St. Louis Blues vs. Dallas StarsFeb 16, 2018

FinalFriday, Feb 16, 2018· American Airlines Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	0	0	1	1		STL	8	12	9	29
DAL	0	1	1	2		DAL	3	7	6	16

: STL 65DAL 37
: STL 2.60DAL 0.94
PP goals: STL 0DAL 1
Hits: STL 20DAL 14
Blocks: STL 13DAL 23
PIM: STL 13DAL 17
: STL 46%DAL 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Dallas Stars edge St. Louis Blues 2–1

Dallas Stars beat St. Louis Blues 2–1 at home. Stephen Johns (DAL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for DAL: Pitlick–Faksa–Elie skated 9:32 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (27.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for DAL: Pitlick–Faksa–Elie skated 9:32 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (27.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pitlick Faksa Elie
New line
New look for DAL: Spezza–Ritchie–Smith skated 4:07 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Spezza Ritchie Smith
Luck
STL scored 1 goal on 2.60 expected goals (65 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Robert Bortuzzo (STL) played 9:07, −5:46 down on his 14:53 season average over 71 games.Bortuzzo
Usage
Brayden Schenn (STL) played 22:45, +3:04 up on his 19:41 season average over 81 games.Schenn
Usage
Jaden Schwartz (STL) played 22:24, +3:03 up on his 19:21 season average over 61 games.Schwartz
Usage
Marc Methot (DAL) played 14:53, −3:05 down on his 17:58 season average over 35 games.Methot
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Brett Ritchie (DAL) played 6:40, −4:14 down on his 10:54 season average over 70 games.Ritchie

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 102 of 102 attempts · DAL 37 · STL 65

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 43% of the game, DAL 27%.

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
	50	26
	1.95	0.68
	1.92	0.68
	4	4
	4	1
	10	14
	−0.037	+0.038
	43%	27%

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 – Tarasenko
9:3154% CF
L2Berglund – Schenn – Schwartz
8:2288% CF
L3Sobotka – Jaskin – Barbashev
5:4550% CF
L4Thorburn – Upshall – Brodziak
3:0675% CF
D1Bouwmeester – Parayko
9:1779% CF
D2Gunnarsson – Pietrangelo
9:0450% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Dunn
5:5583% CF

PP1Steen – Schenn – Tarasenko – Schwartz – Dunn
5:10100% CF
PP2Stastny – Sobotka – Berglund – Pietrangelo – Parayko
3:0950% CF
PK1FBrodziak – Sobotka
2:27
PK2FUpshall – Berglund
1:41
PK1DBouwmeester – Pietrangelo
4:15
PK2DBortuzzo – Parayko
1:36

Current STL line combinations →

Dallas Stars

L1Radulov – Benn – Seguin
10:0435% CF
L2Pitlick – Faksa – Elie
9:3228% CF
L3Hanzal – Shore – Janmark
5:2750% CF
L4Spezza – Ritchie – Smith
4:0775% CF
D1Hamhuis – Pateryn
15:2527% CF
D2Klingberg – Lindell
11:5553% CF
D3Methot – Johns
10:4725% CF

PP1Radulov – Benn – Seguin – Klingberg – Shore
4:5078% CF
PP2Spezza – Hanzal – Klingberg – Lindell – Janmark
2:19100% CF
PK1FPitlick – Faksa
3:09
PK2FBenn – Seguin
1:27
PK1DHamhuis – Pateryn
3:21
PK2DMethot – Johns
2:37

Current DAL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

2:42
DALMattias JanmarkPP (John Klingberg, Martin Hanzal)deflected0.05 xG
STL: Steen, Stastny, Gunnarsson, BortuzzoDAL: Spezza, Hanzal, Klingberg, Lindell, Janmark
STL 0 – 1 DAL

3rd period

10:33
DALStephen Johns (Jamie Benn, Marc Methot)slap0.01 xG
STL: Bouwmeester, Sobotka, Berglund, Pietrangelo, BarbashevDAL: Methot, Radulov, Benn, Johns, Seguin
STL 0 – 2 DAL
18:46
STLBrayden Schenn (Jaden Schwartz, Vladimir Tarasenko)tip-in0.14 xG
STL: Steen, Stastny, Schenn, Tarasenko, Schwartz, DunnDAL: Methot, Hanzal, Johns, Seguin
STL 1 – 2 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
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.23	1	0	0	21:13	—	—	60	57
Alexander Steen L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.33	1	0	0	20:40	—	—	50	40
Paul Stastny C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	2	19:23	—	—	63	67
Brayden Schenn C	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.27	2	0	5	22:45	—	—	76	92
Jaden Schwartz L	L2	0	1	1	0	4	0.85	2	0	2	22:24	—	—	82	98
Patrik Berglund C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.17	1	1	0	18:43	—	—	73	92
Vladimir Sobotka C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	1	1	2	15:58	—	—	65	39
Dmitrij Jaskin R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	1	0	0	9:25	—	—	46	45
Ivan Barbashev L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	0	0	8:19	—	—	44	35
Kyle Brodziak C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	3	0	11:30	—	—	62	38
Scottie Upshall R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	7:12	—	—	57	22
Chris Thorburn R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	3:26	—	—	75	100
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.13	2	1	2	22:03	—	—	77	79
Jay Bouwmeester D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	1	3	0	21:44	—	—	59	62
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.16	0	1	0	26:58	—	—	57	60
Carl Gunnarsson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	14:26	—	—	56	31
Vince Dunn D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	0	0	18:50	—	—	63	81
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	3	0	0	9:07	—	—	83	91

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	L	16	14	2	.875	0.94	58:24

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tyler Seguin C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.17	1	2	0	21:51	—	—	35	31
Jamie Benn L	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	19:47	—	—	29	25
Alexander Radulov R	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	1	3	0	18:14	—	—	39	32
Radek Faksa C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:10	—	—	29	10
Tyler Pitlick C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	3	0	15:59	—	—	24	8
Remi Elie L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:51	—	—	30	9
Mattias Janmark C	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.12	1	0	0	15:36	—	—	25	45
Devin Shore C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	14:52	—	—	21	22
Martin Hanzal C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	13:46	—	—	60	84
Jason Spezza C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	0	0	2	11:31	—	—	35	65
Gemel Smith C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	7:58	—	—	78	100
Brett Ritchie R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	0	2	6:40	—	—	60	96
Greg Pateryn D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	5	2	21:34	—	—	25	15
Dan Hamhuis D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	2	0	21:00	—	—	27	17
John Klingberg D	D2	0	1	1	0	3	0.19	0	0	4	21:49	—	—	50	48
Esa Lindell D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	18:18	—	—	53	59
Stephen Johns D	D3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.02	1	4	0	18:15	—	—	29	5
Marc Methot D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	1	7	14:53	—	—	25	5

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ben Bishop(start)	W	29	28	1	.966	2.60	59:52

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.