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Wednesday, December 31, 2025 (9:00 PM ET)
Ball Arena | ALT
St. Louis Blues STL
1-6
Final
COL Colorado Avalanche
33% xGF Expected Goals Share 67% xGF
STL was expected to score 1.52 goals COL was expected to score 3.13 goals
Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 0 1 2 3 2 Cumulative xG STL COL Dots represent goals
Goals & Replays
  • ► Valeri Nichushkin scores at 1:00 in the 1st period 0.04 xG (0-1)
  • ► Nathan MacKinnon scores at 3:13 in the 1st period 0.10 xG (0-2)
  • ► Valeri Nichushkin scores at 3:26 in the 1st period 0.18 xG (0-3)
  • ► Nathan MacKinnon scores at 4:39 in the 1st period 0.05 xG (0-4) End of Period 1
  • ► Brock Nelson scores at 9:41 in the 2nd period 0.12 xG (0-5) End of Period 2
  • ► Dalibor Dvorsky scores at 14:32 in the 3rd period 0.01 xG (1-5)
  • ► Valeri Nichushkin scores at 16:06 in the 3rd period 0.16 xG (1-6) End of Game
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xG by State
St. Louis Blues
Colorado Avalanche
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Man-Advantage 5:03 0.29 0 4:32 0.18 1
Even Strength 50:25 1.21 1 50:25 2.95 5
Short-Handed 4:32 0.01 0 5:03 0.00 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 2+ 0:00 0.00 0 56:47 2.79 4
Up 1 0:00 0.00 0 2:13 0.13 1
Tied 1:00 0.00 0 1:00 0.21 1
Down 2+ 56:47 1.52 1 0:00 0.00 0
Shot Map (xG Shots Only) Shot Goal
Forwards
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
COL Nathan MacKinnon (C) 0.64 2 2 4 21 17:12 7 +3 0 0
COL Valeri Nichushkin (R) 0.58 3 0 3 24 17:05 6 +3 0 0
COL Martin Necas (C) 0.39 0 1 1 18 17:11 5 +2 0 0
STL Jordan Kyrou (R) 0.22 0 0 0 19 14:09 2 0 0 0
COL Ross Colton (C) 0.21 0 0 0 18 12:54 2 -1 0 0
STL Jimmy Snuggerud (R) 0.21 0 0 0 21 15:30 1 -3 0 0
STL Pavel Buchnevich (L) 0.20 0 0 0 22 16:47 0 -1 0 0
STL Dalibor Dvorsky (R) 0.20 1 0 1 19 15:49 2 +1 0 0
COL Brock Nelson (C) 0.19 1 1 2 24 16:48 1 +2 0 1
COL Parker Kelly (C) 0.17 0 0 0 19 16:39 3 0 2 0
STL Otto Stenberg (C) 0.16 0 0 0 20 13:33 2 +1 0 0
COL Jack Drury (C) 0.11 0 0 0 19 13:58 0 -1 0 0
COL Zakhar Bardakov (C) 0.10 0 0 0 15 13:27 2 0 2 0
STL Jonatan Berggren (R) 0.09 0 0 0 18 14:21 0 0 0 0
COL Artturi Lehkonen (L) 0.09 0 1 1 18 14:44 0 +3 0 0
STL Brayden Schenn (C) 0.07 0 0 0 22 15:22 1 -2 0 0
STL Robert Thomas (C) 0.07 0 0 0 23 17:56 0 -2 0 0
STL Robby Fabbri (C) 0.00 0 0 0 18 13:08 0 -1 0 0
COL Victor Olofsson (L) 0.00 0 0 0 17 11:39 0 -1 0 0
COL Gavin Brindley (C) 0.00 0 0 0 14 11:50 0 0 0 0
COL Gabriel Landeskog (L) 0.00 0 1 1 19 14:08 0 +2 0 0
STL Oskar Sundqvist (C) 0.00 0 0 0 22 14:41 0 -1 0 0
STL Alexey Toropchenko (R) 0.00 0 0 0 20 14:00 0 -1 0 0
STL Jake Neighbours (L) 0.00 0 0 0 21 13:51 0 -3 4 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
COL Josh Manson (D) 0.17 0 2 2 24 17:59 3 +2 2 0
STL Matthew Kessel (D) 0.14 0 1 1 22 16:03 1 0 0 0
COL Sam Malinski (D) 0.14 0 1 1 23 19:47 3 +1 0 0
COL Cale Makar (D) 0.13 0 1 1 23 20:59 2 +1 0 0
COL Devon Toews (D) 0.11 0 1 1 24 19:33 4 +2 0 0
COL Brent Burns (D) 0.09 0 1 1 24 18:06 3 +1 0 0
STL Philip Broberg (D) 0.06 0 0 0 29 22:09 0 -3 0 0
STL Justin Faulk (D) 0.05 0 0 0 30 21:53 1 -1 2 0
STL Colton Parayko (D) 0.03 0 0 0 28 20:18 1 -3 0 0
COL Samuel Girard (D) 0.02 0 0 0 24 20:26 2 +1 0 0
STL Tyler Tucker (D) 0.01 0 0 0 21 15:57 1 0 0 0
STL Cam Fowler (D) 0.00 0 0 0 29 19:29 1 -1 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
COL Mackenzie Blackwood (G) +2.48% 0.923 0.5 1 12 59:35 13 W 0
STL Jordan Binnington (G) -5.21% 0.861 -2.9 6 37 59:39 43 L 0