Boston Bruins vs. St. Louis BluesFeb 23, 2019

Final / SOSaturday, Feb 23, 2019· Enterprise Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
BOS	0	1	0	0	0	1		BOS	8	11	11	2	32
STL	1	0	0	0	1	2		STL	9	7	7	6	29

: BOS 50STL 63
: BOS 3.86STL 3.06
PP goals: BOS 0STL 0
Hits: BOS 17STL 30
Blocks: BOS 23STL 6
PIM: BOS 8STL 2
: BOS 46%STL 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues edge Boston Bruins 2–1 (SO)

St. Louis Blues beat Boston Bruins 2–1 in a shootout at home. Alexander Steen (STL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for BOS: Backes–Coyle–Cehlarik skated 9:39 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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New look for BOS: Backes–Coyle–Cehlarik skated 9:39 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Backes Coyle Cehlarik
New line
New look for STL: Maroon–Bozak–Thomas skated 10:32 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (36.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Maroon Bozak Thomas
Luck
BOS scored 1 goal on 3.86 expected goals (50 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Kevan Miller (BOS) played 22:23, +4:46 up on his 17:37 season average over 38 games.Miller
New line
New look for STL: MacEachern–Sanford–Barbashev skated 7:34 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.MacEachern Sanford Barbashev
New line
New look for STL: Steen–Sundqvist–Blais skated 7:48 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (30.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Steen Sundqvist Blais
Luck
STL scored 1 goal on 3.06 expected goals (63 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Torey Krug (BOS) played 17:31, −3:51 down on his 21:22 season average over 63 games.Krug

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

← BOS attacks left (bottom on phones)STL attacks right (top on phones) →

STL
BOS
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 113 of 113 attempts · STL 63 · BOS 50

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

STL
BOS
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

STL pressure
BOS pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: BOS 33% of the game, STL 30%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

STL

BOS

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	BOS	STL
	56	50
	4.33	1.39
	4.25	1.31
	11	10
	4	4
	17	13
	−0.045	+0.045
	33%	30%

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.

Boston Bruins

L1Krejci – DeBrusk – Kuhlman
11:4548% CF
L2Backes – Coyle – Cehlarik
9:3967% CF
L3Bergeron – Marchand – Heinen
9:0843% CF
L4Wagner – Kuraly – Acciari
7:5653% CF
D1Chara – McAvoy
15:3763% CF
D2Krug – Carlo
8:0733% CF
D3Miller – Grzelcyk
7:3123% CF

PP1Bergeron – Krejci – Marchand – Krug – DeBrusk
1:13
PK1FKuraly – Acciari
2:27
PK2FBergeron – Marchand
1:32
PK1DChara – Miller
1:55
PK2DGrzelcyk – McAvoy
0:57

Current BOS line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1O'Reilly – Tarasenko – Schwartz
13:1361% CF
L2Maroon – Bozak – Thomas
10:3237% CF
L3Steen – Sundqvist – Blais
7:4831% CF
L4MacEachern – Sanford – Barbashev
7:3460% CF
D1Bouwmeester – Parayko
18:0238% CF
D2Pietrangelo – Edmundson
11:4657% CF
D3Butler – Dunn
7:3054% CF

PP1Pietrangelo – O'Reilly – Tarasenko – Schwartz – Thomas
3:18100% CF
PP2Steen – Maroon – Bozak – Parayko – Dunn
3:08100% CF
PK1FSundqvist – Barbashev
0:42
PK2FSteen – O'Reilly
0:28
PK1DBouwmeester – Edmundson
0:40
PK2DButler – Pietrangelo
0:21

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

7:15
STLAlexander Steen (Oskar Sundqvist)wrist0.05 xG
BOS: Backes, Coyle, Miller, Grzelcyk, CehlarikSTL: Steen, Pietrangelo, Edmundson, Sundqvist, Blais
BOS 0 – 1 STL

2nd period

5:12
BOSChris Wagner (Kevan Miller, Torey Krug)snap0.11 xG
BOS: Wagner, Miller, Kuraly, Krug, AcciariSTL: Butler, Maroon, Bozak, Dunn, Thomas
BOS 1 – 1 STL

Decided in the shootout: BOS 1 – 2 STL.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jake DeBrusk L	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.28	1	1	0	16:58	—	—	48	77
David Krejci C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	1	0	0	16:35	—	—	52	78
Karson Kuhlman C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	1	0	14:22	—	—	50	76
Charlie Coyle C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	2	16:36	—	—	57	66
David Backes R	L2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.59	1	1	0	13:20	—	—	54	65
Peter Cehlarik L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.41	0	1	0	11:14	—	—	67	82
Brad Marchand L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	0	0	2	19:39	—	—	52	60
Patrice Bergeron C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.30	1	4	0	18:33	—	—	53	69
Danton Heinen L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:23	—	—	58	65
Sean Kuraly C	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	1.18	0	0	0	15:18	—	—	48	75
Noel Acciari C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	13:11	—	—	47	86
Chris Wagner R	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.31	2	2	0	12:42	—	—	53	88
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	24:19	—	—	52	90
Zdeno Chara D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	1	1	0	21:57	—	—	59	91
Brandon Carlo D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.11	2	5	2	20:56	—	—	53	84
Torey Krug D	D2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.17	3	1	2	17:31	—	—	55	70
Kevan Miller D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	1	3	0	22:23	—	—	46	47
Matt Grzelcyk D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	0	1	0	19:03	—	—	50	56

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tuukka Rask(start)	O	29	28	1	.966	3.06	65:00

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	22:44	—	—	64	15
Jaden Schwartz L	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.54	2	0	0	22:11	—	—	58	13
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.46	1	1	0	21:21	—	—	54	13
Tyler Bozak C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	0	0	17:21	—	—	39	24
Patrick Maroon L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.61	4	0	0	16:13	—	—	40	24
Robert Thomas C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.16	0	0	0	15:57	—	—	43	46
Oskar Sundqvist C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	5	1	0	15:21	—	—	32	16
Alexander Steen L	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.38	0	1	0	15:04	—	—	44	28
Sammy Blais L	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:36	—	—	25	7
Ivan Barbashev L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.32	2	0	0	13:34	—	—	54	49
Zachary Sanford L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	11:17	—	—	46	25
Mackenzie MacEachern L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.17	2	0	0	8:48	—	—	60	56
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	2	27:48	—	—	36	17
Jay Bouwmeester D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	23:43	—	—	45	31
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.13	0	0	0	20:37	—	—	55	31
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.09	3	1	0	19:39	—	—	51	24
Vince Dunn D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	1	0	0	18:05	—	—	48	32
Chris Butler D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	4	1	0	11:41	—	—	50	7

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	W	32	31	1	.969	3.86	65:00

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.