Vancouver Canucks vs. St. Louis BluesMar 28, 2023

Final / OTTuesday, Mar 28, 2023· Enterprise Center

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Vancouver CanucksVAN

5

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St. Louis BluesSTL

6

Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
VAN	2	1	2	0	5		VAN	13	12	12	0	37
STL	2	3	0	1	6		STL	17	8	5	1	31

: VAN 75STL 51
: VAN 3.61STL 2.86
PP goals: VAN 2STL 1
Hits: VAN 15STL 24
Blocks: VAN 9STL 17
PIM: VAN 7STL 11
: VAN 59%STL 41%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues edge Vancouver Canucks 6–5 (OT)

St. Louis Blues beat Vancouver Canucks 6–5 in overtime at home. Quinn Hughes (VAN) led the scoring with 2G 1A. STL won it by committee.

Points
Quinn Hughes had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 28:33.Hughes
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Brock Boeser had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 21:48.Boeser
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Justin Faulk had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 24:07.Faulk
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Andrei Kuzmenko had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:43.Kuzmenko
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Jakub Vrana had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:27.Vrana
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Pavel Buchnevich had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:10.Buchnevich
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Brandon Saad had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:43.Saad
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Elias Pettersson had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:44.Pettersson

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 126 of 126 attempts · STL 51 · VAN 75

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 32% of the game, STL 22%.

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
	77	58
	3.32	3.08
	3.24	2.99
	16	7
	10	5
	26	17
	+0.070	−0.070
	32%	22%

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

L1Miller – Di Giuseppe – Boeser
13:0673% CF
L2Joshua – Pettersson – Kuzmenko
11:0457% CF
L3Beauvillier – Garland – Dries
7:1238% CF
L4Studnicka – Kravtsov – Aman
6:5060% CF
D1Burroughs – Bear
11:4341% CF
D2Myers – Hughes
11:0464% CF
D3Brisebois – Hronek
7:5562% CF

PP1Miller – Boeser – Pettersson – Hughes – Kuzmenko
2:43100% CF
PK1FMiller – Aman
0:22
PK1DMyers – Brisebois
0:22

Current VAN line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Schenn – Saad – Vrana
13:1746% CF
L2Buchnevich – Kapanen – Blais
13:1260% CF
L3Kyrou – Thomas – Neighbours
11:0033% CF
L4Pitlick – Walker – Toropchenko
9:3354% CF
D1Leddy – Parayko
10:5738% CF
D2Bortuzzo – Krug
7:5944% CF
D3Scandella – Faulk
7:2058% CF

PP1Faulk – Saad – Blais – Kyrou – Thomas
0:22100% CF
PK1FBuchnevich – Thomas
1:07
PK2FSaad – Kapanen
0:44
PK1DScandella – Parayko
0:57
PK2DBortuzzo – Faulk
0:56

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

6:06
VANQuinn Hughes (Brock Boeser, J.T. Miller)wrist0.02 xG
VAN: Myers, Miller, Di Giuseppe, Boeser, HughesSTL: Leddy, Parayko, Kyrou, Thomas, Neighbours
VAN 1 – 0 STL
11:50
STLAlexey Toropchenkowrist0.05 xG
VAN: Miller, Di Giuseppe, Boeser, Brisebois, HronekSTL: Leddy, Pitlick, Parayko, Walker, Toropchenko
VAN 1 – 1 STL
16:48
STLJustin Faulk (Pavel Buchnevich, Sammy Blais)slap0.10 xG
VAN: Beauvillier, Garland, Hronek, Dries, HughesSTL: Scandella, Faulk, Buchnevich, Kapanen, Blais
VAN 1 – 2 STL
19:41
VANAndrei KuzmenkoPP (J.T. Miller, Elias Pettersson)tip-in0.07 xG
VAN: Miller, Boeser, Pettersson, Hughes, KuzmenkoSTL: Scandella, Faulk, Buchnevich, Thomas
VAN 2 – 2 STL

2nd period

7:24
STLJakub Vrana (Brandon Saad)snap0.12 xG
VAN: Miller, Di Giuseppe, Boeser, Brisebois, HronekSTL: Schenn, Leddy, Faulk, Saad, Vrana
VAN 2 – 3 STL
12:08
STLRobert ThomasPP (Justin Faulk, Brandon Saad)snap0.06 xG
VAN: Myers, Miller, Brisebois, AmanSTL: Faulk, Saad, Blais, Kyrou, Thomas
VAN 2 – 4 STL
13:36
STLPavel Buchnevich (Kasperi Kapanen, Sammy Blais)wrist0.19 xG
VAN: Myers, Pettersson, Studnicka, Hughes, KravtsovSTL: Bortuzzo, Scandella, Buchnevich, Kapanen, Blais
VAN 2 – 5 STL
18:28
VANBrock BoeserPP (Quinn Hughes)tip-in0.10 xG
VAN: Miller, Boeser, Pettersson, Hughes, KuzmenkoSTL: Bortuzzo, Scandella, Buchnevich, Thomas
VAN 3 – 5 STL

3rd period

12:18
VANAndrei Kuzmenko (Elias Pettersson, Tyler Myers)wrist0.12 xG
VAN: Myers, Joshua, Pettersson, Hughes, KuzmenkoSTL: Leddy, Parayko, Buchnevich, Kapanen, Thomas
VAN 4 – 5 STL
19:06
VANQuinn Hughes (Brock Boeser, Dakota Joshua)slap0.05 xG
VAN: Miller, Joshua, Boeser, Pettersson, Hughes, KuzmenkoSTL: Scandella, Schenn, Parayko, Buchnevich, Kapanen
VAN 5 – 5 STL

OT period

0:28
STLJakub Vrana (Brayden Schenn, Justin Faulk)wrist0.18 xG
VAN: Myers, Miller, BoeserSTL: Schenn, Faulk, Vrana
VAN 5 – 6 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
J.T. Miller C	L1	0	2	2	-1	2	0.23	3	0	0	22:12	—	—	69	62
Brock Boeser R	L1	1	2	3	-1	3	0.48	0	0	0	21:48	—	—	60	52
Phillip Di Giuseppe L	L1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.24	1	0	0	18:22	—	—	68	56
Elias Pettersson C	L2	0	2	2	+1	2	0.19	0	2	0	19:44	—	—	58	56
Andrei Kuzmenko L	L2	2	0	2	+2	3	0.59	0	1	0	18:43	—	—	56	67
Dakota Joshua C	L2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.38	2	0	2	14:01	—	—	57	67
Conor Garland R	L3	0	0	0	-1	5	0.44	1	1	0	15:10	—	—	53	45
Anthony Beauvillier R	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.20	0	0	0	12:51	—	—	44	42
Sheldon Dries C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:50	—	—	36	24
Nils Aman C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:12	—	—	64	68
Vitali Kravtsov R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.09	0	0	0	10:17	—	—	63	36
Jack Studnicka C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	1	1	0	9:26	—	—	60	34
Ethan Bear D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	16:01	—	—	41	25
Kyle Burroughs D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	4	1	5	15:21	—	—	39	31
Quinn Hughes D	D2	2	1	3	+1	4	0.31	1	2	0	28:33	—	—	62	60
Tyler Myers D	D2	0	1	1	0	4	0.22	2	0	0	17:55	—	—	67	66
Filip Hronek D	D3	0	0	0	-3	0	0.01	0	1	0	23:55	—	—	59	57
Guillaume Brisebois D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.03	0	0	0	14:26	—	—	65	64

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thatcher Demko(start)	O	31	25	6	.806	2.86	58:43

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brayden Schenn C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.25	2	1	0	18:30	—	—	44	55
Brandon Saad L	L1	0	2	2	+1	1	0.13	1	0	0	16:43	—	—	46	58
Jakub Vrana L	L1	2	0	2	+2	4	0.52	1	1	2	15:27	—	—	45	54
Pavel Buchnevich L	L2	1	1	2	0	2	0.36	1	1	0	19:10	—	—	50	48
Kasperi Kapanen R	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.17	2	0	0	16:56	—	—	50	47
Sammy Blais L	L2	0	2	2	+2	0	0.00	2	0	0	15:32	—	—	55	53
Robert Thomas C	L3	1	0	1	-2	2	0.12	0	1	0	15:53	—	—	28	34
Jordan Kyrou R	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.38	0	1	2	13:11	—	—	32	43
Jake Neighbours L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	2	0	5	12:03	—	—	31	35
Alexey Toropchenko R	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.25	1	1	0	11:47	—	—	50	53
Tyler Pitlick C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	11:45	—	—	45	45
Nathan Walker L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	5	1	0	11:39	—	—	44	45
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.05	2	4	0	25:51	—	—	48	55
Nick Leddy D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	2	0	20:20	—	—	30	42
Torey Krug D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	1	0	16:11	—	—	50	48
Robert Bortuzzo D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.16	1	1	2	13:26	—	—	38	40
Justin Faulk D	D3	1	2	3	+3	3	0.14	0	1	0	24:07	—	—	46	47
Marco Scandella D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.04	0	1	0	20:14	—	—	48	57

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	W	37	32	5	.865	3.61	60:12

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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.