San Jose Sharks vs. St. Louis BluesMay 17, 2019

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SJS	0	0	1	1		SJS	9	11	10	30
STL	2	0	0	2		STL	10	8	4	22

: SJS 73STL 35
: SJS 3.16STL 2.52
PP goals: SJS 1STL 1
Hits: SJS 15STL 29
Blocks: SJS 8STL 21
PIM: SJS 8STL 8
: SJS 46%STL 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues edge San Jose Sharks 2–1

St. Louis Blues beat San Jose Sharks 2–1 at home. Tyler Bozak (STL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. STL's first power-play unit (Maroon, Bozak, O'Reilly, Tarasenko and Parayko) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:40 together.

PP1
STL's first power-play unit (Maroon, Bozak, O'Reilly, Tarasenko and Parayko) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:40 together.Maroon Bozak O'Reilly Tarasenko Parayko
Luck
SJS scored 1 goal on 3.16 expected goals (73 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for SJS: Donskoi–Sorensen–Goodrow skated 4:15 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (77.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Donskoi Sorensen Goodrow
Usage
Joel Edmundson (STL) played 20:16, +3:55 up on his 16:21 season average over 21 games.Edmundson
Usage
Joonas Donskoi (SJS) played 8:40, −4:07 down on his 12:47 season average over 11 games.Donskoi
Usage
Marcus Sorensen (SJS) played 9:08, −4:11 down on his 13:19 season average over 17 games.Sorensen
Usage
Alex Pietrangelo (STL) played 22:30, −3:23 down on his 25:53 season average over 25 games.Pietrangelo
Usage
Timo Meier (SJS) played 13:54, −3:22 down on his 17:16 season average over 19 games.Meier

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 108 of 108 attempts · STL 35 · SJS 73

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 41% of the game, STL 36%.

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
	64	26
	2.46	1.84
	2.31	1.81
	6	5
	2	2
	16	22
	−0.023	+0.023
	41%	36%

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

L1Couture – Nyquist – Meier
9:4372% CF
L2Pavelski – Kane – Hertl
9:1338% CF
L3Thornton – Karlsson – Labanc
7:1677% CF
L4Donskoi – Sorensen – Goodrow
4:1578% CF
D1Karlsson – Dillon
12:2963% CF
D2Burns – Vlasic
10:2860% CF
D3Braun – Ryan
8:1862% CF

PP1Pavelski – Couture – Karlsson – Hertl – Labanc
3:030% CF
PP2Thornton – Burns – Karlsson – Kane – Meier
0:38100% CF
PK1FGoodrow – Karlsson
1:42
PK2FCouture – Hertl
1:42
PK1DVlasic – Braun
3:17
PK2DBurns – Karlsson
1:30

Current SJS line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Schenn – Tarasenko – Schwartz
10:3447% CF
L2Steen – Sundqvist – Barbashev
9:5240% CF
L3Perron – O'Reilly – Blais
8:4825% CF
L4Maroon – Bozak – Thomas
6:5120% CF
D1Bouwmeester – Parayko
15:2926% CF
D2Pietrangelo – Edmundson
13:5140% CF
D3Gunnarsson – Bortuzzo
10:1424% CF

PP1Maroon – Bozak – O'Reilly – Tarasenko – Parayko
2:4067% CF
PP2Perron – Pietrangelo – Schenn – Schwartz – Edmundson
1:50100% CF
PK1FSteen – O'Reilly
1:48
PK2FBozak – Sundqvist
0:47
PK1DBouwmeester – Bortuzzo
1:37
PK2DPietrangelo – Parayko
0:47

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:35
STLIvan Barbashevwrist0.01 xG
SJS: Burns, Vlasic, Couture, Nyquist, MeierSTL: Bouwmeester, Steen, Parayko, Sundqvist, Barbashev
SJS 0 – 1 STL
17:53
STLTyler BozakPP (Patrick Maroon, Vladimir Tarasenko)tip-in0.18 xG
SJS: Vlasic, Braun, Goodrow, HertlSTL: Maroon, Bozak, O'Reilly, Tarasenko, Parayko
SJS 0 – 2 STL

3rd period

6:48
SJSTomas HertlPP (Brent Burns, Erik Karlsson)tip-in0.02 xG
SJS: Burns, Pavelski, Couture, Karlsson, HertlSTL: Bouwmeester, Steen, O'Reilly, Parayko
SJS 1 – 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
Logan Couture C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	0	1	0	20:13	—	—	72	44
Timo Meier R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.33	1	0	2	13:54	—	—	75	74
Gustav Nyquist R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	0	0	0	13:02	—	—	67	47
Tomas Hertl C	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.21	0	1	0	23:02	—	—	63	56
Joe Pavelski C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.36	1	1	0	18:45	—	—	39	29
Evander Kane L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.33	7	0	0	18:15	—	—	57	29
Joe Thornton C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	0	0	0	15:30	—	—	82	83
Kevin Labanc R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:27	—	—	79	78
Melker Karlsson C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.34	0	0	0	11:45	—	—	82	82
Barclay Goodrow C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	9:46	—	—	73	14
Marcus Sorensen L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	0	0	0	9:08	—	—	79	60
Joonas Donskoi R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.03	0	0	0	8:40	—	—	84	74
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	1	1	0	4	0.29	0	0	0	25:09	—	—	70	47
Brenden Dillon D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	4	17:04	—	—	70	50
Brent Burns D	D2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.47	2	1	0	26:46	—	—	75	80
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	0	2	2	20:53	—	—	72	67
Justin Braun D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	1	0	19:09	—	—	73	70
Joakim Ryan D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	0	0	8:52	—	—	57	56

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Martin Jones(start)	L	22	20	2	.909	2.35	57:31

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.16	3	1	0	18:04	—	—	28	21
Brayden Schenn C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	4	3	2	17:30	—	—	38	57
Jaden Schwartz L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	2	0	0	16:43	—	—	35	22
Alexander Steen L	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	15:14	—	—	40	51
Oskar Sundqvist C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.27	1	0	0	15:10	—	—	42	54
Ivan Barbashev L	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.01	1	0	2	12:49	—	—	29	42
Ryan O'Reilly C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.72	0	1	0	19:06	—	—	33	56
David Perron L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	0	0	15:17	—	—	30	54
Sammy Blais L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	4	2	2	10:42	—	—	20	23
Tyler Bozak C	L4	1	0	1	0	3	0.45	2	3	0	15:28	—	—	10	19
Patrick Maroon L	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.10	2	0	0	10:26	—	—	27	40
Robert Thomas C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	0	0	0	10:09	—	—	27	45
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	2	0	24:59	—	—	25	33
Jay Bouwmeester D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	4	4	0	24:02	—	—	20	30
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	2	3	2	22:30	—	—	41	70
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.17	0	0	0	20:16	—	—	32	56
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:56	—	—	28	23
Carl Gunnarsson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:52	—	—	28	26

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	W	30	29	1	.967	3.16	60:00

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.