Schedule and 2021-22 Results
Regular Season Records: Colorado 56-19-7=119pts, St. Louis 49-22-11=109pts
Game 1 on Tuesday, 17 May: St. Louis loses at Colorado, 3-goals-2(OT)
Game 2 on Thursday, 19 May: St. Louis wins at Colorado, 4-goals-1
Game 3 on Saturday, 21 May: Colorado wins at St. Louis, 5-goals-2
Game 4 on Monday, 23 May: Colorado wins at St. Louis, 6-goals-3
Game 5 on Wednesday, 25 May: St. Louis wins at Colorado, 5-goals-4(OT)
Game 6 on Friday, 27 May: Colorado wins at St. Louis, 3-goals-2

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 6: The Colorado Avalanche visited and topped the St. Louis Blues 3-goals-2 to complete a 4-games-2 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1495 victory. With the series 1495 win, the Colorado Avalanche improve their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record to 24-15 overall and 7-6 in the Quarterfinals round. With the series 1495 loss, the St. Louis Blues see their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record fall to 28-39 overall and 8-18 in the Quarterfinals round. The win order for the victorious Colorado Avalanche in series 1495 was WLWWLW: Series 1495 thus becomes the sixth NHL Quarterfinals-round series, the 23rd NHL series (all rounds), and the 53rd MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. The series 1495 victory by the Colorado Avalanche snaps a six-series losing streak by them in best-of-7 NHL Quarterfinals series. The series 1495 loss (and four game losses therein) put the St. Louis Blues at 18 best-of-7 NBA/NHL playoff Quarterfinals series losses and at 89 best-of-7 NBA/NHL playoff Quarterfinals game losses - both are best-of-7 NBA/NHL Quarterfinals worsts.

After Game 5: The St. Louis Blues visited and defeated the Colorado Avalanche 5-goals-4(OT) to drop the Colorado Avalanche best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL series 1495 lead to 3-games-2. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Colorado Avalanche have a series record of 9-5 and a Game 6 record of 7-7. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the St. Louis Blues have a series record of 4-21 and a Game 6 record of 10-15. In series 1495 Game 5, the St. Louis Blues trailed the Avalanche in Colorado by three goals as late as 14:41 into the second period, but won: In the history of best-of-7 NHL playoff games (1939-2021, inclusive), road teams down three goals as late as 14:41 into the second period had a 7-222 (.031) game record. The Blues trailed the Avalanche in Colorado by two goals as late as 9:56 into the third period, but won: In the history of best-of-7 NHL playoff games (1939-2021, inclusive), road teams down two goals as late as 9:56 into the third period had an 8-499 (.016) game record. The Blues trailed the Avalanche in Colorado by a goal as late as 19:03 into the third period, but won: In the history of best-of-7 NHL playoff games (1939-2021, inclusive), road teams down a goal as late as 19:03 into the third period had a 23-658 (.034) game record. From the perspective of any one of these three local minima, the St. Louis Blues achieved a Grade-A (.000 - .099) comeback in series 1495 Game 5.

After Game 4: The Colorado Avalanche visited and bested the St. Louis Blues 6-goals-3 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1495 lead of 3-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Colorado Avalanche have a series record of 11-2 (with an active four-series winning streak) and a Game 5 record of 8-5 (with an active four-Game 5 winning streak). When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the St. Louis Blues have a series record of 2-12 (with an active five-series losing streak) and a Game 5 record of 8-6. Series 1495 Game 4 marks the end of the St. Louis Blues four-Game 4 winning streak upon trailing a best-of-7 NHL playoff series 2-games-1.

After Game 3: The Colorado Avalanche visited and topped the St. Louis Blues 5-goals-2 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1495 lead of 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Colorado Avalanche have a series record of 13-6 and a Game 4 record of 11-8. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the St. Louis Blues have a series record of 8-19 and a Game 4 record of 14-13 (with an active four-Game 4 winning streak).

After Game 2: The St. Louis Blues visited and defeated the Colorado Avalanche 4-goals-1 to knot best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1495 at 1-game-all. When tied 1-game-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Colorado Avalanche have a series record of 7-8 and a Game 3 record of 8-7, while the St. Louis Blues have a series record of 15-19 (with an active four-series winning streak) and a Game 3 record of 15-19. Thrice previously had a team such as the Colorado Avalanche in series 1495 won a best-of-7 NHL playoff Game 1 by a 3-goals-2 and then lost Game 2 by a 4-goals-1 score: In the history of best-of-7 NHL playoff series, such teams posted a 1-2 series record and a 0-1 series record with Games 1-2 at home.

After Game 1: The Colorado Avalanche hosted and defeated the St. Louis Blues 3-goals-2(OT) to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1495 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Colorado Avalanche have a series record of 18-6 and a Game 2 record of 17-7 (with an active five-Game 2 winning streak). When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the St. Louis Blues have a series record of 7-26 and a Game 2 record of 15-18. Series 1495 Game 1 is the third best-of-7 NHL playoff game to end at 8:02 into the first overtime period: In series 339 Game 5 (in the 1978 NHL Quarterfinals), the Islanders in New York defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 2-goals-1 at 8:02 into the first overtime; in series 356 Game 2 (in the 1979 NHL Semifinals), the Islanders in New York defeated the New York Rangers 4-goals-3 at 8:02 into the first overtime.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2021-22 NHL regular season, the Colorado Avalanche finished ten points ahead of the St. Louis Blues. From 1939 through the 2022 NHL Preliminary round, when NHL teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by ten regular-season points, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 12-12 (.500) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1495 is the 39th best-of-7 NHL playoff series for the Colorado Avalanche, and the 67th for the St. Louis Blues. In best-of-7 NHL playoff series, the Colorado Avalanche have an all-rounds series record of 23-15, a Quarterfinals-round series record of 6-6 (with an active six-series losing streak in the Quarterfinals), and a Game 1 record of 24-14, while the St. Louis Blues have an all-rounds series record of 28-38, a Quarterfinals-round series record of 8-17, and a Game 1 record of 33-33. Series 1495 is the third best-of-7 NHL playoff series meeting between the Colorado Avalanche and the St. Louis Blues. The Colorado Avalanche won both previous meetings between the two teams (series 836, in the 2001 NHL Semifinals; series 1456, in the 2021 NHL Preliminary round).