Colorado Avalanche vs. Chicago BlackhawksMar 20, 2018

FinalTuesday, Mar 20, 2018· United Center

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Colorado AvalancheCOL

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Chicago BlackhawksCHI

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	0	3	2	5		COL	16	15	9	40
CHI	1	0	0	1		CHI	11	15	19	45

: COL 67CHI 86
: COL 3.86CHI 3.48
PP goals: COL 2CHI 1
Hits: COL 26CHI 28
Blocks: COL 33CHI 17
PIM: COL 8CHI 6
: COL 48%CHI 52%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Colorado Avalanche rout Chicago Blackhawks 5–1

Colorado Avalanche beat Chicago Blackhawks 5–1 at CHI. Alexander Kerfoot (COL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. CHI's first power-play unit (Seabrook, Anisimov, Toews, Kane and Gustafsson) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:46 together.

Points
Alexander Kerfoot had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 8:21.Kerfoot
Points
Mikko Rantanen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:27.Rantanen
Points
Tyson Barrie had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 24:10.Barrie
Points
Nathan MacKinnon had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 22:12.MacKinnon
PP1
CHI's first power-play unit (Seabrook, Anisimov, Toews, Kane and Gustafsson) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:46 together.Seabrook Anisimov Toews Kane Gustafsson
Goalie
Semyon Varlamov (COL) faced 45 shots and stopped 44 (.978), +14 against a season average of 31.3; the win.Varlamov
Goalie
Anton Forsberg (CHI) faced 39 shots and stopped 35 (.897), +12 against a season average of 27.1; the loss.Forsberg
Luck
CHI scored 1 goal on 3.48 expected goals (86 attempts), well short of its chances.

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← COL attacks left (bottom on phones)CHI attacks right (top on phones) →

CHI
COL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 153 of 153 attempts · CHI 86 · COL 67

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

CHI
COL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

CHI pressure
COL pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: COL 27% of the game, CHI 39%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

CHI

COL

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	COL	CHI
	62	86
	2.99	3.31
	2.87	3.05
	12	14
	7	4
	17	23
	−0.030	+0.029
	27%	39%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Colorado Avalanche

L1Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen
14:0434% CF
L2Andrighetto – Compher – Jost
8:4972% CF
L3Comeau – Nieto – Toninato
8:2634% CF
L4Wilson – Bourque – Kerfoot
4:1436% CF
D1Barrie – Zadorov
7:2152% CF
D2Johnson – Girard
6:4740% CF
D3Warsofsky – Nemeth
5:5625% CF

PP1Barrie – Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen – Jost
3:3586% CF
PP2Wilson – Kerfoot – Andrighetto – Compher – Girard
1:30100% CF
PK1FComeau – Nieto
2:47
PK2FBourque – Landeskog
0:40
PK1DJohnson – Zadorov
1:37
PK2DWarsofsky – Nemeth
0:30

Current COL line combinations →

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Anisimov – Jurco – DeBrincat
10:4265% CF
L2Toews – Kane – Saad
10:1150% CF
L3Sharp – Hayden – Kampf
7:5652% CF
L4Hinostroza – Schmaltz – Martinsen
7:5161% CF
D1Keith – Rutta
16:1466% CF
D2Murphy – Oesterle
13:2164% CF
D3Seabrook – Gustafsson
10:0739% CF

PP1Seabrook – Anisimov – Toews – Kane – Gustafsson
2:4686% CF
PP2Keith – Saad – Hayden – Schmaltz – DeBrincat
1:37100% CF
PK1FToews – Saad
2:10
PK2FAnisimov – Hayden
0:32
PK1DKeith – Seabrook
2:56
PK2DMurphy – Rutta
0:53

Current CHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

15:45
CHIBrent SeabrookPP (Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews)slap0.02 xG
COL: Warsofsky, Bourque, Nemeth, LandeskogCHI: Seabrook, Anisimov, Toews, Kane, Gustafsson
COL 0 – 1 CHI

2nd period

2:07
COLAlexander KerfootPP (Colin Wilson, Samuel Girard)wrist0.09 xG
COL: Wilson, Kerfoot, Andrighetto, Compher, GirardCHI: Anisimov, Hayden, Oesterle, Rutta
COL 1 – 1 CHI
5:01
COLMikko Rantanen (Nathan MacKinnon, Tyson Barrie)wrist0.04 xG
COL: Barrie, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Zadorov, RantanenCHI: Keith, Toews, Kane, Saad, Rutta
COL 2 – 1 CHI
12:40
COLTyson BarriePP (Mikko Rantanen, Nathan MacKinnon)slap0.06 xG
COL: Johnson, Barrie, Landeskog, MacKinnon, RantanenCHI: Keith, Seabrook, Toews, Martinsen
COL 3 – 1 CHI

3rd period

18:04
COLErik JohnsonENwrist0.35 xG
COL: Comeau, Johnson, Wilson, Nemeth, NietoCHI: Keith, Seabrook, Toews, Kane, Saad, Schmaltz
COL 4 – 1 CHI
19:03
COLAlexander Kerfoot (Gabriel Bourque, David Warsofsky)wrist0.10 xG
COL: Warsofsky, Bourque, Kerfoot, Jost, GirardCHI: Sharp, Murphy, Hayden, Oesterle, Kampf
COL 5 – 1 CHI

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	2	2	+1	4	0.24	0	1	0	22:12	—	—	33	17
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	1	1	2	+1	2	0.12	2	1	0	20:27	—	—	40	21
Gabriel Landeskog L	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.35	3	4	0	20:04	—	—	32	20
Tyson Jost C	L2	0	0	0	+1	5	0.33	0	0	2	15:31	—	—	55	82
J.T. Compher L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.39	3	1	0	14:27	—	—	68	86
Sven Andrighetto R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.47	0	1	0	13:12	—	—	65	82
Matt Nieto L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.08	0	2	0	16:09	—	—	39	28
Blake Comeau L	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.01	3	1	0	15:58	—	—	38	27
Dominic Toninato C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	10:47	—	—	33	25
Colin Wilson C	L4	0	1	1	+1	3	0.63	0	0	0	11:47	—	—	42	59
Gabriel Bourque L	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.12	2	2	0	10:32	—	—	31	62
Alexander Kerfoot C	L4	2	0	2	+1	3	0.31	1	1	0	8:21	—	—	43	73
Tyson Barrie D	D1	1	1	2	+1	5	0.33	2	2	2	24:10	—	—	55	60
Nikita Zadorov D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	0	2	2	15:24	—	—	42	62
Erik Johnson D	D2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.42	3	7	2	28:43	—	—	42	39
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	2	2	0	14:53	—	—	28	38
Patrik Nemeth D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	2	5	0	22:02	—	—	32	21
David Warsofsky D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	10:47	—	—	39	49

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Semyon Varlamov(start)	W	45	44	1	.978	3.48	60:00

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Artem Anisimov C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	0	1	0	16:37	—	—	69	94
Alex DeBrincat R	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.39	0	0	0	14:02	—	—	64	89
Tomas Jurco R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:06	—	—	69	92
Jonathan Toews C	L2	0	1	1	-2	1	0.06	0	2	0	20:32	—	—	49	21
Patrick Kane R	L2	0	1	1	-2	6	0.41	0	1	0	18:48	—	—	49	35
Brandon Saad L	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.21	1	0	0	18:12	—	—	55	29
John Hayden C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	6	0	2	12:00	—	—	54	16
David Kampf C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	0	1	2	11:50	—	—	50	18
Patrick Sharp L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.24	1	0	0	11:48	—	—	62	45
Nick Schmaltz C	L4	0	0	0	-1	5	1.00	0	0	0	16:06	—	—	68	84
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.24	0	0	0	14:18	—	—	53	69
Andreas Martinsen L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	3	0	2	11:22	—	—	68	84
Duncan Keith D	D1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.14	2	2	0	25:09	—	—	65	61
Jan Rutta D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	1	0	18:27	—	—	66	74
Connor Murphy D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	3	3	0	18:30	—	—	61	69
Jordan Oesterle D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	5	3	0	17:54	—	—	68	72
Brent Seabrook D	D3	1	0	1	-1	4	0.17	1	2	0	21:35	—	—	46	31
Erik Gustafsson D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.13	4	1	0	16:44	—	—	43	34

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anton Forsberg(start)	L	39	35	4	.897	3.51	58:55

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.