St. Louis Blues vs. New York RangersMar 29, 2019

FinalFriday, Mar 29, 2019· Madison Square Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	2	0	0	2		STL	10	20	16	46
NYR	0	2	2	4		NYR	11	9	5	25

: STL 78NYR 43
: STL 4.53NYR 4.28
PP goals: STL 0NYR 0
Hits: STL 19NYR 25
Blocks: STL 10NYR 13
PIM: STL 4NYR 2
: STL 45%NYR 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Rangers beat St. Louis Blues 4–2

New York Rangers beat St. Louis Blues 4–2 at home. Pavel Buchnevich (NYR) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Alexandar Georgiev (NYR) faced 46 shots and stopped 44 (.957), +14 against a season average of 32.0; the win.

Points
Pavel Buchnevich had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:29.Buchnevich
Goalie
Alexandar Georgiev (NYR) faced 46 shots and stopped 44 (.957), +14 against a season average of 32.0; the win.Georgiev
New line
New look for NYR: Strome–Namestnikov–Andersson skated 8:22 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Strome Namestnikov Andersson
Luck
STL scored 2 goals on 4.53 expected goals (78 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for NYR: Nieves–Howden–Lettieri skated 6:27 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (35% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nieves Howden Lettieri
New line
New look for NYR: Vesey–Lemieux–Chytil skated 7:22 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (35.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Vesey Lemieux Chytil
Usage
Neal Pionk (NYR) played 16:52, −4:22 down on his 21:14 season average over 72 games.Pionk
Usage
Pavel Buchnevich (NYR) played 19:29, +4:23 up on his 15:06 season average over 63 games.Buchnevich

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)NYR attacks right (top on phones) →

NYR
STL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 121 of 121 attempts · NYR 43 · STL 78

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NYR
STL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NYR 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 54% of the game, NYR 21%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NYR

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	NYR
	84	47
	4.33	3.10
	4.10	2.91
	26	13
	2	4
	37	20
	−0.027	+0.027
	54%	21%

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

L1O'Reilly – Schenn – Tarasenko
12:5661% CF
L2Perron – Schwartz – Sundqvist
11:4277% CF
L3Maroon – Bozak – Thomas
11:3176% CF
L4Steen – Sanford – Barbashev
6:1157% CF
D1Pietrangelo – Dunn
18:0566% CF
D2Bouwmeester – Parayko
16:4468% CF
D3Gunnarsson – Bortuzzo
10:0676% CF

PP1Perron – Pietrangelo – O'Reilly – Schenn – Tarasenko
1:48100% CF
PK1FSteen – O'Reilly
1:41
PK2FSundqvist – Barbashev
0:58
PK1DBouwmeester – Bortuzzo
1:25
PK2DGunnarsson – Parayko
0:45

Current STL line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Kreider – Zibanejad – Buchnevich
14:0145% CF
L2Strome – Namestnikov – Andersson
8:2243% CF
L3Vesey – Lemieux – Chytil
7:2235% CF
L4Nieves – Howden – Lettieri
6:2735% CF
D1Shattenkirk – Skjei
14:3852% CF
D2Staal – DeAngelo
14:0233% CF
D3Smith – Pionk
12:0925% CF

PP1Namestnikov – DeAngelo – Lemieux – Lettieri – Chytil
1:52
PP2Shattenkirk – Kreider – Strome – Zibanejad – Buchnevich
1:390% CF
PK1FZibanejad – Namestnikov
0:41
PK2FNieves – Howden
0:00
PK1DStaal – Skjei
1:08
PK2DShattenkirk – Smith
0:17

Current NYR 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	6	1.42	0	1	0	22:08	—	—	59	57
Brayden Schenn C	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.19	0	1	0	19:53	—	—	66	60
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L1	1	0	1	0	6	0.46	3	0	0	19:03	—	—	59	58
David Perron L	L2	1	0	1	0	5	0.16	1	0	2	18:03	—	—	71	52
Oskar Sundqvist C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.23	0	0	0	15:28	—	—	71	51
Jaden Schwartz L	L2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.21	1	0	0	14:47	—	—	80	56
Tyler Bozak C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.20	1	1	0	15:25	—	—	71	71
Robert Thomas C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.10	0	0	0	14:38	—	—	64	71
Patrick Maroon L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.13	1	0	0	13:54	—	—	64	70
Alexander Steen L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	1	0	0	10:18	—	—	61	61
Zachary Sanford L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	2	1	0	9:22	—	—	52	50
Ivan Barbashev L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	8:07	—	—	52	56
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	0	0	-2	6	0.32	1	2	0	27:31	—	—	60	52
Vince Dunn D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.56	1	1	0	20:33	—	—	68	82
Colton Parayko D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	5	0	0	20:45	—	—	64	50
Jay Bouwmeester D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.09	1	0	0	20:21	—	—	61	62
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	1	1	2	14:22	—	—	65	57
Carl Gunnarsson D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.07	0	1	0	13:24	—	—	69	50

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	L	24	21	3	.875	2.59	57:58

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mika Zibanejad C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.05	0	2	0	21:37	—	—	41	59
Pavel Buchnevich L	L1	1	1	2	+1	3	1.73	1	0	0	19:29	—	—	43	58
Chris Kreider L	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.98	1	0	0	18:03	—	—	48	46
Vladislav Namestnikov C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.12	2	0	0	16:31	—	—	42	26
Ryan Strome C	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.10	1	0	0	15:47	—	—	48	29
Lias Andersson C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.05	1	0	0	11:55	—	—	40	26
Brendan Lemieux L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	15:05	—	—	23	45
Filip Chytil C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	1	0	0	14:09	—	—	31	29
Jimmy Vesey L	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.48	1	1	0	11:59	—	—	32	59
Vinni Lettieri C	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.14	3	1	0	12:54	—	—	29	43
Brett Howden C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.15	1	0	0	12:45	—	—	33	44
Boo Nieves C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:51	—	—	30	16
Brady Skjei D	D1	0	0	0	+2	3	0.10	1	0	0	20:44	—	—	50	55
Kevin Shattenkirk D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.03	1	0	0	20:07	—	—	53	45
Tony DeAngelo D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	3	0	20:54	—	—	33	41
Marc Staal D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	6	3	0	19:50	—	—	30	28
Brendan Smith D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	2	0	17:28	—	—	25	40
Neal Pionk D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	2	16:52	—	—	26	41

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	W	46	44	2	.957	4.53	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.

St. Louis Blues vs. New York RangersMar 29, 2019

Fantasy takeaways

New York Rangers beat St. Louis Blues 4–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

St. Louis Blues

New York Rangers

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

St. Louis Blues

New York Rangers