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San Jose Sharks vs. St. Louis BluesDec 12, 2024

Final· Enterprise Center
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SJS
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STL
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Goals123TShots123T
SJS1214SJS1411631
STL1023STL48820
SJS 49STL 54
SJS 2.34STL 2.90
PP goals
SJS 1STL 0
Hits
SJS 32STL 31
Blocks
SJS 21STL 14
PIM
SJS 11STL 11
SJS 50%STL 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

San Jose Sharks edge St. Louis Blues 4–3

San Jose Sharks beat St. Louis Blues 4–3 at STL. Macklin Celebrini (SJS) led the scoring with 2G 1A. SJS's first power-play unit (Toffoli, Granlund, Wennberg, Walman and Celebrini) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 2:51 together.

  1. Points
    Macklin Celebrini had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 6 shots in 17:18.Celebrini
  2. Points
    Nikolai Kovalenko had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 13:18.Kovalenko
  3. Points
    Jake Neighbours had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:55.Neighbours
  4. Points
    Jake Walman had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 23:52.Walman
  5. PP1
    SJS's first power-play unit (Toffoli, Granlund, Wennberg, Walman and Celebrini) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 2:51 together.ToffoliGranlundWennbergWalmanCelebrini
  6. New line
    New look for SJS: Granlund–Kostin–Zetterlund skated 8:34 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (14.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.GranlundKostinZetterlund
  7. New line
    New look for SJS: Toffoli–Kovalenko–Celebrini skated 7:41 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.ToffoliKovalenkoCelebrini
  8. New line
    New look for SJS: Dellandrea–Sturm–Eklund skated 4:46 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.DellandreaSturmEklund

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.

Shot map, SJS at STL: 103 attempts, 51 on goal, 7 goals, 5.24 expected goals; best chance Brayden Schenn at 0.53 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← SJS attacks left (bottom on phones)STL attacks right (top on phones) →
  • STL
  • SJS
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 103 of 103 attempts · STL 54 · SJS 49

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, SJS at STL: expected goals 2.90 to 2.34 (STL led the chances), shot attempts 54 to 49, 7 goals.

0.01.02.03.01st2nd3rdSTLSJSTNCCSWKnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • STL
  • SJS
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
STLSJScontrol2nd3rdToffoli · 1st 1:21Neighbours · 1st 10:26Celebrini · 2nd 5:43Celebrini · 2nd 19:53Schenn · 3rd 5:34Walman · 3rd 6:01Kyrou · 3rd 7:57
  • 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 21% of the game, STL 38%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

Shift chart, SJS at STL: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Jordan Binnington (58:59) for STL and Alexandar Georgiev (60:00) for SJS, 7 goals.

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
StatSJSSTL
4959
1.983.10
1.873.01
812
11
2819
+0.008−0.008
21%38%

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

Current SJS line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 1:21
    SJSTyler Toffoli (Macklin Celebrini, Nikolai Kovalenko)wrist0.25 xG
    SJS: Toffoli, Ceci, Walman, Kovalenko, CelebriniSTL: Suter, Parayko, Buchnevich, Thomas, Neighbours
    SJS 1 – 0 STL
  2. 10:26
    STLJake Neighbours (Ryan Suter, Colton Parayko)wrist0.10 xG
    SJS: Goodrow, Wennberg, Kunin, Ferraro, LiljegrenSTL: Suter, Parayko, Buchnevich, Thomas, Neighbours
    SJS 1 – 1 STL

2nd period

  1. 5:43
    SJSMacklin Celebrini (Timothy Liljegren, Nikolai Kovalenko)wrist0.05 xG
    SJS: Toffoli, Ferraro, Liljegren, Kovalenko, CelebriniSTL: Suter, Parayko, Sundqvist, Holloway, Bolduc
    SJS 2 – 1 STL
  2. 19:53
    SJSMacklin CelebriniPP (Mikael Granlund, Jake Walman)wrist0.08 xG
    SJS: Toffoli, Granlund, Wennberg, Walman, CelebriniSTL: Faulk, Sundqvist, Toropchenko, Broberg
    SJS 3 – 1 STL

3rd period

  1. 5:34
    STLBrayden Schenn (Zachary Bolduc, Jake Neighbours)snap0.53 xG
    SJS: Goodrow, Wennberg, Kunin, Ferraro, LiljegrenSTL: Schenn, Joseph, Neighbours, Kessel, Bolduc
    SJS 3 – 2 STL
  2. 6:01
    SJSJake Walman (Nikolai Kovalenko, Nico Sturm)snap0.19 xG
    SJS: Ceci, Walman, Dellandrea, Kovalenko, SturmSTL: Saad, Sundqvist, Joseph, Holloway, Kessel
    SJS 4 – 2 STL
  3. 7:57
    STLJordan Kyrou (Pavel Buchnevich, Robert Thomas)wrist0.13 xG
    SJS: Ceci, Walman, Kunin, Kovalenko, CelebriniSTL: Suter, Faulk, Buchnevich, Kyrou, Thomas
    SJS 4 – 3 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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Mikael Granlund CL1011020.1902020:36——2018
Fabian Zetterlund LL1000010.0421016:59——1913
Klim Kostin CL1000000.0063211:05——137
Macklin Celebrini CL2213+160.5400017:18——6060
Tyler Toffoli CL2101+240.5510016:10——5661
Nikolai Kovalenko RL2033+210.0931013:18——4856
Alexander Wennberg CL3000-210.2402015:47——5213
Luke Kunin CL3000-330.1140015:46——5620
Barclay Goodrow CL3000-200.0020013:40——6215
William Eklund LL4000020.1500020:42——5245
Nico Sturm CL4011+100.002009:40——6459
Ty Dellandrea CL4000+110.015078:18——4758
Jake Walman DD1112+140.2703023:52——4763
Cody Ceci DD1000+110.0323022:39——4355
Jan Rutta DD2000010.0201217:58——6341
Shakir Mukhamadullin DD2000010.0212015:40——6240
Mario Ferraro DD3000-110.0330021:08——3418
Timothy Liljegren DD3011-120.0413015:24——3619
SJS goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)W20173.8502.9060:00

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Jordan Kyrou RL1101+120.2401020:45——4057
Brayden Schenn CL1101+140.7351019:56——5374
Brandon Saad LL1000-100.1512010:44——2138
Robert Thomas CL2011+110.0702022:00——6656
Pavel Buchnevich LL2011+120.3211020:09——6253
Jake Neighbours LL2112+120.2730216:55——7164
Alexey Toropchenko RL3000020.2431011:56——7292
Nathan Walker LL3000000.002159:45——7199
Mathieu Joseph RL3000010.052009:29——6998
Dylan Holloway LL4000-210.0640415:58——4827
Zachary Bolduc RL4011010.0020013:20——5380
Oskar Sundqvist CL4000-200.0011011:19——90
Justin Faulk DD1000+100.0011027:02——5971
Philip Broberg DD1000000.0111024:33——4963
Matthew Kessel DD2000000.0902012:37——4667
Pierre-Olivier Joseph DD2000010.0820011:17——4468
Colton Parayko DD3011-120.3200020:45——4952
Ryan Suter DD3011010.2730018:43——7157
STL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jordan Binnington(start)L31274.8712.3458:59

Goal anatomy

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

Tyler Toffoli (SJS) 1st 1:21 · assists Macklin Celebrini, Nikolai Kovalenko · Cycle · 3.8 mph shot.

Jake Walman · 3rd 6:01 · SJS

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
2-on-1
Passes
0
Shot
41.2 mph
Distance
13 ft
Entry to goal
2.4 s
Type
one-timer

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