San Jose Sharks vs. St. Louis BluesJan 7, 2020

FinalTuesday, Jan 7, 2020· Enterprise Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SJS	0	0	2	2		SJS	5	11	14	30
STL	0	2	1	3		STL	10	9	8	27

: SJS 51STL 50
: SJS 2.16STL 2.54
PP goals: SJS 1STL 0
Hits: SJS 27STL 16
Blocks: SJS 15STL 12
PIM: SJS 6STL 2
: SJS 43%STL 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues edge San Jose Sharks 3–2

St. Louis Blues beat San Jose Sharks 3–2 at home. Erik Karlsson (SJS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Logan Couture (SJS) played 9:19, −9:23 down on his 18:42 season average over 51 games.

Points
Erik Karlsson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 23:59.Karlsson
Usage
Logan Couture (SJS) played 9:19, −9:23 down on his 18:42 season average over 51 games.Couture
New line
New look for STL: Sundqvist–MacEachern–Barbashev skated 10:20 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (52.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sundqvist MacEachern Barbashev
Usage
Vince Dunn (STL) played 21:35, +5:23 up on his 16:12 season average over 70 games.Dunn
Usage
Mario Ferraro (SJS) played 12:00, −3:57 down on his 15:57 season average over 60 games.Ferraro
Usage
Brenden Dillon (SJS) played 22:41, +3:16 up on his 19:25 season average over 68 games.Dillon
Usage
Joel Kellman (SJS) played 8:05, −3:37 down on his 11:42 season average over 30 games.Kellman
Usage
Jordan Kyrou (STL) played 14:13, +3:27 up on his 10:46 season average over 27 games.Kyrou

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 101 of 101 attempts · STL 50 · SJS 51

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 28% 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
	49	56
	1.88	2.90
	1.81	2.78
	10	8
	2	4
	17	13
	−0.087	+0.087
	28%	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

L1Thornton – Sorensen – Labanc
11:5157% CF
L2Kane – Goodrow – Meier
8:3133% CF
L3Marleau – Couture – Hertl
6:4425% CF
L4Noesen – Karlsson – Kellman
3:2867% CF
D1Burns – Dillon
17:2337% CF
D2Vlasic – Karlsson
14:0683% CF
D3Ferraro – Simek
10:0238% CF

PP1Thornton – Karlsson – Kane – Goodrow – Meier
0:35100% CF
PK1FKane – Hertl
1:51
PK2FGoodrow – Karlsson
1:20
PK1DBurns – Dillon
2:44
PK2DVlasic – Karlsson
2:04

Current SJS line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Perron – O'Reilly – Sanford
12:2663% CF
L2Schenn – Schwartz – Kyrou
10:3761% CF
L3Sundqvist – MacEachern – Barbashev
10:2053% CF
L4Steen – Bozak – Thomas
9:5540% CF
D1Pietrangelo – Dunn
17:1260% CF
D2Bouwmeester – Faulk
16:3447% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Mikkola
10:4053% CF

PP1Perron – Pietrangelo – O'Reilly – Schenn – Schwartz
3:2350% CF
PP2Bozak – Faulk – Dunn – Kyrou – Thomas
2:37
PK1FBozak – O'Reilly
0:18
PK1DBouwmeester – Bortuzzo
0:18

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

5:39
STLTyler Bozak (Alexander Steen, Brayden Schenn)wrist0.21 xG
SJS: Kane, Goodrow, Labanc, Ferraro, SimekSTL: Bouwmeester, Steen, Bozak, Schenn, Dunn
SJS 0 – 1 STL
6:59
STLIvan Barbashev (Oskar Sundqvist)wrist0.35 xG
SJS: Burns, Couture, Noesen, Karlsson, FerraroSTL: Pietrangelo, Sundqvist, MacEachern, Barbashev, Dunn
SJS 0 – 2 STL

3rd period

2:14
SJSTimo MeierPP (Erik Karlsson, Barclay Goodrow)wrist0.08 xG
SJS: Thornton, Karlsson, Kane, Goodrow, MeierSTL: Steen, Bortuzzo, Pietrangelo, O'Reilly
SJS 1 – 2 STL
4:07
STLDavid Perron (Ryan O'Reilly)wrist0.04 xG
SJS: Vlasic, Karlsson, Noesen, Goodrow, MeierSTL: Perron, Pietrangelo, O'Reilly, Sanford, Dunn
SJS 1 – 3 STL
16:50
SJSErik KarlssonSHwrap-around0.14 xG
SJS: Karlsson, Kane, Dillon, HertlSTL: Perron, Pietrangelo, O'Reilly, Schenn, Schwartz
SJS 2 – 3 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
Joe Thornton C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	0	0	0	16:28	—	—	60	60
Marcus Sorensen L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	4	1	0	15:57	—	—	60	64
Kevin Labanc R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.26	0	0	2	15:22	—	—	60	56
Evander Kane L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	3	0	0	21:55	—	—	41	25
Barclay Goodrow C	L2	0	1	1	-2	2	0.04	3	1	2	16:33	—	—	39	19
Timo Meier R	L2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.18	4	0	0	15:51	—	—	40	22
Tomas Hertl C	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.28	2	1	0	19:45	—	—	32	35
Patrick Marleau C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	1	0	16:41	—	—	40	57
Logan Couture C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	1	0	0	9:19	—	—	18	12
Melker Karlsson C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:37	—	—	58	30
Stefan Noesen R	L4	0	0	0	-2	3	0.30	3	0	0	9:33	—	—	53	43
Joel Kellman C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	1	0	8:05	—	—	80	99
Brent Burns D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.03	2	5	0	25:40	—	—	34	25
Brenden Dillon D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	3	0	22:41	—	—	40	42
Erik Karlsson D	D2	1	1	2	0	3	0.37	0	0	0	23:59	—	—	73	62
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	1	0	2	19:47	—	—	76	77
Radim Simek D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	1	1	0	15:24	—	—	36	32
Mario Ferraro D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	0	1	0	12:00	—	—	36	28

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Aaron Dell(start)	L	27	24	3	.889	2.54	59:23

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	19:17	—	—	65	58
David Perron L	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.12	0	0	0	18:15	—	—	58	46
Zachary Sanford L	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.29	3	0	0	14:49	—	—	50	50
Jaden Schwartz L	L2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.34	0	0	0	17:46	—	—	63	82
Brayden Schenn C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.29	1	1	2	17:44	—	—	54	75
Jordan Kyrou R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	1	0	14:13	—	—	60	80
Oskar Sundqvist C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.11	0	2	0	13:56	—	—	54	65
Ivan Barbashev L	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.56	3	0	0	11:31	—	—	45	60
Mackenzie MacEachern L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	2	0	0	11:01	—	—	53	60
Tyler Bozak C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.21	0	0	0	14:59	—	—	48	59
Robert Thomas C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:58	—	—	50	38
Alexander Steen L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.14	1	0	0	14:19	—	—	44	44
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	0	0	+1	5	0.16	1	4	0	24:55	—	—	60	69
Vince Dunn D	D1	0	0	0	+3	4	0.16	2	1	0	21:35	—	—	60	70
Justin Faulk D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	22:11	—	—	47	53
Jay Bouwmeester D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	21:30	—	—	43	59
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	13:55	—	—	46	49
Niko Mikkola D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	0	0	12:31	—	—	50	43

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	W	29	27	2	.931	2.16	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.