St. Louis Blues vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsJan 5, 2022

FinalWednesday, Jan 5, 2022· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	0	3	0	3		STL	7	15	7	29
PIT	0	2	3	5		PIT	14	11	16	41

: STL 44PIT 63
: STL 2.73PIT 3.71
PP goals: STL 1PIT 2
Hits: STL 25PIT 28
Blocks: STL 14PIT 9
PIM: STL 20PIT 4
: STL 43%PIT 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat St. Louis Blues 5–3

Pittsburgh Penguins beat St. Louis Blues 5–3 at home. Bryan Rust (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 1A. PIT's first power-play unit (Crosby, Letang, Rust, Guentzel and Rodrigues) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:59 together.

Points
Bryan Rust had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 20:34.Rust
Points
Brayden Schenn had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:25.Schenn
Points
Evan Rodrigues had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:32.Rodrigues
Points
Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:44.Crosby
Points
Jake Guentzel had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:55.Guentzel
Points
Kris Letang had 2 assists (2 points) on 9 shots in 27:05.Letang
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Crosby, Letang, Rust, Guentzel and Rodrigues) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:59 together.Crosby Letang Rust Guentzel Rodrigues
New line
New look for STL: Schenn–Buchnevich–Barbashev skated 12:25 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Schenn Buchnevich Barbashev

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 107 of 107 attempts · PIT 63 · STL 44

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 51%.

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
	43	61
	2.66	3.11
	2.45	2.89
	12	10
	5	5
	13	16
	−0.087	+0.087
	24%	51%

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 – Buchnevich – Barbashev
12:2533% CF
L2Tarasenko – Kyrou – Thomas
11:5352% CF
L3Perron – O'Reilly – Saad
11:2825% CF
L4Bozak – Sundqvist – Brown
7:2953% CF
D1Parayko – Mikkola
17:3933% CF
D2Faulk – Krug
14:5537% CF
D3Scandella – Perunovich
11:2263% CF

PP1Perron – O'Reilly – Schenn – Tarasenko – Krug
0:38100% CF
PK1FBuchnevich – Barbashev
1:42
PK2FO'Reilly – Sundqvist
1:22
PK1DScandella – Parayko
3:11
PK2DFaulk – Mikkola
1:08

Current STL line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Guentzel
14:4662% CF
L2Blueger – McGinn – Aston-Reese
12:3348% CF
L3Kapanen – Heinen – Rodrigues
10:3075% CF
L4Boyle – Simon – Bjorkqvist
7:0845% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
19:1462% CF
D2Pettersson – Marino
14:1541% CF
D3Matheson – Ruhwedel
11:4668% CF

PP1Crosby – Letang – Rust – Guentzel – Rodrigues
2:5980% CF
PP2Matheson – Kapanen – Heinen – Marino – Simon
2:36100% CF
PK1FBlueger – McGinn
0:20
PK1DDumoulin – Marino
0:38

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

0:20
STLBrayden SchennPP (Torey Krug)snap0.04 xG
STL: Perron, O'Reilly, Schenn, Tarasenko, KrugPIT: Dumoulin, Blueger, McGinn, Marino
STL 1 – 0 PIT
8:45
STLJordan Kyrou (Vladimir Tarasenko, Justin Faulk)wrist0.13 xG
STL: Tarasenko, Parayko, Kyrou, Thomas, PerunovichPIT: Letang, Dumoulin, Guentzel, Kapanen, Rodrigues
STL 2 – 0 PIT
13:30
PITBryan RustPP (Evan Rodrigues, Kris Letang)backhand0.24 xG
STL: Scandella, O'Reilly, SundqvistPIT: Letang, Rust, Guentzel, Rodrigues
STL 2 – 1 PIT
13:49
STLColton Parayko (Brayden Schenn, Scott Perunovich)wrist0.05 xG
STL: Schenn, Parayko, Kyrou, PerunovichPIT: Matheson, Blueger, Kapanen, Marino
STL 3 – 1 PIT
15:46
PITBryan Rust (Sidney Crosby, Jake Guentzel)wrist0.05 xG
STL: Tarasenko, Parayko, Mikkola, Kyrou, ThomasPIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Rust, Guentzel
STL 3 – 2 PIT

3rd period

12:23
PITSidney Crosby (Jake Guentzel, John Marino)wrist0.11 xG
STL: Perron, O'Reilly, Saad, Parayko, MikkolaPIT: Crosby, Rust, Guentzel, Pettersson, Marino
STL 3 – 3 PIT
12:35
PITEvan RodriguesPP (Kris Letang, Bryan Rust)slap0.09 xG
STL: Scandella, O'Reilly, Faulk, SundqvistPIT: Crosby, Letang, Rust, Guentzel, Rodrigues
STL 3 – 4 PIT
18:21
PITBrock McGinn (Teddy Blueger)wrist0.30 xG
STL: Bozak, Krug, Parayko, Buchnevich, BarbashevPIT: Letang, Dumoulin, Blueger, McGinn, Aston-Reese
STL 3 – 5 PIT

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
Ivan Barbashev L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.16	1	1	0	17:15	—	—	28	16
Pavel Buchnevich L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.01	0	0	2	17:10	—	—	29	17
Brayden Schenn C	L1	1	1	2	+1	2	0.22	2	1	0	15:25	—	—	33	38
Robert Thomas C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.79	0	1	0	17:47	—	—	48	65
Jordan Kyrou R	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.27	0	0	0	15:03	—	—	50	65
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.25	2	0	10	14:23	—	—	52	69
Ryan O'Reilly C	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.29	1	3	0	17:40	—	—	36	40
David Perron L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	4	1	0	16:11	—	—	23	23
Brandon Saad L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	0	0	0	15:57	—	—	25	35
Oskar Sundqvist C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	0	1	0	10:59	—	—	53	44
Tyler Bozak C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	0	2	9:42	—	—	45	24
Logan Brown C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	7:54	—	—	53	44
Colton Parayko D	D1	1	0	1	-1	1	0.05	0	3	0	24:25	—	—	37	57
Niko Mikkola D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.14	4	2	4	20:05	—	—	38	66
Justin Faulk D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.05	4	0	0	20:53	—	—	35	18
Torey Krug D	D2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.07	1	0	2	20:14	—	—	38	18
Marco Scandella D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	4	1	0	18:34	—	—	48	33
Scott Perunovich D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.04	1	0	0	12:51	—	—	67	61

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	L	41	36	5	.878	3.71	58:43

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	2	2	+1	4	0.58	2	0	0	20:55	—	—	60	41
Bryan Rust R	L1	2	1	3	+2	5	0.55	0	0	2	20:34	—	—	61	43
Sidney Crosby C	L1	1	1	2	+2	2	0.30	0	0	2	18:44	—	—	63	45
Brock McGinn L	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.30	4	1	0	16:06	—	—	48	65
Teddy Blueger C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	15:43	—	—	50	66
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	13:58	—	—	48	65
Evan Rodrigues C	L3	1	1	2	-1	3	0.25	1	0	0	16:32	—	—	71	69
Kasperi Kapanen R	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.20	0	0	0	14:54	—	—	71	69
Danton Heinen L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.26	3	0	0	14:43	—	—	77	85
Dominik Simon C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	2	0	0	12:15	—	—	54	63
Brian Boyle C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	8:54	—	—	46	51
Kasper Bjorkqvist R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.27	2	0	0	7:37	—	—	50	61
Kris Letang D	D1	0	2	2	+1	9	0.51	0	1	0	27:05	—	—	64	57
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	1	4	0	23:54	—	—	58	52
John Marino D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	2	1	0	20:58	—	—	45	45
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	3	0	0	15:44	—	—	37	30
Mike Matheson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.21	1	1	0	17:16	—	—	66	62
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	11:46	—	—	68	65

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith(start)	—	16	13	3	.813	1.17	33:49
Tristan Jarry	W	13	13	0	.1000	1.57	25:55

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.