GRIT & GF

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Colorado Avalanche

St Louis Blues

Expected goals, COL–STL
2.7–2.4
all situations, empty nets out
STL share of xG
46.8%
50% is even
Shots on goal
37–19
COL–STL
Pre-game model
–
no projection stored

The story

The Avalanche beat the Blues 3-1. Expected goals had it close, 2.8 to 2.4. Robert Thomas has scored in 4 straight games. Valeri Nichushkin had 11 shot attempts. Martin Necas scored the winner. The Avalanche outshot the Blues 37-19.

  • Robert Thomas has scored in 4 straight games. That makes 6 straight games with a point. He played 24:04, about 5 minutes over his average. The Blues fell 3-1 to the Avalanche.

  • Valeri Nichushkin had 11 shot attempts. Six reached the net and two went in. His average this season was 4.5. The Avalanche beat the Blues 3-1.

  • Sam Malinski had 11 shot attempts. Five reached the net and none went in. His average this season was 4.9. It finished 3-1 for the Avalanche.

Shot attempts

Running count of unblocked attempts (shots on goal plus misses). Dots are goals. Hover to read any moment.

COLSTL

Where the shots came from

4 goals from 85 unblocked attempts. Shots from a team's own half are left off.

GoalShot or miss
← COL shootingSTL shooting →

Colorado Avalanche

SkaterTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkxGF%
Devon Toews D23:440120.080284
Brett Kulak D22:400030.180034
Martin Necas C21:211040.401263
Josh Manson D21:150030.031159
Nathan MacKinnon C21:080100.143168
Artturi Lehkonen L20:110110.180064
Sam Malinski D19:340150.110175
Brent Burns D19:140030.081054
Brock Nelson C19:130120.180269
Valeri Nichushkin R15:452061.451569
Gabriel Landeskog L15:160030.230168
Nick Blankenburg D13:270010.010258
Jack Drury C13:210000.050051
Nicolas Roy C11:480010.132057
Ross Colton C10:540020.181088
Logan O'Connor R9:350000.000049
Parker Kelly C9:250010.001149
Nazem Kadri C6:090000.110353

St Louis Blues

SkaterTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkxGF%
Philip Broberg D25:120030.111325
Dylan Holloway L24:070020.122267
Robert Thomas C24:041010.470070
Jimmy Snuggerud R21:380120.810067
Colton Parayko D20:510000.003332
Logan Mailloux D20:040030.061024
Cam Fowler D18:470000.000152
Jonatan Berggren R16:470000.002127
Jake Neighbours L16:200020.36311
Theo Lindstein D15:590100.001139
Jonathan Drouin L15:430010.010127
Pavel Buchnevich L14:530010.022247
Jordan Kyrou R14:350020.391027
Tyler Tucker D13:580000.003135
Pius Suter C13:160010.00000
Dalibor Dvorsky R9:470000.00009
Alexey Toropchenko R8:240010.01222
Jack Finley C7:440000.00103

The minute-by-minute expected goals flow is part of Pro

The game measured in chance quality, minute by minute, which shows when it tilted and toward whom.