St. Louis Blues vs. Edmonton OilersDec 21, 2017

FinalThursday, Dec 21, 2017· Rogers Place

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	0	0	2	2		STL	11	15	10	36
EDM	0	0	3	3		EDM	5	14	16	35

: STL 59EDM 66
: STL 4.71EDM 2.64
PP goals: STL 0EDM 0
Hits: STL 31EDM 25
Blocks: STL 18EDM 12
PIM: STL 8EDM 4
: STL 50%EDM 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Edmonton Oilers edge St. Louis Blues 3–2

Edmonton Oilers beat St. Louis Blues 3–2 at home. Connor McDavid (EDM) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for STL: Schenn–Tarasenko–Jaskin skated 11:09 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (41.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for STL: Schenn–Tarasenko–Jaskin skated 11:09 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (41.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Schenn Tarasenko Jaskin
Luck
STL scored 2 goals on 4.71 expected goals (59 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Cam Talbot (EDM) faced 36 shots and stopped 34 (.944), +6 against a season average of 30.4; the win.Talbot
Goalie
Jake Allen (STL) faced 35 shots and stopped 32 (.914), +8 against a season average of 27.4; the loss.Allen
New line
New look for EDM: Cammalleri–Letestu–Kassian skated 7:35 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (53.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Cammalleri Letestu Kassian
New line
New look for STL: Sobotka–Berglund–Paajarvi skated 7:38 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sobotka Berglund Paajarvi
Usage
Michael Cammalleri (EDM) played 10:16, −3:34 down on his 13:50 season average over 65 games.Cammalleri
Usage
Joel Edmundson (STL) played 24:59, +4:18 up on his 20:41 season average over 68 games.Edmundson

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)EDM attacks right (top on phones) →

EDM
STL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 125 of 125 attempts · EDM 66 · STL 59

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

EDM
STL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

EDM 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 32% of the game, EDM 26%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

EDM

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	EDM
	60	62
	4.85	2.71
	4.68	2.61
	10	11
	8	4
	19	20
	+0.012	−0.012
	32%	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

L1Schenn – Tarasenko – Jaskin
11:0941% CF
L2Steen – Stastny – Thompson
10:4257% CF
L3Sobotka – Berglund – Paajarvi
7:3863% CF
L4Thorburn – Upshall – Brodziak
7:3043% CF
D1Pietrangelo – Edmundson
18:1540% CF
D2Parayko – Dunn
17:0550% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Schmaltz
7:2950% CF

PP1Steen – Stastny – Pietrangelo – Schenn – Tarasenko
1:46100% CF
PP2Sobotka – Berglund – Parayko – Dunn – Thompson
0:14
PK1FSteen – Stastny
1:45
PK2FBrodziak – Paajarvi
1:23
PK1DPietrangelo – Edmundson
3:37
PK2DBortuzzo – Parayko
2:18

Current STL line combinations →

Edmonton Oilers

L1Maroon – Nugent-Hopkins – Caggiula
13:4645% CF
L2Lucic – McDavid – Puljujarvi
10:4744% CF
L3Strome – Khaira – Draisaitl
10:1343% CF
L4Cammalleri – Letestu – Kassian
7:3553% CF
D1Davidson – Larsson
16:0452% CF
D2Russell – Nurse
15:4347% CF
D3Sekera – Benning
11:4256% CF

PP1Sekera – Lucic – Letestu – Draisaitl – McDavid
3:4971% CF
PP2Maroon – Nugent-Hopkins – Strome – Benning – Puljujarvi
1:58100% CF
PK1FNugent-Hopkins – Khaira
1:06
PK2FDraisaitl – McDavid
0:22
PK1DDavidson – Larsson
1:25
PK2DRussell – Nurse
0:22

Current EDM line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

3rd period

9:30
STLTage Thompson (Colton Parayko, Paul Stastny)wrist0.05 xG
STL: Steen, Stastny, Parayko, Dunn, ThompsonEDM: Sekera, Strome, Khaira, Benning, Draisaitl
STL 1 – 0 EDM
10:08
EDMMichael Cammalleriwrist0.05 xG
STL: Thorburn, Upshall, Brodziak, Bortuzzo, EdmundsonEDM: Cammalleri, Russell, Letestu, Kassian, Nurse
STL 1 – 1 EDM
13:22
STLPatrik Berglund (Brayden Schenn, Alex Pietrangelo)slap0.14 xG
STL: Berglund, Pietrangelo, Schenn, Tarasenko, EdmundsonEDM: Davidson, Larsson, Strome, Khaira, Draisaitl
STL 2 – 1 EDM
16:19
EDMConnor McDavid (Leon Draisaitl, Milan Lucic)wrist0.07 xG
STL: Steen, Stastny, Parayko, Dunn, ThompsonEDM: Russell, Lucic, Nurse, Draisaitl, McDavid
STL 2 – 2 EDM
19:10
EDMDrake Caggiula (Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Patrick Maroon)wrist0.13 xG
STL: Berglund, Pietrangelo, Schenn, Tarasenko, DunnEDM: Maroon, Davidson, Nugent-Hopkins, Benning, Caggiula
STL 2 – 3 EDM

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
Brayden Schenn C	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.11	2	0	0	20:42	—	—	46	61
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.93	2	0	0	18:54	—	—	46	61
Dmitrij Jaskin R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	4	2	0	14:09	—	—	44	33
Paul Stastny C	L2	0	1	1	0	6	1.33	0	1	0	18:09	—	—	55	73
Alexander Steen L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	2	2	0	17:03	—	—	57	73
Tage Thompson C	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.18	1	0	0	14:19	—	—	47	64
Patrik Berglund C	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.45	3	0	0	15:34	—	—	54	67
Vladimir Sobotka C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	1	0	0	13:53	—	—	54	81
Magnus Paajarvi L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.85	2	0	0	12:18	—	—	52	76
Kyle Brodziak C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:18	—	—	37	17
Scottie Upshall R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	6	9:27	—	—	35	26
Chris Thorburn R	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.12	0	0	0	8:43	—	—	56	45
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	1	1	0	5	0.24	1	3	0	26:49	—	—	49	50
Joel Edmundson D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.09	3	5	2	24:59	—	—	40	33
Colton Parayko D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.09	0	0	0	22:58	—	—	50	73
Vince Dunn D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	4	0	0	20:48	—	—	56	75
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	3	2	0	14:03	—	—	50	84
Jordan Schmaltz D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	7:54	—	—	54	94

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	L	35	32	3	.914	2.64	60:00

Edmonton Oilers

EDM skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.43	2	0	0	18:44	—	—	49	57
Patrick Maroon L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	4	0	2	17:02	—	—	49	58
Drake Caggiula L	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.41	3	2	0	16:30	—	—	51	63
Connor McDavid C	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.14	0	0	0	19:27	—	—	52	29
Milan Lucic L	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.43	1	1	0	16:51	—	—	50	29
Jesse Puljujarvi R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.27	2	1	0	13:27	—	—	46	23
Leon Draisaitl C	L3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.10	0	0	0	17:54	—	—	47	21
Jujhar Khaira L	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.12	0	1	0	14:39	—	—	55	26
Ryan Strome C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:07	—	—	50	19
Mark Letestu C	L4	0	0	0	+1	3	0.12	1	0	0	13:15	—	—	58	67
Zack Kassian R	L4	0	0	0	+1	3	0.18	2	0	0	10:47	—	—	59	49
Michael Cammalleri L	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.05	1	0	0	10:16	—	—	53	38
Adam Larsson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	3	2	0	22:00	—	—	49	24
Brandon Davidson D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	2	1	0	19:20	—	—	53	32
Darnell Nurse D	D2	0	0	0	+2	3	0.23	1	1	0	21:38	—	—	46	29
Kris Russell D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.00	0	0	0	18:46	—	—	47	31
Andrej Sekera D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	2	1	0	16:10	—	—	56	65
Matt Benning D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	1	2	2	16:07	—	—	59	68

EDM goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Talbot(start)	W	36	34	2	.944	4.71	60:00

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.