Colorado Avalanche vs. Chicago BlackhawksDec 19, 2023

FinalTuesday, Dec 19, 2023· United Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	2	0	0	2		COL	12	13	12	37
CHI	2	0	1	3		CHI	8	11	3	22

: COL 66CHI 42
: COL 3.96CHI 2.42
PP goals: COL 2CHI 1
Hits: COL 19CHI 26
Blocks: COL 6CHI 14
PIM: COL 32CHI 16
: COL 52%CHI 48%

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. Valeri Nichushkin (COL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. CHI's first power-play unit (Foligno, Johnson, Raddysh, Zaitsev and Bedard) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 3:56 together.

Points
Valeri Nichushkin had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 25:47.Nichushkin
Points
Ryan Donato had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:29.Donato
Points
Connor Bedard had 2 assists (2 points) on 6 shots in 21:52.Bedard
Points
Nikita Zaitsev had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:17.Zaitsev
PP1
CHI's first power-play unit (Foligno, Johnson, Raddysh, Zaitsev and Bedard) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 3:56 together.Foligno Johnson Raddysh Zaitsev Bedard
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (MacKinnon, Drouin, Nichushkin, Toews and Rantanen) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:30 together.MacKinnon Drouin Nichushkin Toews Rantanen
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New look for CHI: Donato–Reichel–Bedard skated 10:14 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Donato Reichel Bedard
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New look for CHI: Foligno–Blackwell–Dickinson skated 10:03 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Foligno Blackwell Dickinson

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 108 of 108 attempts · CHI 42 · COL 66

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 47% of the game, CHI 26%.

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
	58	42
	2.58	2.30
	2.48	2.11
	11	8
	2	6
	18	19
	+0.060	−0.060
	47%	26%

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

L1MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Rantanen
14:3765% CF
L2Johansen – O'Connor – Meyers
7:5164% CF
L3Wood – Drouin – Colton
7:1744% CF
D1Toews – Byram
7:1950% CF
D2Jones – Malinski
5:4682% CF
D3Johnson – Manson
4:5875% CF

PP1MacKinnon – Drouin – Nichushkin – Toews – Rantanen
3:30100% CF
PP2Johansen – Wood – Colton – Byram – Malinski
0:27
PK1FNichushkin – Kiviranta
2:17
PK2FWood – O'Connor
1:23
PK1DManson – Toews
5:09
PK2DJohnson – Byram
2:48

Current COL line combinations →

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Donato – Reichel – Bedard
10:1450% CF
L2Foligno – Blackwell – Dickinson
10:0350% CF
L3Johnson – Beauvillier – Raddysh
8:3817% CF
L4Entwistle – Guttman – Johnson
3:0333% CF
D1Murphy – Phillips
18:3346% CF
D2Zaitsev – Roos
10:0926% CF
D3Crevier – Kaiser
9:5525% CF

PP1Foligno – Johnson – Raddysh – Zaitsev – Bedard
3:5667% CF
PP2Donato – Beauvillier – Guttman – Reichel – Roos
2:07100% CF
PK1FFoligno – Dickinson
0:48
PK2FDonato – Raddysh
0:42
PK1DCrevier – Phillips
1:13
PK2DZaitsev – Kaiser
0:36

Current CHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

7:29
CHIRyan Donato (Nikita Zaitsev, Connor Bedard)snap0.50 xG
COL: Wood, Drouin, Colton, Byram, MalinskiCHI: Donato, Zaitsev, Reichel, Kaiser, Bedard
COL 0 – 1 CHI
9:22
COLValeri NichushkinPP (Jonathan Drouin, Nathan MacKinnon)snap0.20 xG
COL: MacKinnon, Drouin, Nichushkin, Toews, RantanenCHI: Dickinson, Raddysh, Crevier, Kaiser
COL 1 – 1 CHI
11:25
COLValeri NichushkinPP (Mikko Rantanen, Sam Malinski)backhand0.48 xG
COL: Drouin, Nichushkin, Toews, Rantanen, MalinskiCHI: Donato, Raddysh, Crevier, Kaiser
COL 2 – 1 CHI
12:56
CHILukas Reichel (Connor Bedard, Ryan Donato)wrist0.12 xG
COL: Johnson, Wood, Drouin, Toews, ColtonCHI: Murphy, Donato, Reichel, Phillips, Bedard
COL 2 – 2 CHI

3rd period

8:19
CHITyler JohnsonPP (Nick Foligno, Nikita Zaitsev)tip-in0.13 xG
COL: Manson, Nichushkin, Olofsson, ToewsCHI: Foligno, Johnson, Raddysh, Zaitsev, Bedard
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
Valeri Nichushkin R	L1	2	0	2	0	5	1.34	4	0	2	25:47	—	—	59	65
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	0	1	1	0	7	0.84	1	1	0	24:24	—	—	55	56
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.11	0	0	0	22:26	—	—	58	56
Logan O'Connor R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.60	0	1	0	17:41	—	—	68	88
Ryan Johansen C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	12	14:33	—	—	75	90
Ben Meyers C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	10:11	—	—	56	70
Jonathan Drouin L	L3	0	1	1	-2	2	0.25	2	0	0	16:22	—	—	44	33
Miles Wood L	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.25	1	0	16	12:11	—	—	52	36
Ross Colton C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.08	2	1	0	10:36	—	—	54	40
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.02	1	0	0	29:50	—	—	52	47
Bowen Byram D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	23:29	—	—	50	34
Sam Malinski D	D2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.14	0	0	0	14:06	—	—	66	52
Caleb Jones D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	4	0	0	10:27	—	—	72	83
Josh Manson D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	0	0	21:21	—	—	74	78
Jack Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	0	0	15:59	—	—	44	44
Joel Kiviranta L	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	10:10	—	—	75	68
Fredrik Olofsson L	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	0	8:52	—	—	55	51
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	0	2	4:25	—	—	57	56

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	L	22	19	3	.864	2.42	58:15

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Connor Bedard C	L1	0	2	2	+2	6	0.35	0	0	2	21:52	—	—	45	58
Ryan Donato C	L1	1	1	2	+2	2	0.52	0	0	0	19:29	—	—	54	69
Lukas Reichel L	L1	1	0	1	+2	3	0.27	0	0	0	15:04	—	—	52	65
Nick Foligno L	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	23:03	—	—	46	38
Jason Dickinson C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	2	1	0	18:35	—	—	54	45
Colin Blackwell C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.22	6	0	0	16:41	—	—	52	42
Taylor Raddysh R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	0	1	0	17:04	—	—	19	20
Anthony Beauvillier R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	1	0	0	15:20	—	—	29	31
Tyler Johnson C	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.14	0	1	0	15:06	—	—	18	20
Cole Guttman C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	0	0	0	8:25	—	—	57	67
Reese Johnson C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	6:52	—	—	29	43
MacKenzie Entwistle R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	6:10	—	—	36	33
Connor Murphy D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	2	2	22:43	—	—	46	45
Isaak Phillips D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.13	3	1	10	22:31	—	—	45	41
Nikita Zaitsev D	D2	0	2	2	+1	1	0.18	4	1	0	17:17	—	—	44	60
Filip Roos D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	4	0	0	17:00	—	—	35	31
Louis Crevier D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	3	5	0	16:35	—	—	29	32
Wyatt Kaiser D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:23	—	—	46	68

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Petr Mrazek(start)	W	37	35	2	.946	3.96	59:52

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Ryan Donato (CHI) 1st 7:29 · assists Nikita Zaitsev, Connor Bedard · Rebound · 26.3 mph shot.

Ryan Donato · 1st 7:29 · CHI

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 26.3 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Type: rebound

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Valeri Nichushkin · 1st 9:22 · COL PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 4
Shot: 28.6 mph
Distance: 10 ft

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Valeri Nichushkin · 1st 11:25 · COL PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 10.3 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Type: rebound

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Lukas Reichel · 1st 12:56 · CHI

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 74.7 mph
Distance: 23 ft
Entry to goal: 3.1 s

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Tyler Johnson · 3rd 8:19 · CHI PP

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 4
Shot: 22.1 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Entry to goal: 3.8 s

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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.