Colorado Avalanche vs. Chicago BlackhawksApr 2, 2025

Final / SOWednesday, Apr 2, 2025· United Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
COL	0	0	2	0	1	3		COL	8	8	13	2	31
CHI	1	1	0	0	0	2		CHI	6	8	7	2	23

: COL 76CHI 50
: COL 4.13CHI 2.31
PP goals: COL 0CHI 0
Hits: COL 25CHI 19
Blocks: COL 14CHI 16
PIM: COL 6CHI 6
: COL 65%CHI 35%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche edge Chicago Blackhawks 3–2 (SO)

Colorado Avalanche beat Chicago Blackhawks 3–2 in a shootout at CHI. Cale Makar (COL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for COL: Lehkonen–MacKinnon–Necas skated 8:00 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Cale Makar had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 31:03.Makar
Points
Connor Murphy had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:04.Murphy
New line
New look for COL: Lehkonen–MacKinnon–Necas skated 8:00 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lehkonen MacKinnon Necas
Usage
Jonathan Drouin (COL) played 6:16, −12:12 down on his 18:28 season average over 42 games.Drouin
Usage
Cale Makar (COL) played 31:03, +5:24 up on his 25:39 season average over 79 games.Makar
Luck
COL scored 2 goals on 4.13 expected goals (76 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Nathan MacKinnon (COL) played 28:18, +5:35 up on his 22:43 season average over 78 games.MacKinnon
New line
New look for CHI: Foligno–Maroon–Veleno skated 6:23 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Foligno Maroon Veleno

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 126 of 126 attempts · CHI 50 · COL 76

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 48% of the game, CHI 24%.

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
	65	48
	3.25	1.89
	3.00	1.83
	20	7
	4	4
	23	25
	+0.138	−0.137
	48%	24%

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 – Necas
8:0047% CF
L2Kelly – Drury – O'Connor
4:5638% CF
L3Coyle – Colton – Kiviranta
4:0986% CF
L4Nelson – Drouin – Nichushkin
3:4680% CF
D1Toews – Makar
14:2456% CF
D2Lindgren – Malinski
10:0169% CF
D3Johnson – Middleton
7:3940% CF

PP1Nelson – MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Necas – Makar
6:4080% CF
PP2Coyle – Lehkonen – Toews – Colton – Drury
0:39
PK1FKelly – O'Connor
1:32
PK2FCoyle – Kiviranta
1:21
PK1DToews – Makar
2:14
PK2DJohnson – Lindgren
2:03

Current COL line combinations →

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Donato – Mikheyev – Bedard
9:4440% CF
L2Teravainen – Bertuzzi – Nazar
6:5957% CF
L3Foligno – Maroon – Veleno
6:2363% CF
L4Reichel – Slaggert – Moore
6:058% CF
D1Vlasic – Rinzel
13:2534% CF
D2Murphy – Del Mastro
12:2942% CF
D3Kaiser – Levshunov
9:5765% CF

PP1Teravainen – Bertuzzi – Donato – Bedard – Levshunov
2:3650% CF
PP2Teravainen – Donato – Vlasic – Rinzel – Bedard
1:35
PK1FTeravainen – Mikheyev
1:04
PK2FFoligno – Nazar
1:04
PK1DMurphy – Vlasic
4:35
PK2DKaiser – Rinzel
0:58

Current CHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Decided in the shootout: COL 3 – 2 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	+1	6	0.80	0	1	2	28:18	—	—	64	84
Martin Necas C	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.44	0	0	0	22:35	—	—	48	48
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	0	0	+2	3	0.50	1	0	2	20:21	—	—	58	82
Logan O'Connor R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	1	1	0	12:49	—	—	41	40
Parker Kelly C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	2	0	0	11:24	—	—	53	39
Jack Drury C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.14	2	2	0	10:51	—	—	31	42
Charlie Coyle C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	2	0	0	14:29	—	—	58	67
Joel Kiviranta L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	2	0	0	11:57	—	—	50	57
Ross Colton C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.27	1	0	0	11:17	—	—	77	77
Valeri Nichushkin R	L4	0	1	1	+1	4	0.74	1	1	2	23:27	—	—	82	100
Brock Nelson C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	19:52	—	—	50	41
Jonathan Drouin L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.21	1	0	0	6:16	—	—	80	100
Cale Makar D	D1	1	1	2	+1	4	0.41	0	2	0	31:03	—	—	61	82
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	3	0	26:36	—	—	58	80
Ryan Lindgren D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	3	0	0	17:14	—	—	58	48
Sam Malinski D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	4	2	0	16:15	—	—	65	56
Erik Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	15:19	—	—	48	49
Keaton Middleton D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:56	—	—	50	44

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Scott Wedgewood(start)	W	23	21	2	.913	2.31	64:01

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Connor Bedard C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.13	3	0	0	23:58	—	—	44	35
Ryan Donato C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.19	0	1	0	22:40	—	—	39	30
Ilya Mikheyev R	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.51	1	1	0	17:14	—	—	48	25
Teuvo Teravainen C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	17:49	—	—	47	61
Frank Nazar C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.47	0	0	0	17:17	—	—	57	82
Tyler Bertuzzi L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	0	1	0	13:03	—	—	40	50
Nick Foligno L	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.17	3	0	2	14:52	—	—	50	23
Joseph Veleno C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	2	1	0	14:12	—	—	40	23
Patrick Maroon L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.15	1	0	0	8:59	—	—	67	59
Oliver Moore C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:05	—	—	11	6
Lukas Reichel L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	12:01	—	—	41	37
Landon Slaggert L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	4	9:56	—	—	38	28
Alex Vlasic D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	1	0	25:45	—	—	38	18
Sam Rinzel D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	1	0	0	23:37	—	—	34	13
Connor Murphy D	D2	1	1	2	+1	3	0.11	1	5	0	22:04	—	—	48	51
Ethan Del Mastro D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	4	1	0	17:01	—	—	39	46
Artyom Levshunov D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	2	1	0	19:57	—	—	41	43
Wyatt Kaiser D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	0	1	0	14:54	—	—	63	57

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Spencer Knight(start)	O	31	29	2	.935	4.13	64:42

Goal anatomy

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

Ilya Mikheyev (CHI SH) 1st 14:39 · assists Frank Nazar, Connor Murphy · Odd-man rush · carried in · 2-on-1 at the blue line · 35.4 mph shot · 2.1 s from entry to goal.

Ilya Mikheyev · 1st 14:39 · CHI SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 35.4 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 2.1 s

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Connor Murphy · 2nd 8:17 · CHI

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 68.8 mph
Distance: 37 ft

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Cale Makar · 3rd 9:17 · COL

Play: cycle
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 62.6 mph
Distance: 26 ft

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Martin Necas · 3rd 19:49 · COL

Play: deflection
Passes: 2
Shot: 49.7 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Type: deflection

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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.

Colorado Avalanche vs. Chicago BlackhawksApr 2, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Colorado Avalanche edge Chicago Blackhawks 3–2 (SO)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Colorado Avalanche

Chicago Blackhawks

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Colorado Avalanche

Chicago Blackhawks

Goal anatomy

Ilya Mikheyev · 1st 14:39 · CHI SH

Connor Murphy · 2nd 8:17 · CHI

Cale Makar · 3rd 9:17 · COL

Martin Necas · 3rd 19:49 · COL