St. Louis Blues vs. San Jose SharksMar 8, 2018

FinalThursday, Mar 8, 2018· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	0	0	0	0		STL	4	10	2	16
SJS	0	0	2	2		SJS	9	12	15	36

: STL 44SJS 71
: STL 0.84SJS 3.41
PP goals: STL 0SJS 1
Hits: STL 28SJS 22
Blocks: STL 23SJS 18
PIM: STL 4SJS 2
: STL 47%SJS 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

San Jose Sharks beat St. Louis Blues 2–0

San Jose Sharks beat St. Louis Blues 2–0 at home. Tomas Hertl (SJS) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for STL: Steen–Brodziak–Berglund skated 12:29 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (35.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for STL: Steen–Brodziak–Berglund skated 12:29 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (35.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Steen Brodziak Berglund
Goalie
Jake Allen (STL) faced 35 shots and stopped 34 (.971), +8 against a season average of 27.4; the loss.Allen
New line
New look for SJS: Fehr–Sorensen–Goodrow skated 7:37 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Fehr Sorensen Goodrow
New line
New look for STL: Sundqvist–Soshnikov–Thompson skated 5:35 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sundqvist Soshnikov Thompson
Usage
Joonas Donskoi (SJS) played 18:33, +3:38 up on his 14:55 season average over 65 games.Donskoi
Usage
Carl Gunnarsson (STL) played 20:58, +4:53 up on his 16:05 season average over 62 games.Gunnarsson
Usage
Oskar Sundqvist (STL) played 5:46, −4:49 down on his 10:35 season average over 41 games.Sundqvist
Usage
Tage Thompson (STL) played 6:58, −5:05 down on his 12:03 season average over 40 games.Thompson

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)SJS attacks right (top on phones) →

SJS
STL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 115 of 115 attempts · SJS 71 · STL 44

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

SJS
STL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

SJS 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 15% of the game, SJS 42%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

SJS

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	SJS
	49	72
	0.86	2.68
	0.86	2.59
	0	8
	7	4
	16	14
	−0.023	+0.024
	15%	42%

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

L1Sobotka – Tarasenko – Barbashev
12:3842% CF
L2Steen – Brodziak – Berglund
12:2936% CF
L3Schenn – Schwartz – Jaskin
11:2045% CF
L4Sundqvist – Soshnikov – Thompson
5:3525% CF
D1Parayko – Dunn
13:4832% CF
D2Gunnarsson – Pietrangelo
12:5240% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Schmaltz
3:0643% CF

PP1Steen – Pietrangelo – Schenn – Tarasenko – Schwartz
1:47100% CF
PP2Sobotka – Berglund – Jaskin – Parayko – Dunn
0:13
PK1FSobotka – Schwartz
1:28
PK2FSteen – Brodziak
0:30
PK1DGunnarsson – Parayko
2:16
PK2DBortuzzo – Pietrangelo
1:26

Current STL line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Pavelski – Kane – Donskoi
15:2356% CF
L2Couture – Boedker – Hertl
11:2274% CF
L3Tierney – Labanc – Meier
7:4956% CF
L4Fehr – Sorensen – Goodrow
7:3743% CF
D1Burns – Ryan
18:3364% CF
D2Vlasic – Braun
16:0456% CF
D3Dillon – DeMelo
10:5652% CF

PP1Burns – Pavelski – Couture – Kane – Labanc
2:10100% CF
PP2Vlasic – Boedker – Donskoi – Hertl – Meier
1:18
PK1FFehr – Goodrow
0:37
PK2FKane – Tierney
0:29
PK1DVlasic – Braun
1:11
PK2DBurns – Dillon
0:41

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

3rd period

12:12
SJSMikkel BoedkerPP (Joonas Donskoi, Dylan DeMelo)wrist0.13 xG
STL: Sobotka, Bortuzzo, Pietrangelo, SoshnikovSJS: Boedker, Donskoi, DeMelo, Hertl, Meier
STL 0 – 1 SJS
19:45
SJSTomas HertlEN (Brent Burns)snap0.52 xG
STL: Steen, Pietrangelo, Schenn, Tarasenko, Schwartz, DunnSJS: Burns, Pavelski, Dillon, Hertl, Tierney
STL 0 – 2 SJS

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
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L1	-1	2	0.04	1	2	0	19:23	—	—	36	12
Vladimir Sobotka C	L1	0	1	0.05	2	0	0	18:11	—	—	41	15
Ivan Barbashev L	L1	0	0	0.05	1	1	0	13:15	—	—	43	12
Alexander Steen L	L2	-1	1	0.10	0	0	0	17:54	—	—	33	29
Patrik Berglund C	L2	0	0	0.00	6	2	0	16:28	—	—	44	37
Kyle Brodziak C	L2	0	4	0.20	1	2	2	15:44	—	—	41	35
Brayden Schenn C	L3	-1	1	0.08	3	1	0	20:51	—	—	42	35
Jaden Schwartz L	L3	-1	1	0.14	2	3	0	20:27	—	—	42	35
Dmitrij Jaskin R	L3	0	0	0.12	6	2	0	14:16	—	—	50	55
Nikita Soshnikov R	L4	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	9:38	—	—	39	7
Tage Thompson C	L4	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:58	—	—	40	20
Oskar Sundqvist C	L4	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	5:46	—	—	25	3
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	1	0.00	1	3	0	25:35	—	—	38	21
Vince Dunn D	D1	-1	0	0.00	0	1	2	21:56	—	—	39	22
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	-1	2	0.03	0	0	0	26:57	—	—	46	13
Carl Gunnarsson D	D2	0	1	0.02	1	4	0	20:58	—	—	33	12
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	1	0.00	2	2	0	12:20	—	—	35	53
Jordan Schmaltz D	D3	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:58	—	—	59	45

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	L	35	34	1	.971	2.89	58:43

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Joe Pavelski C	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.15	0	4	0	20:14	—	—	57	66
Evander Kane L	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.44	6	0	0	20:13	—	—	56	66
Joonas Donskoi R	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	18:33	—	—	57	64
Logan Couture C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.14	0	1	0	20:22	—	—	68	83
Tomas Hertl C	L2	1	0	1	+1	5	1.37	1	1	2	19:02	—	—	69	82
Mikkel Boedker L	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.20	0	0	0	14:58	—	—	74	84
Timo Meier R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.17	3	1	0	13:51	—	—	65	82
Kevin Labanc R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.47	0	0	0	13:02	—	—	61	80
Chris Tierney C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	0	1	0	11:28	—	—	56	80
Eric Fehr C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:42	—	—	47	64
Barclay Goodrow C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	2	2	0	10:39	—	—	39	59
Marcus Sorensen L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	1	0	8:34	—	—	47	64
Brent Burns D	D1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.14	3	1	0	26:35	—	—	65	85
Joakim Ryan D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	3	0	19:44	—	—	63	87
Justin Braun D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	2	0	0	20:51	—	—	54	61
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	2	0	20:36	—	—	59	64
Brenden Dillon D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	3	1	0	15:46	—	—	56	66
Dylan DeMelo D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:50	—	—	52	57

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Martin Jones(start)	W	16	16	0	.1000	0.84	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.