Colorado Avalanche vs. St. Louis BluesApr 26, 2021

FinalMonday, Apr 26, 2021· Enterprise Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	0	1	0	1		COL	7	15	10	32
STL	2	2	0	4		STL	5	12	3	20

: COL 71STL 30
: COL 2.56STL 2.22
PP goals: COL 1STL 1
Hits: COL 36STL 28
Blocks: COL 4STL 22
PIM: COL 4STL 8
: COL 49%STL 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues beat Colorado Avalanche 4–1

St. Louis Blues beat Colorado Avalanche 4–1 at home. David Perron (STL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. COL's first power-play unit (Landeskog, Burakovsky, Compher, MacKinnon and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 5:37 together.

Points
David Perron had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 15:47.Perron
Points
Ryan O'Reilly had 2 assists (2 points) in 19:04.O'Reilly
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (Landeskog, Burakovsky, Compher, MacKinnon and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 5:37 together.Landeskog Burakovsky Compher MacKinnon Makar
PP1
STL's first power-play unit (Perron, Hoffman, O'Reilly, Tarasenko and Krug) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 1:09 together.Perron Hoffman O'Reilly Tarasenko Krug
New line
New look for COL: Soderberg–Nichushkin–Jost skated 10:51 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (81% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Soderberg Nichushkin Jost
New line
New look for STL: Barbashev–Kyrou–Thomas skated 11:16 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (53.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Barbashev Kyrou Thomas
Usage
Andre Burakovsky (COL) played 20:46, +5:47 up on his 14:59 season average over 52 games.Burakovsky
New line
New look for COL: Kadri–Compher–Kaut skated 8:26 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (30% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kadri Compher Kaut

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 101 of 101 attempts · STL 30 · COL 71

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 27%.

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
	72	34
	1.92	2.40
	1.85	2.35
	11	7
	5	4
	28	34
	+0.015	−0.015
	32%	27%

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
13:0657% CF
L2Soderberg – Nichushkin – Jost
10:5181% CF
L3Kadri – Compher – Kaut
8:2630% CF
L4O'Brien – Bellemare – Sherwood
5:2578% CF
D1Toews – Girard
12:3180% CF
D2Nemeth – Timmins
10:1765% CF
D3Graves – Makar
9:4068% CF

PP1Landeskog – Burakovsky – Compher – MacKinnon – Makar
5:37100% CF
PP2Kadri – Nichushkin – Toews – Jost – Girard
0:40
PK1FSoderberg – Bellemare
0:47
PK2FNichushkin – Jost
0:40
PK1DGraves – Toews
0:48
PK2DNemeth – Girard
0:33

Current COL line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Bozak – Tarasenko – Schwartz
12:1924% CF
L2Barbashev – Kyrou – Thomas
11:1654% CF
L3Perron – O'Reilly – Schenn
10:5238% CF
D1Scandella – Faulk
14:3238% CF
D2Krug – Walman
12:4125% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Mikkola
11:1026% CF

PP1Perron – Hoffman – O'Reilly – Tarasenko – Krug
1:0950% CF
PP2Bozak – Schenn – Faulk – Schwartz – Kyrou
0:45100% CF
PK1FBozak – O'Reilly
2:43
PK2FSchwartz – Barbashev
1:19
PK1DScandella – Faulk
3:14
PK2DBortuzzo – Mikkola
1:41

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

9:25
STLVladimir TarasenkoPP (Torey Krug, Mike Hoffman)snap0.22 xG
COL: Graves, Bellemare, Toews, JostSTL: Perron, Hoffman, O'Reilly, Tarasenko, Krug
COL 0 – 1 STL
13:34
STLBrayden Schenn (Ryan O'Reilly, David Perron)snap0.18 xG
COL: Landeskog, Burakovsky, MacKinnon, Girard, MakarSTL: Perron, Scandella, O'Reilly, Schenn, Faulk
COL 0 – 2 STL

2nd period

7:02
STLDavid Perron (Justin Faulk, Ryan O'Reilly)tip-in0.06 xG
COL: Landeskog, Graves, Burakovsky, MacKinnon, MakarSTL: Perron, Scandella, O'Reilly, Schenn, Faulk
COL 0 – 3 STL
8:24
COLNathan MacKinnonPP (Gabriel Landeskog, Andre Burakovsky)wrist0.12 xG
COL: Landeskog, Burakovsky, Compher, MacKinnon, MakarSTL: Bortuzzo, O'Reilly, Schwartz, Mikkola
COL 1 – 3 STL
10:53
STLRobert Thomas (David Perron, Marco Scandella)wrist0.12 xG
COL: Landeskog, Burakovsky, MacKinnon, Girard, MakarSTL: Perron, Scandella, Schenn, Faulk, Thomas
COL 1 – 4 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	1	1	-3	2	0.38	2	1	0	21:38	—	—	61	22
Andre Burakovsky L	L1	0	1	1	-3	1	0.31	2	0	0	20:46	—	—	61	25
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	1	0	1	-3	6	0.43	0	0	0	20:40	—	—	63	31
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	1	0	0	15:02	—	—	83	62
Tyson Jost C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	3	0	0	14:58	—	—	83	62
Carl Soderberg C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	1	0	0	13:30	—	—	77	55
J.T. Compher L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	18:59	—	—	52	15
Nazem Kadri C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	1	0	0	15:26	—	—	47	16
Martin Kaut R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	0	2	13:11	—	—	44	12
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	1	0	0	11:15	—	—	72	79
Kiefer Sherwood L	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.54	4	1	0	9:33	—	—	83	96
Liam O'Brien C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	0	0	9:02	—	—	76	91
Samuel Girard D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.01	1	0	0	22:15	—	—	66	30
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	2	1	0	20:39	—	—	80	67
Patrik Nemeth D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	4	0	2	15:22	—	—	66	50
Conor Timmins D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	12:47	—	—	71	58
Cale Makar D	D3	0	0	0	-3	3	0.21	1	1	0	25:10	—	—	61	19
Ryan Graves D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	0	0	17:39	—	—	68	38

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonas Johansson(start)	L	20	16	4	.800	2.22	60:00

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tyler Bozak C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	0	2	0	22:02	—	—	23	43
Jaden Schwartz L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	2	2	0	18:15	—	—	31	72
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.31	3	1	0	14:58	—	—	31	72
Ivan Barbashev L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.45	2	1	0	17:29	—	—	53	68
Robert Thomas C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.23	0	1	0	15:48	—	—	33	70
Jordan Kyrou R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	0	0	0	14:46	—	—	54	84
Ryan O'Reilly C	L3	0	2	2	+2	0	0.00	0	0	0	19:04	—	—	33	60
Brayden Schenn C	L3	1	0	1	+3	2	0.22	2	2	0	17:09	—	—	45	79
David Perron L	L3	1	2	3	+3	2	0.23	2	0	0	15:47	—	—	47	85
Justin Faulk D	D1	0	1	1	+3	0	0.00	3	1	0	21:33	—	—	38	63
Marco Scandella D	D1	0	1	1	+3	2	0.06	1	0	0	19:44	—	—	36	62
Torey Krug D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.08	1	2	0	22:15	—	—	23	30
Jake Walman D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	4	4	16:13	—	—	39	52
Niko Mikkola D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	16:53	—	—	33	85
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	3	2	15:14	—	—	23	59
Mike Hoffman C	—	0	1	1	0	0	0.02	0	1	2	10:47	—	—	14	4
Sammy Blais L	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	9:53	—	—	19	17
Steven Santini D	—	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	2	0	0	5:55	—	—	33	25

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	W	32	31	1	.969	2.56	59:56

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.