St. Louis Blues vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsMar 16, 2019

FinalSaturday, Mar 16, 2019· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	2	2	1	5		STL	11	9	6	26
PIT	0	1	0	1		PIT	13	10	18	41

: STL 45PIT 66
: STL 2.50PIT 3.52
PP goals: STL 1PIT 0
Hits: STL 27PIT 33
Blocks: STL 16PIT 7
PIM: STL 8PIT 4
: STL 46%PIT 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues rout Pittsburgh Penguins 5–1

St. Louis Blues beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–1 at PIT. Vince Dunn (STL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for STL: Perron–O'Reilly–Schenn skated 10:56 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (61.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Vince Dunn had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:20.Dunn
Points
Patrick Maroon had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 12:37.Maroon
Points
Colton Parayko had 2 assists (2 points) in 24:30.Parayko
Points
Robert Thomas had 2 assists (2 points) in 12:41.Thomas
New line
New look for STL: Perron–O'Reilly–Schenn skated 10:56 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (61.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Perron O'Reilly Schenn
Goalie
Jordan Binnington (STL) faced 41 shots and stopped 40 (.976), +16 against a season average of 25.2; the win.Binnington
Luck
PIT scored 1 goal on 3.52 expected goals (66 attempts), well short of its chances.
Luck
STL scored 5 goals on 2.50 expected goals (45 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

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)PIT attacks right (top on phones) →

PIT
STL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 111 of 111 attempts · PIT 66 · STL 45

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

PIT
STL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

PIT 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 24% of the game, PIT 47%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

PIT

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	PIT
	49	55
	2.64	2.48
	2.59	2.34
	11	12
	5	5
	23	14
	−0.045	+0.045
	24%	47%

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

L1Perron – O'Reilly – Schenn
10:5661% CF
L2Steen – Schwartz – Sundqvist
9:0743% CF
L3Maroon – Bozak – Thomas
9:0450% CF
L4MacEachern – Sanford – Barbashev
6:1542% CF
D1Bouwmeester – Parayko
16:3346% CF
D2Pietrangelo – Dunn
12:2962% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Del Zotto
12:0546% CF

PP1Perron – Pietrangelo – Bozak – O'Reilly – Schenn
1:4467% CF
PP2Maroon – Schwartz – Parayko – Dunn – Thomas
1:02100% CF
PK1FSteen – O'Reilly
2:29
PK2FSundqvist – Barbashev
2:19
PK1DBouwmeester – Bortuzzo
4:27
PK2DPietrangelo – Parayko
2:48

Current STL line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Malkin – Kessel – Blueger
12:2950% CF
L2Hornqvist – Bjugstad – Simon
11:2972% CF
L3Crosby – Guentzel – McCann
11:1045% CF
L4Cullen – Wilson – Blandisi
4:5367% CF
D1Johnson – Schultz
15:3641% CF
D2Dumoulin – Trotman
11:3447% CF
D3Gudbranson – Pettersson
10:0471% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Hornqvist – Kessel – Schultz
4:40100% CF
PP2Bjugstad – Trotman – Guentzel – Pettersson – Simon
1:56100% CF
PK1FCullen – Wilson
1:35
PK2FBlueger – McCann
0:55
PK1DJohnson – Dumoulin
1:38
PK2DGudbranson – Pettersson
0:58

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.23	0	2	0	17:52	—	—	65	81
Brayden Schenn C	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.26	0	1	0	16:01	—	—	58	72
David Perron L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.21	1	0	2	14:58	—	—	61	81
Oskar Sundqvist C	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.12	4	1	0	18:42	—	—	36	17
Jaden Schwartz L	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.05	2	0	0	16:12	—	—	40	34
Alexander Steen L	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	15:02	—	—	45	22
Tyler Bozak C	L3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.01	0	0	2	15:54	—	—	41	40
Robert Thomas C	L3	0	2	2	+2	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:41	—	—	47	67
Patrick Maroon L	L3	1	1	2	+2	2	0.22	3	0	0	12:37	—	—	53	67
Ivan Barbashev L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	0	2	13:06	—	—	37	35
Zachary Sanford L	L4	0	1	1	-1	1	0.49	2	0	0	11:53	—	—	43	56
Mackenzie MacEachern L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	8:16	—	—	39	29
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	2	2	+2	0	0.02	2	6	0	24:30	—	—	44	53
Jay Bouwmeester D	D1	1	0	1	+2	3	0.19	2	1	0	23:40	—	—	40	34
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	0	0	+1	5	0.22	2	1	0	18:52	—	—	56	58
Vince Dunn D	D2	2	0	2	+1	4	0.30	0	1	2	17:20	—	—	62	57
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	2	2	0	18:57	—	—	40	51
Michael Del Zotto D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	3	0	0	15:27	—	—	44	52

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	W	41	40	1	.976	3.52	60:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Evgeni Malkin C	L1	0	0	-1	6	0.46	1	0	0	19:12	—	—	54	52
Phil Kessel R	L1	0	0	-1	4	0.52	0	0	2	19:02	—	—	48	44
Teddy Blueger C	L1	0	0	-1	2	0.22	2	0	0	16:02	—	—	46	46
Patric Hornqvist R	L2	0	0	+1	4	0.65	2	1	0	18:17	—	—	57	75
Nick Bjugstad C	L2	0	0	+1	3	0.25	3	0	0	17:11	—	—	61	73
Dominik Simon C	L2	1	1	+1	3	0.21	1	0	2	16:44	—	—	70	82
Sidney Crosby C	L3	0	0	-3	3	0.42	1	1	0	20:51	—	—	44	30
Jake Guentzel C	L3	0	0	-3	3	0.29	1	0	0	17:21	—	—	55	50
Jared McCann L	L3	0	0	-3	1	0.06	4	1	0	15:00	—	—	44	25
Matt Cullen C	L4	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:37	—	—	36	17
Garrett Wilson L	L4	0	0	0	1	0.01	4	0	0	8:00	—	—	67	99
Joseph Blandisi C	L4	0	0	0	2	0.14	1	0	0	5:41	—	—	67	99
Justin Schultz D	D1	0	0	-1	0	0.07	2	1	0	21:31	—	—	38	23
Jack Johnson D	D1	0	0	0	1	0.02	4	0	0	18:28	—	—	48	36
Brian Dumoulin D	D2	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	2	0	20:04	—	—	44	55
Zach Trotman D	D2	0	0	-1	3	0.13	0	0	0	18:28	—	—	50	68
Erik Gudbranson D	D3	0	0	-1	3	0.08	1	1	0	18:36	—	—	61	48
Marcus Pettersson D	D3	0	0	-1	2	0.01	3	0	0	18:00	—	—	68	61

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith	—	13	12	1	.923	0.99	37:19
Matt Murray(start)	L	13	9	4	.692	1.51	22:41

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.

St. Louis Blues vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsMar 16, 2019

Fantasy takeaways

St. Louis Blues rout Pittsburgh Penguins 5–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

St. Louis Blues

Pittsburgh Penguins

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

St. Louis Blues

Pittsburgh Penguins