Vancouver Canucks vs. St. Louis Blues Recap Aug 14, 2020

Final / OTPlayoffsFriday, Aug 14, 2020· Rogers Place

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Goals	1	2	3	1OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	1OT	T
VAN	1	1	1	1	4		VAN	10	6	6	3	25
STL	0	1	2	0	3		STL	12	13	11	1	37

: VAN 45STL 72
: VAN 2.75STL 3.28
PP goals: VAN 2STL 1
Hits: VAN 27STL 41
Blocks: VAN 25STL 13
PIM: VAN 19STL 13
: VAN 56%STL 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks edge St. Louis Blues 4–3 (OT)

Vancouver Canucks beat St. Louis Blues 4–3 in overtime at STL. Bo Horvat (VAN) led the scoring with 2G 0A. STL's first power-play unit (Perron, Pietrangelo, O'Reilly, Schenn and Schwartz) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 7:16 together.

Points
Bo Horvat had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 23:29.Horvat
Points
Elias Pettersson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:03.Pettersson
Points
Alex Pietrangelo had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 31:31.Pietrangelo
Points
Brock Boeser had 2 assists (2 points) in 19:13.Boeser
Points
David Perron had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 24:44.Perron
PP1
STL's first power-play unit (Perron, Pietrangelo, O'Reilly, Schenn and Schwartz) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 7:16 together.Perron Pietrangelo O'Reilly Schenn Schwartz
PP1
VAN's first power-play unit (Miller, Horvat, Boeser, Pettersson and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:00 together.Miller Horvat Boeser Pettersson Hughes
New line
New look for STL: Bozak–Schenn–Tarasenko skated 11:57 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bozak Schenn Tarasenko

Three stars

2020 First Round, game 2: VAN leads 2-0 after this game · series page

★ First starBo HorvatVAN · C · 2 G
★★ Second starJacob MarkstromVAN · G · .919 SV%, 2.73 GAA
★★★ Third starDavid PerronSTL · L · 2 A

Officials

Referees: Dan O'Rourke (#9), Marc Joannette (#25) · Linesmen: Jonny Murray (#95), Tony Sericolo (#84)

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 117 of 117 attempts · STL 72 · 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 19% of the game, STL 47%.

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
	44	56
	2.28	2.54
	2.25	2.43
	11	11
	6	5
	22	16
	+0.040	−0.040
	19%	47%

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.