Colorado Avalanche vs. Vancouver CanucksFeb 4, 2025

FinalTuesday, Feb 4, 2025· Rogers Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	0	0	0	0		COL	10	11	4	25
VAN	0	1	2	3		VAN	8	15	8	31

: COL 58VAN 60
: COL 2.46VAN 3.99
PP goals: COL 0VAN 1
Hits: COL 23VAN 25
Blocks: COL 14VAN 12
PIM: COL 31VAN 13
: COL 53%VAN 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks beat Colorado Avalanche 3–0

Vancouver Canucks beat Colorado Avalanche 3–0 at home. Jake DeBrusk (VAN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. VAN's first power-play unit (Boeser, DeBrusk, Hronek, Pettersson and Chytil) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 6:58 together.

Points
Jake DeBrusk had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:30.DeBrusk
Points
Filip Hronek had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 24:24.Hronek
PP1
VAN's first power-play unit (Boeser, DeBrusk, Hronek, Pettersson and Chytil) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 6:58 together.Boeser DeBrusk Hronek Pettersson Chytil
New line
New look for VAN: Boeser–Chytil–O'Connor skated 7:08 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Boeser Chytil O'Connor
Luck
COL scored 0 goals on 2.46 expected goals (58 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Devon Toews (COL) played 33:00, +8:31 up on his 24:29 season average over 75 games.Toews
Usage
Filip Chytil (VAN) played 20:45, +5:53 up on his 14:52 season average over 55 games.Chytil
Usage
Josh Manson (COL) played 10:11, −8:02 down on his 18:13 season average over 47 games.Manson

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 118 of 118 attempts · VAN 60 · 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 24% of the game, VAN 37%.

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
	58	53
	2.66	3.18
	2.45	3.02
	8	10
	5	6
	14	14
	+0.009	−0.008
	24%	37%

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 – Necas
13:2773% CF
L2Wood – Colton – Drury
6:1364% CF
L3Drouin – Mittelstadt – Parssinen
4:4638% CF
L4Kelly – O'Connor – Kiviranta
4:3217% CF
D1Toews – Makar
17:0260% CF
D2Manson – Girard
7:1756% CF
D3Middleton – Malinski
4:5145% CF

PP1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Drouin – Necas – Makar
2:31100% CF
PP2Toews – Girard – Colton – Mittelstadt – Parssinen
1:25
PK1FKelly – O'Connor
5:06
PK2FDrury – Kiviranta
1:36
PK1DToews – Makar
5:49
PK2DManson – Girard
0:31

Current COL line combinations →

Vancouver Canucks

L1Blueger – Karlsson – Hoglander
7:5969% CF
L2Boeser – Chytil – O'Connor
7:0856% CF
L3Joshua – Suter – Sherwood
6:1147% CF
L4DeBrusk – Garland – Pettersson
4:3256% CF
D1Myers – Pettersson
14:2138% CF
D2Forbort – Hronek
8:1350% CF
D3Soucy – Pettersson
8:0370% CF

PP1Boeser – DeBrusk – Hronek – Pettersson – Chytil
6:58100% CF
PP2Myers – Joshua – Chytil – Suter – Sherwood
0:56
PK1FBlueger – Suter
1:29
PK2FSherwood – O'Connor
0:47
PK1DForbort – Hronek
1:36
PK2DMyers – Pettersson
1:21

Current VAN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

4:26
VANJake DeBrusk (Filip Hronek)wrist0.28 xG
COL: Drouin, Toews, Girard, Mittelstadt, ParssinenVAN: Myers, DeBrusk, Garland, Hronek, Pettersson
COL 0 – 1 VAN

3rd period

8:20
VANBrock BoeserPP (Jake DeBrusk, Filip Hronek)tip-in0.09 xG
COL: Lehkonen, Middleton, Girard, DruryVAN: Boeser, DeBrusk, Hronek, Pettersson, Chytil
COL 0 – 2 VAN
19:51
VANDrew O'ConnorEN (Filip Chytil, Tyler Myers)backhand0.52 xG
COL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Drouin, Toews, Necas, MakarVAN: Myers, Blueger, Pettersson, Chytil, O'Connor
COL 0 – 3 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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	-1	5	0.35	1	0	0	21:45	—	—	72	71
Martin Necas C	L1	-1	3	0.29	0	0	0	21:10	—	—	68	67
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	-1	2	0.52	0	1	0	20:54	—	—	70	66
Ross Colton C	L2	0	1	0.19	4	1	2	13:09	—	—	52	69
Jack Drury C	L2	0	2	0.13	1	0	0	11:17	—	—	63	57
Miles Wood L	L2	0	0	0.04	1	1	23	8:39	—	—	50	69
Jonathan Drouin L	L3	-2	1	0.03	0	0	0	14:29	—	—	39	18
Casey Mittelstadt C	L3	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:42	—	—	37	17
Juuso Parssinen C	L3	-1	1	0.13	1	0	0	9:21	—	—	38	14
Logan O'Connor R	L4	0	2	0.04	3	1	0	14:55	—	—	21	24
Parker Kelly C	L4	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	14:18	—	—	9	4
Joel Kiviranta L	L4	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:57	—	—	22	10
Devon Toews D	D1	-2	0	0.09	0	2	0	33:00	—	—	54	45
Cale Makar D	D1	-1	4	0.55	1	2	2	30:36	—	—	60	53
Samuel Girard D	D2	-1	2	0.05	0	1	0	19:15	—	—	50	41
Josh Manson D	D2	0	1	0.03	2	0	2	10:11	—	—	43	44
Sam Malinski D	D3	0	1	0.03	1	4	0	13:32	—	—	40	30
Keaton Middleton D	D3	0	0	0.00	2	1	2	10:50	—	—	36	23

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	L	30	28	2	.933	3.47	57:40

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Teddy Blueger C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.22	0	2	0	14:50	—	—	61	66
Linus Karlsson C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	2	0	0	9:51	—	—	74	76
Nils Hoglander L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	0	0	9:25	—	—	71	71
Filip Chytil C	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.23	0	0	0	20:45	—	—	58	53
Brock Boeser R	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.54	1	1	0	20:38	—	—	45	46
Drew O'Connor L	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.72	2	0	2	14:02	—	—	46	47
Pius Suter C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	2	16:11	—	—	38	41
Dakota Joshua C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	0	1	0	14:20	—	—	44	40
Kiefer Sherwood L	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.16	3	0	0	13:22	—	—	40	42
Jake DeBrusk L	L4	1	1	2	+1	5	0.84	3	1	0	19:30	—	—	38	64
Elias Pettersson C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.17	1	0	0	17:43	—	—	35	66
Conor Garland R	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:45	—	—	35	59
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.05	2	1	0	23:03	—	—	44	52
Tyler Myers D	D1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	0	2	20:47	—	—	46	60
Filip Hronek D	D2	0	2	2	+1	3	0.43	1	3	0	24:24	—	—	60	71
Derek Forbort D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	5	15:42	—	—	33	31
Elias Pettersson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.24	4	0	2	13:57	—	—	54	55
Carson Soucy D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	13:45	—	—	45	41

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thatcher Demko(start)	W	25	25	0	.1000	2.46	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Jake DeBrusk (VAN) 2nd 4:26 · assists Filip Hronek · Rebound · carried in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 18.9 mph shot · 4.2 s from entry to goal.

Jake DeBrusk · 2nd 4:26 · VAN

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 18.9 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 4.2 s
Type: rebound

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Brock Boeser · 3rd 8:20 · VAN PP

Play: deflection
Entry: pass
Odd man: 2-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 11.4 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Entry to goal: 3.1 s

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Drew O'Connor · 3rd 19:51 · VAN EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 33.3 mph
Distance: 82 ft

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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.