Colorado Avalanche vs. St. Louis BluesMay 21, 2021

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	0	3	2	5		COL	5	12	9	26
STL	0	1	0	1		STL	9	17	6	32

: COL 50STL 59
: COL 3.31STL 1.94
PP goals: COL 0STL 0
Hits: COL 20STL 46
Blocks: COL 17STL 10
PIM: COL 8STL 8
: COL 52%STL 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche rout St. Louis Blues 5–1

Colorado Avalanche beat St. Louis Blues 5–1 at STL. Ryan Graves (COL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. New look for COL: Donskoi–Burakovsky–Compher skated 6:23 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Ryan Graves had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 18:42.Graves
New line
New look for COL: Donskoi–Burakovsky–Compher skated 6:23 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Donskoi Burakovsky Compher
New line
New look for COL: Soderberg–Bellemare–Newhook skated 5:05 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Soderberg Bellemare Newhook
Luck
COL scored 5 goals on 3.31 expected goals (50 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
PP1
COL's PP1 (Donskoi, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen and Makar) went scoreless in 4:49 of 5v4 time with 6 attempts.Donskoi Landeskog MacKinnon Rantanen Makar
Cats
Sammy Blais (STL) threw 10 hits, a night for hits leagues.Blais

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 109 of 109 attempts · STL 59 · 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 41% of the game, STL 19%.

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
	50	47
	2.81	1.43
	2.64	1.39
	10	9
	4	5
	18	8
	+0.034	−0.034
	41%	19%

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
12:3346% CF
L2Donskoi – Burakovsky – Compher
6:2333% CF
L3Soderberg – Bellemare – Newhook
5:0567% CF
L4Saad – Nichushkin – Jost
4:3571% CF
D1Toews – Makar
7:0654% CF
D2Nemeth – Graves
6:0070% CF
D3Girard – Timmins
3:1783% CF

PP1Donskoi – Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen – Makar
4:4975% CF
PP2Saad – Burakovsky – Nichushkin – Toews – Girard
2:31
PK1FCompher – Bellemare
2:21
PK2FNichushkin – Jost
2:01
PK1DNemeth – Graves
1:26
PK2DToews – Girard
0:34

Current COL line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Schenn – Tarasenko – Schwartz
9:1733% CF
L2O'Reilly – Barbashev – Kyrou
8:4978% CF
L3Hoffman – Bozak – Thomas
6:2329% CF
L4Clifford – Sanford – Blais
5:5431% CF
D1Krug – Santini
9:5350% CF
D2Parayko – Mikkola
9:1450% CF
D3Scandella – Reinke
4:4960% CF

PP1Hoffman – Bozak – O'Reilly – Schenn – Krug
2:34100% CF
PP2Tarasenko – Schwartz – Parayko – Kyrou – Thomas
1:18100% CF
PK1FSanford – Barbashev
3:14
PK2FBozak – O'Reilly
2:58
PK1DParayko – Mikkola
4:10
PK2DScandella – Santini
3:15

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

1:57
COLRyan Graveswrist0.08 xG
COL: Nemeth, Graves, Nichushkin, Rantanen, GirardSTL: Tarasenko, Parayko, Barbashev, Mikkola, Thomas
COL 1 – 0 STL
12:37
COLAlex Newhook (Ryan Graves, Valeri Nichushkin)slap0.15 xG
COL: Graves, Compher, Nichushkin, Timmins, NewhookSTL: Schenn, Tarasenko, Schwartz, Krug, Parayko
COL 2 – 0 STL
16:08
COLTyson Jost (Mikko Rantanen, Gabriel Landeskog)wrist0.16 xG
COL: Landeskog, Toews, Rantanen, Jost, MakarSTL: O'Reilly, Parayko, Barbashev, Mikkola, Kyrou
COL 3 – 0 STL
16:17
STLTyler BozakSH (Ryan O'Reilly, Colton Parayko)snap0.03 xG
COL: Donskoi, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen, MakarSTL: Bozak, O'Reilly, Parayko, Mikkola
COL 3 – 1 STL

3rd period

13:42
COLBrandon Saad (Andre Burakovsky, Carl Soderberg)backhand0.17 xG
COL: Nemeth, Saad, Graves, Burakovsky, CompherSTL: Scandella, Schenn, Tarasenko, Schwartz, Reinke
COL 4 – 1 STL
19:06
COLJ.T. CompherEN (Ryan Graves, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare)wrist0.49 xG
COL: Nemeth, Graves, Compher, BellemareSTL: Bozak, Parayko, Sanford, Blais, Kyrou, Thomas
COL 5 – 1 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
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.76	2	0	0	21:36	—	—	51	79
Gabriel Landeskog L	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.37	3	2	2	21:22	—	—	45	80
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.18	0	1	2	20:42	—	—	48	78
J.T. Compher L	L2	1	0	1	+3	1	0.49	1	0	0	15:32	—	—	40	47
Joonas Donskoi R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:00	—	—	30	50
Andre Burakovsky L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	1	1	0	13:13	—	—	47	51
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	2	2	0	11:32	—	—	58	28
Carl Soderberg C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:59	—	—	64	48
Alex Newhook C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.15	1	1	0	8:32	—	—	56	62
Valeri Nichushkin R	L4	0	1	1	+2	1	0.02	2	0	0	13:46	—	—	56	49
Brandon Saad L	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.44	0	0	0	13:20	—	—	68	62
Tyson Jost C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.34	0	1	0	13:04	—	—	60	64
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.04	1	1	0	22:50	—	—	59	73
Cale Makar D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.28	1	0	0	22:30	—	—	50	84
Ryan Graves D	D2	1	2	3	+4	4	0.19	1	2	2	18:42	—	—	40	55
Patrik Nemeth D	D2	0	0	0	+3	0	0.01	3	3	0	18:24	—	—	58	77
Samuel Girard D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.01	1	1	2	22:35	—	—	43	49
Conor Timmins D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	10:23	—	—	70	70

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Philipp Grubauer(start)	W	32	31	1	.969	1.94	59:58

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brayden Schenn C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	0	1	4	18:54	—	—	36	29
Jaden Schwartz L	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.41	1	0	0	17:22	—	—	38	34
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L1	0	0	0	-3	2	0.17	1	1	0	15:12	—	—	41	33
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.18	1	0	0	21:15	—	—	76	39
Ivan Barbashev L	L2	0	0	0	-2	4	0.15	5	0	2	14:41	—	—	67	32
Jordan Kyrou R	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.08	0	0	0	13:35	—	—	74	42
Tyler Bozak C	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.04	3	0	0	15:58	—	—	46	40
Mike Hoffman C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.28	2	0	0	14:51	—	—	27	2
Robert Thomas C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:05	—	—	40	42
Zachary Sanford L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	3	2	0	13:15	—	—	29	38
Sammy Blais L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	10	0	2	12:23	—	—	33	26
Kyle Clifford L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	8:08	—	—	33	33
Torey Krug D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	4	2	0	23:13	—	—	41	19
Steven Santini D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	8	0	0	16:20	—	—	50	24
Colton Parayko D	D2	0	1	1	-3	5	0.30	4	0	0	26:14	—	—	58	37
Niko Mikkola D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	3	1	0	19:37	—	—	41	36
Marco Scandella D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	18:34	—	—	50	38
Mitch Reinke D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	0	1	0	9:19	—	—	47	47

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	L	25	21	4	.840	2.82	57:04

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.