New York Rangers vs. St. Louis BluesDec 31, 2018

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYR	1	1	0	2		NYR	14	5	4	23
STL	1	0	0	1		STL	7	17	16	40

: NYR 34STL 79
: NYR 3.41STL 6.66
PP goals: NYR 1STL 0
Hits: NYR 17STL 11
Blocks: NYR 23STL 6
PIM: NYR 8STL 6
: NYR 53%STL 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Rangers edge St. Louis Blues 2–1

New York Rangers beat St. Louis Blues 2–1 at STL. Mats Zuccarello (NYR) led the scoring with 1G 0A. NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Zuccarello, Hayes, Zibanejad and Namestnikov) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 3:16 together.

PP1
NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Zuccarello, Hayes, Zibanejad and Namestnikov) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 3:16 together.Kreider Zuccarello Hayes Zibanejad Namestnikov
Luck
STL scored 1 goal on 6.66 expected goals (79 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Henrik Lundqvist (NYR) faced 40 shots and stopped 39 (.975), +7 against a season average of 32.7; the win.Lundqvist
New line
New look for NYR: Nieves–Buchnevich–Howden skated 9:00 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (27.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nieves Buchnevich Howden
Usage
Ryan Strome (NYR) played 9:28, −6:11 down on his 15:39 season average over 80 games.Strome
New line
New look for STL: Sundqvist–Fabbri–Barbashev skated 6:35 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (45.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sundqvist Fabbri Barbashev
Usage
Tony DeAngelo (NYR) played 11:56, −7:31 down on his 19:27 season average over 60 games.DeAngelo
Luck
Brayden Schenn (STL) generated 1.82 xG on 8 attempts without scoring; the chances were there.Schenn

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

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

STL
NYR
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 113 of 113 attempts · STL 79 · NYR 34

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

STL
NYR
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NYR 24% of the game, STL 50%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

STL

NYR

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	NYR	STL
	30	64
	2.53	4.52
	2.52	4.46
	7	10
	0	4
	11	10
	+0.015	−0.015
	24%	50%

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.

New York Rangers

L1Kreider – Fast – Zibanejad
11:1242% CF
L2Nieves – Buchnevich – Howden
9:0028% CF
L3Zuccarello – Hayes – Namestnikov
8:3142% CF
L4McLeod – Strome – Vesey
5:1329% CF
D1Staal – Pionk
15:5539% CF
D2McQuaid – Skjei
12:1958% CF
D3Shattenkirk – DeAngelo
11:0217% CF

PP1Kreider – Zuccarello – Hayes – Zibanejad – Namestnikov
3:1650% CF
PP2Shattenkirk – Vesey – Buchnevich – Howden – Pionk
1:43100% CF
PK1FHayes – Fast
3:27
PK2FZibanejad – Namestnikov
1:39
PK1DStaal – Pionk
4:27
PK2DMcQuaid – Skjei
1:58

Current NYR line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Schenn – Tarasenko – Schwartz
11:2477% CF
L2Steen – Perron – O'Reilly
7:4889% CF
L3Maroon – Bozak – Thomas
6:5467% CF
L4Sundqvist – Fabbri – Barbashev
6:3545% CF
D1Edmundson – Parayko
13:2665% CF
D2Bouwmeester – Pietrangelo
7:4353% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Dunn
4:0275% CF

PP1O'Reilly – Schenn – Tarasenko – Schwartz – Dunn
3:46100% CF
PP2Steen – Maroon – Perron – Bozak – Parayko
2:48100% CF
PK1FSteen – O'Reilly
1:44
PK2FSchenn – Schwartz
1:31
PK1DBortuzzo – Edmundson
3:02
PK2DBouwmeester – Pietrangelo
1:19

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

10:08
STLRyan O'Reilly (David Perron)slap0.02 xG
NYR: Shattenkirk, Kreider, Zuccarello, Hayes, DeAngeloSTL: Bouwmeester, Steen, Perron, Pietrangelo, O'Reilly
NYR 0 – 1 STL
19:40
NYRMats ZuccarelloPP (Chris Kreider)slap0.13 xG
NYR: Kreider, Zuccarello, Hayes, Zibanejad, NamestnikovSTL: Bouwmeester, Pietrangelo, Schenn, Schwartz
NYR 1 – 1 STL

2nd period

3:11
NYRBoo Nieves (Ryan Strome, Kevin Shattenkirk)backhand0.10 xG
NYR: McLeod, Staal, Shattenkirk, Strome, NievesSTL: Bouwmeester, Pietrangelo, Fabbri, Barbashev, Thomas
NYR 2 – 1 STL

Box score

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

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Chris Kreider L	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.42	1	3	2	18:55	—	—	33	31
Mika Zibanejad C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:55	—	—	42	26
Jesper Fast R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	1	0	17:32	—	—	40	26
Brett Howden C	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.68	1	2	0	16:36	—	—	29	51
Pavel Buchnevich L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	1	0	0	13:19	—	—	29	43
Boo Nieves C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.10	1	1	0	10:35	—	—	29	36
Kevin Hayes R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.56	0	1	0	19:58	—	—	30	43
Vladislav Namestnikov C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.11	1	1	0	18:25	—	—	40	44
Mats Zuccarello R	L3	1	0	1	-1	3	0.27	1	3	0	18:24	—	—	26	45
Jimmy Vesey L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.52	0	0	0	9:56	—	—	40	50
Ryan Strome C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.01	2	0	2	9:28	—	—	23	12
Cody McLeod L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	1	0	7:00	—	—	30	14
Neal Pionk D	D1	0	0	0	0	5	0.55	2	0	0	25:02	—	—	41	39
Marc Staal D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	22:32	—	—	35	40
Brady Skjei D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	20:42	—	—	50	67
Adam McQuaid D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	3	2	17:27	—	—	47	69
Kevin Shattenkirk D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	16:18	—	—	19	19
Tony DeAngelo D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	3	2	11:56	—	—	17	14

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Henrik Lundqvist(start)	W	40	39	1	.975	6.66	60:00

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jaden Schwartz L	L1	0	0	0	0	6	1.61	2	0	0	21:01	—	—	78	89
Brayden Schenn C	L1	0	0	0	0	7	1.82	0	0	0	20:30	—	—	75	88
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L1	0	0	0	0	6	1.02	0	0	0	19:57	—	—	79	89
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.43	0	0	0	21:25	—	—	77	54
David Perron L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.10	1	0	0	19:51	—	—	72	52
Alexander Steen L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.08	1	0	0	15:10	—	—	83	29
Tyler Bozak C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	1	0	0	14:53	—	—	67	64
Patrick Maroon L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.25	1	0	0	14:20	—	—	65	64
Robert Thomas C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.41	0	1	2	12:15	—	—	67	48
Robby Fabbri C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	0	0	0	9:50	—	—	41	18
Ivan Barbashev L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.09	0	0	0	9:42	—	—	50	31
Oskar Sundqvist C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	1	2	8:54	—	—	54	25
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	1	2	0	22:12	—	—	62	63
Joel Edmundson D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.05	2	0	0	19:09	—	—	65	54
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	0	2	23:51	—	—	70	73
Jay Bouwmeester D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	14:54	—	—	59	54
Vince Dunn D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.23	0	0	0	18:40	—	—	85	85
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	11:13	—	—	58	39

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	L	23	21	2	.913	3.41	56:51

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.