Colorado Avalanche vs. St. Louis BluesMay 21, 2022

FinalPlayoffsSaturday, May 21, 2022· Enterprise Center

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Colorado AvalancheCOL

5

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St. Louis BluesSTL

2

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	1	2	2	5		COL	10	9	8	27
STL	1	1	0	2		STL	13	10	8	31

: COL 51STL 54
: COL 3.00STL 2.94
PP goals: COL 0STL 0
Hits: COL 25STL 37
Blocks: COL 13STL 10
PIM: COL 6STL 4
: COL 44%STL 56%

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. Artturi Lehkonen (COL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Samuel Girard (COL) played 0:56, −19:53 down on his 20:49 season average over 6 games.

Points
Artturi Lehkonen had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 14:33.Lehkonen
Points
Nazem Kadri had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:10.Kadri
Points
Ryan O'Reilly had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:03.O'Reilly
Points
Mikko Rantanen had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:35.Rantanen
Usage
Samuel Girard (COL) played 0:56, −19:53 down on his 20:49 season average over 6 games.Girard
Luck
COL scored 5 goals on 3.00 expected goals (51 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for COL: Cogliano–Helm–O'Connor skated 5:02 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (0% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Cogliano Helm O'Connor
Usage
Colton Parayko (STL) played 21:35, −4:09 down on his 25:44 season average over 11 games.Parayko

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 105 of 105 attempts · STL 54 · COL 51

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 25% of the game, STL 40%.

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	50
	2.23	2.63
	2.13	2.54
	11	7
	4	0
	13	12
	−0.090	+0.090
	25%	40%

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
11:5772% CF
L2Kadri – Lehkonen – Nichushkin
9:3257% CF
L3Burakovsky – Compher – Aube-Kubel
7:5760% CF
L4Cogliano – Helm – O'Connor
5:020% CF
D1Toews – Makar
13:1950% CF
D2Johnson – Byram
6:3263% CF

PP1Kadri – Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen – Makar
1:27100% CF
PK1FCompher – Nichushkin
1:07
PK2FCogliano – Helm
0:57
PK1DToews – Makar
1:11
PK2DJohnson – Byram
0:37

Current COL line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Perron – O'Reilly – Buchnevich
13:5145% CF
L2Saad – Kyrou – Thomas
10:3756% CF
L3Schenn – Tarasenko – Barbashev
8:5050% CF
D1Leddy – Parayko
13:3150% CF
D2Faulk – Rosen
8:2845% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Mikkola
7:4844% CF

PP1Perron – O'Reilly – Schenn – Tarasenko – Perunovich
2:1867% CF
PP2Faulk – Buchnevich – Barbashev – Kyrou – Thomas
0:59100% CF
PK1FBozak – Barbashev
1:20
PK2FSaad – Thomas
0:16
PK1DBortuzzo – Mikkola
0:51
PK2DLeddy – Parayko
0:16

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:55
STLColton Parayko (Ryan O'Reilly)slap0.05 xG
COL: MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Toews, Rantanen, MakarSTL: Perron, O'Reilly, Leddy, Parayko, Buchnevich
COL 0 – 1 STL
10:57
COLLogan O'Connor (Josh Manson, Darren Helm)wrist0.15 xG
COL: Manson, MacKinnon, Makar, O'Connor, ByramSTL: Faulk, Parayko, Buchnevich, Kyrou, Thomas
COL 1 – 1 STL

2nd period

13:38
COLNazem Kadri (Cale Makar, Mikko Rantanen)tip-in0.06 xG
COL: Kadri, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen, MakarSTL: Bortuzzo, Bozak, Buchnevich, Barbashev, Mikkola
COL 2 – 1 STL
17:15
COLArtturi Lehkonen (Nazem Kadri)wrist0.05 xG
COL: Johnson, Kadri, Lehkonen, Nichushkin, ByramSTL: Schenn, Faulk, Barbashev, Rosen, Toropchenko
COL 3 – 1 STL
19:30
STLRyan O'Reilly (Nick Leddy, Pavel Buchnevich)wrist0.12 xG
COL: MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Toews, Rantanen, MakarSTL: Perron, O'Reilly, Leddy, Faulk, Buchnevich
COL 3 – 2 STL

3rd period

17:52
COLGabriel Landeskog (Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen)wrist0.07 xG
COL: Landeskog, MacKinnon, Toews, Rantanen, MakarSTL: Perron, O'Reilly, Buchnevich, Thomas, Perunovich
COL 4 – 2 STL
19:02
COLArtturi LehkonenEN (Valeri Nichushkin)backhand0.62 xG
COL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Toews, MakarSTL: Perron, O'Reilly, Faulk, Tarasenko, Buchnevich, Thomas
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
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.09	0	0	0	21:47	—	—	61	59
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	0	2	2	0	3	0.16	1	1	0	20:35	—	—	61	56
Gabriel Landeskog L	L1	1	0	1	+2	3	0.40	3	1	0	19:41	—	—	54	52
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	20:07	—	—	51	40
Nazem Kadri C	L2	1	1	2	+2	2	0.23	1	0	0	17:10	—	—	49	40
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	2	0	2	+2	5	0.90	2	2	0	14:33	—	—	44	30
J.T. Compher L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.27	0	1	0	14:01	—	—	50	50
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	3	0	2	11:50	—	—	50	52
Andre Burakovsky L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	9:35	—	—	46	37
Darren Helm C	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	5	0	2	10:30	—	—	14	42
Andrew Cogliano C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	7:54	—	—	0	0
Logan O'Connor R	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.15	0	0	0	7:42	—	—	20	66
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	1	0	0	30:56	—	—	46	45
Cale Makar D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.39	1	3	0	28:49	—	—	53	57
Erik Johnson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.04	2	2	0	19:27	—	—	57	45
Bowen Byram D	D2	0	0	0	+2	3	0.24	0	2	0	17:45	—	—	58	48
Josh Manson D	—	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	1	2	20:42	—	—	38	37
Samuel Girard D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0:56	—	—	0	0

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	W	31	29	2	.935	2.94	60:00

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	1	1	2	0	3	0.41	2	0	0	22:03	—	—	42	48
David Perron L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	0	1	0	21:33	—	—	50	47
Pavel Buchnevich L	L1	0	1	1	-2	2	0.12	2	0	2	20:05	—	—	40	38
Robert Thomas C	L2	0	0	0	-3	3	0.34	1	2	0	19:56	—	—	54	52
Jordan Kyrou R	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.32	1	0	2	16:11	—	—	46	46
Brandon Saad L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	0	0	0	15:42	—	—	48	49
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L3	0	0	0	-1	6	0.59	3	0	0	18:19	—	—	52	64
Brayden Schenn C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.34	4	0	0	16:03	—	—	58	69
Ivan Barbashev L	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.11	5	1	0	14:24	—	—	50	63
Colton Parayko D	D1	1	0	1	0	1	0.11	2	0	0	21:35	—	—	50	48
Nick Leddy D	D1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.03	0	0	0	20:12	—	—	45	52
Justin Faulk D	D2	0	0	0	-2	4	0.20	3	1	0	24:19	—	—	51	59
Calle Rosen D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	3	0	11:42	—	—	44	61
Niko Mikkola D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	12:59	—	—	50	57
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	3	1	0	11:56	—	—	56	55
Scott Perunovich D	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	12:17	—	—	73	49
Tyler Bozak C	—	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	2	0	0	9:52	—	—	54	34
Alexey Toropchenko R	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	0	0	8:24	—	—	62	83

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ville Husso	L	23	19	4	.826	2.02	51:43
Jordan Binnington(start)	—	3	3	0	.1000	0.35	6:45

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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.