Colorado Avalanche vs. St. Louis BluesFeb 18, 2023

FinalSaturday, Feb 18, 2023· Enterprise Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	1	1	2	4		COL	15	9	9	33
STL	0	1	0	1		STL	5	9	6	20

: COL 57STL 40
: COL 3.96STL 1.54
PP goals: COL 2STL 0
Hits: COL 10STL 22
Blocks: COL 10STL 11
PIM: COL 6STL 8
: COL 43%STL 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche beat St. Louis Blues 4–1

Colorado Avalanche beat St. Louis Blues 4–1 at STL. Bowen Byram (COL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for STL: Blais–Kyrou–Thomas skated 10:54 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (38.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Bowen Byram had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:22.Byram
Points
Mikko Rantanen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:15.Rantanen
Points
J.T. Compher had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:05.Compher
Points
Nathan MacKinnon had 2 assists (2 points) on 6 shots in 19:10.MacKinnon
Points
Samuel Girard had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 24:24.Girard
New line
New look for STL: Blais–Kyrou–Thomas skated 10:54 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (38.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Blais Kyrou Thomas
Usage
Pavel Buchnevich (STL) played 6:04, −13:36 down on his 19:40 season average over 62 games.Buchnevich
New line
New look for STL: Schenn–Buchnevich–Barbashev skated 4:19 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (22.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Schenn Buchnevich Barbashev

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 97 of 97 attempts · STL 40 · COL 57

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
	54	41
	3.53	1.23
	3.27	1.20
	7	8
	4	0
	20	20
	−0.044	+0.044
	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

L1Compher – Rantanen – Rodrigues
11:1180% CF
L2Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Nichushkin
9:0445% CF
L3Cogliano – O'Connor – Newhook
8:2221% CF
L4Nieto – Malgin – Meyers
6:5664% CF
D1Toews – Makar
12:2360% CF
D2Girard – Byram
7:5981% CF

PP1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Rantanen – Makar
5:07100% CF
PP2Compher – Toews – Rodrigues – Byram – Newhook
1:5050% CF
PK1FCogliano – O'Connor
1:18
PK2FNieto – Rodrigues
0:58
PK1DToews – Makar
1:53
PK2DGirard – Byram
1:04

Current COL line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Blais – Kyrou – Thomas
10:5439% CF
L2Pitlick – Walker – Toropchenko
7:5127% CF
L3Leivo – Brown – Neighbours
4:2756% CF
L4Schenn – Buchnevich – Barbashev
4:1922% CF
D1Leddy – Parayko
15:2748% CF
D2Faulk – Rosen
11:5438% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Tucker
10:0050% CF

PP1Schenn – Faulk – Barbashev – Kyrou – Thomas
3:44100% CF
PP2Leddy – Parayko – Blais – Brown – Neighbours
1:15
PK1FSchenn – Barbashev
1:56
PK2FBuchnevich – Thomas
1:17
PK1DLeddy – Parayko
3:21
PK2DBortuzzo – Faulk
1:59

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

16:37
COLMikko Rantanen (Nathan MacKinnon, J.T. Compher)wrist0.10 xG
COL: Compher, MacKinnon, Toews, Rantanen, MakarSTL: Schenn, Leddy, Parayko, Barbashev, Thomas
COL 1 – 0 STL

2nd period

7:37
COLBowen Byram (Mikko Rantanen, Samuel Girard)snap0.06 xG
COL: Compher, Rantanen, Rodrigues, Girard, ByramSTL: Parayko, Blais, Kyrou, Thomas, Rosen
COL 2 – 0 STL
15:28
STLSammy Blais (Jordan Kyrou, Logan Brown)wrist0.11 xG
COL: Cogliano, Englund, Girard, O'Connor, MeyersSTL: Bortuzzo, Leddy, Blais, Brown, Kyrou
COL 2 – 1 STL

3rd period

2:56
COLValeri NichushkinPP (Artturi Lehkonen, Nathan MacKinnon)deflected0.06 xG
COL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Toews, RantanenSTL: Bortuzzo, Pitlick, Walker, Rosen
COL 3 – 1 STL
9:40
COLBowen ByramPP (Samuel Girard, J.T. Compher)snap0.14 xG
COL: Compher, Rodrigues, Girard, Byram, NewhookSTL: Pitlick, Parayko, Walker, Rosen
COL 4 – 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	1	1	2	+2	3	0.42	0	0	0	20:15	—	—	82	84
J.T. Compher L	L1	0	2	2	+2	2	0.55	0	0	4	19:05	—	—	81	84
Evan Rodrigues C	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.30	0	0	0	17:55	—	—	81	83
Nathan MacKinnon C	L2	0	2	2	+1	6	0.44	0	0	0	19:10	—	—	57	76
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.34	1	1	0	18:41	—	—	54	72
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.36	0	1	0	18:17	—	—	45	68
Alex Newhook C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:52	—	—	28	73
Logan O'Connor R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	1	1	0	12:48	—	—	18	53
Andrew Cogliano C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	1	0	11:39	—	—	20	54
Matt Nieto L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	0	0	0	11:19	—	—	60	70
Ben Meyers C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.21	0	0	0	9:00	—	—	62	56
Denis Malgin C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	8:32	—	—	67	67
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.19	0	0	0	24:57	—	—	64	73
Cale Makar D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.27	1	0	0	21:27	—	—	62	72
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	2	2	0	2	0.27	0	2	0	24:24	—	—	48	62
Bowen Byram D	D2	2	0	2	+1	3	0.26	0	1	0	20:22	—	—	79	89
Andreas Englund D	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	1	0	12:41	—	—	30	71
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	2	2	10:58	—	—	60	77

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Justus Annunen(start)	W	20	19	1	.950	1.54	59:38

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Robert Thomas C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.13	0	0	2	20:58	—	—	44	22
Jordan Kyrou R	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.27	0	1	0	19:05	—	—	50	33
Sammy Blais L	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.19	2	0	0	16:49	—	—	39	25
Alexey Toropchenko R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:46	—	—	50	16
Nathan Walker L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	4	1	0	12:42	—	—	56	21
Tyler Pitlick C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	3	0	0	12:11	—	—	44	30
Jake Neighbours L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	1	1	0	15:26	—	—	39	39
Josh Leivo L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	1	0	0	10:34	—	—	74	65
Logan Brown C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:33	—	—	57	60
Brayden Schenn C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	1	3	0	19:52	—	—	24	16
Ivan Barbashev L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	0	1	0	18:49	—	—	19	7
Pavel Buchnevich L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	6:04	—	—	30	13
Nick Leddy D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	24:48	—	—	42	39
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.07	2	1	0	24:18	—	—	48	37
Justin Faulk D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	0.12	1	0	2	21:51	—	—	32	13
Calle Rosen D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:50	—	—	39	15
Tyler Tucker D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	2	14:23	—	—	53	24
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	2	1	0	14:19	—	—	53	34

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	L	33	29	4	.879	3.96	59:34

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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.