St. Louis Blues vs. Colorado AvalancheFeb 16, 2019

FinalSaturday, Feb 16, 2019· Pepsi Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	0	0	3	3		STL	14	11	8	33
COL	0	0	0	0		COL	8	11	13	32

: STL 59COL 55
: STL 3.77COL 2.88
PP goals: STL 0COL 0
Hits: STL 16COL 31
Blocks: STL 12COL 16
PIM: STL 10COL 10
: STL 45%COL 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues beat Colorado Avalanche 3–0

St. Louis Blues beat Colorado Avalanche 3–0 at COL. Vladimir Tarasenko (STL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for STL: Bozak–Schwartz–Fabbri skated 10:03 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (46.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Vladimir Tarasenko had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 17:32.Tarasenko
New line
New look for STL: Bozak–Schwartz–Fabbri skated 10:03 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (46.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bozak Schwartz Fabbri
Luck
COL scored 0 goals on 2.88 expected goals (55 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Erik Johnson (COL) played 26:08, +4:22 up on his 21:46 season average over 79 games.Johnson
Usage
Patrik Nemeth (COL) played 12:41, −3:51 down on his 16:32 season average over 73 games.Nemeth
Usage
Nikita Zadorov (COL) played 20:12, +3:02 up on his 17:10 season average over 69 games.Zadorov
PP1
COL's PP1 (Barrie, Landeskog, Compher, MacKinnon and Rantanen) went scoreless in 3:16 of 5v4 time with 3 attempts.Barrie Landeskog Compher MacKinnon Rantanen
PP1
STL's PP1 (Pietrangelo, O'Reilly, Schenn, Tarasenko and Thomas) went scoreless in 3:54 of 5v4 time with 3 attempts.Pietrangelo O'Reilly Schenn Tarasenko 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

← STL attacks left (bottom on phones)COL attacks right (top on phones) →

COL
STL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 114 of 114 attempts · COL 55 · STL 59

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

COL
STL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

COL pressure
STL pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: STL 32% of the game, COL 35%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

COL

STL

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	STL	COL
	52	52
	2.47	2.11
	2.37	2.02
	7	7
	4	6
	18	10
	−0.019	+0.019
	32%	35%

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.

St. Louis Blues

L1O'Reilly – Schenn – Tarasenko
10:2064% CF
L2Bozak – Schwartz – Fabbri
10:0347% CF
L3Maroon – Sundqvist – Sanford
9:1553% CF
L4MacEachern – Barbashev – Thomas
6:0440% CF
D1Bouwmeester – Parayko
14:3242% CF
D2Pietrangelo – Edmundson
12:4150% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Dunn
10:5867% CF

PP1Pietrangelo – O'Reilly – Schenn – Tarasenko – Thomas
3:54100% CF
PP2Maroon – Bozak – Schwartz – Parayko – Dunn
1:3475% CF
PK1FBozak – O'Reilly
2:33
PK2FSundqvist – Barbashev
0:39
PK1DPietrangelo – Edmundson
2:37
PK2DBouwmeester – Parayko
1:34

Current STL line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen
12:0550% CF
L2Soderberg – Calvert – Nieto
8:3460% CF
L3Kerfoot – Compher – Jost
7:2436% CF
L4Toninato – Andrighetto – Greer
3:5044% CF
D1Johnson – Girard
13:1465% CF
D2Nemeth – Zadorov
6:0527% CF
D3Barrie – Graves
5:1925% CF

PP1Barrie – Landeskog – Compher – MacKinnon – Rantanen
3:16100% CF
PP2Soderberg – Johnson – Andrighetto – Jost – Girard
2:44
PK1FSoderberg – Calvert
2:18
PK2FNieto – Compher
0:43
PK1DJohnson – Nemeth
2:39
PK2DGraves – Zadorov
1:40

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

3rd period

4:01
STLVladimir Tarasenko (Ryan O'Reilly, Brayden Schenn)wrist0.04 xG
STL: O'Reilly, Schenn, Tarasenko, Edmundson, ParaykoCOL: Johnson, Barrie, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen
STL 1 – 0 COL
4:58
STLZachary Sanford (Oskar Sundqvist, Patrick Maroon)deflected0.13 xG
STL: Maroon, Pietrangelo, Edmundson, Sundqvist, SanfordCOL: Barrie, Toninato, Kerfoot, Graves, Greer
STL 2 – 0 COL
18:24
STLJaden SchwartzEN (Vladimir Tarasenko, Tyler Bozak)wrist0.61 xG
STL: Pietrangelo, Bozak, Tarasenko, Schwartz, EdmundsonCOL: Soderberg, Barrie, Landeskog, Compher, MacKinnon, Rantanen
STL 3 – 0 COL

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.14	0	1	0	21:27	—	—	60	60
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L1	1	1	2	+2	7	1.28	0	0	0	17:32	—	—	60	60
Brayden Schenn C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.07	0	0	2	17:32	—	—	61	55
Tyler Bozak C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.10	0	2	0	18:18	—	—	48	30
Jaden Schwartz L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.67	2	0	0	16:02	—	—	46	33
Robby Fabbri C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	0	0	12:54	—	—	35	23
Patrick Maroon L	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.53	1	0	0	14:51	—	—	57	83
Oskar Sundqvist C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.02	0	1	0	13:06	—	—	50	79
Zachary Sanford L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.23	1	1	2	12:51	—	—	44	72
Robert Thomas C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:56	—	—	42	45
Ivan Barbashev L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:37	—	—	39	35
Mackenzie MacEachern L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	2	9:03	—	—	31	39
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	2	1	0	20:16	—	—	47	56
Jay Bouwmeester D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	1	0	20:05	—	—	40	53
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.00	0	2	0	25:12	—	—	49	48
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	0	0	+3	3	0.11	1	0	0	19:23	—	—	48	52
Vince Dunn D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.06	1	0	0	16:21	—	—	57	62
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.43	3	2	4	15:51	—	—	59	54

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	W	32	32	0	.1000	2.88	59:43

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Gabriel Landeskog L	L1	-2	4	0.60	4	1	2	21:37	—	—	48	32
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	-2	4	0.29	2	1	0	20:17	—	—	55	43
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	-2	1	0.23	0	0	2	19:09	—	—	50	34
Carl Soderberg C	L2	-1	4	0.35	3	2	0	19:39	—	—	58	67
Matt Nieto L	L2	0	0	0.08	2	1	0	14:01	—	—	62	64
Matt Calvert L	L2	0	3	0.27	1	0	0	12:31	—	—	63	68
J.T. Compher L	L3	-1	2	0.21	0	2	0	19:42	—	—	30	15
Tyson Jost C	L3	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	13:54	—	—	46	40
Alexander Kerfoot C	L3	-1	2	0.17	0	0	0	13:48	—	—	50	33
Sven Andrighetto R	L4	0	0	0.15	0	0	0	11:26	—	—	53	62
A.J. Greer L	L4	-1	0	0.00	1	0	2	6:46	—	—	46	38
Dominic Toninato C	L4	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	5:51	—	—	46	38
Erik Johnson D	D1	-1	1	0.05	3	2	0	26:08	—	—	51	65
Samuel Girard D	D1	0	3	0.11	2	0	0	21:11	—	—	61	65
Nikita Zadorov D	D2	0	3	0.04	5	4	0	20:12	—	—	50	50
Patrik Nemeth D	D2	0	0	0.00	4	0	2	12:41	—	—	35	45
Tyson Barrie D	D3	-3	5	0.31	1	0	2	22:10	—	—	44	24
Ryan Graves D	D3	-1	0	0.00	1	3	0	12:18	—	—	40	24

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Semyon Varlamov(start)	L	32	30	2	.938	2.56	58:44

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.