St. Louis Blues vs. Florida PanthersDec 21, 2023

FinalThursday, Dec 21, 2023· Amerant Bank Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	0	3	1	4		STL	5	12	7	24
FLA	0	1	0	1		FLA	11	15	12	38

: STL 37FLA 75
: STL 2.67FLA 4.04
PP goals: STL 0FLA 0
Hits: STL 24FLA 21
Blocks: STL 16FLA 3
PIM: STL 2FLA 2
: STL 31%FLA 69%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues beat Florida Panthers 4–1

St. Louis Blues beat Florida Panthers 4–1 at FLA. Pavel Buchnevich (STL) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for FLA: Barkov–Reinhart–Tkachuk skated 7:46 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Pavel Buchnevich had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 17:28.Buchnevich
Points
Robert Thomas had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 18:27.Thomas
Points
Jordan Kyrou had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:28.Kyrou
New line
New look for FLA: Barkov–Reinhart–Tkachuk skated 7:46 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Barkov Reinhart Tkachuk
New line
New look for STL: Schenn–Kapanen–Neighbours skated 14:52 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (25.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Schenn Kapanen Neighbours
Luck
FLA scored 1 goal on 4.04 expected goals (75 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for FLA: Stenlund–Lockwood–Luostarinen skated 7:40 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (85.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Stenlund Lockwood Luostarinen
Goalie
Joel Hofer (STL) faced 38 shots and stopped 37 (.974), +10 against a season average of 27.7; the win.Hofer

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)FLA attacks right (top on phones) →

FLA
STL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 112 of 112 attempts · FLA 75 · STL 37

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

FLA
STL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

FLA 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 17% of the game, FLA 45%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

FLA

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	FLA
	38	82
	2.31	4.13
	2.22	3.76
	6	19
	4	7
	6	16
	−0.114	+0.114
	17%	45%

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 – Kapanen – Neighbours
14:5226% CF
L2Buchnevich – Kyrou – Thomas
12:5450% CF
L3Hayes – Saad – Toropchenko
9:1957% CF
L4Sundqvist – MacEachern – Blais
7:1919% CF
D1Leddy – Parayko
21:0535% CF
D2Faulk – Krug
18:2326% CF
D3Scandella – Tucker
9:0743% CF

PP1Schenn – Krug – Buchnevich – Kyrou – Thomas
1:19100% CF
PP2Leddy – Faulk – Hayes – Saad – Neighbours
0:32100% CF
PK1FHayes – Toropchenko
1:09
PK2FBuchnevich – Thomas
0:28
PK1DLeddy – Parayko
1:32
PK2DScandella – Faulk
0:28

Current STL line combinations →

Florida Panthers

L1Barkov – Reinhart – Tkachuk
7:4660% CF
L2Stenlund – Lockwood – Luostarinen
7:4086% CF
L3Verhaeghe – Bennett – Rodrigues
6:4171% CF
L4Cousins – Lorentz – Lomberg
4:3960% CF
D1Montour – Mikkola
18:2752% CF
D2Ekblad – Forsling
16:0373% CF
D3Ekman-Larsson – Kulikov
12:3660% CF

PP1Verhaeghe – Barkov – Reinhart – Montour – Tkachuk
1:05100% CF
PP2Ekman-Larsson – Ekblad – Bennett – Rodrigues – Tkachuk
0:36
PK1FBarkov – Reinhart
0:43
PK2FLockwood – Luostarinen
0:32
PK1DEkblad – Forsling
1:11
PK2DKulikov – Mikkola
0:32

Current FLA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

4:50
STLJordan Kyrou (Robert Thomas, Pavel Buchnevich)wrist0.16 xG
STL: Faulk, Krug, Buchnevich, Kyrou, ThomasFLA: Verhaeghe, Barkov, Montour, Mikkola, Tkachuk
STL 1 – 0 FLA
7:46
STLPavel Buchnevich (Jordan Kyrou, Robert Thomas)backhand0.09 xG
STL: Faulk, Krug, Buchnevich, Kyrou, ThomasFLA: Barkov, Reinhart, Montour, Forsling, Tkachuk
STL 2 – 0 FLA
13:47
FLAEetu Luostarinen (Dmitry Kulikov)wrist0.00 xG
STL: Faulk, Krug, Buchnevich, Kyrou, ThomasFLA: Kulikov, Ekblad, Stenlund, Lockwood, Luostarinen
STL 2 – 1 FLA
16:43
STLAlexey Toropchenko (Marco Scandella, Brandon Saad)tip-in0.07 xG
STL: Scandella, Hayes, Saad, Toropchenko, TuckerFLA: Ekman-Larsson, Kulikov, Cousins, Lorentz, Lomberg
STL 3 – 1 FLA

3rd period

16:51
STLPavel BuchnevichEN (Oskar Sundqvist, Robert Thomas)wrist0.56 xG
STL: Leddy, Parayko, Sundqvist, Buchnevich, ThomasFLA: Verhaeghe, Barkov, Reinhart, Bennett, Montour, Tkachuk
STL 4 – 1 FLA

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
Jake Neighbours L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	7	0	0	18:17	—	—	19	23
Brayden Schenn C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	1	0	0	18:01	—	—	21	27
Kasperi Kapanen R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	17:19	—	—	25	25
Robert Thomas C	L2	0	3	3	+2	1	0.02	0	1	0	18:27	—	—	44	43
Pavel Buchnevich L	L2	2	1	3	+2	4	1.00	1	0	0	17:28	—	—	50	44
Jordan Kyrou R	L2	1	1	2	+1	3	0.29	0	0	0	17:28	—	—	44	43
Kevin Hayes R	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:42	—	—	48	62
Alexey Toropchenko R	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.23	1	0	0	14:02	—	—	41	58
Brandon Saad L	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.07	0	0	2	13:47	—	—	48	62
Oskar Sundqvist C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.28	2	1	0	12:09	—	—	22	22
Mackenzie MacEachern L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	0	0	9:41	—	—	19	17
Sammy Blais L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	8:17	—	—	19	9
Nick Leddy D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.17	0	1	0	26:20	—	—	34	39
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.13	1	6	0	25:01	—	—	33	35
Justin Faulk D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.08	0	2	0	22:18	—	—	27	46
Torey Krug D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.05	1	2	0	21:10	—	—	26	43
Marco Scandella D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.01	1	0	0	12:37	—	—	39	21
Tyler Tucker D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	5	0	0	10:57	—	—	38	22

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joel Hofer(start)	W	38	37	1	.974	4.04	59:59

Florida Panthers

FLA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Matthew Tkachuk L	L1	0	0	0	-3	2	0.39	0	1	0	19:53	—	—	66	47
Sam Reinhart C	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.18	2	0	0	17:38	—	—	70	73
Aleksander Barkov C	L1	0	0	0	-3	1	0.96	1	0	0	16:02	—	—	62	56
Eetu Luostarinen C	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.00	2	0	0	16:40	—	—	75	79
Kevin Stenlund C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.20	0	0	2	16:27	—	—	65	57
William Lockwood R	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.27	3	1	0	12:38	—	—	69	85
Sam Bennett C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.33	1	0	0	17:35	—	—	76	72
Carter Verhaeghe C	L3	0	0	0	-2	7	0.46	0	0	0	17:34	—	—	69	51
Evan Rodrigues C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.28	2	0	0	13:27	—	—	74	79
Nick Cousins C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	0	0	12:58	—	—	58	49
Ryan Lomberg L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	2	0	0	9:52	—	—	60	68
Steven Lorentz C	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.43	0	0	0	9:41	—	—	63	72
Brandon Montour D	D1	0	0	0	-3	4	0.10	1	0	0	23:51	—	—	65	54
Niko Mikkola D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	4	0	0	21:30	—	—	53	47
Gustav Forsling D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.01	0	0	0	21:45	—	—	76	73
Aaron Ekblad D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	1	0	0	18:59	—	—	76	73
Dmitry Kulikov D	D3	0	1	1	0	2	0.11	2	0	0	16:36	—	—	69	63
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	0	1	0	15:24	—	—	67	73

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Sergei Bobrovsky(start)	L	23	20	3	.870	2.11	59:30

Goal anatomy

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

Eetu Luostarinen (FLA) 2nd 13:47 · assists Dmitry Kulikov · Point shot · 44.0 mph shot.

Eetu Luostarinen · 2nd 13:47 · FLA

Play: point-shot
Passes: 2
Shot: 44.0 mph
Distance: 95 ft

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Pavel Buchnevich · 3rd 16:51 · STL EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 56.9 mph
Distance: 124 ft

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Jordan Kyrou · 2nd 4:50 · STL

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 46.6 mph
Distance: 17 ft
Entry to goal: 6.6 s
Type: one-timer, rebound

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Pavel Buchnevich · 2nd 7:46 · STL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 31.3 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 4.5 s

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Alexey Toropchenko · 2nd 16:43 · STL

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-2
Passes: 1
Shot: 21.3 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 7.5 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.