St. Louis Blues vs. San Jose SharksNov 4, 2021

FinalThursday, Nov 4, 2021· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	1	3	1	5		STL	7	12	9	28
SJS	2	1	0	3		SJS	12	8	6	26

: STL 53SJS 47
: STL 3.62SJS 2.41
PP goals: STL 0SJS 1
Hits: STL 15SJS 11
Blocks: STL 9SJS 13
PIM: STL 10SJS 8
: STL 42%SJS 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues beat San Jose Sharks 5–3

St. Louis Blues beat San Jose Sharks 5–3 at SJS. Brandon Saad (STL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for STL: Tarasenko–Kyrou–Thomas skated 10:16 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (46.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Brandon Saad had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:38.Saad
Points
Brent Burns had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 26:27.Burns
Points
Robert Thomas had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 21:24.Thomas
Points
Tyler Bozak had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:48.Bozak
New line
New look for STL: Tarasenko–Kyrou–Thomas skated 10:16 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (46.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Tarasenko Kyrou Thomas
Usage
Brayden Schenn (STL) played 7:15, −10:43 down on his 17:58 season average over 61 games.Schenn
New line
New look for STL: Buchnevich–Barbashev–Kostin skated 6:12 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Buchnevich Barbashev Kostin
New line
New look for SJS: Cogliano–Bonino–Merkley skated 6:37 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Cogliano Bonino Merkley

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 47 · STL 53

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 40% of the game, SJS 19%.

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
	52	40
	2.49	1.28
	2.45	1.25
	8	7
	4	2
	20	18
	−0.022	+0.022
	40%	19%

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

L1Tarasenko – Kyrou – Thomas
10:1647% CF
L2Buchnevich – Barbashev – Kostin
6:1267% CF
L3Neal – Bozak – Neighbours
4:2238% CF
L4Perron – Schenn – Saad
1:55
D1Faulk – Krug
13:3775% CF
D2Scandella – Parayko
11:4757% CF
D3Walman – Mikkola
7:1760% CF

PP1Perron – Schenn – Tarasenko – Krug – Buchnevich
4:44100% CF
PP2Neal – Saad – Krug – Kyrou – Thomas
2:01
PK1FBuchnevich – Thomas
1:24
PK2FBozak – Saad
1:07
PK1DScandella – Parayko
2:04
PK2DFaulk – Walman
1:46

Current STL line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Couture – Dahlen – Eklund
10:0940% CF
L2Hertl – Balcers – Barabanov
8:3538% CF
L3Pederson – Gadjovich – Weatherby
8:0962% CF
L4Cogliano – Bonino – Merkley
6:3740% CF
D1Burns – Ferraro
14:5963% CF
D2Meloche – Kniazev
7:3444% CF
D3Megna – Merkley
7:2444% CF

PP1Burns – Couture – Hertl – Dahlen – Eklund
3:35100% CF
PP2Bonino – Merkley – Ferraro – Merkley – Barabanov
1:10
PK1FHertl – Balcers
2:16
PK2FCogliano – Couture
1:40
PK1DBurns – Ferraro
3:01
PK2DMegna – Meloche
1:29

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
Robert Thomas C	L1	1	1	2	0	4	1.69	0	0	0	21:24	—	—	52	78
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.16	2	1	2	18:54	—	—	60	86
Jordan Kyrou R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	0	1	0	15:35	—	—	45	76
Pavel Buchnevich L	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.31	0	0	2	19:10	—	—	69	67
Ivan Barbashev L	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	4	18:29	—	—	57	67
Klim Kostin C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.08	1	0	2	8:14	—	—	65	74
Tyler Bozak C	L3	0	2	2	+2	1	0.09	0	0	0	13:48	—	—	57	54
James Neal L	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.06	0	0	0	11:45	—	—	39	35
Jake Neighbours L	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.29	1	0	0	9:04	—	—	57	53
David Perron L	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.09	2	0	0	18:53	—	—	59	48
Brandon Saad L	L4	2	0	2	+1	2	0.35	0	0	0	15:38	—	—	54	45
Brayden Schenn C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:15	—	—	75	57
Justin Faulk D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	4	3	0	24:04	—	—	55	62
Torey Krug D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	1	0	0	22:59	—	—	65	67
Marco Scandella D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	1	2	0	20:30	—	—	58	74
Colton Parayko D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.02	0	0	0	19:48	—	—	48	71
Jake Walman D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.08	1	1	0	13:06	—	—	58	56
Niko Mikkola D	D3	0	0	0	+3	1	0.06	2	1	0	11:57	—	—	55	63

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joel Hofer(start)	W	26	23	3	.885	2.41	60:00

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Logan Couture C	L1	1	0	1	-1	4	0.47	0	0	0	19:37	—	—	44	20
William Eklund L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	1	0	0	15:29	—	—	47	9
Jonathan Dahlen C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.19	0	0	0	15:12	—	—	44	9
Tomas Hertl C	L2	0	1	1	-4	3	0.63	0	1	0	19:44	—	—	24	33
Alexander Barabanov L	L2	0	1	1	-2	0	0.00	1	1	0	15:32	—	—	32	47
Rudolfs Balcers L	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.27	0	1	0	14:43	—	—	35	46
Jasper Weatherby C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.05	0	0	2	13:44	—	—	61	58
Lane Pederson C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	1	0	2	12:56	—	—	44	53
Jonah Gadjovich L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:54	—	—	55	56
Nick Bonino C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	1	0	14:12	—	—	41	37
Nick Merkley R	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.07	0	0	0	13:08	—	—	44	36
Andrew Cogliano C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.07	1	0	0	12:29	—	—	47	63
Brent Burns D	D1	1	1	2	+1	4	0.22	1	1	0	26:27	—	—	60	63
Mario Ferraro D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.03	2	4	2	24:58	—	—	51	39
Nicolas Meloche D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	2	0	16:19	—	—	37	27
Artemi Kniazev D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.13	1	0	0	11:59	—	—	43	41
Ryan Merkley D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	1	0	18:04	—	—	29	6
Jaycob Megna D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	2	1	2	16:11	—	—	35	33

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Adin Hill(start)	L	27	23	4	.852	2.73	59:22

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 SharksNov 4, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

St. Louis Blues beat San Jose Sharks 5–3

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