St. Louis Blues vs. San Jose SharksApr 21, 2022

FinalThursday, Apr 21, 2022· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	1	1	1	3		STL	11	9	8	28
SJS	1	0	0	1		SJS	9	5	7	21

: STL 49SJS 32
: STL 2.84SJS 1.20
PP goals: STL 1SJS 0
Hits: STL 8SJS 18
Blocks: STL 6SJS 13
PIM: STL 4SJS 12
: STL 47%SJS 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues beat San Jose Sharks 3–1

St. Louis Blues beat San Jose Sharks 3–1 at SJS. Pavel Buchnevich (STL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for SJS: Viel–Chmelevski–Reedy skated 4:30 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (0% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Pavel Buchnevich had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:14.Buchnevich
New line
New look for SJS: Viel–Chmelevski–Reedy skated 4:30 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (0% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Viel Chmelevski Reedy
Usage
Nicolas Meloche (SJS) played 21:48, +5:01 up on his 16:47 season average over 49 games.Meloche
Usage
Ryan Merkley (SJS) played 11:52, −3:36 down on his 15:28 season average over 38 games.Merkley
Usage
Timo Meier (SJS) played 16:05, −3:07 down on his 19:12 season average over 76 games.Meier
PP1
STL's PP1 (Perron, O'Reilly, Schenn, Leddy and Saad) went scoreless in 4:42 of 5v4 time with 4 attempts.Perron O'Reilly Schenn Leddy Saad

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 81 of 81 attempts · SJS 32 · STL 49

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 45% of the game, SJS 15%.

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
	32	29
	1.29	0.99
	1.27	0.98
	2	1
	0	1
	12	18
	−0.022	+0.022
	45%	15%

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 – Barbashev – Kyrou
9:5067% CF
L2Perron – O'Reilly – Saad
9:3850% CF
L3Tarasenko – Buchnevich – Thomas
9:0843% CF
L4Walker – Joshua – Brown
8:2856% CF
D1Scandella – Parayko
15:0853% CF
D2Leddy – Faulk
14:1842% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Rosen
9:0980% CF

PP1Perron – O'Reilly – Schenn – Leddy – Saad
4:4267% CF
PP2Faulk – Tarasenko – Buchnevich – Kyrou – Thomas
4:0475% CF
PK1FSchenn – Barbashev
0:50
PK2FSaad – Thomas
0:29
PK1DScandella – Parayko
1:13
PK2DBortuzzo – Leddy
0:29

Current STL line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Balcers – Gregor – Bordeleau
10:4250% CF
L2Hertl – Meier – Dahlen
8:0350% CF
L3Bonino – Couture – Nieto
6:1770% CF
L4Viel – Chmelevski – Reedy
4:300% CF
D1Megna – Meloche
14:1429% CF
D2Burns – Ferraro
11:3767% CF
D3Vlasic – Merkley
9:0936% CF

PP1Hertl – Meier – Dahlen – Merkley – Bordeleau
1:0175% CF
PP2Burns – Bonino – Couture – Gregor – Reedy
0:590% CF
PK1FCouture – Nieto
4:25
PK2FBonino – Hertl
2:53
PK1DBurns – Ferraro
5:11
PK2DMegna – Meloche
3:14

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
Brayden Schenn C	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.32	0	0	0	18:27	—	—	62	45
Ivan Barbashev L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:56	—	—	67	50
Jordan Kyrou R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.13	0	0	2	14:34	—	—	64	47
David Perron L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	0	0	19:11	—	—	50	61
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	0	0	0	18:16	—	—	54	63
Brandon Saad L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	0	0	17:06	—	—	50	61
Robert Thomas C	L3	1	0	1	-1	5	0.41	0	0	0	18:24	—	—	44	37
Pavel Buchnevich L	L3	1	1	2	0	2	0.96	0	0	0	18:14	—	—	40	32
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.13	1	1	2	15:50	—	—	47	38
Nathan Walker L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	0	2	0	10:49	—	—	50	94
Logan Brown C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.10	0	1	0	10:09	—	—	56	98
Dakota Joshua C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.21	4	0	0	9:20	—	—	56	98
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.03	0	1	0	21:17	—	—	48	77
Marco Scandella D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.13	1	0	0	19:28	—	—	56	88
Justin Faulk D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.04	0	0	0	21:42	—	—	42	27
Nick Leddy D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	21:36	—	—	40	27
Calle Rosen D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	14:57	—	—	77	93
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	1	0	11:46	—	—	73	73

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	W	21	20	1	.952	1.20	59:58

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Thomas Bordeleau C	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.14	0	0	0	16:09	—	—	56	39
Rudolfs Balcers L	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.09	0	0	0	15:57	—	—	59	45
Noah Gregor L	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.20	4	1	0	15:17	—	—	47	30
Tomas Hertl C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.19	1	0	2	18:01	—	—	46	30
Timo Meier R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	2	16:05	—	—	39	14
Jonathan Dahlen C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	14:15	—	—	46	37
Logan Couture C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.06	0	1	0	16:53	—	—	69	74
Matt Nieto L	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.08	0	1	2	15:24	—	—	67	82
Nick Bonino C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.35	0	1	0	13:56	—	—	57	74
Sasha Chmelevski C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:20	—	—	20	21
Scott Reedy C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	11:55	—	—	10	0
Jeffrey Viel L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	2	7:20	—	—	14	10
Jaycob Megna D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	1	0	21:50	—	—	29	16
Nicolas Meloche D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	5	1	0	21:48	—	—	35	30
Brent Burns D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	2	0	24:02	—	—	65	64
Mario Ferraro D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	3	0	22:06	—	—	65	66
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	2	0	2	14:50	—	—	43	45
Ryan Merkley D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:52	—	—	39	39

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
James Reimer(start)	L	27	25	2	.926	1.93	58:14

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 SharksApr 21, 2022

Fantasy takeaways

St. Louis Blues beat San Jose Sharks 3–1

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