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St. Louis Blues vs. Buffalo SabresFeb 10, 2024

Final· KeyBank Center
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STL
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Goals123TShots123T
STL1113STL1141126
BUF0101BUF9151135
STL 49BUF 67
STL 2.55BUF 2.23
PP goals
STL 1BUF 0
Hits
STL 26BUF 14
Blocks
STL 16BUF 11
PIM
STL 8BUF 6
STL 44%BUF 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues beat Buffalo Sabres 3–1

St. Louis Blues beat Buffalo Sabres 3–1 at BUF. Jake Neighbours (STL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. STL's first power-play unit (Krug, Buchnevich, Kyrou, Thomas and Neighbours) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:49 together.

  1. Points
    Jake Neighbours had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 11:38.Neighbours
  2. PP1
    STL's first power-play unit (Krug, Buchnevich, Kyrou, Thomas and Neighbours) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:49 together.KrugBuchnevichKyrouThomasNeighbours
  3. New line
    New look for STL: Hayes–Saad–Blais skated 8:51 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (47.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.HayesSaadBlais
  4. New line
    New look for STL: Schenn–Kapanen–Neighbours skated 8:10 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.SchennKapanenNeighbours
  5. New line
    New look for STL: Sundqvist–Walker–Toropchenko skated 7:17 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (35.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.SundqvistWalkerToropchenko
  6. Usage
    Jake Neighbours (STL) played 11:38, −4:08 down on his 15:46 season average over 76 games.Neighbours
  7. Usage
    Brayden Schenn (STL) played 14:22, −3:27 down on his 17:49 season average over 81 games.Schenn
  8. Usage
    Nick Leddy (STL) played 26:20, +4:01 up on his 22:19 season average over 81 games.Leddy

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 BUF: 116 attempts, 61 on goal, 4 goals, 4.78 expected goals; best chance Jake Neighbours at 0.30 xG.

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

Showing 116 of 116 attempts · BUF 67 · STL 49

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, STL at BUF: expected goals 2.23 to 2.55 (STL led the chances), shot attempts 67 to 49, 4 goals.

0.01.02.03.01st2nd3rdBUFSTLNOKNnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • BUF
  • STL
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
BUFSTLcontrol2nd3rdNeighbours · 1st 12:53Okposo · 2nd 0:51Kyrou · 2nd 4:32Neighbours · 3rd 18:03
  • BUF 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 27% of the game, BUF 34%.

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 BUF: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (58:18) for BUF and Joel Hofer (60:00) for STL, 4 goals.

BUF
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
StatSTLBUF
5262
2.361.97
2.231.90
812
75
75
−0.046+0.045
27%34%

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 →

Buffalo Sabres

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 12:53
    STLJake NeighboursPP (Pavel Buchnevich, Robert Thomas)backhand0.07 xG
    STL: Krug, Buchnevich, Kyrou, Thomas, NeighboursBUF: Clifton, Tuch, Dahlin, Benson
    STL 1 – 0 BUF

2nd period

  1. 0:51
    BUFKyle Okposounknown0.15 xG
    STL: Krug, Sundqvist, Walker, Toropchenko, KesselBUF: Okposo, Skinner, Clifton, Thompson, Power
    STL 1 – 1 BUF
  2. 4:32
    STLJordan Kyrou (Colton Parayko, Calle Rosen)wrist0.15 xG
    STL: Parayko, Buchnevich, Kyrou, Thomas, RosenBUF: Clifton, Tuch, Greenway, Thompson, Power
    STL 2 – 1 BUF

3rd period

  1. 18:03
    STLJake Neighbours (Brayden Schenn, Kasperi Kapanen)snap0.30 xG
    STL: Schenn, Leddy, Parayko, Kapanen, NeighboursBUF: Mittelstadt, Jokiharju, Cozens, Peterka, Power
    STL 3 – 1 BUF

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
Robert Thomas CL1011+100.0002022:25——5058
Pavel Buchnevich LL1011+110.0600021:13——6578
Jordan Kyrou RL1101+140.4300017:18——6071
Brandon Saad LL2000030.3510012:57——3449
Kevin Hayes RL2000000.1500012:54——4461
Sammy Blais LL2000000.0061010:44——4049
Kasperi Kapanen RL3011+120.0611014:25——4260
Brayden Schenn CL3011+110.0320214:22——3856
Jake Neighbours LL3202+150.7611011:38——4758
Oskar Sundqvist CL4000-100.1200214:13——4041
Nathan Walker LL4000-110.0740011:50——5050
Alexey Toropchenko RL4000-130.2231011:24——3139
Nick Leddy DD1000+100.0302026:20——3860
Colton Parayko DD1011+200.0223024:53——3862
Torey Krug DD2000-140.0920020:56——4946
Matthew Kessel DD2000-100.1021217:30——4440
Calle Rosen DD3011+100.0223215:03——4551
Marco Scandella DD3000020.0401011:55——6164
STL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Joel Hofer(start)W34341.10002.2360:00

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Casey Mittelstadt CL1000-140.1600019:00——6042
Alex Tuch RL1000-160.3211018:54——4735
Jordan Greenway LL1000-110.0810018:10——5539
Dylan Cozens CL2000-120.1812020:10——3929
JJ Peterka RL2000-140.2601217:38——4941
Zach Benson LL2000030.1410011:37——5044
Tage Thompson CL3000050.2010020:09——6553
Jeff Skinner LL3000+100.0200016:27——6571
Kyle Okposo RL3101+130.3900013:50——7588
Peyton Krebs CL4000000.1900010:11——7172
Zemgus Girgensons CL4000020.040029:20——5244
Eric Robinson LL4000000.000008:54——5040
Rasmus Dahlin DD1000020.1562028:59——6146
Henri Jokiharju DD1000-120.0711019:00——5742
Owen Power DD2000-100.0311024:02——6152
Connor Clifton DD2000000.0002016:25——4851
Erik Johnson DD3000000.0011012:55——4435
Ryan Johnson DD3000000.0000210:55——4541
BUF goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)L26233.8852.5558:18

Goal anatomy

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

Jake Neighbours (STL PP) 1st 12:53 · assists Pavel Buchnevich, Robert Thomas · Cycle · 22.4 mph shot.

Jake Neighbours · 3rd 18:03 · STL

Play
rebound
Entry
loose
Odd man
1-on-0
Passes
0
Shot
38.6 mph
Distance
11 ft
Entry to goal
2.7 s
Type
rebound

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