San Jose Sharks vs. St. Louis BluesFeb 20, 2018

FinalTuesday, Feb 20, 2018· Scottrade Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SJS	0	3	0	3		SJS	12	6	5	23
STL	0	2	0	2		STL	8	12	13	33

: SJS 45STL 61
: SJS 1.40STL 2.07
PP goals: SJS 0STL 1
Hits: SJS 13STL 26
Blocks: SJS 19STL 13
PIM: SJS 2STL 4
: SJS 51%STL 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

San Jose Sharks edge St. Louis Blues 3–2

San Jose Sharks beat St. Louis Blues 3–2 at STL. Mikkel Boedker (SJS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. STL's first power-play unit (Steen, Schenn, Tarasenko, Schwartz and Dunn) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:07 together.

Points
Logan Couture had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:48.Couture
Points
Mikkel Boedker had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:02.Boedker
PP1
STL's first power-play unit (Steen, Schenn, Tarasenko, Schwartz and Dunn) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:07 together.Steen Schenn Tarasenko Schwartz Dunn
New line
New look for STL: Brodziak–Berglund–Barbashev skated 5:58 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (72.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Brodziak Berglund Barbashev
New line
New look for STL: Schenn–Schwartz–Blais skated 4:49 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Schenn Schwartz Blais
Usage
Justin Braun (SJS) played 25:24, +4:07 up on his 21:17 season average over 80 games.Braun
Usage
Marc-Edouard Vlasic (SJS) played 26:41, +4:11 up on his 22:30 season average over 80 games.Vlasic
Luck
SJS scored 3 goals on 1.40 expected goals (45 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

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

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

STL
SJS
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 106 of 106 attempts · STL 61 · SJS 45

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

STL
SJS
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: SJS 20% of the game, STL 37%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

STL

SJS

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	SJS	STL
	46	64
	1.48	2.14
	1.38	2.09
	7	8
	1	6
	12	16
	+0.044	−0.044
	20%	37%

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.

San Jose Sharks

L1Pavelski – Karlsson – Meier
13:3231% CF
L2Hansen – Boedker – Tierney
11:3227% CF
L3Couture – Donskoi – Labanc
9:0569% CF
L4Sorensen – Goodrow – O'Regan
5:2430% CF
D1Vlasic – Braun
18:3344% CF
D2Burns – Ryan
15:4042% CF
D3Dillon – DeMelo
11:4920% CF

PP1Burns – Pavelski – Couture – Labanc – Meier
2:37100% CF
PP2Vlasic – Boedker – Donskoi – Goodrow – Tierney
0:18100% CF
PK1FTierney – Karlsson
1:22
PK2FHansen – Couture
0:53
PK1DVlasic – Braun
2:07
PK2DBurns – Dillon
0:37

Current SJS line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Steen – Stastny – Tarasenko
8:0360% CF
L2Brodziak – Berglund – Barbashev
5:5873% CF
L3Schenn – Schwartz – Blais
4:4943% CF
L4Upshall – Jaskin – Sundqvist
2:3775% CF
D1Bouwmeester – Parayko
15:5446% CF
D2Gunnarsson – Pietrangelo
11:3657% CF
D3Butler – Dunn
3:3933% CF

PP1Steen – Schenn – Tarasenko – Schwartz – Dunn
2:07100% CF
PP2Stastny – Berglund – Pietrangelo – Parayko – Blais
0:42100% CF
PK1FUpshall – Brodziak
0:43
PK2FSteen – Stastny
0:37
PK1DBouwmeester – Pietrangelo
0:53
PK2DGunnarsson – Parayko
0:37

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

6:35
SJSLogan Couture (Mikkel Boedker, Justin Braun)wrist0.23 xG
SJS: Vlasic, Braun, Couture, Boedker, LabancSTL: Bouwmeester, Steen, Schwartz, Parayko, Sundqvist
SJS 1 – 0 STL
8:23
STLIvan Barbashev (Kyle Brodziak, Dmitrij Jaskin)wrist0.04 xG
SJS: Burns, Sorensen, Goodrow, O'Regan, RyanSTL: Bouwmeester, Brodziak, Jaskin, Barbashev, Dunn
SJS 1 – 1 STL
12:05
SJSJoonas Donskoi (Logan Couture, Marc-Edouard Vlasic)wrist0.09 xG
SJS: Vlasic, Braun, Couture, Donskoi, LabancSTL: Stastny, Butler, Berglund, Barbashev, Dunn
SJS 2 – 1 STL
15:54
SJSMikkel Boedker (Chris Tierney, Jannik Hansen)tip-in0.05 xG
SJS: Burns, Hansen, Braun, Boedker, TierneySTL: Butler, Schenn, Tarasenko, Schwartz, Dunn
SJS 3 – 1 STL
19:36
STLVladimir TarasenkoPP (Vince Dunn)wrist0.10 xG
SJS: Vlasic, Braun, Couture, TierneySTL: Steen, Schenn, Tarasenko, Schwartz, Dunn
SJS 3 – 2 STL

Box score

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

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Timo Meier R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	19:47	—	—	33	7
Joe Pavelski C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	19:39	—	—	38	9
Melker Karlsson C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	16:45	—	—	29	6
Chris Tierney C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	1	1	0	17:31	—	—	35	39
Jannik Hansen R	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.05	1	0	0	14:33	—	—	33	38
Mikkel Boedker L	L2	1	1	2	+2	3	0.35	1	2	0	13:02	—	—	36	59
Logan Couture C	L3	1	1	2	+2	2	0.33	0	1	0	19:48	—	—	60	74
Joonas Donskoi R	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.15	0	0	0	18:05	—	—	63	60
Kevin Labanc R	L3	0	0	0	+2	3	0.12	0	1	0	13:52	—	—	77	83
Barclay Goodrow C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	1	3	0	10:28	—	—	29	36
Marcus Sorensen L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	7:32	—	—	27	44
Danny O'Regan C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:33	—	—	25	42
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.13	0	1	0	26:41	—	—	47	53
Justin Braun D	D1	0	1	1	+3	1	0.01	3	3	0	25:24	—	—	46	55
Brent Burns D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	0	2	20:54	—	—	43	29
Joakim Ryan D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	2	0	16:45	—	—	50	32
Brenden Dillon D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	15:14	—	—	28	38
Dylan DeMelo D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	13:23	—	—	27	36

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Martin Jones(start)	W	33	31	2	.939	2.07	59:54

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L1	1	0	1	-1	3	0.17	3	1	0	21:36	—	—	59	63
Alexander Steen L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	3	0	0	19:35	—	—	60	26
Paul Stastny C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	0	0	0	18:08	—	—	63	48
Patrik Berglund C	L2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.26	2	0	0	17:02	—	—	67	78
Kyle Brodziak C	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.10	1	0	0	15:56	—	—	69	82
Ivan Barbashev L	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.04	2	0	0	13:15	—	—	67	68
Jaden Schwartz L	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	2	21:41	—	—	39	37
Brayden Schenn C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.09	3	2	0	21:40	—	—	46	63
Sammy Blais L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	2	0	0	5:55	—	—	38	59
Dmitrij Jaskin R	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.08	3	0	0	10:53	—	—	61	52
Scottie Upshall R	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.71	1	0	2	9:49	—	—	64	88
Oskar Sundqvist C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:06	—	—	55	18
Jay Bouwmeester D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.02	0	4	0	24:08	—	—	50	39
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	3	3	0	22:38	—	—	49	38
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	1	2	0	29:03	—	—	73	89
Carl Gunnarsson D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	1	0	16:03	—	—	65	90
Vince Dunn D	D3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.14	0	0	0	15:48	—	—	68	56
Chris Butler D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.00	1	0	0	9:07	—	—	50	29

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hutton(start)	L	23	20	3	.870	1.40	57:37

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.