St. Louis Blues vs. Dallas StarsFeb 21, 2019

FinalThursday, Feb 21, 2019· American Airlines Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	0	2	0	2		STL	12	18	15	45
DAL	0	4	1	5		DAL	8	8	9	25

: STL 75DAL 42
: STL 4.69DAL 2.92
PP goals: STL 1DAL 0
Hits: STL 21DAL 30
Blocks: STL 13DAL 20
PIM: STL 11DAL 13
: STL 59%DAL 41%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Dallas Stars beat St. Louis Blues 5–2

Dallas Stars beat St. Louis Blues 5–2 at home. Jamie Benn (DAL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Anton Khudobin (DAL) faced 45 shots and stopped 43 (.956), +15 against a season average of 30.0; the win.

Points
Jamie Benn had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 20:11.Benn
Points
Radek Faksa had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:00.Faksa
Points
Ryan O'Reilly had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 22:28.O'Reilly
Points
Tyler Seguin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:03.Seguin
Points
Esa Lindell had 2 assists (2 points) in 25:08.Lindell
Goalie
Anton Khudobin (DAL) faced 45 shots and stopped 43 (.956), +15 against a season average of 30.0; the win.Khudobin
New line
New look for STL: O'Reilly–Tarasenko–Schwartz skated 11:24 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.O'Reilly Tarasenko Schwartz
Luck
STL scored 2 goals on 4.69 expected goals (75 attempts), well short of its chances.

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 117 of 117 attempts · DAL 42 · STL 75

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 54% of the game, DAL 14%.

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	40
	3.38	1.56
	3.16	1.55
	16	7
	2	2
	11	22
	+0.070	−0.070
	54%	14%

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

L1O'Reilly – Tarasenko – Schwartz
11:2457% CF
L2Maroon – Sundqvist – Sanford
8:3471% CF
L3Steen – Bozak – Thomas
7:5358% CF
L4MacEachern – Fabbri – Barbashev
4:4950% CF
D1Bouwmeester – Parayko
11:2250% CF
D2Pietrangelo – Edmundson
9:5447% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Dunn
6:5173% CF

PP1Pietrangelo – O'Reilly – Tarasenko – Schwartz – Thomas
3:31100% CF
PP2Steen – Maroon – Bozak – Parayko – Dunn
1:33100% CF
PK1FSteen – O'Reilly
1:58
PK2FSundqvist – Barbashev
1:46
PK1DBortuzzo – Edmundson
1:58
PK2DPietrangelo – Parayko
0:53

Current STL line combinations →

Dallas Stars

L1Comeau – Benn – Faksa
11:0047% CF
L2Radulov – Seguin – Hintz
9:3435% CF
L3Cogliano – Ritchie – L'Esperance
6:1164% CF
L4Spezza – Janmark – Dickinson
5:0622% CF
D1Klingberg – Lindell
14:1050% CF
D2Polak – Heiskanen
11:4743% CF
D3Fedun – Oleksiak
11:2438% CF

PP1Radulov – Benn – Seguin – Klingberg – Heiskanen
2:4950% CF
PP2Spezza – Ritchie – Lindell – Hintz – L'Esperance
2:2467% CF
PK1FComeau – Dickinson
1:46
PK2FCogliano – Janmark
1:15
PK1DPolak – Lindell
4:20
PK2DFedun – Heiskanen
0:00

Current DAL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

3:46
DALJamie Benn (Miro Heiskanen, Radek Faksa)wrist0.05 xG
STL: Pietrangelo, Edmundson, MacEachern, Fabbri, BarbashevDAL: Comeau, Polak, Benn, Faksa, Heiskanen
STL 0 – 1 DAL
8:53
DALRadek Faksa (Esa Lindell, Blake Comeau)backhand0.16 xG
STL: Bouwmeester, O'Reilly, Tarasenko, Schwartz, ParaykoDAL: Comeau, Benn, Klingberg, Faksa, Lindell
STL 0 – 2 DAL
9:58
DALAlexander Radulov (Tyler Seguin)snap0.09 xG
STL: Pietrangelo, Bozak, Edmundson, MacEachern, FabbriDAL: Radulov, Cogliano, Seguin, Fedun, Oleksiak
STL 0 – 3 DAL
12:57
STLVladimir TarasenkoPP (Ryan O'Reilly)wrist0.16 xG
STL: Bouwmeester, Pietrangelo, O'Reilly, Tarasenko, DunnDAL: Comeau, Polak, Lindell, Dickinson
STL 1 – 3 DAL
15:56
DALJamie Benn (Esa Lindell, John Klingberg)tip-in0.07 xG
STL: Edmundson, Sundqvist, Sanford, Dunn, ThomasDAL: Comeau, Benn, Klingberg, Faksa, Lindell
STL 1 – 4 DAL
19:37
STLRyan O'Reilly (Jay Bouwmeester, Jaden Schwartz)backhand0.10 xG
STL: Bouwmeester, O'Reilly, Tarasenko, Schwartz, ParaykoDAL: Radulov, Seguin, Fedun, Hintz, Heiskanen
STL 2 – 4 DAL

3rd period

19:16
DALTyler SeguinEN (Jason Dickinson)wrist0.88 xG
STL: Maroon, Pietrangelo, O'Reilly, Tarasenko, Schwartz, ThomasDAL: Cogliano, Seguin, Fedun, Lindell, Dickinson
STL 2 – 5 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
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	1	1	2	-1	5	0.52	0	1	0	22:28	—	—	54	66
Jaden Schwartz L	L1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.35	2	0	2	19:01	—	—	58	71
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.51	3	1	0	18:06	—	—	57	69
Oskar Sundqvist C	L2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.56	1	1	0	16:02	—	—	79	69
Patrick Maroon L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	1	0	0	14:26	—	—	76	78
Zachary Sanford L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:00	—	—	67	60
Tyler Bozak C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.34	0	0	0	17:03	—	—	47	87
Alexander Steen L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	0	1	0	16:28	—	—	50	87
Robert Thomas C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.08	0	0	0	15:02	—	—	47	70
Robby Fabbri C	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.10	1	0	0	11:00	—	—	61	50
Ivan Barbashev L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	0	0	0	10:35	—	—	58	46
Mackenzie MacEachern L	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	1	0	0	6:48	—	—	47	32
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.19	3	2	5	18:50	—	—	48	56
Jay Bouwmeester D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.15	2	3	4	17:49	—	—	50	59
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	0	0	-3	3	0.49	1	0	0	24:46	—	—	52	69
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	0	0	-3	5	0.55	3	2	0	18:02	—	—	57	64
Vince Dunn D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.33	0	2	0	19:25	—	—	76	81
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.25	3	0	0	15:48	—	—	77	81

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	L	24	20	4	.833	2.04	57:21

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jamie Benn L	L1	2	0	2	+3	5	0.46	3	0	0	20:11	—	—	48	41
Blake Comeau L	L1	0	1	1	+3	0	0.06	5	0	0	19:45	—	—	45	36
Radek Faksa C	L1	1	1	2	+3	3	0.32	1	1	0	17:00	—	—	50	46
Tyler Seguin C	L2	1	1	2	+1	3	1.16	0	1	0	18:03	—	—	48	23
Roope Hintz C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	5	0	0	16:01	—	—	30	18
Alexander Radulov R	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.10	0	1	0	15:53	—	—	36	21
Joel L'Esperance R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	13:40	—	—	40	52
Andrew Cogliano C	L3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	1	2	0	11:51	—	—	61	72
Brett Ritchie R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.25	4	1	7	11:26	—	—	53	64
Jason Dickinson C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:20	—	—	12	10
Mattias Janmark C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:00	—	—	27	16
Jason Spezza C	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.46	0	1	2	8:13	—	—	20	19
Esa Lindell D	D1	0	2	2	+3	0	0.00	1	2	0	25:08	—	—	50	59
John Klingberg D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.01	1	2	0	24:34	—	—	45	37
Miro Heiskanen D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	1	0	2	19:54	—	—	40	18
Roman Polak D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	5	6	0	19:04	—	—	44	18
Jamie Oleksiak D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	1	0	0	15:00	—	—	35	33
Taylor Fedun D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	1	2	0	14:48	—	—	32	40

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anton Khudobin(start)	W	45	43	2	.956	4.69	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.