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St. Louis Blues vs. San Jose SharksApr 6, 2024

Final / OT· SAP Center at San Jose
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STL
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SJS
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Goals123OTTShots123OTT
STL00202STL13911336
SJS02013SJS5145125
STL 65SJS 38
STL 3.10SJS 2.04
PP goals
STL 1SJS 2
Hits
STL 15SJS 10
Blocks
STL 7SJS 8
PIM
STL 30SJS 42
STL 44%SJS 56%

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. William Eklund (SJS) led the scoring with 3G 0A. SJS's first power-play unit (Granlund, Zetterlund, Thrun, Bordeleau and Eklund) scored 2 power-play goals on 12 attempts in 6:09 together.

  1. Points
    William Eklund had a hat trick (3 points) on 4 shots in 20:26.Eklund
  2. Points
    Robert Thomas had 2 assists (2 points) in 23:21.Thomas
  3. PP1
    SJS's first power-play unit (Granlund, Zetterlund, Thrun, Bordeleau and Eklund) scored 2 power-play goals on 12 attempts in 6:09 together.GranlundZetterlundThrunBordeleauEklund
  4. Usage
    Calen Addison (SJS) played 5:36, −11:50 down on his 17:26 season average over 71 games.Addison
  5. New line
    New look for SJS: Kunin–Eklund–Graf skated 7:09 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (20% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.KuninEklundGraf
  6. New line
    New look for STL: Walker–Kapanen–Alexandrov skated 6:06 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (100% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.WalkerKapanenAlexandrov
  7. Usage
    Brayden Schenn (STL) played 24:33, +6:51 up on his 17:42 season average over 81 games.Schenn
  8. Usage
    Justin Faulk (STL) played 13:20, −8:47 down on his 22:07 season average over 59 games.Faulk

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.

Shot map, STL at SJS: 103 attempts, 61 on goal, 5 goals, 5.14 expected goals; best chance Fabian Zetterlund at 0.22 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← STL attacks left (bottom on phones)SJS attacks right (top on phones) →
  • SJS
  • STL
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 103 of 103 attempts · SJS 38 · STL 65

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, STL at SJS: expected goals 2.04 to 3.10 (STL led the chances), shot attempts 38 to 65, 5 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdOTSJSSTLEEKSEnet xGcumulative expected goals · 63:56
  • SJS
  • STL
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
SJSSTLcontrol2nd3rdOTEklund · 2nd 14:42Eklund · 2nd 16:59Kyrou · 3rd 3:21Schenn · 3rd 17:31Eklund · OT 3:56
  • 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 59% of the game, SJS 31%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

Shift chart, STL at SJS: 38 players over 63:56; most ice Devin Cooley (63:46) for SJS and Joel Hofer (63:09) for STL, 5 goals.

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
StatSTLSJS
4628
1.720.82
1.660.80
72
26
1319
−0.071+0.071
59%31%

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

Current STL line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

  1. 14:42
    SJSWilliam EklundPP (Henry Thrun, Mikael Granlund)slap0.10 xG
    STL: Schenn, Toropchenko, Tucker, KesselSJS: Granlund, Zetterlund, Thrun, Bordeleau, Eklund
    STL 0 – 1 SJS
  2. 16:59
    SJSWilliam EklundPP (Fabian Zetterlund, Thomas Bordeleau)wrist0.06 xG
    STL: Schenn, Parayko, Toropchenko, KesselSJS: Granlund, Zetterlund, Thrun, Bordeleau, Eklund
    STL 0 – 2 SJS

3rd period

  1. 3:21
    STLJordan KyrouPP (Pavel Buchnevich, Robert Thomas)wrist0.10 xG
    STL: Schenn, Buchnevich, Kyrou, Thomas, PerunovichSJS: Kunin, Ferraro, Rutta, Eklund
    STL 1 – 2 SJS
  2. 17:31
    STLBrayden Schenn (Robert Thomas, Scott Perunovich)slap0.15 xG
    STL: Schenn, Buchnevich, Kyrou, Thomas, Perunovich, BolducSJS: Granlund, Ferraro, Rutta, Zetterlund, Sturm
    STL 2 – 2 SJS

OT period

  1. 3:56
    SJSWilliam Eklund (Luke Kunin)wrist0.07 xG
    STL: Schenn, Kyrou, ThomasSJS: Kunin, MacDonald, Eklund
    STL 2 – 3 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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Pavel Buchnevich LL1011+110.2200023:01——7794
Jordan Kyrou RL1101040.6410021:40——6465
Alexey Toropchenko RL1000040.5411016:01——6773
Nathan Walker LL2000020.0510211:55——7592
Nikita Alexandrov CL2000010.1430010:04——7844
Kasperi Kapanen RL2000000.020009:48——100100
Brayden Schenn CL3101040.5110024:33——5755
Brandon Saad LL3000010.0600015:26——6544
Zach Dean CL3000020.1510011:09——5967
Robert Thomas CL4022000.0902223:21——5280
Zachary Bolduc RL4000+140.1300016:08——4460
Jake Neighbours LL4000010.0200010:10——3860
Nick Leddy DD1000020.0220020:45——7468
Matthew Kessel DD1000010.1611020:01——7768
Colton Parayko DD2000020.1111522:16——5369
Tyler Tucker DD2000020.0720217:07——4668
Scott Perunovich DD3011+110.0701020:00——5670
Justin Faulk DD3000030.09111713:20——4650
STL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Joel Hofer(start)O25223.8802.0463:09

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Mikael Granlund CL1011-130.4300225:33——4243
Fabian Zetterlund LL1011-150.5310218:33——4840
Klim Kostin CL1000020.2000715:51——4037
William Eklund LL2303+140.2800020:26——3635
Luke Kunin CL2011+100.1031518:41——4323
Collin Graf RL2000010.0300013:36——2515
Thomas Bordeleau CL3011020.2301016:57——2020
Jack Studnicka CL3000020.0341213:30——2120
Filip Zadina RL3000000.0700012:32——2325
Mario Ferraro DD1000-120.0701026:14——5246
Jan Rutta DD1000-100.0010022:30——2014
Henry Thrun DD2011000.0001025:01——2921
Kyle Burroughs DD2000020.0300019:14——4543
Marc-Edouard Vlasic DD3000000.0103016:52——3926
Calen Addison DD3000000.0000245:36——1326
Nico Sturm C—000-120.0300015:50——3617
Justin Bailey R—000000.001009:55——5638
Jacob MacDonald D—000+100.000006:56——8032
SJS goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Devin Cooley(start)W36342.9443.1063:46

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

William Eklund (SJS PP) 2nd 14:42 · assists Henry Thrun, Mikael Granlund · Cycle · 70.4 mph shot.

William Eklund · OT 3:56 · SJS

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
2-on-1
Passes
0
Shot
68.9 mph
Distance
28 ft
Entry to goal
1.7 s

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