Vancouver Canucks vs. St. Louis BluesApr 6, 2019

Final / SOSaturday, Apr 6, 2019· Enterprise Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
VAN	0	0	2	0	0	2		VAN	7	5	11	2	25
STL	1	0	1	0	1	3		STL	10	9	11	6	36

: VAN 49STL 66
: VAN 1.77STL 3.16
PP goals: VAN 2STL 1
Hits: VAN 8STL 13
Blocks: VAN 23STL 15
PIM: VAN 6STL 6
: VAN 46%STL 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues edge Vancouver Canucks 3–2 (SO)

St. Louis Blues beat Vancouver Canucks 3–2 in a shootout at home. Vladimir Tarasenko (STL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. STL's first power-play unit (Perron, Pietrangelo, O'Reilly, Schenn and Tarasenko) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:57 together.

Points
Vladimir Tarasenko had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 19:43.Tarasenko
Points
Alexander Edler had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 27:07.Edler
Points
Ryan O'Reilly had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 23:10.O'Reilly
PP1
STL's first power-play unit (Perron, Pietrangelo, O'Reilly, Schenn and Tarasenko) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:57 together.Perron Pietrangelo O'Reilly Schenn Tarasenko
PP1
VAN's first power-play unit (Edler, Leivo, Horvat, Boeser and Pettersson) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 2:35 together.Edler Leivo Horvat Boeser Pettersson
Goalie
Thatcher Demko (VAN) faced 36 shots and stopped 34 (.944), +4 against a season average of 32.0; the overtime loss.Demko
New line
New look for STL: Maroon–Fabbri–Thomas skated 10:37 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Maroon Fabbri Thomas
Usage
Alex Pietrangelo (STL) played 28:12, +4:11 up on his 24:01 season average over 70 games.Pietrangelo

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 115 of 115 attempts · STL 66 · VAN 49

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 22% of the game, STL 49%.

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
	38	61
	0.98	2.79
	0.97	2.74
	1	7
	1	2
	12	6
	−0.053	+0.053
	22%	49%

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

L1Beagle – Granlund – Schaller
9:4077% CF
L2Eriksson – Pearson – Horvat
8:1615% CF
L3Leivo – Boeser – Pettersson
4:2671% CF
L4Spooner – Virtanen – Gaudette
3:3640% CF
D1Edler – Stecher
18:4523% CF
D2Schenn – Hughes
13:4138% CF
D3Hutton – Rafferty
11:3238% CF

PP1Edler – Leivo – Horvat – Boeser – Pettersson
2:35100% CF
PP2Spooner – Granlund – Pearson – Gaudette – Hughes
1:39100% CF
PK1FBeagle – Granlund
1:52
PK2FPearson – Horvat
0:34
PK1DHutton – Stecher
1:21

Current VAN line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1O'Reilly – Schenn – Tarasenko
12:5679% CF
L2Perron – Schwartz – Sundqvist
11:1681% CF
L3Maroon – Fabbri – Thomas
10:3740% CF
L4Steen – Sanford – Barbashev
9:1250% CF
D1Pietrangelo – Dunn
17:0873% CF
D2Bouwmeester – Gunnarsson
17:0270% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Edmundson
13:3652% CF

PP1Perron – Pietrangelo – O'Reilly – Schenn – Tarasenko
1:5780% CF
PP2Steen – Maroon – Schwartz – Dunn – Thomas
0:34100% CF
PK1FSteen – O'Reilly
2:35
PK2FSundqvist – Barbashev
1:29
PK1DBouwmeester – Pietrangelo
1:17
PK2DGunnarsson – Edmundson
1:01

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

11:50
STLBrayden Schenn (Vladimir Tarasenko, Ryan O'Reilly)wrist0.09 xG
VAN: Eriksson, Edler, Pearson, Gaudette, StecherSTL: Bortuzzo, O'Reilly, Schenn, Tarasenko, Edmundson
VAN 0 – 1 STL

3rd period

3:53
VANTanner PearsonPP (Alexander Edler, Thatcher Demko)backhand0.08 xG
VAN: Spooner, Granlund, Pearson, Gaudette, HughesSTL: Pietrangelo, Edmundson, Sundqvist, Barbashev
VAN 1 – 1 STL
10:29
STLVladimir TarasenkoPP (Alex Pietrangelo, Ryan O'Reilly)wrist0.02 xG
VAN: Beagle, Granlund, Hutton, StecherSTL: Perron, Pietrangelo, O'Reilly, Schenn, Tarasenko
VAN 1 – 2 STL
17:51
VANElias PetterssonPP (Alexander Edler, Brock Boeser)slap0.05 xG
VAN: Edler, Leivo, Horvat, Boeser, PetterssonSTL: Gunnarsson, Edmundson, Sundqvist, Barbashev
VAN 2 – 2 STL

Decided in the shootout: VAN 2 – 3 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
Markus Granlund C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	0	0	0	17:58	—	—	71	41
Jay Beagle C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	0	13:58	—	—	67	57
Tim Schaller L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	0	0	10:51	—	—	71	34
Bo Horvat C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	0	2	2	21:18	—	—	11	8
Tanner Pearson L	L2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.13	0	2	0	16:45	—	—	8	9
Loui Eriksson L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:48	—	—	14	19
Brock Boeser R	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.36	0	0	0	22:17	—	—	36	33
Josh Leivo L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.37	0	2	0	19:38	—	—	46	42
Elias Pettersson C	L3	1	0	1	0	4	0.29	0	2	0	16:17	—	—	47	42
Jake Virtanen R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	0	0	15:25	—	—	32	6
Adam Gaudette R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	1	0	0	14:27	—	—	41	24
Ryan Spooner C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:49	—	—	50	31
Alexander Edler D	D1	0	2	2	-1	2	0.04	0	5	4	27:07	—	—	24	5
Troy Stecher D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	2	0	23:35	—	—	24	8
Quinn Hughes D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	0	0	0	21:42	—	—	64	53
Luke Schenn D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	5	0	18:23	—	—	33	25
Ben Hutton D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:48	—	—	38	36
Brogan Rafferty D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	2	0	14:39	—	—	56	55

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thatcher Demko(start)	O	36	34	2	.944	3.16	64:44

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	2	2	+1	4	0.48	1	0	0	23:10	—	—	79	92
Brayden Schenn C	L1	1	0	1	+1	6	0.71	3	0	0	19:58	—	—	69	83
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L1	1	1	2	+1	6	0.39	0	0	0	19:43	—	—	79	99
Jaden Schwartz L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.26	0	0	0	16:20	—	—	71	65
Oskar Sundqvist C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.26	0	1	0	15:49	—	—	68	67
David Perron L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.17	0	0	0	15:20	—	—	75	67
Robert Thomas C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:04	—	—	33	43
Patrick Maroon L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	14:03	—	—	37	43
Robby Fabbri C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	1	1	0	12:59	—	—	47	61
Alexander Steen L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	0	0	0	14:09	—	—	44	71
Ivan Barbashev L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	0	0	11:44	—	—	50	82
Zachary Sanford L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	1	1	0	11:15	—	—	53	85
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	1	1	0	4	0.13	1	4	0	28:12	—	—	63	67
Vince Dunn D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	0	0	18:58	—	—	74	78
Jay Bouwmeester D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	22:48	—	—	56	65
Carl Gunnarsson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	2	0	19:41	—	—	70	82
Joel Edmundson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	3	1	0	16:37	—	—	52	76
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	1	2	4	16:03	—	—	52	78

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	W	25	23	2	.920	1.77	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.