St. Louis Blues vs. San Jose SharksDec 21, 2019

FinalSaturday, Dec 21, 2019· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	0	2	3	5		STL	6	9	13	28
SJS	0	2	0	2		SJS	15	13	8	36

: STL 40SJS 62
: STL 2.88SJS 3.14
PP goals: STL 1SJS 1
Hits: STL 11SJS 18
Blocks: STL 14SJS 5
PIM: STL 6SJS 4
: STL 53%SJS 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues beat San Jose Sharks 5–2

St. Louis Blues beat San Jose Sharks 5–2 at SJS. Jaden Schwartz (STL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. SJS's first power-play unit (Burns, Couture, Karlsson, Kane and Hertl) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:35 together.

Points
Jaden Schwartz had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 19:12.Schwartz
Points
Alex Pietrangelo had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 24:23.Pietrangelo
Points
Brent Burns had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 29:54.Burns
Points
Brayden Schenn had 2 assists (2 points) in 18:43.Schenn
PP1
SJS's first power-play unit (Burns, Couture, Karlsson, Kane and Hertl) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:35 together.Burns Couture Karlsson Kane Hertl
PP1
STL's first power-play unit (Perron, Pietrangelo, O'Reilly, Schenn and Schwartz) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:05 together.Perron Pietrangelo O'Reilly Schenn Schwartz
New line
New look for SJS: Marleau–Couture–Kane skated 12:43 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (41.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Marleau Couture Kane
New line
New look for SJS: Sorensen–Goodrow–Meier skated 12:42 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (76.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sorensen Goodrow Meier

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 102 of 102 attempts · SJS 62 · STL 40

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 23% 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
	41	60
	1.95	2.94
	1.89	2.77
	10	13
	7	0
	22	20
	+0.016	−0.016
	23%	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

L1Perron – O'Reilly – Sundqvist
13:5142% CF
L2Schenn – Schwartz – Kyrou
11:2436% CF
L3Steen – Bozak – Thomas
9:1440% CF
L4MacEachern – de la Rose – Barbashev
8:0840% CF
D1Pietrangelo – Faulk
17:3858% CF
D2Bouwmeester – Parayko
12:3426% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Dunn
6:4525% CF

PP1Perron – Pietrangelo – O'Reilly – Schenn – Schwartz
2:05100% CF
PP2Bozak – Faulk – Sundqvist – Dunn – Thomas
0:47
PK1FSteen – Bozak
1:44
PK2Fde la Rose – Barbashev
0:43
PK1DPietrangelo – Parayko
2:43
PK2DBouwmeester – Bortuzzo
2:32

Current STL line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Marleau – Couture – Kane
12:4342% CF
L2Sorensen – Goodrow – Meier
12:4277% CF
L3Thornton – Hertl – Labanc
11:1659% CF
L4Noesen – Karlsson – Kellman
8:2071% CF
D1Burns – Dillon
19:1361% CF
D2Vlasic – Karlsson
17:2556% CF
D3Heed – Middleton
9:0567% CF

PP1Burns – Couture – Karlsson – Kane – Hertl
3:35100% CF
PP2Marleau – Burns – Heed – Labanc – Meier
1:00100% CF
PK1FGoodrow – Karlsson
1:14
PK2FCouture – Sorensen
0:52
PK1DBurns – Dillon
1:55
PK2DVlasic – Karlsson
1:11

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

0:42
SJSBrent BurnsPP (Erik Karlsson, Tomas Hertl)slap0.05 xG
STL: Bouwmeester, Steen, Bortuzzo, BozakSJS: Burns, Couture, Karlsson, Kane, Hertl
STL 0 – 1 SJS
2:04
STLJordan Kyrou (Jaden Schwartz)backhand0.10 xG
STL: Schenn, Schwartz, Parayko, Dunn, KyrouSJS: Thornton, Vlasic, Karlsson, Hertl, Labanc
STL 1 – 1 SJS
5:30
STLJaden SchwartzPP (Brayden Schenn, David Perron)tip-in0.11 xG
STL: Perron, Pietrangelo, O'Reilly, Schenn, SchwartzSJS: Marleau, Vlasic, Karlsson, Hertl
STL 2 – 1 SJS
15:36
SJSStefan Noesen (Brenden Dillon, Brent Burns)slap0.02 xG
STL: Bortuzzo, MacEachern, de la Rose, Barbashev, DunnSJS: Burns, Dillon, Noesen, Karlsson, Kellman
STL 2 – 2 SJS

3rd period

11:07
STLAlex Pietrangelo (Jaden Schwartz, Brayden Schenn)wrist0.08 xG
STL: Pietrangelo, Schenn, Schwartz, Barbashev, DunnSJS: Marleau, Vlasic, Couture, Karlsson, Kane
STL 3 – 2 SJS
18:52
STLRyan O'ReillyEN (Justin Faulk)wrist0.16 xG
STL: Pietrangelo, O'Reilly, Faulk, SundqvistSJS: Burns, Couture, Karlsson, Goodrow, Hertl, Labanc
STL 4 – 2 SJS
19:52
STLAlex PietrangeloENwrist0.41 xG
STL: Steen, Pietrangelo, Schenn, Faulk, SchwartzSJS: Burns, Couture, Karlsson, Kane, Noesen, Hertl
STL 5 – 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	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.16	0	1	2	19:03	—	—	44	43
David Perron L	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.33	1	1	0	17:18	—	—	44	43
Oskar Sundqvist C	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.29	1	1	0	17:17	—	—	41	38
Jaden Schwartz L	L2	1	2	3	+3	4	0.71	0	0	0	19:12	—	—	40	56
Brayden Schenn C	L2	0	2	2	+3	0	0.00	1	0	0	18:43	—	—	40	56
Jordan Kyrou R	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.10	0	0	0	12:20	—	—	36	58
Tyler Bozak C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:23	—	—	35	30
Alexander Steen L	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.11	0	0	2	13:39	—	—	38	33
Robert Thomas C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	12:34	—	—	39	42
Ivan Barbashev L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	1	0	0	14:04	—	—	45	36
Jacob de la Rose L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	9:17	—	—	40	17
Mackenzie MacEachern L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	8:48	—	—	40	17
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	2	0	2	+3	3	0.52	0	0	0	24:23	—	—	59	70
Justin Faulk D	D1	0	1	1	+2	4	0.19	5	2	2	23:57	—	—	49	55
Jay Bouwmeester D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	2	0	20:36	—	—	20	13
Colton Parayko D	D2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.25	0	3	0	20:00	—	—	46	52
Vince Dunn D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:20	—	—	41	38
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	2	0	13:31	—	—	19	2

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	W	36	34	2	.944	3.14	60:00

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Logan Couture C	L1	0	0	0	-3	3	0.16	0	1	0	19:36	—	—	46	32
Evander Kane L	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.15	4	1	2	19:24	—	—	46	31
Patrick Marleau C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.09	1	0	0	15:35	—	—	44	32
Timo Meier R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.27	2	0	0	16:25	—	—	80	85
Marcus Sorensen L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.29	0	0	0	15:27	—	—	69	72
Barclay Goodrow C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	3	0	0	15:26	—	—	63	72
Tomas Hertl C	L3	0	1	1	-3	2	0.33	1	0	0	17:38	—	—	59	59
Kevin Labanc R	L3	0	0	0	-2	6	0.43	0	0	0	15:04	—	—	63	62
Joe Thornton C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.22	0	0	2	13:47	—	—	65	63
Melker Karlsson C	L4	0	0	0	+1	3	0.23	0	0	0	10:43	—	—	72	93
Stefan Noesen R	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.29	2	0	0	10:16	—	—	59	75
Joel Kellman C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.06	1	0	0	9:25	—	—	71	92
Brent Burns D	D1	1	1	2	-1	3	0.29	0	1	0	29:54	—	—	61	52
Brenden Dillon D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	2	0	0	22:03	—	—	61	54
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	1	1	-4	2	0.04	0	1	0	27:25	—	—	56	55
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.09	0	1	0	18:54	—	—	54	57
Tim Heed D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	0	0	11:02	—	—	69	84
Jake Middleton D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	1	0	0	9:57	—	—	69	82

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Martin Jones(start)	L	26	23	3	.885	1.84	58:50

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.