Western Conference · Central Division

St. Louis Blues

2017–18·44–32–6·94 points·5th in the Central, 9th in the Western

Seasons

Points: 94#18
Goal differential: +1#19
xGF% (5v5, adj.): 52.2%#9
Power play: 15.4%#30
Penalty kill: 79.7%#19
GSAx: −4.2#19

Splits

Home and away, month by month, and against each part of the league.


Home	41	24–17–0	48	0.59	113	104	55.0%
Away	41	20–15–6	46	0.56	110	118	49.4%
October	13	10–2–1	21	0.81	43	30	55.7%
November	12	7–5–0	14	0.58	41	36	55.4%
December	16	7–8–1	15	0.47	33	36	50.0%
January	11	7–3–1	15	0.68	31	29	52.4%
February	13	4–8–1	9	0.35	27	42	47.8%
March	13	8–3–2	18	0.69	37	35	52.5%
April	4	1–3–0	2	0.25	11	14	51.4%
Division rivals	26	11–12–3	25	0.48	68	77	48.9%
Rest of conference	24	12–10–2	26	0.54	70	67	52.8%
Other conference	32	21–10–1	43	0.67	85	78	54.1%


CHI	4	3–1–0	6	0.75	17	11	57.1%
COL	5	3–2–0	6	0.60	16	14	55.3%
VAN	3	3–0–0	6	1.00	11	5	57.1%
DAL	5	2–2–1	5	0.50	12	11	48.1%
NYR	2	2–0–0	4	1.00	7	4	53.9%
VGK	3	1–0–2	4	0.67	7	8	59.3%
CAR	2	2–0–0	4	1.00	5	3	57.6%
CBJ	2	2–0–0	4	1.00	6	2	50.6%
LAK	3	2–1–0	4	0.67	12	8	56.2%
TOR	2	2–0–0	4	1.00	8	5	59.0%

On the road

66,883 km of travel between arenas over the season, drawn leg by leg.

Leg ending in a win Overtime or shootout loss Regulation loss Home arena

Rest

Does a day off help? Back-to-backs are the second game on consecutive nights.

Rest days

Points percentage and 5-on-5 expected-goals share by days since the previous game. The count in grey is how many of those games came against a better-rested opponent.

Points %xGF% (5v5)

Back-to-back

16 GP · 10–4–2 · 11 vs fresher opponent

68.8%

49.8%

1 day

39 GP · 20–17–2 · 12 vs fresher opponent

53.8%

51.6%

2 days

18 GP · 9–7–2 · 1 vs fresher opponent

55.6%

56.0%

3+ days

8 GP · 4–4–0 · 0 vs fresher opponent

50.0%

51.8%

Pulling the goalie

Model-based

40 times this season the Blues were trailing late and sent out an extra attacker. Earlier pulls are bolder. The dark tick is the league median for each deficit.

Scored with the extra attacker Conceded an empty-net goal Neither League median

Close and late

Model-based

Does the team raise its game when it counts?

When it matters

The Blues in all situations against the close-and-late state: the third period or overtime, tied or within a goal.

All situationsClose and late

Expected goals share

51.4%

50.9%

Goals share

50.1%

53.7%

Shooting %

8.3%

9.9%

Save %

.914