Colorado Avalanche vs. St. Louis BluesDec 29, 2023

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	1	0	1	2		COL	4	7	12	23
STL	1	0	0	1		STL	10	7	12	29

: COL 40STL 63
: COL 1.76STL 2.41
PP goals: COL 0STL 0
Hits: COL 13STL 16
Blocks: COL 9STL 9
PIM: COL 6STL 4
: COL 48%STL 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche edge St. Louis Blues 2–1

Colorado Avalanche beat St. Louis Blues 2–1 at STL. Ryan Johansen (COL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for COL: Cogliano–O'Connor–Meyers skated 6:40 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Ryan Johansen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:32.Johansen
New line
New look for COL: Cogliano–O'Connor–Meyers skated 6:40 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Cogliano O'Connor Meyers
Usage
Andrew Cogliano (COL) played 16:02, +5:30 up on his 10:32 season average over 74 games.Cogliano
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Robert Thomas (STL) played 24:09, +3:13 up on his 20:56 season average over 81 games.Thomas
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Jordan Kyrou (STL) played 23:18, +5:02 up on his 18:16 season average over 81 games.Kyrou
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Pavel Buchnevich (STL) played 24:23, +4:37 up on his 19:46 season average over 79 games.Buchnevich
Usage
Marco Scandella (STL) played 8:36, −3:56 down on his 12:32 season average over 64 games.Scandella
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Kasperi Kapanen (STL) played 11:09, −3:17 down on his 14:26 season average over 72 games.Kapanen

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 103 of 103 attempts · STL 63 · COL 40

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 21% of the game, STL 38%.

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
	41	48
	1.67	1.38
	1.65	1.34
	5	6
	6	2
	18	18
	−0.009	+0.010
	21%	38%

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

L1MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Rantanen
8:1554% CF
L2Cogliano – O'Connor – Meyers
6:4050% CF
L3Johansen – Wood – Drouin
4:4367% CF
D1Toews – Makar
15:0941% CF
D2Manson – Byram
14:0659% CF
D3Johnson – Malinski
9:2933% CF

PP1MacKinnon – Drouin – Nichushkin – Rantanen – Makar
2:5333% CF
PP2Johansen – Wood – Toews – Byram – Malinski
1:02100% CF
PK1FCogliano – O'Connor
3:37
PK2FNichushkin – Kiviranta
1:44
PK1DToews – Makar
4:59
PK2DManson – Byram
1:01

Current COL line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Buchnevich – Kyrou – Thomas
14:1065% CF
L2Hayes – Saad – Toropchenko
9:0136% CF
L3Schenn – Kapanen – Neighbours
7:2670% CF
L4Sundqvist – MacEachern – Blais
4:1371% CF
D1Leddy – Parayko
18:3952% CF
D2Faulk – Krug
15:4457% CF
D3Scandella – Perunovich
7:2363% CF

PP1Schenn – Krug – Buchnevich – Kyrou – Thomas
4:4486% CF
PP2Faulk – Hayes – Saad – Perunovich – Neighbours
3:01100% CF
PK1FBuchnevich – Thomas
1:29
PK2FSchenn – Saad
0:53
PK1DLeddy – Parayko
2:36
PK2DScandella – Faulk
1:00

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

15:11
COLRyan Johansen (Jonathan Drouin, Josh Manson)backhand0.55 xG
COL: Johansen, Manson, Wood, Drouin, ByramSTL: Faulk, Saad, Krug, Sundqvist, Blais
COL 1 – 0 STL
16:31
STLRobert ThomasSHbackhand0.16 xG
COL: MacKinnon, Drouin, Nichushkin, Rantanen, MakarSTL: Leddy, Parayko, Buchnevich, Thomas
COL 1 – 1 STL

3rd period

17:06
COLDevon Toews (Valeri Nichushkin, Ryan Johansen)slap0.05 xG
COL: Johansen, Wood, Nichushkin, Toews, MakarSTL: Schenn, Faulk, Krug, Sundqvist, Kapanen
COL 2 – 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	0	0	0	-1	2	0.22	1	2	0	25:21	—	—	49	46
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.22	0	0	0	23:37	—	—	52	50
Valeri Nichushkin R	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	20:40	—	—	43	46
Andrew Cogliano C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	16:02	—	—	46	29
Logan O'Connor R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	15:41	—	—	50	42
Ben Meyers C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	8:11	—	—	57	39
Jonathan Drouin L	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.01	1	0	0	17:56	—	—	54	70
Ryan Johansen C	L3	1	1	2	+2	2	0.63	1	1	0	13:32	—	—	46	72
Miles Wood L	L3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	2	1	4	12:48	—	—	52	83
Cale Makar D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.42	0	1	0	24:45	—	—	47	43
Devon Toews D	D1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.05	1	2	0	23:49	—	—	41	41
Bowen Byram D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.02	0	1	0	22:45	—	—	58	74
Josh Manson D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.03	2	0	2	19:58	—	—	57	75
Sam Malinski D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	13:53	—	—	29	24
Jack Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	13:25	—	—	38	37
Fredrik Olofsson L	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	7:51	—	—	31	31
Joel Kiviranta L	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:28	—	—	22	0
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	4:22	—	—	14	0

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	W	29	28	1	.966	2.41	60:00

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Pavel Buchnevich L	L1	0	0	+1	5	0.60	0	0	0	24:23	—	—	65	58
Robert Thomas C	L1	1	1	+1	3	0.29	0	0	0	24:09	—	—	59	50
Jordan Kyrou R	L1	0	0	0	2	0.10	0	1	0	23:18	—	—	67	60
Brandon Saad L	L2	0	0	-1	0	0.04	0	0	0	17:19	—	—	24	23
Kevin Hayes R	L2	0	0	0	2	0.21	0	0	0	15:30	—	—	44	57
Alexey Toropchenko R	L2	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	1	0	14:01	—	—	41	50
Brayden Schenn C	L3	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	0	0	16:36	—	—	64	69
Jake Neighbours L	L3	0	0	0	0	0.16	1	0	0	13:24	—	—	62	64
Kasperi Kapanen R	L3	0	0	-1	1	0.15	1	0	2	11:09	—	—	65	60
Oskar Sundqvist C	L4	0	0	-2	3	0.07	2	1	0	9:56	—	—	47	20
Sammy Blais L	L4	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	6:58	—	—	42	15
Mackenzie MacEachern L	L4	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	5:07	—	—	75	100
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	+1	1	0.04	2	1	0	25:05	—	—	52	57
Nick Leddy D	D1	0	0	+1	1	0.18	1	1	0	21:50	—	—	50	59
Justin Faulk D	D2	0	0	-2	4	0.26	4	1	0	23:28	—	—	57	24
Torey Krug D	D2	0	0	-2	2	0.11	0	1	2	23:00	—	—	56	24
Scott Perunovich D	D3	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	0	0	13:21	—	—	56	76
Marco Scandella D	D3	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	0	0	8:36	—	—	63	92

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	L	23	21	2	.913	1.76	58:50

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Ryan Johansen (COL) 1st 15:11 · assists Jonathan Drouin, Josh Manson · Forecheck turnover · 6.2 mph shot.

Ryan Johansen · 1st 15:11 · COL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 6.2 mph
Distance: 9 ft

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Robert Thomas · 1st 16:31 · STL SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 30.9 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Devon Toews · 3rd 17:06 · COL

Play: faceoff
Passes: 1
Shot: 40.2 mph
Distance: 51 ft

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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.