Vancouver Canucks vs. St. Louis BluesMar 28, 2022

FinalMonday, Mar 28, 2022· Enterprise Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	0	0	1	1		VAN	8	17	11	36
STL	2	0	2	4		STL	9	9	11	29

: VAN 69STL 50
: VAN 3.06STL 3.30
PP goals: VAN 0STL 0
Hits: VAN 17STL 28
Blocks: VAN 8STL 17
PIM: VAN 6STL 4
: VAN 51%STL 49%

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. Vladimir Tarasenko (STL) led the scoring with 2G 1A. Ville Husso (STL) faced 36 shots and stopped 35 (.972), +5 against a season average of 30.9; the win.

Points
Vladimir Tarasenko had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 15:57.Tarasenko
Points
Robert Thomas had 2 assists (2 points) in 19:39.Thomas
Goalie
Ville Husso (STL) faced 36 shots and stopped 35 (.972), +5 against a season average of 30.9; the win.Husso
New line
New look for STL: MacEachern–Walker–Toropchenko skated 6:47 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.MacEachern Walker Toropchenko
Luck
VAN scored 1 goal on 3.06 expected goals (69 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Niko Mikkola (STL) played 12:56, −4:07 down on his 17:03 season average over 53 games.Mikkola
Usage
Tyler Myers (VAN) played 19:00, −3:01 down on his 22:01 season average over 81 games.Myers
PP1
STL's PP1 (Faulk, Saad, Buchnevich, Kyrou and Thomas) went scoreless in 3:17 of 5v4 time with 3 attempts.Faulk Saad Buchnevich Kyrou Thomas

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 119 of 119 attempts · STL 50 · VAN 69

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 29% of the game, STL 24%.

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
	68	49
	2.73	2.73
	2.59	2.55
	16	11
	6	4
	26	11
	+0.033	−0.033
	29%	24%

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

L1Chiasson – Lammikko – Podkolzin
9:1250% CF
L2Horvat – Boeser – Pettersson
8:4769% CF
L3Miller – Pearson – Garland
7:1980% CF
L4Richardson – Petan – Lockwood
6:5264% CF
D1Myers – Ekman-Larsson
13:1569% CF
D2Hunt – Dermott
12:5745% CF
D3Schenn – Hughes
12:5152% CF

PP1Miller – Horvat – Boeser – Pettersson – Hughes
3:0575% CF
PP2Ekman-Larsson – Hunt – Pearson – Petan – Garland
0:43
PK1FRichardson – Lammikko
1:33
PK2FMiller – Pettersson
1:23
PK1DSchenn – Hughes
2:50
PK2DMyers – Ekman-Larsson
2:45

Current VAN line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Tarasenko – Buchnevich – Thomas
10:1171% CF
L2Schenn – Barbashev – Kyrou
10:0211% CF
L3Perron – O'Reilly – Saad
9:0860% CF
L4MacEachern – Walker – Toropchenko
6:4756% CF
D1Leddy – Parayko
15:2343% CF
D2Scandella – Faulk
15:0848% CF
D3Mikkola – Rosen
8:5244% CF

PP1Faulk – Saad – Buchnevich – Kyrou – Thomas
3:17100% CF
PP2Perron – O'Reilly – Schenn – Leddy – Tarasenko
2:19100% CF
PK1FO'Reilly – Buchnevich
2:26
PK2FSaad – Thomas
1:05
PK1DScandella – Faulk
2:00
PK2DParayko – Mikkola
1:10

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

6:37
STLMarco Scandella (Vladimir Tarasenko, Robert Thomas)deflected0.14 xG
VAN: Hunt, Lammikko, Dermott, Lockwood, PodkolzinSTL: Scandella, Faulk, Tarasenko, Buchnevich, Thomas
VAN 0 – 1 STL
14:02
STLDavid Perron (Ivan Barbashev)wrist0.03 xG
VAN: Miller, Hunt, Pearson, Dermott, GarlandSTL: Perron, Scandella, O'Reilly, Faulk, Barbashev
VAN 0 – 2 STL

3rd period

0:49
STLVladimir Tarasenko (Pavel Buchnevich, Robert Thomas)wrist0.14 xG
VAN: Schenn, Miller, Pearson, Garland, HughesSTL: Leddy, Tarasenko, Parayko, Buchnevich, Thomas
VAN 0 – 3 STL
2:13
VANBrad Hunt (Juho Lammikko, Vasily Podkolzin)wrist0.03 xG
VAN: Chiasson, Hunt, Lammikko, Hughes, PodkolzinSTL: Schenn, Barbashev, Mikkola, Kyrou, Rosen
VAN 1 – 3 STL
17:47
STLVladimir TarasenkoEN (Brandon Saad, Brayden Schenn)wrist0.49 xG
VAN: Miller, Pearson, Horvat, Boeser, Pettersson, HughesSTL: Schenn, Faulk, Tarasenko, Saad, Parayko
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
Juho Lammikko C	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	13:46	—	—	30	26
Vasily Podkolzin R	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.11	1	1	0	11:49	—	—	39	32
Alex Chiasson R	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	1	0	0	11:20	—	—	43	39
Elias Pettersson C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.24	0	0	0	20:49	—	—	59	65
Bo Horvat C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.33	0	1	2	19:24	—	—	70	67
Brock Boeser R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.30	0	0	0	18:07	—	—	68	80
J.T. Miller C	L3	0	0	0	-3	5	0.63	1	0	0	20:31	—	—	63	54
Tanner Pearson L	L3	0	0	0	-3	5	0.16	2	0	0	16:12	—	—	69	57
Conor Garland R	L3	0	0	0	-2	5	0.23	0	0	2	14:42	—	—	66	56
Brad Richardson R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.32	2	0	0	11:54	—	—	67	67
Nic Petan C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	10:58	—	—	61	45
William Lockwood R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	4	0	0	10:12	—	—	50	22
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.04	0	0	0	20:02	—	—	69	65
Tyler Myers D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	2	0	0	19:00	—	—	73	74
Brad Hunt D	D2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.13	0	1	2	18:07	—	—	41	31
Travis Dermott D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.21	0	0	0	14:58	—	—	46	34
Quinn Hughes D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	0	1	0	26:05	—	—	50	41
Luke Schenn D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	3	3	0	17:50	—	—	60	42

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jaroslav Halak(start)	L	28	25	3	.893	2.81	58:14

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Robert Thomas C	L1	0	2	2	+2	0	0.14	0	0	0	19:39	—	—	57	69
Pavel Buchnevich L	L1	0	1	1	+2	4	0.34	4	0	0	19:19	—	—	52	60
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L1	2	1	3	+3	5	1.04	2	0	0	15:57	—	—	67	77
Brayden Schenn C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.11	4	1	0	17:14	—	—	24	31
Ivan Barbashev L	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.12	4	0	0	15:51	—	—	19	29
Jordan Kyrou R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	0	2	0	15:48	—	—	18	25
Ryan O'Reilly C	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.33	1	1	0	17:56	—	—	53	41
David Perron L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.12	0	0	0	16:00	—	—	52	50
Brandon Saad L	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.10	0	0	0	15:16	—	—	50	40
Alexey Toropchenko R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	2	0	2	11:19	—	—	40	59
Nathan Walker L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	2	2	0	9:10	—	—	53	72
Mackenzie MacEachern L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	3	0	0	8:16	—	—	53	58
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	1	4	0	24:32	—	—	35	42
Nick Leddy D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.07	0	1	2	20:49	—	—	42	53
Justin Faulk D	D2	0	0	0	+3	3	0.27	4	2	0	24:50	—	—	42	46
Marco Scandella D	D2	1	0	1	+2	1	0.16	0	2	0	19:32	—	—	49	53
Niko Mikkola D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	1	0	12:56	—	—	40	61
Calle Rosen D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:47	—	—	43	59

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ville Husso(start)	W	36	35	1	.972	3.06	59:49

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.