Colorado Avalanche vs. St. Louis BluesApr 24, 2021

FinalSaturday, Apr 24, 2021· Enterprise Center

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Colorado AvalancheCOL

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St. Louis BluesSTL

5

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	2	1	0	3		COL	11	9	11	31
STL	3	0	2	5		STL	13	5	12	30

: COL 68STL 48
: COL 4.05STL 2.48
PP goals: COL 2STL 1
Hits: COL 17STL 28
Blocks: COL 9STL 16
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.

St. Louis Blues beat Colorado Avalanche 5–3

St. Louis Blues beat Colorado Avalanche 5–3 at home. Ryan O'Reilly (STL) led the scoring with 3G 1A. Colton Parayko (STL) played 5:32, −16:18 down on his 21:50 season average over 31 games.

Points
Ryan O'Reilly had a hat trick and an assist (4 points) on 3 shots in 23:57.O'Reilly
Points
Cale Makar had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 26:28.Makar
Points
Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 19:56.MacKinnon
Points
Andre Burakovsky had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:23.Burakovsky
Points
Brayden Schenn had 2 assists (2 points) in 19:27.Schenn
Points
Torey Krug had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:55.Krug
Usage
Colton Parayko (STL) played 5:32, −16:18 down on his 21:50 season average over 31 games.Parayko
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (Landeskog, Burakovsky, Compher, MacKinnon and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:20 together.Landeskog Burakovsky Compher MacKinnon Makar

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 116 of 116 attempts · STL 48 · COL 68

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 56% of the game, STL 20%.

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
	62	42
	3.51	1.12
	3.46	1.10
	16	4
	0	0
	20	16
	−0.020	+0.021
	56%	20%

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
12:5850% CF
L2Soderberg – Kadri – Compher
8:5747% CF
L3Saad – Nichushkin – Jost
8:1582% CF
L4O'Brien – Bellemare – Kaut
5:4250% CF
D1Toews – Makar
6:0055% CF
D2Nemeth – Girard
4:4844% CF
D3Graves – Timmins
2:20100% CF

PP1Landeskog – Burakovsky – Compher – MacKinnon – Makar
3:20100% CF
PP2Kadri – Saad – Nichushkin – Toews – Girard
1:51100% CF
PK1FNichushkin – Jost
2:22
PK2FCompher – Bellemare
1:14
PK1DNemeth – Toews
3:13
PK2DGraves – Girard
1:04

Current COL line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1O'Reilly – Schenn – Kyrou
9:5753% CF
L2Bozak – Tarasenko – Schwartz
8:4920% CF
L3Perron – Barbashev – Thomas
4:4643% CF
D1Walman – Dunn
12:0144% CF
D2Scandella – Faulk
11:5240% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Krug
8:0253% CF

PP1Perron – Hoffman – O'Reilly – Tarasenko – Krug
2:48100% CF
PP2Bozak – Tarasenko – Schwartz – Krug – Kyrou
1:19
PK1FBozak – O'Reilly
1:27
PK2FSchwartz – Barbashev
1:19
PK1DBortuzzo – Faulk
2:25
PK2DScandella – Walman
0:46

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:37
COLCale MakarPP (Andre Burakovsky, Nathan MacKinnon)slap0.30 xG
COL: Saad, Burakovsky, Compher, MacKinnon, MakarSTL: Bozak, Faulk, Parayko
COL 1 – 0 STL
3:01
COLGabriel Landeskog (Cale Makar, Nathan MacKinnon)wrist0.18 xG
COL: Landeskog, Graves, Burakovsky, MacKinnon, MakarSTL: Perron, O'Reilly, Faulk, Krug, Thomas
COL 2 – 0 STL
9:49
STLRyan O'Reilly (Brayden Schenn)tip-in0.02 xG
COL: Landeskog, Burakovsky, MacKinnon, Toews, MakarSTL: Scandella, O'Reilly, Schenn, Parayko, Kyrou
COL 2 – 1 STL
12:40
STLRyan O'Reilly (Brayden Schenn, Colton Parayko)backhand0.04 xG
COL: Landeskog, Graves, Burakovsky, MacKinnon, MakarSTL: Scandella, O'Reilly, Schenn, Parayko, Kyrou
COL 2 – 2 STL
17:48
STLIvan Barbashev (Torey Krug, Sammy Blais)wrist0.05 xG
COL: Soderberg, Kadri, Graves, Compher, MakarSTL: Bortuzzo, Hoffman, Krug, Barbashev, Blais
COL 2 – 3 STL

2nd period

8:10
COLNathan MacKinnonPP (Cale Makar, Andre Burakovsky)slap0.11 xG
COL: Landeskog, Burakovsky, Compher, MacKinnon, MakarSTL: Bortuzzo, Bozak, O'Reilly, Faulk
COL 3 – 3 STL

3rd period

11:19
STLMike HoffmanPP (Torey Krug, Ryan O'Reilly)slap0.14 xG
COL: Nemeth, Bellemare, ToewsSTL: Perron, Hoffman, O'Reilly, Tarasenko, Krug
COL 3 – 4 STL
18:25
STLRyan O'ReillyEN (Tyler Bozak)snap0.76 xG
COL: Kadri, Landeskog, Burakovsky, Compher, MacKinnon, MakarSTL: Scandella, Bozak, O'Reilly, Schenn, Faulk
COL 3 – 5 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
Andre Burakovsky L	L1	0	2	2	-2	2	0.19	0	1	0	20:23	—	—	58	76
Gabriel Landeskog L	L1	1	0	1	-2	2	0.29	0	0	0	20:03	—	—	57	72
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	1	2	3	-2	3	0.63	1	0	0	19:56	—	—	52	69
J.T. Compher L	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.38	0	0	0	18:15	—	—	43	70
Nazem Kadri C	L2	0	0	0	-2	5	0.36	0	0	2	14:54	—	—	58	82
Carl Soderberg C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	2	1	0	13:47	—	—	46	64
Valeri Nichushkin R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	1	0	17:09	—	—	79	92
Tyson Jost C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.27	1	0	2	14:47	—	—	73	89
Brandon Saad L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.64	0	0	0	13:53	—	—	83	96
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:15	—	—	58	52
Martin Kaut R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	1	0	0	7:39	—	—	50	39
Liam O'Brien C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	2	6:55	—	—	50	74
Cale Makar D	D1	1	2	3	-3	4	0.37	2	1	0	26:28	—	—	55	62
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.43	0	1	0	23:36	—	—	71	88
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	1	1	0	22:57	—	—	62	86
Patrik Nemeth D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	3	0	18:09	—	—	54	76
Ryan Graves D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	2	14:33	—	—	48	61
Conor Timmins D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	9:34	—	—	75	87

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Devan Dubnyk(start)	L	29	25	4	.862	1.72	58:10

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	3	1	4	+2	3	0.89	0	1	0	23:57	—	—	45	21
Brayden Schenn C	L1	0	2	2	+3	0	0.00	5	2	4	19:27	—	—	41	16
Jordan Kyrou R	L1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.03	0	0	0	14:28	—	—	48	28
Tyler Bozak C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.09	2	1	0	19:27	—	—	30	39
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.53	1	0	0	18:34	—	—	33	21
Jaden Schwartz L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	1	1	0	16:52	—	—	32	38
David Perron L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	1	0	0	17:45	—	—	36	23
Robert Thomas C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:42	—	—	40	16
Ivan Barbashev L	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.10	2	0	0	14:35	—	—	44	15
Jake Walman D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.05	2	2	0	17:41	—	—	32	15
Vince Dunn D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	16:15	—	—	42	28
Justin Faulk D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	3	0	22:24	—	—	36	24
Marco Scandella D	D2	0	0	0	+3	3	0.07	2	2	0	21:47	—	—	42	25
Torey Krug D	D3	0	2	2	0	3	0.09	0	0	2	17:55	—	—	42	22
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	3	1	2	12:00	—	—	44	25
Mike Hoffman C	—	1	0	1	+1	2	0.20	1	0	2	10:44	—	—	64	36
Sammy Blais L	—	0	1	1	+1	1	0.08	2	0	0	9:22	—	—	57	34
Colton Parayko D	—	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	2	0	5:32	—	—	50	25

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	W	31	28	3	.903	4.05	59:18

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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.