I disagree, the Blues had extremely similar metrics this year against the Avs when compared to their series last year against the Avs where they got swept. They just got more fortunate bounces this year to give a different result (look up the metrics they got outplayed to a very similar degree in both years). When looking at all series this year, the Avs vs the Blues is a contender for most lopsided series of the entire playoffs.
The Blues had a worse CF%, SCF%, HDCF%, and xGF% than the Oilers did. Game 5 especially was a lightning in the bottle scenario for the Blues with the way the game ended, Kuemper did everything in his power to lose a game the Avs really should not have.
I will say though that the Avs only had two games these entire playoffs where the opponent was the clearly better team and the Blues in game 2 were one of them so they do have that.
Citing advanced metrics while ignoring context is pointless, especially considering the Blues success while defying those metrics' projections, which the Blues did all season long.
So you can claim it was the same 2 years in a row but you've completely ignored crucial details like Binnington being on fire then getting injured and replaced by Husso vs Binnington playing poorly 2 years ago and also the Blues situation at LD this past post season which I already covered in my previous post. You failed to address any of that while citing metrics.
Tell you what, let's just stick to the only math that actually matters which in this case is...
Games won vs Colorado last PO's
Blues - 2
Oilers - 0
So unless you have some contextual evidence that the Oilers were as handicapped by injuries as the Blues were this past PO, I remain unconvinced by your argument that somehow, magically the Oilers did better than the Blues against the Avs. Again, 2 games to 0 with a decimated LD and bereft of their starting goalie who was playing lights out at the time of his injury. If the Oilers were as screwed by injuries as the Blues were then by all means, cite them.