St. Louis Blues vs. Ottawa SenatorsMar 14, 2019

FinalThursday, Mar 14, 2019· Canadian Tire Centre

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	0	0	0	0		STL	13	8	14	35
OTT	0	1	1	2		OTT	5	13	3	21

: STL 70OTT 32
: STL 4.10OTT 2.23
PP goals: STL 0OTT 0
Hits: STL 22OTT 29
Blocks: STL 7OTT 18
PIM: STL 6OTT 8
: STL 57%OTT 43%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Ottawa Senators beat St. Louis Blues 2–0

Ottawa Senators beat St. Louis Blues 2–0 at home. Christian Wolanin (OTT) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for OTT: Pageau–Veronneau–Tkachuk skated 8:03 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for OTT: Pageau–Veronneau–Tkachuk skated 8:03 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pageau Veronneau Tkachuk
Luck
STL scored 0 goals on 4.10 expected goals (70 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Mikkel Boedker (OTT) played 8:03, −6:03 down on his 14:06 season average over 70 games.Boedker
Goalie
Anders Nilsson (OTT) faced 35 shots and stopped 35 (.1000), +5 against a season average of 30.5; the win.Nilsson
New line
New look for OTT: Ryan–Smith–Lindberg skated 6:01 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Ryan Smith Lindberg
New line
New look for STL: MacEachern–Fabbri–Barbashev skated 5:34 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.MacEachern Fabbri Barbashev
Usage
Ben Harpur (OTT) played 22:49, +5:18 up on his 17:31 season average over 50 games.Harpur
Usage
Robert Thomas (STL) played 18:09, +5:09 up on his 13:00 season average over 69 games.Thomas

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)OTT attacks right (top on phones) →

OTT
STL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 102 of 102 attempts · OTT 32 · STL 70

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

OTT
STL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

OTT 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 58% of the game, OTT 11%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

OTT

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	OTT
	68	31
	4.27	1.86
	4.03	1.84
	16	6
	4	2
	23	16
	+0.053	−0.053
	58%	11%

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 – Thomas
9:4662% CF
L2Maroon – Bozak – Schwartz
5:5667% CF
L3MacEachern – Fabbri – Barbashev
5:3425% CF
L4Steen – Sundqvist – Sanford
4:1779% CF
D1Pietrangelo – Dunn
12:2073% CF
D2Bouwmeester – Parayko
12:1857% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Del Zotto
6:5654% CF

PP1Pietrangelo – Bozak – O'Reilly – Schenn – Schwartz
3:4367% CF
PP2Steen – Maroon – Parayko – Dunn – Thomas
2:08100% CF
PK1FSundqvist – Barbashev
0:47
PK2FSteen – O'Reilly
0:39
PK1DBouwmeester – Bortuzzo
2:24
PK2DPietrangelo – Parayko
1:20

Current STL line combinations →

Ottawa Senators

L1Pageau – Veronneau – Tkachuk
8:0350% CF
L2Paajarvi – Tierney – Balcers
6:070% CF
L3Ryan – Smith – Lindberg
6:0150% CF
L4Boedker – Gibbons – Duclair
3:3240% CF
D1DeMelo – Harpur
10:3238% CF
D2Ceci – Brannstrom
8:4725% CF
D3Goloubef – Wolanin
8:3046% CF

PP1Boedker – Tierney – Duclair – Wolanin – Balcers
2:1467% CF
PP2Ryan – Pageau – Brannstrom – Veronneau – Tkachuk
1:41100% CF
PK1FSmith – Paajarvi
3:23
PK2FPageau – Tierney
1:32
PK1DCeci – Harpur
2:43
PK2DGoloubef – DeMelo
0:29

Current OTT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

13:27
OTTChristian Wolanin (Mikkel Boedker, Anthony Duclair)snap0.12 xG
STL: Bortuzzo, Del Zotto, MacEachern, Fabbri, BarbashevOTT: Boedker, Goloubef, Gibbons, Duclair, Wolanin
STL 0 – 1 OTT

3rd period

19:03
OTTChris TierneyENwrist0.55 xG
STL: Bozak, O'Reilly, Schenn, Schwartz, Dunn, ThomasOTT: Paajarvi, Ceci, Tierney, Balcers, Brannstrom
STL 0 – 2 OTT

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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	-1	4	0.38	0	0	0	22:04	—	—	73	58
Brayden Schenn C	L1	-1	1	0.34	0	0	0	20:13	—	—	74	61
Robert Thomas C	L1	-1	4	0.61	0	1	0	18:09	—	—	68	54
Jaden Schwartz L	L2	-1	2	0.18	0	0	0	18:56	—	—	77	76
Tyler Bozak C	L2	-1	1	0.08	0	0	0	18:32	—	—	67	54
Patrick Maroon L	L2	0	0	0.06	2	0	0	14:34	—	—	78	82
Ivan Barbashev L	L3	-1	1	0.22	1	1	0	13:46	—	—	50	60
Robby Fabbri C	L3	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	9:06	—	—	36	21
Mackenzie MacEachern L	L3	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	7:24	—	—	22	22
Alexander Steen L	L4	0	4	0.90	1	0	2	13:39	—	—	70	90
Oskar Sundqvist C	L4	0	2	0.46	2	0	0	13:34	—	—	80	94
Zachary Sanford L	L4	0	1	0.40	2	0	0	10:32	—	—	78	94
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	5	0.15	1	0	0	25:02	—	—	73	89
Vince Dunn D	D1	-1	3	0.07	2	1	4	19:49	—	—	79	91
Jay Bouwmeester D	D2	0	2	0.06	1	0	0	21:41	—	—	65	47
Colton Parayko D	D2	0	3	0.13	1	1	0	21:27	—	—	68	56
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	-1	1	0.06	0	2	0	14:08	—	—	67	58
Michael Del Zotto D	D3	-1	1	0.01	5	0	0	12:49	—	—	59	56

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	L	20	19	1	.950	1.68	58:35

Ottawa Senators

OTT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.30	2	3	0	20:23	—	—	35	33
Brady Tkachuk L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	1	2	16:22	—	—	29	30
Max Veronneau R	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.75	0	1	0	14:20	—	—	43	64
Chris Tierney C	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.55	1	0	0	17:31	—	—	14	9
Rudolfs Balcers L	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.09	3	3	0	16:08	—	—	17	8
Magnus Paajarvi L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	1	0	0	14:14	—	—	29	7
Zack Smith C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	18:29	—	—	40	38
Bobby Ryan R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	0	0	0	15:13	—	—	29	23
Oscar Lindberg L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:30	—	—	30	22
Anthony Duclair L	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.10	1	0	0	10:38	—	—	35	16
Brian Gibbons C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:35	—	—	36	67
Mikkel Boedker L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	8:03	—	—	55	81
Ben Harpur D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	7	2	0	22:49	—	—	19	10
Dylan DeMelo D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	2	2	19:07	—	—	50	60
Cody Ceci D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	2	5	2	24:30	—	—	18	12
Erik Brannstrom D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	1	0	0	17:20	—	—	33	32
Christian Wolanin D	D3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.12	0	0	2	19:11	—	—	43	40
Cody Goloubef D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	6	1	0	14:37	—	—	29	28

OTT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anders Nilsson(start)	W	35	35	0	.1000	4.10	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.