St. Louis Blues vs. Dallas StarsDec 14, 2021

FinalTuesday, Dec 14, 2021· American Airlines Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	0	1	3	4		STL	10	9	10	29
DAL	0	1	0	1		DAL	10	12	12	34

: STL 51DAL 57
: STL 2.40DAL 2.42
PP goals: STL 2DAL 0
Hits: STL 25DAL 17
Blocks: STL 11DAL 14
PIM: STL 2DAL 10
: STL 56%DAL 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues beat Dallas Stars 4–1

St. Louis Blues beat Dallas Stars 4–1 at DAL. Vladimir Tarasenko (STL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. STL's first power-play unit (O'Reilly, Tarasenko, Krug, Buchnevich and Barbashev) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 4:38 together.

Points
Vladimir Tarasenko had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 17:23.Tarasenko
Points
Ivan Barbashev had 2 assists (2 points) in 18:51.Barbashev
Points
Pavel Buchnevich had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:34.Buchnevich
PP1
STL's first power-play unit (O'Reilly, Tarasenko, Krug, Buchnevich and Barbashev) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 4:38 together.O'Reilly Tarasenko Krug Buchnevich Barbashev
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New look for DAL: Pavelski–Benn–Robertson skated 11:55 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (64.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pavelski Benn Robertson
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New look for STL: Bozak–Sundqvist–Walker skated 12:30 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bozak Sundqvist Walker
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New look for DAL: Faksa–Raffl–Dellandrea skated 7:11 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Faksa Raffl Dellandrea
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New look for STL: Peca–Joshua–Toropchenko skated 7:25 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Peca Joshua Toropchenko

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 108 of 108 attempts · DAL 57 · STL 51

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 35% of the game, DAL 23%.

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
	52	54
	2.31	2.31
	2.26	2.16
	12	12
	6	1
	10	20
	+0.092	−0.092
	35%	23%

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

L1Bozak – Sundqvist – Walker
12:3050% CF
L2Tarasenko – Buchnevich – Barbashev
12:1247% CF
L3O'Reilly – Saad – Brown
10:4848% CF
L4Peca – Joshua – Toropchenko
7:2550% CF
D1Faulk – Krug
17:1152% CF
D2Parayko – Mikkola
17:1046% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Scandella
9:2754% CF

PP1O'Reilly – Tarasenko – Krug – Buchnevich – Barbashev
4:3871% CF
PP2Bozak – Faulk – Saad – Parayko – Brown
2:47
PK1FO'Reilly – Sundqvist
0:53
PK2FBuchnevich – Barbashev
0:31
PK1DBortuzzo – Scandella
1:15
PK2DParayko – Mikkola
0:36

Current STL line combinations →

Dallas Stars

L1Pavelski – Benn – Robertson
11:5564% CF
L2Seguin – Gurianov – Kero
7:4438% CF
L3Faksa – Raffl – Dellandrea
7:1125% CF
L4Glendening – Peterson – Damiani
2:2075% CF
D1Klingberg – Lindell
16:2052% CF
D2Suter – Heiskanen
15:5556% CF
D3Sekera – Hakanpää
11:2054% CF

PP1Suter – Benn – Seguin – Gurianov – Heiskanen
0:5886% CF
PP2Pavelski – Klingberg – Kero – Robertson – Peterson
0:58
PK1FGlendening – Raffl
1:34
PK2FPavelski – Benn
1:18
PK1DHakanpää – Lindell
4:07
PK2DSuter – Heiskanen
2:52

Current DAL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

15:57
DALRiley Damiani (John Klingberg, Jason Robertson)wrist0.11 xG
STL: Bozak, O'Reilly, Saad, Parayko, MikkolaDAL: Pavelski, Sekera, Klingberg, Robertson, Damiani
STL 0 – 1 DAL
17:03
STLColton Parayko (Vladimir Tarasenko, Pavel Buchnevich)backhand0.10 xG
STL: Tarasenko, Parayko, Buchnevich, Joshua, MikkolaDAL: Suter, Faksa, Robertson, Heiskanen, Dellandrea
STL 1 – 1 DAL

3rd period

2:07
STLJustin Faulkwrist0.01 xG
STL: Faulk, Krug, Sundqvist, Walker, JoshuaDAL: Suter, Seguin, Gurianov, Kero, Heiskanen
STL 2 – 1 DAL
11:33
STLRyan O'ReillyPP (Vladimir Tarasenko, Ivan Barbashev)wrist0.04 xG
STL: O'Reilly, Tarasenko, Krug, Buchnevich, BarbashevDAL: Benn, Hakanpää, Lindell, Raffl
STL 3 – 1 DAL
18:43
STLVladimir TarasenkoPP (Ivan Barbashev, Pavel Buchnevich)wrist0.09 xG
STL: Faulk, Tarasenko, Krug, Buchnevich, BarbashevDAL: Klingberg, Glendening, Lindell, Raffl
STL 4 – 1 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
Tyler Bozak C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	0	1	0	19:25	—	—	42	36
Oskar Sundqvist C	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.20	2	1	0	16:56	—	—	54	67
Nathan Walker L	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.03	2	2	0	15:17	—	—	54	67
Ivan Barbashev L	L2	0	2	2	0	0	0.13	2	0	0	18:51	—	—	50	55
Pavel Buchnevich L	L2	0	2	2	+1	2	0.10	0	0	0	18:34	—	—	53	58
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L2	1	2	3	+1	4	0.30	2	0	0	17:23	—	—	57	61
Ryan O'Reilly C	L3	1	0	1	-1	5	0.46	0	1	0	19:12	—	—	39	38
Brandon Saad L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.09	1	0	0	16:25	—	—	39	38
Logan Brown C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	0	0	0	14:31	—	—	50	53
Matthew Peca C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	0	0	8:55	—	—	50	58
Dakota Joshua C	L4	0	0	0	+2	0	0.15	4	0	2	8:23	—	—	60	66
Alexey Toropchenko R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	2	0	0	8:19	—	—	57	64
Justin Faulk D	D1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.05	2	0	0	22:55	—	—	47	61
Torey Krug D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	22:19	—	—	53	63
Colton Parayko D	D2	1	0	1	0	5	0.27	3	3	0	25:13	—	—	44	36
Niko Mikkola D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	0	0	19:14	—	—	46	33
Marco Scandella D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	1	0	14:35	—	—	50	63
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	1	0	11:33	—	—	63	69

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Charlie Lindgren(start)	W	34	33	1	.971	2.42	60:00

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Joe Pavelski C	L1	0	0	0	+1	6	0.47	2	1	2	19:23	—	—	71	77
Jason Robertson L	L1	0	1	1	0	4	0.11	0	0	0	18:11	—	—	61	68
Jamie Benn L	L1	0	0	0	0	6	0.68	2	1	0	18:08	—	—	58	59
Tanner Kero C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	0	1	0	15:18	—	—	44	29
Tyler Seguin C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.16	1	0	2	15:10	—	—	35	33
Denis Gurianov R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	1	0	0	14:39	—	—	38	17
Radek Faksa C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	4	17:55	—	—	28	12
Michael Raffl L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	16:55	—	—	40	19
Ty Dellandrea C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	3	0	0	10:37	—	—	36	36
Luke Glendening C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	12:27	—	—	46	11
Riley Damiani C	L4	1	0	1	+1	4	0.41	1	0	0	8:13	—	—	70	76
Jacob Peterson C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	7:34	—	—	63	38
Esa Lindell D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	4	0	24:33	—	—	46	52
John Klingberg D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	19:17	—	—	52	68
Miro Heiskanen D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.01	0	2	0	23:02	—	—	50	28
Ryan Suter D	D2	0	0	0	-2	5	0.12	0	1	0	21:22	—	—	56	43
Jani Hakanpää D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	5	1	0	17:41	—	—	52	49
Andrej Sekera D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.06	0	1	0	13:07	—	—	54	51

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Oettinger(start)	L	29	25	4	.862	2.40	58:48

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.