St. Louis Blues vs. Carolina HurricanesJan 6, 2024

Final / SOSaturday, Jan 6, 2024· PNC Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
STL	1	0	0	0	1	2		STL	5	7	7	3	22
CAR	1	0	0	0	0	1		CAR	6	13	9	2	30

: STL 43CAR 77
: STL 1.84CAR 3.70
PP goals: STL 0CAR 1
Hits: STL 10CAR 15
Blocks: STL 25CAR 13
PIM: STL 2CAR 2
: STL 43%CAR 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues edge Carolina Hurricanes 2–1 (SO)

St. Louis Blues beat Carolina Hurricanes 2–1 in a shootout at CAR. Nathan Walker (STL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. CAR scored 1 goal on 3.70 expected goals (77 attempts), well short of its chances.

Luck
CAR scored 1 goal on 3.70 expected goals (77 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for CAR: Noesen–Lemieux–Ponomarev skated 5:21 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (70% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Noesen Lemieux Ponomarev
New line
New look for STL: Sundqvist–Walker–Vrana skated 4:53 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sundqvist Walker Vrana
Usage
Nathan Walker (STL) played 7:28, −3:25 down on his 10:53 season average over 44 games.Walker
Usage
Nick Leddy (STL) played 27:16, +4:58 up on his 22:18 season average over 81 games.Leddy
Usage
Stefan Noesen (CAR) played 7:25, −4:30 down on his 11:55 season average over 80 games.Noesen
Usage
Jesperi Kotkaniemi (CAR) played 16:17, +3:21 up on his 12:56 season average over 78 games.Kotkaniemi
Usage
Jordan Martinook (CAR) played 18:07, +3:31 up on his 14:36 season average over 81 games.Martinook

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)CAR attacks right (top on phones) →

CAR
STL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 120 of 120 attempts · CAR 77 · STL 43

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CAR
STL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

CAR 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 12% of the game, CAR 43%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

CAR

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	CAR
	46	83
	1.41	3.69
	1.38	3.25
	10	18
	1	2
	13	16
	−0.063	+0.063
	12%	43%

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

L1Buchnevich – Kyrou – Thomas
15:0744% CF
L2Schenn – Saad – Neighbours
11:2220% CF
L3Hayes – Kapanen – Toropchenko
10:1040% CF
L4Sundqvist – Walker – Vrana
4:5350% CF
D1Leddy – Parayko
21:0439% CF
D2Krug – Kessel
17:1728% CF
D3Scandella – Perunovich
9:1340% CF

PP1Hayes – Saad – Vrana – Perunovich – Neighbours
0:59
PP2Schenn – Krug – Buchnevich – Kyrou – Thomas
0:57
PK1FSaad – Thomas
0:34
PK2FSundqvist – Kapanen
0:28
PK1DLeddy – Parayko
1:00
PK2DScandella – Krug
0:17

Current STL line combinations →

Carolina Hurricanes

L1Staal – Martinook – Jarvis
14:2054% CF
L2Teravainen – Aho – Svechnikov
13:5767% CF
L3Bunting – Kotkaniemi – Drury
12:3558% CF
L4Noesen – Lemieux – Ponomarev
5:2170% CF
D1Skjei – Pesce
20:0479% CF
D2Burns – Slavin
18:3356% CF
D3Orlov – Chatfield
15:0833% CF

PP1Burns – Bunting – Aho – Svechnikov – Jarvis
1:0267% CF
PP2Noesen – Skjei – Teravainen – Kotkaniemi – Drury
0:17100% CF
PK1FMartinook – Jarvis
1:32
PK2FTeravainen – Aho
0:27
PK1DBurns – Slavin
1:30
PK2DSkjei – Pesce
0:29

Current CAR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

11:04
STLNathan Walker (Oskar Sundqvist, Torey Krug)wrist0.09 xG
STL: Leddy, Parayko, Sundqvist, Walker, VranaCAR: Orlov, Noesen, Lemieux, Chatfield, Ponomarev
STL 1 – 0 CAR
13:17
CARTeuvo TeravainenPP (Jack Drury)snap0.04 xG
STL: Scandella, Saad, Krug, ThomasCAR: Noesen, Skjei, Teravainen, Kotkaniemi, Drury
STL 1 – 1 CAR

Decided in the shootout: STL 2 – 1 CAR.

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
Robert Thomas C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	21:42	—	—	35	33
Pavel Buchnevich L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.43	0	2	2	20:52	—	—	39	49
Jordan Kyrou R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	2	0	20:32	—	—	35	26
Brayden Schenn C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	1	1	0	16:42	—	—	25	12
Brandon Saad L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.41	1	0	0	16:29	—	—	17	5
Jake Neighbours L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	0	0	15:41	—	—	11	3
Kevin Hayes R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.29	0	1	0	17:57	—	—	45	59
Kasperi Kapanen R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	1	0	16:38	—	—	42	51
Alexey Toropchenko R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	2	0	0	14:33	—	—	52	78
Oskar Sundqvist C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.06	0	1	0	11:04	—	—	32	22
Jakub Vrana L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	0	1	0	11:03	—	—	39	24
Nathan Walker L	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.10	0	0	0	7:28	—	—	53	33
Nick Leddy D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	7	0	27:16	—	—	35	23
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.12	0	1	0	26:17	—	—	41	29
Torey Krug D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	23:56	—	—	38	37
Matthew Kessel D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	4	0	19:43	—	—	27	18
Scott Perunovich D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	2	0	13:13	—	—	33	30
Marco Scandella D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:37	—	—	44	34

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	W	30	29	1	.967	3.70	64:58

Carolina Hurricanes

CAR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Seth Jarvis R	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.34	0	0	0	21:10	—	—	50	63
Jordan Staal C	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.52	0	1	2	19:01	—	—	68	79
Jordan Martinook L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	0	0	18:07	—	—	53	64
Sebastian Aho C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	1	0	21:35	—	—	68	76
Andrei Svechnikov R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.87	4	0	0	19:23	—	—	69	75
Teuvo Teravainen C	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.13	0	0	0	19:13	—	—	67	74
Michael Bunting L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	17:04	—	—	63	53
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	0	0	0	16:17	—	—	64	53
Jack Drury C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.03	0	1	0	13:57	—	—	58	35
Vasily Ponomarev C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:52	—	—	73	86
Stefan Noesen R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.96	0	0	0	7:25	—	—	86	87
Brendan Lemieux L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	6:20	—	—	58	67
Brady Skjei D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.14	0	1	0	24:20	—	—	81	86
Brett Pesce D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.19	0	1	0	22:34	—	—	80	79
Brent Burns D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	0	0	23:35	—	—	58	52
Jaccob Slavin D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	6	0	21:28	—	—	60	70
Dmitry Orlov D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	3	0	0	16:32	—	—	33	35
Jalen Chatfield D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	2	0	16:07	—	—	42	64

CAR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Antti Raanta(start)	O	22	21	1	.955	1.84	65:00

Goal anatomy

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

Nathan Walker (STL) 1st 11:04 · assists Oskar Sundqvist, Torey Krug · Odd-man rush · loose puck · 1-on-0 at the blue line · 51.4 mph shot · 2.7 s from entry to goal.

Nathan Walker · 1st 11:04 · STL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 51.4 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Entry to goal: 2.7 s

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

Teuvo Teravainen · 1st 13:17 · CAR PP

Play: faceoff
Passes: 1
Shot: 40.6 mph
Distance: 33 ft

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

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.