Colorado Avalanche vs. St. Louis BluesMay 23, 2021

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	0	2	3	5		COL	10	14	10	34
STL	0	1	1	2		STL	6	5	9	20

: COL 68STL 43
: COL 4.88STL 1.57
PP goals: COL 1STL 1
Hits: COL 11STL 20
Blocks: COL 13STL 19
PIM: COL 6STL 8
: COL 47%STL 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche beat St. Louis Blues 5–2

Colorado Avalanche beat St. Louis Blues 5–2 at STL. Vladimir Tarasenko (STL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for STL: O'Reilly–Tarasenko–Barbashev skated 12:33 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Vladimir Tarasenko had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:18.Tarasenko
Points
Gabriel Landeskog had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:16.Landeskog
Points
Mikko Rantanen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:23.Rantanen
Points
Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:31.MacKinnon
Points
Ryan O'Reilly had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:54.O'Reilly
New line
New look for STL: O'Reilly–Tarasenko–Barbashev skated 12:33 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.O'Reilly Tarasenko Barbashev
New line
New look for STL: Schenn–Schwartz–Kyrou skated 7:26 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (0% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Schenn Schwartz Kyrou
Usage
Alex Newhook (COL) played 1:28, −5:38 down on his 7:06 season average over 7 games.Newhook

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 111 of 111 attempts · STL 43 · 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 46% of the game, STL 18%.

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
	71	42
	3.37	1.63
	3.18	1.56
	13	4
	1	1
	19	13
	−0.025	+0.025
	46%	18%

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
15:0352% CF
L2Saad – Nichushkin – Jost
10:5561% CF
L3Donskoi – Burakovsky – Compher
7:4585% CF
D1Toews – Makar
14:3452% CF
D2Graves – Girard
10:2174% CF
D3Nemeth – Timmins
4:4480% CF

PP1Donskoi – Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen – Makar
2:1367% CF
PP2Saad – Burakovsky – Compher – Girard – Makar
0:13100% CF
PK1FCompher – Bellemare
1:50
PK2FNichushkin – Jost
0:37
PK1DNemeth – Graves
1:50

Current COL line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1O'Reilly – Tarasenko – Barbashev
12:3348% CF
L2Schenn – Schwartz – Kyrou
7:260% CF
L3Clifford – Sanford – Blais
5:4460% CF
L4Hoffman – Bozak – Thomas
4:5963% CF
D1Scandella – Parayko
16:4045% CF
D2Krug – Mikkola
9:2820% CF
D3Santini – Walman
8:2540% CF

PP1Hoffman – Bozak – O'Reilly – Tarasenko – Krug
2:21100% CF
PP2Hoffman – Schwartz – Krug – Kyrou – Thomas
0:34100% CF
PK1FSanford – Barbashev
1:03
PK2FBozak – O'Reilly
0:23
PK1DScandella – Santini
0:35
PK2DKrug – Parayko
0:21

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

4:25
STLVladimir Tarasenko (Ryan O'Reilly)wrist0.15 xG
COL: Nemeth, Landeskog, Bellemare, Rantanen, TimminsSTL: Scandella, O'Reilly, Tarasenko, Parayko, Barbashev
COL 0 – 1 STL
11:37
COLBrandon SaadPP (Cale Makar, Philipp Grubauer)snap0.16 xG
COL: Saad, Burakovsky, Compher, Girard, MakarSTL: Schenn, Schwartz, Parayko, Walman
COL 1 – 1 STL
14:53
COLGabriel Landeskog (Samuel Girard, Mikko Rantanen)tip-in0.07 xG
COL: Landeskog, Graves, MacKinnon, Rantanen, GirardSTL: O'Reilly, Tarasenko, Parayko, Barbashev, Mikkola
COL 2 – 1 STL

3rd period

4:20
COLMikko Rantanen (Nathan MacKinnon, Gabriel Landeskog)wrist0.09 xG
COL: Landeskog, MacKinnon, Toews, Rantanen, MakarSTL: Scandella, O'Reilly, Tarasenko, Parayko, Barbashev
COL 3 – 1 STL
8:39
STLVladimir TarasenkoPP (Robert Thomas, Ryan O'Reilly)snap0.12 xG
COL: Soderberg, Nemeth, Nichushkin, ToewsSTL: O'Reilly, Schenn, Tarasenko, Krug, Thomas
COL 3 – 2 STL
19:04
COLNathan MacKinnonENwrist0.47 xG
COL: Landeskog, MacKinnon, Toews, Rantanen, MakarSTL: O'Reilly, Schenn, Tarasenko, Krug, Thomas
COL 4 – 2 STL
19:54
COLValeri NichushkinENwrist0.69 xG
COL: Nemeth, Saad, Compher, Nichushkin, GirardSTL: O'Reilly, Tarasenko, Schwartz, Krug, Parayko
COL 5 – 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
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	1	1	2	+1	3	0.25	0	0	2	22:23	—	—	60	52
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	1	1	2	+2	3	0.66	0	0	0	21:31	—	—	53	47
Gabriel Landeskog L	L1	1	1	2	+1	3	0.13	0	2	0	21:16	—	—	51	42
Brandon Saad L	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.82	1	1	0	16:16	—	—	59	75
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.84	2	1	0	15:35	—	—	64	77
Tyson Jost C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.11	1	0	2	13:43	—	—	57	78
J.T. Compher L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.39	0	0	0	16:27	—	—	79	78
Joonas Donskoi R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.34	0	2	0	14:40	—	—	71	76
Andre Burakovsky L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.23	0	1	0	13:22	—	—	76	73
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.02	1	0	0	24:59	—	—	47	53
Cale Makar D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.13	0	1	0	24:01	—	—	63	59
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.30	1	1	0	22:50	—	—	70	83
Ryan Graves D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.06	1	3	0	19:53	—	—	67	74
Patrik Nemeth D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.09	1	0	0	19:32	—	—	57	48
Conor Timmins D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	0	0	0	7:00	—	—	75	57
Carl Soderberg C	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.24	1	0	2	10:00	—	—	71	96
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.11	2	1	0	9:54	—	—	57	74
Alex Newhook C	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	1:28	—	—	0	0

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Philipp Grubauer(start)	W	20	18	2	.900	1.57	60:00

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	2	2	-1	2	0.17	0	0	0	20:54	—	—	54	54
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L1	2	0	2	-1	4	0.50	1	2	0	18:18	—	—	43	47
Ivan Barbashev L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.13	0	0	0	16:17	—	—	38	36
Brayden Schenn C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	2	0	0	19:22	—	—	23	9
Jaden Schwartz L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	18:49	—	—	24	10
Jordan Kyrou R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	3	0	13:18	—	—	21	3
Sammy Blais L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:37	—	—	47	44
Zachary Sanford L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	8:08	—	—	33	40
Kyle Clifford L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	7:05	—	—	30	47
Robert Thomas C	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:20	—	—	42	19
Tyler Bozak C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	3	1	0	14:39	—	—	50	41
Mike Hoffman C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	4	14:37	—	—	62	62
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.10	2	3	0	27:28	—	—	42	36
Marco Scandella D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	1	2	0	22:03	—	—	39	34
Torey Krug D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	2	3	2	25:57	—	—	41	36
Niko Mikkola D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	1	2	13:10	—	—	12	9
Jake Walman D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	15:24	—	—	42	43
Steven Santini D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.27	5	3	0	12:11	—	—	41	41

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	L	32	29	3	.906	3.16	58:43

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.