Colorado Avalanche vs. St. Louis BluesApr 22, 2021

FinalThursday, Apr 22, 2021· Enterprise Center

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Colorado AvalancheCOL

4

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St. Louis BluesSTL

2

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	1	1	2	4		COL	9	11	9	29
STL	1	0	1	2		STL	7	9	11	27

: COL 50STL 67
: COL 4.12STL 2.36
PP goals: COL 1STL 1
Hits: COL 12STL 16
Blocks: COL 27STL 11
PIM: COL 8STL 10
: COL 45%STL 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche beat St. Louis Blues 4–2

Colorado Avalanche beat St. Louis Blues 4–2 at STL. Nathan MacKinnon (COL) led the scoring with 0G 3A. COL's first power-play unit (Landeskog, Burakovsky, Compher, MacKinnon and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 5:19 together.

Points
Nathan MacKinnon had 3 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 19:41.MacKinnon
Points
Andre Burakovsky had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:17.Burakovsky
Points
Jaden Schwartz had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:23.Schwartz
Points
Gabriel Landeskog had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:44.Landeskog
Points
Tyler Bozak had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:03.Bozak
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (Landeskog, Burakovsky, Compher, MacKinnon and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 5:19 together.Landeskog Burakovsky Compher MacKinnon Makar
New line
New look for COL: Landeskog–Burakovsky–MacKinnon skated 9:08 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (35.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Landeskog Burakovsky MacKinnon
New line
New look for STL: Bozak–Tarasenko–Schwartz skated 7:12 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (82.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bozak Tarasenko Schwartz

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 117 of 117 attempts · STL 67 · COL 50

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 32% of the game, STL 31%.

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
	32	53
	1.63	1.49
	1.60	1.47
	6	5
	0	4
	5	8
	−0.035	+0.036
	32%	31%

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 – Burakovsky – MacKinnon
9:0835% CF
L2Soderberg – Kadri – Compher
5:1767% CF
L3Saad – Nichushkin – Jost
5:0450% CF
L4O'Brien – Bellemare – Kaut
3:250% CF
D1Toews – Girard
7:0650% CF
D2Graves – Makar
6:5833% CF
D3Nemeth – Timmins
4:3129% CF

PP1Landeskog – Burakovsky – Compher – MacKinnon – Makar
5:1982% CF
PP2Kadri – Saad – Nichushkin – Toews – Girard
2:33100% CF
PK1FCompher – Bellemare
2:26
PK2FSoderberg – Jost
1:16
PK1DGraves – Toews
3:20
PK2DNemeth – Girard
0:34

Current COL line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Bozak – Tarasenko – Schwartz
7:1282% CF
L2Perron – O'Reilly – Blais
7:0370% CF
L3Hoffman – Schenn – Kyrou
6:2970% CF
L4Clifford – Sanford – Barbashev
4:1250% CF
D1Scandella – Parayko
11:4454% CF
D2Walman – Dunn
11:0263% CF
D3Faulk – Krug
9:4377% CF

PP1Perron – O'Reilly – Schenn – Tarasenko – Krug
5:5877% CF
PP2Hoffman – Bozak – Schwartz – Sanford – Dunn
2:56100% CF
PK1FSanford – Barbashev
2:25
PK2FBozak – O'Reilly
1:51
PK1DScandella – Parayko
3:28
PK2DKrug – Walman
1:31

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:18
STLJaden SchwartzPP (Tyler Bozak, Vince Dunn)snap0.17 xG
COL: Nemeth, Graves, Compher, JostSTL: Hoffman, Bozak, Schwartz, Sanford, Dunn
COL 0 – 1 STL
19:28
COLBrandon Saad (Tyson Jost)backhand0.09 xG
COL: Nemeth, Saad, Nichushkin, Jost, GirardSTL: Clifford, Sanford, Barbashev, Walman, Dunn
COL 1 – 1 STL

2nd period

6:45
COLAndre BurakovskyPP (Cale Makar, Nathan MacKinnon)tip-in0.12 xG
COL: Landeskog, Burakovsky, Compher, MacKinnon, MakarSTL: Scandella, Bozak, O'Reilly, Parayko
COL 2 – 1 STL

3rd period

11:29
COLAndre Burakovsky (Gabriel Landeskog, Nathan MacKinnon)snap0.15 xG
COL: Landeskog, Burakovsky, MacKinnon, Girard, TimminsSTL: Scandella, Hoffman, Faulk, Barbashev, Blais
COL 3 – 1 STL
13:43
STLJaden Schwartz (Tyler Bozak, Vladimir Tarasenko)wrist0.07 xG
COL: O'Brien, Compher, Bellemare, Girard, MakarSTL: Bozak, Faulk, Tarasenko, Schwartz, Krug
COL 3 – 2 STL
18:29
COLPierre-Edouard BellemareEN (Gabriel Landeskog, Nathan MacKinnon)wrist0.94 xG
COL: Nemeth, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Bellemare, ToewsSTL: Perron, O'Reilly, Schenn, Tarasenko, Schwartz, Krug
COL 4 – 2 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	0	3	3	+2	5	0.45	1	0	0	19:41	—	—	40	58
Gabriel Landeskog L	L1	0	2	2	+2	2	0.62	1	0	2	18:44	—	—	35	40
Andre Burakovsky L	L1	2	0	2	+1	3	0.27	1	2	0	17:17	—	—	39	49
J.T. Compher L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:54	—	—	38	31
Carl Soderberg C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.59	2	1	2	15:28	—	—	57	83
Nazem Kadri C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.31	0	0	0	14:08	—	—	64	76
Valeri Nichushkin R	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.17	0	2	0	17:59	—	—	35	78
Tyson Jost C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	1	0	0	14:42	—	—	44	77
Brandon Saad L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.36	0	0	2	13:02	—	—	45	79
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.96	0	3	0	14:14	—	—	7	0
Martin Kaut R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:57	—	—	44	36
Liam O'Brien C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	1	0	5:33	—	—	9	3
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	2	0	24:37	—	—	46	49
Samuel Girard D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	0	4	2	20:17	—	—	42	59
Cale Makar D	D2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.19	0	1	0	22:38	—	—	32	31
Ryan Graves D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	4	0	17:05	—	—	31	21
Patrik Nemeth D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	1	6	0	21:06	—	—	32	72
Conor Timmins D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	0	0	0	8:01	—	—	44	83

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Devan Dubnyk(start)	W	27	25	2	.926	2.36	60:00

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.18	1	1	0	16:50	—	—	83	90
Jaden Schwartz L	L1	2	0	2	0	2	0.30	0	0	2	16:23	—	—	80	90
Tyler Bozak C	L1	0	2	2	+1	2	0.24	0	0	0	16:03	—	—	76	79
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.21	0	0	0	23:17	—	—	63	38
David Perron L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.28	1	1	0	19:39	—	—	63	34
Sammy Blais L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	4	0	0	9:50	—	—	71	39
Brayden Schenn C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.07	1	1	0	18:52	—	—	61	39
Jordan Kyrou R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.48	0	0	0	14:16	—	—	57	43
Mike Hoffman C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	1	1	0	13:58	—	—	53	36
Ivan Barbashev L	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:29	—	—	38	31
Zachary Sanford L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.18	0	1	0	12:52	—	—	44	45
Kyle Clifford L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	0	0	5:38	—	—	56	56
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.05	3	2	2	20:31	—	—	58	43
Marco Scandella D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	0	0	18:30	—	—	50	42
Vince Dunn D	D2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	1	0	2	18:37	—	—	50	27
Jake Walman D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	1	2	0	15:01	—	—	65	41
Torey Krug D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	1	0	20:13	—	—	77	80
Justin Faulk D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	1	4	18:21	—	—	72	60

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	L	28	25	3	.893	3.19	59:02

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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.