St. Louis Blues vs. Minnesota WildApr 29, 2021

Final / OTThursday, Apr 29, 2021· Xcel Energy Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
STL	1	2	1	1	5		STL	7	5	7	2	21
MIN	0	1	3	0	4		MIN	6	12	9	3	30

: STL 43MIN 59
: STL 2.35MIN 1.99
PP goals: STL 1MIN 0
Hits: STL 16MIN 21
Blocks: STL 19MIN 9
PIM: STL 22MIN 14
: STL 48%MIN 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues edge Minnesota Wild 5–4 (OT)

St. Louis Blues beat Minnesota Wild 5–4 in overtime at MIN. Kevin Fiala (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 2A. STL's first power-play unit (Perron, Hoffman, O'Reilly, Schenn and Krug) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:11 together.

Points
Kevin Fiala had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 18:47.Fiala
Points
Ryan O'Reilly had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 22:18.O'Reilly
Points
Victor Rask had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:57.Rask
Points
Jordan Kyrou had 2 assists (2 points) in 14:11.Kyrou
Points
Torey Krug had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 23:35.Krug
PP1
STL's first power-play unit (Perron, Hoffman, O'Reilly, Schenn and Krug) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:11 together.Perron Hoffman O'Reilly Schenn Krug
New line
New look for STL: Bozak–Schwartz–Blais skated 11:54 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (30% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bozak Schwartz Blais
Usage
Robert Bortuzzo (STL) played 4:53, −9:31 down on his 14:24 season average over 39 games.Bortuzzo

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 102 of 102 attempts · MIN 59 · STL 43

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 35% of the game, MIN 38%.

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
	44	62
	1.83	1.90
	1.80	1.86
	7	6
	4	1
	13	13
	+0.010	−0.010
	35%	38%

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

L1Perron – O'Reilly – Schenn
13:5733% CF
L2Bozak – Schwartz – Blais
11:5430% CF
L3Hoffman – Kyrou – Thomas
11:1350% CF
L4Clifford – Sanford – Barbashev
9:0462% CF
D1Scandella – Faulk
16:5629% CF
D2Krug – Parayko
15:1742% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Mikkola
4:1170% CF

PP1Perron – Hoffman – O'Reilly – Schenn – Krug
2:11100% CF
PP2Bozak – Faulk – Schwartz – Kyrou – Thomas
0:55
PK1FBozak – O'Reilly
1:05
PK2FSanford – Barbashev
0:41
PK1DScandella – Faulk
1:19
PK2DParayko – Mikkola
0:41

Current STL line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Foligno – Greenway – Eriksson Ek
11:4267% CF
L2Zuccarello – Rask – Kaprizov
9:4657% CF
L3Johansson – Hartman – Fiala
7:1646% CF
L4Parise – Bonino – Sturm
5:0629% CF
D1Brodin – Dumba
21:1765% CF
D2Suter – Spurgeon
16:5162% CF
D3Cole – Soucy
14:0050% CF

PP1Bonino – Spurgeon – Rask – Fiala – Kaprizov
1:0550% CF
PP2Suter – Johansson – Zuccarello – Dumba – Hartman
0:55100% CF
PK1FFoligno – Eriksson Ek
1:20
PK2FBonino – Sturm
0:49
PK1DSuter – Spurgeon
2:09
PK2DBrodin – Dumba
0:54

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	2	0	2	+1	4	0.60	0	2	0	22:18	—	—	33	44
David Perron L	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.04	2	1	0	20:52	—	—	30	43
Brayden Schenn C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.37	1	0	0	18:54	—	—	35	48
Jaden Schwartz L	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.04	0	1	0	16:31	—	—	30	37
Tyler Bozak C	L2	1	0	1	-1	1	0.20	0	0	0	16:26	—	—	30	28
Sammy Blais L	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.21	2	1	0	14:24	—	—	35	43
Mike Hoffman C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	16:05	—	—	46	38
Robert Thomas C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	14:44	—	—	48	38
Jordan Kyrou R	L3	0	2	2	+1	0	0.09	0	0	0	14:11	—	—	50	48
Ivan Barbashev L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.14	2	0	0	11:57	—	—	59	83
Zachary Sanford L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.16	1	1	0	11:50	—	—	62	73
Kyle Clifford L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	10:20	—	—	64	80
Justin Faulk D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.10	3	3	0	30:44	—	—	35	42
Marco Scandella D	D1	1	0	1	0	1	0.06	1	2	0	23:32	—	—	24	22
Colton Parayko D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	0	3	0	24:47	—	—	40	61
Torey Krug D	D2	0	2	2	+1	2	0.16	1	2	0	23:35	—	—	45	54
Niko Mikkola D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.05	2	2	0	12:57	—	—	57	66
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	22	4:53	—	—	67	86

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ville Husso(start)	W	30	26	4	.867	1.99	63:43

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.39	1	0	0	19:29	—	—	67	63
Marcus Foligno L	L1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.06	4	0	5	18:03	—	—	55	52
Jordan Greenway L	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.24	1	0	5	15:07	—	—	70	66
Kirill Kaprizov L	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.27	2	0	0	21:05	—	—	67	58
Mats Zuccarello R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	1	0	0	20:51	—	—	65	45
Victor Rask C	L2	1	1	2	+1	1	0.05	1	0	0	17:57	—	—	63	36
Kevin Fiala L	L3	1	2	3	0	4	0.44	2	0	0	18:47	—	—	49	43
Ryan Hartman R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	0	2	17:18	—	—	56	63
Marcus Johansson L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.09	0	0	0	15:16	—	—	58	40
Nick Bonino C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:45	—	—	38	62
Zach Parise L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	2	1	0	7:36	—	—	55	43
Nico Sturm C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	7:15	—	—	33	18
Mathew Dumba D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	3	2	2	25:37	—	—	66	51
Jonas Brodin D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	0	1	0	24:40	—	—	66	54
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	1	1	0	3	0.05	0	2	0	21:30	—	—	62	66
Ryan Suter D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.02	1	0	0	21:28	—	—	58	67
Carson Soucy D	D3	0	1	1	0	3	0.05	1	1	0	15:14	—	—	49	43
Ian Cole D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	1	0	14:21	—	—	53	43

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Talbot(start)	O	21	16	5	.762	2.35	62:25

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 WildApr 29, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

St. Louis Blues edge Minnesota Wild 5–4 (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

3rd period

OT period

Box score

St. Louis Blues

Minnesota Wild