1–4

Final

COL leads 4–0

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
STL	0	1	0	1
COL	1	0	3	4

Blues at Avalanche — First Round Game 1

Avalanche, First Round Game 1, beat Blues 4–1 at Ball Arena on May 17, 2021.

🗓 Mon, May 17, 2021 · 21:00 CDT 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🏒 2020-21 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 First Round — Best of 7

STL vs COL · COL leads 4–0 Full series →

Game 1

1–4

Final · COL

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🏔️ COL

Nathan MacKinnon

2 G, 1 A

6 shots · 21:14 TOI

2nd star 🏔️ COL

Gabriel Landeskog

1 G, 2 A

4 shots · 18:16 TOI

3rd star 🏔️ COL

Mikko Rantanen

2 A

6 shots · 21:23 TOI

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order

1st period

🏔️ Cale Makar PP Go-ahead 1st · 15:15

Assists: Mikko Rantanen · beat Jordan Binnington

0–1

2nd period

🎵 Jordan Kyrou Tying 2nd · 16:31

Assists: Ivan Barbashev, Robert Thomas · beat Philipp Grubauer

1–1

3rd period

🏔️ Nathan MacKinnon Go-ahead 3rd · 00:30

Assists: Mikko Rantanen, Gabriel Landeskog · beat Jordan Binnington

1–2

🏔️ Gabriel Landeskog 3rd · 08:30

Assists: Nathan MacKinnon, Samuel Girard · beat Jordan Binnington

1–3

🏔️ Nathan MacKinnon Empty net 3rd · 19:20

Assists: Gabriel Landeskog

1–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🎵STL COL🏔️

23 Shots on goal 50

0/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3

21 Hits 16

19 Blocked shots 15

8 Takeaways 9

8 Giveaways 7

11 Penalty minutes 9

STL shooting 4.3% (1/23) COL shooting 8.0% (4/50)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🎵Blues

Jordan Binnington

46/49

.939 SV% · 3 GA · 59:08 TOI

🏔️Avalanche

Philipp Grubauer

22/23

.957 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

5 of 5 goals located

STL COL

The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–1

Blues

Blues: no games found in this situation this year.

Avalanche

Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 1–1

Blues

Blues — tied after 2nd: 27-20-9 (48% win rate, 56 games)

Avalanche

Avalanche — tied after 2nd: 39-13-4 (70% win rate, 56 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🎵Blues

L1 O'Reilly · Schenn · Schwartz 19:36

L2 Hoffman · Bozak · Tarasenko 15:32

L3 Barbashev · Thomas · Kyrou 14:40

L4 Sanford · Blais · Clifford 10:15

D1 Parayko · Faulk 22:54

D2 Krug · Scandella 20:56

D3 Bortuzzo · Mikkola 13:30

🏔️Avalanche

L1 Landeskog · MacKinnon · Rantanen 21:14

L2 Saad · Kadri · Donskoi 14:38

L3 Burakovsky · Compher · Jost 14:08

L4 Bellemare · Newhook · Nichushkin 10:03

D1 Toews · Makar 25:10

D2 Girard · Nemeth 20:42

D3 Graves · Timmins 12:37

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →

❓ STL vs COL, answered

Who won Blues vs Avalanche on May 17, 2021?

Avalanche won 4–1.

What was the final score of Blues vs Avalanche?

The final score was Blues 1, Avalanche 4.

Who scored for Blues?

Jordan Kyrou.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Nathan MacKinnon (2), Cale Makar, Gabriel Landeskog.

How did the Blues goalie play?

Jordan Binnington made 46 saves on 49 shots (.939 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Philipp Grubauer made 22 saves on 23 shots (.957 save percentage).

Where is Blues vs Avalanche played?

At Ball Arena in Denver, the Avalanche home rink.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

🎵Blues

Previous game · May 13

🏔️Avalanche

Previous game · May 13

Also on May 17, 2021

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