St. Louis Blues vs. Dallas StarsDec 29, 2017

FinalFriday, Dec 29, 2017· American Airlines Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	0	0	2	2		STL	15	15	7	37
DAL	0	1	3	4		DAL	12	8	11	31

: STL 67DAL 79
: STL 2.69DAL 4.17
PP goals: STL 0DAL 1
Hits: STL 17DAL 21
Blocks: STL 27DAL 18
PIM: STL 20DAL 10
: STL 49%DAL 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Dallas Stars beat St. Louis Blues 4–2

Dallas Stars beat St. Louis Blues 4–2 at home. Alexander Radulov (DAL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for STL: Schenn–Tarasenko–Barbashev skated 11:07 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (43.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Alexander Radulov had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 18:13.Radulov
Points
Jamie Benn had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:54.Benn
New line
New look for STL: Schenn–Tarasenko–Barbashev skated 11:07 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (43.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Schenn Tarasenko Barbashev
Goalie
Ben Bishop (DAL) faced 37 shots and stopped 35 (.946), +10 against a season average of 27.1; the win.Bishop
New line
New look for DAL: Ritchie–Smith–Elie skated 4:50 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Ritchie Smith Elie
New line
New look for STL: Sobotka–Berglund–Jaskin skated 9:46 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (44% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sobotka Berglund Jaskin
Usage
Dan Hamhuis (DAL) played 24:09, +4:01 up on his 20:08 season average over 79 games.Hamhuis
Usage
Tage Thompson (STL) played 15:33, +3:43 up on his 11:50 season average over 40 games.Thompson

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)DAL attacks right (top on phones) →

DAL
STL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 146 of 146 attempts · DAL 79 · STL 67

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

DAL
STL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

DAL 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 18% of the game, DAL 48%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

DAL

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	DAL
	58	72
	2.11	2.58
	2.05	2.51
	8	14
	8	11
	12	19
	−0.111	+0.111
	18%	48%

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

L1Steen – Stastny – Thompson
11:1946% CF
L2Schenn – Tarasenko – Barbashev
11:0743% CF
L3Sobotka – Berglund – Jaskin
9:4644% CF
L4Thorburn – Upshall – Brodziak
5:1829% CF
D1Pietrangelo – Edmundson
16:2439% CF
D2Bortuzzo – Dunn
11:3163% CF
D3Gunnarsson – Parayko
9:4922% CF

PP1Steen – Stastny – Pietrangelo – Schenn – Tarasenko
3:5791% CF
PP2Sobotka – Parayko – Barbashev – Dunn – Thompson
1:05100% CF
PK1FBrodziak – Sobotka
2:17
PK2FUpshall – Berglund
1:43
PK1DPietrangelo – Edmundson
3:16
PK2DGunnarsson – Parayko
1:05

Current STL line combinations →

Dallas Stars

L1Spezza – Radulov – Janmark
10:3453% CF
L2Benn – Seguin – Shore
10:2239% CF
L3Roussel – Pitlick – Faksa
9:2658% CF
L4Ritchie – Smith – Elie
4:5075% CF
D1Klingberg – Lindell
15:2157% CF
D2Hamhuis – Pateryn
14:3956% CF
D3Johns – Honka
8:5563% CF

PP1Benn – Seguin – Klingberg – Ritchie – Janmark
2:5267% CF
PP2Spezza – Radulov – Faksa – Lindell – Honka
1:230% CF
PK1FPitlick – Faksa
1:44
PK2FShore – Janmark
1:13
PK1DHamhuis – Pateryn
2:21
PK2DJohns – Lindell
1:34

Current DAL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

3:49
DALMattias Janmark (Jason Spezza, Julius Honka)tip-in0.05 xG
STL: Thorburn, Upshall, Brodziak, Gunnarsson, BortuzzoDAL: Spezza, Radulov, Johns, Janmark, Honka
STL 0 – 1 DAL

3rd period

3:26
STLVladimir Tarasenkowrist0.03 xG
STL: Bortuzzo, Schenn, Tarasenko, Barbashev, DunnDAL: Hamhuis, Pateryn, Roussel, Pitlick, Faksa
STL 1 – 1 DAL
4:31
STLTage Thompson (Alex Pietrangelo, Alexander Steen)wrist0.03 xG
STL: Steen, Stastny, Pietrangelo, Edmundson, ThompsonDAL: Hamhuis, Benn, Pateryn, Seguin, Shore
STL 2 – 1 DAL
15:10
DALJamie Bennbackhand0.07 xG
STL: Steen, Stastny, Pietrangelo, Edmundson, ThompsonDAL: Radulov, Benn, Seguin, Klingberg, Lindell
STL 2 – 2 DAL
17:39
DALAlexander RadulovPP (John Klingberg, Esa Lindell)snap0.07 xG
STL: Brodziak, Sobotka, Pietrangelo, ParaykoDAL: Radulov, Benn, Seguin, Klingberg, Lindell
STL 2 – 3 DAL
18:21
DALAlexander RadulovEN (Dan Hamhuis, Jamie Benn)backhand0.84 xG
STL: Steen, Stastny, Pietrangelo, Schenn, Tarasenko, ThompsonDAL: Hamhuis, Radulov, Benn, Pateryn, Seguin
STL 2 – 4 DAL

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
Paul Stastny C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.47	0	1	2	20:11	—	—	45	45
Alexander Steen L	L1	0	1	1	-1	4	0.10	0	0	0	19:39	—	—	50	49
Tage Thompson C	L1	1	0	1	-1	4	0.59	0	0	0	15:33	—	—	52	62
Brayden Schenn C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	1	0	0	20:58	—	—	48	45
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L2	1	0	1	0	5	0.28	1	1	0	18:39	—	—	52	50
Ivan Barbashev L	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.12	0	1	0	15:20	—	—	41	36
Vladimir Sobotka C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	17:02	—	—	48	59
Patrik Berglund C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	2	14:33	—	—	48	60
Dmitrij Jaskin R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	2	2	12:35	—	—	41	15
Kyle Brodziak C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	1	0	0	11:54	—	—	26	25
Scottie Upshall R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	1	1	0	9:21	—	—	38	34
Chris Thorburn R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	5:18	—	—	29	27
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.18	0	5	0	27:29	—	—	39	31
Joel Edmundson D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	1	7	12	20:33	—	—	38	25
Vince Dunn D	D2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.12	1	1	0	17:42	—	—	54	56
Robert Bortuzzo D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	0.13	5	0	2	15:45	—	—	63	64
Colton Parayko D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	1	4	0	19:23	—	—	36	51
Carl Gunnarsson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	2	0	13:53	—	—	36	53

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	L	28	25	3	.893	2.66	48:21
Carter Hutton	—	2	2	0	.1000	0.27	9:34

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mattias Janmark C	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.26	0	0	0	18:36	—	—	53	70
Alexander Radulov R	L1	2	0	2	+3	5	1.51	1	2	0	18:13	—	—	52	58
Jason Spezza C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.08	1	0	0	15:11	—	—	61	77
Tyler Seguin C	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.53	2	1	2	20:18	—	—	47	54
Jamie Benn L	L2	1	1	2	+1	3	0.32	0	0	0	18:54	—	—	50	48
Devin Shore C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	1	2	2	16:07	—	—	50	33
Radek Faksa C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.28	2	0	4	17:46	—	—	52	22
Tyler Pitlick C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	0	0	0	15:48	—	—	54	30
Antoine Roussel L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	1	1	0	11:54	—	—	58	54
Brett Ritchie R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	1	0	0	8:30	—	—	69	88
Remi Elie L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	1	0	0	7:07	—	—	72	91
Gemel Smith C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	1	0	0	5:56	—	—	71	79
Esa Lindell D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	2	3	0	23:43	—	—	54	41
John Klingberg D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	21:09	—	—	54	27
Dan Hamhuis D	D2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.40	2	4	0	24:09	—	—	50	56
Greg Pateryn D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	1	1	2	19:35	—	—	51	67
Stephen Johns D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	4	4	0	17:54	—	—	66	95
Julius Honka D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.07	0	0	0	11:10	—	—	63	94

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ben Bishop(start)	W	37	35	2	.946	2.69	60:00

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.