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St. Louis Blues, 2017-18

Be the GM of the St. Louis Blues Take over the 2017-18 team: trade, manage the cap and simulate the season.

Central Division, Western Conference

2017-18 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
18 82 44-32-6 94 0.573 226 222 +4 24-17-0 20-15-6

Records are wins, then losses, then losses in overtime or a shootout.

Analytics

Five-on-five, from 82 games. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones. What these numbers mean

51.7Corsi for %6th of 31 · 3,896 attempts for, 3,638 against
52.7Fenwick for %5th of 31 · unblocked attempts
52.1Shots for %6th of 31 · shots on goal
51.7Expected goals for %10th of 31 · 151.2 expected for, 141.0 against
52.3Goals for %13th of 31 · 150 for, 137 against
100.0PDO7.2% shooting + 92.9% saves

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 31 teams: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO is left plain, since it is neither good nor bad on its own.

Form through the season

Share of expected goals Share of shot attempts

40%45%50%55%60%Game 20Game 40Game 60Game 80Expected goalsShot attemptsThe team's share over its last 10 games

Each point looks back over the last 10 games at five-on-five. Above 50% the team was getting the better of play, below it the worse. The expected goals line counts each chance for what it was worth, and the shot attempts line counts them all alike.

Lines and pairings

The three forwards and the two defencemen who spent the most time on the ice together at five-on-five, and how the team did while they were out: its share of the shot attempts and of the expected goals, and the goals for and against. Time is minutes and seconds across the season.

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brayden Schenn · Vladimir Tarasenko · Jaden Schwartz53430:3559.462.226-15
Alexander Steen · Paul Stastny · Vladimir Sobotka23210:1456.348.28-10
Alexander Steen · Kyle Brodziak · Patrik Berglund24206:3152.555.310-7
Chris Thorburn · Scottie Upshall · Kyle Brodziak30167:4645.039.24-11
Scottie Upshall · Kyle Brodziak · Dmitrij Jaskin37147:2550.261.98-2
Paul Stastny · Vladimir Sobotka · Vladimir Tarasenko28138:0351.548.25-4
Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alex Pietrangelo · Joel Edmundson58570:5450.848.123-18
Joel Edmundson · Colton Parayko55469:4354.155.917-24
Robert Bortuzzo · Vince Dunn60410:3453.352.515-14
Carl Gunnarsson · Alex Pietrangelo47381:5349.652.911-8
Colton Parayko · Vince Dunn67338:2156.555.910-13

The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's lines and pairs that played a fair amount together: at least a tenth of the time of the busiest one. Hover over one for its percentile.

Where the shots come from

Shots for
Shots against

Every attempt in all situations, with the net being shot at on the right. Darker red means more attempts from that spot. Click a line in a key to see only that kind; Goals marks where each one was scored from.

Value for money

$71.6MCap space usedthe cap hits of its 25 ranked players
$72.2MWorth at the going rate102.0 goals above replacement
+$592KValue16th of 31 · worth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

What the team got for its cap space in the regular season, counting the players with enough games to be ranked and a known contract. A player's season is worth what teams as a whole paid for one like it, and value is that less his cap hit. A player who changed teams is shared out by the games he played for each. How value is worked out

Roster

Everyone who played for the team this season, with their stats for it. Colours show where each number ranks in the league, from green (top fifth) to red (bottom fifth). Hover over a number for its percentile.

Cap hit is what a player counts against the salary cap this season. A star beside it means a former team pays part of it, and the amount shown is this team's share. Value is what his season was worth at the going rate, minus his cap hit. It appears once he has played enough to be ranked.

CF% and xGF% are the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals while he was on the ice at five-on-five. Rating is goals above replacement: the goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player who played the same minutes. For a player who changed teams, these numbers cover his whole season.

Skater Pos GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits CF% xGF% Rating Cap hit Value
Brayden Schenn C 82 28 42 70 10 56 210 154 54.6 54.3 +8.8 $5.125M+$1.1M
Vladimir Tarasenko R 80 33 33 66 15 17 306 89 53.6 55.5 +11.0 $7.5M+$111K
Jaden Schwartz L 62 24 35 59 15 26 157 52 56.9 57.8 +12.3 $5.35M+$3.1M
Alex Pietrangelo D 78 15 39 54 8 22 216 48 51.6 49.8 +7.2 $6.5M-$1.3M
Alexander Steen L 76 15 31 46 -11 20 168 53 53.3 52.6 +6.4 $5.75M-$1.1M
Paul Stastny C 63 12 28 40 -5 14 135 36 54.1 52.7 +6.2 $7M-$2.4M
Colton Parayko D 82 6 29 35 -7 13 212 120 53.0 54.5 +14.1 $5.5M+$4.1M
Kyle Brodziak C 81 10 23 33 13 33 113 83 48.0 50.4 +4.8 $950K+$2.7M
Vladimir Sobotka C 81 11 20 31 -6 50 136 127 49.9 46.2 -6.1 $3.5M-$6.8M
Patrik Berglund C 57 17 9 26 -5 30 112 111 52.4 48.1 +0.8 $3.85M-$2.7M
Vince Dunn D 75 5 19 24 1 20 138 29 53.9 52.8 +2.7 $723K+$1.6M
Scottie Upshall R 63 7 12 19 -1 46 71 119 47.5 50.2 +1.9 $800K+$1.1M
Dmitrij Jaskin R 76 6 11 17 6 14 124 207 52.6 54.4 +5.6 $1M+$3.2M
Joel Edmundson D 69 7 10 17 -1 57 124 116 51.9 50.9 +1.4 $1.05M+$480K
Ivan Barbashev L 53 7 6 13 -1 4 45 70 50.8 51.1 +2.3 $742K+$1.3M
Robert Bortuzzo D 72 4 9 13 11 41 76 121 52.1 52.8 +2.9 $1.15M+$1.3M
Carl Gunnarsson D 63 5 4 9 15 22 59 35 46.8 52.5 +4.1 $2.9M+$331K
Tage Thompson C 41 3 6 9 -12 12 55 39 49.8 44.4 -1.8 $925K-$1.4M
Chris Thorburn R 50 1 6 7 -4 60 35 99 46.1 46.8 -0.3 $900K-$473K
Jay Bouwmeester D 35 2 5 7 5 16 45 29 49.5 46.4 -1.1 $5.4M-$5.5M
Oskar Sundqvist C 42 1 4 5 -5 14 41 47 48.0 54.4 +2.1 $675K+$1.3M
Magnus Paajarvi L 44 2 2 4 -3 8 58 55 46.2 49.1 +0.9 $800K+$390K
Sammy Blais L 11 1 2 3 1 6 9 15 42.3 45.1 -1.0 $673K
Nikita Soshnikov R 12 1 1 2 0 4 17 19 39.3 25.6 -1.8 $737K
Jordan Schmaltz D 13 0 1 1 0 6 5 4 52.3 49.3 +0.5 $925K
Beau Bennett R 6 0 0 0 -2 0 6 9 52.9 42.0 -0.8 $650K
Chris Butler D 6 0 0 0 1 2 2 3 55.5 51.8 -0.3 $650K
Mitch Reinke D 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 59.1 33.2 -0.2 $925K
Nate Prosser D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 42.7 51.6 +2.6 $650K+$1.6M
Wade Megan C 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10.0 11.7 -0.2 $650K
Goalie GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save % Saved above xG Rating Cap hit Value
Jake Allen 59 272531 1614 1462 152 2.75 0.906 -19.4 -5.9 $4.35M-$5.1M
Carter Hutton 32 17733 810 754 56 2.09 0.931 +15.9 +23.2 $1.125M+$4.8M

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 7, 2018 @ COL L 2-5 34 39
Apr 6, 2018 @ CHI W 4-1 35 20
Apr 4, 2018 vs CHI L 3-4 34 26
Apr 2, 2018 vs WSH L 2-4 36 34
Mar 31, 2018 @ ARI L 0-6 34 33
Mar 30, 2018 @ VGK L 3-4 (OT) 24 26
Mar 27, 2018 vs SJS W 3-2 (OT) 32 24
Mar 24, 2018 @ CBJ W 2-1 28 34
Mar 23, 2018 vs VAN W 4-1 25 20
Mar 21, 2018 vs BOS W 2-1 (OT) 20 22
Mar 18, 2018 @ CHI W 5-4 (OT) 41 30
Mar 17, 2018 vs NYR W 4-3 (OT) 33 20
Mar 15, 2018 vs COL L 1-4 45 23
Mar 12, 2018 @ ANA W 4-2 23 22
Mar 10, 2018 @ LAK W 7-2 43 40
Mar 8, 2018 @ SJS L 0-2 16 36
Mar 3, 2018 @ DAL L 2-3 (OT) 37 34
Feb 28, 2018 vs DET W 2-1 25 36
Feb 27, 2018 @ MIN L 3-8 25 33
Feb 25, 2018 @ NSH L 0-4 27 39
Feb 23, 2018 vs WPG L 0-4 34 23
Feb 20, 2018 vs SJS L 2-3 33 23
Feb 16, 2018 @ DAL L 1-2 29 16
Feb 13, 2018 @ NSH L 3-4 (OT) 31 33
Feb 11, 2018 vs PIT L 1-4 34 23
Feb 9, 2018 @ WPG W 5-2 27 22
Feb 8, 2018 vs COL W 6-1 31 24
Feb 6, 2018 vs MIN L 2-6 37 20
Feb 3, 2018 @ BUF W 1-0 33 27
Feb 1, 2018 @ BOS L 1-3 33 46
Jan 30, 2018 vs MTL W 3-1 31 34
Jan 25, 2018 vs COL W 3-1 34 37
Jan 23, 2018 vs OTT W 3-0 41 25
Jan 20, 2018 vs ARI L 2-5 27 44
Jan 18, 2018 @ OTT W 4-1 37 21
Jan 16, 2018 @ TOR W 2-1 (OT) 42 31
Jan 9, 2018 vs FLA L 4-7 30 36
Jan 7, 2018 @ WSH L 3-4 (OT) 34 33
Jan 6, 2018 @ PHI L 3-6 31 39
Jan 4, 2018 vs VGK W 2-1 39 33
Jan 2, 2018 vs NJD W 3-2 (SO) 29 26
Dec 30, 2017 vs CAR W 3-2 29 25
Dec 29, 2017 @ DAL L 2-4 37 31
Dec 27, 2017 vs NSH L 1-2 30 26
Dec 23, 2017 @ VAN W 3-1 34 31
Dec 21, 2017 @ EDM L 2-3 36 35
Dec 20, 2017 @ CGY L 1-2 22 33
Dec 17, 2017 @ WPG L 0-4 24 46
Dec 16, 2017 vs WPG W 2-0 30 48
Dec 14, 2017 vs ANA L 1-3 30 18
Dec 12, 2017 vs TBL L 0-3 32 25
Dec 10, 2017 vs BUF W 3-2 (OT) 45 24
Dec 9, 2017 @ DET W 6-1 22 29
Dec 7, 2017 vs DAL W 3-0 27 29
Dec 5, 2017 @ MTL W 4-3 30 25
Dec 2, 2017 @ MIN L 1-2 (OT) 42 25
Dec 1, 2017 vs LAK L 1-4 40 28
Nov 29, 2017 vs ANA L 2-3 39 30
Nov 25, 2017 vs MIN W 6-3 40 25
Nov 24, 2017 vs NSH L 0-2 34 28
Nov 21, 2017 vs EDM W 8-3 40 29
Nov 18, 2017 @ VAN W 4-3 (OT) 31 23
Nov 16, 2017 @ EDM W 4-1 39 30
Nov 13, 2017 @ CGY L 4-7 24 37
Nov 11, 2017 vs NYI L 2-5 37 29
Nov 9, 2017 vs ARI W 3-2 (SO) 38 29
Nov 7, 2017 @ NJD W 3-1 40 22
Nov 4, 2017 vs TOR W 6-4 32 31
Nov 2, 2017 vs PHI L 0-2 33 23
Oct 30, 2017 vs LAK W 4-2 30 28
Oct 28, 2017 vs CBJ W 4-1 42 37
Oct 27, 2017 @ CAR W 2-1 34 27
Oct 25, 2017 vs CGY W 5-2 29 25
Oct 21, 2017 @ VGK L 2-3 (OT) 49 22
Oct 19, 2017 @ COL W 4-3 28 41
Oct 18, 2017 vs CHI W 5-2 33 24
Oct 14, 2017 @ TBL L 1-2 29 27
Oct 12, 2017 @ FLA L 2-5 39 38
Oct 10, 2017 @ NYR W 3-1 23 33
Oct 9, 2017 @ NYI W 3-2 (SO) 35 42
Oct 7, 2017 vs DAL W 4-2 21 40
Oct 4, 2017 @ PIT W 5-4 (OT) 34 33