St. Louis Blues vs. Minnesota WildDec 2, 2017

Final / OTSaturday, Dec 2, 2017· Xcel Energy Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
STL	0	1	0	0	1		STL	11	14	16	1	42
MIN	1	0	0	1	2		MIN	7	9	8	1	25

: STL 75MIN 40
: STL 3.16MIN 2.48
PP goals: STL 1MIN 0
Hits: STL 20MIN 26
Blocks: STL 5MIN 17
PIM: STL 6MIN 8
: STL 61%MIN 39%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild edge St. Louis Blues 2–1 (OT)

Minnesota Wild beat St. Louis Blues 2–1 in overtime at home. Mathew Dumba (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for STL: Steen–Schenn–Schwartz skated 10:41 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (79.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Mathew Dumba had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 27:37.Dumba
New line
New look for STL: Steen–Schenn–Schwartz skated 10:41 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (79.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Steen Schenn Schwartz
Goalie
Devan Dubnyk (MIN) faced 42 shots and stopped 41 (.976), +13 against a season average of 29.5; the win.Dubnyk
New line
New look for STL: Stastny–Sobotka–Tarasenko skated 10:38 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Stastny Sobotka Tarasenko
Luck
STL scored 1 goal on 3.16 expected goals (75 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for MIN: Winnik–Stewart–Coyle skated 7:12 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Winnik Stewart Coyle
New line
New look for STL: Berglund–Paajarvi–Blais skated 6:16 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Berglund Paajarvi Blais
Usage
Mathew Dumba (MIN) played 27:37, +3:51 up on his 23:46 season average over 81 games.Dumba

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)MIN attacks right (top on phones) →

MIN
STL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 115 of 115 attempts · MIN 40 · STL 75

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MIN
STL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

MIN 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, MIN 23%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

MIN

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	MIN
	68	36
	2.47	1.39
	2.37	1.27
	7	2
	6	2
	2	6
	+0.084	−0.084
	43%	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

L1Steen – Schenn – Schwartz
10:4179% CF
L2Stastny – Sobotka – Tarasenko
10:3860% CF
L3Upshall – Brodziak – Jaskin
7:1588% CF
L4Berglund – Paajarvi – Blais
6:1640% CF
D1Edmundson – Parayko
15:3474% CF
D2Bouwmeester – Pietrangelo
15:0761% CF
D3Gunnarsson – Bortuzzo
8:5552% CF

PP1Steen – Pietrangelo – Schenn – Tarasenko – Schwartz
4:5467% CF
PP2Stastny – Sobotka – Berglund – Tarasenko – Parayko
4:50100% CF
PK1FSobotka – Berglund
1:25
PK2FSteen – Brodziak
0:46
PK1DBouwmeester – Pietrangelo
2:47
PK2DEdmundson – Parayko
2:41

Current STL line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Koivu – Zucker – Granlund
8:2050% CF
L2Staal – Foligno – Niederreiter
8:087% CF
L3Winnik – Stewart – Coyle
7:1236% CF
L4Cullen – Ennis – Mitchell
5:5025% CF
D1Suter – Dumba
18:0733% CF
D2Brodin – Murphy
12:5632% CF
D3Prosser – Reilly
10:4645% CF

PP1Koivu – Suter – Granlund – Niederreiter – Dumba
4:04100% CF
PP2Staal – Zucker – Coyle – Reilly – Murphy
1:10100% CF
PK1FKoivu – Granlund
3:21
PK2FStaal – Winnik
2:06
PK1DProsser – Brodin
4:14
PK2DSuter – Dumba
3:46

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
Brayden Schenn C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.28	3	0	2	20:59	—	—	74	83
Jaden Schwartz L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	0	0	19:36	—	—	80	93
Alexander Steen L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	0	0	0	18:15	—	—	79	93
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.14	0	0	0	22:13	—	—	62	45
Vladimir Sobotka C	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.33	1	0	0	20:34	—	—	66	55
Paul Stastny C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.45	0	1	0	18:10	—	—	64	55
Kyle Brodziak C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	2	0	0	11:06	—	—	70	53
Dmitrij Jaskin R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	0	0	10:20	—	—	92	81
Scottie Upshall R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	0	2	9:53	—	—	80	63
Patrik Berglund C	L4	1	0	1	-1	7	0.28	2	0	0	17:40	—	—	50	44
Magnus Paajarvi L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	3	1	0	8:59	—	—	32	25
Sammy Blais L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	7:17	—	—	44	32
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	-1	7	0.22	0	1	0	24:40	—	—	74	82
Joel Edmundson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.42	1	1	0	21:02	—	—	76	84
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.15	2	0	0	25:33	—	—	62	41
Jay Bouwmeester D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.16	0	0	0	18:31	—	—	61	41
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	2	1	2	11:03	—	—	57	67
Carl Gunnarsson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	0	0	0	10:06	—	—	55	74

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	O	25	23	2	.920	2.48	60:39

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikael Granlund C	L1	0	0	0	+1	5	0.47	1	1	0	19:39	—	—	42	73
Mikko Koivu C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	0	1	2	18:32	—	—	38	71
Jason Zucker L	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.36	1	0	0	17:42	—	—	54	57
Eric Staal C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.31	1	0	0	18:59	—	—	34	40
Nino Niederreiter R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	1	0	16:03	—	—	27	27
Marcus Foligno L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	6	1	0	10:44	—	—	16	16
Charlie Coyle C	L3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.08	2	3	0	19:48	—	—	34	23
Daniel Winnik L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	0	2	14:40	—	—	26	20
Chris Stewart R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	4	0	2	9:02	—	—	27	13
Zack Mitchell R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	9:57	—	—	31	38
Matt Cullen C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:35	—	—	50	17
Tyler Ennis R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:10	—	—	17	1
Ryan Suter D	D1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.17	2	2	0	28:35	—	—	33	33
Mathew Dumba D	D1	1	1	2	+2	1	0.59	2	1	2	27:37	—	—	33	33
Jonas Brodin D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	21:04	—	—	24	22
Ryan Murphy D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:32	—	—	38	32
Nate Prosser D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	3	0	17:08	—	—	35	50
Mike Reilly D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	12:22	—	—	50	61

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Devan Dubnyk(start)	W	42	41	1	.976	3.16	60:39

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.

St. Louis Blues vs. Minnesota WildDec 2, 2017

Fantasy takeaways

Minnesota Wild edge St. Louis Blues 2–1 (OT)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

St. Louis Blues

Minnesota Wild

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

OT period

Box score

St. Louis Blues

Minnesota Wild