Colorado Avalanche vs. Chicago BlackhawksJan 4, 2022

Final / OTTuesday, Jan 4, 2022· United Center

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Colorado AvalancheCOL

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Chicago BlackhawksCHI

3

Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
COL	2	0	1	1	4		COL	14	7	9	3	33
CHI	0	1	2	0	3		CHI	5	17	8	1	31

: COL 67CHI 51
: COL 2.56CHI 3.08
PP goals: COL 0CHI 2
Hits: COL 31CHI 29
Blocks: COL 12CHI 21
PIM: COL 11CHI 9
: COL 53%CHI 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche edge Chicago Blackhawks 4–3 (OT)

Colorado Avalanche beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–3 in overtime at CHI. Erik Johnson (COL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. CHI's first power-play unit (Kane, Jones, Strome, DeBrincat and Dach) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:31 together.

Points
Alex DeBrincat had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:35.DeBrincat
Points
Erik Johnson had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 12:58.Johnson
Points
Nazem Kadri had 2 assists (2 points) in 17:38.Kadri
Points
Patrick Kane had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:37.Kane
Points
Seth Jones had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 29:45.Jones
PP1
CHI's first power-play unit (Kane, Jones, Strome, DeBrincat and Dach) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:31 together.Kane Jones Strome DeBrincat Dach
Usage
MacKenzie Entwistle (CHI) played 18:09, +8:03 up on his 10:06 season average over 54 games.Entwistle
Usage
Dylan Strome (CHI) played 10:02, −7:31 down on his 17:33 season average over 68 games.Strome

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 118 of 118 attempts · CHI 51 · 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 40% of the game, CHI 27%.

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
	67	50
	2.03	2.46
	1.99	2.36
	5	16
	6	7
	20	16
	−0.013	+0.013
	40%	27%

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
16:2655% CF
L2Kadri – Burakovsky – Compher
12:3865% CF
L3Aube-Kubel – O'Connor – Newhook
5:0060% CF
D1Toews – Makar
15:5462% CF
D2Girard – Byram
12:1647% CF
D3Johnson – Johnson
4:4543% CF

PP1Kadri – Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen – Makar
2:15100% CF
PP2Burakovsky – Compher – Toews – Girard – Newhook
1:43100% CF
PK1FCompher – O'Connor
2:01
PK2FHelm – Jost
1:10
PK1DToews – Makar
2:01
PK2DJohnson – Girard
0:50

Current COL line combinations →

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Entwistle – Kurashev – Dach
14:5433% CF
L2Toews – Kubalik – DeBrincat
10:3226% CF
L3Kane – Borgstrom – Hagel
9:2463% CF
L4Khaira – Carpenter – Strome
4:0960% CF
D1McCabe – Jones
16:5447% CF
D2de Haan – Murphy
13:4733% CF
D3Jones – Stillman
9:3148% CF

PP1Kane – Jones – Strome – DeBrincat – Dach
2:31100% CF
PP2Toews – Kubalik – Jones – Borgstrom – Kurashev
1:050% CF
PK1FKhaira – Carpenter
1:31
PK2FToews – Hagel
1:29
PK1DMurphy – McCabe
2:08
PK2Dde Haan – Jones
1:36

Current CHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

7:43
COLErik Johnson (Nazem Kadri)wrist0.02 xG
COL: Johnson, Johnson, Kadri, Burakovsky, CompherCHI: Toews, McCabe, Kubalik, Jones, DeBrincat
COL 1 – 0 CHI
13:54
COLAlex Newhook (Nicolas Aube-Kubel)backhand0.11 xG
COL: Aube-Kubel, Makar, O'Connor, Byram, NewhookCHI: Kane, Jones, Stillman, Borgstrom, Hagel
COL 2 – 0 CHI

2nd period

4:47
CHIJonathan Toews (MacKenzie Entwistle, Seth Jones)wrist0.04 xG
COL: Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen, Girard, ByramCHI: Toews, McCabe, Jones, DeBrincat, Entwistle
COL 2 – 1 CHI

3rd period

2:18
CHIAlex DeBrincatPP (Patrick Kane, Seth Jones)slap0.25 xG
COL: Compher, Toews, O'ConnorCHI: Toews, Kane, Kubalik, Jones, DeBrincat
COL 2 – 2 CHI
2:58
CHIAlex DeBrincatPP (Patrick Kane, Dylan Strome)wrist0.10 xG
COL: Compher, Toews, Makar, O'ConnorCHI: Kane, Jones, Strome, DeBrincat, Dach
COL 2 – 3 CHI
11:44
COLErik Johnson (Andre Burakovsky, Nazem Kadri)wrist0.01 xG
COL: Johnson, Kadri, Burakovsky, Compher, GirardCHI: Kane, McCabe, Stillman, Borgstrom, Hagel
COL 3 – 3 CHI

OT period

2:38
COLCale Makar (Nathan MacKinnon, Gabriel Landeskog)backhand0.06 xG
COL: Landeskog, MacKinnon, MakarCHI: Jones, Kurashev, Dach
COL 4 – 3 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	1	1	0	2	0.33	1	1	2	23:59	—	—	58	44
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.40	3	0	0	23:15	—	—	56	40
Gabriel Landeskog L	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.17	5	2	5	21:20	—	—	58	53
J.T. Compher L	L2	0	0	0	+2	3	0.34	0	3	0	20:17	—	—	60	42
Nazem Kadri C	L2	0	2	2	+2	0	0.22	0	0	0	17:38	—	—	68	48
Andre Burakovsky L	L2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:28	—	—	62	45
Logan O'Connor R	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.10	1	0	0	13:22	—	—	54	75
Alex Newhook C	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.34	1	1	0	12:18	—	—	44	50
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	7	0	0	9:39	—	—	60	50
Cale Makar D	D1	1	0	1	+2	4	0.22	1	1	0	28:32	—	—	62	51
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.22	0	2	0	28:05	—	—	62	40
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	22:46	—	—	59	39
Bowen Byram D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	4	0	0	20:22	—	—	54	36
Erik Johnson D	D3	2	0	2	+2	5	0.10	3	1	2	12:58	—	—	59	69
Jack Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:01	—	—	38	51
Tyson Jost C	—	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	1	0	2	11:36	—	—	48	41
Darren Helm C	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	7:16	—	—	47	23
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	0	0	4:50	—	—	64	28

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	W	31	28	3	.903	3.08	62:38

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kirby Dach C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.23	0	1	2	22:25	—	—	34	41
Philipp Kurashev C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	18:36	—	—	33	34
MacKenzie Entwistle R	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.22	1	1	0	18:09	—	—	39	49
Alex DeBrincat R	L2	2	0	2	0	3	0.82	0	1	0	18:35	—	—	36	61
Jonathan Toews C	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.29	1	1	0	18:25	—	—	37	66
Dominik Kubalik L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.20	1	0	0	14:34	—	—	24	44
Patrick Kane R	L3	0	2	2	-2	5	0.24	0	0	0	19:37	—	—	52	59
Brandon Hagel L	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.25	1	1	0	15:24	—	—	64	72
Henrik Borgstrom C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.16	0	0	2	13:37	—	—	57	59
Dylan Strome C	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.10	1	0	0	10:02	—	—	50	57
Jujhar Khaira L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	2	1	0	9:28	—	—	47	62
Ryan Carpenter C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	2	1	0	6:54	—	—	60	80
Seth Jones D	D1	0	2	2	-1	3	0.12	1	4	0	29:45	—	—	45	59
Jake McCabe D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	4	0	22:46	—	—	45	53
Calvin de Haan D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	7	2	0	21:39	—	—	37	54
Connor Murphy D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	0	5	19:25	—	—	30	39
Riley Stillman D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	3	1	0	12:38	—	—	47	62
Caleb Jones D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	3	2	0	11:45	—	—	48	58

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	O	33	29	4	.879	2.56	62:38

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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.