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Vancouver Canucks vs. St. Louis BluesJan 4, 2024

Final· Enterprise Center
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VAN
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STL
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Goals123TShots123T
VAN1001VAN971026
STL0112STL11101132
VAN 61STL 61
VAN 2.62STL 2.03
PP goals
VAN 0STL 0
Hits
VAN 19STL 12
Blocks
VAN 16STL 12
PIM
VAN 4STL 2
VAN 32%STL 68%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues edge Vancouver Canucks 2–1

St. Louis Blues beat Vancouver Canucks 2–1 at home. Robert Thomas (STL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for STL: Sundqvist–Walker–Blais skated 7:53 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (26.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

  1. Points
    Robert Thomas had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:39.Thomas
  2. New line
    New look for STL: Sundqvist–Walker–Blais skated 7:53 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (26.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.SundqvistWalkerBlais
  3. New line
    New look for VAN: Karlsson–Hoglander–Aman skated 7:56 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (56.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.KarlssonHoglanderAman
  4. Luck
    VAN scored 1 goal on 2.62 expected goals (61 attempts), well short of its chances.
  5. Usage
    Nikita Zadorov (VAN) played 21:19, +3:56 up on his 17:23 season average over 74 games.Zadorov
  6. Usage
    Kasperi Kapanen (STL) played 11:10, −3:16 down on his 14:26 season average over 72 games.Kapanen
  7. Usage
    Noah Juulsen (VAN) played 11:32, −3:25 down on his 14:57 season average over 53 games.Juulsen
  8. Usage
    Ian Cole (VAN) played 15:39, −3:05 down on his 18:44 season average over 77 games.Cole

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.

Shot map, VAN at STL: 122 attempts, 58 on goal, 3 goals, 4.65 expected goals; best chance Teddy Blueger at 0.25 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← VAN attacks left (bottom on phones)STL attacks right (top on phones) →
  • STL
  • VAN
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 122 of 122 attempts · STL 61 · VAN 61

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, VAN at STL: expected goals 2.03 to 2.62 (VAN led the chances), shot attempts 61 to 61, 3 goals.

0.01.02.03.01st2nd3rdSTLVANGPTnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • STL
  • VAN
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
STLVANcontrol2nd3rdGarland · 1st 1:57Parayko · 2nd 4:22Thomas · 3rd 8:03
  • 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 35% of the game, STL 29%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

Shift chart, VAN at STL: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Jordan Binnington (60:00) for STL and Thatcher Demko (56:43) for VAN, 3 goals.

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
StatVANSTL
6460
2.922.18
2.772.14
1712
66
1916
−0.128+0.128
35%29%

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

Current VAN line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 1:57
    VANConor Garland (Teddy Blueger, Dakota Joshua)slap0.15 xG
    VAN: Blueger, Joshua, Garland, Hronek, HughesSTL: Scandella, Hayes, Kapanen, Toropchenko, Perunovich
    VAN 1 – 0 STL

2nd period

  1. 4:22
    STLColton Parayko (Robert Thomas, Jordan Kyrou)snap0.08 xG
    VAN: Blueger, Joshua, Juulsen, Garland, HughesSTL: Parayko, Buchnevich, Kyrou, Thomas, Perunovich
    VAN 1 – 1 STL

3rd period

  1. 8:03
    STLRobert Thomas (Scott Perunovich, Pavel Buchnevich)wrist0.11 xG
    VAN: Hronek, Hughes, Karlsson, Hoglander, AmanSTL: Krug, Buchnevich, Kyrou, Thomas, Perunovich
    VAN 1 – 2 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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
J.T. Miller CL1000010.1720021:15——6067
Brock Boeser RL1000020.4112020:34——5365
Pius Suter CL1000050.2102018:17——5565
Elias Pettersson CL2000010.2300017:21——5047
Ilya Mikheyev RL2000000.0000014:03——5047
Sam Lafferty CL2000000.0910012:42——4243
Conor Garland RL3101020.1600016:01——4453
Teddy Blueger CL3011020.4520014:39——4868
Dakota Joshua CL3011010.0442013:47——5070
Nils Hoglander LL4000-100.3420012:01——5251
Nils Aman CL4000-120.1900210:39——5350
Linus Karlsson CL4000-100.000009:17——6363
Quinn Hughes DD1000-120.0301027:43——5765
Filip Hronek DD1000020.0811022:53——6987
Nikita Zadorov DD2000050.0830021:19——4227
Tyler Myers DD2000010.1102219:35——4436
Ian Cole DD3000000.0313015:39——5262
Noah Juulsen DD3000-100.0023011:32——4161
VAN goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Thatcher Demko(start)L32302.9382.0356:43

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Pavel Buchnevich LL1011+210.2620221:57——5957
Robert Thomas CL1112+220.1700021:39——6256
Jordan Kyrou RL1011+230.1100018:51——6056
Brayden Schenn CL2000030.2001017:52——5556
Brandon Saad LL2000010.0201017:02——5756
Jake Neighbours LL2000080.5721016:41——5649
Kevin Hayes RL3000-120.0500014:02——4213
Alexey Toropchenko RL3000-120.0500011:36——4012
Kasperi Kapanen RL3000-120.0100011:10——4817
Oskar Sundqvist CL4000000.0001011:09——2764
Sammy Blais LL4000000.001109:37——2439
Nathan Walker LL4000020.402008:45——3164
Torey Krug DD1000+100.0001023:35——5544
Matthew Kessel DD1000010.0622017:59——5738
Colton Parayko DD2101+130.1414024:15——4752
Nick Leddy DD2000010.0000023:05——4852
Marco Scandella DD3000-100.0020014:34——4133
Scott Perunovich DD3011+110.0000014:11——4634
STL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jordan Binnington(start)W26251.9622.6260:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Conor Garland (VAN) 1st 1:57 · assists Teddy Blueger, Dakota Joshua · Forecheck turnover · 59.0 mph shot.

Colton Parayko · 2nd 4:22 · STL

Play
rush
Entry
pass
Odd man
No
Passes
1 (royal road)
Shot
64.5 mph
Distance
26 ft
Entry to goal
5.0 s

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Robert Thomas · 3rd 8:03 · STL

Play
turnover-forecheck
Entry
carry
Odd man
No
Passes
0
Shot
66.7 mph
Distance
27 ft
Entry to goal
6.8 s

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