Anaheim Ducks vs. St. Louis BluesMar 26, 2021

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
ANA	0	2	2	4		ANA	9	9	6	24
STL	0	0	1	1		STL	10	17	7	34

: ANA 37STL 51
: ANA 3.46STL 3.41
PP goals: ANA 0STL 0
Hits: ANA 18STL 17
Blocks: ANA 10STL 7
PIM: ANA 14STL 12
: ANA 38%STL 62%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Anaheim Ducks beat St. Louis Blues 4–1

Anaheim Ducks beat St. Louis Blues 4–1 at STL. Sam Steel (ANA) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Jamie Drysdale (ANA) played 2:22, −17:58 down on his 20:20 season average over 23 games.

Usage
Jamie Drysdale (ANA) played 2:22, −17:58 down on his 20:20 season average over 23 games.Drysdale
Luck
STL scored 1 goal on 3.41 expected goals (51 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for STL: Bozak–Clifford–de la Rose skated 5:47 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (100% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bozak Clifford de la Rose
Usage
Ryan O'Reilly (STL) played 17:22, −3:27 down on his 20:49 season average over 55 games.O'Reilly
Usage
Trevor Zegras (ANA) played 10:24, −5:13 down on his 15:37 season average over 23 games.Zegras
Usage
Tyler Bozak (STL) played 10:41, −4:22 down on his 15:03 season average over 30 games.Bozak
Usage
Josh Manson (ANA) played 21:58, +4:10 up on his 17:48 season average over 22 games.Manson

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

← ANA attacks left (bottom on phones)STL attacks right (top on phones) →

STL
ANA
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 88 of 88 attempts · STL 51 · ANA 37

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

STL
ANA
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

STL pressure
ANA pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: ANA 17% of the game, STL 48%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

STL

ANA

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	ANA	STL
	38	47
	1.69	2.79
	1.65	2.49
	8	8
	2	1
	19	14
	−0.062	+0.062
	17%	48%

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.

Anaheim Ducks

L1Rakell – Comtois – Lundeström
9:2817% CF
L2Henrique – Terry – Zegras
6:4167% CF
L3Getzlaf – Grant – Jones
4:2620% CF
D1Manson – Hutton
14:1333% CF
D2Fowler – Hakanpää
13:2356% CF
D3Shattenkirk – Welinski
11:3344% CF

PP1Getzlaf – Shattenkirk – Fowler – Rakell – Comtois
1:480% CF
PP2Shattenkirk – Henrique – Silfverberg – Welinski – Terry
0:12
PK1FGrant – Silfverberg
1:42
PK2FSteel – Lundeström
0:19
PK1DHakanpää – Manson
1:45
PK2DShattenkirk – Fowler
0:40

Current ANA line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Schenn – Tarasenko – Schwartz
11:2253% CF
L2Perron – O'Reilly – Kyrou
9:0144% CF
L3Hoffman – Sanford – Thomas
5:4825% CF
L4Bozak – Clifford – de la Rose
5:47100% CF
D1Faulk – Krug
16:5245% CF
D2Scandella – Dunn
13:4747% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Mikkola
9:5267% CF

PP1Schenn – Tarasenko – Schwartz – Krug – Thomas
2:43100% CF
PP2Perron – Hoffman – O'Reilly – Dunn – Kyrou
1:08100% CF
PK1FBozak – de la Rose
1:01
PK2FO'Reilly – Sanford
0:41
PK1DBortuzzo – Mikkola
1:01
PK2DScandella – Faulk
0:41

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

2:23
ANASam Steel (Jakob Silfverberg)deflected0.09 xG
ANA: Silfverberg, Hakanpää, Welinski, Steel, JonesSTL: Bortuzzo, Hoffman, Sanford, Mikkola, Thomas
ANA 1 – 0 STL
19:07
ANAMax Jones (Ryan Getzlaf)wrist0.17 xG
ANA: Getzlaf, Silfverberg, Fowler, Hakanpää, JonesSTL: Schenn, Faulk, Tarasenko, Schwartz, Krug
ANA 2 – 0 STL

3rd period

10:50
STLRyan O'Reilly (Marco Scandella, Torey Krug)wrist0.26 xG
ANA: Getzlaf, Grant, Silfverberg, Fowler, HakanpääSTL: Scandella, Hoffman, O'Reilly, Krug, Kyrou, Thomas
ANA 2 – 1 STL
18:57
ANADerek GrantEN (Cam Fowler)wrist0.73 xG
ANA: Getzlaf, Grant, Silfverberg, Fowler, HakanpääSTL: Perron, Hoffman, Schenn, Tarasenko, Schwartz, Dunn
ANA 3 – 1 STL
19:55
ANARickard RakellENwrist0.68 xG
ANA: Manson, Rakell, Hutton, Comtois, LundeströmSTL: Faulk, Schwartz, Krug, Sanford, Kyrou, Thomas
ANA 4 – 1 STL

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Anaheim Ducks

ANA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Rickard Rakell R	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	1.31	1	0	0	20:06	—	—	39	48
Maxime Comtois L	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.09	2	0	0	17:48	—	—	50	32
Isac Lundeström C	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.08	1	0	0	15:55	—	—	43	27
Troy Terry R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:36	—	—	48	13
Adam Henrique C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	0	2	0	15:33	—	—	52	30
Trevor Zegras C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	4	10:24	—	—	64	32
Ryan Getzlaf C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.13	1	1	0	18:41	—	—	44	47
Derek Grant C	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.96	0	1	0	16:39	—	—	21	24
Max Jones L	L3	1	0	1	+2	2	0.24	4	0	0	15:53	—	—	35	43
Josh Manson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	2	0	21:58	—	—	35	32
Ben Hutton D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	5	19:47	—	—	41	32
Cam Fowler D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	22:16	—	—	48	43
Jani Hakanpää D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.03	2	0	5	17:13	—	—	58	50
Kevin Shattenkirk D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	0	0	0	20:35	—	—	55	49
Andy Welinski D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:55	—	—	39	30
Jakob Silfverberg R	—	0	1	1	+2	3	0.24	0	1	0	16:08	—	—	53	52
Sam Steel C	—	1	0	1	+1	5	0.21	1	0	0	13:11	—	—	55	49
Jamie Drysdale D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	2:22	—	—	0	0

ANA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
John Gibson(start)	W	34	33	1	.971	3.41	60:00

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jaden Schwartz L	L1	0	0	0	-3	3	0.30	1	1	0	20:32	—	—	61	56
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L1	0	0	0	-2	6	0.55	2	0	0	19:10	—	—	57	58
Brayden Schenn C	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.40	2	1	5	18:53	—	—	50	52
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.30	2	0	0	17:22	—	—	60	73
David Perron L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.24	0	0	0	17:15	—	—	60	74
Jordan Kyrou R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	15:24	—	—	52	68
Robert Thomas C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	0	0	2	16:21	—	—	36	57
Mike Hoffman C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.35	2	0	0	14:13	—	—	47	61
Zachary Sanford L	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.14	1	1	0	13:54	—	—	47	65
Kyle Clifford L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:08	—	—	67	82
Tyler Bozak C	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.26	1	0	0	10:41	—	—	73	74
Jacob de la Rose L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	5	9:30	—	—	50	89
Torey Krug D	D1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.08	0	1	0	25:00	—	—	46	43
Justin Faulk D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	0	0	0	24:37	—	—	50	51
Marco Scandella D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.05	1	2	0	20:06	—	—	56	75
Vince Dunn D	D2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.22	0	1	0	19:09	—	—	52	71
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.29	1	0	0	14:00	—	—	67	66
Niko Mikkola D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	2	0	0	13:11	—	—	67	73

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	L	22	20	2	.909	1.61	57:34

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.