St. Louis Blues vs. Colorado AvalancheMay 19, 2022

FinalPlayoffsThursday, May 19, 2022· Ball Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	0	2	2	4		STL	14	10	8	32
COL	0	0	1	1		COL	8	11	12	31

: STL 46COL 60
: STL 4.68COL 1.52
PP goals: STL 1COL 1
Hits: STL 38COL 45
Blocks: STL 18COL 5
PIM: STL 4COL 4
: STL 61%COL 39%

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. David Perron (STL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. COL's first power-play unit (Kadri, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 1:57 together.

Points
David Perron had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 20:06.Perron
Points
Pavel Buchnevich had 2 assists (2 points) in 20:49.Buchnevich
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (Kadri, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 1:57 together.Kadri Landeskog MacKinnon Rantanen Makar
Usage
Bowen Byram (COL) played 13:26, −6:14 down on his 19:40 season average over 19 games.Byram
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Scott Perunovich (STL) played 7:18, −4:07 down on his 11:25 season average over 6 games.Perunovich
Usage
Cale Makar (COL) played 23:53, −3:21 down on his 27:14 season average over 19 games.Makar
Cats
Artturi Lehkonen (COL) threw 6 hits and blocked 1 shot, a night for hits leagues.Lehkonen

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 106 of 106 attempts · COL 60 · STL 46

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 37% 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
	44	56
	2.31	1.12
	2.21	1.10
	11	4
	2	7
	14	17
	+0.107	−0.107
	37%	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 – Buchnevich
13:0350% CF
L2Saad – Kyrou – Thomas
8:5555% CF
L3Schenn – Tarasenko – Barbashev
6:4633% CF
D1Leddy – Parayko
12:4848% CF
D2Faulk – Rosen
6:2917% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Mikkola
6:0467% CF

PP1Faulk – Saad – Buchnevich – Kyrou – Thomas
0:5150% CF
PP2Perron – O'Reilly – Tarasenko – Buchnevich – Thomas
0:50100% CF
PK1FBozak – Barbashev
1:10
PK2FO'Reilly – Buchnevich
0:46
PK1DLeddy – Mikkola
1:10
PK2DBortuzzo – Faulk
0:25

Current STL line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Rantanen
12:0161% CF
L2Kadri – Landeskog – Lehkonen
9:2475% CF
L3Burakovsky – Compher – Aube-Kubel
7:4950% CF
L4Cogliano – Helm – Sturm
4:1650% CF
D1Toews – Makar
15:5162% CF
D2Manson – Girard
13:4638% CF
D3Johnson – Byram
11:3464% CF

PP1Kadri – Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen – Makar
1:57100% CF
PP2Burakovsky – Compher – Nichushkin – Toews – Girard
0:280% CF
PK1FCogliano – Helm
0:40
PK2FLehkonen – Nichushkin
0:31
PK1DToews – Makar
1:07
PK2DJohnson – Manson
0:44

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

5:45
STLJordan Kyrou (Ryan O'Reilly, Pavel Buchnevich)wrist0.04 xG
STL: O'Reilly, Leddy, Parayko, Buchnevich, KyrouCOL: Kadri, Manson, Nichushkin, Rantanen, Girard
STL 1 – 0 COL
19:26
STLDavid PerronPP (Pavel Buchnevich, Vladimir Tarasenko)slap0.20 xG
STL: Perron, O'Reilly, Tarasenko, Buchnevich, ThomasCOL: Helm, Johnson, Manson
STL 2 – 0 COL

3rd period

1:49
COLGabriel LandeskogPP (Mikko Rantanen, Nathan MacKinnon)wrist0.11 xG
STL: Bortuzzo, O'Reilly, Faulk, BuchnevichCOL: Kadri, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen, Makar
STL 2 – 1 COL
10:31
STLDavid Perronwrist0.06 xG
STL: Perron, Bortuzzo, O'Reilly, Buchnevich, MikkolaCOL: Kadri, Burakovsky, Compher, Toews, Makar
STL 3 – 1 COL
18:10
STLBrandon SaadEN (Brayden Schenn, Justin Faulk)wrist0.97 xG
STL: Perron, Schenn, Faulk, Saad, MikkolaCOL: Landeskog, Compher, MacKinnon, Aube-Kubel, Rantanen, Makar
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
Pavel Buchnevich L	L1	0	2	2	+2	0	0.06	1	1	0	20:49	—	—	49	69
David Perron L	L1	2	0	2	+2	5	1.09	1	0	2	20:06	—	—	47	66
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	1	1	+2	4	0.39	2	2	0	19:46	—	—	49	68
Robert Thomas C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	3	1	0	18:14	—	—	41	68
Brandon Saad L	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	1.93	0	0	0	16:51	—	—	50	73
Jordan Kyrou R	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.29	0	0	0	15:53	—	—	44	78
Brayden Schenn C	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.30	3	1	2	16:42	—	—	36	72
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.18	4	1	0	16:35	—	—	39	76
Ivan Barbashev L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	4	0	0	14:11	—	—	27	54
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	+1	5	0.08	2	1	0	25:00	—	—	42	62
Nick Leddy D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.02	0	0	0	22:43	—	—	41	57
Justin Faulk D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.05	6	1	0	24:05	—	—	35	65
Calle Rosen D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	1	0	12:52	—	—	32	52
Niko Mikkola D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	5	3	0	15:00	—	—	57	95
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	3	0	10:11	—	—	60	85
Alexey Toropchenko R	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	2	2	0	11:05	—	—	40	44
Tyler Bozak C	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	3	1	0	10:14	—	—	54	66
Scott Perunovich D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	0	0	0	7:18	—	—	67	74

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	W	31	30	1	.968	1.52	60:00

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	0	1	1	-2	2	0.22	3	0	0	21:36	—	—	63	36
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.29	0	1	0	21:32	—	—	54	28
Valeri Nichushkin R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.22	4	0	2	20:34	—	—	56	32
Gabriel Landeskog L	L2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.23	1	0	0	19:37	—	—	65	28
Nazem Kadri C	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.08	3	0	0	18:18	—	—	67	32
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6	1	0	18:07	—	—	54	20
J.T. Compher L	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	0	0	14:18	—	—	47	25
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	12:58	—	—	61	45
Andre Burakovsky L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	0	0	12:44	—	—	41	23
Darren Helm C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	5	0	0	8:48	—	—	50	63
Andrew Cogliano C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	1	0	0	7:37	—	—	50	68
Nico Sturm C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	7:10	—	—	33	54
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	0	2	24:22	—	—	56	31
Cale Makar D	D1	0	0	0	-2	5	0.08	4	2	0	23:53	—	—	68	48
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	1	0	20:32	—	—	36	17
Josh Manson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	4	0	0	18:37	—	—	47	21
Erik Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.04	4	0	0	15:08	—	—	69	52
Bowen Byram D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.11	2	0	0	13:26	—	—	72	64

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	L	31	28	3	.903	2.42	56:56

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.