Colorado Avalanche vs. St. Louis BluesApr 14, 2021

FinalWednesday, Apr 14, 2021· Enterprise Center

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Colorado AvalancheCOL

4

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St. Louis BluesSTL

3

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	1	3	0	4		COL	10	14	4	28
STL	1	0	2	3		STL	8	11	15	34

: COL 59STL 64
: COL 2.35STL 3.33
PP goals: COL 1STL 1
Hits: COL 20STL 32
Blocks: COL 18STL 18
PIM: COL 8STL 4
: COL 34%STL 66%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche edge St. Louis Blues 4–3

Colorado Avalanche beat St. Louis Blues 4–3 at STL. Mike Hoffman (STL) led the scoring with 2G 1A. COL's first power-play unit (Landeskog, Compher, MacKinnon, Rantanen and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:46 together.

Points
Mike Hoffman had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 14:05.Hoffman
Points
J.T. Compher had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:22.Compher
Points
Mikko Rantanen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:43.Rantanen
Points
Liam O'Brien had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 6:56.O'Brien
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (Landeskog, Compher, MacKinnon, Rantanen and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:46 together.Landeskog Compher MacKinnon Rantanen Makar
New line
New look for COL: Soderberg–Kadri–Burakovsky skated 9:46 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Soderberg Kadri Burakovsky
Usage
Jordan Kyrou (STL) played 8:40, −5:52 down on his 14:32 season average over 54 games.Kyrou
New line
New look for COL: Saad–Nichushkin–Jost skated 7:20 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (41.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Saad Nichushkin Jost

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 123 of 123 attempts · STL 64 · COL 59

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 25% of the game, STL 46%.

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
	59	53
	2.06	2.86
	2.01	2.76
	11	13
	6	10
	26	25
	−0.140	+0.140
	25%	46%

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
13:4267% CF
L2Soderberg – Kadri – Burakovsky
9:4644% CF
L3Saad – Nichushkin – Jost
7:2041% CF
L4O'Brien – Compher – Bellemare
5:3360% CF
D1Toews – Girard
11:5672% CF
D2Graves – Makar
11:2561% CF
D3MacDonald – Timmins
7:5637% CF

PP1Landeskog – Compher – MacKinnon – Rantanen – Makar
2:4680% CF
PP2Kadri – Saad – Burakovsky – Toews – Girard
0:43
PK1FCompher – Bellemare
1:34
PK2FNichushkin – Jost
1:10
PK1DGraves – Toews
2:31
PK2DGirard – Makar
0:00

Current COL line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Perron – O'Reilly – Blais
13:5420% CF
L2Schenn – Tarasenko – Schwartz
11:4257% CF
L3Hoffman – Bozak – Sanford
5:5920% CF
L4Clifford – Barbashev – Kyrou
4:1043% CF
D1Faulk – Krug
11:5853% CF
D2Scandella – Parayko
8:5635% CF
D3Walman – Dunn
4:0114% CF

PP1Perron – O'Reilly – Schenn – Tarasenko – Krug
3:53100% CF
PP2Hoffman – Bozak – Schwartz – Sanford – Dunn
1:28100% CF
PK1FSanford – Barbashev
1:35
PK2FBozak – O'Reilly
1:05
PK1DScandella – Faulk
1:30
PK2DParayko – Walman
0:33

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

10:28
COLPierre-Edouard Bellemare (Liam O'Brien, J.T. Compher)wrist0.10 xG
COL: O'Brien, Compher, Bellemare, MacDonald, TimminsSTL: Clifford, Barbashev, Walman, Dunn, Kyrou
COL 1 – 0 STL
15:20
STLVince DunnPP (Tyler Bozak, Mike Hoffman)tip-in0.11 xG
COL: Soderberg, Jost, Girard, MacDonaldSTL: Hoffman, Bozak, Schwartz, Sanford, Dunn
COL 1 – 1 STL

2nd period

2:52
COLJ.T. Compher (Liam O'Brien, Conor Timmins)backhand0.20 xG
COL: O'Brien, Compher, MacKinnon, MacDonald, TimminsSTL: Hoffman, Bozak, Krug, Sanford, Walman
COL 2 – 1 STL
5:17
COLMikko RantanenPP (Cale Makar, Nathan MacKinnon)slap0.09 xG
COL: Landeskog, Compher, MacKinnon, Rantanen, MakarSTL: Scandella, Bozak, O'Reilly, Faulk
COL 3 – 1 STL
11:17
COLBrandon Saad (Tyson Jost, Mikko Rantanen)snap0.12 xG
COL: Saad, Rantanen, Jost, Girard, MakarSTL: Perron, O'Reilly, Faulk, Krug, Blais
COL 4 – 1 STL

3rd period

5:55
STLMike Hoffman (Jordan Kyrou, Torey Krug)wrist0.38 xG
COL: Saad, Nichushkin, Jost, MacDonald, TimminsSTL: Hoffman, Bozak, Faulk, Krug, Kyrou
COL 4 – 2 STL
16:44
STLMike Hoffman (David Perron, Vladimir Tarasenko)slap0.07 xG
COL: Soderberg, Graves, Nichushkin, ToewsSTL: Perron, Hoffman, O'Reilly, Schenn, Tarasenko, Krug
COL 4 – 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
Gabriel Landeskog L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	4	2	2	21:54	—	—	63	39
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	1	1	2	+1	2	0.21	0	0	0	21:43	—	—	68	60
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	1	1	+1	6	0.29	2	0	0	21:24	—	—	72	59
Nazem Kadri C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.37	0	1	0	15:45	—	—	44	27
Carl Soderberg C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	15:02	—	—	48	39
Andre Burakovsky L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	1	1	0	14:07	—	—	39	12
Tyson Jost C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.06	0	0	2	11:57	—	—	36	23
Valeri Nichushkin R	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.12	1	0	0	11:28	—	—	39	16
Brandon Saad L	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.12	2	0	0	10:40	—	—	35	20
J.T. Compher L	L4	1	1	2	+2	2	0.38	0	1	2	15:22	—	—	59	68
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.12	0	1	0	10:20	—	—	55	80
Liam O'Brien C	L4	0	2	2	+2	1	0.16	2	0	0	6:56	—	—	69	90
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	0	2	0	26:06	—	—	68	61
Samuel Girard D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	1	2	0	24:06	—	—	59	36
Cale Makar D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.08	2	1	0	25:06	—	—	55	36
Ryan Graves D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	2	2	2	21:38	—	—	55	34
Jacob MacDonald D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.05	1	1	0	11:09	—	—	29	40
Conor Timmins D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	0	3	0	9:09	—	—	35	50

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Devan Dubnyk(start)	W	34	31	3	.912	3.33	59:30

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	0	1	0	23:28	—	—	23	28
David Perron L	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.30	2	2	0	23:02	—	—	22	31
Sammy Blais L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.16	5	1	0	15:23	—	—	23	29
Brayden Schenn C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.34	5	3	0	19:46	—	—	56	76
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.15	2	1	0	19:30	—	—	56	75
Jaden Schwartz L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.33	1	0	2	19:24	—	—	62	82
Tyler Bozak C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.21	3	1	0	14:23	—	—	69	77
Mike Hoffman C	L3	2	1	3	0	3	0.50	2	0	0	14:05	—	—	64	68
Zachary Sanford L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	0	1	0	11:36	—	—	46	51
Ivan Barbashev L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	0	1	0	9:22	—	—	59	46
Jordan Kyrou R	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.10	0	0	0	8:40	—	—	67	70
Kyle Clifford L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:49	—	—	67	49
Torey Krug D	D1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.23	3	1	0	23:17	—	—	43	45
Justin Faulk D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.08	3	1	0	20:21	—	—	59	65
Colton Parayko D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	0.10	1	1	0	20:22	—	—	55	73
Marco Scandella D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	4	0	18:46	—	—	41	67
Vince Dunn D	D3	1	0	1	-1	2	0.25	1	0	0	16:55	—	—	41	43
Jake Walman D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.13	3	0	2	12:23	—	—	40	47

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	L	28	24	4	.857	2.35	57:14

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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.