St. Louis Blues vs. Ottawa SenatorsMar 21, 2024

FinalThursday, Mar 21, 2024· Canadian Tire Centre

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	2	1	2	5		STL	7	9	11	27
OTT	0	1	1	2		OTT	12	13	14	39

: STL 40OTT 73
: STL 3.16OTT 4.84
PP goals: STL 0OTT 1
Hits: STL 22OTT 22
Blocks: STL 16OTT 8
PIM: STL 6OTT 4
: STL 47%OTT 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues beat Ottawa Senators 5–2

St. Louis Blues beat Ottawa Senators 5–2 at OTT. Jordan Kyrou (STL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. New look for OTT: Giroux–Kelly–Stützle skated 10:23 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (85% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Jordan Kyrou had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 16:12.Kyrou
Points
Jake Neighbours had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:41.Neighbours
Points
Brandon Saad had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:45.Saad
New line
New look for OTT: Giroux–Kelly–Stützle skated 10:23 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (85% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Giroux Kelly Stützle
Goalie
Joel Hofer (STL) faced 39 shots and stopped 37 (.949), +11 against a season average of 27.7; the win.Hofer
Luck
OTT scored 2 goals on 4.84 expected goals (73 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for OTT: Joseph–Greig–Ostapchuk skated 5:53 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Joseph Greig Ostapchuk
New line
New look for OTT: Kubalik–Katchouk–Kastelic skated 6:42 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (78.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kubalik Katchouk Kastelic

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 113 of 113 attempts · OTT 73 · STL 40

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 24% of the game, OTT 54%.

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
	37	73
	2.20	4.01
	2.07	3.77
	12	18
	2	2
	22	19
	+0.029	−0.028
	24%	54%

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

L1Schenn – Thomas – Neighbours
11:1338% CF
L2Saad – Buchnevich – Kyrou
10:4835% CF
L3Hayes – Kapanen – Bolduc
4:4529% CF
L4Walker – Toropchenko – Dean
4:270% CF
D1Leddy – Parayko
19:2526% CF
D2Scandella – Faulk
13:4621% CF
D3Perunovich – Kessel
10:5647% CF

PP1Schenn – Buchnevich – Thomas – Perunovich – Neighbours
2:4167% CF
PP2Schenn – Leddy – Faulk – Hayes – Saad
0:52
PK1FSchenn – Thomas
1:10
PK2FSaad – Kapanen
0:43
PK1DLeddy – Parayko
3:33
PK2DScandella – Faulk
1:23

Current STL line combinations →

Ottawa Senators

L1Batherson – Tkachuk – Pinto
10:3862% CF
L2Giroux – Kelly – Stützle
10:2385% CF
L3Kubalik – Katchouk – Kastelic
6:4279% CF
L4Joseph – Greig – Ostapchuk
5:5355% CF
D1Chabot – Brannstrom
13:5767% CF
D2Sanderson – Zub
13:5667% CF
D3Hamonic – Chychrun
12:4868% CF

PP1Chychrun – Batherson – Tkachuk – Sanderson – Stützle
3:0586% CF
PP2Giroux – Kubalik – Chabot – Brannstrom – Pinto
2:19100% CF
PK1FGiroux – Kelly
1:52
PK2FGreig – Stützle
0:42
PK1DSanderson – Zub
2:48
PK2DChabot – Chychrun
0:36

Current OTT 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
Robert Thomas C	L1	0	0	0	+3	1	0.57	0	1	0	21:30	—	—	44	37
Brayden Schenn C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.18	2	1	0	20:15	—	—	43	35
Jake Neighbours L	L1	2	0	2	+1	3	0.82	3	2	2	18:41	—	—	32	18
Pavel Buchnevich L	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.15	0	0	0	19:04	—	—	35	46
Brandon Saad L	L2	1	1	2	+2	3	0.30	0	0	0	16:45	—	—	46	52
Jordan Kyrou R	L2	1	2	3	+3	3	0.36	0	0	0	16:12	—	—	45	61
Kasperi Kapanen R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	0	0	14:34	—	—	23	9
Kevin Hayes R	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.30	0	0	0	12:42	—	—	33	29
Zachary Bolduc R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	0	1	2	9:20	—	—	23	5
Alexey Toropchenko R	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	3	0	10:51	—	—	22	31
Zach Dean C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:41	—	—	0	0
Nathan Walker L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	8:18	—	—	0	0
Nick Leddy D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	26:47	—	—	33	28
Colton Parayko D	D1	1	0	1	0	3	0.28	3	3	0	24:10	—	—	27	20
Justin Faulk D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	0	2	0	19:51	—	—	31	33
Marco Scandella D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	4	2	2	17:43	—	—	23	17
Scott Perunovich D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.02	0	0	0	16:44	—	—	54	72
Matthew Kessel D	D3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	4	0	0	12:22	—	—	44	72

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joel Hofer(start)	W	39	37	2	.949	4.84	59:51

Ottawa Senators

OTT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brady Tkachuk L	L1	0	0	0	-2	6	0.80	1	0	0	20:57	—	—	61	68
Drake Batherson R	L1	0	0	0	-3	4	0.25	0	0	2	20:54	—	—	55	54
Shane Pinto C	L1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.69	1	0	0	16:13	—	—	56	65
Tim Stützle C	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.28	1	0	0	20:24	—	—	82	76
Claude Giroux R	L2	0	1	1	-2	2	0.20	1	0	0	18:10	—	—	88	82
Parker Kelly C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.37	1	1	0	15:41	—	—	72	58
Dominik Kubalik L	L3	1	0	1	-1	3	0.60	1	0	0	12:30	—	—	75	88
Mark Kastelic C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.26	2	0	0	10:06	—	—	78	90
Boris Katchouk L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	9:13	—	—	73	73
Mathieu Joseph R	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	13:10	—	—	48	32
Ridly Greig C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.10	2	0	0	11:13	—	—	56	35
Zack Ostapchuk C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	3	0	0	8:13	—	—	59	54
Thomas Chabot D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	0	0	0	22:03	—	—	65	71
Erik Brannstrom D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	17:54	—	—	68	71
Jake Sanderson D	D2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.13	1	1	0	23:11	—	—	67	54
Artem Zub D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.10	2	0	0	20:33	—	—	66	58
Jakob Chychrun D	D3	0	0	0	-3	3	0.82	0	3	2	22:30	—	—	67	65
Travis Hamonic D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	2	1	0	14:22	—	—	65	70

OTT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anton Forsberg(start)	L	26	22	4	.846	2.29	58:43

Goal anatomy

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

Jake Neighbours (STL EN) 3rd 18:32 · unassisted · Point shot · 52.1 mph shot.

Jake Neighbours · 3rd 18:32 · STL EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 52.1 mph
Distance: 91 ft

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Brandon Saad · 1st 11:54 · STL

Play: rebound
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 31.4 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Type: rebound

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Colton Parayko · 1st 14:57 · STL

Play: rebound
Entry: pass
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 17.0 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 6.0 s
Type: rebound

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Mark Kastelic · 2nd 4:34 · OTT

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 38.4 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s
Type: one-timer

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Jake Neighbours · 2nd 13:11 · STL

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 4.5 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Type: rebound

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Dominik Kubalik · 3rd 1:58 · OTT PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 4.7 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Type: rebound

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Jordan Kyrou · 3rd 5:43 · STL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 50.0 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Entry to goal: 5.5 s

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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. Ottawa SenatorsMar 21, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

St. Louis Blues beat Ottawa Senators 5–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

St. Louis Blues

Ottawa Senators

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

St. Louis Blues

Ottawa Senators

Goal anatomy

Jake Neighbours · 3rd 18:32 · STL EN

Brandon Saad · 1st 11:54 · STL

Colton Parayko · 1st 14:57 · STL

Mark Kastelic · 2nd 4:34 · OTT

Jake Neighbours · 2nd 13:11 · STL

Dominik Kubalik · 3rd 1:58 · OTT PP

Jordan Kyrou · 3rd 5:43 · STL