Colorado Avalanche vs. St. Louis BluesFeb 23, 2025

FinalSunday, Feb 23, 2025· Enterprise Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	1	0	0	1		COL	8	8	13	29
STL	0	3	0	3		STL	8	9	8	25

: COL 62STL 51
: COL 2.22STL 2.97
PP goals: COL 0STL 0
Hits: COL 18STL 20
Blocks: COL 11STL 15
PIM: COL 7STL 9
: COL 47%STL 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues beat Colorado Avalanche 3–1

St. Louis Blues beat Colorado Avalanche 3–1 at home. Justin Faulk (STL) led the scoring with 0G 2A. Mathieu Joseph (STL) played 5:32, −6:29 down on his 12:01 season average over 59 games.

Points
Jordan Kyrou had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:14.Kyrou
Points
Justin Faulk had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:14.Faulk
Usage
Mathieu Joseph (STL) played 5:32, −6:29 down on his 12:01 season average over 59 games.Joseph
Usage
Sam Malinski (COL) played 21:17, +5:24 up on his 15:53 season average over 75 games.Malinski
Usage
Parker Kelly (COL) played 7:56, −4:52 down on his 12:48 season average over 79 games.Kelly
Usage
Logan O'Connor (COL) played 10:16, −3:54 down on his 14:10 season average over 79 games.O'Connor
Usage
Martin Necas (COL) played 22:03, +3:05 up on his 18:58 season average over 78 games.Necas
Cats
Ross Colton (COL) threw 6 hits, a night for hits leagues.Colton

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 113 of 113 attempts · STL 51 · COL 62

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 24% 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
	59	58
	2.00	3.30
	1.90	3.20
	6	12
	6	6
	20	11
	+0.002	−0.002
	24%	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

L1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Necas
9:0850% CF
L2Drouin – Mittelstadt – Parssinen
8:0339% CF
L3Wood – Colton – Drury
6:1665% CF
L4Kelly – O'Connor – Kiviranta
3:4640% CF
D1Toews – Makar
16:2043% CF
D2Girard – Malinski
14:0642% CF
D3de Haan – Kylington
7:3067% CF

PP1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Drouin – Necas – Makar
1:3450% CF
PP2Toews – Girard – Colton – Mittelstadt – Drury
0:21

Current COL line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Buchnevich – Thomas – Neighbours
12:2563% CF
L2Schenn – Kyrou – Holloway
12:1156% CF
L3Faksa – Walker – Toropchenko
7:0564% CF
L4Sundqvist – Joseph – Bolduc
4:0418% CF
D1Faulk – Broberg
17:5769% CF
D2Suter – Leddy
15:5528% CF
D3Fowler – Parayko
15:1250% CF

PK1FFaksa – Toropchenko
0:56
PK2FSundqvist – Thomas
0:36
PK1DSuter – Parayko
0:53
PK2DFaulk – Broberg
0:39

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

7:49
COLDevon Toews (Cale Makar, Artturi Lehkonen)tip-in0.06 xG
COL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Toews, Necas, MakarSTL: Suter, Parayko, Sundqvist, Joseph, Neighbours
COL 1 – 0 STL

2nd period

10:45
STLBrayden Schenn (Jordan Kyrou, Justin Faulk)snap0.37 xG
COL: Toews, Girard, Colton, Mittelstadt, DrurySTL: Schenn, Faulk, Kyrou, Broberg, Holloway
COL 1 – 1 STL
14:13
STLColton Parayko (Pavel Buchnevich, Robert Thomas)wrist0.36 xG
COL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Toews, Necas, MakarSTL: Fowler, Parayko, Buchnevich, Thomas, Neighbours
COL 1 – 2 STL
19:50
STLDylan Holloway (Justin Faulk, Jordan Kyrou)tip-in0.09 xG
COL: Drouin, Toews, Colton, Makar, DrurySTL: Schenn, Faulk, Kyrou, Broberg, Holloway
COL 1 – 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
Martin Necas C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	1	1	0	22:03	—	—	52	21
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.28	0	0	0	20:48	—	—	62	39
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	20:37	—	—	54	36
Casey Mittelstadt C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.26	1	0	0	18:49	—	—	36	23
Jonathan Drouin L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	0	0	0	17:44	—	—	30	21
Juuso Parssinen C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	2	1	0	12:10	—	—	38	32
Jack Drury C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.10	0	1	0	15:16	—	—	54	38
Ross Colton C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.17	6	0	0	13:25	—	—	51	45
Miles Wood L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.55	3	0	0	12:14	—	—	64	62
Joel Kiviranta L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	0	0	11:01	—	—	71	88
Logan O'Connor R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	10:16	—	—	67	87
Parker Kelly C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	0	5	7:56	—	—	38	95
Cale Makar D	D1	0	1	1	-1	4	0.18	1	2	0	23:45	—	—	46	24
Devon Toews D	D1	1	0	1	-2	4	0.19	0	1	0	23:18	—	—	39	16
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	0	3	0	22:21	—	—	40	32
Sam Malinski D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	1	0	21:17	—	—	56	48
Calvin de Haan D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.05	1	0	0	14:05	—	—	72	59
Oliver Kylington D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:31	—	—	58	63

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	L	25	22	3	.880	2.97	57:24

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Robert Thomas C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.28	1	0	0	19:13	—	—	62	80
Pavel Buchnevich L	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.06	0	0	2	17:42	—	—	60	80
Jake Neighbours L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.31	1	0	0	17:09	—	—	50	74
Dylan Holloway L	L2	1	0	1	+2	3	0.50	3	0	0	19:09	—	—	51	50
Brayden Schenn C	L2	1	0	1	+2	2	0.71	3	0	0	16:31	—	—	55	59
Jordan Kyrou R	L2	0	2	2	+2	1	0.17	0	1	0	15:14	—	—	55	58
Nathan Walker L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	3	2	7	14:48	—	—	48	70
Radek Faksa C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:24	—	—	55	62
Alexey Toropchenko R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	1	0	0	12:39	—	—	70	95
Oskar Sundqvist C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	0	1	0	12:23	—	—	17	24
Zachary Bolduc R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	4	0	0	12:01	—	—	22	43
Mathieu Joseph R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	5:32	—	—	21	26
Justin Faulk D	D1	0	2	2	+2	2	0.09	0	0	0	21:14	—	—	67	89
Philip Broberg D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.02	0	3	0	19:55	—	—	69	89
Nick Leddy D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	1	0	18:42	—	—	29	22
Ryan Suter D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	4	0	18:35	—	—	27	21
Colton Parayko D	D3	1	0	1	0	3	0.37	0	1	0	21:44	—	—	46	61
Cam Fowler D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	2	0	20:05	—	—	56	70

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	W	29	28	1	.966	2.22	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Devon Toews (COL) 1st 7:49 · assists Cale Makar, Artturi Lehkonen · Deflection · carried in · 53.5 mph shot · 9.3 s from entry to goal.

Devon Toews · 1st 7:49 · COL

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 53.5 mph
Distance: 68 ft
Entry to goal: 9.3 s

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Brayden Schenn · 2nd 10:45 · STL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 43.2 mph
Distance: 19 ft

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Colton Parayko · 2nd 14:13 · STL

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-2
Passes: 1
Shot: 4.6 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 4.1 s
Type: rebound

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Dylan Holloway · 2nd 19:50 · STL

Play: deflection
Entry: pass
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 4
Shot: 16.2 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s

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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.