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St. Louis Blues vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsMar 13, 2025

Final· PPG Paints Arena
away
STL
3
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home
PIT
5
Goals123TShots123T
STL0123STL1512835
PIT1225PIT512522
STL 75PIT 40
STL 2.40PIT 2.75
PP goals
STL 2PIT 0
Hits
STL 21PIT 26
Blocks
STL 9PIT 24
PIM
STL 0PIT 4
STL 41%PIT 59%

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. Rickard Rakell (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. STL's first power-play unit (Fowler, Sundqvist, Buchnevich, Thomas and Bolduc) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 1:09 together.

  1. Points
    Bryan Rust had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:06.Rust
  2. Points
    Rickard Rakell had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:21.Rakell
  3. Points
    Blake Lizotte had 2 assists (2 points) in 15:03.Lizotte
  4. Points
    Sidney Crosby had 2 assists (2 points) in 18:25.Crosby
  5. PP1
    STL's first power-play unit (Fowler, Sundqvist, Buchnevich, Thomas and Bolduc) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 1:09 together.FowlerSundqvistBuchnevichThomasBolduc
  6. Luck
    PIT scored 5 goals on 2.75 expected goals (40 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
  7. Usage
    Philip Tomasino (PIT) played 17:57, +4:58 up on his 12:59 season average over 60 games.Tomasino
  8. Goalie
    Tristan Jarry (PIT) faced 35 shots and stopped 32 (.914), +8 against a season average of 27.0; the win.Jarry

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.

Shot map, STL at PIT: 115 attempts, 57 on goal, 8 goals, 5.15 expected goals; best chance Rickard Rakell at 0.79 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← STL attacks left (bottom on phones)PIT attacks right (top on phones) →
  • PIT
  • STL
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 115 of 115 attempts · PIT 40 · STL 75

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, STL at PIT: expected goals 2.75 to 2.40 (PIT led the chances), shot attempts 40 to 75, 8 goals.

0.01.02.03.01st2nd3rdPITSTLGTBDHRTRnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • PIT
  • STL
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
PITSTLcontrol2nd3rdGraves · 1st 2:17Timmins · 2nd 2:20Bolduc · 2nd 11:35Dewar · 2nd 17:42Holloway · 3rd 1:26Rust · 3rd 7:15Toropchenko · 3rd 8:56Rakell · 3rd 19:52
  • 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 44% of the game, PIT 13%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, STL at PIT: 39 players over 60:00; most ice Tristan Jarry (60:00) for PIT and Jordan Binnington (47:15) for STL, 8 goals.

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
StatSTLPIT
7844
2.371.51
2.291.51
136
16
3226
−0.046+0.046
44%13%

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

Current STL line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

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Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 2:17
    PITRyan Graves (Blake Lizotte)wrist0.02 xG
    STL: Suter, Sundqvist, Joseph, Tucker, BolducPIT: Graves, Acciari, Timmins, Dewar, Lizotte
    STL 0 – 1 PIT

2nd period

  1. 2:20
    PITConor Timmins (Danton Heinen, Philip Tomasino)snap0.04 xG
    STL: Leddy, Fowler, Sundqvist, Kyrou, HollowayPIT: Malkin, Graves, Heinen, Timmins, Tomasino
    STL 0 – 2 PIT
  2. 11:35
    STLZachary BolducPP (Robert Thomas, Pavel Buchnevich)snap0.16 xG
    STL: Fowler, Sundqvist, Buchnevich, Thomas, BolducPIT: Letang, Hayes, Rust, Graves
    STL 1 – 2 PIT
  3. 17:42
    PITConnor Dewar (Blake Lizotte, Erik Karlsson)tip-in0.09 xG
    STL: Leddy, Fowler, Faksa, Walker, ToropchenkoPIT: Karlsson, Grzelcyk, Acciari, Dewar, Lizotte
    STL 1 – 3 PIT

3rd period

  1. 1:26
    STLDylan HollowayPP (Justin Faulk, Jake Neighbours)slap0.11 xG
    STL: Schenn, Faulk, Kyrou, Holloway, NeighboursPIT: Rust, Graves, Acciari, Timmins
    STL 2 – 3 PIT
  2. 7:15
    PITBryan Rust (Rickard Rakell, Sidney Crosby)tip-in0.25 xG
    STL: Schenn, Faulk, Kyrou, Broberg, HollowayPIT: Crosby, Letang, Rust, Rakell, Grzelcyk
    STL 2 – 4 PIT
  3. 8:56
    STLAlexey Toropchenko (Ryan Suter)wrist0.19 xG
    STL: Suter, Faksa, Walker, Toropchenko, TuckerPIT: Malkin, Karlsson, Graves, Heinen, Tomasino
    STL 3 – 4 PIT
  4. 19:52
    PITRickard RakellEN (Sidney Crosby, Bryan Rust)snap0.79 xG
    STL: Schenn, Fowler, Buchnevich, Kyrou, Thomas, HollowayPIT: Crosby, Letang, Rust, Rakell, Timmins
    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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Dylan Holloway LL1101-330.3111018:09——5736
Jordan Kyrou RL1000-340.1400016:52——5737
Brayden Schenn CL1000-210.1110015:25——6044
Robert Thomas CL2011-100.0000022:02——6764
Pavel Buchnevich LL2011-130.4300020:52——6673
Jake Neighbours LL2011010.0601015:49——5958
Alexey Toropchenko RL3101030.2630013:14——7373
Radek Faksa CL3000020.2110012:36——7174
Nathan Walker LL3000020.0521012:29——7273
Zachary Bolduc RL4101-120.3420015:19——7290
Oskar Sundqvist CL4000-210.0900013:22——5363
Mathieu Joseph RL4000-100.005009:56——5467
Philip Broberg DD1000-140.0602021:34——6659
Justin Faulk DD1011-120.0411019:46——6457
Cam Fowler DD2000-310.0401022:19——5047
Nick Leddy DD2000-200.0321018:53——5448
Ryan Suter DD3011040.0100017:59——7278
Tyler Tucker DD3000020.2231015:44——7285
STL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jordan Binnington(start)L19154.7891.1547:15
Joel Hofer—220.10000.1010:25

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Evgeni Malkin CL1000030.1200018:30——5228
Philip Tomasino RL1011040.2131017:57——5238
Danton Heinen LL1011000.0011017:03——4829
Rickard Rakell RL2112+220.8602020:21——2942
Bryan Rust RL2112+210.3811020:06——2737
Sidney Crosby CL2022+200.5410018:25——3145
Blake Lizotte CL3022+200.0110015:03——3955
Noel Acciari CL3000+210.0234014:38——4866
Connor Dewar CL3101+240.2601012:40——5368
Bokondji Imama LL4000000.004208:21——167
Emil Bemstrom CL4000010.021007:29——138
Kevin Hayes RL4000000.002007:14——148
Matt Grzelcyk DD1000+200.0042024:47——2645
Erik Karlsson DD1011010.0211022:07——3531
Kris Letang DD2000+230.2317224:30——3144
Vladislav Kolyachonok DD2000000.0001016:33——3130
Conor Timmins DD3101+310.0400216:57——5243
Ryan Graves DD3101+110.0331015:17——5640
PIT goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Tristan Jarry(start)W35323.9142.4060:00

Goal anatomy

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

Ryan Graves (PIT) 1st 2:17 · assists Blake Lizotte · Deflection · 55.9 mph shot.

Zachary Bolduc · 2nd 11:35 · STL PP

Play
turnover-forecheck
Entry
pass
Odd man
5-on-4
Passes
1
Shot
68.0 mph
Distance
19 ft
Entry to goal
6.7 s
Type
one-timer

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Connor Dewar · 2nd 17:42 · PIT

Play
deflection
Entry
carry
Odd man
3-on-2
Passes
2
Shot
27.6 mph
Distance
4 ft
Entry to goal
3.5 s
Type
one-timer

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Rickard Rakell · 3rd 19:52 · PIT EN

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
loose
Odd man
2-on-1
Passes
3 (royal road)
Shot
63.1 mph
Distance
43 ft
Entry to goal
2.1 s

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