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St. Louis Blues vs. Vegas Golden KnightsJan 26, 2021

Final / SO· T-Mobile Arena
away
STL
5
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VGK
4
Goals123OTSOTShots123OTT
STL310015STL894425
VGK112004VGK171113546
STL 48VGK 83
STL 3.07VGK 5.68
PP goals
STL 1VGK 1
Hits
STL 30VGK 20
Blocks
STL 16VGK 14
PIM
STL 17VGK 11
STL 53%VGK 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues edge Vegas Golden Knights 5–4 (SO)

St. Louis Blues beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–4 in a shootout at VGK. Max Pacioretty (VGK) led the scoring with 3G 0A. STL's first power-play unit (Perron, O'Reilly, Schenn, Schwartz and Krug) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:42 together.

  1. Points
    Max Pacioretty had a hat trick (3 points) on 8 shots in 21:26.Pacioretty
  2. Points
    Mark Stone had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 18:35.Stone
  3. Points
    David Perron had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:30.Perron
  4. Points
    Jaden Schwartz had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:40.Schwartz
  5. Points
    Alec Martinez had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 23:39.Martinez
  6. PP1
    STL's first power-play unit (Perron, O'Reilly, Schenn, Schwartz and Krug) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:42 together.PerronO'ReillySchennSchwartzKrug
  7. Goalie
    Jordan Binnington (STL) faced 46 shots and stopped 42 (.913), +17 against a season average of 28.6; the win.Binnington
  8. Usage
    Nicolas Hague (VGK) played 7:56, −8:13 down on his 16:09 season average over 51 games.Hague

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 VGK: 131 attempts, 71 on goal, 8 goals, 8.74 expected goals; best chance Tomas Nosek at 0.34 xG.

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

Showing 131 of 131 attempts · VGK 83 · STL 48

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, STL at VGK: expected goals 5.68 to 3.07 (VGK led the chances), shot attempts 83 to 48, 8 goals.

0.02.04.06.01st2nd3rdOTVGKSTLTPPSPKPPnet xGcumulative expected goals · 64:44
  • VGK
  • STL
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
VGKSTLcontrol2nd3rdOTTuch · 1st 3:17Perron · 1st 4:08Perron · 1st 8:11Schwartz · 1st 10:10Pacioretty · 2nd 1:42Kyrou · 2nd 10:44Pacioretty · 3rd 10:36Pacioretty · 3rd 16:35
  • VGK 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 20% of the game, VGK 46%.

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 VGK: 38 players over 64:44; most ice Robin Lehner (65:00) for VGK and Jordan Binnington (65:00) for STL, 8 goals.

VGK
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
StatSTLVGK
4167
2.223.88
2.133.65
1011
44
117
+0.045−0.045
20%46%

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 →

Vegas Golden Knights

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 3:17
    VGKAlex Tuch (Keegan Kolesar, Alex Pietrangelo)wrist0.06 xG
    STL: Gunnarsson, Hoffman, Bozak, Mikkola, ThomasVGK: Pietrangelo, McNabb, Tuch, Kolesar, Roy
    STL 0 – 1 VGK
  2. 4:08
    STLDavid Perron (Ryan O'Reilly)wrist0.11 xG
    STL: Perron, O'Reilly, Faulk, Krug, SanfordVGK: Pacioretty, Martinez, Stone, Stephenson, Theodore
    STL 1 – 1 VGK
  3. 8:11
    STLDavid PerronPP (Torey Krug, Jaden Schwartz)slap0.09 xG
    STL: Perron, O'Reilly, Schenn, Schwartz, KrugVGK: Pietrangelo, McNabb, Smith, Karlsson
    STL 2 – 1 VGK
  4. 10:10
    STLJaden Schwartz (Brayden Schenn)slap0.01 xG
    STL: Gunnarsson, Schenn, Schwartz, Mikkola, KyrouVGK: Martinez, Theodore, Tuch, Kolesar, Roy
    STL 3 – 1 VGK

2nd period

  1. 1:42
    VGKMax Pacioretty (Mark Stone, Alec Martinez)snap0.18 xG
    STL: Perron, Scandella, O'Reilly, Krug, SanfordVGK: Pacioretty, Martinez, Stone, Stephenson, Theodore
    STL 3 – 2 VGK
  2. 10:44
    STLJordan Kyrouwrist0.17 xG
    STL: Scandella, Faulk, Schwartz, Kyrou, ThomasVGK: Pacioretty, Pietrangelo, McNabb, Stone, Stephenson
    STL 4 – 2 VGK

3rd period

  1. 10:36
    VGKMax PaciorettyPP (Shea Theodore, Mark Stone)wrist0.07 xG
    STL: Gunnarsson, O'Reilly, FaulkVGK: Pacioretty, Pietrangelo, Stone, Karlsson, Theodore
    STL 4 – 3 VGK
  2. 16:35
    VGKMax Pacioretty (Alec Martinez, Mark Stone)snap0.19 xG
    STL: Scandella, Schenn, Faulk, Schwartz, KyrouVGK: Pacioretty, Martinez, Pietrangelo, Stone, Stephenson
    STL 4 – 4 VGK

Decided in the shootout: STL 5 – 4 VGK.

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
Ryan O'Reilly CL1011030.2420023:16——3936
David Perron LL1202050.6431219:30——4437
Zachary Sanford LL1000020.0503017:55——3839
Oskar Sundqvist CL2000010.1771016:34——2017
Ivan Barbashev LL2000000.0731012:40——2418
Kyle Clifford LL2000000.001208:41——2322
Brayden Schenn CL3011000.0050219:52——4749
Jaden Schwartz LL3112+120.5020018:40——5861
Jordan Kyrou RL3101+150.8600011:56——4854
Robert Thomas CL4000000.1500013:27——3634
Mike Hoffman CL4000-110.0210012:21——319
Tyler Bozak CL4000-100.000207:59——4032
Justin Faulk DD1000+120.1023526:28——4229
Torey Krug DD1011010.0711023:08——3132
Colton Parayko DD2000020.1512426:51——3240
Marco Scandella DD2000-100.0020421:31——4243
Carl Gunnarsson DD3000000.0100011:49——4130
Niko Mikkola DD3000010.0300010:40——4435
STL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jordan Binnington(start)W46424.9135.6865:00

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
William Karlsson CL1000020.1711021:35——6869
Reilly Smith RL1000040.6510021:16——6366
Jonathan Marchessault RL1000050.8900020:43——6061
Max Pacioretty LL2303081.0820221:26——7975
Chandler Stephenson CL2000030.2601019:44——7873
Mark Stone RL2033030.3101718:35——6870
Tomas Nosek LL3000030.6420013:02——6071
William Carrier LL3000010.212009:05——5069
Ryan Reaves RL3000000.004008:10——4469
Alex Tuch RL4101020.4000014:46——7151
Nicolas Roy CL4000010.0311011:59——3826
Keegan Kolesar RL4011000.130005:41——4633
Alex Pietrangelo DD1011+130.0423028:57——5450
Brayden McNabb DD1000000.0021021:33——5047
Shea Theodore DD2011-180.4011025:23——7266
Alec Martinez DD2022010.4203223:39——7170
Zach Whitecloud DD3000000.0021013:28——6078
Nicolas Hague DD3000020.050107:56——6787
VGK goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Robin Lehner(start)O25214.8403.0765:00