Colorado Avalanche vs. Vancouver CanucksMar 6, 2020

FinalFriday, Mar 6, 2020· Rogers Arena

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Colorado AvalancheCOL

3

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Vancouver CanucksVAN

6

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	1	2	0	3		COL	18	5	9	32
VAN	2	2	2	6		VAN	7	10	8	25

: COL 78VAN 54
: COL 5.17VAN 3.23
PP goals: COL 0VAN 0
Hits: COL 19VAN 24
Blocks: COL 19VAN 22
PIM: COL 10VAN 10
: COL 41%VAN 59%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks beat Colorado Avalanche 6–3

Vancouver Canucks beat Colorado Avalanche 6–3 at home. Zack MacEwen (VAN) led the scoring with 2G 0A. VAN scored 6 goals on 3.23 expected goals (54 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

Points
Zack MacEwen had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 7:15.MacEwen
Points
Antoine Roussel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 10:34.Roussel
Points
Erik Johnson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:55.Johnson
Points
Gabriel Landeskog had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:35.Landeskog
Points
J.T. Miller had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:49.Miller
Points
Adam Gaudette had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 11:26.Gaudette
Points
Nathan MacKinnon had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 21:58.MacKinnon
Luck
VAN scored 6 goals on 3.23 expected goals (54 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

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)VAN attacks right (top on phones) →

VAN
COL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 132 of 132 attempts · VAN 54 · COL 78

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

VAN
COL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

VAN 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, VAN 21%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

VAN

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	VAN
	68	47
	3.79	2.41
	3.58	2.30
	13	10
	1	9
	13	11
	−0.101	+0.101
	42%	21%

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

L1Landeskog – Namestnikov – MacKinnon
12:1647% CF
L2Donskoi – Compher – Jost
8:2043% CF
L3Nieto – Nichushkin – Bellemare
7:4771% CF
L4Kamenev – Dries – O'Connor
3:0557% CF
D1Barberio – Connauton
8:3260% CF
D2Graves – Girard
6:3555% CF
D3Johnson – Cole
4:2563% CF

PP1Landeskog – Compher – MacKinnon – Jost – Girard
3:20
PP2Johnson – Donskoi – Namestnikov – Nichushkin – Kamenev
0:46
PK1FBellemare – Jost
1:15
PK2FNieto – Compher
1:00
PK1DJohnson – Graves
2:26
PK2DBarberio – Connauton
0:00

Current COL line combinations →

Vancouver Canucks

L1Toffoli – Miller – Pettersson
11:1939% CF
L2Eriksson – Pearson – Horvat
10:1458% CF
L3Sutter – Motte – Virtanen
6:4442% CF
L4Roussel – Gaudette – MacEwen
5:2463% CF
D1Edler – Stecher
7:1821% CF
D2Myers – Fantenberg
6:1933% CF
D3Tanev – Hughes
5:5836% CF

PP1Toffoli – Miller – Horvat – Pettersson – Hughes
3:11100% CF
PP2Myers – Roussel – Pearson – Virtanen – Gaudette
2:3150% CF
PK1FMiller – Motte
1:10
PK2FEriksson – Sutter
1:02
PK1DEdler – Tanev
1:18
PK2DMyers – Fantenberg
0:45

Current VAN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:22
VANTroy Stecher (J.T. Miller, Alexander Edler)snap0.11 xG
COL: Johnson, Cole, Donskoi, Compher, JostVAN: Edler, Toffoli, Miller, Stecher, Pettersson
COL 0 – 1 VAN
12:29
VANJ.T. Miller (Elias Pettersson, Tyler Toffoli)snap0.17 xG
COL: Cole, Graves, Kamenev, Dries, O'ConnorVAN: Edler, Toffoli, Miller, Stecher, Pettersson
COL 0 – 2 VAN
13:17
COLErik Johnson (Nathan MacKinnon, Gabriel Landeskog)wrist0.11 xG
COL: Johnson, Barberio, Nieto, Namestnikov, MacKinnonVAN: Sutter, Motte, Virtanen, Stecher, Hughes
COL 1 – 2 VAN

2nd period

2:12
VANZack MacEwenwrist0.08 xG
COL: Johnson, Cole, Nieto, Nichushkin, BellemareVAN: Myers, Roussel, Gaudette, MacEwen, Hughes
COL 1 – 3 VAN
3:23
COLGabriel Landeskog (Nathan MacKinnon, Erik Johnson)wrist0.11 xG
COL: Johnson, Landeskog, Namestnikov, MacKinnon, GirardVAN: Eriksson, Edler, Tanev, Pearson, Horvat
COL 2 – 3 VAN
8:04
COLValeri Nichushkin (Matt Nieto)wrist0.09 xG
COL: Cole, Nieto, Nichushkin, Bellemare, GirardVAN: Myers, Roussel, Gaudette, MacEwen, Hughes
COL 3 – 3 VAN
12:17
VANAntoine Roussel (Adam Gaudette, Oscar Fantenberg)deflected0.22 xG
COL: Cole, Barberio, Donskoi, Compher, JostVAN: Roussel, Gaudette, Stecher, MacEwen, Fantenberg
COL 3 – 4 VAN

3rd period

16:43
VANZack MacEwen (Antoine Roussel, Adam Gaudette)snap0.23 xG
COL: Barberio, Donskoi, Nieto, Bellemare, GirardVAN: Roussel, Tanev, Gaudette, MacEwen, Hughes
COL 3 – 5 VAN
17:24
VANTanner PearsonEN (Loui Eriksson, Chris Tanev)wrist0.55 xG
COL: Landeskog, Compher, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Jost, GirardVAN: Eriksson, Edler, Tanev, Pearson, Horvat
COL 3 – 6 VAN

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	2	2	+1	4	0.74	1	0	0	21:58	—	—	70	90
Gabriel Landeskog L	L1	1	1	2	0	3	0.35	3	0	0	20:35	—	—	63	84
Vladislav Namestnikov C	L1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	1	1	4	16:16	—	—	61	88
J.T. Compher L	L2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.08	0	2	0	19:29	—	—	46	27
Tyson Jost C	L2	0	0	0	-3	3	1.10	2	0	0	18:22	—	—	46	28
Joonas Donskoi R	L2	0	0	0	-3	0	0.07	0	1	0	14:21	—	—	57	41
Valeri Nichushkin R	L3	1	0	1	-1	2	0.40	1	0	0	17:25	—	—	75	87
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	0	0	0	15:37	—	—	64	44
Matt Nieto L	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.39	0	0	2	14:43	—	—	67	58
Vladislav Kamenev C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.36	1	0	0	6:26	—	—	80	71
Logan O'Connor R	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.20	2	0	0	6:19	—	—	64	61
Sheldon Dries C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.12	0	0	0	3:56	—	—	50	59
Kevin Connauton D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	0	3	0	18:50	—	—	53	52
Mark Barberio D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	0	2	0	16:20	—	—	66	60
Ryan Graves D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.50	3	4	0	24:19	—	—	52	52
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	1	3	0	23:39	—	—	58	77
Erik Johnson D	D3	1	1	2	0	3	0.30	3	2	4	22:55	—	—	62	78
Ian Cole D	D3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.04	1	1	0	8:46	—	—	57	32

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pavel Francouz(start)	L	24	19	5	.792	2.68	59:44

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
J.T. Miller C	L1	1	1	2	+2	3	0.31	2	1	0	22:49	—	—	40	38
Elias Pettersson C	L1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.04	0	0	0	19:18	—	—	37	43
Tyler Toffoli C	L1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.19	2	0	0	17:06	—	—	38	35
Bo Horvat C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.23	2	1	0	19:45	—	—	48	26
Tanner Pearson L	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.70	3	0	0	17:26	—	—	52	24
Loui Eriksson L	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	0	1	0	13:42	—	—	48	19
Tyler Motte C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	3	2	0	12:50	—	—	22	28
Jake Virtanen R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.33	2	0	0	12:41	—	—	41	44
Brandon Sutter C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.24	0	0	0	12:33	—	—	26	34
Adam Gaudette R	L4	0	2	2	+2	1	0.16	0	0	0	11:26	—	—	69	80
Antoine Roussel L	L4	1	1	2	+2	1	0.44	1	1	0	10:34	—	—	50	75
Zack MacEwen R	L4	2	0	2	+2	2	0.30	4	0	2	7:15	—	—	69	85
Alexander Edler D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.01	3	0	2	20:23	—	—	28	17
Troy Stecher D	D1	1	0	1	+2	2	0.15	0	2	0	13:23	—	—	38	52
Tyler Myers D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	4	23:58	—	—	41	30
Oscar Fantenberg D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	1	3	0	15:14	—	—	41	62
Quinn Hughes D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	21:57	—	—	60	47
Chris Tanev D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.03	0	8	2	19:50	—	—	31	25

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thatcher Demko(start)	W	32	29	3	.906	5.17	59:47

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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.