Colorado Avalanche vs. St. Louis BluesMay 23, 2022

FinalPlayoffsMonday, May 23, 2022· Enterprise Center

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Colorado AvalancheCOL

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St. Louis BluesSTL

3

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	0	4	2	6		COL	15	13	9	37
STL	1	2	0	3		STL	3	12	5	20

: COL 68STL 43
: COL 3.81STL 1.85
PP goals: COL 0STL 2
Hits: COL 27STL 23
Blocks: COL 12STL 17
PIM: COL 8STL 6
: COL 45%STL 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche beat St. Louis Blues 6–3

Colorado Avalanche beat St. Louis Blues 6–3 at STL. Nazem Kadri (COL) led the scoring with 3G 1A. STL's first power-play unit (Perron, O'Reilly, Schenn, Tarasenko and Perunovich) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:40 together.

Points
Nazem Kadri had a hat trick and an assist (4 points) on 3 shots in 15:06.Kadri
Points
David Perron had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 23:10.Perron
Points
Pavel Buchnevich had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:50.Buchnevich
Points
Bowen Byram had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:53.Byram
Points
Valeri Nichushkin had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:22.Nichushkin
PP1
STL's first power-play unit (Perron, O'Reilly, Schenn, Tarasenko and Perunovich) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:40 together.Perron O'Reilly Schenn Tarasenko Perunovich
New line
New look for COL: Landeskog–Lehkonen–MacKinnon skated 12:03 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Landeskog Lehkonen MacKinnon
New line
New look for COL: Kadri–Nichushkin–Rantanen skated 9:43 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kadri Nichushkin Rantanen

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 51% of the game, STL 21%.

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
	73	35
	2.63	1.02
	2.49	1.00
	11	4
	5	4
	18	16
	−0.052	+0.052
	51%	21%

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 – Lehkonen – MacKinnon
12:0367% CF
L2Kadri – Nichushkin – Rantanen
9:4371% CF
L3Cogliano – Helm – O'Connor
6:1071% CF
L4Compher – Aube-Kubel – Newhook
6:0975% CF
D1Toews – Makar
16:4669% CF
D2Johnson – Byram
11:4167% CF
D3Johnson – Manson
10:4177% CF

PP1Landeskog – Compher – MacKinnon – Rantanen – Makar
1:40100% CF
PP2Kadri – Nichushkin – Makar – Byram – Newhook
0:16
PK1FCogliano – Helm
2:15
PK2FKadri – Nichushkin
1:00
PK1DToews – Makar
3:03
PK2DJohnson – Manson
1:09

Current COL line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Perron – O'Reilly – Buchnevich
8:1942% CF
L2Saad – Kyrou – Thomas
4:5820% CF
L3Schenn – Tarasenko – Barbashev
3:5222% CF
D1Leddy – Parayko
11:3325% CF
D2Faulk – Rosen
7:4533% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Mikkola
5:488% CF

PP1Perron – O'Reilly – Schenn – Tarasenko – Perunovich
3:4088% CF
PP2Faulk – Saad – Buchnevich – Kyrou – Thomas
1:11100% CF

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

5:07
STLDavid Perron (Pavel Buchnevich)backhand0.11 xG
COL: Landeskog, Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Toews, MakarSTL: Perron, O'Reilly, Leddy, Faulk, Buchnevich
COL 0 – 1 STL

2nd period

2:44
COLErik Johnson (Alex Newhook, Bowen Byram)wrist0.03 xG
COL: Helm, Johnson, Compher, Byram, NewhookSTL: Bortuzzo, Bozak, Schenn, Mikkola, Toropchenko
COL 1 – 1 STL
4:07
COLNazem Kadri (Valeri Nichushkin)wrist0.09 xG
COL: Johnson, Kadri, Manson, Nichushkin, RantanenSTL: Faulk, Saad, Kyrou, Thomas, Perunovich
COL 2 – 1 STL
4:26
COLDevon Toewswrist0.02 xG
COL: Landeskog, Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Toews, MakarSTL: Schenn, Faulk, Tarasenko, Barbashev, Rosen
COL 3 – 1 STL
7:37
COLNazem Kadri (Bowen Byram, Cale Makar)wrist0.01 xG
COL: Kadri, Nichushkin, Makar, Byram, NewhookSTL: Perron, Bozak, Leddy, Faulk, Buchnevich
COL 4 – 1 STL
17:02
STLDavid PerronPP (Scott Perunovich, Brayden Schenn)snap0.06 xG
COL: Cogliano, Lehkonen, Toews, MakarSTL: Perron, O'Reilly, Schenn, Tarasenko, Perunovich
COL 4 – 2 STL
19:27
STLPavel BuchnevichPP (Jordan Kyrou, Brandon Saad)deflected0.25 xG
COL: Johnson, Kadri, Manson, NichushkinSTL: Faulk, Saad, Buchnevich, Kyrou, Thomas
COL 4 – 3 STL

3rd period

9:38
COLNazem Kadri (Valeri Nichushkin)wrist0.02 xG
COL: Johnson, Kadri, Nichushkin, Toews, RantanenSTL: Schenn, Faulk, Barbashev, Mikkola, Kyrou
COL 5 – 3 STL
19:58
COLMikko RantanenEN (Nazem Kadri)backhand0.98 xG
COL: Kadri, Lehkonen, Toews, Rantanen, MakarSTL: Perron, O'Reilly, Tarasenko, Buchnevich, Thomas, Perunovich
COL 6 – 3 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	0	0	0	1	0.20	2	2	0	22:31	—	—	58	66
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.51	0	1	0	22:26	—	—	65	72
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.25	3	0	2	18:04	—	—	62	70
Mikko Rantanen R	L2	1	0	1	+3	4	1.25	0	0	0	20:12	—	—	64	69
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	0	2	2	+3	2	0.14	2	1	0	18:22	—	—	72	77
Nazem Kadri C	L2	3	1	4	+4	3	0.12	2	0	0	15:06	—	—	70	71
Darren Helm C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.20	5	1	2	11:43	—	—	83	91
Andrew Cogliano C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	1	0	10:13	—	—	64	68
Logan O'Connor R	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.13	1	1	0	9:16	—	—	67	80
J.T. Compher L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	1	0	0	10:57	—	—	67	62
Alex Newhook C	L4	0	1	1	+2	0	0.01	0	0	0	8:07	—	—	85	84
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	1	0	0	7:34	—	—	75	60
Cale Makar D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.05	1	2	2	26:39	—	—	67	76
Devon Toews D	D1	1	0	1	+2	2	0.12	1	1	0	25:32	—	—	65	76
Erik Johnson D	D2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.46	3	2	2	17:17	—	—	67	59
Bowen Byram D	D2	0	2	2	+2	3	0.20	1	0	0	15:53	—	—	70	66
Josh Manson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.03	1	0	0	18:04	—	—	68	81
Jack Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	2	0	0	15:07	—	—	75	88

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	W	20	17	3	.850	1.85	60:00

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	1	0	25:33	—	—	42	30
David Perron L	L1	2	0	2	-1	2	0.20	1	1	4	23:10	—	—	39	27
Pavel Buchnevich L	L1	1	1	2	-1	2	0.46	2	0	2	21:50	—	—	39	33
Robert Thomas C	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	1	0	19:31	—	—	36	29
Jordan Kyrou R	L2	0	1	1	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:54	—	—	24	22
Brandon Saad L	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.16	1	0	0	15:34	—	—	27	16
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.30	2	1	0	19:49	—	—	39	46
Brayden Schenn C	L3	0	1	1	-3	2	0.25	1	2	0	18:36	—	—	23	42
Ivan Barbashev L	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	5	0	0	11:32	—	—	29	52
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	2	3	0	23:03	—	—	32	25
Nick Leddy D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	3	0	20:52	—	—	30	29
Justin Faulk D	D2	0	0	0	-3	2	0.11	3	2	0	24:10	—	—	37	36
Calle Rosen D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	2	0	0	12:51	—	—	35	26
Niko Mikkola D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	3	0	11:59	—	—	32	32
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	7:30	—	—	14	9
Scott Perunovich D	—	0	1	1	-2	1	0.04	0	0	0	12:23	—	—	44	26
Alexey Toropchenko R	—	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	0	0	0	7:22	—	—	20	16
Tyler Bozak C	—	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	5:49	—	—	13	9

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ville Husso(start)	L	36	31	5	.861	2.42	56:32

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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.