Colorado Avalanche vs. Chicago BlackhawksJan 12, 2023

FinalThursday, Jan 12, 2023· United Center

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Colorado AvalancheCOL

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Chicago BlackhawksCHI

3

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	1	1	0	2		COL	11	9	13	33
CHI	1	1	1	3		CHI	7	14	9	30

: COL 65CHI 46
: COL 3.48CHI 3.22
PP goals: COL 0CHI 0
Hits: COL 18CHI 31
Blocks: COL 10CHI 18
PIM: COL 6CHI 10
: COL 45%CHI 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Chicago Blackhawks edge Colorado Avalanche 3–2

Chicago Blackhawks beat Colorado Avalanche 3–2 at home. Nathan MacKinnon (COL) led the scoring with 0G 2A. Evan Rodrigues (COL) played 25:13, +7:28 up on his 17:45 season average over 68 games.

Points
Nathan MacKinnon had 2 assists (2 points) on 8 shots in 24:39.MacKinnon
Usage
Evan Rodrigues (COL) played 25:13, +7:28 up on his 17:45 season average over 68 games.Rodrigues
New line
New look for CHI: Athanasiou–Dickinson–Entwistle skated 7:58 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (21.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Athanasiou Dickinson Entwistle
Usage
Jacob MacDonald (COL) played 3:17, −8:55 down on his 12:12 season average over 57 games.MacDonald
Usage
Caleb Jones (CHI) played 13:09, −6:09 down on his 19:18 season average over 72 games.Jones
Usage
Isaak Phillips (CHI) played 12:10, −3:31 down on his 15:41 season average over 15 games.Phillips
Usage
Andreas Athanasiou (CHI) played 12:55, −3:08 down on his 16:03 season average over 80 games.Athanasiou
Usage
Darren Helm (COL) played 5:34, −3:47 down on his 9:21 season average over 10 games.Helm

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 111 of 111 attempts · CHI 46 · COL 65

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 36% of the game, CHI 31%.

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
	60	36
	3.14	2.33
	2.88	2.20
	12	10
	4	2
	11	8
	−0.055	+0.054
	36%	31%

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

L1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Rodrigues
11:0373% CF
L2Compher – Rantanen – Newhook
9:5347% CF
L3Cogliano – Helm – O'Connor
5:1329% CF
D1Toews – Makar
13:3370% CF
D2Johnson – Girard
11:2357% CF
D3Hunt – MacDonald
1:250% CF

PP1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Rantanen – Rodrigues – Makar
6:2867% CF
PP2Compher – Toews – Girard – Kaut – Newhook
2:54100% CF
PK1FCogliano – Compher
1:56
PK2FLehkonen – Rodrigues
0:06
PK1DToews – Makar
1:56
PK2DJohnson – Girard
0:36

Current COL line combinations →

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Toews – Johnson – Raddysh
10:3033% CF
L2Athanasiou – Dickinson – Entwistle
7:5821% CF
L3Domi – Kurashev – Reichel
7:4237% CF
L4Blackwell – Lafferty – Johnson
4:46100% CF
D1McCabe – Jones
14:2324% CF
D2Johnson – Murphy
14:0041% CF
D3Jones – Phillips
9:4250% CF

PP1Toews – Johnson – Jones – Domi – Raddysh
4:34100% CF
PP2Athanasiou – Lafferty – Jones – Kurashev – Reichel
1:18
PK1FDickinson – Lafferty
5:04
PK2FToews – Kurashev
2:13
PK1DJohnson – Murphy
4:36
PK2DMcCabe – Jones
3:05

Current CHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:24
CHISam Lafferty (Colin Blackwell)wrist0.10 xG
COL: Girard, MacDonald, Makar, Kaut, MeyersCHI: Johnson, Blackwell, Murphy, Lafferty, Johnson
COL 0 – 1 CHI
11:40
COLEvan Rodrigues (Nathan MacKinnon)backhand0.01 xG
COL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Toews, Rodrigues, MakarCHI: McCabe, Jones, Domi, Kurashev, Reichel
COL 1 – 1 CHI

2nd period

1:44
CHIAndreas Athanasiou (Isaak Phillips, Petr Mrazek)wrist0.13 xG
COL: Cogliano, Helm, Hunt, MacDermid, O'ConnorCHI: Athanasiou, Dickinson, Jones, Entwistle, Phillips
COL 1 – 2 CHI
11:47
COLCale Makar (Mikko Rantanen, Nathan MacKinnon)wrist0.02 xG
COL: MacKinnon, Toews, Rantanen, Makar, NewhookCHI: McCabe, Athanasiou, Dickinson, Jones, Entwistle
COL 2 – 2 CHI

3rd period

6:36
CHITaylor Raddysh (Tyler Johnson, Jonathan Toews)snap0.22 xG
COL: Compher, Toews, Rantanen, Makar, NewhookCHI: Toews, Johnson, Jones, Raddysh, Phillips
COL 2 – 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
Evan Rodrigues C	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.34	0	0	0	25:13	—	—	77	73
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	2	2	+2	8	0.55	0	1	0	24:39	—	—	76	71
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.17	2	1	0	23:30	—	—	71	64
Mikko Rantanen R	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.16	0	0	0	22:56	—	—	59	61
J.T. Compher L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.61	2	0	0	21:25	—	—	58	60
Alex Newhook C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.58	0	1	0	17:07	—	—	61	62
Andrew Cogliano C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	0	0	14:13	—	—	46	6
Logan O'Connor R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	1	0	0	12:02	—	—	57	44
Darren Helm C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	5:34	—	—	29	3
Cale Makar D	D1	1	0	1	0	4	0.28	1	1	0	27:31	—	—	70	62
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.38	1	1	0	25:16	—	—	70	63
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	21:44	—	—	55	53
Erik Johnson D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	3	2	0	18:08	—	—	56	74
Brad Hunt D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	0	2	9:49	—	—	67	51
Jacob MacDonald D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	2	0	0	3:17	—	—	50	76
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	2	0	2	8:18	—	—	39	30
Ben Meyers C	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	2	8:13	—	—	46	46
Martin Kaut R	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	7:10	—	—	56	46

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pavel Francouz(start)	L	30	27	3	.900	3.22	57:55

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jonathan Toews C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.52	0	1	0	20:04	—	—	35	40
Tyler Johnson C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.21	0	0	0	18:17	—	—	35	24
Taylor Raddysh R	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.58	2	1	0	17:16	—	—	38	36
Jason Dickinson C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	4	0	19:09	—	—	30	31
Andreas Athanasiou C	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.30	0	1	4	12:55	—	—	33	52
MacKenzie Entwistle R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	2	0	2	10:40	—	—	43	50
Max Domi C	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.36	0	0	0	14:59	—	—	36	40
Philipp Kurashev C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.37	0	1	0	14:10	—	—	32	42
Lukas Reichel L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.30	2	0	0	12:32	—	—	31	41
Sam Lafferty C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.14	1	1	0	16:53	—	—	54	78
Colin Blackwell C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	1	0	0	10:06	—	—	86	98
Reese Johnson C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	0	2	8:34	—	—	80	95
Seth Jones D	D1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.03	4	0	0	26:48	—	—	26	21
Jake McCabe D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	5	5	0	20:09	—	—	27	17
Jack Johnson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	3	0	21:09	—	—	43	44
Connor Murphy D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	4	1	2	21:00	—	—	41	40
Caleb Jones D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	1	0	0	13:09	—	—	53	78
Isaak Phillips D	D3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.11	5	0	0	12:10	—	—	41	67

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Petr Mrazek(start)	W	33	31	2	.939	3.48	60:00

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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.