Colorado Avalanche vs. Columbus Blue JacketsApr 3, 2025

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	2	3	2	7		COL	10	14	8	32
CBJ	1	2	0	3		CBJ	12	9	9	30

: COL 63CBJ 74
: COL 3.13CBJ 2.76
PP goals: COL 1CBJ 0
Hits: COL 15CBJ 22
Blocks: COL 20CBJ 9
PIM: COL 4CBJ 4
: COL 49%CBJ 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche rout Columbus Blue Jackets 7–3

Colorado Avalanche beat Columbus Blue Jackets 7–3 at CBJ. Cale Makar (COL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. COL scored 7 goals on 3.14 expected goals (63 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

Points
Cale Makar had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 21:33.Makar
Points
Charlie Coyle had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 14:55.Coyle
Points
Devon Toews had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 21:18.Toews
Points
Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 17:31.MacKinnon
Points
Miles Wood had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 11:33.Wood
Luck
COL scored 7 goals on 3.14 expected goals (63 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for COL: Nelson–Vesey–Colton skated 10:44 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (60.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nelson Vesey Colton
Usage
Nathan MacKinnon (COL) played 17:31, −5:20 down on his 22:51 season average over 78 games.MacKinnon

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 137 of 137 attempts · CBJ 74 · COL 63

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 28% of the game, CBJ 27%.

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
	70	74
	3.49	2.38
	3.38	2.36
	11	11
	4	11
	14	25
	+0.031	−0.031
	28%	27%

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 – Nichushkin
12:4450% CF
L2Nelson – Vesey – Colton
10:4461% CF
L3Kelly – Drury – O'Connor
8:5435% CF
L4Coyle – Wood – Kiviranta
8:0845% CF
D1Toews – Makar
15:1947% CF
D2Lindgren – Malinski
12:2540% CF
D3Johnson – Middleton
8:5646% CF

PP1Coyle – Nelson – MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Makar
2:3980% CF
PP2Lehkonen – Toews – Colton – Drury – Malinski
0:320% CF
PK1FKelly – O'Connor
2:07
PK2FCoyle – Kiviranta
0:57
PK1DToews – Makar
2:11
PK2DJohnson – Lindgren
1:43

Current COL line combinations →

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Jenner – Johnson – Fantilli
12:2750% CF
L2Monahan – Marchenko – Voronkov
12:2561% CF
L3Kuraly – Kunin – Aston-Reese
9:1044% CF
L4Olivier – Danforth – Sillinger
7:0964% CF
D1Werenski – Fabbro
16:3461% CF
D2Provorov – Mateychuk
14:1949% CF
D3Johnson – Gudbranson
9:5245% CF

PP1Jenner – Monahan – Werenski – Marchenko – Johnson
4:29100% CF
PP2Provorov – Voronkov – Sillinger – Mateychuk – Fantilli
1:06100% CF
PK1FJenner – Monahan
0:42
PK2FKuraly – Kunin
0:35
PK1DGudbranson – Provorov
2:24
PK2DJohnson – Fabbro
0:26

Current CBJ 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
Valeri Nichushkin R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	3	0	0	19:13	—	—	50	47
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	1	2	3	0	2	0.27	0	0	0	17:31	—	—	51	51
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	1	1	0	4	0.33	0	0	2	15:59	—	—	51	53
Brock Nelson C	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.40	1	0	0	17:22	—	—	56	55
Ross Colton C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	0	1	0	15:00	—	—	59	62
Jimmy Vesey L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.08	2	1	0	13:04	—	—	63	54
Parker Kelly C	L3	1	0	1	+2	3	0.30	1	4	0	14:43	—	—	46	79
Logan O'Connor R	L3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.09	0	1	2	13:19	—	—	39	73
Jack Drury C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.46	0	0	0	12:29	—	—	33	60
Charlie Coyle C	L4	1	2	3	+2	2	0.18	1	1	0	14:55	—	—	40	62
Joel Kiviranta L	L4	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	2	1	0	11:35	—	—	44	71
Miles Wood L	L4	1	1	2	+2	1	0.25	0	0	0	11:33	—	—	39	62
Cale Makar D	D1	1	2	3	+3	3	0.23	0	2	0	21:33	—	—	48	54
Devon Toews D	D1	1	2	3	+3	1	0.02	0	1	0	21:18	—	—	46	62
Ryan Lindgren D	D2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.14	3	2	0	22:45	—	—	46	43
Sam Malinski D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	2	0	18:30	—	—	49	45
Erik Johnson D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	18:23	—	—	56	78
Keaton Middleton D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	2	0	15:02	—	—	45	87

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	W	30	27	3	.900	2.76	60:00

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Boone Jenner C	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.93	1	0	0	21:32	—	—	47	51
Kent Johnson C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	20:03	—	—	43	41
Adam Fantilli C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	1	1	0	18:14	—	—	41	48
Kirill Marchenko R	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.34	0	1	0	18:21	—	—	60	47
Sean Monahan C	L2	1	0	1	-2	4	0.38	1	1	0	18:16	—	—	61	44
Dmitri Voronkov L	L2	0	1	1	-2	3	0.27	2	1	0	15:42	—	—	63	47
Luke Kunin C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.05	4	0	0	12:41	—	—	41	19
Sean Kuraly C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	2	0	0	12:31	—	—	50	21
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L3	1	0	1	-1	2	0.01	0	0	2	10:27	—	—	50	19
Cole Sillinger C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	1	0	0	12:26	—	—	52	33
Justin Danforth R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	10:58	—	—	61	34
Mathieu Olivier R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	4	0	2	10:22	—	—	50	19
Zach Werenski D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.12	1	0	0	27:01	—	—	55	47
Dante Fabbro D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.04	0	0	0	18:58	—	—	57	52
Ivan Provorov D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.37	0	0	0	22:23	—	—	52	40
Denton Mateychuk D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.03	1	2	0	16:46	—	—	47	23
Erik Gudbranson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	2	2	0	16:35	—	—	44	37
Jack Johnson D	D3	0	1	1	-2	0	0.03	0	0	0	13:31	—	—	52	48

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Elvis Merzlikins(start)	L	28	21	7	.750	2.39	45:49
Daniil Tarasov	—	4	4	0	.1000	0.75	14:11

Goal anatomy

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

Nathan MacKinnon (COL) 1st 3:25 · assists Artturi Lehkonen, Devon Toews · Odd-man rush · carried in · 4-on-3 at the blue line · 40.0 mph shot · 3.3 s from entry to goal.

Nathan MacKinnon · 1st 3:25 · COL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-3
Passes: 1
Shot: 40.0 mph
Distance: 24 ft
Entry to goal: 3.3 s

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Sean Monahan · 1st 6:35 · CBJ

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 15.6 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Entry to goal: 9.0 s

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Brock Nelson · 1st 18:05 · COL

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 29.8 mph
Distance: 14 ft
Entry to goal: 6.6 s
Type: rebound

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Zachary Aston-Reese · 2nd 4:16 · CBJ

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 36.3 mph
Distance: 34 ft
Entry to goal: 6.4 s

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Boone Jenner · 2nd 7:56 · CBJ

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 28.0 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 6.6 s
Type: rebound

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Charlie Coyle · 2nd 12:39 · COL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 57.2 mph
Distance: 31 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s

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Parker Kelly · 2nd 14:02 · COL

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 62.0 mph
Distance: 43 ft
Entry to goal: 5.0 s

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Cale Makar · 2nd 19:22 · COL PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 77.4 mph
Distance: 22 ft
Entry to goal: 6.9 s
Type: one-timer

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Devon Toews · 3rd 4:01 · COL

Play: faceoff
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 58.2 mph
Distance: 49 ft

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Miles Wood · 3rd 5:49 · COL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 26.3 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 8.1 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. Columbus Blue JacketsApr 3, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Colorado Avalanche rout Columbus Blue Jackets 7–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Colorado Avalanche

Columbus Blue Jackets

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Colorado Avalanche

Columbus Blue Jackets

Goal anatomy

Nathan MacKinnon · 1st 3:25 · COL

Sean Monahan · 1st 6:35 · CBJ

Brock Nelson · 1st 18:05 · COL

Zachary Aston-Reese · 2nd 4:16 · CBJ

Boone Jenner · 2nd 7:56 · CBJ

Charlie Coyle · 2nd 12:39 · COL

Parker Kelly · 2nd 14:02 · COL

Cale Makar · 2nd 19:22 · COL PP

Devon Toews · 3rd 4:01 · COL

Miles Wood · 3rd 5:49 · COL