St. Louis Blues vs. Colorado AvalancheApr 2, 2021

FinalFriday, Apr 2, 2021· Ball Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	1	1	0	2		STL	12	5	10	27
COL	2	1	0	3		COL	10	11	18	39

: STL 52COL 65
: STL 2.43COL 4.04
PP goals: STL 1COL 2
Hits: STL 18COL 17
Blocks: STL 16COL 17
PIM: STL 10COL 10
: STL 49%COL 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche edge St. Louis Blues 3–2

Colorado Avalanche beat St. Louis Blues 3–2 at home. Nathan MacKinnon (COL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. COL's first power-play unit (Donskoi, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 4:39 together.

Points
Nathan MacKinnon had two goals (2 points) on 7 shots in 19:15.MacKinnon
Points
David Perron had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:25.Perron
Points
Gabriel Landeskog had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:26.Landeskog
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (Donskoi, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 4:39 together.Donskoi Landeskog MacKinnon Rantanen Makar
New line
New look for STL: Perron–Hoffman–Schenn skated 10:49 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Perron Hoffman Schenn
Goalie
Jordan Binnington (STL) faced 39 shots and stopped 36 (.923), +10 against a season average of 28.6; the loss.Binnington
New line
New look for COL: Donskoi–Compher–Jost skated 8:05 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Donskoi Compher Jost
New line
New look for COL: O'Brien–Bellemare–Sherwood skated 5:40 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (72.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.O'Brien Bellemare Sherwood

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 117 of 117 attempts · COL 65 · STL 52

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 24% of the game, COL 43%.

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
	34	62
	0.91	2.18
	0.91	2.09
	5	7
	2	6
	7	8
	+0.009	−0.009
	24%	43%

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 – Tarasenko – Schwartz
10:4943% CF
L2Perron – Hoffman – Schenn
10:4933% CF
L3Sanford – Kyrou – Thomas
5:2836% CF
L4Bozak – Clifford – Barbashev
2:5217% CF
D1Faulk – Krug
12:4437% CF
D2Scandella – Dunn
11:1250% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Walman
8:0336% CF

PP1Perron – O'Reilly – Schenn – Tarasenko – Krug
4:15100% CF
PP2Hoffman – Schwartz – Dunn – Kyrou – Thomas
2:24100% CF
PK1FBozak – Barbashev
2:05
PK2FO'Reilly – Sanford
1:41
PK1DScandella – Faulk
2:42
PK2DBortuzzo – Walman
1:06

Current STL line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen
12:3063% CF
L2Kadri – Saad – Burakovsky
9:3065% CF
L3Donskoi – Compher – Jost
8:0567% CF
L4O'Brien – Bellemare – Sherwood
5:4073% CF
D1Toews – Girard
12:3173% CF
D2Graves – Makar
9:1150% CF
D3Renouf – MacDonald
2:1867% CF

PP1Donskoi – Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen – Makar
4:39100% CF
PP2Kadri – Saad – Burakovsky – Toews – Girard
1:4260% CF
PK1FCompher – Bellemare
3:53
PK2FDonskoi – Jost
2:49
PK1DGraves – Toews
4:12

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:24
COLBrandon SaadPP (Nazem Kadri, Andre Burakovsky)wrist0.09 xG
STL: Bortuzzo, Bozak, O'Reilly, WalmanCOL: Kadri, Saad, Burakovsky, Toews, Girard
STL 0 – 1 COL
3:50
STLMike Hoffman (Brayden Schenn, David Perron)wrist0.11 xG
STL: Perron, Scandella, Hoffman, Schenn, DunnCOL: Kadri, Saad, Burakovsky, Toews, Girard
STL 1 – 1 COL
14:43
COLNathan MacKinnonPP (Gabriel Landeskog, Cale Makar)wrist0.13 xG
STL: Scandella, Bozak, O'Reilly, FaulkCOL: Donskoi, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen, Makar
STL 1 – 2 COL

2nd period

13:11
COLNathan MacKinnon (Gabriel Landeskog, Jacob MacDonald)wrist0.02 xG
STL: Scandella, Bozak, Clifford, Faulk, BarbashevCOL: Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen, MacDonald, Makar
STL 1 – 3 COL
17:16
STLDavid PerronPP (Vladimir Tarasenko, Torey Krug)wrist0.19 xG
STL: Perron, O'Reilly, Tarasenko, KrugCOL: Graves, Compher, Bellemare
STL 2 – 3 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	2	0.32	0	1	0	24:49	—	—	39	18
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.26	0	1	0	19:53	—	—	39	18
Jaden Schwartz L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	17:34	—	—	38	17
Brayden Schenn C	L2	0	1	1	+1	5	0.87	3	0	0	20:41	—	—	29	45
David Perron L	L2	1	1	2	+1	2	0.23	1	2	2	20:25	—	—	29	41
Mike Hoffman C	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.28	0	1	0	16:36	—	—	40	56
Zachary Sanford L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	12:30	—	—	39	9
Jordan Kyrou R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	11:54	—	—	44	42
Robert Thomas C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:20	—	—	38	32
Ivan Barbashev L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	10:10	—	—	28	14
Tyler Bozak C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:43	—	—	20	4
Kyle Clifford L	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.23	0	0	2	6:34	—	—	35	51
Justin Faulk D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	5	3	0	24:54	—	—	33	24
Torey Krug D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.04	1	1	2	24:33	—	—	31	23
Marco Scandella D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	2	19:31	—	—	39	53
Vince Dunn D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.10	0	2	0	19:16	—	—	42	50
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	12:17	—	—	33	9
Jake Walman D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:30	—	—	33	8

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	L	39	36	3	.923	3.25	58:24

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Gabriel Landeskog L	L1	0	2	2	+1	3	0.31	3	0	0	20:26	—	—	64	70
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.14	0	0	4	19:47	—	—	65	72
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	2	0	2	+1	7	1.04	0	0	0	19:15	—	—	63	68
Nazem Kadri C	L2	0	1	1	-1	4	1.06	0	0	2	15:58	—	—	65	54
Andre Burakovsky L	L2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.10	1	1	2	14:08	—	—	58	49
Brandon Saad L	L2	1	0	1	-1	4	0.22	1	2	0	13:07	—	—	68	69
Joonas Donskoi R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	1	0	17:07	—	—	70	87
J.T. Compher L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	14:00	—	—	73	88
Tyson Jost C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.15	0	0	0	12:52	—	—	73	86
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.13	0	3	0	13:21	—	—	64	97
Liam O'Brien C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	5	0	0	7:36	—	—	57	61
Kiefer Sherwood L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	7:14	—	—	77	97
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	0	5	0	27:17	—	—	69	63
Samuel Girard D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.23	1	3	2	26:01	—	—	67	66
Cale Makar D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.33	0	0	0	24:35	—	—	67	75
Ryan Graves D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	0	0	21:09	—	—	54	70
Jacob MacDonald D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.06	1	0	0	12:40	—	—	63	82
Dan Renouf D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	4:13	—	—	75	91

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonas Johansson(start)	W	27	25	2	.926	2.43	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.