Colorado Avalanche vs. Chicago BlackhawksMar 20, 2026

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	2	0	2	4		COL	20	15	14	49
CHI	0	1	0	1		CHI	5	6	9	20

: COL 87CHI 42
: COL 4.43CHI 2.31
PP goals: COL 2CHI 0
Hits: COL 19CHI 19
Blocks: COL 6CHI 21
PIM: COL 6CHI 10
: COL 59%CHI 41%

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. Martin Necas (COL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. COL's first power-play unit (Kadri, Nelson, MacKinnon, Necas and Makar) scored 2 power-play goals on 5 attempts in 4:24 together.

Points
Martin Necas had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 20:40.Necas
Points
Nathan MacKinnon had 3 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 22:12.MacKinnon
Points
Valeri Nichushkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:52.Nichushkin
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (Kadri, Nelson, MacKinnon, Necas and Makar) scored 2 power-play goals on 5 attempts in 4:24 together.Kadri Nelson MacKinnon Necas Makar
Goalie
Arvid Soderblom (CHI) faced 49 shots and stopped 45 (.918), +19 against a season average of 29.8; the loss.Soderblom
New line
New look for CHI: Teravainen–Donato–Mikheyev skated 6:24 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Teravainen Donato Mikheyev
New line
New look for CHI: Bertuzzi–Nazar–Lardis skated 5:17 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bertuzzi Nazar Lardis
New line
New look for CHI: Toninato–Lafferty–Slaggert skated 4:33 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (20% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Toninato Lafferty Slaggert

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 129 of 129 attempts · CHI 42 · COL 87

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 56% of the game, CHI 17%.

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

Head-to-head matchups

CHI skaters (rows) against COL skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the CHI side.

Matchup matrix

CHI xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	COL	CHI
	95	41
	4.70	2.25
	4.25	2.15
	22	10
	5	4
	22	17
	+0.039	−0.039
	56%	17%

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 – Necas
10:2956% CF
L2Kelly – Drury – Kiviranta
9:3785% CF
L3Bardakov – Ivan – Brindley
8:0473% CF
L4Kadri – Nelson – Roy
7:2375% CF
D1Toews – Malinski
11:3372% CF
D2Burns – Manson
10:5665% CF
D3Kulak – Makar
10:3961% CF

PP1Kadri – Nelson – MacKinnon – Necas – Makar
4:2483% CF
PP2Burns – Nichushkin – Toews – Roy – Brindley
0:5067% CF
PK1FNichushkin – Roy
0:57
PK2FKelly – Drury
0:54
PK1DToews – Makar
1:54
PK2DBurns – Manson
1:16

Current COL line combinations →

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Burakovsky – Greene – Bedard
8:5250% CF
L2Teravainen – Donato – Mikheyev
6:2433% CF
L3Bertuzzi – Nazar – Lardis
5:1733% CF
L4Toninato – Lafferty – Slaggert
4:3320% CF
D1Kaiser – Rinzel
14:4153% CF
D2Vlasic – Levshunov
12:0624% CF
D3Grzelcyk – Del Mastro
11:0914% CF

PP1Teravainen – Bertuzzi – Nazar – Bedard – Levshunov
2:13100% CF
PP2Burakovsky – Donato – Greene – Rinzel – Lardis
1:16100% CF
PK1FMikheyev – Greene
2:24
PK2FTeravainen – Slaggert
0:36
PK1DVlasic – Levshunov
1:58
PK2DGrzelcyk – Kaiser
1:43

Current CHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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	3	3	+1	4	0.26	3	0	0	22:12	—	—	58	58
Martin Necas C	L1	1	2	3	+1	5	0.51	1	1	0	20:40	—	—	62	66
Valeri Nichushkin R	L1	1	1	2	+1	1	0.28	0	0	0	16:52	—	—	49	44
Parker Kelly C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.17	3	0	0	14:08	—	—	88	87
Jack Drury C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.66	0	0	2	12:58	—	—	87	86
Joel Kiviranta L	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.39	1	0	0	12:07	—	—	85	82
Gavin Brindley C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.38	1	0	0	12:29	—	—	56	47
Zakhar Bardakov C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	9:52	—	—	67	87
Ivan Ivan C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:09	—	—	57	56
Brock Nelson C	L4	1	0	1	0	5	0.62	0	1	2	17:54	—	—	78	67
Nazem Kadri C	L4	1	0	1	0	3	0.17	2	0	0	17:37	—	—	75	74
Nicolas Roy C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.29	1	1	0	13:02	—	—	71	71
Sam Malinski D	D1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.33	1	1	0	19:51	—	—	74	80
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	0	2	19:38	—	—	69	70
Brent Burns D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	0.15	0	0	0	17:50	—	—	71	69
Josh Manson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	2	1	0	16:18	—	—	63	62
Cale Makar D	D3	0	1	1	0	4	0.11	0	0	0	23:54	—	—	69	63
Brett Kulak D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	0	0	18:10	—	—	71	64

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	W	20	19	1	.950	2.31	59:19

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan Greene C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	19:42	—	—	39	60
Connor Bedard C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.17	0	0	0	18:38	—	—	36	45
Andre Burakovsky L	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.26	0	0	0	15:02	—	—	39	69
Teuvo Teravainen C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	0	2	0	17:13	—	—	30	24
Ilya Mikheyev R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	16:00	—	—	25	4
Ryan Donato C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.15	0	1	2	11:32	—	—	29	4
Frank Nazar C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.56	1	3	0	19:04	—	—	24	32
Tyler Bertuzzi L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	0	1	0	16:25	—	—	26	35
Nick Lardis L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.20	2	0	0	12:46	—	—	30	29
Landon Slaggert L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.07	2	1	0	11:29	—	—	26	17
Dominic Toninato C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	2	9:21	—	—	20	9
Sam Lafferty C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	9:06	—	—	20	14
Wyatt Kaiser D	D1	1	0	1	0	3	0.27	1	0	0	21:38	—	—	49	42
Sam Rinzel D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.06	1	3	2	19:40	—	—	54	59
Artyom Levshunov D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	4	1	4	21:23	—	—	25	29
Alex Vlasic D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	0	4	0	19:11	—	—	24	32
Matt Grzelcyk D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	19:59	—	—	14	13
Ethan Del Mastro D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	1	0	14:26	—	—	20	20

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Arvid Soderblom(start)	L	49	45	4	.918	4.43	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Martin Necas (COL) 1st 13:19 · assists Valeri Nichushkin, Nathan MacKinnon · Rush · carried in · 32.5 mph shot · 4.6 s from entry to goal.

Martin Necas · 1st 13:19 · COL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 32.5 mph
Distance: 24 ft
Entry to goal: 4.6 s

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Brock Nelson · 1st 15:22 · COL PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 3
Shot: 20.9 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Type: deflection

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Wyatt Kaiser · 2nd 6:48 · CHI

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 5-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 23.2 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 s

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Nazem Kadri · 3rd 0:36 · COL PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 48.9 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Type: rebound

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Valeri Nichushkin · 3rd 8:34 · COL

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 58.1 mph
Distance: 23 ft
Entry to goal: 3.1 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.

Colorado Avalanche vs. Chicago BlackhawksMar 20, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Colorado Avalanche beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Colorado Avalanche

Chicago Blackhawks

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Colorado Avalanche

Chicago Blackhawks

Goal anatomy

Martin Necas · 1st 13:19 · COL

Brock Nelson · 1st 15:22 · COL PP

Wyatt Kaiser · 2nd 6:48 · CHI

Nazem Kadri · 3rd 0:36 · COL PP

Valeri Nichushkin · 3rd 8:34 · COL