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

Final / OTThursday, Feb 18, 2021· Enterprise Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
SJS	0	2	0	0	2		SJS	10	12	9	1	32
STL	1	0	1	1	3		STL	12	8	15	10	45

: SJS 46STL 69
: SJS 2.51STL 3.55
PP goals: SJS 0STL 2
Hits: SJS 31STL 27
Blocks: SJS 17STL 4
PIM: SJS 8STL 2
: SJS 42%STL 58%

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 (OT)

St. Louis Blues beat San Jose Sharks 3–2 in overtime at home. David Perron (STL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. Martin Jones (SJS) faced 45 shots and stopped 42 (.933), +16 against a season average of 28.8; the overtime loss.

Points
David Perron had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 21:44.Perron
Points
Mike Hoffman had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:33.Hoffman
Goalie
Martin Jones (SJS) faced 45 shots and stopped 42 (.933), +16 against a season average of 28.8; the overtime loss.Jones
New line
New look for SJS: Nieto–Gregor–Gambrell skated 6:50 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (80% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nieto Gregor Gambrell
Usage
John Leonard (SJS) played 16:03, +4:55 up on his 11:08 season average over 43 games.Leonard
New line
New look for SJS: Marleau–Donato–Leonard skated 5:35 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Marleau Donato Leonard
New line
New look for STL: Sundqvist–Sanford–Blais skated 4:51 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sundqvist Sanford Blais
Usage
Mike Hoffman (STL) played 19:33, +4:34 up on his 14:59 season average over 51 games.Hoffman

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 115 of 115 attempts · STL 69 · SJS 46

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 18% of the game, STL 46%.

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
	52	58
	2.71	2.21
	2.47	2.14
	14	11
	6	5
	12	25
	−0.072	+0.072
	18%	46%

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 – Kane – Labanc
11:0750% CF
L2Nieto – Gregor – Gambrell
6:5080% CF
L3Hertl – Meier – Balcers
6:0245% CF
L4Marleau – Donato – Leonard
5:3556% CF
D1Burns – Ferraro
20:2538% CF
D2Vlasic – Knyzhov
16:1252% CF
D3Claesson – Meloche
10:1968% CF

PP1Donato – Meier – Balcers – Ferraro – Leonard
1:06
PP2Burns – Couture – Kane – Hertl – Labanc
0:44100% CF
PK1FCouture – Nieto
1:27
PK2FHertl – Gambrell
1:10
PK1DVlasic – Knyzhov
2:24
PK2DBurns – Ferraro
1:37

Current SJS line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Perron – O'Reilly – Barbashev
8:5870% CF
L2Clifford – MacEachern – de la Rose
5:4343% CF
L3Hoffman – Schenn – Kyrou
5:3650% CF
L4Sundqvist – Sanford – Blais
4:5140% CF
D1Faulk – Krug
16:2161% CF
D2Bortuzzo – Dunn
12:3145% CF
D3Gunnarsson – Scandella
10:5163% CF

PP1Schenn – Krug – Sanford – Dunn – Kyrou
2:45100% CF
PP2Perron – Hoffman – O'Reilly – Faulk – Sundqvist
2:0983% CF
PK1FSanford – Barbashev
0:38
PK2FO'Reilly – Sundqvist
0:37
PK1DGunnarsson – Faulk
1:10
PK2DBortuzzo – Scandella
0:38

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
Logan Couture C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.30	1	1	0	19:08	—	—	44	50
Evander Kane L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.48	1	2	0	16:39	—	—	43	58
Kevin Labanc R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.11	1	0	0	15:50	—	—	46	53
Dylan Gambrell C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.14	2	0	0	14:52	—	—	46	81
Matt Nieto L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	1	0	0	13:16	—	—	64	58
Noah Gregor L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.18	3	0	0	10:41	—	—	61	58
Tomas Hertl C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.16	0	1	0	20:44	—	—	54	67
Timo Meier R	L3	0	0	0	0	5	0.41	0	0	2	16:58	—	—	58	65
Rudolfs Balcers L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	2	0	11:50	—	—	29	36
John Leonard L	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.19	0	0	0	16:03	—	—	67	87
Patrick Marleau C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.13	1	1	2	15:15	—	—	32	41
Ryan Donato C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	4	0	2	12:43	—	—	35	37
Brent Burns D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.23	0	1	2	28:42	—	—	36	37
Mario Ferraro D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	7	2	0	27:04	—	—	36	43
Nikolai Knyzhov D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	3	0	22:10	—	—	50	63
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	3	0	21:20	—	—	44	49
Fredrik Claesson D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.03	2	0	0	12:35	—	—	67	74
Nicolas Meloche D	D3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	1	1	0	10:58	—	—	63	74

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Martin Jones(start)	O	45	42	3	.933	3.55	64:00

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	0	0	+1	5	0.42	0	0	0	23:20	—	—	72	59
David Perron L	L1	1	2	3	+1	4	0.38	0	0	0	21:44	—	—	75	67
Ivan Barbashev L	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.44	0	0	0	11:55	—	—	75	66
Kyle Clifford L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.38	0	0	0	9:58	—	—	44	34
Jacob de la Rose L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:07	—	—	64	34
Mackenzie MacEachern L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	3	0	0	8:03	—	—	50	31
Brayden Schenn C	L3	1	0	1	+1	5	0.45	3	0	0	22:39	—	—	39	41
Mike Hoffman C	L3	1	1	2	+1	5	0.29	1	0	0	19:33	—	—	44	24
Jordan Kyrou R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.19	1	0	0	16:23	—	—	52	33
Zachary Sanford L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.11	3	0	0	17:11	—	—	38	34
Oskar Sundqvist C	L4	0	1	1	-1	4	0.30	2	0	0	16:07	—	—	35	36
Sammy Blais L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.24	5	0	0	14:21	—	—	44	51
Justin Faulk D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.11	1	1	0	27:58	—	—	58	42
Torey Krug D	D1	0	1	1	0	4	0.08	2	0	0	26:24	—	—	53	39
Vince Dunn D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	2	2	20:28	—	—	47	33
Robert Bortuzzo D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.07	2	1	0	13:47	—	—	46	38
Carl Gunnarsson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:35	—	—	50	55
Marco Scandella D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	16:32	—	—	62	70

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	W	32	30	2	.938	2.51	62:34

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 BluesFeb 18, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

St. Louis Blues edge San Jose Sharks 3–2 (OT)

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

OT period

Box score

San Jose Sharks

St. Louis Blues