Colorado Avalanche vs. Arizona CoyotesFeb 26, 2021

FinalFriday, Feb 26, 2021· Gila River Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	0	1	2	3		COL	11	9	9	29
ARI	0	0	2	2		ARI	6	4	8	18

: COL 62ARI 40
: COL 4.14ARI 1.43
PP goals: COL 1ARI 0
Hits: COL 23ARI 26
Blocks: COL 12ARI 11
PIM: COL 11ARI 13
: COL 59%ARI 41%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche edge Arizona Coyotes 3–2

Colorado Avalanche beat Arizona Coyotes 3–2 at ARI. Nazem Kadri (COL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. COL's first power-play unit (Kadri, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:22 together.

Points
Nazem Kadri had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 16:27.Kadri
Points
Mikko Rantanen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:52.Rantanen
Points
Phil Kessel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:29.Kessel
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (Kadri, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:22 together.Kadri Landeskog MacKinnon Rantanen Makar
Usage
Matt Calvert (COL) played 0:00, −14:37 down on his 14:37 season average over 17 games.Calvert
New line
New look for ARI: Larsson–Pitlick–Crouse skated 11:24 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (35.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Larsson Pitlick Crouse
New line
New look for COL: Kadri–Landeskog–Rantanen skated 5:03 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kadri Landeskog Rantanen
New line
New look for COL: Nichushkin–Bellemare–Jost skated 4:38 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nichushkin Bellemare Jost

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)ARI attacks right (top on phones) →

ARI
COL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 102 of 102 attempts · ARI 40 · COL 62

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

ARI
COL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

ARI 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 57% of the game, ARI 17%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

ARI

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	ARI
	60	41
	3.44	1.39
	3.28	1.38
	14	11
	7	2
	13	10
	+0.071	−0.071
	57%	17%

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

L1Kadri – Landeskog – Rantanen
5:0367% CF
L2Nichushkin – Bellemare – Jost
4:3857% CF
L3Donskoi – Saad – MacKinnon
3:0433% CF
D1Toews – Girard
9:4958% CF
D2Graves – Makar
7:0962% CF
D3MacDonald – Byram
2:37100% CF

PP1Kadri – Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen – Makar
3:22100% CF
PP2Donskoi – Saad – Burakovsky – Toews – Girard
1:44100% CF
PK1FDonskoi – Bellemare
1:14
PK2FNichushkin – Jost
1:08
PK1DGraves – Toews
2:28
PK2DGirard – Makar
0:38

Current COL line combinations →

Arizona Coyotes

L1Larsson – Pitlick – Crouse
11:2435% CF
L2Kessel – Dvorak – Garland
10:1727% CF
L3Brassard – Schmaltz – Keller
8:4756% CF
L4Chaput – Fischer – Caggiula
7:2133% CF
D1Goligoski – Chychrun
16:1250% CF
D2Ekman-Larsson – Lyubushkin
14:2150% CF
D3Hjalmarsson – Oesterle
11:3819% CF

PP1Brassard – Kessel – Ekman-Larsson – Pitlick – Oesterle
2:27
PP2Schmaltz – Dvorak – Garland – Keller – Chychrun
1:01
PK1FLarsson – Crouse
1:06
PK2FFischer – Caggiula
0:34
PK1DGoligoski – Hjalmarsson
3:48
PK2DEkman-Larsson – Oesterle
0:48

Current ARI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

1:43
COLMikko RantanenPP (Nazem Kadri, Nathan MacKinnon)wrist0.43 xG
COL: Kadri, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen, MakarARI: Goligoski, Hjalmarsson, Pitlick, Crouse
COL 1 – 0 ARI

3rd period

6:04
COLAndre Burakovsky (Nazem Kadri, Mikko Rantanen)wrist0.24 xG
COL: Kadri, Graves, Burakovsky, Rantanen, MacDonaldARI: Goligoski, Kessel, Schmaltz, Fischer, Chychrun
COL 2 – 0 ARI
11:00
COLNazem Kadri (Cale Makar)wrist0.18 xG
COL: Kadri, Landeskog, Graves, Rantanen, MakarARI: Goligoski, Brassard, Dvorak, Keller, Chychrun
COL 3 – 0 ARI
18:24
ARIPhil Kessel (Christian Dvorak, Jakob Chychrun)backhand0.09 xG
COL: Donskoi, Bellemare, Toews, Jost, GirardARI: Goligoski, Kessel, Dvorak, Garland, Chychrun
COL 3 – 1 ARI
19:07
ARIDrake Caggiula (Conor Garland, Phil Kessel)wrist0.17 xG
COL: Saad, Graves, Compher, MacKinnon, MakarARI: Goligoski, Kessel, Schmaltz, Garland, Chychrun, Caggiula
COL 3 – 2 ARI

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	+2	2	0.67	3	0	0	19:52	—	—	74	81
Gabriel Landeskog L	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.38	1	0	2	17:19	—	—	69	72
Nazem Kadri C	L1	1	2	3	+2	4	0.53	1	2	0	16:27	—	—	65	77
Tyson Jost C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	0	0	0	15:30	—	—	50	54
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.31	0	1	0	13:56	—	—	50	59
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	2	0	0	12:36	—	—	63	51
Nathan MacKinnon C	L3	0	1	1	-1	3	0.54	1	0	0	24:02	—	—	60	71
Brandon Saad L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	1	0	15:01	—	—	65	91
Joonas Donskoi R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.43	1	3	0	13:13	—	—	41	75
Samuel Girard D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	3	2	0	24:30	—	—	56	74
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.07	0	0	0	23:32	—	—	63	74
Cale Makar D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.10	3	0	2	26:54	—	—	56	68
Ryan Graves D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.05	3	2	0	18:29	—	—	64	70
Bowen Byram D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	7	12:36	—	—	59	70
Jacob MacDonald D	D3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.05	1	0	0	10:24	—	—	64	74
J.T. Compher L	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	1	1	0	15:19	—	—	61	76
Andre Burakovsky L	—	1	0	1	+1	5	0.63	1	0	0	14:27	—	—	42	70
Matt Calvert L	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0:00	—	—	—	—

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Hunter Miska(start)	W	18	16	2	.889	1.43	59:53

Arizona Coyotes

ARI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tyler Pitlick C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	1	1	0	18:30	—	—	46	34
Johan Larsson L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	2	1	0	16:30	—	—	46	37
Lawson Crouse L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	3	0	0	16:09	—	—	33	19
Phil Kessel R	L2	1	1	2	+1	1	0.09	0	0	0	17:29	—	—	31	16
Christian Dvorak C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.08	1	0	0	17:07	—	—	29	13
Conor Garland R	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.12	1	0	2	16:37	—	—	33	30
Nick Schmaltz C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.34	0	0	2	15:47	—	—	52	39
Clayton Keller R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:54	—	—	50	39
Derick Brassard C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	2	12:52	—	—	55	38
Christian Fischer R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	3	0	0	10:54	—	—	36	28
Drake Caggiula L	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.30	1	1	5	9:36	—	—	36	36
Michael Chaput C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:55	—	—	40	34
Alex Goligoski D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	3	0	24:22	—	—	51	32
Jakob Chychrun D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.07	4	1	2	21:34	—	—	49	27
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	20:50	—	—	48	46
Ilya Lyubushkin D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	2	0	16:02	—	—	46	44
Niklas Hjalmarsson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	19:38	—	—	18	14
Jordan Oesterle D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	16:20	—	—	17	13

ARI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Adin Hill(start)	L	29	26	3	.897	4.14	58:54

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.