Montreal Canadiens vs. St. Louis BluesJan 10, 2019

FinalThursday, Jan 10, 2019· Enterprise Center

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St. Louis BluesSTL

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	0	1	0	1		MTL	10	8	11	29
STL	2	1	1	4		STL	9	10	11	30

: MTL 62STL 52
: MTL 3.62STL 4.54
PP goals: MTL 1STL 1
Hits: MTL 20STL 11
Blocks: MTL 7STL 17
PIM: MTL 12STL 14
: MTL 34%STL 66%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues beat Montreal Canadiens 4–1

St. Louis Blues beat Montreal Canadiens 4–1 at home. Oskar Sundqvist (STL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Robert Thomas (STL) played 1:55, −11:19 down on his 13:14 season average over 69 games.

Points
Oskar Sundqvist had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:02.Sundqvist
Points
Ryan O'Reilly had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 20:47.O'Reilly
Usage
Robert Thomas (STL) played 1:55, −11:19 down on his 13:14 season average over 69 games.Thomas
Luck
MTL scored 1 goal on 3.62 expected goals (62 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Oskar Sundqvist (STL) played 19:02, +5:17 up on his 13:45 season average over 73 games.Sundqvist
Usage
Zachary Sanford (STL) played 17:17, +4:47 up on his 12:30 season average over 59 games.Sanford
Usage
Jordie Benn (MTL) played 14:39, −3:35 down on his 18:14 season average over 80 games.Benn
Luck
David Perron (STL) generated 0.94 xG on 7 attempts without scoring; the chances were there.Perron

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

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

STL
MTL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 114 of 114 attempts · STL 52 · MTL 62

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

STL
MTL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: MTL 29% of the game, STL 35%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

STL

MTL

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	MTL	STL
	56	38
	2.27	3.00
	2.19	2.89
	6	14
	4	5
	8	17
	−0.132	+0.132
	29%	35%

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.

Montreal Canadiens

L1Tatar – Gallagher – Danault
8:5059% CF
L2Armia – Drouin – Domi
7:5047% CF
L3Byron – Lehkonen – Kotkaniemi
7:1575% CF
L4Deslauriers – Chaput – Agostino
7:1267% CF
D1Weber – Mete
12:3852% CF
D2Petry – Alzner
11:2265% CF
D3Benn – Kulak
8:5633% CF

PP1Weber – Tatar – Armia – Drouin – Domi
4:2383% CF
PP2Petry – Byron – Gallagher – Lehkonen – Kotkaniemi
2:3350% CF
PK1FByron – Chaput
3:07
PK2FDanault – Lehkonen
2:25
PK1DPetry – Mete
2:29
PK2DWeber – Benn
1:46

Current MTL line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Schenn – Tarasenko – Schwartz
10:2439% CF
L2Perron – O'Reilly – Sanford
5:1967% CF
L3Sundqvist – Fabbri – Barbashev
1:210% CF
D1Bouwmeester – Parayko
14:0250% CF
D2Bortuzzo – Edmundson
10:5241% CF
D3Gunnarsson – Pietrangelo
9:4735% CF

PP1Perron – Pietrangelo – O'Reilly – Tarasenko – Sundqvist
3:4589% CF
PP2Schenn – Schwartz – Parayko – Sanford – Fabbri
2:31100% CF
PK1FO'Reilly – Sundqvist
2:05
PK2FSanford – Barbashev
0:45
PK1DGunnarsson – Pietrangelo
2:30
PK2DBortuzzo – Edmundson
1:31

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:56
STLRobert ThomasPP (Ryan O'Reilly, Vladimir Tarasenko)wrist0.40 xG
MTL: Petry, Benn, Danault, LehkonenSTL: Perron, Pietrangelo, O'Reilly, Tarasenko, Thomas
MTL 0 – 1 STL
16:24
STLOskar SundqvistSH (Ryan O'Reilly, Carl Gunnarsson)wrist0.09 xG
MTL: Weber, Tatar, Armia, Drouin, DomiSTL: Gunnarsson, Pietrangelo, O'Reilly, Sundqvist
MTL 0 – 2 STL

2nd period

6:04
STLJay Bouwmeester (Robby Fabbri, David Perron)wrist0.16 xG
MTL: Weber, Benn, Armia, Lehkonen, DomiSTL: Bouwmeester, Perron, O'Reilly, Parayko, Fabbri
MTL 0 – 3 STL
9:02
MTLBrendan GallagherPP (Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Jeff Petry)wrist0.08 xG
MTL: Petry, Byron, Gallagher, Lehkonen, KotkaniemiSTL: Gunnarsson, Pietrangelo, Sundqvist, Barbashev
MTL 1 – 3 STL

3rd period

9:19
STLSammy Blais (Oskar Sundqvist, Alex Pietrangelo)wrist0.16 xG
MTL: Petry, Alzner, Deslauriers, Chaput, AgostinoSTL: Bortuzzo, Edmundson, Sundqvist, Sanford, Blais
MTL 1 – 4 STL

Box score

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

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tomas Tatar L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.30	0	0	0	16:22	—	—	64	43
Brendan Gallagher R	L1	1	0	1	0	6	0.67	1	0	0	15:18	—	—	63	50
Phillip Danault C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.29	1	0	2	14:59	—	—	62	47
Max Domi C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.45	3	1	2	17:29	—	—	50	16
Joel Armia R	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.40	1	0	0	17:20	—	—	45	19
Jonathan Drouin L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.28	2	0	0	15:55	—	—	44	10
Paul Byron L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:25	—	—	67	86
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	0	0	2	15:00	—	—	60	66
Artturi Lehkonen L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.21	0	0	2	14:42	—	—	73	64
Michael Chaput C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.21	0	1	0	13:25	—	—	67	60
Kenny Agostino L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	3	0	0	11:44	—	—	63	56
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.22	2	0	0	9:10	—	—	63	47
Shea Weber D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.08	3	0	2	23:46	—	—	56	27
Victor Mete D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	1	0	18:43	—	—	56	32
Jeff Petry D	D2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.32	2	0	0	24:57	—	—	69	71
Karl Alzner D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	14:58	—	—	70	59
Brett Kulak D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.02	0	1	0	15:11	—	—	60	54
Jordie Benn D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	2	14:39	—	—	38	32

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	L	30	26	4	.867	4.54	59:56

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jaden Schwartz L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.39	1	0	0	18:38	—	—	30	39
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.50	0	2	0	18:27	—	—	39	56
Brayden Schenn C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	0	1	0	17:11	—	—	31	45
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	0	2	2	+2	5	0.49	0	0	0	20:47	—	—	64	85
David Perron L	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.94	0	0	2	17:20	—	—	59	82
Zachary Sanford L	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	3	2	17:17	—	—	52	86
Oskar Sundqvist C	L3	1	1	2	+2	2	0.37	0	0	0	19:02	—	—	29	38
Robby Fabbri C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.18	0	0	2	14:18	—	—	33	39
Ivan Barbashev L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:52	—	—	19	11
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	0	3	0	23:16	—	—	40	66
Jay Bouwmeester D	D1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.34	0	1	2	19:09	—	—	53	86
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	2	3	4	17:02	—	—	39	57
Robert Bortuzzo D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.05	2	0	2	17:00	—	—	42	60
Alex Pietrangelo D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	0	0	0	21:27	—	—	30	20
Carl Gunnarsson D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	1	2	0	16:37	—	—	32	26
Sammy Blais L	—	1	0	1	+1	1	0.17	2	2	0	7:31	—	—	50	56
Mackenzie MacEachern L	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	3	0	0	6:24	—	—	38	31
Robert Thomas C	—	1	0	1	0	2	0.69	0	0	0	1:55	—	—	0	0

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	W	29	28	1	.966	3.62	60:00

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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.