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St. Louis Blues vs. Vegas Golden KnightsMay 7, 2021

Final / OT· T-Mobile Arena
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STL
3
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VGK
4
Goals123OTTShots123OTT
STL12003STL985325
VGK11114VGK101210335
STL 58VGK 67
STL 2.91VGK 2.55
PP goals
STL 0VGK 0
Hits
STL 41VGK 25
Blocks
STL 19VGK 19
PIM
STL 6VGK 2
STL 57%VGK 43%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge St. Louis Blues 4–3 (OT)

Vegas Golden Knights beat St. Louis Blues 4–3 in overtime at home. Nicolas Hague (VGK) led the scoring with 0G 2A. New look for VGK: Stone–Stephenson–Krebs skated 8:38 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (52.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

  1. Points
    Nicolas Hague had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:07.Hague
  2. Points
    Tyler Bozak had 2 assists (2 points) in 17:28.Bozak
  3. New line
    New look for VGK: Stone–Stephenson–Krebs skated 8:38 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (52.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.StoneStephensonKrebs
  4. Usage
    Jonathan Marchessault (VGK) played 23:18, +5:59 up on his 17:19 season average over 54 games.Marchessault
  5. Goalie
    Jordan Binnington (STL) faced 35 shots and stopped 31 (.886), +6 against a season average of 28.6; the overtime loss.Binnington
  6. New line
    New look for VGK: Janmark–Tuch–Roy skated 5:03 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.JanmarkTuchRoy
  7. Usage
    Niko Mikkola (STL) played 21:38, +7:22 up on his 14:16 season average over 29 games.Mikkola
  8. Usage
    Alex Tuch (VGK) played 21:21, +4:36 up on his 16:45 season average over 54 games.Tuch

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: 125 attempts, 60 on goal, 7 goals, 5.46 expected goals; best chance Jaden Schwartz at 0.27 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 125 of 125 attempts · VGK 67 · STL 58

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 2.55 to 2.91 (STL led the chances), shot attempts 67 to 58, 7 goals.

0.01.02.03.01st2nd3rdOTVGKSTLSOPSMRMnet xGcumulative expected goals · 64:42
  • VGK
  • STL
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
VGKSTLcontrol2nd3rdOTSmith · 1st 13:23O'Reilly · 1st 18:08Perron · 2nd 14:34Schwartz · 2nd 16:18Martinez · 2nd 19:50Roy · 3rd 6:52Marchessault · OT 4:42
  • 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 34% of the game, VGK 26%.

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: 37 players over 64:42; most ice Robin Lehner (64:22) for VGK and Jordan Binnington (64:42) for STL, 7 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
5862
2.631.82
2.521.79
1210
1012
167
+0.052−0.052
34%26%

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. 13:23
    VGKReilly Smith (Nicolas Hague, William Karlsson)wrist0.09 xG
    STL: Bozak, Schenn, Schwartz, Parayko, WalmanVGK: Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Hague, Whitecloud
    STL 0 – 1 VGK
  2. 18:08
    STLRyan O'ReillySH (Tyler Bozak, Justin Faulk)snap0.03 xG
    STL: Scandella, Bozak, O'Reilly, FaulkVGK: Stone, Marchessault, Stephenson, Janmark, Theodore
    STL 1 – 1 VGK

2nd period

  1. 14:34
    STLDavid Perron (Zachary Sanford, Marco Scandella)wrist0.05 xG
    STL: Perron, Scandella, O'Reilly, Sanford, WalmanVGK: McNabb, Karlsson, Marchessault, Theodore, Tuch
    STL 2 – 1 VGK
  2. 16:18
    STLJaden Schwartz (Tyler Bozak, Brayden Schenn)snap0.05 xG
    STL: Bortuzzo, Bozak, Schenn, Schwartz, WalmanVGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Stone, Stephenson, Krebs
    STL 3 – 1 VGK
  3. 19:50
    VGKAlec Martinez (Mark Stone, Chandler Stephenson)wrap-around0.01 xG
    STL: Bozak, Schenn, Schwartz, Parayko, MikkolaVGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Stone, Stephenson, Krebs
    STL 3 – 2 VGK

3rd period

  1. 6:52
    VGKNicolas Roy (Nicolas Hague, Zach Whitecloud)wrist0.07 xG
    STL: Bortuzzo, Hoffman, Walman, Kyrou, ThomasVGK: Janmark, Kolesar, Roy, Hague, Whitecloud
    STL 3 – 3 VGK

OT period

  1. 4:42
    VGKJonathan Marchessault (Alex Tuch, Robin Lehner)wrist0.17 xG
    STL: Perron, Schenn, FaulkVGK: Marchessault, Theodore, Tuch
    STL 3 – 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 CL1101+210.0410023:01——5774
David Perron LL1101040.4630019:29——5069
Zachary Sanford LL1011+110.0043017:17——5270
Brayden Schenn CL2011-210.2653020:46——4649
Jaden Schwartz LL2101-120.5732018:54——4758
Tyler Bozak CL2022000.0001017:28——4447
Ivan Barbashev LL3000000.0030013:08——5361
Kyle Clifford LL3000020.2840010:30——6162
Mackenzie MacEachern LL3000030.1530210:02——6167
Mike Hoffman CL4000-130.3400012:40——3330
Robert Thomas CL4000-110.0800210:58——3161
Jordan Kyrou RL4000-100.1900010:41——3961
Justin Faulk DD1011020.1231225:54——5358
Marco Scandella DD1011+210.0622022:33——5040
Colton Parayko DD2000-220.0411025:52——5162
Niko Mikkola DD2000-100.0042021:38——4171
Jake Walman DD3000020.3211013:37——5061
Robert Bortuzzo DD3000000.0043013:24——3061
STL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jordan Binnington(start)O35314.8862.5564:42

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Jonathan Marchessault RL1101020.4100023:18——5647
Reilly Smith RL1101+120.2020020:57——5450
William Karlsson CL1011010.2920220:14——4844
Chandler Stephenson CL2011-120.2720020:28——5641
Mark Stone RL2011-150.2001019:18——5945
Peyton Krebs CL2000000.0021014:56——4831
Alex Tuch RL3011020.0413021:21——4945
Mattias Janmark CL3000000.0001018:42——4845
Nicolas Roy CL3101+120.2720013:14——4841
Shea Theodore DD1000-130.1011026:04——4835
Brayden McNabb DD1000-120.0433020:26——4639
Alec Martinez DD2101040.2334024:15——5032
Alex Pietrangelo DD2000040.2831024:07——5840
Zach Whitecloud DD3011+230.1212014:02——5647
Nicolas Hague DD3022+230.0911013:07——5746
Keegan Kolesar R—000+100.0011010:30——5025
William Carrier L—000000.021007:27——5527
VGK goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Robin Lehner(start)W25223.8802.9164:22