Colorado Avalanche vs. Montreal CanadiensMar 13, 2023

FinalMonday, Mar 13, 2023· Centre Bell

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Colorado AvalancheCOL

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

4

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	4	2	2	8		COL	9	16	8	33
MTL	1	1	2	4		MTL	3	6	10	19

: COL 63MTL 42
: COL 3.49MTL 1.90
PP goals: COL 3MTL 1
Hits: COL 6MTL 23
Blocks: COL 12MTL 22
PIM: COL 13MTL 25
: COL 44%MTL 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche rout Montreal Canadiens 8–4

Colorado Avalanche beat Montreal Canadiens 8–4 at MTL. Artturi Lehkonen (COL) led the scoring with 2G 1A.

Points
Artturi Lehkonen had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 9:46.Lehkonen
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Valeri Nichushkin had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 16:09.Nichushkin
Points
Cale Makar had 3 assists (3 points) in 23:37.Makar
Points
Josh Anderson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:33.Anderson
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Mikko Rantanen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 17:36.Rantanen
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Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 17:36.MacKinnon
Points
Devon Toews had 2 assists (2 points) in 19:44.Toews
Points
Logan O'Connor had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:47.O'Connor

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)MTL attacks right (top on phones) →

MTL
COL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 105 of 105 attempts · MTL 42 · COL 63

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MTL
COL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

MTL 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 42% of the game, MTL 14%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

MTL

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	MTL
	65	48
	3.20	2.20
	3.04	2.16
	16	7
	1	0
	18	13
	−0.074	+0.074
	42%	14%

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 – Rantanen – Rodrigues
12:4557% CF
L2Cogliano – Eller – O'Connor
11:0556% CF
L3Nieto – Malgin – Newhook
9:4663% CF
L4Compher – Lehkonen – Nichushkin
5:4982% CF
D1Toews – Makar
15:3450% CF
D2Johnson – Hunt
13:3945% CF
D3Girard – Byram
13:0679% CF

PP1Compher – MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Rantanen – Makar
1:50100% CF
PK1FEller – Nichushkin
0:59
PK2FCompher – Lehkonen
0:47
PK1DGirard – Makar
1:09
PK2DJohnson – Byram
0:47

Current COL line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Anderson – Suzuki – Harvey-Pinard
10:3642% CF
L2Hoffman – Drouin – Gurianov
9:0550% CF
L3Tierney – Richard – Ylonen
7:1936% CF
L4Belzile – Pitlick – Pezzetta
0:00
D1Matheson – Kovacevic
19:0640% CF
D2Savard – Guhle
14:1240% CF
D3Wideman – Edmundson
13:3438% CF

PP1Anderson – Drouin – Gurianov – Suzuki – Harvey-Pinard
1:3267% CF
PP2Hoffman – Belzile – Matheson – Richard – Ylonen
0:44
PK1FTierney – Anderson
1:02
PK2FBelzile – Suzuki
0:00
PK1DSavard – Edmundson
1:05
PK2DMatheson – Kovacevic
0:45

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:59
COLArtturi Lehkonen (Logan O'Connor, Devon Toews)tip-in0.08 xG
COL: Compher, Lehkonen, Toews, Makar, O'ConnorMTL: Savard, Tierney, Ylonen, Harvey-Pinard, Guhle
COL 1 – 0 MTL
6:09
COLBowen Byram (Samuel Girard)wrist0.15 xG
COL: MacKinnon, Rantanen, Rodrigues, Makar, ByramMTL: Savard, Tierney, Gurianov, Pitlick, Guhle
COL 2 – 0 MTL
8:05
COLMatt Nieto (Lars Eller, Logan O'Connor)wrist0.19 xG
COL: Eller, Nieto, Girard, O'Connor, ByramMTL: Hoffman, Wideman, Belzile, Edmundson, Anderson
COL 3 – 0 MTL
16:00
COLArtturi LehkonenPP (Mikko Rantanen, Cale Makar)deflected0.16 xG
COL: Compher, Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Rantanen, MakarMTL: Savard, Edmundson, Tierney, Suzuki
COL 4 – 0 MTL
18:58
MTLJosh Anderson (Johnathan Kovacevic, Nick Suzuki)tip-in0.05 xG
COL: MacKinnon, Toews, Rantanen, Rodrigues, MakarMTL: Matheson, Anderson, Suzuki, Kovacevic, Harvey-Pinard
COL 4 – 1 MTL

2nd period

1:48
COLMikko Rantanen (Evan Rodrigues, Devon Toews)wrist0.04 xG
COL: MacKinnon, Toews, Rantanen, Rodrigues, MakarMTL: Matheson, Anderson, Suzuki, Kovacevic, Harvey-Pinard
COL 5 – 1 MTL
3:58
COLJ.T. Compher (Valeri Nichushkin, Artturi Lehkonen)backhand0.05 xG
COL: Compher, Lehkonen, Nichushkin, Toews, MakarMTL: Hoffman, Savard, Drouin, Gurianov, Guhle
COL 6 – 1 MTL
19:18
MTLDenis GurianovPP (Nick Suzuki, Jonathan Drouin)wrist0.06 xG
COL: Eller, Nichushkin, Toews, GirardMTL: Anderson, Drouin, Gurianov, Suzuki, Harvey-Pinard
COL 6 – 2 MTL

3rd period

8:09
COLNathan MacKinnonPP (Cale Makar, Valeri Nichushkin)wrist0.15 xG
COL: Compher, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Rantanen, MakarMTL: Belzile, Matheson, Anderson, Kovacevic
COL 7 – 2 MTL
8:48
MTLJesse Ylonen (Chris Wideman, Alex Belzile)tip-in0.15 xG
COL: Johnson, Nieto, Hunt, Malgin, NewhookMTL: Wideman, Belzile, Edmundson, Pezzetta, Ylonen
COL 7 – 3 MTL
10:35
MTLMike Matheson (Josh Anderson, David Savard)snap0.04 xG
COL: MacKinnon, Toews, Rodrigues, Malgin, MakarMTL: Savard, Matheson, Anderson, Suzuki, Harvey-Pinard
COL 7 – 4 MTL
13:09
COLValeri NichushkinPP (Cale Makar, Nathan MacKinnon)tip-in0.11 xG
COL: Compher, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Rantanen, MakarMTL: Savard, Belzile, Edmundson, Tierney
COL 8 – 4 MTL

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	1	1	2	+1	5	0.38	0	0	0	17:36	—	—	53	48
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	1	1	2	0	5	0.68	0	0	2	17:36	—	—	52	47
Evan Rodrigues C	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:10	—	—	53	53
Lars Eller C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	0	0	0	16:10	—	—	50	72
Logan O'Connor R	L2	0	2	2	+2	1	0.14	0	0	0	14:47	—	—	58	94
Andrew Cogliano C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:58	—	—	52	70
Alex Newhook C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	0	0	0	13:07	—	—	61	33
Denis Malgin C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.07	1	0	0	12:56	—	—	63	41
Matt Nieto L	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.49	0	1	0	12:50	—	—	60	53
J.T. Compher L	L4	1	0	1	+2	4	0.52	0	0	0	17:06	—	—	64	78
Valeri Nichushkin R	L4	1	2	3	+1	2	0.29	2	0	0	16:09	—	—	61	66
Artturi Lehkonen L	L4	2	1	3	+2	3	0.40	1	0	0	9:46	—	—	73	86
Cale Makar D	D1	0	3	3	+2	0	0.04	0	2	0	23:37	—	—	52	55
Devon Toews D	D1	0	2	2	+1	0	0.10	0	3	2	19:44	—	—	51	60
Jack Johnson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	3	2	19:41	—	—	44	36
Brad Hunt D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.06	0	0	0	17:17	—	—	52	25
Samuel Girard D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.03	0	2	0	19:55	—	—	76	96
Bowen Byram D	D3	1	0	1	+2	2	0.20	2	0	7	18:03	—	—	77	96

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	W	19	15	4	.789	1.90	60:00

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Josh Anderson R	L1	1	1	2	0	3	0.56	2	1	2	21:33	—	—	44	48
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	2	2	+1	1	0.03	0	0	0	20:07	—	—	45	48
Rafael Harvey-Pinard L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	0	2	2	17:47	—	—	37	37
Jonathan Drouin L	L2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:54	—	—	57	61
Denis Gurianov R	L2	1	0	1	-2	2	0.24	0	0	0	17:16	—	—	57	46
Mike Hoffman C	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.23	1	2	0	16:47	—	—	56	50
Jesse Ylonen R	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.15	1	2	0	15:41	—	—	28	24
Anthony Richard C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	13:32	—	—	32	9
Chris Tierney C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:28	—	—	32	5
Alex Belzile R	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.11	2	1	0	12:39	—	—	41	53
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	4	0	7	9:57	—	—	33	78
Rem Pitlick C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.16	1	0	0	5:08	—	—	57	40
Mike Matheson D	D1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.04	0	2	2	22:12	—	—	42	40
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.05	2	3	0	21:40	—	—	41	35
David Savard D	D2	0	1	1	-2	2	0.03	0	2	0	18:50	—	—	45	48
Kaiden Guhle D	D2	0	0	0	-3	0	0.03	2	1	2	18:06	—	—	44	49
Joel Edmundson D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.04	5	2	0	19:15	—	—	41	33
Chris Wideman D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	1	2	10	16:20	—	—	42	31

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault	—	18	16	2	.889	1.82	36:00
Jake Allen(start)	L	15	9	6	.600	1.67	23:58

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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.