF
D3Schenn – Ekman-Larsson
11:4150% CF

PP1Miller – Horvat – Boeser – Hughes – Kuzmenko
5:54100% CF
PP2Ekman-Larsson – Boeser – Pederson – Dries – Mikheyev
1:43100% CF
PK1FHorvat – Lazar
2:02
PK2FMiller – Mikheyev
1:12
PK1DMyers – Burroughs
1:51
PK2DSchenn – Bear
0:56

Current VAN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

10:25
STLJordan Kyrou (Nick Leddy, Vladimir Tarasenko)wrist0.06 xG
STL: Leddy, Tarasenko, Krug, Kyrou, ThomasVAN: Schenn, Ekman-Larsson, Lazar, Pederson, Mikheyev
STL 1 – 0 VAN
12:24
VANIlya Mikheyev (Quinn Hughes)backhand0.17 xG
STL: Faulk, Krug, Barbashev, Kyrou, ThomasVAN: Myers, Horvat, Boeser, Hughes, Mikheyev
STL 1 – 1 VAN
13:02
STLNathan Walker (Nick Leddy, Colton Parayko)wrist0.08 xG
STL: Leddy, Saad, Walker, Acciari, MikkolaVAN: Schenn, Ekman-Larsson, Joshua, Boeser, Aman
STL 2 – 1 VAN
18:50
STLRobert ThomasPP (Ivan Barbashev, Jordan Kyrou)wrist0.11 xG
STL: Faulk, Buchnevich, Barbashev, Kyrou, ThomasVAN: Miller, Bear, Hughes, Mikheyev
STL 3 – 1 VAN

3rd period

1:07
STLJordan KyrouPP (Vladimir Tarasenko, Torey Krug)wrist0.12 xG
STL: Tarasenko, Krug, Buchnevich, Kyrou, ThomasVAN: Burroughs, Joshua, Bear, Aman
STL 4 – 1 VAN
9:19
STLJordan Kyrou (Robert Thomas, Vladimir Tarasenko)wrist0.13 xG
STL: Faulk, Tarasenko, Krug, Kyrou, ThomasVAN: Schenn, Burroughs, Lazar, Joshua, Aman
STL 5 – 1 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
Brandon Saad L	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.22	0	0	0	17:55	—	—	50	34
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:50	—	—	48	30
Josh Leivo L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	4	0	2	11:41	—	—	46	33
Ivan Barbashev L	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.14	1	0	0	17:37	—	—	55	45
Robert Thomas C	L2	1	1	2	+1	1	0.22	0	0	0	17:31	—	—	58	55
Jordan Kyrou R	L2	3	1	4	+1	5	0.58	0	0	0	17:15	—	—	59	51
Pavel Buchnevich L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	0	2	17:25	—	—	53	59
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L3	0	3	3	+2	2	0.26	0	0	0	15:17	—	—	52	55
Brayden Schenn C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	1	0	0	13:44	—	—	50	41
Noel Acciari C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	2	1	0	11:13	—	—	40	47
Nathan Walker L	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.08	0	0	2	10:18	—	—	36	58
Alexey Toropchenko R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.41	5	1	0	10:10	—	—	36	63
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	1	1	0	5	0.13	1	1	4	24:58	—	—	47	36
Nick Leddy D	D1	0	2	2	+2	1	0.19	1	0	0	20:08	—	—	51	49
Justin Faulk D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	1	0	20:07	—	—	50	45
Torey Krug D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.12	1	0	0	18:18	—	—	42	34
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.29	2	1	0	16:33	—	—	58	87
Niko Mikkola D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	2	1	0	15:10	—	—	64	85

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	W	34	33	1	.971	3.65	59:49

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Bo Horvat C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.35	2	0	0	21:19	—	—	67	76
Brock Boeser R	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.41	1	0	0	20:18	—	—	46	50
Ilya Mikheyev R	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.29	1	0	0	19:10	—	—	67	74
Andrei Kuzmenko L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	0	0	0	17:22	—	—	36	24
Curtis Lazar C	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.12	3	0	0	14:17	—	—	47	42
Lane Pederson C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.14	1	0	0	13:22	—	—	50	54
J.T. Miller C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	1.13	3	1	2	21:42	—	—	43	52
Conor Garland R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.11	1	0	0	14:34	—	—	55	64
Sheldon Dries C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	1	1	0	12:57	—	—	65	66
Dakota Joshua C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.17	1	2	0	10:53	—	—	36	49
Nils Aman C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.12	0	1	0	9:49	—	—	40	21
Jack Studnicka C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	0	0	0	7:21	—	—	46	46
Quinn Hughes D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.18	1	0	0	25:59	—	—	50	59
Tyler Myers D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.16	1	1	0	23:38	—	—	50	65
Kyle Burroughs D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	4	1	2	16:06	—	—	54	56
Ethan Bear D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:50	—	—	54	59
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	0	0	0	15:27	—	—	50	45
Luke Schenn D	D3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.05	6	2	2	14:56	—	—	40	29

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Spencer Martin(start)	L	27	22	5	.815	3.21	59:59

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.