Game

Blues at Avalanche

Blues 3, Avalanche 2 · first star Robert Thomas (3 G, 0 A).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

St. Louis Blues 3 at Colorado Avalanche 2

Blues STL

3 FINAL 2

Avalanche COL

Sunday, April 5, 2026 · 9:30 PM ET · Ball Arena, Denver · TV ESPN · SN

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Blues	1	1	1	3	29
Avalanche	1	1	0	2	28

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Blues attack left, Avalanche attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 1 mark in a team's own end is an attempt logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: STL 29, COL 28.

STL in red COL in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Blues 29 shots on goal (3 goals, 18 missed, 10 blocked) attacking left; Avalanche 28 shots on goal (2 goals, 20 missed, 12 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	STL SOG	STL G	STL ATT	COL SOG	COL G	COL ATT
1st	11	1	17	8	1	13
2nd	6	1	14	12	1	24
3rd	12	1	26	8	0	23
Total	29	3	57	28	2	60

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	STL SOG	STL G	COL SOG	COL G
Even strength	23	3	25	2
Power play	5	0	2	0
Short-handed	1	0	1	0

Attempt share by period

Avalanche took 51.3% of the shot attempts, and 52.1% of the 96 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Avalanche and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Blues hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Blues at Avalanche
Period	COL CF%	COL FF%
1st	43.3	48.1
2nd	63.2	60.0
3rd	46.9	46.5
Game	51.3	50.5

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

12:01 Robert Thomas (19) Jimmy Snuggerud (23), Dylan Holloway (22) · slap 1–0
15:10 Parker Kelly (20) Brent Burns (21), Logan O'Connor (2) · tip-in 1–1

2nd period

03:40 Brent Burns (12) Nick Blankenburg (16), Brock Nelson (30) · wrist 1–2
04:09 Robert Thomas (20) Dylan Holloway (23), Jimmy Snuggerud (24) · snap 2–2

3rd period

17:10 Robert Thomas (21) Jimmy Snuggerud (25), Dylan Holloway (24) · snap 3–2

Three stars

Robert Thomas STL · C #18 · 3 G, 0 A
Jimmy Snuggerud STL · R #21 · 0 G, 3 A
Brent Burns COL · D #84 · 1 G, 1 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	19:48	STL	Jonatan Berggren	hooking	2	Nathan MacKinnon
2nd	12:37	COL	Nazem Kadri	tripping	2	Alexey Toropchenko
2nd	18:16	STL	Jonatan Berggren	holding	2	Martin Necas
3rd	02:26	STL	Jack Finley	holding the stick	2	Logan O'Connor
3rd	04:20	COL	Nathan MacKinnon	slashing	2	Pius Suter
3rd	11:41	COL	Josh Manson	hooking	2	Jonathan Drouin
3rd	18:06	COL	Gabriel Landeskog	slashing	2	Logan Mailloux

Boxscore

St. Louis Blues

Blues skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Robert Thomas #18	C	3	0	3	+3	5	0	0	0	50.0	20:13
Dylan Holloway #81	L	0	3	3	+2	4	1	1	0	0.0	18:32
Jimmy Snuggerud #21	R	0	3	3	+3	8	1	0	0	0.0	17:32
Jack Finley #37	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	81.8	12:06
Pius Suter #22	C	0	0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	57.1	15:10
Jake Neighbours #63	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	14:56
Jonathan Drouin #92	L	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	0	0.0	14:12
Pavel Buchnevich #89	L	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	50.0	15:10
Alexey Toropchenko #13	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	12:19
Dalibor Dvorsky #54	R	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	28.6	11:13
Jonatan Berggren #29	R	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	4	0.0	13:48
Jordan Kyrou #25	R	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	0.0	14:49
Cam Fowler #17	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0.0	21:50
Colton Parayko #55	D	0	0	0	+1	1	1	2	0	0.0	23:14
Logan Mailloux #23	D	0	0	0	+2	1	3	0	0	0.0	19:47
Philip Broberg #6	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	1	0	0.0	22:19
Theo Lindstein #41	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0.0	14:01
Tyler Tucker #75	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	0.0	12:49

Blues goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Joel Hofer #30	W	28	26	2	.929	23/25	2/2	60:00

Colorado Avalanche

Avalanche skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Brent Burns #84	D	1	1	2	+1	3	0	2	0	0.0	17:59
Parker Kelly #17	C	1	0	1	+1	1	1	2	0	33.3	11:35
Brock Nelson #11	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	42.1	21:25
Logan O'Connor #25	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0	0.0	08:07
Nick Blankenburg #37	D	0	1	1	+2	1	1	0	0	0.0	11:38
Jack Drury #18	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	45.5	15:39
Martin Necas #88	C	0	0	0	-3	4	1	0	0	0.0	21:56
Nathan MacKinnon #29	C	0	0	0	-3	5	0	0	2	50.0	21:38
Nazem Kadri #91	C	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	100.0	18:33
Ross Colton #20	C	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	50.0	11:56
Zakhar Bardakov #93	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0.0	04:45
Artturi Lehkonen #62	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0.0	16:53
Gabriel Landeskog #92	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0.0	15:02
Joel Kiviranta #94	L	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	11:26
Brett Kulak #27	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	0.0	21:00
Devon Toews #7	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	0	0.0	25:15
Josh Manson #42	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0.0	18:37
Sam Malinski #70	D	0	0	0	-2	2	2	0	0	0.0	20:07

Avalanche goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood #39	L	29	26	3	.897	20/23	5/5	58:35

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.