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

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SJS	0	1	0	1		SJS	13	8	6	27
STL	1	2	1	4		STL	16	19	13	48

: SJS 46STL 79
: SJS 2.58STL 4.55
PP goals: SJS 0STL 1
Hits: SJS 18STL 15
Blocks: SJS 17STL 3
PIM: SJS 13STL 5
: SJS 48%STL 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues beat San Jose Sharks 4–1

St. Louis Blues beat San Jose Sharks 4–1 at home. Brandon Saad (STL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. James Reimer (SJS) faced 48 shots and stopped 44 (.917), +18 against a season average of 30.2; the loss.

Points
Brandon Saad had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 16:09.Saad
Points
David Perron had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:10.Perron
Goalie
James Reimer (SJS) faced 48 shots and stopped 44 (.917), +18 against a season average of 30.2; the loss.Reimer
PP1
STL's first power-play unit (Perron, O'Reilly, Tarasenko, Saad and Krug) scored 1 power-play goal on 12 attempts in 4:12 together.Perron O'Reilly Tarasenko Saad Krug
New line
New look for STL: Tarasenko–Buchnevich–Thomas skated 12:10 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (54.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Tarasenko Buchnevich Thomas
New line
New look for STL: Perron–O'Reilly–Kyrou skated 12:06 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (53.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Perron O'Reilly Kyrou
New line
New look for STL: Neal–Bozak–Kostin skated 7:32 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (45.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Neal Bozak Kostin
New line
New look for STL: Saad–Sundqvist–Barbashev skated 10:09 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (54.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Saad Sundqvist Barbashev

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 125 of 125 attempts · STL 79 · 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 57%.

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
	54	73
	3.01	3.51
	2.91	3.35
	11	13
	4	6
	20	12
	+0.003	−0.003
	18%	57%

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 – Meier – Dahlen
12:2043% CF
L2Hertl – Balcers – Barabanov
7:5250% CF
L3Cogliano – Bonino – Nieto
5:4553% CF
L4Labanc – Gadjovich – Weatherby
5:3245% CF
D1Burns – Ferraro
17:1427% CF
D2Karlsson – Middleton
13:5446% CF
D3Vlasic – Hatakka
8:1147% CF

PK1FHertl – Balcers
2:54
PK2FCogliano – Couture
2:14
PK1DBurns – Ferraro
3:45
PK2DVlasic – Karlsson
1:25

Current SJS line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Tarasenko – Buchnevich – Thomas
12:1054% CF
L2Perron – O'Reilly – Kyrou
12:0654% CF
L3Saad – Sundqvist – Barbashev
10:0954% CF
L4Neal – Bozak – Kostin
7:3245% CF
D1Krug – Parayko
17:2758% CF
D2Faulk – Perunovich
15:3558% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Scandella
11:2733% CF

PP1Perron – O'Reilly – Tarasenko – Saad – Krug
4:1292% CF
PP2Neal – Buchnevich – Kyrou – Thomas – Perunovich
2:13100% CF

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	+1	1	0.06	1	0	0	16:19	—	—	42	50
Timo Meier R	L1	0	1	1	+1	5	0.33	3	2	0	15:57	—	—	40	51
Jonathan Dahlen C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.27	0	0	0	14:21	—	—	42	50
Tomas Hertl C	L2	0	0	0	-2	4	0.26	2	0	0	17:02	—	—	39	38
Rudolfs Balcers L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	15:18	—	—	40	35
Alexander Barabanov L	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.08	1	0	0	14:42	—	—	33	29
Nick Bonino C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.26	0	2	0	15:09	—	—	49	51
Matt Nieto L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	1	0	0	13:07	—	—	36	42
Andrew Cogliano C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.31	0	0	0	12:46	—	—	54	57
Jasper Weatherby C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	12:54	—	—	38	50
Kevin Labanc R	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.38	0	0	2	12:24	—	—	52	48
Jonah Gadjovich L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	4	0	2	11:35	—	—	44	42
Brent Burns D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	2	25:31	—	—	28	30
Mario Ferraro D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	1	4	0	24:57	—	—	42	45
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.28	1	2	0	22:52	—	—	48	56
Jake Middleton D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	3	5	18:01	—	—	47	58
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	0	2	0	17:22	—	—	48	47
Santeri Hatakka D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:08	—	—	41	39

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
James Reimer(start)	L	48	44	4	.917	4.55	60:00

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L1	0	0	0	+1	7	0.48	0	0	0	19:08	—	—	59	69
Robert Thomas C	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.61	1	0	0	18:08	—	—	62	73
Pavel Buchnevich L	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.23	0	0	0	17:32	—	—	62	72
David Perron L	L2	0	2	2	0	2	0.38	0	1	0	19:10	—	—	55	48
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	0	1	1	0	5	0.31	1	0	0	17:28	—	—	57	52
Jordan Kyrou R	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.41	0	0	0	15:57	—	—	59	52
Brandon Saad L	L3	2	0	2	+1	6	0.64	0	0	0	16:09	—	—	58	51
Ivan Barbashev L	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.15	1	0	0	15:35	—	—	60	52
Oskar Sundqvist C	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.28	3	0	0	14:42	—	—	59	48
James Neal L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	1	0	0	13:05	—	—	59	42
Klim Kostin C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	3	0	0	11:52	—	—	47	33
Tyler Bozak C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	8:45	—	—	46	27
Torey Krug D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	0	0	0	22:50	—	—	60	43
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	1	0	0	21:57	—	—	64	45
Justin Faulk D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.16	1	0	0	20:00	—	—	67	74
Scott Perunovich D	D2	0	1	1	+2	3	0.11	0	0	0	19:25	—	—	61	68
Marco Scandella D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	1	0	15:17	—	—	43	47
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	1	5	13:00	—	—	39	47

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ville Husso(start)	W	27	26	1	.963	2.58	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 BluesNov 18, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

St. Louis Blues beat San Jose Sharks 4–1

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