Colorado Avalanche vs. St. Louis BluesOct 21, 2019

FinalMonday, Oct 21, 2019· Enterprise Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	1	0	0	1		COL	9	1	8	18
STL	1	2	0	3		STL	9	11	5	25

: COL 39STL 46
: COL 1.96STL 2.57
PP goals: COL 1STL 2
Hits: COL 19STL 19
Blocks: COL 11STL 14
PIM: COL 12STL 12
: COL 37%STL 63%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues beat Colorado Avalanche 3–1

St. Louis Blues beat Colorado Avalanche 3–1 at home. Vladimir Tarasenko (STL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. Mikko Rantanen (COL) played 8:24, −10:48 down on his 19:12 season average over 41 games.

Points
Vladimir Tarasenko had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 16:01.Tarasenko
Usage
Mikko Rantanen (COL) played 8:24, −10:48 down on his 19:12 season average over 41 games.Rantanen
New line
New look for STL: Steen–Perron–O'Reilly skated 9:26 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Steen Perron O'Reilly
New line
New look for STL: Bozak–Blais–Thomas skated 8:24 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bozak Blais Thomas
Usage
Justin Faulk (STL) played 23:52, +3:21 up on his 20:31 season average over 68 games.Faulk
Usage
Ryan Graves (COL) played 13:22, −5:39 down on his 19:01 season average over 68 games.Graves
Usage
Robert Thomas (STL) played 10:09, −4:29 down on his 14:38 season average over 65 games.Thomas
Usage
Matt Nieto (COL) played 10:32, −3:01 down on his 13:33 season average over 69 games.Nieto

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.

Strength

Period

Team

← COL attacks left (bottom on phones)STL attacks right (top on phones) →

STL
COL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 85 of 85 attempts · STL 46 · COL 39

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

STL
COL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

STL pressure
COL pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: COL 29% of the game, STL 41%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

STL

COL

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
Stat	COL	STL
	28	43
	0.86	2.07
	0.85	1.94
	7	11
	1	4
	19	11
	−0.129	+0.129
	29%	41%

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.

Colorado Avalanche

L1Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen
4:2017% CF
L2Wilson – Compher – Jost
4:1363% CF
L3Calvert – Nieto – Bellemare
3:4425% CF
L4Kadri – Donskoi – Burakovsky
2:5867% CF
D1Zadorov – Makar
10:1135% CF
D2Johnson – Girard
9:0925% CF
D3Cole – Graves
8:0554% CF

PP1Kadri – Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen – Girard
5:2086% CF
PP2Wilson – Donskoi – Compher – Jost – Makar
2:1267% CF
PK1FNieto – Bellemare
1:38
PK2FCalvert – Compher
1:20
PK1DJohnson – Cole
3:59
PK2DGraves – Zadorov
0:40

Current COL line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Schenn – Tarasenko – Schwartz
10:3069% CF
L2Steen – Perron – O'Reilly
9:2663% CF
L3Bozak – Blais – Thomas
8:2457% CF
L4Sundqvist – MacEachern – Barbashev
6:0738% CF
D1Bouwmeester – Faulk
14:2128% CF
D2Pietrangelo – Parayko
11:4588% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Dunn
5:4767% CF

PP1Perron – Pietrangelo – Bozak – O'Reilly – Faulk
3:1050% CF
PP2Schenn – Tarasenko – Schwartz – Blais – Dunn
2:48100% CF
PK1FSundqvist – Barbashev
3:46
PK2FSteen – Bozak
1:53
PK1DBouwmeester – Bortuzzo
2:12
PK2DPietrangelo – Parayko
1:11

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

10:07
STLBrayden SchennPP (Vince Dunn, Vladimir Tarasenko)wrist0.13 xG
COL: Johnson, Nieto, Graves, CompherSTL: Schenn, Tarasenko, Schwartz, Blais, Dunn
COL 0 – 1 STL
12:38
COLNathan MacKinnonPP (Cale Makar, Mikko Rantanen)wrist0.07 xG
COL: Kadri, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen, MakarSTL: Bortuzzo, Pietrangelo, O'Reilly
COL 1 – 1 STL

2nd period

5:07
STLDavid Perron (Vladimir Tarasenko, Justin Faulk)slap0.13 xG
COL: Johnson, Donskoi, Burakovsky, MacKinnon, GirardSTL: Bouwmeester, Steen, Perron, O'Reilly, Faulk, Tarasenko
COL 1 – 2 STL
15:06
STLVladimir TarasenkoPP (Jaden Schwartz, Colton Parayko)snap0.19 xG
COL: Nieto, Zadorov, Bellemare, MakarSTL: Schenn, Tarasenko, Schwartz, Parayko, Dunn
COL 1 – 3 STL

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.09	0	0	0	22:29	—	—	18	5
Gabriel Landeskog L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	19:35	—	—	24	9
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.25	0	0	0	8:24	—	—	14	10
J.T. Compher L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.23	1	0	0	16:14	—	—	56	66
Colin Wilson C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.30	2	1	0	14:43	—	—	61	74
Tyson Jost C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.18	0	1	0	13:52	—	—	59	47
Matt Calvert L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	1	0	12:59	—	—	31	26
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:50	—	—	30	39
Matt Nieto L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	0	0	10:32	—	—	38	15
Nazem Kadri C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.67	0	0	2	18:42	—	—	62	83
Andre Burakovsky L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	0	1	4	17:21	—	—	39	16
Joonas Donskoi R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:04	—	—	25	10
Cale Makar D	D1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	18:22	—	—	36	38
Nikita Zadorov D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	5	1	2	18:04	—	—	46	36
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	22:12	—	—	32	4
Erik Johnson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	21:17	—	—	31	12
Ian Cole D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	2	16:55	—	—	35	31
Ryan Graves D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	1	1	0	13:22	—	—	57	81

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Philipp Grubauer(start)	L	25	22	3	.880	2.57	59:38

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jaden Schwartz L	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.33	0	1	4	17:58	—	—	71	76
Brayden Schenn C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.21	1	0	0	16:50	—	—	73	74
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L1	1	2	3	+2	1	0.40	4	0	0	16:01	—	—	69	72
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	0	0	0	18:06	—	—	67	83
David Perron L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.25	0	0	0	15:49	—	—	63	74
Alexander Steen L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.14	0	2	2	15:23	—	—	63	70
Tyler Bozak C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	1	1	0	16:09	—	—	57	68
Sammy Blais L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	3	1	0	13:35	—	—	61	81
Robert Thomas C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.52	0	0	0	10:09	—	—	67	81
Ivan Barbashev L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	13:27	—	—	33	5
Oskar Sundqvist C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	13:16	—	—	33	5
Mackenzie MacEachern L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	1	2	6:20	—	—	38	5
Justin Faulk D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	23:52	—	—	36	40
Jay Bouwmeester D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	4	22:51	—	—	40	62
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.08	0	2	0	23:58	—	—	86	100
Colton Parayko D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.21	2	1	0	21:02	—	—	76	90
Vince Dunn D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	1	0	0	14:25	—	—	73	59
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	11:06	—	—	64	59

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	W	18	17	1	.944	1.96	59:46

Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.