St. Louis Blues vs. New Jersey DevilsJan 5, 2023

FinalThursday, Jan 5, 2023· Prudential Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	1	1	3	5		STL	5	7	7	19
NJD	0	2	1	3		NJD	14	10	15	39

: STL 35NJD 77
: STL 2.67NJD 4.21
PP goals: STL 1NJD 1
Hits: STL 21NJD 8
Blocks: STL 21NJD 9
PIM: STL 8NJD 4
: STL 36%NJD 64%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues beat New Jersey Devils 5–3

St. Louis Blues beat New Jersey Devils 5–3 at NJD. Robert Thomas (STL) led the scoring with 2G 1A. STL's first power-play unit (Schenn, Faulk, Buchnevich, Kyrou and Thomas) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:31 together.

Points
Robert Thomas had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 18:06.Thomas
Points
Pavel Buchnevich had 3 assists (3 points) in 20:33.Buchnevich
Points
Jack Hughes had two goals (2 points) on 9 shots in 23:50.Hughes
Points
Brandon Saad had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:48.Saad
Points
Ivan Barbashev had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:24.Barbashev
PP1
STL's first power-play unit (Schenn, Faulk, Buchnevich, Kyrou and Thomas) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:31 together.Schenn Faulk Buchnevich Kyrou Thomas
New line
New look for NJD: Palat–Bratt–Hischier skated 9:14 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (64.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Palat Bratt Hischier
Goalie
Jordan Binnington (STL) faced 39 shots and stopped 36 (.923), +9 against a season average of 29.9; the win.Binnington

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)NJD attacks right (top on phones) →

NJD
STL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 112 of 112 attempts · NJD 77 · STL 35

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NJD
STL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NJD 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 16% of the game, NJD 40%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NJD

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	NJD
	30	66
	1.68	2.66
	1.64	2.54
	4	11
	4	5
	26	14
	−0.089	+0.090
	16%	40%

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 – Saad – Barbashev
10:4337% CF
L2Buchnevich – Kyrou – Thomas
10:3833% CF
L3Leivo – Acciari – Neighbours
9:0229% CF
L4Pitlick – Toropchenko – Alexandrov
6:3344% CF
D1Leddy – Faulk
14:1932% CF
D2Parayko – Mikkola
13:1855% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Rosen
10:0417% CF

PP1Schenn – Faulk – Buchnevich – Kyrou – Thomas
2:3175% CF
PP2Leddy – Parayko – Buchnevich – Kyrou – Thomas
0:09100% CF
PK1FSaad – Thomas
1:13
PK2FBuchnevich – Toropchenko
0:48
PK1DBortuzzo – Faulk
1:48
PK2DParayko – Mikkola
1:40

Current STL line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Tatar – Haula – Hughes
11:5682% CF
L2Palat – Bratt – Hischier
9:1464% CF
L3Wood – McLeod – Holtz
7:3838% CF
L4Boqvist – Sharangovich – Mercer
7:1244% CF
D1Hamilton – Siegenthaler
14:1744% CF
D2Severson – Graves
11:5172% CF
D3Smith – Bahl
8:1273% CF

PP1Tatar – Hamilton – Bratt – Hischier – Hughes
4:3590% CF
PP2Haula – Palat – Severson – Wood – Holtz
1:2050% CF
PK1FHischier – Sharangovich
1:24
PK2FHaula – Mercer
0:46
PK1DSeverson – Siegenthaler
1:24
PK2DSmith – Graves
0:30

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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	1	1	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	18:58	—	—	33	39
Brandon Saad L	L1	1	1	2	+1	4	0.58	0	0	0	16:48	—	—	35	48
Ivan Barbashev L	L1	1	1	2	+2	2	0.49	0	0	2	16:24	—	—	30	42
Pavel Buchnevich L	L2	0	3	3	+2	0	0.03	0	1	0	20:33	—	—	23	15
Robert Thomas C	L2	2	1	3	+2	3	0.78	0	0	0	18:06	—	—	32	26
Jordan Kyrou R	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.17	0	3	0	15:47	—	—	26	18
Noel Acciari C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3	0	2	18:01	—	—	29	46
Josh Leivo L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	0	0	0	10:56	—	—	33	50
Jake Neighbours L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	1	0	0	10:28	—	—	29	36
Alexey Toropchenko R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	11:38	—	—	38	62
Tyler Pitlick C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	2	9:49	—	—	42	71
Nikita Alexandrov C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	7:21	—	—	40	42
Justin Faulk D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.06	0	4	2	23:37	—	—	32	43
Nick Leddy D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	1	5	0	21:07	—	—	28	43
Colton Parayko D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	3	1	0	24:23	—	—	34	37
Niko Mikkola D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.02	1	1	0	20:31	—	—	52	45
Calle Rosen D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	14:26	—	—	11	8
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	3	0	14:00	—	—	21	20

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	W	39	36	3	.923	4.21	60:00

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Hughes C	L1	2	0	2	0	9	1.14	0	0	0	23:50	—	—	81	86
Erik Haula L	L1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.28	0	2	0	20:30	—	—	77	75
Tomas Tatar L	L1	0	1	1	+1	7	0.80	0	0	0	17:56	—	—	85	85
Nico Hischier C	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.69	0	0	0	18:35	—	—	72	73
Jesper Bratt L	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.26	0	0	0	17:59	—	—	76	83
Ondrej Palat L	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.08	3	2	0	14:24	—	—	76	74
Alexander Holtz R	L3	0	0	0	-3	2	0.14	0	0	0	13:34	—	—	47	17
Miles Wood L	L3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.11	1	0	0	13:23	—	—	55	20
Michael McLeod C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.18	1	1	0	11:12	—	—	47	26
Dawson Mercer C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	1	0	13:20	—	—	57	40
Yegor Sharangovich C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:52	—	—	67	60
Jesper Boqvist C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	0	0	0	10:06	—	—	55	13
Dougie Hamilton D	D1	0	1	1	-3	5	0.28	0	1	4	24:51	—	—	56	56
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.01	1	0	0	21:00	—	—	57	52
Damon Severson D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.11	0	0	0	20:17	—	—	78	71
Ryan Graves D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	0	1	0	19:04	—	—	72	69
Brendan Smith D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	0	1	0	15:33	—	—	71	53
Kevin Bahl D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:54	—	—	68	54

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Akira Schmid(start)	L	18	14	4	.778	2.00	57:59

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.

St. Louis Blues vs. New Jersey DevilsJan 5, 2023

Fantasy takeaways

St. Louis Blues beat New Jersey Devils 5–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

St. Louis Blues

New Jersey Devils

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

St. Louis Blues

New Jersey Devils