St. Louis Blues vs. San Jose SharksMar 20, 2021

FinalSaturday, Mar 20, 2021· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	2	0	3	5		STL	5	8	8	21
SJS	1	1	0	2		SJS	11	10	10	31

: STL 41SJS 59
: STL 3.12SJS 3.43
PP goals: STL 1SJS 0
Hits: STL 31SJS 28
Blocks: STL 15SJS 9
PIM: STL 2SJS 4
: STL 41%SJS 59%

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. David Perron (STL) led the scoring with 1G 3A. New look for SJS: Sorensen–Donato–Gambrell skated 11:47 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (58.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
David Perron had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 3 shots in 17:17.Perron
Points
Ryan O'Reilly had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 2 shots in 18:24.O'Reilly
Points
Jordan Kyrou had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 2 shots in 18:36.Kyrou
Points
Vince Dunn had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:21.Dunn
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New look for SJS: Sorensen–Donato–Gambrell skated 11:47 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (58.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sorensen Donato Gambrell
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New look for SJS: Marleau–Hertl–Meier skated 8:47 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (52.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Marleau Hertl Meier
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New look for SJS: Suomela–Leonard–Handemark skated 5:17 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Suomela Leonard Handemark
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New look for STL: Clifford–de la Rose–Walker skated 10:50 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Clifford de la Rose Walker

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 100 of 100 attempts · SJS 59 · STL 41

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 27% 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
	2.32	3.10
	2.18	2.91
	8	16
	2	2
	13	14
	−0.054	+0.054
	27%	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

L1Schenn – Tarasenko – Schwartz
13:3243% CF
L2Perron – O'Reilly – Kyrou
13:1734% CF
L3Clifford – de la Rose – Walker
10:5033% CF
L4Hoffman – Joshua – Blais
8:0038% CF
D1Faulk – Krug
19:1339% CF
D2Scandella – Dunn
15:4836% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Walman
11:0250% CF

PP1Schenn – Faulk – Tarasenko – Schwartz – Krug
2:0850% CF
PP2Perron – Hoffman – O'Reilly – Dunn – Kyrou
2:0483% CF
PK1FO'Reilly – de la Rose
1:29
PK2FSchenn – Schwartz
0:31
PK1DScandella – Faulk
1:29
PK2DBortuzzo – Walman
0:31

Current STL line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Couture – Kane – Labanc
12:2664% CF
L2Sorensen – Donato – Gambrell
11:4758% CF
L3Marleau – Hertl – Meier
8:4753% CF
L4Suomela – Leonard – Handemark
5:1775% CF
D1Burns – Ferraro
18:2265% CF
D2Karlsson – Knyzhov
17:0559% CF
D3Vlasic – Simek
13:1361% CF

PP1Couture – Karlsson – Kane – Donato – Labanc
1:31100% CF
PP2Marleau – Burns – Hertl – Meier – Ferraro
0:29
PK1FHertl – Suomela
1:26
PK2FSorensen – Gambrell
1:17
PK1DVlasic – Simek
1:58
PK2DBurns – Ferraro
1:56

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
Jaden Schwartz L	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.19	1	0	0	18:50	—	—	46	65
Brayden Schenn C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	1	0	0	18:29	—	—	46	65
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.36	0	2	0	16:40	—	—	43	63
Jordan Kyrou R	L2	2	1	3	+3	2	0.49	0	1	0	18:36	—	—	34	35
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	1	3	4	+4	2	0.06	0	0	0	18:24	—	—	37	42
David Perron L	L2	1	3	4	+4	3	1.27	0	2	0	17:17	—	—	36	40
Jacob de la Rose L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	13:37	—	—	38	56
Nathan Walker L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	4	0	0	12:57	—	—	33	25
Kyle Clifford L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	6	0	2	12:55	—	—	47	57
Mike Hoffman C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	0	1	0	11:23	—	—	50	19
Dakota Joshua C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:03	—	—	43	8
Sammy Blais L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.23	4	0	0	10:04	—	—	50	36
Justin Faulk D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.17	2	4	0	25:26	—	—	41	51
Torey Krug D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	2	2	0	22:42	—	—	39	44
Vince Dunn D	D2	1	1	2	+2	2	0.01	2	1	0	21:21	—	—	34	35
Marco Scandella D	D2	0	0	0	+3	0	0.00	1	0	0	20:10	—	—	39	49
Jake Walman D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	2	1	0	14:23	—	—	53	49
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	1	0	13:43	—	—	47	31

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ville Husso(start)	W	31	29	2	.935	3.43	60:00

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Evander Kane L	L1	0	0	0	-4	2	0.17	0	1	0	17:23	—	—	60	53
Logan Couture C	L1	0	0	0	-4	3	0.22	1	0	0	16:48	—	—	60	53
Kevin Labanc R	L1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.82	2	0	2	15:19	—	—	61	66
Dylan Gambrell C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.23	3	2	0	16:22	—	—	59	64
Marcus Sorensen L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	1	2	0	16:01	—	—	57	61
Ryan Donato C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.32	0	0	0	15:06	—	—	50	48
Tomas Hertl C	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.36	0	1	0	17:45	—	—	54	42
Timo Meier R	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.18	1	0	0	16:23	—	—	60	46
Patrick Marleau C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	14:33	—	—	55	38
Antti Suomela C	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.32	1	0	0	11:55	—	—	75	96
John Leonard L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	10:51	—	—	89	95
Fredrik Handemark C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:52	—	—	83	94
Mario Ferraro D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	7	2	0	23:13	—	—	60	66
Brent Burns D	D1	0	1	1	0	4	0.41	2	1	0	23:09	—	—	64	85
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	0	0	-2	4	0.21	1	0	0	20:58	—	—	57	47
Nikolai Knyzhov D	D2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.04	2	0	0	18:31	—	—	58	43
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:10	—	—	55	50
Radim Simek D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	2	0	0	15:28	—	—	63	65

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Devan Dubnyk(start)	L	20	16	4	.800	2.31	59:01

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 20, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

St. Louis Blues beat San Jose Sharks 5–2

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

Box score

St. Louis Blues

San Jose Sharks