Colorado Avalanche vs. Boston BruinsJan 25, 2025

FinalSaturday, Jan 25, 2025· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	0	1	0	1		COL	12	7	9	28
BOS	0	0	3	3		BOS	5	3	7	15

: COL 69BOS 36
: COL 2.17BOS 2.04
PP goals: COL 0BOS 0
Hits: COL 22BOS 25
Blocks: COL 11BOS 22
PIM: COL 0BOS 4
: COL 47%BOS 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins beat Colorado Avalanche 3–1

Boston Bruins beat Colorado Avalanche 3–1 at home. David Pastrnak (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 2A. New look for COL: MacKinnon–Drouin–Necas skated 16:59 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (79.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
David Pastrnak had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 19:09.Pastrnak
Points
Morgan Geekie had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:28.Geekie
New line
New look for COL: MacKinnon–Drouin–Necas skated 16:59 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (79.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.MacKinnon Drouin Necas
New line
New look for COL: Colton–Drury–O'Connor skated 11:59 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Colton Drury O'Connor
New line
New look for COL: Lehkonen–Mittelstadt–Parssinen skated 10:39 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (81.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lehkonen Mittelstadt Parssinen
New line
New look for COL: Wagner–Kelly–Kiviranta skated 4:56 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Wagner Kelly Kiviranta
Usage
Andrew Peeke (BOS) played 22:43, +4:10 up on his 18:33 season average over 75 games.Peeke
Usage
Charlie Coyle (BOS) played 21:00, +4:04 up on his 16:56 season average over 82 games.Coyle

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)BOS attacks right (top on phones) →

BOS
COL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 105 of 105 attempts · BOS 36 · COL 69

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

BOS
COL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

BOS 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, BOS 10%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

BOS

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	BOS
	76	40
	2.17	1.00
	2.01	1.00
	8	2
	2	4
	30	29
	−0.006	+0.007
	48%	10%

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 – Necas
16:5979% CF
L2Colton – Drury – O'Connor
11:5946% CF
L3Lehkonen – Mittelstadt – Parssinen
10:3982% CF
L4Wagner – Kelly – Kiviranta
4:5657% CF
D1Toews – Makar
19:2376% CF
D2Manson – Girard
13:3156% CF
D3Middleton – Malinski
8:5448% CF

PP1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Drouin – Necas – Makar
2:51100% CF
PP2MacKinnon – Toews – Colton – Mittelstadt – Necas
0:23

Current COL line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Pastrnak – Zacha – Geekie
14:3530% CF
L2Marchand – Coyle – Poitras
10:3433% CF
L3Lindholm – Frederic – Lettieri
9:3153% CF
L4Jones – Brazeau – Beecher
5:5941% CF
D1Wotherspoon – Lohrei
15:3236% CF
D2Zadorov – Peeke
14:5537% CF
D3Carlo – Callahan
14:4832% CF

PK1FLindholm – Zacha
1:37
PK2FMarchand – Coyle
1:36
PK1DZadorov – Carlo
1:37
PK2DWotherspoon – Peeke
1:36

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

1:30
COLArtturi Lehkonen (Juuso Parssinen, Casey Mittelstadt)snap0.05 xG
COL: Manson, Lehkonen, Mittelstadt, Parssinen, MalinskiBOS: Marchand, Coyle, Callahan, Lohrei, Poitras
COL 1 – 0 BOS

3rd period

0:25
BOSMorgan Geekie (David Pastrnak, Andrew Peeke)wrist0.06 xG
COL: MacKinnon, Drouin, Toews, Necas, MakarBOS: Zadorov, Pastrnak, Zacha, Peeke, Geekie
COL 1 – 1 BOS
5:44
BOSMorgan Geekie (David Pastrnak, Pavel Zacha)snap0.33 xG
COL: Drouin, Toews, Girard, Necas, DruryBOS: Pastrnak, Zacha, Carlo, Geekie, Callahan
COL 1 – 2 BOS
19:57
BOSDavid PastrnakEN (Brad Marchand, Charlie Coyle)wrist0.81 xG
COL: Lehkonen, Toews, Girard, Colton, Necas, ParssinenBOS: Marchand, Coyle, Zadorov, Pastrnak, Peeke
COL 1 – 3 BOS

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		PP	SH
Martin Necas C	L1	0	0	0	-3	2	0.50	1	2	25:08	—	—	76	71
Jonathan Drouin L	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.12	1	0	24:22	—	—	76	71
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	0	0	-1	8	0.61	0	0	23:48	—	—	80	89
Ross Colton C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	3	2	15:44	—	—	45	46
Jack Drury C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	15:04	—	—	45	31
Logan O'Connor R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	0	1	14:50	—	—	45	46
Artturi Lehkonen L	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.05	0	0	18:17	—	—	77	87
Casey Mittelstadt C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.29	0	0	15:53	—	—	77	87
Juuso Parssinen C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.06	3	0	12:25	—	—	85	89
Joel Kiviranta L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	7:58	—	—	50	11
Parker Kelly C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	7:22	—	—	50	11
Chris Wagner R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	4	0	6:51	—	—	67	46
Cale Makar D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	0	1	26:16	—	—	75	89
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	-3	6	0.21	0	2	25:44	—	—	72	69
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	0	0	19:30	—	—	71	28
Josh Manson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	17:41	—	—	53	73
Sam Malinski D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.07	1	1	14:19	—	—	57	65
Keaton Middleton D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	5	0	11:10	—	—	48	67

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Scott Wedgewood(start)	L	14	12	2	.857	0.83	57:38

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
David Pastrnak R	L1	1	2	3	+3	3	1.27	1	0	2	19:09	—	—	32	41
Pavel Zacha C	L1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:53	—	—	31	42
Morgan Geekie C	L1	2	0	2	+2	2	0.40	1	2	0	17:28	—	—	33	43
Charlie Coyle C	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	21:00	—	—	18	2
Brad Marchand L	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	19:26	—	—	17	2
Matthew Poitras C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:56	—	—	31	6
Elias Lindholm C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	0	1	0	17:01	—	—	46	38
Trent Frederic C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	0	0	12:39	—	—	43	38
Vinni Lettieri C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	3	0	2	11:22	—	—	50	47
John Beecher C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	0	5	0	9:34	—	—	31	30
Justin Brazeau R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	2	0	8:01	—	—	45	58
Max Jones L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	2	0	7:12	—	—	47	69
Parker Wotherspoon D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.00	4	1	0	22:21	—	—	28	26
Mason Lohrei D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	1	2	0	18:58	—	—	40	38
Andrew Peeke D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.01	3	1	0	22:43	—	—	34	30
Nikita Zadorov D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	3	1	0	20:35	—	—	39	32
Brandon Carlo D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	0	1	0	18:50	—	—	32	33
Michael Callahan D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	16:52	—	—	33	32

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	W	28	27	1	.964	2.17	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Artturi Lehkonen (COL) 2nd 1:30 · assists Juuso Parssinen, Casey Mittelstadt · Odd-man rush · carried in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 64.0 mph shot · 2.5 s from entry to goal.

Artturi Lehkonen · 2nd 1:30 · COL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2
Shot: 64.0 mph
Distance: 27 ft
Entry to goal: 2.5 s

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Morgan Geekie · 3rd 0:25 · BOS

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 65.5 mph
Distance: 36 ft
Entry to goal: 2.1 s
Type: one-timer

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Morgan Geekie · 3rd 5:44 · BOS

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 17.7 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Type: rebound

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David Pastrnak · 3rd 19:57 · BOS EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 52.0 mph
Distance: 51 ft
Entry to goal: 1.7 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.