San Jose Sharks vs. St. Louis BluesJan 18, 2021

FinalMonday, Jan 18, 2021· Enterprise Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SJS	2	1	1	4		SJS	8	9	9	26
STL	0	4	1	5		STL	13	12	8	33

: SJS 38STL 50
: SJS 1.61STL 2.16
PP goals: SJS 2STL 0
Hits: SJS 8STL 13
Blocks: SJS 10STL 3
PIM: SJS 6STL 6
: SJS 52%STL 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues edge San Jose Sharks 5–4

St. Louis Blues beat San Jose Sharks 5–4 at home. Logan Couture (SJS) led the scoring with 2G 1A. SJS's first power-play unit (Burns, Couture, Karlsson, Kane and Hertl) scored 2 power-play goals on 5 attempts in 1:44 together.

Points
Logan Couture had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 17:36.Couture
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Brent Burns had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 28:39.Burns
Points
Justin Faulk had two goals (2 points) on 8 shots in 21:14.Faulk
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Jordan Kyrou had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:21.Kyrou
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Kevin Labanc had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:10.Labanc
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Colton Parayko had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:56.Parayko
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Tomas Hertl had 2 assists (2 points) in 20:59.Hertl
PP1
SJS's first power-play unit (Burns, Couture, Karlsson, Kane and Hertl) scored 2 power-play goals on 5 attempts in 1:44 together.Burns Couture Karlsson Kane Hertl

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 88 of 88 attempts · STL 50 · SJS 38

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 16% of the game, STL 52%.

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
	32	54
	1.06	2.45
	1.05	2.38
	1	10
	6	14
	7	11
	+0.031	−0.031
	16%	52%

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

L1Kane – Hertl – Leonard
8:4529% CF
L2Couture – Labanc – Meier
6:4443% CF
L3Nieto – Donato – Gregor
5:1025% CF
L4Marleau – Sorensen – Handemark
4:56100% CF
D1Burns – Ferraro
16:0128% CF
D2Vlasic – Karlsson
14:0233% CF
D3Simek – Knyzhov
7:3867% CF

PP1Burns – Couture – Karlsson – Kane – Hertl
1:44100% CF
PP2Burns – Karlsson – Kane – Labanc – Leonard
0:40100% CF
PK1FMarleau – Sorensen
1:47
PK2FCouture – Nieto
1:45
PK1DBurns – Ferraro
3:13
PK2DVlasic – Karlsson
2:58

Current SJS line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Perron – O'Reilly – Sanford
11:3863% CF
L2Schenn – Schwartz – Kyrou
11:3576% CF
L3Hoffman – Bozak – Thomas
9:2325% CF
L4Clifford – Sundqvist – Barbashev
4:3150% CF
D1Krug – Parayko
17:4463% CF
D2Scandella – Faulk
15:5674% CF
D3Gunnarsson – Dunn
9:2520% CF

PP1Perron – O'Reilly – Schenn – Schwartz – Krug
3:10100% CF
PP2Hoffman – Bozak – Sanford – Dunn – Thomas
2:14100% CF
PK1FBozak – Sanford
0:58
PK2FO'Reilly – Barbashev
0:30
PK1DScandella – Parayko
0:58
PK2DGunnarsson – Krug
0:30

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
Evander Kane L	L1	0	1	1	-2	3	0.09	2	0	0	21:01	—	—	24	19
Tomas Hertl C	L1	0	2	2	-2	0	0.00	0	1	2	20:59	—	—	24	19
John Leonard L	L1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.35	0	0	0	12:46	—	—	39	30
Logan Couture C	L2	2	1	3	+1	3	0.24	0	1	0	17:36	—	—	29	35
Timo Meier R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	0	0	14:38	—	—	42	41
Kevin Labanc R	L2	1	1	2	0	2	0.12	1	1	2	14:10	—	—	47	60
Matt Nieto L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	14:08	—	—	40	20
Ryan Donato C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	0	0	0	13:08	—	—	40	35
Noah Gregor L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	2	9:04	—	—	50	52
Marcus Sorensen L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	15:05	—	—	63	21
Patrick Marleau C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.02	0	0	0	12:33	—	—	64	20
Fredrik Handemark C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:44	—	—	50	16
Brent Burns D	D1	1	2	3	-2	4	0.28	0	2	0	28:39	—	—	29	24
Mario Ferraro D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	2	2	0	22:31	—	—	29	27
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	0	0	-3	2	0.19	0	1	0	25:14	—	—	35	25
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	20:44	—	—	35	33
Radim Simek D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	12:49	—	—	59	43
Nikolai Knyzhov D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	0	0	0	10:03	—	—	64	52

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Devan Dubnyk(start)	L	33	28	5	.848	2.16	58:52

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.12	0	0	2	19:55	—	—	63	54
David Perron L	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.09	1	0	0	17:47	—	—	68	67
Zachary Sanford L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	0	0	0	17:09	—	—	57	46
Jaden Schwartz L	L2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.07	1	0	0	20:15	—	—	78	87
Brayden Schenn C	L2	1	0	1	+2	5	0.67	2	1	0	19:46	—	—	81	89
Jordan Kyrou R	L2	1	1	2	+2	3	0.29	0	0	0	14:21	—	—	70	85
Tyler Bozak C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.02	1	0	0	15:51	—	—	46	87
Robert Thomas C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:07	—	—	46	78
Mike Hoffman C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.20	1	0	0	14:35	—	—	53	82
Oskar Sundqvist C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	2	11:51	—	—	50	6
Ivan Barbashev L	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	9:50	—	—	46	28
Kyle Clifford L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	0	0	6:09	—	—	56	37
Torey Krug D	D1	0	1	1	+3	0	0.01	0	0	0	23:04	—	—	59	65
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	2	2	+1	3	0.08	1	0	0	22:56	—	—	65	67
Justin Faulk D	D2	2	0	2	+2	8	0.45	3	0	2	21:14	—	—	68	76
Marco Scandella D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	0	0	0	19:17	—	—	73	69
Vince Dunn D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:19	—	—	40	80
Carl Gunnarsson D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.03	0	2	0	13:40	—	—	46	71

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	W	26	22	4	.846	1.61	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.

San Jose Sharks vs. St. Louis BluesJan 18, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

St. Louis Blues edge San Jose Sharks 5–4

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

San Jose Sharks

St. Louis Blues

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

San Jose Sharks

St. Louis Blues