Colorado Avalanche vs. Vancouver CanucksDec 16, 2024

FinalMonday, Dec 16, 2024· Rogers Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	0	0	1	1		COL	6	13	12	31
VAN	1	1	1	3		VAN	10	10	5	25

: COL 58VAN 50
: COL 2.65VAN 2.97
PP goals: COL 0VAN 0
Hits: COL 19VAN 30
Blocks: COL 8VAN 18
PIM: COL 4VAN 8
: COL 49%VAN 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks beat Colorado Avalanche 3–1

Vancouver Canucks beat Colorado Avalanche 3–1 at home. Kiefer Sherwood (VAN) led the scoring with 3G 0A. New look for VAN: DeBrusk–Pettersson–Sasson skated 10:08 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (64.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Kiefer Sherwood had a hat trick (3 points) on 7 shots in 12:45.Sherwood
New line
New look for VAN: DeBrusk–Pettersson–Sasson skated 10:08 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (64.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.DeBrusk Pettersson Sasson
New line
New look for VAN: Blueger–Joshua–Hoglander skated 6:34 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (35.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Blueger Joshua Hoglander
New line
New look for VAN: Heinen–Suter–Sherwood skated 7:03 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Heinen Suter Sherwood
Usage
Carson Soucy (VAN) played 24:16, +6:26 up on his 17:50 season average over 74 games.Soucy
Luck
COL scored 1 goal on 2.65 expected goals (58 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Cale Makar (COL) played 28:51, +3:10 up on his 25:41 season average over 79 games.Makar
Usage
Mikko Rantanen (COL) played 24:14, +3:01 up on his 21:13 season average over 81 games.Rantanen

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 108 of 108 attempts · VAN 50 · COL 58

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 35% of the game, VAN 33%.

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
	50	44
	1.57	2.14
	1.48	1.84
	12	8
	2	2
	13	17
	−0.002	+0.002
	35%	33%

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 – Rantanen
7:4553% CF
L2Kelly – O'Connor – Kiviranta
7:2357% CF
L3Nichushkin – Colton – Mittelstadt
6:3157% CF
L4Wagner – Felhaber – Ivan
3:3270% CF
D1Toews – Makar
12:5353% CF
D2Girard – Malinski
8:2644% CF
D3de Haan – Middleton
5:1377% CF

PP1MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Rantanen – Colton – Makar
5:0986% CF
PP2Lehkonen – Toews – Girard – Mittelstadt – Ivan
1:48
PK1FKelly – O'Connor
2:14
PK2FNichushkin – Kiviranta
1:03
PK1DToews – Makar
2:04
PK2Dde Haan – Girard
1:13

Current COL line combinations →

Vancouver Canucks

L1Miller – Boeser – Garland
11:1045% CF
L2DeBrusk – Pettersson – Sasson
10:0865% CF
L3Heinen – Suter – Sherwood
7:0357% CF
L4Blueger – Joshua – Hoglander
6:3436% CF
D1Myers – Hughes
12:5938% CF
D2Soucy – Juulsen
11:0362% CF
D3Desharnais – Brannstrom
8:1946% CF

PP1Boeser – DeBrusk – Garland – Pettersson – Hughes
2:3363% CF
PP2Miller – Heinen – Suter – Sherwood – Hughes
1:08100% CF
PK1FBlueger – Suter
4:08
PK2FHeinen – Sherwood
1:22
PK1DMyers – Soucy
3:22
PK2DJuulsen – Desharnais
1:04

Current VAN 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
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.21	0	1	0	25:01	—	—	54	48
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.06	1	0	0	24:14	—	—	53	49
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.15	0	0	0	20:07	—	—	58	54
Logan O'Connor R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	0	0	13:18	—	—	40	52
Parker Kelly C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.19	5	0	0	11:54	—	—	50	90
Joel Kiviranta L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	10:18	—	—	50	76
Valeri Nichushkin R	L3	1	0	1	-2	2	0.76	1	0	0	22:46	—	—	61	16
Ross Colton C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.21	3	0	0	20:02	—	—	48	34
Casey Mittelstadt C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:17	—	—	55	37
Ivan Ivan C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	0	0	0	9:53	—	—	47	37
Chris Wagner R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.46	1	0	0	5:29	—	—	47	37
Tye Felhaber L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	4:34	—	—	64	96
Cale Makar D	D1	0	1	1	-1	4	0.12	1	1	0	28:51	—	—	50	43
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	2	0	27:48	—	—	57	31
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	0	0	2	19:38	—	—	50	20
Sam Malinski D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	0.10	1	3	0	15:51	—	—	42	48
Calvin de Haan D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	13:08	—	—	63	43
Keaton Middleton D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	2	9:00	—	—	61	92

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	L	24	22	2	.917	2.32	56:51

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Conor Garland R	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.18	0	0	0	20:46	—	—	41	43
Brock Boeser R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.20	3	1	0	19:11	—	—	43	44
J.T. Miller C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	6	1	2	17:52	—	—	48	50
Elias Pettersson C	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.45	1	1	0	16:30	—	—	63	73
Jake DeBrusk L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	2	0	15:28	—	—	60	70
Max Sasson C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:59	—	—	55	67
Pius Suter C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.11	0	0	0	14:26	—	—	57	90
Danton Heinen L	L3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.17	1	1	2	13:22	—	—	57	90
Kiefer Sherwood L	L3	3	0	3	+3	7	1.46	3	1	0	12:45	—	—	56	90
Teddy Blueger C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	2	1	0	15:16	—	—	26	13
Dakota Joshua C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	3	0	0	8:52	—	—	33	14
Nils Hoglander L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	7:48	—	—	33	14
Quinn Hughes D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.10	0	1	0	25:14	—	—	46	32
Tyler Myers D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	2	2	2	21:27	—	—	32	24
Carson Soucy D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	2	2	0	24:16	—	—	59	84
Noah Juulsen D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	3	2	0	18:45	—	—	55	86
Vincent Desharnais D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	2	1	0	16:24	—	—	32	12
Erik Brannstrom D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	2	10:39	—	—	47	31

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thatcher Demko(start)	W	31	30	1	.968	2.65	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Kiefer Sherwood (VAN) 1st 16:14 · assists Danton Heinen, Pius Suter · Rebound · 4.0 mph shot.

Kiefer Sherwood · 1st 16:14 · VAN

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 4.0 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Type: rebound

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Kiefer Sherwood · 2nd 16:04 · VAN SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 48.8 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Entry to goal: 2.1 s

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Kiefer Sherwood · 3rd 17:25 · VAN EN

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 40.0 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Type: deflection

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Valeri Nichushkin · 3rd 19:14 · COL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 40.6 mph
Distance: 15 ft
Type: one-timer

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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. Vancouver CanucksDec 16, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Vancouver Canucks beat Colorado Avalanche 3–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Colorado Avalanche

Vancouver Canucks

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Colorado Avalanche

Vancouver Canucks

Goal anatomy

Kiefer Sherwood · 1st 16:14 · VAN

Kiefer Sherwood · 2nd 16:04 · VAN SH

Kiefer Sherwood · 3rd 17:25 · VAN EN

Valeri Nichushkin · 3rd 19:14 · COL