St. Louis Blues vs. Colorado AvalancheJan 15, 2021

FinalFriday, Jan 15, 2021· Ball Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	0	0	0	0		STL	7	4	10	21
COL	0	4	4	8		COL	12	12	14	38

: STL 37COL 51
: STL 1.63COL 2.82
PP goals: STL 0COL 5
Hits: STL 21COL 21
Blocks: STL 7COL 10
PIM: STL 16COL 10
: STL 50%COL 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche rout St. Louis Blues 8–0

Colorado Avalanche beat St. Louis Blues 8–0 at home. Nathan MacKinnon (COL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. COL's first power-play unit (Kadri, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen and Makar) scored 3 power-play goals on 12 attempts in 5:18 together.

Points
Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 15:49.MacKinnon
Points
Cale Makar had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 19:11.Makar
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (Kadri, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen and Makar) scored 3 power-play goals on 12 attempts in 5:18 together.Kadri Landeskog MacKinnon Rantanen Makar
Points
Gabriel Landeskog had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 14:50.Landeskog
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Andre Burakovsky had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 11:52.Burakovsky
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Devon Toews had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:52.Toews
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Mikko Rantanen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:22.Rantanen
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Nazem Kadri had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:20.Kadri

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 88 of 88 attempts · COL 51 · STL 37

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 18% of the game, COL 49%.

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
	28	32
	0.86	1.31
	0.84	1.29
	4	7
	0	1
	8	17
	−0.023	+0.023
	18%	49%

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
6:3245% CF
L2Clifford – Sundqvist – Barbashev
5:1067% CF
L3Hoffman – Schwartz – Thomas
3:4650% CF
L4Bozak – Sanford – Kyrou
3:3767% CF
D1Krug – Parayko
8:4525% CF
D2Scandella – Faulk
8:1945% CF

PP1Perron – Hoffman – O'Reilly – Schenn – Krug
3:28100% CF
PP2Bozak – Schwartz – Parayko – Dunn – Thomas
3:20100% CF
PK1FSundqvist – Barbashev
5:07
PK2FBozak – O'Reilly
1:51
PK1DScandella – Faulk
5:18
PK2DKrug – Parayko
1:35

Current STL line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Calvert – Bellemare – Jost
8:2040% CF
L2Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen
7:3767% CF
L3Kadri – Saad – Burakovsky
6:0883% CF
L4Donskoi – Compher – Nichushkin
5:5750% CF
D1Graves – Girard
11:5464% CF
D2Toews – Makar
8:3323% CF
D3Cole – Timmins
8:1167% CF

PP1Kadri – Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen – Makar
5:18100% CF
PP2Burakovsky – Compher – Nichushkin – Toews – Girard
2:01100% CF
PK1FCalvert – Bellemare
1:57
PK2FDonskoi – Compher
1:04
PK1DGraves – Toews
3:00
PK2DCole – Timmins
1:10

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

4:03
COLGabriel Landeskog (Nathan MacKinnon, Ryan Graves)wrist0.05 xG
STL: Perron, O'Reilly, Schenn, Krug, ParaykoCOL: Cole, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen, Timmins
STL 0 – 1 COL
12:24
COLAndre BurakovskyPP (Philipp Grubauer)wrist0.13 xG
STL: Scandella, O'Reilly, Faulk, SanfordCOL: Donskoi, Burakovsky, Nichushkin, Toews, Girard
STL 0 – 2 COL
14:34
COLGabriel Landeskog (Mikko Rantanen)wrist0.05 xG
STL: Hoffman, Bozak, Krug, Dunn, KyrouCOL: Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen, Girard, Makar
STL 0 – 3 COL
17:05
COLMikko RantanenPP (Cale Makar, Nazem Kadri)snap0.11 xG
STL: Scandella, Bozak, Faulk, BarbashevCOL: Kadri, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen, Makar
STL 0 – 4 COL

3rd period

1:13
COLNazem KadriPP (Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar)slap0.04 xG
STL: Krug, Parayko, Sundqvist, BarbashevCOL: Kadri, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen, Makar
STL 0 – 5 COL
11:29
COLNathan MacKinnonPP (Cale Makar)wrist0.18 xG
STL: Bozak, O'Reilly, Krug, ParaykoCOL: Kadri, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen, Makar
STL 0 – 6 COL
12:02
COLJoonas Donskoi (Devon Toews, Samuel Girard)tip-in0.07 xG
STL: Schenn, Faulk, Schwartz, Dunn, ThomasCOL: Donskoi, Compher, Nichushkin, Toews, Girard
STL 0 – 7 COL
14:56
COLDevon ToewsPP (Samuel Girard, Andre Burakovsky)slap0.04 xG
STL: Faulk, Parayko, Sanford, BarbashevCOL: Burakovsky, Compher, Nichushkin, Toews, Girard
STL 0 – 8 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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brayden Schenn C	L1	-2	1	0.18	1	1	0	18:17	—	—	35	37
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	-1	2	0.27	0	0	2	17:32	—	—	43	54
David Perron L	L1	-1	1	0.02	1	0	0	14:00	—	—	53	68
Oskar Sundqvist C	L2	0	0	0.00	3	0	2	15:11	—	—	50	3
Ivan Barbashev L	L2	0	2	0.13	2	0	0	15:03	—	—	63	14
Kyle Clifford L	L2	0	0	0.00	3	0	2	5:56	—	—	75	28
Jaden Schwartz L	L3	-1	1	0.06	1	0	2	19:16	—	—	37	28
Robert Thomas C	L3	-1	2	0.32	0	1	2	17:45	—	—	53	39
Mike Hoffman C	L3	-1	2	0.26	1	0	0	15:05	—	—	42	36
Tyler Bozak C	L4	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:19	—	—	38	34
Zachary Sanford L	L4	0	1	0.14	1	0	2	10:47	—	—	67	86
Jordan Kyrou R	L4	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:48	—	—	43	35
Torey Krug D	D1	-2	3	0.06	1	0	0	24:53	—	—	41	52
Colton Parayko D	D1	-1	4	0.15	1	2	2	23:50	—	—	33	35
Justin Faulk D	D2	-1	1	0.01	4	0	0	25:42	—	—	52	39
Marco Scandella D	D2	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	21:20	—	—	50	30
Vince Dunn D	—	-2	1	0.06	1	2	2	18:58	—	—	50	36
Robert Bortuzzo D	—	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	1:28	—	—	0	0

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	L	24	20	4	.833	1.62	40:00
Ville Husso	—	14	10	4	.714	1.21	19:45

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Matt Calvert L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	3	1	0	15:50	—	—	36	54
Tyson Jost C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	0	2	15:42	—	—	38	34
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	14:39	—	—	50	61
Nathan MacKinnon C	L2	1	2	3	+2	5	0.63	1	0	0	15:49	—	—	71	76
Mikko Rantanen R	L2	1	1	2	+2	4	0.37	1	0	0	15:22	—	—	71	76
Gabriel Landeskog L	L2	2	0	2	+2	4	0.30	0	0	0	14:50	—	—	71	69
Nazem Kadri C	L3	1	1	2	0	3	0.14	1	0	2	16:20	—	—	75	98
Brandon Saad L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	1	0	0	14:35	—	—	50	50
Andre Burakovsky L	L3	1	1	2	0	1	0.22	1	0	0	11:52	—	—	55	80
J.T. Compher L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.10	1	2	2	15:50	—	—	33	24
Valeri Nichushkin R	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.12	2	0	0	12:48	—	—	56	64
Joonas Donskoi R	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.07	1	2	0	12:34	—	—	50	55
Samuel Girard D	D1	0	2	2	+2	7	0.21	1	0	2	22:50	—	—	76	83
Ryan Graves D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	22:40	—	—	53	47
Devon Toews D	D2	1	1	2	+1	1	0.04	0	2	0	20:52	—	—	35	47
Cale Makar D	D2	0	3	3	+1	3	0.24	3	0	2	19:11	—	—	37	58
Conor Timmins D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.02	1	0	0	14:55	—	—	62	50
Ian Cole D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.02	2	2	0	14:28	—	—	70	70

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Philipp Grubauer(start)	W	21	21	0	.1000	1.63	58:59

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.