St. Louis Blues vs. Calgary FlamesMar 18, 2026

Final / SOWednesday, Mar 18, 2026· Scotiabank Saddledome

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
STL	0	1	0	0	0	1		STL	8	6	9	3	26
CGY	1	0	0	0	1	2		CGY	11	6	7	7	31

: STL 53CGY 52
: STL 2.64CGY 2.85
PP goals: STL 0CGY 0
Hits: STL 26CGY 17
Blocks: STL 11CGY 10
PIM: STL 14CGY 10
: STL 51%CGY 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Calgary Flames edge St. Louis Blues 2–1 (SO)

Calgary Flames beat St. Louis Blues 2–1 in a shootout at home. Connor Zary (CGY) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for CGY: Strome–Sharangovich–Zary skated 12:43 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for CGY: Strome–Sharangovich–Zary skated 12:43 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Strome Sharangovich Zary
Usage
Logan Mailloux (STL) played 26:56, +10:19 up on his 16:37 season average over 66 games.Mailloux
New line
New look for STL: Drouin–Dvorsky–Stenberg skated 11:16 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (61.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Drouin Dvorsky Stenberg
Usage
Ryan Strome (CGY) played 19:50, +6:40 up on his 13:10 season average over 51 games.Strome
Luck
CGY scored 1 goal on 2.85 expected goals (52 attempts), well short of its chances.
Luck
STL scored 1 goal on 2.64 expected goals (53 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Dylan Holloway (STL) played 21:40, +3:28 up on his 18:12 season average over 58 games.Holloway
Usage
Olli Maatta (CGY) played 23:03, +5:59 up on his 17:04 season average over 42 games.Maatta

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)CGY attacks right (top on phones) →

CGY
STL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 105 of 105 attempts · CGY 52 · STL 53

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CGY
STL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

CGY 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 43% of the game, CGY 34%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

CGY

STL

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

CGY skaters (rows) against STL skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the CGY side.

Matchup matrix

CGY xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	STL	CGY
	56	43
	2.66	1.53
	2.57	1.37
	8	7
	4	2
	22	29
	−0.007	+0.007
	43%	34%

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

L1Thomas – Holloway – Snuggerud
13:0450% CF
L2Drouin – Dvorsky – Stenberg
11:1662% CF
L3Buchnevich – Kyrou – Neighbours
10:1267% CF
L4Toropchenko – Suter – Finley
6:4160% CF
D1Broberg – Mailloux
16:5745% CF
D2Parayko – Lindstein
11:4680% CF
D3Fowler – Tucker
8:2322% CF

PP1Drouin – Thomas – Broberg – Holloway – Snuggerud
1:26100% CF
PP2Buchnevich – Kyrou – Neighbours – Mailloux – Dvorsky
0:34
PK1FToropchenko – Finley
1:41
PK2FBuchnevich – Suter
1:16
PK1DBroberg – Mailloux
2:08
PK2DFowler – Parayko
1:54

Current STL line combinations →

Calgary Flames

L1Strome – Sharangovich – Zary
12:4356% CF
L2Backlund – Coleman – Farabee
12:4140% CF
L3Olofsson – Pospisil – Klapka
8:1540% CF
L4Frost – Coronato – Gridin
7:1722% CF
D1Maatta – Brzustewicz
15:4332% CF
D2Whitecloud – Bahl
14:1443% CF
D3Hanley – Parekh
10:0138% CF

PP1Coleman – Frost – Coronato – Parekh – Gridin
2:40100% CF
PP2Backlund – Strome – Olofsson – Zary – Brzustewicz
1:27100% CF
PK1FBacklund – Farabee
1:15
PK2FStrome – Sharangovich
1:00
PK1DWhitecloud – Bahl
1:15

Current CGY line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:34
CGYConnor Zary (Ryan Strome)backhand0.17 xG
STL: Fowler, Buchnevich, Kyrou, Tucker, NeighboursCGY: Strome, Maatta, Sharangovich, Zary, Brzustewicz
STL 0 – 1 CGY

2nd period

3:47
STLDylan Holloway (Jimmy Snuggerud, Robert Thomas)snap0.16 xG
STL: Parayko, Thomas, Holloway, Snuggerud, LindsteinCGY: Coleman, Strome, Maatta, Bahl, Zary
STL 1 – 1 CGY

Decided in the shootout: STL 1 – 2 CGY.

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
Dylan Holloway L	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.39	3	1	0	21:40	—	—	50	71
Robert Thomas C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.11	0	0	2	19:49	—	—	54	81
Jimmy Snuggerud R	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.15	2	0	0	18:42	—	—	44	68
Jonathan Drouin L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.30	1	0	0	18:01	—	—	65	74
Dalibor Dvorsky R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.18	3	1	0	15:01	—	—	56	64
Otto Stenberg C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.37	0	1	0	14:32	—	—	67	89
Pavel Buchnevich L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.31	0	0	2	17:01	—	—	61	63
Jordan Kyrou R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	0	0	0	14:18	—	—	61	58
Jake Neighbours L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.18	5	0	4	12:26	—	—	57	57
Pius Suter C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	12:20	—	—	62	44
Jack Finley C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	0	0	10:28	—	—	50	45
Alexey Toropchenko R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	0	0	9:46	—	—	62	46
Philip Broberg D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	3	1	0	29:06	—	—	52	60
Logan Mailloux D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	2	4	0	26:56	—	—	54	55
Colton Parayko D	D2	0	0	0	+1	5	0.15	3	1	0	24:20	—	—	78	94
Theo Lindstein D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.19	1	0	0	14:11	—	—	73	93
Cam Fowler D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	21:58	—	—	44	29
Tyler Tucker D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	4	9:02	—	—	26	7

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joel Hofer(start)	O	31	30	1	.968	2.85	65:00

Calgary Flames

CGY skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan Strome C	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.12	0	0	0	19:50	—	—	60	37
Yegor Sharangovich C	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.12	0	0	0	19:21	—	—	50	40
Connor Zary C	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.40	1	0	0	17:33	—	—	54	36
Mikael Backlund C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	20:53	—	—	40	43
Blake Coleman L	L2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.19	4	1	4	18:01	—	—	46	26
Joel Farabee L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	2	17:08	—	—	46	40
Victor Olofsson L	L3	0	0	0	0	5	0.88	0	0	0	14:34	—	—	47	64
Adam Klapka R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	1	0	0	11:44	—	—	50	75
Martin Pospisil C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	1	2	10:22	—	—	41	47
Matt Coronato R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.55	2	0	0	16:16	—	—	28	20
Matvei Gridin R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	13:29	—	—	25	10
Morgan Frost C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	1	0	13:09	—	—	14	4
Olli Maatta D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	0	3	0	23:03	—	—	42	47
Hunter Brzustewicz D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	19:53	—	—	36	51
Zach Whitecloud D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	2	0	22:16	—	—	39	28
Kevin Bahl D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	3	2	2	21:02	—	—	48	23
Zayne Parekh D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	18:56	—	—	42	26
Joel Hanley D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	1	0	0	16:07	—	—	54	33

CGY goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Devin Cooley(start)	W	26	25	1	.962	2.64	65:00

Goal anatomy

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

Connor Zary (CGY) 1st 2:34 · assists Ryan Strome · Odd-man rush · loose puck · 2-on-1 at the blue line · 30.4 mph shot · 4.8 s from entry to goal.

Connor Zary · 1st 2:34 · CGY

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 30.4 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 4.8 s

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Dylan Holloway · 2nd 3:47 · STL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 31.7 mph
Distance: 23 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s

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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.