Vancouver Canucks vs. St. Louis BluesMar 23, 2018

FinalFriday, Mar 23, 2018· Scottrade Center

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Vancouver CanucksVAN

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St. Louis BluesSTL

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	0	1	0	1		VAN	12	5	3	20
STL	1	1	2	4		STL	4	11	10	25

: VAN 45STL 50
: VAN 1.23STL 2.53
PP goals: VAN 0STL 0
Hits: VAN 17STL 12
Blocks: VAN 17STL 12
PIM: VAN 6STL 6
: VAN 45%STL 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues beat Vancouver Canucks 4–1

St. Louis Blues beat Vancouver Canucks 4–1 at home. Patrik Berglund (STL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Carl Gunnarsson (STL) played 4:10, −12:12 down on his 16:22 season average over 62 games.

Points
Patrik Berglund had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:05.Berglund
Usage
Carl Gunnarsson (STL) played 4:10, −12:12 down on his 16:22 season average over 62 games.Gunnarsson
New line
New look for STL: Thorburn–Sundqvist–Barbashev skated 6:15 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (58.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Thorburn Sundqvist Barbashev
New line
New look for VAN: Jokinen–Sutter–Boucher skated 5:28 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (64.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Jokinen Sutter Boucher
Usage
Sam Gagner (VAN) played 20:06, +5:03 up on his 15:03 season average over 73 games.Gagner
Usage
Kyle Brodziak (STL) played 17:41, +4:16 up on his 13:25 season average over 80 games.Brodziak
Usage
Daniel Sedin (VAN) played 18:49, +3:35 up on his 15:14 season average over 80 games.Sedin
Usage
Joel Edmundson (STL) played 25:58, +5:18 up on his 20:40 season average over 68 games.Edmundson

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

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

STL
VAN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 95 of 95 attempts · STL 50 · VAN 45

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

STL
VAN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: VAN 18% of the game, STL 43%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

STL

VAN

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	VAN	STL
	47	52
	1.29	2.57
	1.26	2.56
	2	7
	4	1
	13	12
	−0.035	+0.035
	18%	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.

Vancouver Canucks

L1Sedin – Sedin – Gagner
13:0630% CF
L2Horvat – Virtanen – Goldobin
8:0473% CF
L3Jokinen – Sutter – Boucher
5:2864% CF
L4Dowd – Archibald – Motte
3:1950% CF
D1Edler – Tanev
15:0437% CF
D2Del Zotto – Stecher
13:3952% CF
D3Biega – Pouliot
11:5759% CF

PP1Sedin – Sedin – Edler – Gagner – Horvat
3:23100% CF
PP2Jokinen – Boucher – Pouliot – Virtanen – Goldobin
1:1267% CF
PK1FSutter – Archibald
2:50
PK2FMotte – Horvat
2:23
PK1DEdler – Tanev
2:56
PK2DDel Zotto – Stecher
0:51

Current VAN line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Schenn – Tarasenko – Schwartz
12:3268% CF
L2Steen – Brodziak – Berglund
11:1943% CF
L3Sobotka – Jaskin – Thompson
8:5071% CF
L4Thorburn – Sundqvist – Barbashev
6:1558% CF
D1Parayko – Dunn
9:2056% CF
D2Bortuzzo – Edmundson
9:0625% CF
D3Gunnarsson – Pietrangelo
4:1038% CF

PP1Steen – Pietrangelo – Schenn – Tarasenko – Schwartz
3:3180% CF
PP2Steen – Sobotka – Berglund – Parayko – Dunn
1:36100% CF
PK1FSobotka – Sundqvist
1:30
PK2FSteen – Brodziak
1:20
PK1DPietrangelo – Edmundson
1:51
PK2DBortuzzo – Parayko
0:37

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:40
STLPatrik Berglund (Alex Pietrangelo, Alexander Steen)backhand0.02 xG
VAN: Sutter, Del Zotto, Archibald, Motte, StecherSTL: Steen, Brodziak, Berglund, Pietrangelo, Parayko
VAN 0 – 1 STL

2nd period

4:44
STLPatrik BerglundSH (Kyle Brodziak)wrist0.11 xG
VAN: Jokinen, Boucher, Pouliot, Virtanen, GoldobinSTL: Brodziak, Berglund, Bortuzzo, Parayko
VAN 0 – 2 STL
14:47
VANSam Gagner (Henrik Sedin, Daniel Sedin)wrist0.08 xG
VAN: Sedin, Sedin, Gagner, Del Zotto, StecherSTL: Steen, Brodziak, Pietrangelo, Parayko, Dunn
VAN 1 – 2 STL

3rd period

0:14
STLVladimir Tarasenko (Jaden Schwartz)backhand0.05 xG
VAN: Sedin, Sedin, Edler, Gagner, TanevSTL: Pietrangelo, Schenn, Tarasenko, Schwartz, Edmundson
VAN 1 – 3 STL
17:31
STLDmitrij Jaskin (Vladimir Sobotka, Tage Thompson)wrist0.04 xG
VAN: Boucher, Pouliot, Horvat, Virtanen, StecherSTL: Sobotka, Jaskin, Edmundson, Parayko, Thompson
VAN 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.

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sam Gagner C	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.12	0	0	2	20:06	—	—	38	19
Daniel Sedin L	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:49	—	—	30	17
Henrik Sedin C	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:29	—	—	33	16
Bo Horvat C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	1	2	0	21:36	—	—	57	43
Nikolay Goldobin R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.08	0	0	0	14:28	—	—	68	48
Jake Virtanen R	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.18	1	0	0	12:43	—	—	59	46
Brandon Sutter C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	0	0	17:58	—	—	50	34
Reid Boucher C	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.20	1	0	0	12:19	—	—	52	43
Jussi Jokinen L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	0	0	2	11:29	—	—	57	39
Tyler Motte C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	4	1	0	12:56	—	—	38	26
Darren Archibald R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:04	—	—	43	29
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	1	0	6:22	—	—	44	71
Alexander Edler D	D1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.07	0	3	2	26:04	—	—	43	8
Chris Tanev D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	0	4	0	20:35	—	—	39	11
Michael Del Zotto D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	2	0	20:11	—	—	52	60
Troy Stecher D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	1	1	0	19:05	—	—	47	33
Derrick Pouliot D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.11	3	1	0	15:18	—	—	57	55
Alex Biega D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	4	2	0	14:38	—	—	52	59

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anders Nilsson(start)	L	25	21	4	.840	2.53	59:50

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brayden Schenn C	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.20	0	1	0	19:25	—	—	64	91
Jaden Schwartz L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.41	0	0	0	17:44	—	—	63	89
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.30	1	0	0	17:38	—	—	63	81
Alexander Steen L	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	19:25	—	—	47	61
Patrik Berglund C	L2	2	0	2	+2	2	0.15	1	1	0	18:05	—	—	39	48
Kyle Brodziak C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	2	1	0	17:41	—	—	37	25
Vladimir Sobotka C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	15:17	—	—	50	71
Dmitrij Jaskin R	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.35	0	0	0	11:51	—	—	71	86
Tage Thompson C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.45	2	0	4	11:44	—	—	63	90
Ivan Barbashev L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	1	0	12:24	—	—	35	23
Oskar Sundqvist C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	0	0	0	9:41	—	—	54	38
Chris Thorburn R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	0	0	7:50	—	—	37	27
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.09	1	2	0	22:18	—	—	63	75
Vince Dunn D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	0	2	19:41	—	—	53	67
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.14	2	1	0	25:58	—	—	50	64
Robert Bortuzzo D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	1	0	0	16:06	—	—	33	54
Alex Pietrangelo D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.06	0	2	0	28:29	—	—	55	62
Carl Gunnarsson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	4:10	—	—	38	57

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	W	20	19	1	.950	1.23	59:43

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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.