Colorado Avalanche at St. Louis Blues

1st Round, Game 3 · May 21, 2021 · Enterprise Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Colorado Avalanche	5	26
St. Louis Blues	1	32

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd Period
01:57	COL	Ryan Graves (1)	Unassisted	1 - 0
12:37	COL	Alex Newhook (1)	Ryan Graves (2), Valeri Nichushkin (1)	2 - 0
16:08	COL	Tyson Jost (1)	Mikko Rantanen (5), Gabriel Landeskog (5)	3 - 0
16:17	STL	Tyler Bozak (1) SH	Ryan O'Reilly (1), Colton Parayko (1)	3 - 1
3rd Period
13:42	COL	Brandon Saad (2)	Andre Burakovsky (1), Carl Soderberg (1)	4 - 1
19:06	COL	J.T. Compher (1) SH	Ryan Graves (3), Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (1)	5 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
06:49	STL	Brayden Schenn	Interference	2
08:41	COL	Samuel Girard	Tripping	2
19:49	STL	Ivan Barbashev	Roughing	2
19:49	COL	Ryan Graves	Roughing	2
2nd Period
09:53	STL	Sammy Blais	Interference	2
16:08	STL	Team	Delaying game unsuccessful challenge	2
3rd Period
03:13	STL	Brayden Schenn	Hooking	2
10:06	COL	Nathan MacKinnon	Interference	2
17:36	COL	Gabriel Landeskog	Holding	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Colorado Avalanche	50	40	26	5	3.2	51.9
St. Louis Blues	59	42	32	1	2.5	48.1

How the game went

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while St. Louis Blues had taken more, and below it and blue while Colorado Avalanche had.

Expected goals

Colorado Avalanche: 3.2 expected, 5 scored · St. Louis Blues: 2.5 expected, 1 scored

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

Where the attempts came from

Colorado Avalanche

St. Louis Blues

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Colorado Avalanche

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Gabriel Landeskog · Nathan MacKinnon · Mikko Rantanen	12:33	46.2	59.4	0-0
Joonas Donskoi · Andre Burakovsky · J.T. Compher	6:23	33.3	50.9	0-0
Carl Soderberg · Pierre-Edouard Bellemare · Alex Newhook	5:05	66.7	53.8	0-0
Brandon Saad · Valeri Nichushkin · Tyson Jost	4:35	71.4	77.9	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Devon Toews · Cale Makar	7:06	53.8	79.5	1-0
Samuel Girard · Cale Makar	6:46	46.2	74.7	0-0
Ryan Graves · Samuel Girard	6:06	8.3	1.6	0-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
27	Ryan Graves	D	1	2	3	4	2	4	1	18:42	0.18	10-15	0.54-1.10
15	Alex Newhook	C	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	08:32	0.12	9-7	0.24-0.13
17	Tyson Jost	C	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	13:04	0.35	12-8	0.81-0.73
20	Brandon Saad	L	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	13:20	0.49	13-6	0.64-0.23
37	J.T. Compher	L	1	0	1	3	0	1	1	15:32		8-12	0.39-0.58
28	Andre Burakovsky	L	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	13:13	0.02	8-9	0.26-0.20
34	Carl Soderberg	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	08:59		9-5	0.06-0.15
41	Pierre-Edouard Bellemare	L	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	11:32	0.01	7-5	0.07-0.12
43	Valeri Nichushkin	R	0	1	1	2	0	1	2	13:46	0.04	10-8	0.41-0.74
92	Gabriel Landeskog	L	0	1	1	0	2	2	3	21:22	0.28	14-17	1.15-0.75
96	Mikko Rantanen	R	0	1	1	1	0	4	2	21:36	0.70	19-18	1.53-0.89
2	Patrik Nemeth	D	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	18:24	0.02	14-10	0.57-0.26
7	Devon Toews	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	22:50	0.04	17-12	0.98-0.42
8	Cale Makar	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	22:30	0.25	14-14	0.88-0.25
21	Conor Timmins	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10:23		14-6	0.53-0.12
29	Nathan MacKinnon	C	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	20:42	0.19	13-14	0.84-0.55
49	Samuel Girard	D	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	22:35	0.02	16-21	0.90-1.34
72	Joonas Donskoi	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	15:00		3-7	0.05-0.05

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
31	Philipp Grubauer	32	31	1	59:58	2.30	+1.30

St. Louis Blues

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Brayden Schenn · Vladimir Tarasenko · Jaden Schwartz	9:17	33.3	34.6	0-2
Ryan O'Reilly · Ivan Barbashev · Jordan Kyrou	8:49	78.3	64.7	0-1
Mike Hoffman · Tyler Bozak · Robert Thomas	6:23	28.6	6.8	0-0
Kyle Clifford · Zachary Sanford · Sammy Blais	5:54	30.8	12.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Torey Krug · Steven Santini	9:53	50.0	28.0	0-0
Colton Parayko · Niko Mikkola	9:14	47.8	35.0	0-2
Marco Scandella · Mitch Reinke	4:49	60.0	67.5	0-1

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
21	Tyler Bozak	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	3	15:58	0.10	5-6	0.18-0.17
55	Colton Parayko	D	0	1	1	-3	0	5	4	26:14	0.27	23-17	1.15-1.21
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	21:15	0.16	19-6	0.84-0.62
6	Marco Scandella	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	18:34		13-13	0.84-0.53
10	Brayden Schenn	C	0	0	0	-2	4	1	0	18:54	0.13	10-18	0.57-1.20
13	Zachary Sanford	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	13:15	0.01	4-10	0.01-0.10
16	Steven Santini	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	16:20	0.06	9-9	0.10-0.26
18	Robert Thomas	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	14:05		6-9	0.28-0.29
25	Jordan Kyrou	R	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	13:35	0.22	20-7	0.85-0.72
27	Sammy Blais	L	0	0	0	-1	2	0	10	12:23		6-12	0.18-0.33
39	Mitch Reinke	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	09:19	0.02	8-9	0.57-0.49
43	Kyle Clifford	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	08:08		5-10	0.04-0.17
47	Torey Krug	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	23:13	0.06	13-19	0.31-1.05
49	Ivan Barbashev	L	0	0	0	-2	2	4	5	14:41	0.46	18-9	0.83-0.95
68	Mike Hoffman	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	14:51	0.20	3-8	0.01-0.23
71	Jaden Schwartz	L	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	17:22	0.36	9-15	0.56-0.83
77	Niko Mikkola	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	19:37	0.05	12-17	0.53-0.79
91	Vladimir Tarasenko	R	0	0	0	-3	0	2	1	15:12	0.38	11-16	0.77-0.91

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
50	Jordan Binnington	25	21	4	57:04	2.47	-1.53