Anaheim Ducks vs. St. Louis BluesJan 9, 2025

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
ANA	1	1	0	2		ANA	8	8	7	23
STL	4	2	0	6		STL	16	10	8	34

: ANA 55STL 62
: ANA 2.09STL 3.10
PP goals: ANA 0STL 0
Hits: ANA 29STL 28
Blocks: ANA 16STL 17
PIM: ANA 4STL 6
: ANA 46%STL 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues rout Anaheim Ducks 6–2

St. Louis Blues beat Anaheim Ducks 6–2 at home. Robert Thomas (STL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for STL: Faksa–Walker–Toropchenko skated 11:51 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (31.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Robert Thomas had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 15:06.Thomas
Points
Jordan Kyrou had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 14:37.Kyrou
Points
Pavel Buchnevich had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:55.Buchnevich
Points
Brandon Saad had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 11:49.Saad
Points
Brayden Schenn had 2 assists (2 points) in 14:33.Schenn
New line
New look for STL: Faksa–Walker–Toropchenko skated 11:51 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (31.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Faksa Walker Toropchenko
Luck
STL scored 6 goals on 3.11 expected goals (62 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for ANA: Harkins–Leason–Nesterenko skated 9:56 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (43.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Harkins Leason Nesterenko

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 117 of 117 attempts · STL 62 · ANA 55

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 30% of the game, STL 43%.

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
	59	71
	2.26	3.64
	2.20	3.50
	13	13
	4	7
	29	25
	+0.012	−0.012
	30%	43%

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

L1Killorn – Lundeström – Carlsson
11:5460% CF
L2Fabbri – McTavish – Gauthier
10:4858% CF
L3Harkins – Leason – Nesterenko
9:5643% CF
L4Strome – Vatrano – Colangelo
9:2527% CF
D1Helleson – Mintyukov
16:5252% CF
D2Gudas – LaCombe
16:1545% CF
D3Dumoulin – Trouba
15:2042% CF

PP1Strome – Vatrano – Leason – LaCombe – Carlsson
2:11100% CF
PP2Killorn – Fabbri – McTavish – Gauthier – Mintyukov
1:41100% CF
PK1FKillorn – Lundeström
0:45
PK2FHarkins – Leason
0:37
PK1DDumoulin – Trouba
1:10
PK2DGudas – LaCombe
0:37

Current ANA line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Faksa – Walker – Toropchenko
11:5132% CF
L2Schenn – Kyrou – Holloway
11:4573% CF
L3Sundqvist – Neighbours – Bolduc
11:1043% CF
L4Saad – Buchnevich – Thomas
10:3658% CF
D1Faulk – Broberg
14:3569% CF
D2Fowler – Parayko
14:1756% CF
D3Suter – Tucker
13:2438% CF

PP1Schenn – Faulk – Kyrou – Holloway – Neighbours
0:59100% CF
PP2Fowler – Sundqvist – Buchnevich – Thomas – Bolduc
0:55
PK1FFaksa – Toropchenko
1:10
PK2FSundqvist – Neighbours
0:46
PK1DSuter – Parayko
2:48
PK2DFaulk – Broberg
1:01

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:45
STLRobert Thomassnap0.25 xG
ANA: Dumoulin, Trouba, Harkins, Leason, NesterenkoSTL: Fowler, Saad, Parayko, Buchnevich, Thomas
ANA 0 – 1 STL
4:31
STLTyler Tucker (Oskar Sundqvist, Zachary Bolduc)wrist0.02 xG
ANA: Gudas, Fabbri, LaCombe, McTavish, GauthierSTL: Suter, Sundqvist, Tucker, Neighbours, Bolduc
ANA 0 – 2 STL
6:40
STLJordan Kyrou (Cam Fowler, Brayden Schenn)backhand0.25 xG
ANA: Dumoulin, Strome, Trouba, Vatrano, ColangeloSTL: Schenn, Fowler, Parayko, Kyrou, Holloway
ANA 0 – 3 STL
13:55
STLDylan Holloway (Jordan Kyrou, Brayden Schenn)wrist0.08 xG
ANA: Gudas, Strome, Vatrano, LaCombe, ColangeloSTL: Schenn, Faulk, Kyrou, Broberg, Holloway
ANA 0 – 4 STL
16:00
ANANikita Nesterenko (Jackson LaCombe)deflected0.10 xG
ANA: Gudas, Harkins, Leason, LaCombe, NesterenkoSTL: Faulk, Saad, Buchnevich, Thomas, Broberg
ANA 1 – 4 STL

2nd period

4:45
STLRobert Thomas (Pavel Buchnevich, Brandon Saad)backhand0.14 xG
ANA: Killorn, Dumoulin, Strome, Trouba, VatranoSTL: Suter, Buchnevich, Thomas, Broberg, Holloway
ANA 1 – 5 STL
8:02
STLPavel Buchnevich (Brandon Saad, Ryan Suter)wrist0.41 xG
ANA: Dumoulin, Strome, Trouba, Vatrano, ColangeloSTL: Suter, Saad, Parayko, Buchnevich, Thomas
ANA 1 – 6 STL
14:38
ANASam Colangelo (Ryan Strome, Radko Gudas)wrist0.10 xG
ANA: Gudas, Strome, Vatrano, LaCombe, ColangeloSTL: Faulk, Saad, Buchnevich, Thomas, Broberg
ANA 2 – 6 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
Alex Killorn L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.33	1	0	0	16:40	—	—	55	70
Leo Carlsson C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	16:26	—	—	60	84
Isac Lundeström C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.45	1	1	0	14:42	—	—	60	84
Robby Fabbri C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.17	1	0	0	18:04	—	—	62	52
Cutter Gauthier L	L2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.30	1	0	2	16:06	—	—	52	37
Mason McTavish C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	2	15:49	—	—	64	54
Jansen Harkins C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	13:57	—	—	37	24
Brett Leason R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	13:48	—	—	42	25
Nikita Nesterenko C	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.17	3	1	0	11:48	—	—	52	36
Frank Vatrano R	L4	0	0	0	-3	0	0.01	3	0	0	15:34	—	—	21	14
Ryan Strome C	L4	0	1	1	-3	1	0.13	1	0	0	14:41	—	—	27	15
Sam Colangelo R	L4	1	0	1	-2	2	0.22	2	1	0	12:29	—	—	31	20
Pavel Mintyukov D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	3	0	21:12	—	—	50	54
Drew Helleson D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	2	1	0	18:43	—	—	50	60
Jackson LaCombe D	D2	0	1	1	0	3	0.14	0	2	0	20:39	—	—	46	37
Radko Gudas D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	17:31	—	—	46	37
Brian Dumoulin D	D3	0	0	0	-4	0	0.00	4	1	0	19:32	—	—	40	32
Jacob Trouba D	D3	0	0	0	-4	1	0.02	3	4	0	18:19	—	—	44	36

ANA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
John Gibson	—	12	12	0	.1000	0.85	31:58
Lukas Dostal(start)	L	22	16	6	.727	2.25	28:02

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Radek Faksa C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:38	—	—	41	35
Alexey Toropchenko R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	4	0	0	15:13	—	—	32	24
Nathan Walker L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	1	2	15:08	—	—	36	19
Dylan Holloway L	L2	1	0	1	+3	4	0.34	1	0	0	15:08	—	—	76	89
Jordan Kyrou R	L2	1	1	2	+2	7	0.61	0	0	0	14:37	—	—	74	87
Brayden Schenn C	L2	0	2	2	+2	0	0.00	3	0	0	14:33	—	—	73	87
Jake Neighbours L	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.12	4	2	0	16:09	—	—	44	26
Oskar Sundqvist C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	14:11	—	—	44	17
Zachary Bolduc R	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.13	0	0	0	14:09	—	—	44	33
Robert Thomas C	L4	2	0	2	+1	6	0.55	0	0	2	15:06	—	—	60	79
Pavel Buchnevich L	L4	1	1	2	+1	1	0.52	0	1	0	13:55	—	—	62	79
Brandon Saad L	L4	0	2	2	0	3	0.41	0	0	0	11:49	—	—	61	78
Philip Broberg D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.21	1	2	0	21:08	—	—	59	64
Justin Faulk D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	19:55	—	—	72	66
Colton Parayko D	D2	0	0	0	+3	1	0.04	2	4	0	21:55	—	—	58	81
Cam Fowler D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.02	0	1	0	20:26	—	—	49	78
Ryan Suter D	D3	0	1	1	+3	1	0.02	0	3	0	18:59	—	—	44	47
Tyler Tucker D	D3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.03	5	0	2	16:01	—	—	47	20

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joel Hofer(start)	W	23	21	2	.913	2.09	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Robert Thomas (STL) 1st 2:45 · unassisted · Odd-man rush · carried in · 2-on-1 at the blue line · 48.2 mph shot · 6.0 s from entry to goal.

Robert Thomas · 1st 2:45 · STL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 48.2 mph
Distance: 22 ft
Entry to goal: 6.0 s

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Tyler Tucker · 1st 4:31 · STL

Play: point-shot
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 66.3 mph
Distance: 46 ft
Entry to goal: 8.0 s

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Jordan Kyrou · 1st 6:40 · STL

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 22.5 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 3.4 s
Type: rebound

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Dylan Holloway · 1st 13:55 · STL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 66.0 mph
Distance: 27 ft

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Nikita Nesterenko · 1st 16:00 · ANA

Play: deflection
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 54.5 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Type: deflection

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Robert Thomas · 2nd 4:45 · STL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 7.8 mph
Distance: 17 ft
Entry to goal: 3.3 s

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Pavel Buchnevich · 2nd 8:02 · STL

Play: cycle
Passes: 2
Shot: 12.6 mph
Distance: 8 ft

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Sam Colangelo · 2nd 14:38 · ANA

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 75.4 mph
Distance: 24 ft
Entry to goal: 3.3 s

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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.