St. Louis Blues vs. San Jose SharksMar 19, 2021

Final / SOFriday, Mar 19, 2021· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
STL	0	0	1	0	1	2		STL	12	12	10	0	34
SJS	0	1	0	0	0	1		SJS	9	7	11	4	31

: STL 66SJS 64
: STL 3.35SJS 3.50
PP goals: STL 0SJS 0
Hits: STL 26SJS 20
Blocks: STL 14SJS 16
PIM: STL 2SJS 10
: STL 62%SJS 38%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues edge San Jose Sharks 2–1 (SO)

St. Louis Blues beat San Jose Sharks 2–1 in a shootout at SJS. Ryan Donato (SJS) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for STL: Schenn–Tarasenko–Schwartz skated 15:58 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (35% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for STL: Schenn–Tarasenko–Schwartz skated 15:58 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (35% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Schenn Tarasenko Schwartz
Usage
Oskar Sundqvist (STL) played 4:32, −11:01 down on his 15:33 season average over 27 games.Sundqvist
New line
New look for STL: Perron–O'Reilly–Kyrou skated 13:24 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (79.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Perron O'Reilly Kyrou
Luck
SJS scored 1 goal on 3.50 expected goals (64 attempts), well short of its chances.
Luck
STL scored 1 goal on 3.35 expected goals (66 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for SJS: Marleau–Gabriel–Donato skated 6:40 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Marleau Gabriel Donato
New line
New look for SJS: Sorensen–Gambrell–Leonard skated 9:09 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sorensen Gambrell Leonard
New line
New look for STL: Hoffman–Bozak–Sanford skated 6:21 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (38.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hoffman Bozak Sanford

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 130 of 130 attempts · SJS 64 · STL 66

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 37% of the game, SJS 27%.

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
	70	71
	2.91	3.67
	2.86	3.50
	11	13
	5	6
	17	20
	+0.121	−0.120
	37%	27%

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 – Tarasenko – Schwartz
15:5835% CF
L2Perron – O'Reilly – Kyrou
13:2479% CF
L3Hoffman – Bozak – Sanford
6:2138% CF
L4Clifford – Sundqvist – Blais
3:3250% CF
D1Faulk – Krug
19:2854% CF
D2Scandella – Dunn
17:1751% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Walman
9:0538% CF

PP1Perron – O'Reilly – Schenn – Tarasenko – Krug
1:50100% CF
PP2Hoffman – Bozak – Schwartz – Dunn – Kyrou
1:44
PK1FSchenn – Schwartz
0:55
PK2FBozak – O'Reilly
0:50
PK1DScandella – Faulk
1:16
PK2DBortuzzo – Walman
0:44

Current STL line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Couture – Kane – Labanc
15:0351% CF
L2Nieto – Hertl – Meier
14:4639% CF
L3Sorensen – Gambrell – Leonard
9:0963% CF
L4Marleau – Gabriel – Donato
6:4057% CF
D1Burns – Ferraro
18:0042% CF
D2Karlsson – Knyzhov
17:4156% CF
D3Vlasic – Simek
12:4360% CF

PP1Couture – Karlsson – Kane – Hertl – Labanc
1:190% CF
PP2Marleau – Burns – Meier – Ferraro – Leonard
0:35
PK1FNieto – Gambrell
1:31
PK2FSorensen – Hertl
1:01
PK1DBurns – Ferraro
1:57
PK2DVlasic – Simek
1:12

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

15:08
SJSRyan Donato (Marcus Sorensen, Tomas Hertl)snap0.05 xG
STL: Hoffman, Bozak, Faulk, Dunn, KyrouSJS: Karlsson, Sorensen, Hertl, Donato, Knyzhov
STL 0 – 1 SJS

3rd period

6:22
STLTyler BozakSH (Kyle Clifford)wrist0.26 xG
STL: Scandella, Bozak, Clifford, FaulkSJS: Marleau, Couture, Karlsson, Labanc, Ferraro
STL 1 – 1 SJS

Decided in the shootout: STL 2 – 1 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
Jaden Schwartz L	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.43	2	4	0	22:55	—	—	38	32
Brayden Schenn C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.28	2	0	0	21:58	—	—	38	37
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.16	2	1	0	20:31	—	—	33	31
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	21:22	—	—	77	74
David Perron L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	0	0	0	20:34	—	—	81	78
Jordan Kyrou R	L2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.65	0	0	0	16:20	—	—	78	73
Mike Hoffman C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	0	0	0	15:58	—	—	44	44
Tyler Bozak C	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.45	1	0	0	14:33	—	—	39	39
Zachary Sanford L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.26	1	1	2	12:25	—	—	33	20
Sammy Blais L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	2	0	9:46	—	—	40	25
Kyle Clifford L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.01	1	0	0	9:04	—	—	37	24
Oskar Sundqvist C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	0	0	0	4:32	—	—	63	47
Justin Faulk D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.15	2	0	0	27:38	—	—	54	46
Torey Krug D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.10	2	1	0	24:48	—	—	50	51
Vince Dunn D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	1	4	0	23:30	—	—	53	45
Marco Scandella D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.18	7	1	0	20:42	—	—	49	44
Jake Walman D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	0	0	14:11	—	—	46	36
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:41	—	—	33	37

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	W	31	30	1	.968	3.50	65:00

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Evander Kane L	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.49	2	1	0	23:31	—	—	50	52
Logan Couture C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.27	1	0	0	21:29	—	—	51	53
Kevin Labanc R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	2	0	0	18:56	—	—	51	53
Tomas Hertl C	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.47	0	2	0	21:13	—	—	42	44
Matt Nieto L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	1	0	18:47	—	—	39	34
Timo Meier R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.34	0	1	0	18:29	—	—	42	40
Dylan Gambrell C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	0	1	0	15:33	—	—	55	53
Marcus Sorensen L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.27	0	0	0	12:43	—	—	67	70
John Leonard L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	0	0	0	10:31	—	—	58	63
Patrick Marleau C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.39	0	0	0	9:58	—	—	59	78
Ryan Donato C	L4	1	0	1	+1	4	0.20	2	0	0	8:38	—	—	56	76
Kurtis Gabriel R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	3	1	10	7:42	—	—	47	70
Brent Burns D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	3	0	27:30	—	—	38	27
Mario Ferraro D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	21:42	—	—	42	35
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	0	1	0	26:18	—	—	52	54
Nikolai Knyzhov D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	18:47	—	—	56	60
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.25	1	2	0	16:07	—	—	61	86
Radim Simek D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	5	1	0	15:34	—	—	56	74

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Martin Jones(start)	O	34	33	1	.971	3.35	65:00

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.