Seattle Kraken vs. St. Louis BluesApr 14, 2024

FinalSunday, Apr 14, 2024· Enterprise Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SEA	1	0	0	1		SEA	8	5	7	20
STL	1	0	3	4		STL	6	11	11	28

: SEA 58STL 56
: SEA 2.04STL 3.15
PP goals: SEA 0STL 0
Hits: SEA 11STL 20
Blocks: SEA 16STL 18
PIM: SEA 2STL 6
: SEA 42%STL 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues beat Seattle Kraken 4–1

St. Louis Blues beat Seattle Kraken 4–1 at home. Nathan Walker (STL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for SEA: Schwartz–McCann–Yamamoto skated 11:30 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Nathan Walker had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 11:11.Walker
New line
New look for SEA: Schwartz–McCann–Yamamoto skated 11:30 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Schwartz McCann Yamamoto
Usage
Matthew Kessel (STL) played 22:57, +6:19 up on his 16:38 season average over 38 games.Kessel
New line
New look for SEA: Gourde–Bjorkstrand–Tolvanen skated 11:19 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (57.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gourde Bjorkstrand Tolvanen
New line
New look for STL: Hayes–Kapanen–Toropchenko skated 9:58 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (47.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hayes Kapanen Toropchenko
New line
New look for STL: Walker–Blais–Dean skated 7:35 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (53.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Walker Blais Dean
Usage
Jordan Kyrou (STL) played 14:01, −4:22 down on his 18:23 season average over 81 games.Kyrou
Usage
Alexey Toropchenko (STL) played 15:51, +3:22 up on his 12:29 season average over 81 games.Toropchenko

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

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

STL
SEA
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 114 of 114 attempts · STL 56 · SEA 58

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

STL
SEA
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: SEA 40% of the game, STL 28%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

STL

SEA

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	SEA	STL
	60	56
	2.00	2.31
	1.99	2.19
	8	13
	5	10
	32	16
	−0.053	+0.053
	40%	28%

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.

Seattle Kraken

L1Eberle – Burakovsky – Beniers
12:1938% CF
L2Schwartz – McCann – Yamamoto
11:3057% CF
L3Gourde – Bjorkstrand – Tolvanen
11:1958% CF
L4Bellemare – Tanev – Kartye
8:1145% CF
D1Larsson – Evans
16:5267% CF
D2Oleksiak – Borgen
13:3742% CF
D3Schultz – Dumoulin
12:0758% CF

PP1Eberle – Schultz – Bjorkstrand – Burakovsky – Beniers
3:3660% CF
PP2Schwartz – McCann – Yamamoto – Tolvanen – Evans
2:13100% CF
PK1FGourde – Tanev
1:09
PK2FMcCann – Kartye
0:50
PK1DLarsson – Oleksiak
1:09
PK2DDumoulin – Borgen
0:50

Current SEA line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Schenn – Thomas – Bolduc
14:3738% CF
L2Saad – Buchnevich – Kyrou
11:0168% CF
L3Hayes – Kapanen – Toropchenko
9:5847% CF
L4Walker – Blais – Dean
7:3553% CF
D1Leddy – Kessel
16:3961% CF
D2Parayko – Perunovich
16:1439% CF
D3Scandella – Tucker
9:1335% CF

PP1Schenn – Buchnevich – Kyrou – Thomas – Perunovich
1:35100% CF
PP2Leddy – Saad – Parayko – Kapanen – Toropchenko
0:16
PK1FBuchnevich – Thomas
2:21
PK2FSchenn – Toropchenko
1:33
PK1DLeddy – Parayko
3:06
PK2DTucker – Kessel
2:45

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

14:24
SEAJared McCannwrist0.17 xG
SEA: Schwartz, Larsson, McCann, Yamamoto, EvansSTL: Scandella, Schenn, Thomas, Tucker, Bolduc
SEA 1 – 0 STL
18:18
STLKasperi Kapanen (Alexey Toropchenko)snap0.04 xG
SEA: Schultz, Dumoulin, Gourde, Bjorkstrand, TolvanenSTL: Leddy, Hayes, Kapanen, Toropchenko, Kessel
SEA 1 – 1 STL

3rd period

0:59
STLJordan Kyrou (Matthew Kessel, Brandon Saad)snap0.09 xG
SEA: Schwartz, Oleksiak, McCann, Borgen, YamamotoSTL: Leddy, Saad, Buchnevich, Kyrou, Kessel
SEA 1 – 2 STL
16:37
STLBrayden Schenn (Nick Leddy, Nathan Walker)wrist0.04 xG
SEA: Eberle, Schultz, Dumoulin, Burakovsky, BeniersSTL: Schenn, Leddy, Walker, Thomas, Kessel
SEA 1 – 3 STL
19:00
STLNathan WalkerENwrist0.66 xG
SEA: Schwartz, Bjorkstrand, Burakovsky, McCann, Beniers, EvansSTL: Schenn, Leddy, Parayko, Walker, Thomas
SEA 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.

Seattle Kraken

SEA skaters
Skater	Line	G	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Andre Burakovsky L	L1	0	0	-2	2	0.19	0	0	0	19:10	—	—	41	32
Matty Beniers C	L1	0	0	-2	1	0.05	0	2	0	18:44	—	—	43	32
Jordan Eberle R	L1	0	0	-1	0	0.12	0	1	0	18:38	—	—	39	34
Jared McCann L	L2	1	1	-1	2	0.50	0	0	0	17:27	—	—	56	67
Jaden Schwartz L	L2	0	0	-1	2	0.41	0	2	2	16:33	—	—	59	67
Kailer Yamamoto R	L2	0	0	0	2	0.12	1	0	0	15:34	—	—	57	68
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L3	0	0	-2	1	0.02	0	0	0	16:21	—	—	59	34
Yanni Gourde C	L3	0	0	-1	1	0.08	0	0	0	16:18	—	—	57	34
Eeli Tolvanen R	L3	0	0	-1	0	0.03	0	0	0	14:53	—	—	61	40
Tye Kartye L	L4	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	0	0	12:34	—	—	44	23
Brandon Tanev L	L4	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	0	0	12:07	—	—	53	26
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	0	0	0	2	0.09	0	0	0	8:21	—	—	46	31
Ryker Evans D	D1	0	0	0	2	0.05	3	2	0	22:18	—	—	64	71
Adam Larsson D	D1	0	0	+1	1	0.27	1	2	0	21:52	—	—	57	52
Jamie Oleksiak D	D2	0	0	-1	1	0.05	0	4	0	17:46	—	—	40	40
Will Borgen D	D2	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:03	—	—	37	30
Brian Dumoulin D	D3	0	0	-2	0	0.04	0	3	0	17:43	—	—	57	47
Justin Schultz D	D3	0	0	-2	2	0.02	0	0	0	16:55	—	—	58	39

SEA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joey Daccord(start)	L	27	24	3	.889	2.10	58:43

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Robert Thomas C	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.08	0	0	0	21:20	—	—	40	45
Brayden Schenn C	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.64	0	0	2	19:44	—	—	40	45
Zachary Bolduc R	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.48	0	0	0	17:34	—	—	38	44
Pavel Buchnevich L	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.16	0	1	0	16:36	—	—	62	68
Jordan Kyrou R	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.20	0	0	0	14:01	—	—	68	68
Brandon Saad L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.20	0	0	0	12:52	—	—	62	59
Alexey Toropchenko R	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.14	5	1	0	15:51	—	—	41	56
Kasperi Kapanen R	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.19	0	0	0	14:13	—	—	42	56
Kevin Hayes R	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.02	0	0	0	12:38	—	—	50	70
Nathan Walker L	L4	1	1	2	+2	3	0.74	1	1	0	11:11	—	—	59	62
Zach Dean C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	1	0	4	9:54	—	—	50	59
Sammy Blais L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	0	0	9:43	—	—	56	59
Nick Leddy D	D1	0	1	1	+4	1	0.00	0	1	0	25:08	—	—	62	68
Matthew Kessel D	D1	0	1	1	+3	1	0.09	1	1	0	22:57	—	—	60	63
Colton Parayko D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	4	0	24:28	—	—	37	36
Scott Perunovich D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	4	0	19:36	—	—	44	54
Tyler Tucker D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	5	4	0	15:32	—	—	48	47
Marco Scandella D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	1	0	10:44	—	—	33	44

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joel Hofer(start)	W	20	19	1	.950	2.04	59:58

Goal anatomy

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

Jared McCann (SEA) 1st 14:24 · unassisted · Odd-man rush · carried in · 1-on-0 at the blue line · 74.8 mph shot · 1.7 s from entry to goal.

Jared McCann · 1st 14:24 · SEA

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 74.8 mph
Distance: 32 ft
Entry to goal: 1.7 s

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Kasperi Kapanen · 1st 18:18 · STL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 45.4 mph
Distance: 39 ft
Entry to goal: 1.9 s

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Jordan Kyrou · 3rd 0:59 · STL

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 54.9 mph
Distance: 23 ft
Type: rebound

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Brayden Schenn · 3rd 16:37 · STL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 2
Shot: 13.7 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Entry to goal: 3.4 s

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Nathan Walker · 3rd 19:00 · STL EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 62.0 mph
Distance: 98 ft

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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.