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St. Louis Blues vs. San Jose SharksMar 6, 2026

Final / OT· SAP Center at San Jose
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STL
3
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SJS
2
Goals123OTTShots123OTT
STL11013STL391114
SJS01102SJS1168025
STL 32SJS 52
STL 2.32SJS 2.25
PP goals
STL 0SJS 0
Hits
STL 19SJS 25
Blocks
STL 12SJS 9
PIM
STL 14SJS 14
STL 39%SJS 61%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues edge San Jose Sharks 3–2 (OT)

St. Louis Blues beat San Jose Sharks 3–2 in overtime at SJS. Dylan Holloway (STL) led the scoring with 0G 3A. New look for STL: Thomas–Holloway–Snuggerud skated 11:55 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

  1. Points
    Dylan Holloway had 3 assists (3 points) in 15:48.Holloway
  2. Points
    Robert Thomas had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:06.Thomas
  3. Points
    Jimmy Snuggerud had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:08.Snuggerud
  4. New line
    New look for STL: Thomas–Holloway–Snuggerud skated 11:55 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.ThomasHollowaySnuggerud
  5. Usage
    Philip Broberg (STL) played 32:51, +9:37 up on his 23:14 season average over 80 games.Broberg
  6. Usage
    Cam Fowler (STL) played 26:53, +5:53 up on his 21:00 season average over 81 games.Fowler
  7. Usage
    Logan Mailloux (STL) played 25:03, +8:24 up on his 16:39 season average over 66 games.Mailloux
  8. New line
    New look for STL: Buchnevich–Suter–Neighbours skated 4:54 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (0% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.BuchnevichSuterNeighbours

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: 84 attempts, 39 on goal, 5 goals, 4.58 expected goals; best chance Robert Thomas at 0.43 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 84 of 84 attempts · SJS 52 · STL 32

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 2.25 to 2.32 (STL led the chances), shot attempts 52 to 32, 5 goals.

0.00.51.01.52.02.51st2nd3rdOTSJSSTLSCTSTnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:54
  • SJS
  • STL
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
SJSSTLcontrol2nd3rdOTSnuggerud · 1st 6:55Celebrini · 2nd 14:31Thomas · 2nd 17:46Sherwood · 3rd 13:26Thomas · OT 0:54
  • 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 23% of the game, SJS 32%.

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 60:54; most ice Alex Nedeljkovic (60:54) for SJS and Jordan Binnington (60:54) for STL, 5 goals.

SJS
STL
goals / penalties
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

SJS skaters (rows) against STL skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the SJS side.

Matchup matrix

Head-to-head matrix, SJS rows versus STL columns: 226 matchups; most common Celebrini vs Broberg, 12:42 at 27% xGF.

SJS ↓ · STL →ThomasSnuggerudHollowayToropchenkoFinleySundqvistBuchnevichSuterNeighboursBerggrenDvorskyWalkerBrobergMaillouxFowlerTuckerL1 EklundL1 MisaL1 ToffoliL2 GaudetteL2 OstapchukL2 GoodrowL3 CelebriniL3 SmithL3 GrafL4 WennbergL4 KurashevL4 SherwoodD1 MukhamadullinD1 FerraroD2 KlingbergD2 OrlovD3 DickinsonD3 Desharnais
SJS xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
StatSTLSJS
3454
2.042.30
1.922.11
812
41
3024
−0.065+0.065
23%32%

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.

1st period

  1. 6:55
    STLJimmy Snuggerud (Cam Fowler, Dylan Holloway)wrist0.09 xG
    STL: Fowler, Thomas, Tucker, Holloway, SnuggerudSJS: Goodrow, Gaudette, Desharnais, Ostapchuk, Dickinson
    STL 1 – 0 SJS

2nd period

  1. 14:31
    SJSMacklin Celebrini (Dmitry Orlov, Tyler Toffoli)wrist0.06 xG
    STL: Buchnevich, Toropchenko, Berggren, Broberg, MaillouxSJS: Orlov, Toffoli, Wennberg, Smith, Celebrini
    STL 1 – 1 SJS
  2. 17:46
    STLRobert Thomas (Jimmy Snuggerud, Dylan Holloway)snap0.17 xG
    STL: Thomas, Broberg, Holloway, Kessel, SnuggerudSJS: Orlov, Klingberg, Smith, Celebrini, Graf
    STL 2 – 1 SJS

3rd period

  1. 13:26
    SJSKiefer Sherwood (Philipp Kurashev, Collin Graf)slap0.15 xG
    STL: Fowler, Berggren, Mailloux, Snuggerud, DvorskySJS: Desharnais, Sherwood, Kurashev, Dickinson, Graf
    STL 2 – 2 SJS

OT period

  1. 0:54
    STLRobert Thomas (Philip Broberg, Dylan Holloway)wrist0.43 xG
    STL: Thomas, Broberg, HollowaySJS: Wennberg, Celebrini, Dickinson
    STL 3 – 2 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
Robert Thomas CL1202+351.0701019:06——5973
Jimmy Snuggerud RL1112+120.2120017:08——5766
Dylan Holloway LL1033+300.1721515:48——6874
Alexey Toropchenko RL2000-100.0011012:41——1447
Jack Finley CL2000020.0420011:10——3832
Oskar Sundqvist CL2000000.0030010:39——4341
Pavel Buchnevich LL3000-120.2801017:17——3358
Pius Suter CL3000010.1700016:14——3027
Jake Neighbours LL3000000.0010511:02——3856
Jonatan Berggren RL4000-200.1410217:32——2615
Dalibor Dvorsky RL4000-110.0220011:21——2518
Nathan Walker LL4000000.0022010:03——80
Philip Broberg DD1011+100.0700032:51——3253
Logan Mailloux DD1000-210.0022025:03——2512
Cam Fowler DD2011000.0001026:53——4646
Tyler Tucker DD2000+100.0011018:59——7795
Matthew Kessel D—000+100.0002214:21——2640
Jordan Kyrou R—000000.1400010:34——5058
STL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jordan Binnington(start)W25232.9202.2560:54

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
William Eklund LL1000020.0514017:32——5755
Michael Misa CL1000000.0300015:18——6255
Tyler Toffoli CL1011+110.2300014:02——6375
Adam Gaudette RL2000-110.1600011:30——4744
Zack Ostapchuk CL2000-110.144029:42——4745
Barclay Goodrow CL2000-100.101159:04——4745
Macklin Celebrini CL3101-130.2810021:36——7139
Will Smith CL3000010.0900016:31——6732
Collin Graf RL3011010.1112014:09——5954
Alexander Wennberg CL4000000.1000020:22——7056
Philipp Kurashev CL4011+130.3400015:58——7768
Kiefer Sherwood LL4101+110.1580015:34——7068
Shakir Mukhamadullin DD1000030.1110022:47——5741
Mario Ferraro DD1000020.0221720:38——5557
John Klingberg DD2000-130.0420019:46——5836
Dmitry Orlov DD2011010.0821019:12——7758
Sam Dickinson DD3000-120.2200017:53——5451
Vincent Desharnais DD3000000.0020017:08——6372
SJS goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Alex Nedeljkovic(start)O14113.7862.3260:54

Goal anatomy

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

Jimmy Snuggerud (STL) 1st 6:55 · assists Cam Fowler, Dylan Holloway · Forecheck turnover · 51.4 mph shot.