St. Louis Blues vs. Colorado AvalancheJan 13, 2021

FinalWednesday, Jan 13, 2021· Ball Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	2	0	2	4		STL	17	6	9	32
COL	1	0	0	1		COL	5	15	7	27

: STL 51COL 51
: STL 3.62COL 1.47
PP goals: STL 0COL 1
Hits: STL 20COL 21
Blocks: STL 19COL 11
PIM: STL 8COL 4
: STL 46%COL 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues beat Colorado Avalanche 4–1

St. Louis Blues beat Colorado Avalanche 4–1 at COL. Oskar Sundqvist (STL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Valeri Nichushkin (COL) played 8:42, −5:28 down on his 14:10 season average over 54 games.

Points
Oskar Sundqvist had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 13:31.Sundqvist
Points
Jaden Schwartz had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:40.Schwartz
Points
Robert Thomas had 2 assists (2 points) in 12:41.Thomas
Usage
Valeri Nichushkin (COL) played 8:42, −5:28 down on his 14:10 season average over 54 games.Nichushkin
Usage
Colton Parayko (STL) played 24:20, +3:06 up on his 21:14 season average over 31 games.Parayko
Luck
Ryan O'Reilly (STL) generated 1.12 xG on 6 attempts without scoring; the chances were there.O'Reilly

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 102 of 102 attempts · COL 51 · STL 51

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 42% of the game, COL 20%.

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	53
	2.72	1.12
	2.67	1.11
	7	7
	4	6
	12	10
	−0.036	+0.035
	42%	20%

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

L1Perron – O'Reilly – Schenn
13:3230% CF
L2Bozak – Sanford – Kyrou
9:3550% CF
L3Schwartz – Sundqvist – Thomas
9:1763% CF
L4Clifford – Barbashev – Blais
7:2371% CF
D1Krug – Parayko
17:3350% CF
D2Scandella – Faulk
15:3635% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Dunn
11:1758% CF

PP1Perron – O'Reilly – Schenn – Schwartz – Krug
1:52100% CF
PP2Bozak – Parayko – Sanford – Dunn – Kyrou
0:41100% CF
PK1FBozak – O'Reilly
2:04
PK2FSundqvist – Barbashev
1:15
PK1DScandella – Faulk
2:01
PK2DKrug – Parayko
1:18

Current STL line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Calvert – Bellemare – Jost
10:2950% CF
L2Burakovsky – MacKinnon – Rantanen
9:5750% CF
L3Kadri – Saad – Landeskog
9:1269% CF
L4Donskoi – Compher – Nichushkin
5:0157% CF
D1Toews – Makar
14:5243% CF
D2Girard – Timmins
9:4147% CF
D3Cole – Graves
9:3753% CF

PP1Kadri – Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen – Makar
2:58100% CF
PP2Saad – Burakovsky – Compher – Toews – Girard
1:33100% CF
PK1FCalvert – Donskoi
1:26
PK2FCompher – Jost
0:55
PK1DGraves – Toews
0:55
PK2DCole – Timmins
0:53

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:55
COLAndre BurakovskyPP (J.T. Compher, Samuel Girard)wrist0.07 xG
STL: Scandella, Bozak, O'Reilly, FaulkCOL: Kadri, Saad, Burakovsky, Compher, Girard
STL 0 – 1 COL
9:29
STLOskar Sundqvist (Jaden Schwartz, Robert Thomas)wrist0.12 xG
STL: Bortuzzo, Faulk, Schwartz, Sundqvist, ThomasCOL: Cole, Kadri, Saad, Landeskog, Graves
STL 1 – 1 COL
13:15
STLJordan Kyrou (Tyler Bozak, Zachary Sanford)wrist0.11 xG
STL: Scandella, Bozak, Faulk, Sanford, KyrouCOL: Kadri, Saad, Landeskog, Graves, Timmins
STL 2 – 1 COL

3rd period

6:46
STLKyle Clifford (Ivan Barbashev)wrist0.22 xG
STL: Scandella, Clifford, Faulk, Barbashev, BlaisCOL: Kadri, Saad, Landeskog, Girard, Timmins
STL 3 – 1 COL
14:22
STLOskar Sundqvist (Robert Thomas, Jaden Schwartz)snap0.04 xG
STL: Schwartz, Krug, Parayko, Sundqvist, ThomasCOL: Calvert, Saad, Compher, Girard, Timmins
STL 4 – 1 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	0	0	0	5	1.12	0	1	0	20:37	—	—	31	41
Brayden Schenn C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	1	0	18:47	—	—	39	42
David Perron L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	1	0	0	18:01	—	—	33	39
Zachary Sanford L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.34	0	3	0	15:49	—	—	43	80
Tyler Bozak C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	1	1	0	15:13	—	—	47	84
Jordan Kyrou R	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.39	1	0	0	13:29	—	—	45	81
Jaden Schwartz L	L3	0	2	2	+2	4	0.13	1	0	0	15:40	—	—	60	88
Oskar Sundqvist C	L3	2	0	2	+2	4	0.49	3	4	0	13:31	—	—	55	74
Robert Thomas C	L3	0	2	2	+2	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:41	—	—	56	72
Ivan Barbashev L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	1	0	0	13:07	—	—	65	81
Sammy Blais L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.15	1	1	2	9:30	—	—	72	97
Kyle Clifford L	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.23	1	0	0	8:10	—	—	67	96
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.12	0	2	0	24:20	—	—	49	69
Torey Krug D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.09	2	3	0	22:10	—	—	50	70
Justin Faulk D	D2	0	0	0	+3	1	0.02	2	0	0	23:05	—	—	44	69
Marco Scandella D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	1	1	2	19:01	—	—	30	49
Vince Dunn D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.06	2	0	0	16:32	—	—	65	85
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.12	1	2	4	14:05	—	—	62	87

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	W	27	26	1	.963	1.47	60:00

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Matt Calvert L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	1	2	0	14:58	—	—	37	9
Tyson Jost C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	0	0	14:08	—	—	48	14
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:56	—	—	39	9
Nathan MacKinnon C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.32	0	0	0	19:24	—	—	55	53
Mikko Rantanen R	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.26	0	0	0	17:49	—	—	55	54
Andre Burakovsky L	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.16	0	2	0	14:48	—	—	48	41
Gabriel Landeskog L	L3	0	0	0	-3	4	0.29	5	1	2	18:55	—	—	68	38
Nazem Kadri C	L3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.08	4	0	2	16:41	—	—	65	26
Brandon Saad L	L3	0	0	0	-4	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:40	—	—	62	17
J.T. Compher L	L4	0	1	1	-1	2	0.11	1	1	0	14:20	—	—	38	28
Joonas Donskoi R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	12:54	—	—	39	14
Valeri Nichushkin R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	8:42	—	—	44	14
Cale Makar D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	2	0	24:10	—	—	49	31
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	22:17	—	—	39	37
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	1	1	-2	3	0.05	1	0	0	21:29	—	—	50	29
Conor Timmins D	D2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.04	1	1	0	15:47	—	—	52	29
Ryan Graves D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.03	1	1	0	18:08	—	—	62	29
Ian Cole D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	14:54	—	—	50	20

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Philipp Grubauer(start)	L	32	28	4	.875	3.62	60:00

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.