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Colorado Avalanche vs St. Louis Blues

Regular season · Tuesday, April 7, 2026 · Enterprise Center

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3–1

Final

SOG 37–19

St. Louis BluesSt. LouisBluesHome

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Game summary

The Colorado Avalanche beat the St. Louis Blues 3-1 on Tuesday, April 7, 2026 at Enterprise Center. The Avalanche outshot the Blues 37-19.

Valeri Nichushkin scored twice. Martin Necas and Robert Thomas also scored.

Scott Wedgewood made 18 saves on 19 shots for the win; Joel Hofer stopped 34 of 37.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Colorado AvalancheCOL210337
St. Louis BluesSTL010119

Three stars

  1. ★1st starValeri NichushkinCOL · 2G 0A
  2. ★2nd starRobert ThomasSTL · 1G 0A
  3. ★3rd starMartin NecasCOL · 1G 0A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:57

3–1 · 2nd 15:38 · Thomas. Malinski was 1:57 into his shift when it went in.

GoalCOL on iceSTL on ice

1–0 COL

1st 16:11 · Nichushkin

Snuggerud 0:39

2–0 COL

1st 19:32 · Necas

Long shift: Drouin 1:03

3–0 COL

2nd 1:40 · SH · Nichushkin

Buchnevich 0:35

3–1 STL

2nd 15:38 · Thomas

Stuck out there: Malinski 1:57

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

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

COLSTL
37Shots on goal19
55%Faceoff %45%
0/1Power play0/3
6Penalty minutes2
11Hits22
16Blocked shots14
11Giveaways19
2Takeaways5

Penalties

  • 1st 19:57Devon Toews · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 18:57Logan Mailloux · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 19:50Gabriel Landeskog · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 10:25Sam Malinski · tripping2 min

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