Vancouver Canucks vs. St. Louis BluesDec 9, 2018

FinalSunday, Dec 9, 2018· Enterprise Center

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St. Louis BluesSTL

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	3	2	1	6		VAN	8	8	5	21
STL	0	0	1	1		STL	9	10	4	23

: VAN 41STL 48
: VAN 1.89STL 2.06
PP goals: VAN 0STL 0
Hits: VAN 14STL 22
Blocks: VAN 14STL 16
PIM: VAN 4STL 4
: VAN 49%STL 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks rout St. Louis Blues 6–1

Vancouver Canucks beat St. Louis Blues 6–1 at STL. Elias Pettersson (VAN) led the scoring with 1G 4A. VAN scored 6 goals on 1.88 expected goals (41 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

Points
Elias Pettersson had a goal and 4 assists (5 points) on 1 shot in 13:41.Pettersson
Points
Brock Boeser had a hat trick (3 points) on 4 shots in 14:22.Boeser
Luck
VAN scored 6 goals on 1.88 expected goals (41 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for STL: O'Reilly–Sanford–Kyrou skated 7:55 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.O'Reilly Sanford Kyrou
Usage
Brock Boeser (VAN) played 14:22, −4:51 down on his 19:13 season average over 68 games.Boeser
Usage
Elias Pettersson (VAN) played 13:41, −4:36 down on his 18:17 season average over 70 games.Pettersson
Usage
Jordan Kyrou (STL) played 13:59, +4:37 up on his 9:22 season average over 15 games.Kyrou
Usage
Ryan O'Reilly (STL) played 17:14, −3:34 down on his 20:48 season average over 81 games.O'Reilly

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 89 of 89 attempts · STL 48 · VAN 41

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 27% of the game, STL 40%.

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
	43	53
	1.90	2.24
	1.88	2.21
	5	7
	2	1
	18	11
	+0.004	−0.004
	27%	40%

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

L1Horvat – Virtanen – Goldobin
13:1648% CF
L2Leivo – Boeser – Pettersson
10:0750% CF
L3Eriksson – Roussel – Granlund
9:5436% CF
L4Beagle – Schaller – Motte
9:4655% CF
D1Pouliot – Stecher
16:3552% CF
D2Gudbranson – Hutton
16:2648% CF
D3Edler – Tanev
15:2940% CF

PP1Eriksson – Granlund – Hutton – Virtanen – Stecher
1:23100% CF
PP2Edler – Horvat – Goldobin – Boeser – Pettersson
1:2167% CF
PK1FBeagle – Granlund
1:16
PK2FEriksson – Roussel
1:14
PK1DEdler – Tanev
2:02
PK2DHutton – Stecher
1:53

Current VAN line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Nolan – Sundqvist – Barbashev
8:1756% CF
L2O'Reilly – Sanford – Kyrou
7:5560% CF
L3Steen – Schenn – Tarasenko
6:2654% CF
L4Maroon – Bozak – Thomas
6:2433% CF
D1Edmundson – Parayko
16:0657% CF
D2Butler – Dunn
10:1144% CF
D3Bouwmeester – Bortuzzo
8:2840% CF

PP1Maroon – Bozak – O'Reilly – Tarasenko – Dunn
1:43100% CF
PP2Bozak – Schenn – Parayko – Sanford – Thomas
1:31100% CF
PK1FSundqvist – Barbashev
0:54
PK2FSanford – Thomas
0:48
PK1DBouwmeester – Bortuzzo
2:18
PK2DEdmundson – Parayko
1:20

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:31
VANBrock Boeser (Elias Pettersson)wrist0.13 xG
VAN: Leivo, Pouliot, Boeser, Stecher, PetterssonSTL: Bouwmeester, Bortuzzo, Nolan, Sundqvist, Barbashev
VAN 1 – 0 STL
12:46
VANElias Pettersson (Troy Stecher)wrist0.15 xG
VAN: Leivo, Pouliot, Boeser, Stecher, PetterssonSTL: Bouwmeester, Bortuzzo, Nolan, Sundqvist, Barbashev
VAN 2 – 0 STL
14:06
VANBrock Boeser (Elias Pettersson, Ben Hutton)wrist0.18 xG
VAN: Gudbranson, Leivo, Hutton, Boeser, PetterssonSTL: Maroon, Schenn, Tarasenko, Edmundson, Parayko
VAN 3 – 0 STL

2nd period

11:23
VANBo Horvat (Antoine Roussel, Loui Eriksson)wrist0.27 xG
VAN: Eriksson, Roussel, Gudbranson, Hutton, HorvatSTL: Bouwmeester, Maroon, Bortuzzo, Bozak, Thomas
VAN 4 – 0 STL
13:18
VANNikolay Goldobin (Elias Pettersson, Erik Gudbranson)wrist0.13 xG
VAN: Gudbranson, Hutton, Goldobin, Boeser, PetterssonSTL: Schenn, Tarasenko, Edmundson, Parayko, Sanford
VAN 5 – 0 STL

3rd period

8:05
STLJordan Kyrou (Robert Bortuzzo, Ryan O'Reilly)wrist0.09 xG
VAN: Edler, Tanev, Horvat, Virtanen, GoldobinSTL: Bortuzzo, O'Reilly, Schenn, Dunn, Kyrou
VAN 5 – 1 STL
8:45
VANBrock Boeser (Elias Pettersson, Derrick Pouliot)wrist0.03 xG
VAN: Leivo, Pouliot, Boeser, Stecher, PetterssonSTL: Steen, Tarasenko, Edmundson, Parayko, Thomas
VAN 6 – 1 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
Bo Horvat C	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.40	0	1	0	17:52	—	—	52	58
Nikolay Goldobin R	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.17	0	1	0	16:56	—	—	45	44
Jake Virtanen R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.19	1	0	0	16:20	—	—	44	34
Brock Boeser R	L2	3	0	3	+5	4	0.48	0	0	0	14:22	—	—	55	77
Elias Pettersson C	L2	1	4	5	+5	1	0.15	0	1	0	13:41	—	—	50	67
Josh Leivo L	L2	0	0	0	+4	2	0.16	1	0	0	13:08	—	—	50	72
Loui Eriksson L	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	17:16	—	—	32	25
Markus Granlund C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:55	—	—	28	1
Antoine Roussel L	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	13:38	—	—	40	26
Jay Beagle C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	12:59	—	—	46	56
Tyler Motte C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	0	2	0	12:38	—	—	44	54
Tim Schaller L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	3	0	0	12:03	—	—	50	64
Troy Stecher D	D1	0	1	1	+3	1	0.02	1	0	0	20:09	—	—	52	59
Derrick Pouliot D	D1	0	1	1	+3	0	0.02	0	2	0	17:53	—	—	54	59
Ben Hutton D	D2	0	1	1	+3	0	0.01	0	1	0	21:03	—	—	48	51
Erik Gudbranson D	D2	0	1	1	+3	0	0.00	4	1	4	18:29	—	—	41	44
Alexander Edler D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	2	2	0	22:36	—	—	32	16
Chris Tanev D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	2	0	18:02	—	—	43	26

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	W	23	22	1	.957	2.06	60:00

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Oskar Sundqvist C	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.02	2	0	2	12:35	—	—	50	53
Jordan Nolan C	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.09	4	1	0	11:50	—	—	57	34
Ivan Barbashev L	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:06	—	—	50	18
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.62	0	1	0	17:14	—	—	60	76
Zachary Sanford L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.20	0	0	0	15:08	—	—	68	73
Jordan Kyrou R	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.13	0	0	0	13:59	—	—	53	60
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L3	0	0	0	-3	4	0.34	0	0	0	17:22	—	—	54	51
Brayden Schenn C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	4	0	0	16:35	—	—	57	49
Alexander Steen L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	2	0	15:12	—	—	44	39
Robert Thomas C	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.09	0	0	0	17:02	—	—	53	52
Tyler Bozak C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.07	2	2	0	16:16	—	—	53	41
Patrick Maroon L	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.06	4	0	2	15:45	—	—	65	50
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	-3	3	0.21	0	1	0	21:18	—	—	58	55
Joel Edmundson D	D1	0	0	0	-3	3	0.07	1	5	0	19:52	—	—	60	65
Vince Dunn D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	0	2	0	19:42	—	—	56	50
Chris Butler D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	0	0	17:40	—	—	48	44
Jay Bouwmeester D	D3	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	1	1	0	19:27	—	—	50	59
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	1	1	-2	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:57	—	—	54	38

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Chad Johnson	—	15	12	3	.800	1.22	45:54
Jake Allen(start)	L	6	3	3	.500	0.67	14:06

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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.