St. Louis Blues vs. Minnesota WildJan 8, 2023

FinalSunday, Jan 8, 2023· Xcel Energy Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	1	0	2	3		STL	14	6	4	24
MIN	0	0	0	0		MIN	9	3	23	35

: STL 43MIN 81
: STL 3.06MIN 2.96
PP goals: STL 1MIN 0
Hits: STL 19MIN 23
Blocks: STL 25MIN 9
PIM: STL 6MIN 8
: STL 49%MIN 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues beat Minnesota Wild 3–0

St. Louis Blues beat Minnesota Wild 3–0 at MIN. Brayden Schenn (STL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. MIN scored 0 goals on 2.96 expected goals (81 attempts), well short of its chances.

Points
Brayden Schenn had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:39.Schenn
Points
Brandon Saad had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:40.Saad
Points
Colton Parayko had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 26:00.Parayko
Luck
MIN scored 0 goals on 2.96 expected goals (81 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for MIN: Reaves–Foligno–Eriksson Ek skated 5:43 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (88.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Reaves Foligno Eriksson Ek
New line
New look for STL: Walker–Acciari–Neighbours skated 7:48 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (11.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Walker Acciari Neighbours
Goalie
Thomas Greiss (STL) faced 35 shots and stopped 35 (.1000), +5 against a season average of 29.8; the win.Greiss
Usage
Alex Goligoski (MIN) played 10:44, −7:05 down on his 17:49 season average over 45 games.Goligoski

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 124 of 124 attempts · MIN 81 · 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 23% of the game, MIN 43%.

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
	37	73
	1.69	2.15
	1.63	2.11
	4	6
	5	4
	13	10
	−0.009	+0.009
	23%	43%

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

L1Schenn – Saad – Barbashev
10:3635% CF
L2Buchnevich – Kyrou – Thomas
9:5344% CF
L3Walker – Acciari – Neighbours
7:4811% CF
L4Pitlick – Toropchenko – Alexandrov
4:1457% CF
D1Parayko – Mikkola
13:2324% CF
D2Faulk – Tucker
12:3937% CF
D3Santini – Rosen
5:4631% CF

PP1Schenn – Faulk – Buchnevich – Kyrou – Thomas
4:2583% CF
PP2Saad – Parayko – Barbashev – Rosen – Neighbours
2:5783% CF
PK1FBuchnevich – Acciari
2:24
PK2FSaad – Barbashev
0:33
PK1DParayko – Mikkola
1:38
PK2DFaulk – Rosen
0:33

Current STL line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Kaprizov – Steel – Boldy
11:3674% CF
L2Reaves – Foligno – Eriksson Ek
5:4389% CF
L3Hartman – Gaudreau – Duhaime
3:2083% CF
D1Brodin – Dumba
12:1566% CF
D2Merrill – Addison
10:2276% CF
D3Spurgeon – Middleton
8:2668% CF

PP1Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Steel – Addison – Boldy
3:29100% CF
PP2Spurgeon – Foligno – Brodin – Hartman – Gaudreau
0:15100% CF
PK1FGaudreau – Eriksson Ek
2:32
PK2FShaw – Dewar
1:10
PK1DDumba – Middleton
2:13
PK2DSpurgeon – Brodin
2:08

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

8:17
STLBrandon SaadPP (Jake Neighbours, Colton Parayko)wrist0.38 xG
STL: Saad, Parayko, Barbashev, Rosen, NeighboursMIN: Foligno, Dumba, Middleton, Steel
STL 1 – 0 MIN

3rd period

14:00
STLBrayden Schenn (Brandon Saad)snap0.12 xG
STL: Schenn, Faulk, Saad, Parayko, ThomasMIN: Spurgeon, Foligno, Brodin, Hartman, Gaudreau
STL 2 – 0 MIN
19:54
STLBrayden SchennEN (Pavel Buchnevich, Colton Parayko)wrist0.56 xG
STL: Schenn, Parayko, Buchnevich, Acciari, MikkolaMIN: Spurgeon, Foligno, Hartman, Kaprizov, Duhaime, Boldy
STL 3 – 0 MIN

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
Brandon Saad L	L1	1	1	2	+1	3	0.58	0	0	0	18:40	—	—	39	55
Brayden Schenn C	L1	2	0	2	+2	2	0.81	1	2	2	17:39	—	—	39	44
Ivan Barbashev L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.31	1	0	0	17:10	—	—	39	52
Pavel Buchnevich L	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.54	0	0	0	20:58	—	—	48	63
Robert Thomas C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.10	0	2	2	19:53	—	—	38	58
Jordan Kyrou R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.38	0	1	0	18:01	—	—	41	56
Noel Acciari C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	2	1	0	17:45	—	—	19	39
Jake Neighbours L	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.07	0	2	0	15:02	—	—	9	4
Nathan Walker L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	9:21	—	—	10	5
Tyler Pitlick C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	8:37	—	—	39	9
Alexey Toropchenko R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	1	0	8:33	—	—	33	9
Nikita Alexandrov C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:30	—	—	57	16
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	2	2	+2	4	0.12	0	1	2	26:00	—	—	30	25
Niko Mikkola D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	3	0	20:58	—	—	26	46
Justin Faulk D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.05	4	3	0	28:57	—	—	45	54
Tyler Tucker D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	2	0	15:07	—	—	35	32
Calle Rosen D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	2	0	15:40	—	—	36	46
Steven Santini D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	3	4	0	9:25	—	—	30	79

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thomas Greiss(start)	W	35	35	0	.1000	2.96	59:44

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kirill Kaprizov L	L1	-1	6	0.70	0	0	0	26:39	—	—	72	52
Matt Boldy L	L1	-1	4	0.44	1	0	0	24:56	—	—	64	45
Sam Steel C	L1	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	21:05	—	—	70	41
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L2	0	2	0.04	1	0	2	21:10	—	—	62	59
Marcus Foligno L	L2	-2	1	0.05	6	0	0	19:47	—	—	71	72
Ryan Reaves R	L2	0	1	0.46	4	1	0	10:34	—	—	73	65
Frederick Gaudreau C	L3	-1	3	0.25	0	0	0	14:28	—	—	64	56
Ryan Hartman R	L3	-2	0	0.12	0	1	0	12:58	—	—	72	58
Brandon Duhaime L	L3	-1	2	0.13	4	0	0	11:55	—	—	63	63
Jonas Brodin D	D1	-1	3	0.08	1	2	2	20:07	—	—	61	65
Mathew Dumba D	D1	0	0	0.01	1	1	0	16:44	—	—	65	84
Calen Addison D	D2	0	5	0.25	0	0	0	16:12	—	—	78	68
Jon Merrill D	D2	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:21	—	—	68	43
Jared Spurgeon D	D3	-2	3	0.07	0	1	0	20:48	—	—	68	52
Jake Middleton D	D3	0	1	0.05	1	1	0	14:17	—	—	65	65
Alex Goligoski D	—	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:44	—	—	59	28
Mason Shaw C	—	0	3	0.12	0	1	4	9:21	—	—	58	52
Connor Dewar C	—	0	1	0.18	2	0	0	8:32	—	—	53	58

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Filip Gustavsson(start)	L	23	21	2	.913	2.49	56:27

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.