San Jose Sharks vs. St. Louis BluesJan 20, 2021

Final / SOWednesday, Jan 20, 2021· Enterprise Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
SJS	0	1	0	0	1	2		SJS	9	11	17	1	38
STL	0	1	0	0	0	1		STL	10	10	3	0	23

: SJS 57STL 43
: SJS 2.33STL 1.71
PP goals: SJS 0STL 0
Hits: SJS 12STL 13
Blocks: SJS 8STL 13
PIM: SJS 10STL 12
: SJS 45%STL 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

San Jose Sharks edge St. Louis Blues 2–1 (SO)

San Jose Sharks beat St. Louis Blues 2–1 in a shootout at STL. Marcus Sorensen (SJS) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Nikolai Knyzhov (SJS) played 7:12, −9:43 down on his 16:55 season average over 55 games.

Usage
Nikolai Knyzhov (SJS) played 7:12, −9:43 down on his 16:55 season average over 55 games.Knyzhov
Goalie
Jordan Binnington (STL) faced 38 shots and stopped 37 (.974), +9 against a season average of 28.6; the overtime loss.Binnington
Usage
Erik Karlsson (SJS) played 30:43, +7:16 up on his 23:27 season average over 51 games.Karlsson
New line
New look for SJS: Marleau–Sorensen–Nieto skated 5:10 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Marleau Sorensen Nieto
New line
New look for SJS: Noesen–Gambrell–Leonard skated 7:54 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Noesen Gambrell Leonard
New line
New look for STL: Sundqvist–Barbashev–Blais skated 5:30 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (70% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sundqvist Barbashev Blais
Usage
Marcus Sorensen (SJS) played 8:57, −3:15 down on his 12:12 season average over 28 games.Sorensen
Usage
Matt Nieto (SJS) played 10:35, −3:32 down on his 14:07 season average over 27 games.Nieto

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 100 of 100 attempts · STL 43 · SJS 57

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 39% of the game, STL 28%.

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
	38	42
	1.39	1.66
	1.36	1.55
	6	2
	1	2
	4	2
	−0.035	+0.036
	39%	28%

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 – Meier
9:1947% CF
L2Couture – Donato – Labanc
7:5446% CF
L3Noesen – Gambrell – Leonard
7:5457% CF
L4Marleau – Sorensen – Nieto
5:1060% CF
D1Burns – Ferraro
13:1556% CF
D2Vlasic – Karlsson
13:0532% CF
D3Simek – Knyzhov
3:5275% CF

PP1Burns – Couture – Karlsson – Kane – Hertl
6:04100% CF
PP2Donato – Labanc – Meier – Ferraro – Leonard
1:39100% CF
PK1FCouture – Nieto
1:02
PK2FMarleau – Gambrell
0:40
PK1DVlasic – Karlsson
1:30
PK2DBurns – Ferraro
0:57

Current SJS line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Schenn – Schwartz – Kyrou
9:0441% CF
L2Perron – O'Reilly – Sanford
6:0957% CF
L3Sundqvist – Barbashev – Blais
5:3070% CF
L4Hoffman – Bozak – Thomas
4:0029% CF
D1Krug – Parayko
14:4256% CF
D2Faulk – Dunn
13:4571% CF
D3Gunnarsson – Mikkola
7:5927% CF

PP1Hoffman – Bozak – Sanford – Dunn – Thomas
1:58100% CF
PP2Perron – O'Reilly – Schenn – Schwartz – Krug
1:5660% CF
PK1FBozak – Sanford
2:58
PK2FO'Reilly – Sundqvist
1:41
PK1DGunnarsson – Faulk
2:32
PK2DParayko – Mikkola
1:44

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

4:27
STLBrayden Schenn (Jordan Kyrou, Vince Dunn)wrist0.16 xG
SJS: Burns, Couture, Donato, Labanc, SimekSTL: Schenn, Schwartz, Krug, Parayko, Kyrou
SJS 0 – 1 STL
17:57
SJSMarcus Sorensen (Matt Nieto, Mario Ferraro)wrist0.03 xG
SJS: Marleau, Burns, Sorensen, Nieto, FerraroSTL: Perron, O'Reilly, Krug, Parayko, Sanford
SJS 1 – 1 STL

Decided in the shootout: SJS 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.

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tomas Hertl C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.28	0	0	0	23:02	—	—	39	35
Evander Kane L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.27	1	0	8	22:13	—	—	47	43
Timo Meier R	L1	0	0	0	0	7	0.38	1	0	0	15:14	—	—	50	36
Logan Couture C	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.12	0	0	0	24:18	—	—	38	44
Kevin Labanc R	L2	0	0	0	-1	6	0.29	0	0	0	17:46	—	—	47	58
Ryan Donato C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	0	0	0	15:24	—	—	37	36
Dylan Gambrell C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	13:53	—	—	39	20
John Leonard L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	11:51	—	—	50	71
Stefan Noesen R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	9:56	—	—	57	68
Matt Nieto L	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.11	0	0	0	10:35	—	—	57	49
Patrick Marleau C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	3	0	0	10:00	—	—	63	53
Marcus Sorensen L	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.24	0	1	0	8:57	—	—	53	49
Brent Burns D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.18	1	0	2	30:51	—	—	52	53
Mario Ferraro D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.08	0	2	0	22:52	—	—	58	60
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	0	2	0	30:43	—	—	40	31
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	22:12	—	—	33	31
Radim Simek D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	10:09	—	—	64	57
Nikolai Knyzhov D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	7:12	—	—	75	77

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Martin Jones(start)	W	23	22	1	.957	1.71	64:47

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jaden Schwartz L	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.19	0	0	0	18:47	—	—	39	46
Brayden Schenn C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.22	1	0	0	18:06	—	—	43	55
Jordan Kyrou R	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	0	0	0	15:06	—	—	50	54
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	0	1	0	22:26	—	—	61	53
David Perron L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	1	1	2	18:01	—	—	64	55
Zachary Sanford L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	0	1	0	16:20	—	—	61	50
Oskar Sundqvist C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	4	2	2	14:40	—	—	69	95
Ivan Barbashev L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:43	—	—	67	89
Sammy Blais L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	0	0	0	8:30	—	—	62	87
Mike Hoffman C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	0	0	0	13:06	—	—	54	56
Tyler Bozak C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	12:49	—	—	25	18
Robert Thomas C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	0	0	0	11:49	—	—	27	17
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	2	3	4	26:01	—	—	46	48
Torey Krug D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	0	1	2	21:48	—	—	54	56
Justin Faulk D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.19	4	0	0	26:30	—	—	64	70
Vince Dunn D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.20	0	0	0	19:16	—	—	70	73
Niko Mikkola D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	2	0	14:25	—	—	33	48
Carl Gunnarsson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	2	2	13:42	—	—	23	12

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	O	38	37	1	.974	2.33	65:00

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.