Colorado Avalanche vs. St. Louis BluesApr 7, 2026

FinalTuesday, Apr 7, 2026· Enterprise Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	2	1	0	3		COL	17	14	6	37
STL	0	1	0	1		STL	2	7	10	19

: COL 73STL 51
: COL 3.12STL 2.24
PP goals: COL 0STL 0
Hits: COL 11STL 22
Blocks: COL 16STL 14
PIM: COL 6STL 2
: COL 55%STL 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche beat St. Louis Blues 3–1

Colorado Avalanche beat St. Louis Blues 3–1 at STL. Valeri Nichushkin (COL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Nazem Kadri (COL) played 6:09, −13:03 down on his 19:12 season average over 76 games.

Points
Valeri Nichushkin had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 15:45.Nichushkin
Usage
Nazem Kadri (COL) played 6:09, −13:03 down on his 19:12 season average over 76 games.Kadri
New line
New look for COL: Nelson–Nichushkin–Colton skated 7:44 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (81.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nelson Nichushkin Colton
Goalie
Joel Hofer (STL) faced 37 shots and stopped 34 (.919), +10 against a season average of 27.2; the loss.Hofer
Usage
Jimmy Snuggerud (STL) played 21:38, +5:01 up on his 16:37 season average over 69 games.Snuggerud
New line
New look for COL: Kadri–Landeskog–Roy skated 4:41 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (61.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kadri Landeskog Roy
New line
New look for COL: Kelly–Drury–O'Connor skated 6:46 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kelly Drury O'Connor
Usage
Robert Thomas (STL) played 24:04, +5:08 up on his 18:56 season average over 63 games.Thomas

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 124 of 124 attempts · STL 51 · COL 73

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 46% of the game, STL 30%.

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

Head-to-head matchups

STL skaters (rows) against COL skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the STL side.

Matchup matrix

STL xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	COL	STL
	80	42
	2.76	1.66
	2.64	1.57
	19	6
	8	1
	23	16
	+0.025	−0.025
	46%	30%

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
12:0365% CF
L2Nelson – Nichushkin – Colton
7:4482% CF
L3Kelly – Drury – O'Connor
6:4675% CF
L4Kadri – Landeskog – Roy
4:4162% CF
D1Toews – Malinski
14:3871% CF
D2Manson – Kulak
10:3675% CF
D3Burns – Blankenburg
6:2383% CF

PP1Nelson – Landeskog – MacKinnon – Toews – Necas
0:53100% CF
PK1FNelson – Nichushkin
1:52
PK2FLehkonen – O'Connor
1:40
PK1DBurns – Manson
1:50
PK2DKulak – Malinski
0:28

Current COL line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Thomas – Holloway – Snuggerud
14:5038% CF
L2Suter – Berggren – Neighbours
9:4820% CF
L3Drouin – Kyrou – Dvorsky
7:4329% CF
L4Buchnevich – Toropchenko – Finley
5:3238% CF
D1Broberg – Mailloux
14:5041% CF
D2Parayko – Lindstein
11:5531% CF
D3Fowler – Tucker
10:5228% CF

PP1Thomas – Broberg – Holloway – Neighbours – Snuggerud
3:13100% CF
PP2Buchnevich – Drouin – Kyrou – Berggren – Mailloux
1:1550% CF
PK1FToropchenko – Finley
0:21
PK2FBuchnevich – Suter
0:15
PK1DFowler – Parayko
0:53

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

16:11
COLValeri Nichushkin (Devon Toews, Sam Malinski)tip-in0.07 xG
COL: Nelson, Nichushkin, Toews, Colton, MalinskiSTL: Parayko, Thomas, Holloway, Snuggerud, Lindstein
COL 1 – 0 STL
19:32
COLMartin Necas (Nathan MacKinnon, Artturi Lehkonen)wrist0.17 xG
COL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Toews, Necas, MalinskiSTL: Drouin, Kyrou, Broberg, Mailloux, Dvorsky
COL 2 – 0 STL

2nd period

1:40
COLValeri NichushkinSH (Brock Nelson)other0.20 xG
COL: Burns, Nelson, Manson, NichushkinSTL: Buchnevich, Drouin, Kyrou, Berggren, Mailloux
COL 3 – 0 STL
15:38
STLRobert Thomas (Theo Lindstein, Jimmy Snuggerud)wrist0.19 xG
COL: Burns, Kelly, Drury, O'Connor, MalinskiSTL: Parayko, Thomas, Holloway, Snuggerud, Lindstein
COL 3 – 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
Martin Necas C	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.46	1	1	0	21:21	—	—	52	68
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.22	3	1	0	21:08	—	—	57	73
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.18	0	0	0	20:11	—	—	57	67
Brock Nelson C	L2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.17	0	2	0	19:13	—	—	69	65
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	2	0	2	+2	6	1.00	1	2	0	15:45	—	—	69	67
Ross Colton C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.13	1	0	0	10:54	—	—	79	83
Jack Drury C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	0	0	13:21	—	—	63	40
Logan O'Connor R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:35	—	—	75	39
Parker Kelly C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	1	0	9:25	—	—	79	39
Gabriel Landeskog L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.18	0	0	2	15:16	—	—	67	62
Nicolas Roy C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	2	0	0	11:48	—	—	71	54
Nazem Kadri C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.12	0	3	0	6:09	—	—	67	46
Devon Toews D	D1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.09	0	2	2	23:44	—	—	67	83
Sam Malinski D	D1	0	1	1	+1	5	0.13	0	1	2	19:34	—	—	70	69
Brett Kulak D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.22	0	0	0	22:40	—	—	56	32
Josh Manson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.03	1	1	0	21:15	—	—	69	59
Brent Burns D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	1	0	0	19:14	—	—	57	54
Nick Blankenburg D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	2	0	13:27	—	—	67	56

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Scott Wedgewood(start)	W	19	18	1	.947	2.24	60:00

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Dylan Holloway L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	2	1	0	24:07	—	—	37	66
Robert Thomas C	L1	1	0	1	0	1	0.43	0	0	0	24:04	—	—	40	70
Jimmy Snuggerud R	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.71	0	0	0	21:38	—	—	38	72
Jonatan Berggren R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	16:47	—	—	33	35
Jake Neighbours L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	3	0	0	16:20	—	—	20	0
Pius Suter C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	13:16	—	—	22	0
Jonathan Drouin L	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	0	1	0	15:43	—	—	38	32
Jordan Kyrou R	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.48	1	0	0	14:35	—	—	36	32
Dalibor Dvorsky R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:47	—	—	28	10
Pavel Buchnevich L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	2	0	0	14:53	—	—	44	43
Alexey Toropchenko R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	2	0	8:24	—	—	33	1
Jack Finley C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	7:44	—	—	35	2
Philip Broberg D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.13	1	3	0	25:12	—	—	39	20
Logan Mailloux D	D1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.04	1	0	2	20:04	—	—	45	26
Colton Parayko D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	3	0	20:51	—	—	29	39
Theo Lindstein D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	15:59	—	—	32	44
Cam Fowler D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	18:47	—	—	32	49
Tyler Tucker D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	13:58	—	—	27	46

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joel Hofer(start)	L	37	34	3	.919	2.64	55:51

Goal anatomy

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

Valeri Nichushkin (COL) 1st 16:11 · assists Devon Toews, Sam Malinski · Deflection · carried in · 38.0 mph shot · 5.7 s from entry to goal.

Valeri Nichushkin · 1st 16:11 · COL

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 38.0 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 5.7 s
Type: deflection

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Martin Necas · 1st 19:32 · COL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 33.9 mph
Distance: 5 ft

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Valeri Nichushkin · 2nd 1:40 · COL SH

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 9.3 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 s

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Robert Thomas · 2nd 15:38 · STL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 36.1 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 4.1 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.