St. Louis Blues vs Colorado Avalanche
Regular season · Sunday, April 5, 2026 · Ball Arena
ESPN · SN
Game summary
The St. Louis Blues beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 on Sunday, April 5, 2026 at Ball Arena. The Blues outshot the Avalanche 29-28.
Robert Thomas scored a hat trick. Parker Kelly and Brent Burns also scored.
Joel Hofer made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 26 of 29.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Robert Thomas (19)Jimmy Snuggerud (23), Dylan Holloway (22)MacKinnon 1:18 into shift1–012:01 STL
Parker Kelly (20)Brent Burns (21), Logan O'Connor (2)1–115:10 COL
2nd period
Brent Burns (12)Nick Blankenburg (16), Brock Nelson (30)1–203:40 COL- Robert Thomas (20)Dylan Holloway (23), Jimmy Snuggerud (24)2–204:09 STL
3rd period
- Robert Thomas (21)Jimmy Snuggerud (25), Dylan Holloway (24)3–217:10 STL
Tired legs
Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.
1–0 · 1st 12:01 · Thomas. MacKinnon was 1:18 into his shift when it went in.
1–0 STL
1st 12:01 · Thomas
Long shift: MacKinnon 1:18
1–1 COL
1st 15:10 · Kelly
Holloway 0:59
1–2 COL
2nd 3:40 · Burns
Fowler 0:56
2–2 STL
2nd 4:09 · Thomas
Lehkonen 0:29
3–2 STL
3rd 17:10 · Thomas
Toews 0:57
Hover or tap a bar for the skater.
1.9×
Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).
30%
of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.
Team stats
Penalties
- 1st 19:48
Jonatan Berggren · hooking2 min - 2nd 12:37
Nazem Kadri · tripping2 min - 2nd 18:16Jonatan Berggren · holding2 min
- 3rd 02:26Jack Finley · holding the stick2 min
- 3rd 04:20Nathan MacKinnon · slashing2 min
- 3rd 11:41Josh Manson · hooking2 min
- 3rd 18:06Gabriel Landeskog · slashing2 min
Season series
St. Louis Blues
| 18Robert ThomasC | 3 | 0 | 3 | +3 | 5 | 20:13 |
| 21Jimmy SnuggerudR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 8 | 17:32 |
| 81Dylan HollowayL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 4 | 18:32 |
| 13Alexey ToropchenkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:19 |
| 22Pius SuterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 15:10 |
| 25Jordan KyrouR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:49 |
| 29Jonatan BerggrenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:48 |
| 37Jack FinleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:06 |
| 54Dalibor DvorskyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:13 |
| 63Jake NeighboursL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:56 |
| 89Pavel BuchnevichL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:10 |
| 92Jonathan DrouinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:12 |
| 6Philip BrobergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 22:19 |
| 17Cam FowlerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 21:50 |
| 23Logan MaillouxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 19:47 |
| 41Theo LindsteinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:01 |
| 55Colton ParaykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 23:14 |
| 75Tyler TuckerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 12:49 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Joel HoferG | W | 28 | 26 | 2 | .929 | 60:00 |
| 50Jordan BinningtonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Colorado Avalanche
| 84Brent BurnsD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 17:59 |
| 11Brock NelsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 21:25 |
| 17Parker KellyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:35 |
| 25Logan O'ConnorR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 08:07 |
| 37Nick BlankenburgD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 11:38 |
| 18Jack DruryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:39 |
| 20Ross ColtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11:56 |
| 29Nathan MacKinnonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 5 | 21:38 |
| 62Artturi LehkonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:53 |
| 88Martin NecasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 4 | 21:56 |
| 91Nazem KadriC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:33 |
| 92Gabriel LandeskogL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:02 |
| 93Zakhar BardakovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 04:45 |
| 94Joel KivirantaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:26 |
| 7Devon ToewsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 25:15 |
| 27Brett KulakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 21:00 |
| 42Josh MansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:37 |
| 70Sam MalinskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 20:07 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Mackenzie BlackwoodG | L | 29 | 26 | 3 | .897 | 58:35 |
| 41Scott WedgewoodG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |