St. Louis Blues vs. Tampa Bay LightningDec 19, 2024

FinalThursday, Dec 19, 2024· Amalie Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	0	1	0	1		STL	10	12	10	32
TBL	1	2	0	3		TBL	7	8	3	18

: STL 57TBL 46
: STL 2.23TBL 3.55
PP goals: STL 0TBL 0
Hits: STL 26TBL 19
Blocks: STL 15TBL 9
PIM: STL 11TBL 9
: STL 56%TBL 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Tampa Bay Lightning beat St. Louis Blues 3–1

Tampa Bay Lightning beat St. Louis Blues 3–1 at home. Nikita Kucherov (TBL) led the scoring with 0G 2A. New look for STL: Schenn–Kyrou–Holloway skated 9:36 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (73.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Nikita Kucherov had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:51.Kucherov
New line
New look for STL: Schenn–Kyrou–Holloway skated 9:36 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (73.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Schenn Kyrou Holloway
New line
New look for STL: Joseph–Texier–Bolduc skated 8:25 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (58.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Joseph Texier Bolduc
New line
New look for STL: Saad–Walker–Toropchenko skated 6:53 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (55% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Saad Walker Toropchenko
Usage
Tyler Tucker (STL) played 8:29, −6:15 down on his 14:44 season average over 37 games.Tucker
Usage
Gage Goncalves (TBL) played 9:42, −3:09 down on his 12:51 season average over 59 games.Goncalves
Usage
Brandon Saad (STL) played 11:35, −3:17 down on his 14:52 season average over 71 games.Saad
Usage
Justin Faulk (STL) played 25:54, +3:30 up on his 22:24 season average over 77 games.Faulk

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)TBL attacks right (top on phones) →

TBL
STL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 103 of 103 attempts · TBL 46 · STL 57

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

TBL
STL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

TBL 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 35% of the game, TBL 27%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

TBL

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	TBL
	58	46
	2.09	3.13
	2.04	2.99
	8	13
	8	6
	16	20
	+0.050	−0.050
	35%	27%

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 – Thomas – Neighbours
12:3253% CF
L2Schenn – Kyrou – Holloway
9:3674% CF
L3Joseph – Texier – Bolduc
8:2558% CF
L4Saad – Walker – Toropchenko
6:5355% CF
D1Fowler – Parayko
17:2064% CF
D2Suter – Faulk
16:5442% CF
D3Tucker – Perunovich
6:5444% CF

PP1Faulk – Buchnevich – Kyrou – Thomas – Neighbours
2:2583% CF
PP2Schenn – Texier – Perunovich – Holloway – Bolduc
1:22
PK1FWalker – Toropchenko
1:40
PK2FBuchnevich – Thomas
1:32
PK1DFowler – Parayko
2:39
PK2DSuter – Faulk
1:56

Current STL line combinations →

Tampa Bay Lightning

L1Kucherov – Guentzel – Point
13:1145% CF
L2Cirelli – Hagel – Geekie
9:2464% CF
L3Paul – Chaffee – Goncalves
8:2250% CF
L4Glendening – Girgensons – Eyssimont
6:3820% CF
D1McDonagh – Cernak
13:2044% CF
D2Hedman – Raddysh
11:4146% CF
D3Perbix – Lilleberg
11:3843% CF

PP1Hedman – Kucherov – Guentzel – Point – Hagel
3:4960% CF
PP2Paul – Raddysh – Cirelli – Chaffee – Geekie
1:07100% CF
PK1FCirelli – Hagel
1:36
PK2FGlendening – Paul
0:56
PK1DHedman – Lilleberg
1:36
PK2DMcDonagh – Cernak
0:56

Current TBL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

5:14
TBLAnthony Cirelli (Conor Geekie, Brandon Hagel)backhand0.30 xG
STL: Buchnevich, Thomas, Tucker, Perunovich, NeighboursTBL: Hedman, Raddysh, Cirelli, Hagel, Geekie
STL 0 – 1 TBL

2nd period

3:42
TBLNick Perbix (Nikita Kucherov, Brayden Point)wrist0.17 xG
STL: Fowler, Saad, Parayko, Walker, ToropchenkoTBL: McDonagh, Kucherov, Guentzel, Point, Perbix
STL 0 – 2 TBL
12:15
STLPavel Buchnevich (Robert Thomas, Cam Fowler)slap0.11 xG
STL: Fowler, Parayko, Buchnevich, Thomas, NeighboursTBL: Hedman, Glendening, Girgensons, Raddysh, Eyssimont
STL 1 – 2 TBL
13:33
TBLGage Goncalves (Nikita Kucherov)snap0.04 xG
STL: Schenn, Kyrou, Texier, Tucker, PerunovichTBL: McDonagh, Kucherov, Paul, Perbix, Goncalves
STL 1 – 3 TBL

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	1	1	0	3	0.18	0	2	0	22:09	—	—	52	31
Pavel Buchnevich L	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.48	0	1	0	21:06	—	—	54	37
Jake Neighbours L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	2	1	0	19:06	—	—	52	30
Jordan Kyrou R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.18	0	1	0	18:02	—	—	64	49
Brayden Schenn C	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.29	3	0	7	16:47	—	—	70	56
Dylan Holloway L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	2	0	2	16:24	—	—	59	48
Zachary Bolduc R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:04	—	—	53	66
Alexandre Texier L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	1	0	0	12:33	—	—	43	41
Mathieu Joseph R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	1	2	0	11:59	—	—	58	88
Brandon Saad L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:35	—	—	57	28
Alexey Toropchenko R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	9:56	—	—	52	23
Nathan Walker L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	4	2	0	9:32	—	—	52	23
Cam Fowler D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	23:38	—	—	66	42
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	0	6	0.19	2	3	0	21:17	—	—	66	43
Justin Faulk D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	6	1	0	25:54	—	—	46	53
Ryan Suter D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	1	2	0	22:02	—	—	47	52
Scott Perunovich D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.07	0	0	0	12:33	—	—	54	32
Tyler Tucker D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:29	—	—	47	30

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	L	11	8	3	.727	1.87	33:33
Joel Hofer	—	7	7	0	.1000	0.87	24:21

Tampa Bay Lightning

TBL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nikita Kucherov R	L1	0	2	2	+2	1	0.18	1	1	0	20:51	—	—	43	67
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.28	0	0	2	20:35	—	—	43	68
Brayden Point C	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.27	0	0	0	20:23	—	—	44	68
Brandon Hagel L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.11	0	1	0	20:23	—	—	53	65
Anthony Cirelli C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.50	0	0	0	18:33	—	—	50	63
Conor Geekie C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.10	1	1	0	14:16	—	—	60	70
Nick Paul L	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:09	—	—	50	41
Mitchell Chaffee R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	11:27	—	—	50	36
Gage Goncalves C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.14	0	0	0	9:42	—	—	53	56
Luke Glendening C	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.43	1	1	0	11:24	—	—	27	56
Zemgus Girgensons C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	0	0	9:53	—	—	23	21
Michael Eyssimont C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:55	—	—	31	40
Erik Cernak D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	6	1	0	20:41	—	—	42	60
Ryan McDonagh D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.02	0	1	2	20:06	—	—	54	79
Victor Hedman D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.86	0	1	0	23:35	—	—	41	57
Darren Raddysh D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.35	0	0	0	17:44	—	—	46	57
Emil Lilleberg D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.12	2	1	5	18:12	—	—	42	55
Nick Perbix D	D3	1	0	1	+2	1	0.17	0	1	0	14:11	—	—	43	63

TBL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy(start)	W	32	31	1	.969	2.23	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Anthony Cirelli (TBL) 1st 5:14 · assists Conor Geekie, Brandon Hagel · Rush · carried in · 29.2 mph shot · 3.5 s from entry to goal.

Anthony Cirelli · 1st 5:14 · TBL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 29.2 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Entry to goal: 3.5 s

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Nick Perbix · 2nd 3:42 · TBL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 36.8 mph
Distance: 14 ft
Entry to goal: 4.1 s

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Pavel Buchnevich · 2nd 12:15 · STL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 25.9 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Type: one-timer

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Gage Goncalves · 2nd 13:33 · TBL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2
Shot: 64.4 mph
Distance: 35 ft
Entry to goal: 3.0 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.