Colorado Avalanche vs. Chicago BlackhawksDec 18, 2019

FinalWednesday, Dec 18, 2019· 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	1	2	1	4		COL	19	10	7	36
CHI	1	0	0	1		CHI	6	16	10	32

: COL 58CHI 61
: COL 3.20CHI 2.08
PP goals: COL 0CHI 0
Hits: COL 40CHI 33
Blocks: COL 20CHI 19
PIM: COL 4CHI 4
: COL 50%CHI 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–1

Colorado Avalanche beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–1 at CHI. Ian Cole (COL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Corey Crawford (CHI) faced 35 shots and stopped 32 (.914), +3 against a season average of 32.4; the loss.

Points
Ian Cole had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 21:31.Cole
Points
Mikko Rantanen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:43.Rantanen
Points
Gabriel Landeskog had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:40.Landeskog
Goalie
Corey Crawford (CHI) faced 35 shots and stopped 32 (.914), +3 against a season average of 32.4; the loss.Crawford
New line
New look for COL: Donskoi–Compher–Nichushkin skated 9:28 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Donskoi Compher Nichushkin
New line
New look for COL: Kadri–Burakovsky–Jost skated 10:32 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kadri Burakovsky Jost
Usage
Andre Burakovsky (COL) played 11:14, −4:02 down on his 15:16 season average over 57 games.Burakovsky
Usage
Ian Cole (COL) played 21:31, +3:53 up on his 17:38 season average over 64 games.Cole

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 119 of 119 attempts · CHI 61 · COL 58

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 28% of the game, CHI 29%.

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
	61	59
	3.14	1.63
	2.92	1.61
	10	7
	5	7
	18	19
	+0.000	+0.000
	28%	29%

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
12:4362% CF
L2Calvert – Nieto – Bellemare
11:2350% CF
L3Kadri – Burakovsky – Jost
10:3260% CF
L4Donskoi – Compher – Nichushkin
9:2836% CF
D1Graves – Girard
13:4254% CF
D2Cole – Zadorov
12:5862% CF
D3Barberio – Lindholm
8:1450% CF

PP1Kadri – Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen – Girard
3:01100% CF
PP2Barberio – Donskoi – Compher – Nichushkin – Girard
0:460% CF
PK1FCalvert – Bellemare
2:37
PK2FNieto – Compher
1:06
PK1DCole – Graves
4:18
PK2DBarberio – Zadorov
1:28

Current COL line combinations →

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Kane – Strome – Nylander
12:5550% CF
L2Carpenter – DeBrincat – Dach
11:3748% CF
L3Toews – Saad – Kubalik
11:0854% CF
L4Smith – Highmore – Kampf
8:0745% CF
D1Keith – Murphy
15:1741% CF
D2Gustafsson – Gilbert
13:4742% CF
D3Maatta – Boqvist
7:2538% CF

PP1Toews – Kane – Gustafsson – Strome – DeBrincat
4:4790% CF
PP2Saad – Kubalik – Carpenter – Boqvist – Dach
0:30100% CF
PK1FToews – Carpenter
1:36
PK2FSmith – Kampf
0:50
PK1DMaatta – Gilbert
1:55
PK2DKeith – Murphy
1:46

Current CHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

8:41
COLIan Cole (Gabriel Landeskog, Nikita Zadorov)snap0.11 xG
COL: Cole, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Zadorov, RantanenCHI: Keith, Toews, Saad, Murphy, Kubalik
COL 1 – 0 CHI
9:48
CHIRyan Carpenter (Alex DeBrincat)snap0.12 xG
COL: Calvert, Barberio, Nieto, Graves, CompherCHI: Gustafsson, Carpenter, Gilbert, DeBrincat, Dach
COL 1 – 1 CHI

2nd period

7:49
COLNathan MacKinnon (Mikko Rantanen, Anton Lindholm)wrist0.10 xG
COL: Landeskog, MacKinnon, Zadorov, Lindholm, RantanenCHI: Keith, Murphy, Carpenter, DeBrincat, Dach
COL 2 – 1 CHI
10:08
COLAndre Burakovskywrist0.03 xG
COL: Cole, Kadri, Burakovsky, Zadorov, JostCHI: Murphy, Maatta, Carpenter, DeBrincat, Dach
COL 3 – 1 CHI

3rd period

17:04
COLMikko RantanenEN (Gabriel Landeskog, Ian Cole)wrist0.54 xG
COL: Cole, Landeskog, Graves, MacKinnon, RantanenCHI: Toews, Kane, Gustafsson, Strome, DeBrincat, Boqvist
COL 4 – 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	1	0	1	+3	5	0.53	2	0	0	18:17	—	—	63	85
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	1	1	2	+3	1	0.59	1	0	0	17:43	—	—	58	81
Gabriel Landeskog L	L1	0	2	2	+3	1	0.09	9	1	0	16:40	—	—	59	87
Matt Calvert L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	3	2	0	16:50	—	—	52	65
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.26	1	0	0	15:39	—	—	48	69
Matt Nieto L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.23	1	0	0	15:14	—	—	52	62
Nazem Kadri C	L3	0	0	0	+1	4	0.24	1	1	0	15:15	—	—	56	64
Tyson Jost C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.15	3	0	0	11:37	—	—	59	64
Andre Burakovsky L	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.04	1	2	0	11:14	—	—	63	67
J.T. Compher L	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.19	2	2	0	13:41	—	—	37	29
Joonas Donskoi R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	3	0	12:50	—	—	35	19
Valeri Nichushkin R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	2	12:31	—	—	39	36
Samuel Girard D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.27	3	0	0	23:50	—	—	55	67
Ryan Graves D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	3	1	0	22:32	—	—	57	61
Ian Cole D	D2	1	1	2	+3	5	0.28	2	2	0	21:31	—	—	60	72
Nikita Zadorov D	D2	0	1	1	+3	2	0.05	2	1	0	20:30	—	—	51	69
Mark Barberio D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	2	0	16:07	—	—	39	54
Anton Lindholm D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	1	0	12:01	—	—	40	71

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pavel Francouz(start)	W	32	31	1	.969	2.08	60:00

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Patrick Kane R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.41	1	0	0	22:23	—	—	53	49
Dylan Strome C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	0	1	0	19:27	—	—	52	36
Alex Nylander L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	4	0	0	14:43	—	—	48	40
Alex DeBrincat R	L2	0	1	1	-2	1	0.08	0	0	0	18:35	—	—	53	46
Ryan Carpenter C	L2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.14	3	1	0	15:11	—	—	47	41
Kirby Dach C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.23	0	0	0	13:43	—	—	48	41
Jonathan Toews C	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.43	1	1	0	20:03	—	—	48	24
Brandon Saad L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	1	2	2	15:05	—	—	54	26
Dominik Kubalik L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	12:39	—	—	50	18
David Kampf C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	10:32	—	—	42	29
Zack Smith C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	9:52	—	—	42	29
Matthew Highmore C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	1	2	0	9:23	—	—	39	23
Duncan Keith D	D1	0	0	0	-2	6	0.14	1	2	0	23:16	—	—	54	24
Connor Murphy D	D1	0	0	0	-3	2	0.04	5	4	0	20:56	—	—	44	15
Erik Gustafsson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	5	0	2	25:10	—	—	51	64
Dennis Gilbert D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	4	4	0	16:51	—	—	42	45
Olli Maatta D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	1	0	0	15:40	—	—	50	43
Adam Boqvist D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	1	1	0	12:50	—	—	50	40

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Corey Crawford(start)	L	35	32	3	.914	2.65	59:42

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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.