San Jose Sharks vs. St. Louis BluesMar 30, 2024

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SJS	0	3	1	4		SJS	3	12	5	20
STL	0	0	0	0		STL	11	3	21	35

: SJS 37STL 81
: SJS 2.56STL 3.19
PP goals: SJS 0STL 0
Hits: SJS 26STL 16
Blocks: SJS 19STL 8
PIM: SJS 4STL 6
: SJS 39%STL 61%

Fantasy takeaways

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

San Jose Sharks rout St. Louis Blues 4–0

San Jose Sharks beat St. Louis Blues 4–0 at STL. Luke Kunin (SJS) led the scoring with 1G 0A. STL scored 0 goals on 3.19 expected goals (81 attempts), well short of its chances.

Luck
STL scored 0 goals on 3.19 expected goals (81 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for STL: Walker–Kapanen–Blais skated 7:32 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (70.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Walker Kapanen Blais
Goalie
Mackenzie Blackwood (SJS) faced 35 shots and stopped 35 (.1000), +4 against a season average of 31.4; the win.Blackwood
Usage
Klim Kostin (SJS) played 16:19, +5:31 up on his 10:48 season average over 51 games.Kostin
Usage
Kasperi Kapanen (STL) played 10:00, −4:27 down on his 14:27 season average over 72 games.Kapanen
Shots
Jordan Kyrou (STL) led everyone with 8 shot on goals without scoring.Kyrou
Cats
Sammy Blais (STL) threw 7 hits and blocked 2 shots, a night for hits leagues.Blais

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 118 of 118 attempts · STL 81 · SJS 37

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 25% of the game, STL 47%.

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
	34	91
	1.69	3.53
	1.63	3.20
	5	14
	2	6
	14	16
	−0.069	+0.069
	25%	47%

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

L1Granlund – Kostin – Zetterlund
11:3925% CF
L2Bailey – Kunin – Eklund
7:4223% CF
L3Hoffman – Sturm – Bordeleau
7:1233% CF
L4Carpenter – Labanc – Zadina
5:3933% CF
D1Burroughs – Ferraro
16:1632% CF
D2Vlasic – Rutta
12:5426% CF
D3Addison – Thrun
12:4019% CF

PP1Granlund – Zetterlund – Addison – Bordeleau – Eklund
2:26100% CF
PP2Hoffman – Labanc – Kunin – Zadina – Thrun
1:13
PK1FKunin – Sturm
1:40
PK2FCarpenter – Eklund
0:38
PK1DFerraro – Rutta
1:27
PK2DBurroughs – Thrun
0:24

Current SJS line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Hayes – Toropchenko – Bolduc
8:2560% CF
L2Walker – Kapanen – Blais
7:3271% CF
L3Buchnevich – Thomas – Neighbours
7:2482% CF
L4Schenn – Saad – Kyrou
6:1490% CF
D1Leddy – Parayko
17:1278% CF
D2Krug – Kessel
9:4247% CF
D3Faulk – Perunovich
9:2065% CF

PP1Krug – Buchnevich – Kyrou – Thomas – Neighbours
2:1175% CF
PP2Schenn – Faulk – Hayes – Saad – Bolduc
0:24
PK1FBuchnevich – Thomas
2:23
PK2FSchenn – Toropchenko
1:25
PK1DLeddy – Parayko
2:22
PK2DKrug – Kessel
0:45

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

8:30
SJSFilip Zadinawrist0.24 xG
SJS: Hoffman, Zadina, Addison, Sturm, ThrunSTL: Hayes, Krug, Toropchenko, Kessel, Bolduc
SJS 1 – 0 STL
12:05
SJSMikael Granlund (Fabian Zetterlund, William Eklund)snap0.32 xG
SJS: Granlund, Burroughs, Ferraro, Zetterlund, EklundSTL: Leddy, Parayko, Buchnevich, Kyrou, Thomas
SJS 2 – 0 STL
17:58
SJSLuke Kuninwrist0.11 xG
SJS: Vlasic, Bailey, Kunin, Kostin, RuttaSTL: Faulk, Krug, Walker, Kapanen, Blais
SJS 3 – 0 STL

3rd period

16:47
SJSJan RuttaEN (Nico Sturm)slap0.43 xG
SJS: Bailey, Kunin, Ferraro, Rutta, SturmSTL: Schenn, Krug, Buchnevich, Kyrou, Thomas, Neighbours
SJS 4 – 0 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
Mikael Granlund C	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.32	2	0	2	20:45	—	—	29	44
Fabian Zetterlund L	L1	0	1	1	+1	5	0.39	2	1	0	20:18	—	—	27	42
Klim Kostin C	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	2	2	16:19	—	—	23	23
Luke Kunin C	L2	1	0	1	+2	2	0.25	3	0	0	17:50	—	—	23	28
William Eklund L	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.28	1	3	0	17:50	—	—	26	44
Justin Bailey R	L2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	2	0	0	13:05	—	—	27	37
Thomas Bordeleau C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	0	0	0	14:11	—	—	28	18
Nico Sturm C	L3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.13	0	0	0	14:07	—	—	26	35
Mike Hoffman C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.06	0	2	0	12:46	—	—	36	32
Kevin Labanc R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	2	1	0	12:04	—	—	24	18
Filip Zadina R	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.35	1	2	0	11:19	—	—	33	34
Ryan Carpenter C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	9:58	—	—	25	16
Mario Ferraro D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.02	2	0	0	23:54	—	—	28	46
Kyle Burroughs D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	2	0	20:05	—	—	34	54
Jan Rutta D	D2	1	0	1	+2	1	0.46	1	2	0	17:46	—	—	30	20
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:04	—	—	26	15
Henry Thrun D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	19:52	—	—	19	25
Calen Addison D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	3	0	0	16:47	—	—	19	37

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	W	35	35	0	.1000	3.19	60:00

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kevin Hayes R	L1	-1	1	0.06	0	0	0	14:31	—	—	63	58
Zachary Bolduc R	L1	-1	2	0.19	1	1	0	13:35	—	—	64	58
Alexey Toropchenko R	L1	-1	1	0.23	1	0	0	12:21	—	—	62	50
Nathan Walker L	L2	-1	1	0.01	2	0	0	11:15	—	—	71	82
Sammy Blais L	L2	-1	1	0.54	7	2	0	10:09	—	—	76	83
Kasperi Kapanen R	L2	-1	1	0.04	1	1	2	10:00	—	—	68	81
Pavel Buchnevich L	L3	-2	5	0.31	0	1	0	22:30	—	—	77	66
Robert Thomas C	L3	-2	1	0.09	0	0	0	20:06	—	—	66	51
Jake Neighbours L	L3	-1	0	0.04	2	0	2	16:28	—	—	76	73
Jordan Kyrou R	L4	-2	8	0.43	0	0	0	17:23	—	—	79	66
Brayden Schenn C	L4	-1	2	0.26	1	0	0	15:24	—	—	93	88
Brandon Saad L	L4	0	1	0.27	0	0	0	13:51	—	—	79	77
Colton Parayko D	D1	-1	4	0.25	0	2	0	24:32	—	—	81	69
Nick Leddy D	D1	-1	1	0.14	0	0	0	22:17	—	—	79	62
Torey Krug D	D2	-3	2	0.18	0	1	0	21:39	—	—	61	58
Matthew Kessel D	D2	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:17	—	—	69	65
Justin Faulk D	D3	-1	4	0.15	0	0	2	19:16	—	—	70	71
Scott Perunovich D	D3	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	14:08	—	—	76	77

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joel Hofer(start)	L	19	16	3	.842	2.13	59:18

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Jan Rutta (SJS EN) 3rd 16:47 · assists Nico Sturm · Cycle · 12.1 mph shot.

Jan Rutta · 3rd 16:47 · SJS EN

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 12.1 mph
Distance: 7 ft

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Filip Zadina · 2nd 8:30 · SJS

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 53.6 mph
Distance: 17 ft

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Mikael Granlund · 2nd 12:05 · SJS

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 14.8 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Entry to goal: 5.6 s
Type: rebound

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Luke Kunin · 2nd 17:58 · SJS

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 59.5 mph
Distance: 23 ft
Entry to goal: 4.9 s

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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.