St. Louis Blues vs. Minnesota WildFeb 23, 2020

FinalSunday, Feb 23, 2020· Xcel Energy Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	2	1	1	4		STL	10	10	6	26
MIN	0	1	0	1		MIN	9	11	13	33

: STL 40MIN 68
: STL 2.58MIN 2.40
PP goals: STL 0MIN 0
Hits: STL 9MIN 13
Blocks: STL 26MIN 7
PIM: STL 4MIN 4
: STL 64%MIN 36%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues beat Minnesota Wild 4–1

St. Louis Blues beat Minnesota Wild 4–1 at MIN. Oskar Sundqvist (STL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for MIN: Rask–Hartman–Donato skated 4:16 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (53.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Oskar Sundqvist had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:55.Sundqvist
New line
New look for MIN: Rask–Hartman–Donato skated 4:16 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (53.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Rask Hartman Donato
Usage
Marco Scandella (STL) played 21:31, +4:00 up on his 17:31 season average over 61 games.Scandella
Usage
Alex Galchenyuk (MIN) played 17:17, +5:04 up on his 12:13 season average over 58 games.Galchenyuk
Usage
Alex Pietrangelo (STL) played 20:39, −3:35 down on his 24:14 season average over 69 games.Pietrangelo
Usage
Alexander Steen (STL) played 17:18, +3:19 up on his 13:59 season average over 54 games.Steen
Usage
David Perron (STL) played 14:52, −3:30 down on his 18:22 season average over 70 games.Perron
Usage
Kevin Fiala (MIN) played 18:44, +3:23 up on his 15:21 season average over 63 games.Fiala

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 108 of 108 attempts · MIN 68 · STL 40

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 27% of the game, MIN 36%.

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
	38	70
	2.33	1.96
	2.20	1.89
	6	8
	2	7
	5	11
	+0.141	−0.141
	27%	36%

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 – Schenn – Schwartz
11:0150% CF
L2Perron – Sanford – Thomas
9:4739% CF
L3Steen – Sundqvist – Kyrou
9:1245% CF
L4MacEachern – Barbashev – Blais
7:1320% CF
D1Scandella – Parayko
15:4435% CF
D2Faulk – Dunn
13:1034% CF
D3Gunnarsson – Pietrangelo
12:2638% CF

PP1Perron – Pietrangelo – O'Reilly – Schenn – Schwartz
2:36100% CF
PP2Parayko – Sanford – Dunn – Kyrou – Thomas
1:2267% CF
PK1FSundqvist – Barbashev
3:37
PK2FSteen – O'Reilly
2:11
PK1DScandella – Faulk
2:36
PK2DGunnarsson – Pietrangelo
1:26

Current STL line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Staal – Foligno – Greenway
9:5658% CF
L2Koivu – Galchenyuk – Fiala
7:1064% CF
L3Parise – Zuccarello – Eriksson Ek
6:3383% CF
L4Rask – Hartman – Donato
4:1654% CF
D1Brodin – Dumba
17:1370% CF
D2Suter – Spurgeon
15:2160% CF
D3Pateryn – Hunt
9:4058% CF

PP1Staal – Suter – Parise – Spurgeon – Fiala
4:1550% CF
PP2Zuccarello – Hunt – Galchenyuk – Dumba – Donato
2:58100% CF
PK1FFoligno – Eriksson Ek
1:38
PK2FKoivu – Hartman
0:55
PK1DPateryn – Brodin
2:43
PK2DSuter – Spurgeon
1:15

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
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.14	0	0	0	18:52	—	—	42	54
Brayden Schenn C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.12	1	0	0	16:15	—	—	44	56
Jaden Schwartz L	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:00	—	—	45	54
Zachary Sanford L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	4	0	16:11	—	—	32	45
David Perron L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	0	0	0	14:52	—	—	39	39
Robert Thomas C	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.38	0	1	0	13:05	—	—	41	48
Alexander Steen L	L3	0	0	0	+2	3	0.30	0	2	0	17:18	—	—	44	82
Oskar Sundqvist C	L3	1	1	2	+3	3	0.23	1	0	0	16:55	—	—	37	71
Jordan Kyrou R	L3	1	0	1	+2	2	0.40	0	0	0	12:31	—	—	46	89
Ivan Barbashev L	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.17	0	1	0	14:01	—	—	18	18
Sammy Blais L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	0	1	2	9:40	—	—	20	25
Mackenzie MacEachern L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	1	0	8:16	—	—	18	5
Marco Scandella D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.09	2	2	0	21:31	—	—	32	51
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.01	0	3	0	21:22	—	—	36	59
Justin Faulk D	D2	0	0	0	+2	3	0.22	2	3	0	20:49	—	—	36	72
Vince Dunn D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.15	0	5	2	16:08	—	—	36	88
Alex Pietrangelo D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	0	1	0	20:39	—	—	41	46
Carl Gunnarsson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	17:22	—	—	30	29

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	W	33	32	1	.970	2.40	60:00

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Eric Staal C	L1	0	0	0	-3	3	0.15	1	0	0	17:52	—	—	57	38
Marcus Foligno L	L1	1	0	1	-1	1	0.26	2	2	0	16:17	—	—	64	55
Jordan Greenway L	L1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.14	2	0	0	14:16	—	—	66	56
Kevin Fiala L	L2	0	0	0	-2	4	0.10	1	0	0	18:44	—	—	69	41
Alex Galchenyuk C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.16	1	0	0	17:17	—	—	77	50
Mikko Koivu C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	0	0	0	13:46	—	—	63	37
Zach Parise L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.32	0	2	0	18:13	—	—	68	78
Mats Zuccarello R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	0	0	0	15:42	—	—	65	48
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.14	1	0	0	14:07	—	—	67	48
Ryan Donato C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	1	0	0	11:13	—	—	58	32
Ryan Hartman R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	0	0	9:31	—	—	56	42
Victor Rask C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	0	0	0	8:22	—	—	56	42
Mathew Dumba D	D1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.28	1	0	2	24:42	—	—	71	54
Jonas Brodin D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	0	0	0	22:18	—	—	73	72
Ryan Suter D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.11	0	2	0	21:51	—	—	58	48
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	1	0	21:40	—	—	61	59
Brad Hunt D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	2	15:31	—	—	67	36
Greg Pateryn D	D3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.16	1	0	0	14:38	—	—	60	28

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Devan Dubnyk(start)	L	26	22	4	.846	2.58	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.

St. Louis Blues vs. Minnesota WildFeb 23, 2020

Fantasy takeaways

St. Louis Blues beat Minnesota Wild 4–1

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

3rd period

Box score

St. Louis Blues

Minnesota Wild