St. Louis Blues vs. Colorado AvalancheJan 31, 2025

FinalFriday, Jan 31, 2025· Ball Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	0	0	0	0		STL	6	8	5	19
COL	4	0	1	5		COL	21	9	6	36

: STL 44COL 61
: STL 1.79COL 2.95
PP goals: STL 0COL 2
Hits: STL 37COL 15
Blocks: STL 13COL 11
PIM: STL 8COL 4
: STL 58%COL 42%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche rout St. Louis Blues 5–0

Colorado Avalanche beat St. Louis Blues 5–0 at home. Jonathan Drouin (COL) led the scoring with 2G 1A. COL's first power-play unit (Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Drouin, Necas and Makar) scored 2 power-play goals on 8 attempts in 5:21 together.

Points
Jonathan Drouin had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 2 shots in 14:23.Drouin
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Drouin, Necas and Makar) scored 2 power-play goals on 8 attempts in 5:21 together.Lehkonen MacKinnon Drouin Necas Makar
New line
New look for STL: Buchnevich–Thomas–Texier skated 11:22 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Buchnevich Thomas Texier
Goalie
Joel Hofer (STL) faced 36 shots and stopped 31 (.861), +11 against a season average of 24.7; the loss.Hofer
Usage
Keaton Middleton (COL) played 16:37, +5:15 up on his 11:22 season average over 40 games.Middleton
Luck
COL scored 5 goals on 2.95 expected goals (61 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for COL: Drouin–Mittelstadt–Parssinen skated 7:15 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (78.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Drouin Mittelstadt Parssinen
New line
New look for STL: Faksa–Neighbours–Bolduc skated 4:48 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (18.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Faksa Neighbours Bolduc

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 105 of 105 attempts · COL 61 · STL 44

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 27% 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
	46	58
	1.54	2.25
	1.50	2.17
	6	11
	4	1
	16	23
	+0.046	−0.046
	27%	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

L1Buchnevich – Thomas – Texier
11:2238% CF
L2Schenn – Kyrou – Holloway
10:2567% CF
L3Walker – Joseph – Toropchenko
5:0756% CF
L4Faksa – Neighbours – Bolduc
4:4818% CF
D1Fowler – Broberg
16:0552% CF
D2Faulk – Tucker
11:5450% CF
D3Suter – Kessel
11:2147% CF

PP1Fowler – Faksa – Buchnevich – Thomas – Texier
1:5175% CF
PP2Schenn – Faulk – Kyrou – Holloway – Neighbours
1:3367% CF
PK1FBuchnevich – Thomas
1:56
PK2FFaksa – Toropchenko
1:44
PK1DSuter – Faulk
2:10
PK2DTucker – Broberg
1:12

Current STL line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Necas
13:2350% CF
L2Kelly – O'Connor – Kiviranta
11:4050% CF
L3Wood – Colton – Drury
9:5150% CF
L4Drouin – Mittelstadt – Parssinen
7:1579% CF
D1Manson – Girard
14:2656% CF
D2Toews – Makar
14:1150% CF
D3Middleton – Malinski
12:4748% CF

PP1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Drouin – Necas – Makar
5:2189% CF
PP2Toews – Girard – Colton – Mittelstadt – Parssinen
0:15
PK1FKelly – O'Connor
1:50
PK2FLehkonen – Drury
0:46
PK1DManson – Girard
1:22
PK2DToews – Makar
1:14

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:57
COLJonathan Drouin (Juuso Parssinen, Keaton Middleton)other0.24 xG
STL: Suter, Faksa, Neighbours, Kessel, BolducCOL: Drouin, Middleton, Mittelstadt, Parssinen, Malinski
STL 0 – 1 COL
7:39
COLMartin Necas (Devon Toews, Artturi Lehkonen)wrist0.05 xG
STL: Fowler, Buchnevich, Thomas, Texier, KesselCOL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Toews, Necas, Makar
STL 0 – 2 COL
14:43
COLJonathan DrouinPPsnap0.17 xG
STL: Fowler, Faksa, Toropchenko, BrobergCOL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Drouin, Necas, Makar
STL 0 – 3 COL
17:25
COLCale MakarPP (Nathan MacKinnon, Jonathan Drouin)wrist0.06 xG
STL: Suter, Fowler, Faksa, ToropchenkoCOL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Drouin, Necas, Makar
STL 0 – 4 COL

3rd period

13:21
COLJoel Kivirantawrist0.16 xG
STL: Faulk, Faksa, Texier, Tucker, BolducCOL: Middleton, Kelly, O'Connor, Kiviranta, Malinski
STL 0 – 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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Pavel Buchnevich L	L1	-1	2	0.27	1	0	0	19:23	—	—	38	38
Robert Thomas C	L1	-1	0	0.05	1	1	2	18:38	—	—	41	41
Alexandre Texier L	L1	-2	1	0.17	1	0	2	18:05	—	—	37	32
Dylan Holloway L	L2	0	1	0.05	2	0	0	16:55	—	—	67	81
Brayden Schenn C	L2	0	1	0.10	4	0	2	16:41	—	—	48	60
Jordan Kyrou R	L2	0	3	0.12	0	0	0	15:52	—	—	63	70
Mathieu Joseph R	L3	0	3	0.23	9	2	2	12:46	—	—	55	84
Alexey Toropchenko R	L3	0	2	0.10	3	0	0	12:03	—	—	47	61
Nathan Walker L	L3	0	1	0.13	3	1	0	10:14	—	—	53	64
Radek Faksa C	L4	-2	0	0.06	5	1	0	15:12	—	—	37	23
Jake Neighbours L	L4	-1	0	0.11	0	1	0	11:42	—	—	25	21
Zachary Bolduc R	L4	-2	1	0.06	2	0	0	10:08	—	—	19	7
Cam Fowler D	D1	-1	0	0.18	1	1	0	23:34	—	—	43	48
Philip Broberg D	D1	0	2	0.05	0	0	0	22:10	—	—	52	53
Justin Faulk D	D2	-1	0	0.08	1	4	0	20:15	—	—	38	25
Tyler Tucker D	D2	-1	1	0.03	3	1	0	16:43	—	—	50	35
Ryan Suter D	D3	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:29	—	—	42	36
Matthew Kessel D	D3	-2	1	0.02	1	1	0	15:26	—	—	41	37

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joel Hofer(start)	L	36	31	5	.861	2.95	60:00

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.13	0	0	0	21:13	—	—	50	43
Martin Necas C	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.27	0	0	0	20:53	—	—	54	50
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.69	2	1	0	20:30	—	—	52	50
Logan O'Connor R	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.05	0	0	0	15:43	—	—	50	51
Parker Kelly C	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.04	0	0	0	15:18	—	—	50	51
Joel Kiviranta L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.20	1	0	2	14:12	—	—	52	53
Jack Drury C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	2	0	14:08	—	—	54	59
Ross Colton C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.11	1	1	0	13:06	—	—	54	60
Miles Wood L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.27	3	0	0	12:29	—	—	48	48
Jonathan Drouin L	L4	2	1	3	+1	2	0.51	1	0	0	14:23	—	—	79	92
Casey Mittelstadt C	L4	0	0	0	+1	4	0.26	0	0	0	10:21	—	—	72	91
Juuso Parssinen C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.05	1	0	0	9:38	—	—	72	91
Samuel Girard D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	0	2	0	21:20	—	—	59	66
Josh Manson D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	1	0	18:41	—	—	63	71
Cale Makar D	D2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.15	0	2	0	22:09	—	—	44	44
Devon Toews D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	1	0	0	21:05	—	—	57	50
Keaton Middleton D	D3	0	1	1	+2	3	0.05	1	1	2	16:37	—	—	59	62
Sam Malinski D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.05	2	1	0	14:56	—	—	46	61

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	W	19	19	0	.1000	1.79	59:18

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Martin Necas (COL) 1st 7:39 · assists Devon Toews, Artturi Lehkonen · Rush · carried in · 71.5 mph shot · 1.3 s from entry to goal.

Martin Necas · 1st 7:39 · COL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 71.5 mph
Distance: 39 ft
Entry to goal: 1.3 s

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Jonathan Drouin · 1st 4:57 · COL

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2
Shot: 5.0 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 6.5 s
Type: deflection

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Jonathan Drouin · 1st 14:43 · COL PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 51.6 mph
Distance: 22 ft

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Cale Makar · 1st 17:25 · COL PP

Play: point-shot
Passes: 2
Shot: 63.0 mph
Distance: 44 ft

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Joel Kiviranta · 3rd 13:21 · COL

Play: faceoff
Passes: 0
Shot: 40.9 mph
Distance: 22 ft

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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.