Colorado Avalanche vs. St. Louis BluesApr 5, 2025

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	0	2	2	4		COL	17	8	14	39
STL	2	2	1	5		STL	12	4	6	22

: COL 75STL 46
: COL 3.71STL 2.90
PP goals: COL 0STL 2
Hits: COL 28STL 21
Blocks: COL 13STL 20
PIM: COL 6STL 6
: COL 46%STL 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues edge Colorado Avalanche 5–4

St. Louis Blues beat Colorado Avalanche 5–4 at home. Robert Thomas (STL) led the scoring with 1G 3A. New look for STL: Buchnevich–Thomas–Snuggerud skated 12:03 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Robert Thomas had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 1 shot in 21:50.Thomas
Points
Cam Fowler had 3 assists (3 points) in 19:15.Fowler
Points
Zachary Bolduc had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 10:24.Bolduc
New line
New look for STL: Buchnevich–Thomas–Snuggerud skated 12:03 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Buchnevich Thomas Snuggerud
Goalie
Jordan Binnington (STL) faced 39 shots and stopped 35 (.897), +13 against a season average of 26.0; the win.Binnington
Luck
STL scored 5 goals on 2.90 expected goals (46 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for STL: Schenn–Kyrou–Neighbours skated 9:14 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (35% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Schenn Kyrou Neighbours
Usage
Logan O'Connor (COL) played 9:46, −4:25 down on his 14:11 season average over 79 games.O'Connor

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 121 of 121 attempts · STL 46 · COL 75

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 48% of the game, STL 18%.

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
	64	43
	2.45	1.65
	2.38	1.57
	13	8
	4	7
	17	23
	−0.017	+0.017
	48%	18%

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 – Nichushkin
14:5361% CF
L2Nelson – Vesey – Colton
7:1245% CF
L3Coyle – Wood – Kiviranta
6:5962% CF
L4Kelly – Drury – O'Connor
5:4079% CF
D1Toews – Makar
13:4241% CF
D2Lindgren – Malinski
8:3464% CF
D3Johnson – Middleton
6:3975% CF

PP1Coyle – Nelson – MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Makar
4:10100% CF
PP2Lehkonen – Toews – Colton – Drury – Malinski
1:4150% CF
PK1FKelly – O'Connor
1:21
PK2FDrury – Kiviranta
0:54
PK1DJohnson – Lindgren
1:09
PK2DToews – Makar
0:49

Current COL line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Buchnevich – Thomas – Snuggerud
12:0343% CF
L2Faksa – Walker – Toropchenko
9:5038% CF
L3Schenn – Kyrou – Neighbours
9:1435% CF
L4Sundqvist – Joseph – Bolduc
5:1157% CF
D1Faulk – Broberg
16:5941% CF
D2Leddy – Fowler
14:0057% CF
D3Suter – Tucker
12:3628% CF

PP1Schenn – Faulk – Sundqvist – Kyrou – Neighbours
1:5850% CF
PP2Fowler – Buchnevich – Thomas – Bolduc – Snuggerud
1:50100% CF
PK1FBuchnevich – Thomas
1:40
PK2FFaksa – Toropchenko
0:55
PK1DFaulk – Broberg
2:22
PK2DSuter – Tucker
1:39

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	1	0	1	-2	7	0.46	1	0	0	25:29	—	—	54	44
Valeri Nichushkin R	L1	0	0	0	-1	6	0.37	3	0	0	24:26	—	—	61	64
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.55	2	2	2	22:01	—	—	62	58
Brock Nelson C	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.15	0	0	0	19:37	—	—	57	34
Ross Colton C	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.51	2	0	2	13:30	—	—	63	86
Jimmy Vesey L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	7:55	—	—	50	41
Charlie Coyle C	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.05	2	0	0	17:31	—	—	48	38
Miles Wood L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.45	3	0	0	12:48	—	—	48	51
Joel Kiviranta L	L3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	1	0	2	10:30	—	—	59	53
Jack Drury C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.09	4	0	0	13:05	—	—	72	79
Logan O'Connor R	L4	0	1	1	+2	3	0.56	1	0	0	9:46	—	—	78	89
Parker Kelly C	L4	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	2	2	0	9:17	—	—	71	88
Cale Makar D	D1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.32	1	4	0	27:32	—	—	51	49
Devon Toews D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.03	1	1	0	23:14	—	—	46	31
Ryan Lindgren D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	1	0	18:41	—	—	64	78
Sam Malinski D	D2	1	0	1	+2	1	0.13	0	1	0	17:32	—	—	67	81
Erik Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	1	1	0	15:02	—	—	71	84
Keaton Middleton D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.03	1	0	0	10:50	—	—	73	85

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	L	21	17	4	.810	1.81	57:22

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Robert Thomas C	L1	1	3	4	+2	1	0.49	0	2	0	21:50	—	—	46	65
Pavel Buchnevich L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.81	0	0	0	20:29	—	—	40	54
Jimmy Snuggerud R	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.14	0	1	0	16:38	—	—	44	56
Radek Faksa C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	1	1	0	15:56	—	—	35	6
Nathan Walker L	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	8	3	0	14:40	—	—	32	6
Alexey Toropchenko R	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	1	0	13:39	—	—	35	9
Brayden Schenn C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	3	1	0	15:29	—	—	41	34
Jake Neighbours L	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.35	1	1	0	13:17	—	—	42	35
Jordan Kyrou R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	0	0	12:05	—	—	36	15
Oskar Sundqvist C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	12:23	—	—	44	73
Zachary Bolduc R	L4	2	0	2	0	6	0.61	1	1	0	10:24	—	—	42	80
Mathieu Joseph R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	2	0	0	9:44	—	—	44	82
Justin Faulk D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.09	1	1	2	25:13	—	—	41	45
Philip Broberg D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	0	4	0	23:10	—	—	41	36
Cam Fowler D	D2	0	3	3	+2	0	0.01	0	1	0	19:15	—	—	57	70
Nick Leddy D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	0	0	16:36	—	—	50	50
Tyler Tucker D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:09	—	—	32	29
Ryan Suter D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	3	2	16:03	—	—	28	22

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	W	39	35	4	.897	3.71	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Zachary Bolduc (STL PP) 1st 0:49 · assists Robert Thomas, Cam Fowler · Forecheck turnover · 57.4 mph shot.

Zachary Bolduc · 1st 0:49 · STL PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 57.4 mph
Distance: 23 ft

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Jake Neighbours · 1st 7:41 · STL

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 15.3 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Type: rebound

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Pavel Buchnevich · 2nd 1:01 · STL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 23.5 mph
Distance: 5 ft

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Zachary Bolduc · 2nd 8:53 · STL PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 65.2 mph
Distance: 37 ft

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Ross Colton · 2nd 15:32 · COL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 21.0 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Entry to goal: 3.8 s

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Miles Wood · 2nd 17:45 · COL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 43.7 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Type: one-timer

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Nathan MacKinnon · 3rd 17:42 · COL

Play: point-shot
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 59.1 mph
Distance: 44 ft

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Robert Thomas · 3rd 19:29 · STL EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 6-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 7.8 mph
Distance: 51 ft
Entry to goal: 1.5 s

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Sam Malinski · 3rd 19:51 · COL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 29.5 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Type: one-timer

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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.

Colorado Avalanche vs. St. Louis BluesApr 5, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

St. Louis Blues edge Colorado Avalanche 5–4

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Colorado Avalanche

St. Louis Blues

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Colorado Avalanche

St. Louis Blues

Goal anatomy

Zachary Bolduc · 1st 0:49 · STL PP

Jake Neighbours · 1st 7:41 · STL

Pavel Buchnevich · 2nd 1:01 · STL

Zachary Bolduc · 2nd 8:53 · STL PP

Ross Colton · 2nd 15:32 · COL

Miles Wood · 2nd 17:45 · COL

Nathan MacKinnon · 3rd 17:42 · COL

Robert Thomas · 3rd 19:29 · STL EN

Sam Malinski · 3rd 19:51 · COL