St. Louis Blues vs. Colorado AvalancheDec 31, 2025

FinalWednesday, Dec 31, 2025· Ball Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	0	0	1	1		STL	4	3	6	13
COL	4	1	1	6		COL	20	14	9	43

: STL 28COL 79
: STL 1.45COL 3.68
PP goals: STL 0COL 1
Hits: STL 22COL 6
Blocks: STL 24COL 7
PIM: STL 6COL 6
: STL 46%COL 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche rout St. Louis Blues 6–1

Colorado Avalanche beat St. Louis Blues 6–1 at home. Nathan MacKinnon (COL) led the scoring with 2G 2A. COL's first power-play unit (Nelson, Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Nichushkin and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:35 together.

Points
Nathan MacKinnon had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 7 shots in 17:12.MacKinnon
Points
Valeri Nichushkin had a hat trick (3 points) on 6 shots in 17:05.Nichushkin
Points
Brock Nelson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:48.Nelson
Points
Josh Manson had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:59.Manson
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (Nelson, Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Nichushkin and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:35 together.Nelson Lehkonen MacKinnon Nichushkin Makar
Goalie
Jordan Binnington (STL) faced 43 shots and stopped 37 (.860), +18 against a season average of 24.6; the loss.Binnington
New line
New look for COL: Kelly–Bardakov–Brindley skated 9:09 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (82.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kelly Bardakov Brindley
New line
New look for STL: Sundqvist–Fabbri–Toropchenko skated 8:33 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (14.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sundqvist Fabbri Toropchenko

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 107 of 107 attempts · COL 79 · STL 28

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 12% of the game, COL 55%.

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

Head-to-head matchups

COL skaters (rows) against STL skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the COL side.

Matchup matrix

COL xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	STL	COL
	26	85
	1.27	3.96
	1.17	3.73
	4	12
	4	5
	14	29
	−0.054	+0.054
	12%	55%

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 – Berggren
8:3433% CF
L2Sundqvist – Fabbri – Toropchenko
8:3314% CF
L3Schenn – Neighbours – Snuggerud
8:0412% CF
L4Kyrou – Dvorsky – Stenberg
8:0233% CF
D1Parayko – Broberg
15:4422% CF
D2Faulk – Fowler
15:1916% CF
D3Tucker – Kessel
12:4436% CF

PP1Faulk – Buchnevich – Kyrou – Thomas – Snuggerud
2:3175% CF
PP2Schenn – Fowler – Sundqvist – Neighbours – Dvorsky
1:40100% CF
PK1FBuchnevich – Thomas
1:18
PK2FSundqvist – Toropchenko
1:11
PK1DParayko – Broberg
2:25
PK2DFaulk – Tucker
1:11

Current STL line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Landeskog – MacKinnon – Necas
11:1376% CF
L2Kelly – Bardakov – Brindley
9:0982% CF
L3Olofsson – Colton – Drury
8:5760% CF
L4Nelson – Lehkonen – Nichushkin
8:1394% CF
D1Girard – Malinski
14:0271% CF
D2Toews – Makar
14:0172% CF
D3Burns – Manson
13:3881% CF

PP1Nelson – Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Makar
2:35100% CF
PP2Landeskog – Toews – Olofsson – Necas – Brindley
0:46100% CF
PK1FNelson – Nichushkin
1:37
PK2FKelly – Drury
1:13
PK1DToews – Makar
1:12
PK2DBurns – Malinski
0:52

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
Robert Thomas C	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.07	0	2	0	17:56	—	—	35	33
Pavel Buchnevich L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.20	0	2	0	16:47	—	—	38	36
Jonatan Berggren R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	1	0	0	14:21	—	—	37	37
Oskar Sundqvist C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:41	—	—	12	2
Alexey Toropchenko R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	0	0	14:00	—	—	11	2
Robby Fabbri C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	13:08	—	—	10	2
Jimmy Snuggerud R	L3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.18	0	3	0	15:30	—	—	18	15
Brayden Schenn C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.09	4	0	0	15:22	—	—	12	18
Jake Neighbours L	L3	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	1	3	4	13:51	—	—	12	18
Dalibor Dvorsky R	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.20	2	0	0	15:49	—	—	47	57
Jordan Kyrou R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.30	0	0	0	14:09	—	—	33	33
Otto Stenberg C	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.08	2	3	0	13:33	—	—	44	49
Philip Broberg D	D1	0	0	0	-3	0	0.05	0	1	0	22:09	—	—	21	30
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	-3	1	0.01	2	2	0	20:18	—	—	22	30
Justin Faulk D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	0	2	2	21:53	—	—	15	4
Cam Fowler D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	1	0	19:29	—	—	16	4
Matthew Kessel D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.15	2	3	0	16:03	—	—	33	37
Tyler Tucker D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	15:57	—	—	36	38

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	L	43	37	6	.860	3.68	59:39

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	2	2	4	+3	7	0.91	0	0	0	17:12	—	—	78	76
Martin Necas C	L1	0	1	1	+2	5	0.40	0	0	0	17:11	—	—	73	71
Gabriel Landeskog L	L1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:08	—	—	77	74
Parker Kelly C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.15	0	2	2	16:39	—	—	72	69
Zakhar Bardakov C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	1	1	2	13:27	—	—	65	53
Gavin Brindley C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:50	—	—	84	65
Jack Drury C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.11	0	0	0	13:58	—	—	71	67
Ross Colton C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.23	1	0	0	12:54	—	—	72	72
Victor Olofsson L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:39	—	—	55	55
Valeri Nichushkin R	L4	3	0	3	+3	6	0.81	1	1	0	17:05	—	—	87	91
Brock Nelson C	L4	1	1	2	+2	1	0.18	0	0	0	16:48	—	—	91	95
Artturi Lehkonen L	L4	0	1	1	+3	0	0.07	1	0	0	14:44	—	—	83	92
Samuel Girard D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.02	0	1	0	20:26	—	—	71	76
Sam Malinski D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.15	1	1	0	19:47	—	—	73	98
Cale Makar D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.21	0	0	0	20:59	—	—	72	51
Devon Toews D	D2	0	1	1	+2	4	0.09	0	0	0	19:33	—	—	74	61
Brent Burns D	D3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.11	0	0	0	18:06	—	—	80	85
Josh Manson D	D3	0	2	2	+2	3	0.17	0	1	2	17:59	—	—	82	85

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	W	13	12	1	.923	1.45	59:35

Goal anatomy

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

Valeri Nichushkin (COL) 1st 1:00 · assists Artturi Lehkonen, Brock Nelson · Dump and chase · dumped in · 40.2 mph shot · 8.9 s from entry to goal.

Valeri Nichushkin · 1st 1:00 · COL

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 40.2 mph
Distance: 15 ft
Entry to goal: 8.9 s

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Nathan MacKinnon · 1st 3:13 · COL

Play: rebound
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 11.6 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 7.9 s
Type: rebound

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Valeri Nichushkin · 1st 3:26 · COL

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 21.4 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Type: rebound

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Nathan MacKinnon · 1st 4:39 · COL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 3
Shot: 70.2 mph
Distance: 29 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 s
Type: one-timer

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Brock Nelson · 2nd 9:41 · COL PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 81.2 mph
Distance: 35 ft
Type: one-timer

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Dalibor Dvorsky · 3rd 14:32 · STL

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 66.7 mph
Distance: 56 ft
Entry to goal: 7.9 s

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Valeri Nichushkin · 3rd 16:06 · COL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 9.2 mph
Distance: 13 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.

St. Louis Blues vs. Colorado AvalancheDec 31, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Colorado Avalanche rout St. Louis Blues 6–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

St. Louis Blues

Colorado Avalanche

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

St. Louis Blues

Colorado Avalanche

Goal anatomy

Valeri Nichushkin · 1st 1:00 · COL

Nathan MacKinnon · 1st 3:13 · COL

Valeri Nichushkin · 1st 3:26 · COL

Nathan MacKinnon · 1st 4:39 · COL

Brock Nelson · 2nd 9:41 · COL PP

Dalibor Dvorsky · 3rd 14:32 · STL

Valeri Nichushkin · 3rd 16:06 · COL