Colorado Avalanche vs. Columbus Blue JacketsApr 1, 2024

FinalMonday, Apr 1, 2024· Nationwide Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	0	0	1	1		COL	11	17	18	46
CBJ	0	3	1	4		CBJ	7	14	4	25

: COL 79CBJ 55
: COL 3.78CBJ 3.10
PP goals: COL 0CBJ 0
Hits: COL 7CBJ 24
Blocks: COL 19CBJ 13
PIM: COL 4CBJ 6
: COL 56%CBJ 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Colorado Avalanche 4–1

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Colorado Avalanche 4–1 at home. Alex Nylander (CBJ) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Daniil Tarasov (CBJ) faced 46 shots and stopped 45 (.978), +13 against a season average of 33.2; the win.

Points
Alex Nylander had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:05.Nylander
Points
Kirill Marchenko had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:11.Marchenko
Points
Erik Gudbranson had 2 assists (2 points) in 22:04.Gudbranson
Goalie
Daniil Tarasov (CBJ) faced 46 shots and stopped 45 (.978), +13 against a season average of 33.2; the win.Tarasov
Usage
Alexandre Texier (CBJ) played 22:58, +7:53 up on his 15:05 season average over 77 games.Texier
Luck
COL scored 1 goal on 3.78 expected goals (79 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Cole Sillinger (CBJ) played 22:46, +6:44 up on his 16:02 season average over 76 games.Sillinger
Usage
Jonathan Drouin (COL) played 26:06, +8:01 up on his 18:05 season average over 78 games.Drouin

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)CBJ attacks right (top on phones) →

CBJ
COL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 134 of 134 attempts · CBJ 55 · COL 79

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

CBJ
COL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

CBJ 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, CBJ 32%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

CBJ

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	CBJ
	62	50
	2.41	1.70
	2.27	1.66
	13	8
	4	10
	4	11
	+0.051	−0.050
	40%	32%

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 – Drouin – Rantanen
14:3752% CF
L2Parise – Wood – Colton
9:1442% CF
L3Lehkonen – Duhaime – Mittelstadt
8:4463% CF
L4Cogliano – Wagner – Foudy
3:3360% CF
D1Toews – Makar
12:0933% CF
D2Johnson – Walker
10:3060% CF
D3Manson – Girard
9:0864% CF

PP1MacKinnon – Drouin – Rantanen – Mittelstadt – Makar
6:4994% CF
PK1FCogliano – Lehkonen
0:50
PK2FWagner – Duhaime
0:20
PK1DToews – Makar
1:36
PK2DManson – Girard
0:58

Current COL line combinations →

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Texier – Marchenko – Sillinger
12:3650% CF
L2Gaudreau – Nylander – Voronkov
10:1941% CF
L3Gaunce – Olivier – Pyyhtia
7:1036% CF
L4Danforth – Meyer – Malatesta
6:3436% CF
D1Severson – Werenski
19:0352% CF
D2Provorov – Bean
7:0227% CF
D3Gudbranson – Christiansen
4:0415% CF

PP1Gaudreau – Werenski – Nylander – Marchenko – Voronkov
1:53100% CF
PP2Severson – Provorov – Texier – Sillinger – Malatesta
0:57100% CF
PK1FTexier – Sillinger
2:29
PK2FGaunce – Pyyhtia
1:09
PK1DGudbranson – Provorov
4:59
PK2DSeverson – Werenski
0:51

Current CBJ line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

9:35
CBJKirill Marchenko (Erik Gudbranson, Johnny Gaudreau)backhand0.10 xG
COL: Parise, Wood, Girard, Colton, MakarCBJ: Gudbranson, Bean, Texier, Marchenko, Sillinger
COL 0 – 1 CBJ
14:12
CBJAlex Nylander (Dmitri Voronkov, Ivan Provorov)snap0.02 xG
COL: Manson, Lehkonen, Girard, Duhaime, MittelstadtCBJ: Gaudreau, Provorov, Bean, Nylander, Voronkov
COL 0 – 2 CBJ
18:03
CBJAlex Nylander (Jake Bean, Erik Gudbranson)backhand0.33 xG
COL: Parise, Wood, Toews, Colton, WalkerCBJ: Gudbranson, Gaudreau, Bean, Nylander, Voronkov
COL 0 – 3 CBJ

3rd period

4:39
COLChris Wagner (Sean Walker, Artturi Lehkonen)tip-in0.04 xG
COL: Wagner, Manson, Lehkonen, Duhaime, WalkerCBJ: Gudbranson, Gaudreau, Nylander, Christiansen, Voronkov
COL 1 – 3 CBJ
18:27
CBJCole SillingerEN (Alexandre Texier, Kirill Marchenko)tip-in0.98 xG
COL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Drouin, Toews, Rantanen, MakarCBJ: Severson, Werenski, Texier, Marchenko, Sillinger
COL 1 – 4 CBJ

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
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	0	0	0	-1	6	0.67	1	0	0	28:04	—	—	60	80
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	0	0	-1	9	0.93	0	0	0	26:22	—	—	52	74
Jonathan Drouin L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	26:06	—	—	55	72
Ross Colton C	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:31	—	—	48	18
Zach Parise L	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:21	—	—	44	23
Miles Wood L	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.05	0	1	0	12:11	—	—	48	25
Casey Mittelstadt C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.47	0	1	0	18:13	—	—	63	79
Artturi Lehkonen L	L3	0	1	1	-1	4	0.38	0	2	0	17:14	—	—	62	76
Brandon Duhaime L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	2	1	0	11:09	—	—	67	79
Andrew Cogliano C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:09	—	—	56	73
Chris Wagner R	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.05	2	1	2	6:37	—	—	55	64
Jean-Luc Foudy C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	4:30	—	—	60	62
Cale Makar D	D1	0	0	0	-2	6	0.70	0	4	0	25:40	—	—	44	54
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.08	1	3	0	23:12	—	—	35	47
Sean Walker D	D2	0	1	1	0	3	0.21	0	2	0	16:35	—	—	62	38
Jack Johnson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	13:54	—	—	67	79
Samuel Girard D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	0	1	2	17:16	—	—	66	81
Josh Manson D	D3	0	0	0	0	4	0.05	0	3	0	16:27	—	—	66	69

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Justus Annunen(start)	L	24	21	3	.875	2.12	58:29

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alexandre Texier L	L1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.10	2	2	0	22:58	—	—	52	33
Cole Sillinger C	L1	1	0	1	+2	3	1.01	2	0	2	22:46	—	—	50	27
Kirill Marchenko R	L1	1	1	2	+2	3	0.36	0	0	0	18:11	—	—	46	39
Johnny Gaudreau L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.10	0	0	2	16:45	—	—	43	43
Alex Nylander L	L2	2	0	2	+1	3	0.45	1	0	0	15:05	—	—	47	43
Dmitri Voronkov L	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.06	2	2	0	14:05	—	—	45	45
Brendan Gaunce C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.28	0	3	0	14:00	—	—	47	58
Mikael Pyyhtia L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	0	0	12:47	—	—	40	55
Mathieu Olivier R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6	0	0	11:28	—	—	36	41
Justin Danforth R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	9:31	—	—	31	31
James Malatesta L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.40	2	0	0	8:44	—	—	36	71
Carson Meyer R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	2	0	0	7:55	—	—	36	71
Zach Werenski D	D1	0	0	0	+1	6	0.11	0	1	2	24:56	—	—	48	38
Damon Severson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	0	0	0	24:38	—	—	58	46
Ivan Provorov D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.10	1	2	0	22:44	—	—	36	18
Jake Bean D	D2	0	1	1	+3	1	0.04	2	2	0	15:42	—	—	47	60
Erik Gudbranson D	D3	0	2	2	+1	0	0.02	1	0	0	22:04	—	—	41	53
Jake Christiansen D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	7:48	—	—	35	37

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Daniil Tarasov(start)	W	46	45	1	.978	3.78	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Alex Nylander (CBJ) 2nd 18:03 · assists Jake Bean, Erik Gudbranson · Cycle · 24.0 mph shot.

Alex Nylander · 2nd 18:03 · CBJ

Play: cycle
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 24.0 mph
Distance: 9 ft

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Kirill Marchenko · 2nd 9:35 · CBJ

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 32.3 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s
Type: deflection

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Alex Nylander · 2nd 14:12 · CBJ

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 68.5 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s

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Chris Wagner · 3rd 4:39 · COL

Play: deflection
Passes: 1
Shot: 10.5 mph
Distance: 17 ft
Type: deflection

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Cole Sillinger · 3rd 18:27 · CBJ EN

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 21.7 mph
Distance: 11 ft

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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.