St. Louis Blues vs. San Jose SharksMar 8, 2021

Final / OTMonday, Mar 8, 2021· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
STL	1	1	0	0	2		STL	6	16	4	0	26
SJS	0	1	1	1	3		SJS	6	5	8	1	20

: STL 55SJS 43
: STL 2.41SJS 1.93
PP goals: STL 1SJS 1
Hits: STL 18SJS 18
Blocks: STL 15SJS 18
PIM: STL 9SJS 13
: STL 57%SJS 43%

Fantasy takeaways

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

San Jose Sharks edge St. Louis Blues 3–2 (OT)

San Jose Sharks beat St. Louis Blues 3–2 in overtime at home. Ryan Donato (SJS) led the scoring with 0G 2A. SJS's first power-play unit (Couture, Karlsson, Kane, Donato and Balcers) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:19 together.

Points
Ryan Donato had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:54.Donato
Points
Ryan O'Reilly had 2 assists (2 points) in 21:55.O'Reilly
PP1
SJS's first power-play unit (Couture, Karlsson, Kane, Donato and Balcers) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:19 together.Couture Karlsson Kane Donato Balcers
PP1
STL's first power-play unit (Perron, O'Reilly, Schenn, Tarasenko and Krug) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:59 together.Perron O'Reilly Schenn Tarasenko Krug
New line
New look for SJS: Couture–Kane–Leonard skated 9:36 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Couture Kane Leonard
New line
New look for SJS: Marleau–Donato–Blichfeld skated 6:17 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Marleau Donato Blichfeld
Usage
Niko Mikkola (STL) played 10:13, −4:27 down on his 14:40 season average over 29 games.Mikkola
Usage
Ryan Donato (SJS) played 16:54, +4:23 up on his 12:31 season average over 49 games.Donato

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 98 of 98 attempts · SJS 43 · STL 55

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 43% of the game, SJS 21%.

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
	54	44
	2.24	1.48
	2.13	1.44
	12	10
	5	1
	18	14
	+0.051	−0.051
	43%	21%

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 – Tarasenko – Kyrou
13:1639% CF
L2Perron – Hoffman – Schenn
11:5850% CF
L3Sanford – Walker – Blais
8:2055% CF
L4Clifford – MacEachern – Joshua
6:4580% CF
D1Faulk – Krug
18:1755% CF
D2Scandella – Dunn
16:1950% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Mikkola
8:4254% CF

PP1Perron – O'Reilly – Schenn – Tarasenko – Krug
3:59100% CF
PP2Hoffman – Faulk – Sanford – Dunn – Kyrou
2:40100% CF
PK1FSchenn – Sanford
0:53
PK2FMacEachern – Walker
0:25
PK1DScandella – Faulk
1:35
PK2DBortuzzo – Mikkola
0:25

Current STL line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Nieto – Balcers – Gambrell
12:0071% CF
L2Couture – Kane – Leonard
9:3643% CF
L3Marleau – Donato – Blichfeld
6:1740% CF
L4Gabriel – Labanc – Kellman
0:00
D1Karlsson – Knyzhov
18:4541% CF
D2Burns – Ferraro
16:0562% CF
D3Vlasic – Simek
10:2933% CF

PP1Couture – Karlsson – Kane – Donato – Balcers
1:19100% CF
PP2Marleau – Burns – Blichfeld – Gambrell – Leonard
0:50
PK1FNieto – Gambrell
4:09
PK2FCouture – Kane
1:52
PK1DBurns – Ferraro
4:07
PK2DVlasic – Simek
1:38

Current SJS 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
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	2	2	0	0	0.03	0	2	2	21:55	—	—	48	30
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	1	0	0	18:45	—	—	39	18
Jordan Kyrou R	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.11	0	1	2	18:08	—	—	46	27
David Perron L	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.48	1	0	0	19:27	—	—	52	66
Brayden Schenn C	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.42	1	1	0	19:21	—	—	46	59
Mike Hoffman C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	0	0	0	17:06	—	—	59	71
Zachary Sanford L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.28	0	0	0	14:52	—	—	64	100
Sammy Blais L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	2	0	0	13:13	—	—	56	82
Nathan Walker L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	3	0	10:28	—	—	57	81
Mackenzie MacEachern L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	1	0	0	11:22	—	—	81	86
Kyle Clifford L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	0	1	5	9:43	—	—	75	92
Dakota Joshua C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	4	0	0	9:39	—	—	64	61
Justin Faulk D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.05	1	2	0	25:01	—	—	56	64
Torey Krug D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.12	2	0	0	23:44	—	—	53	62
Vince Dunn D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	0	1	0	23:00	—	—	53	50
Marco Scandella D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	1	0	21:02	—	—	53	53
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	3	0	13:18	—	—	63	82
Niko Mikkola D	D3	1	0	1	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	10:13	—	—	53	81

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ville Husso(start)	O	20	17	3	.850	1.93	60:17

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Dylan Gambrell C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.25	2	2	0	19:34	—	—	63	77
Matt Nieto L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	2	0	0	18:37	—	—	64	75
Rudolfs Balcers L	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.25	2	1	0	17:17	—	—	65	79
Evander Kane L	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.13	0	1	0	23:18	—	—	40	29
Logan Couture C	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.60	0	0	0	20:27	—	—	46	37
John Leonard L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	0	0	0	14:53	—	—	44	31
Ryan Donato C	L3	0	2	2	+1	1	0.21	2	1	0	16:54	—	—	25	14
Patrick Marleau C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:44	—	—	28	5
Joachim Blichfeld R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	9:24	—	—	38	0
Kevin Labanc R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	4	10:05	—	—	33	15
Joel Kellman C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	7:59	—	—	25	10
Kurtis Gabriel R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	5	4:10	—	—	17	0
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.07	0	1	0	23:42	—	—	41	39
Nikolai Knyzhov D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	2	2	19:55	—	—	42	37
Brent Burns D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.10	1	1	0	24:42	—	—	55	53
Mario Ferraro D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	1	1	0	21:11	—	—	61	45
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.03	0	1	0	14:21	—	—	35	35
Radim Simek D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	2	0	14:11	—	—	31	29

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Devan Dubnyk(start)	W	26	24	2	.923	2.41	60:41

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. San Jose SharksMar 8, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

San Jose Sharks edge St. Louis Blues 3–2 (OT)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

St. Louis Blues

San Jose Sharks

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

OT period

Box score

St. Louis Blues

San Jose Sharks