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St. Louis Blues

Chris Butler

#25Defenseman

2018-19 regular season
13
GP
1
G
1
A
2
P
10
SOG
10.0% SH
14:02
TOI/GP

D · STL · NHL id 8471761

Chris Butler has played 13 games for the St. Louis Blues in 2018-19, scoring 1 goal and 1 assist (2 points) on 10 shots while averaging 14:02 a night (13:01 at even strength, 0:01 on the power play and 0:56 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Blues have controlled 54% of shot attempts with Butler on the ice (7-4 in goals, 49% offensive-zone starts). In the Blues' most recent game against BOS he was on D3 with Vince Dunn and off the power play. He is shooting 10.0% this season against 8.3% across the 19 games in our data.

Right now

From the Feb 23 game vs BOS, detected from shift data

Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
PK2D
Alex Pietrangelo
Last 5: D3 · D3 · D3 · D3 · D3

Deployment timeline

2018-19 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 1 games, 11:41 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 0 line changes.

PPLine30m3m7m10m13mJan 10Jan 14Jan 17Jan 21Feb 2Feb 7Feb 10Feb 14Feb 17Feb 21
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
1 games shown, 11:41 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

Puck and player tracking

Source: NHL EDGE

No NHL EDGE tracking data for this player yet. Edge covers 2021-22 onward and refreshes nightly.

Shot map

2018-19 · 31 attempts, 10 on goal, 1 goal

Shot map, OPP at STL: 31 attempts, 10 on goal, 1 goal, 0.49 expected goals; best chance Chris Butler at 0.04 xG.

  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked
Every attempt (goals, shots, misses and blocks), attacking toward the right (or the top on phones).

Puck luck

2018-19 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

00.20.40.60.811.2+0.5goals above expected0.7σOct 4Feb 23
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Beyond the box score

2018-19 regular season · 12 of 13 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
−0.010
Season net
−0.03xG

5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.71
Attempts
2
0.000

5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.

MethodLeaders
Season
+0.32G
Per 60
+0.106
Drawn / taken
2 / 0minors

MethodLeaders
55.5%
59.6%
55.8%
Transition CF/60
5.3
Turnovers won/60
13.8
Turnovers lost/60
16.7

5-on-5 while he is on the ice.

Linemates

2018-19 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Butler

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

13 games in 2018-19, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Feb 23vs BOSW 2-1000-11041—11:4111:130:070:21
Dec 27vs BUFW 4-1000+21014—17:2116:50—0:31
Dec 22@ CGYW 3-1000+10000—10:139:27—0:46
Dec 20@ VANL 1-500000010—11:3911:35——
Dec 18@ EDMW 4-1000-11021—11:4210:20—1:22
Dec 16vs CGYL 2-700000001—17:2515:22—1:27
Dec 14vs COLW 4-300000003—15:1911:18—3:53
Dec 11vs FLAW 4-3000+21012—10:489:20—1:28
Dec 9vs VANL 1-600001020—17:4017:23—0:17
Dec 7@ WPGW 1-000001013—10:5810:400:030:15
Dec 5vs EDMOTL 2-3011+10011—14:5914:59——
Oct 6vs CHIOTL 4-510104020—17:1515:47—1:22
Oct 4vs WPGL 1-5000-10021—15:3015:00—0:30

Season splits by strength

2018-19 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations13182:3014:0216416050.6%52.3%92917750%8.88.144%
Even strength13169:1413:0116213754.2%55.8%91817464%8.76.949%
5v513169:1413:0116213754.2%55.8%91817464%8.76.949%
Power play20:100:0500——0000—0.00.0100%
Penalty kill1112:121:072199.5%6.7%19030%0.01.10%
4v51112:121:072199.5%6.7%19030%0.01.10%

Career by season

Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2018-19STL13112+301010.0%171714:02
2017-18STL6000+1220.0%3313:18

On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.