Colorado Avalanche vs. St. Louis BluesMay 27, 2022

FinalPlayoffsFriday, May 27, 2022· Enterprise Center

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Colorado AvalancheCOL

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St. Louis BluesSTL

2

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	0	1	2	3		COL	13	13	13	39
STL	1	1	0	2		STL	7	7	6	20

: COL 68STL 37
: COL 3.43STL 1.72
PP goals: COL 1STL 0
Hits: COL 24STL 32
Blocks: COL 7STL 14
PIM: COL 4STL 4
: COL 54%STL 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche edge St. Louis Blues 3–2

Colorado Avalanche beat St. Louis Blues 3–2 at STL. J.T. Compher (COL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Ville Husso (STL) faced 39 shots and stopped 36 (.923), +6 against a season average of 32.6; the loss.

Points
J.T. Compher had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 9:09.Compher
Goalie
Ville Husso (STL) faced 39 shots and stopped 36 (.923), +6 against a season average of 32.6; the loss.Husso
Usage
J.T. Compher (COL) played 9:09, −4:46 down on his 13:55 season average over 19 games.Compher
New line
New look for STL: Bozak–Walker–Barbashev skated 7:50 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (20% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bozak Walker Barbashev
Usage
Niko Mikkola (STL) played 18:27, +3:03 up on his 15:24 season average over 11 games.Mikkola
Usage
Alexey Toropchenko (STL) played 12:18, +3:46 up on his 8:32 season average over 11 games.Toropchenko
Usage
David Perron (STL) played 16:48, −3:19 down on his 20:07 season average over 11 games.Perron
Luck
Gabriel Landeskog (COL) generated 1.03 xG on 9 attempts without scoring; the chances were there.Landeskog

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 37 · 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 47% of the game, STL 12%.

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	40
	3.74	1.86
	3.54	1.81
	18	6
	1	5
	16	14
	+0.062	−0.063
	47%	12%

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

L1Kadri – Nichushkin – Rantanen
12:4080% CF
L2Landeskog – Lehkonen – MacKinnon
11:0489% CF
L3Burakovsky – Compher – Aube-Kubel
7:2836% CF
L4Cogliano – Helm – O'Connor
7:2580% CF
D1Toews – Makar
14:2564% CF
D2Johnson – Byram
10:4855% CF
D3Johnson – Manson
5:3250% CF

PP1Kadri – Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen – Makar
3:14100% CF
PP2Burakovsky – Lehkonen – Nichushkin – Toews – Byram
0:30
PK1FCogliano – Helm
1:45
PK2FNichushkin – O'Connor
1:01
PK1DJohnson – Makar
1:04
PK2DJohnson – Toews
0:54

Current COL line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Perron – O'Reilly – Saad
12:0011% CF
L2Schenn – Kyrou – Toropchenko
9:4163% CF
L3Tarasenko – Buchnevich – Thomas
8:5044% CF
L4Bozak – Walker – Barbashev
7:5020% CF
D1Leddy – Faulk
9:4840% CF
D2Bortuzzo – Scandella
9:1443% CF
D3Parayko – Mikkola
8:1318% CF

PP1Saad – Parayko – Buchnevich – Kyrou – Thomas
1:53
PP2Perron – O'Reilly – Schenn – Faulk – Tarasenko
1:44100% CF
PK1FO'Reilly – Buchnevich
2:10
PK2FSaad – Thomas
0:37
PK1DBortuzzo – Faulk
1:52
PK2DParayko – Mikkola
0:31

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

19:00
STLJustin Faulk (Robert Thomas, Niko Mikkola)wrist0.03 xG
COL: Johnson, Compher, Lehkonen, Aube-Kubel, ByramSTL: Faulk, Tarasenko, Buchnevich, Mikkola, Thomas
COL 0 – 1 STL

2nd period

5:19
COLJ.T. Compher (Josh Manson, Andre Burakovsky)wrist0.21 xG
COL: Manson, Burakovsky, Compher, Aube-Kubel, MakarSTL: Leddy, Buchnevich, Mikkola, Kyrou, Thomas
COL 1 – 1 STL
9:34
STLJordan Kyrou (Brayden Schenn)wrist0.15 xG
COL: Johnson, Manson, Burakovsky, Compher, Aube-KubelSTL: Schenn, Faulk, Mikkola, Kyrou, Toropchenko
COL 1 – 2 STL

3rd period

10:18
COLJ.T. CompherPP (Bowen Byram, Devon Toews)wrist0.05 xG
COL: Burakovsky, Compher, Nichushkin, Toews, ByramSTL: Leddy, Faulk, Saad, Thomas
COL 2 – 2 STL
19:54
COLDarren Helm (Logan O'Connor, Erik Johnson)slap0.02 xG
COL: Helm, Johnson, Landeskog, Toews, O'ConnorSTL: Schenn, Parayko, Mikkola, Kyrou, Toropchenko
COL 3 – 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	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	0	0	0	20:53	—	—	70	70
Valeri Nichushkin R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	3	1	0	20:03	—	—	65	71
Nazem Kadri C	L1	0	0	0	0	7	0.65	0	0	0	19:58	—	—	74	74
Gabriel Landeskog L	L2	0	0	0	+1	6	1.03	0	0	0	19:56	—	—	78	82
Nathan MacKinnon C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.17	2	0	2	19:10	—	—	77	79
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.22	2	0	0	15:06	—	—	73	84
Andre Burakovsky L	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:56	—	—	44	38
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:52	—	—	32	40
J.T. Compher L	L3	2	0	2	-1	3	0.33	0	0	0	9:09	—	—	28	35
Logan O'Connor R	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.01	0	0	0	12:00	—	—	72	68
Darren Helm C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.03	2	0	0	11:33	—	—	86	88
Andrew Cogliano C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	2	0	0	10:45	—	—	75	86
Cale Makar D	D1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.14	0	2	0	28:02	—	—	68	74
Devon Toews D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	26:33	—	—	65	59
Bowen Byram D	D2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.16	0	1	0	19:25	—	—	66	70
Erik Johnson D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.11	6	1	0	18:50	—	—	65	75
Josh Manson D	D3	0	1	1	0	3	0.25	2	1	2	14:30	—	—	68	65
Jack Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	1	0	9:19	—	—	43	34

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	W	20	18	2	.900	1.72	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	0.05	0	0	0	19:55	—	—	13	7
David Perron L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	2	1	0	16:48	—	—	13	7
Brandon Saad L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	15:54	—	—	17	4
Brayden Schenn C	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.12	5	0	0	17:17	—	—	55	62
Jordan Kyrou R	L2	1	0	1	-1	5	0.41	2	0	0	16:00	—	—	62	64
Alexey Toropchenko R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.33	1	0	0	12:18	—	—	48	66
Pavel Buchnevich L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	3	0	0	18:25	—	—	48	36
Robert Thomas C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.01	1	0	2	16:37	—	—	43	30
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.23	1	0	0	14:44	—	—	50	36
Ivan Barbashev L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	10:58	—	—	18	26
Tyler Bozak C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	1	0	10:43	—	—	20	25
Nathan Walker L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	2	2	0	10:29	—	—	21	38
Justin Faulk D	D1	1	0	1	+2	3	0.18	2	2	0	25:57	—	—	44	41
Nick Leddy D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	22:19	—	—	28	28
Marco Scandella D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	1	0	13:37	—	—	35	47
Robert Bortuzzo D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	3	0	12:49	—	—	40	64
Colton Parayko D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	2	22:50	—	—	29	18
Niko Mikkola D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	18:27	—	—	32	25

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ville Husso(start)	L	39	36	3	.923	3.43	59:54

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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.