Finally, some hockey. The Hawks will be in St. Louis tonight taking on their perhaps biggest rival (with Detroit gone) at 7:00 CST on NBCSN. As the title suggests, below is just a quick view of the Blues using advanced stats. Remember, the sample size is pretty small.
- Through the first two games of the season, the Blues are in the bottom third of the league in CF% (Corsi For) at 48.7%.
- Although their Corsi is underwhelming so far, the Blues are still 2-0 and have a +5 5v5 goal differential. How? They're perhaps the "luckiest" team in the league so far, posting a league-leading PDO of 110.7 and shooting percentage of 15.6%.
- The Blues' top line of Steen-Backes-Oshie is off to a pretty nice start. As the player usage chart shows, they've faced the best competition (of course, it was against the Preds and Panthers) and have started in the offensive zone around only 30% of the time, yet they still all have positive Relative Corsi.
- The same can be said for STL's top defensive pairing; Bouwmeester and Pietrangelo.
- Newly acquired forward Brenden Morrow has been solid through his first two games as a member of the Blues, leading the team in CF% (60.6) and Corsi Rel.
- The player usage chart:
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