St. Louis Blues vs. Colorado AvalancheApr 26, 2022

FinalTuesday, Apr 26, 2022· Ball Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	0	1	2	3		STL	11	5	16	32
COL	0	3	2	5		COL	11	12	11	34

: STL 59COL 75
: STL 2.43COL 4.88
PP goals: STL 1COL 0
Hits: STL 25COL 29
Blocks: STL 19COL 19
PIM: STL 6COL 8
: STL 48%COL 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche beat St. Louis Blues 5–3

Colorado Avalanche beat St. Louis Blues 5–3 at home. Ryan O'Reilly (STL) led the scoring with 2G 1A. STL's first power-play unit (Bozak, O'Reilly, Saad, Krug and Kyrou) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:45 together.

Points
Ryan O'Reilly had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 7 shots in 19:47.O'Reilly
Points
Jordan Kyrou had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 21:48.Kyrou
Points
Valeri Nichushkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:36.Nichushkin
Points
Alex Newhook had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 10:37.Newhook
Points
J.T. Compher had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:32.Compher
PP1
STL's first power-play unit (Bozak, O'Reilly, Saad, Krug and Kyrou) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:45 together.Bozak O'Reilly Saad Krug Kyrou
New line
New look for COL: Kadri–Burakovsky–Aube-Kubel skated 10:58 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kadri Burakovsky Aube-Kubel
New line
New look for STL: O'Reilly–Saad–Kyrou skated 9:12 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.O'Reilly Saad Kyrou

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 134 of 134 attempts · COL 75 · 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 26% 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
	48	78
	1.27	3.64
	1.24	3.40
	7	13
	4	8
	12	16
	−0.060	+0.060
	26%	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

L1Tarasenko – Buchnevich – Thomas
11:2652% CF
L2O'Reilly – Saad – Kyrou
9:1233% CF
L3Walker – Brown – Toropchenko
5:1050% CF
D1Leddy – Faulk
8:5519% CF
D2Scandella – Parayko
7:0257% CF
D3Krug – Rosen
3:4241% CF

PP1Bozak – O'Reilly – Saad – Krug – Kyrou
2:4586% CF
PP2Faulk – Tarasenko – Buchnevich – Barbashev – Thomas
2:44100% CF
PK1FSaad – Thomas
1:04
PK2FBozak – Barbashev
1:03
PK1DLeddy – Parayko
1:09
PK2DMikkola – Rosen
0:47

Current STL line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Kadri – Burakovsky – Aube-Kubel
10:5850% CF
L2Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Nichushkin
9:2665% CF
L3Compher – O'Connor – Newhook
6:1167% CF
L4Cogliano – Helm – Sturm
5:5467% CF
D1Toews – Makar
12:5281% CF
D2Manson – Girard
10:1061% CF
D3Johnson – Byram
9:2665% CF

PP1Kadri – Burakovsky – MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Makar
1:5050% CF
PP2Compher – Lehkonen – Toews – Girard – Newhook
1:47100% CF
PK1FCogliano – Helm
2:41
PK2FO'Connor – Sturm
1:47
PK1DJohnson – Manson
2:16
PK2DToews – Makar
0:51

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

2:38
COLValeri Nichushkin (Nathan MacKinnon)wrist0.04 xG
STL: Bozak, Krug, Barbashev, Rosen, ToropchenkoCOL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Toews, Makar
STL 0 – 1 COL
4:49
COLErik Johnson (J.T. Compher, Alex Newhook)wrist0.05 xG
STL: Scandella, O'Reilly, Saad, Parayko, KyrouCOL: Johnson, Compher, MacKinnon, Byram, Newhook
STL 0 – 2 COL
8:03
COLJosh Manson (Alex Newhook, Samuel Girard)snap0.02 xG
STL: Scandella, Walker, Brown, Rosen, ToropchenkoCOL: Manson, Compher, Girard, O'Connor, Newhook
STL 0 – 3 COL
13:01
STLBrandon SaadPP (Jordan Kyrou, Ryan O'Reilly)tip-in0.13 xG
STL: Bozak, O'Reilly, Saad, Krug, KyrouCOL: Cogliano, Helm, Johnson, Makar
STL 1 – 3 COL

3rd period

0:09
COLArtturi Lehkonen (Valeri Nichushkin)wrist0.30 xG
STL: O'Reilly, Leddy, Faulk, Saad, KyrouCOL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Toews, Makar
STL 1 – 4 COL
15:45
STLRyan O'Reilly (Jordan Kyrou, Torey Krug)slap0.17 xG
STL: O'Reilly, Faulk, Saad, Krug, KyrouCOL: Johnson, Kadri, Burakovsky, Aube-Kubel, Byram
STL 2 – 4 COL
16:49
STLRyan O'Reilly (Pavel Buchnevich, Jordan Kyrou)wrist0.10 xG
STL: O'Reilly, Tarasenko, Krug, Buchnevich, Kyrou, ThomasCOL: Kadri, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Toews, Makar
STL 3 – 4 COL
19:13
COLNazem KadriEN (J.T. Compher)wrist0.95 xG
STL: O'Reilly, Tarasenko, Krug, Buchnevich, Kyrou, ThomasCOL: Kadri, Compher, MacKinnon, Toews, Makar
STL 3 – 5 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
Pavel Buchnevich L	L1	0	1	1	0	4	0.12	3	1	0	24:33	—	—	53	34
Robert Thomas C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.20	0	0	2	23:31	—	—	47	28
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	3	0	0	20:55	—	—	44	21
Jordan Kyrou R	L2	0	3	3	-1	2	0.13	1	0	0	21:48	—	—	32	23
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	2	1	3	-1	7	0.83	2	2	0	19:47	—	—	36	28
Brandon Saad L	L2	1	0	1	-1	4	0.37	0	1	0	17:16	—	—	38	30
Nathan Walker L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	2	2	0	10:14	—	—	47	56
Logan Brown C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:32	—	—	35	26
Alexey Toropchenko R	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.16	3	1	0	9:28	—	—	31	19
Justin Faulk D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	24:28	—	—	24	10
Nick Leddy D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	0	3	0	19:06	—	—	20	4
Colton Parayko D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	1	2	2	21:13	—	—	45	47
Marco Scandella D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.02	2	0	0	11:50	—	—	43	33
Torey Krug D	D3	0	1	1	0	3	0.11	2	1	0	17:02	—	—	49	43
Calle Rosen D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.05	1	2	0	10:20	—	—	42	21
Ivan Barbashev L	—	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	1	0	14:26	—	—	16	8
Tyler Bozak C	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	13:28	—	—	22	14
Niko Mikkola D	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	1	0	8:31	—	—	50	30

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	L	33	29	4	.879	3.45	56:32

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Andre Burakovsky L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	1	3	0	18:19	—	—	50	54
Nazem Kadri C	L1	1	0	1	-1	4	1.25	0	1	0	16:39	—	—	61	68
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.16	4	1	0	13:36	—	—	48	53
Nathan MacKinnon C	L2	0	1	1	+3	2	0.08	0	0	0	20:11	—	—	71	85
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	1	1	2	+1	4	0.30	0	0	2	19:36	—	—	66	85
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	1	0	1	+2	2	0.76	4	2	2	14:56	—	—	67	89
J.T. Compher L	L3	0	2	2	+3	2	0.89	0	0	0	15:32	—	—	65	71
Logan O'Connor R	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	10:55	—	—	50	56
Alex Newhook C	L3	0	2	2	+2	1	0.10	1	0	0	10:37	—	—	74	77
Andrew Cogliano C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	0	0	0	11:57	—	—	67	86
Darren Helm C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	2	0	0	11:47	—	—	64	83
Nico Sturm C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	1	0	0	9:59	—	—	67	90
Cale Makar D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.06	3	2	0	24:11	—	—	72	88
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	+2	3	0.17	0	2	2	24:07	—	—	71	86
Josh Manson D	D2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.07	2	1	0	19:54	—	—	53	62
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.07	3	3	0	18:28	—	—	52	55
Erik Johnson D	D3	1	0	1	0	3	0.10	3	3	0	16:27	—	—	65	79
Bowen Byram D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.28	3	0	2	15:25	—	—	59	75

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	W	32	29	3	.906	2.43	59:54

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.