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Colorado Avalanche vs. New Jersey DevilsFeb 6, 2024

Final· Prudential Center
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COL
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NJD
5
Goals123TShots123T
COL1023COL1291738
NJD1225NJD1314431
COL 69NJD 67
COL 3.21NJD 3.55
PP goals
COL 0NJD 0
Hits
COL 10NJD 12
Blocks
COL 20NJD 17
PIM
COL 6NJD 8
COL 37%NJD 63%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils beat Colorado Avalanche 5–3

New Jersey Devils beat Colorado Avalanche 5–3 at home. Jesper Bratt (NJD) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for NJD: Haula–Meier–Mercer skated 10:03 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (56% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

  1. Points
    Erik Haula had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:06.Haula
  2. Points
    Jesper Bratt had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:53.Bratt
  3. Points
    Jonathan Drouin had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:28.Drouin
  4. Points
    Nico Hischier had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:18.Hischier
  5. New line
    New look for NJD: Haula–Meier–Mercer skated 10:03 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (56% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.HaulaMeierMercer
  6. Goalie
    Vitek Vanecek (NJD) faced 38 shots and stopped 35 (.921), +11 against a season average of 26.9; the win.Vanecek
  7. New line
    New look for NJD: Lazar–Willman–Bastian skated 7:44 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.LazarWillmanBastian
  8. New line
    New look for NJD: Tierney–Nosek–Holtz skated 6:21 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.TierneyNosekHoltz

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.

Shot map, COL at NJD: 136 attempts, 69 on goal, 8 goals, 6.76 expected goals; best chance Dawson Mercer at 0.74 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← COL attacks left (bottom on phones)NJD attacks right (top on phones) →
  • NJD
  • COL
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 136 of 136 attempts · NJD 67 · COL 69

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, COL at NJD: expected goals 3.55 to 3.21 (NJD led the chances), shot attempts 67 to 69, 8 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdNJDCOLRTBMMGMHnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • NJD
  • COL
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
NJDCOLcontrol2nd3rdRantanen · 1st 1:23Tierney · 1st 2:05Bratt · 2nd 3:49Mercer · 2nd 6:47Makar · 3rd 8:29Girard · 3rd 8:58Marino · 3rd 17:43Haula · 3rd 19:58
  • NJD 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 34% of the game, NJD 27%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, COL at NJD: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Vitek Vanecek (60:00) for NJD and Justus Annunen (58:40) for COL, 8 goals.

NJD
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
StatCOLNJD
6464
2.402.91
2.262.71
1211
116
1614
−0.105+0.106
34%27%

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

Current COL line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 1:23
    COLMikko Rantanen (Jonathan Drouin)snap0.16 xG
    COL: MacKinnon, Drouin, Toews, Rantanen, MakarNJD: Palat, Marino, Bratt, Hischier, Hughes
    COL 1 – 0 NJD
  2. 2:05
    NJDChris Tierney (Simon Nemec, Kevin Bahl)tip-in0.07 xG
    COL: Cogliano, Johansen, Lehkonen, Byram, MalinskiNJD: Tierney, Nosek, Bastian, Bahl, Nemec
    COL 1 – 1 NJD

2nd period

  1. 3:49
    NJDJesper Bratt (Nico Hischier, Ondrej Palat)wrist0.09 xG
    COL: MacKinnon, Drouin, Toews, Rantanen, MakarNJD: Palat, Bratt, Hischier, Hatakka, Hughes
    COL 1 – 2 NJD
  2. 6:47
    NJDDawson Mercer (Erik Haula, Timo Meier)other0.74 xG
    COL: Manson, Wood, Girard, Colton, O'ConnorNJD: Haula, Miller, Meier, Hatakka, Mercer
    COL 1 – 3 NJD

3rd period

  1. 8:29
    COLCale Makar (Artturi Lehkonen)wrist0.18 xG
    COL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Toews, MakarNJD: Marino, Bratt, Mercer, Hughes
    COL 2 – 3 NJD
  2. 8:58
    COLSamuel Girard (Jonathan Drouin, Bowen Byram)slap0.04 xG
    COL: Lehkonen, Drouin, Girard, ByramNJD: Palat, Miller, Hatakka, Mercer
    COL 3 – 3 NJD
  3. 17:43
    NJDJohn Marino (Nico Hischier, Jesper Bratt)wrist0.18 xG
    COL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Rantanen, Makar, ByramNJD: Palat, Marino, Bratt, Hischier, Hughes
    COL 3 – 4 NJD
  4. 19:58
    NJDErik HaulaENwrist0.49 xG
    COL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Drouin, Rantanen, Colton, MakarNJD: Haula, Lazar, Marino, Bastian, Hughes
    COL 3 – 5 NJD

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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Nathan MacKinnon CL1000-140.6300024:33——5454
Mikko Rantanen RL1101-240.4111023:59——5554
Jonathan Drouin LL1022030.3300020:28——5573
Ross Colton CL2000-230.1714418:58——5446
Logan O'Connor RL2000-110.3012017:22——4742
Miles Wood LL2000-130.0721014:50——4941
Artturi Lehkonen LL3011-110.0511217:53——4123
Zach Parise LL3000010.0101011:05——5464
Ryan Johansen CL3000-130.1020010:13——3921
Andrew Cogliano CL4000-100.001009:05——572
Fredrik Olofsson LL4000010.000105:50——384
Joel Kiviranta LL4000000.000004:49——605
Cale Makar DD1101-160.8113027:17——5450
Devon Toews DD1000+120.0400023:04——6769
Samuel Girard DD2101020.0502018:38——4327
Josh Manson DD2000-110.0102016:37——4324
Bowen Byram DD3011-110.0000016:24——4346
Sam Malinski DD3000-120.2102012:17——4652
COL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Justus Annunen(start)L30264.8673.0558:40

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Jesper Bratt LL1112040.4500019:53——4648
Nico Hischier CL1022+110.1614019:18——4040
Ondrej Palat LL1011010.0100217:42——4546
Dawson Mercer CL2101-110.7401019:57——4463
Erik Haula LL2112+240.7420017:06——5274
Timo Meier RL2011+120.0200015:11——5364
Nathan Bastian RL3000+230.4900014:49——5039
Curtis Lazar CL3000+100.2811013:06——5050
Max Willman CL3000010.011008:38——4125
Tomas Nosek LL4000+130.0510010:48——6868
Chris Tierney CL4101+110.0710010:44——7177
Alexander Holtz RL4000020.131009:48——6047
Luke Hughes DD1000+100.0401024:32——5249
John Marino DD1101010.1805023:42——4845
Colin Miller DD2000030.0931018:18——5069
Santeri Hatakka DD2000+120.0212215:28——5175
Simon Nemec DD3011+100.0401217:17——4536
Kevin Bahl DD3011+120.0201215:43——5442
NJD goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Vitek Vanecek(start)W38353.9213.2160:00

Goal anatomy

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

Mikko Rantanen (COL) 1st 1:23 · assists Jonathan Drouin · Dump and chase · dumped in · 4-on-3 at the blue line · 39.5 mph shot · 5.1 s from entry to goal.

Mikko Rantanen · 1st 1:23 · COL

Play
dump-and-chase
Entry
dump
Odd man
4-on-3
Passes
0
Shot
39.5 mph
Distance
21 ft
Entry to goal
5.1 s

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Jesper Bratt · 2nd 3:49 · NJD

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
2-on-1
Passes
0
Shot
65.4 mph
Distance
17 ft
Entry to goal
2.3 s

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John Marino · 3rd 17:43 · NJD

Play
turnover-forecheck
Entry
carry
Odd man
3-on-2
Passes
0
Shot
53.9 mph
Distance
22 ft
Entry to goal
7.2 s

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