St. Louis Blues vs. Detroit Red WingsMar 23, 2023

FinalThursday, Mar 23, 2023· Little Caesars Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	1	3	0	4		STL	6	9	7	22
DET	2	0	1	3		DET	9	7	12	28

: STL 39DET 56
: STL 1.61DET 2.44
PP goals: STL 0DET 0
Hits: STL 20DET 14
Blocks: STL 18DET 11
PIM: STL 7DET 13
: STL 47%DET 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues edge Detroit Red Wings 4–3

St. Louis Blues beat Detroit Red Wings 4–3 at DET. Robert Bortuzzo (STL) led the scoring with 0G 2A. New look for STL: Pitlick–Walker–Toropchenko skated 7:54 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Robert Bortuzzo had 2 assists (2 points) in 17:02.Bortuzzo
New line
New look for STL: Pitlick–Walker–Toropchenko skated 7:54 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pitlick Walker Toropchenko
New line
New look for STL: Saad–Vrana–Brown skated 6:23 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Saad Vrana Brown
Luck
STL scored 4 goals on 1.61 expected goals (39 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for STL: Buchnevich–Kyrou–Neighbours skated 6:04 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (30.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Buchnevich Kyrou Neighbours
New line
New look for STL: Schenn–Kapanen–Blais skated 5:17 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Schenn Kapanen Blais
Usage
Robert Bortuzzo (STL) played 17:02, +4:34 up on his 12:28 season average over 42 games.Bortuzzo
Usage
Jake Neighbours (STL) played 16:21, +4:01 up on his 12:20 season average over 42 games.Neighbours

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)DET attacks right (top on phones) →

DET
STL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 95 of 95 attempts · DET 56 · STL 39

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

DET
STL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

DET 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 32% of the game, DET 38%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

DET

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	DET
	43	54
	1.81	2.22
	1.76	2.02
	10	12
	4	4
	10	16
	−0.027	+0.027
	32%	38%

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

L1Pitlick – Walker – Toropchenko
7:5433% CF
L2Saad – Vrana – Brown
6:2344% CF
L3Buchnevich – Kyrou – Neighbours
6:0431% CF
L4Schenn – Kapanen – Blais
5:1771% CF
D1Scandella – Parayko
15:2338% CF
D2Leddy – Faulk
13:4427% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Rosen
11:1063% CF

PP1Schenn – Faulk – Buchnevich – Kapanen – Kyrou
2:44100% CF
PP2Leddy – Saad – Vrana – Blais – Neighbours
1:50100% CF
PK1FWalker – Toropchenko
0:33
PK2FSaad – Kapanen
0:19
PK1DScandella – Faulk
0:37
PK2DBortuzzo – Parayko
0:35

Current STL line combinations →

Detroit Red Wings

L1Larkin – Suter – Raymond
8:5962% CF
L2Perron – Kubalik – Copp
8:4546% CF
L3Chiasson – Czarnik – Berggren
7:5253% CF
L4Luff – Veleno – Zadina
6:3350% CF
D1Walman – Seider
14:0848% CF
D2Maatta – Hagg
14:0053% CF
D3Oesterle – Edvinsson
12:2462% CF

PP1Perron – Chiasson – Larkin – Seider – Raymond
1:0467% CF
PP2Kubalik – Copp – Walman – Zadina – Berggren
0:35
PK1FCopp – Veleno
1:10
PK2FLarkin – Suter
0:53
PK1DWalman – Seider
2:42
PK2DMaatta – Hagg
1:12

Current DET 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
Alexey Toropchenko R	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.17	1	1	0	14:13	—	—	32	43
Tyler Pitlick C	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.01	3	1	0	11:27	—	—	35	44
Nathan Walker L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.17	1	0	5	10:35	—	—	29	40
Brandon Saad L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.45	1	1	0	16:27	—	—	50	55
Jakub Vrana L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	1	0	2	14:03	—	—	45	52
Logan Brown C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:08	—	—	46	67
Pavel Buchnevich L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	0	0	0	20:39	—	—	40	38
Jordan Kyrou R	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.15	0	0	0	16:51	—	—	48	49
Jake Neighbours L	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.10	4	2	0	16:21	—	—	50	50
Brayden Schenn C	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.11	0	0	0	19:50	—	—	59	28
Kasperi Kapanen R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	0	0	18:05	—	—	47	27
Sammy Blais L	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.13	3	1	0	15:22	—	—	48	29
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.03	1	2	0	20:53	—	—	46	64
Marco Scandella D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	3	0	20:11	—	—	35	65
Justin Faulk D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	0	1	0	22:03	—	—	28	9
Nick Leddy D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	1	0	19:16	—	—	30	20
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	2	2	+2	0	0.00	0	4	0	17:02	—	—	68	69
Calle Rosen D	D3	0	1	1	+3	0	0.00	1	1	0	15:50	—	—	65	72

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joel Hofer(start)	W	28	25	3	.893	2.44	59:44

Detroit Red Wings

DET skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Dylan Larkin C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.21	1	0	0	21:24	—	—	65	75
Lucas Raymond L	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.44	1	0	0	19:28	—	—	65	67
Pius Suter C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.22	0	1	0	15:58	—	—	61	46
Andrew Copp C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	21:03	—	—	60	35
David Perron L	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.05	0	0	2	18:14	—	—	60	63
Dominik Kubalik L	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.01	1	0	0	14:46	—	—	54	43
Alex Chiasson R	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.48	0	1	0	12:25	—	—	53	81
Austin Czarnik C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	0	0	0	11:22	—	—	50	62
Jonatan Berggren R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:54	—	—	56	81
Joseph Veleno C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.26	1	0	0	14:44	—	—	56	82
Filip Zadina R	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:59	—	—	43	35
Matt Luff R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	0	0	0	9:36	—	—	50	47
Moritz Seider D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.13	3	2	0	24:05	—	—	52	63
Jake Walman D	D1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.20	1	3	0	20:21	—	—	50	54
Olli Maatta D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	1	1	2	20:32	—	—	42	34
Robert Hagg D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	2	2	0	18:17	—	—	50	32
Jordan Oesterle D	D3	0	1	1	-1	3	0.02	1	1	5	16:57	—	—	63	71
Simon Edvinsson D	D3	1	0	1	-1	3	0.17	1	0	4	14:49	—	—	62	61

DET goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Magnus Hellberg(start)	—	13	10	3	.769	0.68	32:36
Alex Nedeljkovic	L	9	8	1	.889	0.94	24:26

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. Detroit Red WingsMar 23, 2023

Fantasy takeaways

St. Louis Blues edge Detroit Red Wings 4–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

St. Louis Blues

Detroit Red Wings

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

St. Louis Blues

Detroit Red Wings