Colorado Avalanche vs. Anaheim DucksMar 27, 2023

FinalMonday, Mar 27, 2023· Honda Center

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Colorado AvalancheCOL

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Anaheim DucksANA

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	2	2	1	5		COL	12	15	17	44
ANA	1	0	0	1		ANA	11	9	10	30

: COL 76ANA 51
: COL 4.36ANA 2.59
PP goals: COL 1ANA 0
Hits: COL 7ANA 11
Blocks: COL 10ANA 19
PIM: COL 6ANA 6
: COL 46%ANA 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche rout Anaheim Ducks 5–1

Colorado Avalanche beat Anaheim Ducks 5–1 at ANA. Bowen Byram (COL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. John Gibson (ANA) faced 44 shots and stopped 39 (.886), +7 against a season average of 37.4; the loss.

Points
Bowen Byram had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 19:58.Byram
Points
Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:13.MacKinnon
Points
Cale Makar had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 22:14.Makar
Goalie
John Gibson (ANA) faced 44 shots and stopped 39 (.886), +7 against a season average of 37.4; the loss.Gibson
New line
New look for ANA: McGinn–Megna–Lundeström skated 8:48 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (16.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.McGinn Megna Lundeström
Usage
Trevor Zegras (ANA) played 9:56, −9:00 down on his 18:56 season average over 80 games.Zegras
New line
New look for ANA: Jones–Nesterenko–McTavish skated 8:30 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Jones Nesterenko McTavish
Luck
ANA scored 1 goal on 2.59 expected goals (51 attempts), well short of 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)ANA attacks right (top on phones) →

ANA
COL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 127 of 127 attempts · ANA 51 · COL 76

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

ANA
COL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

ANA 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 46% of the game, ANA 26%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

ANA

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	ANA
	77	54
	3.73	2.51
	3.60	2.35
	18	12
	4	7
	14	13
	−0.036	+0.036
	46%	26%

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

L1MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Rantanen
14:3553% CF
L2Compher – Rodrigues – Newhook
12:1170% CF
L3Eller – Nieto – Malgin
7:5161% CF
L4Cogliano – Helm – O'Connor
6:5669% CF
D1Toews – Makar
15:3859% CF
D2Girard – Byram
15:1862% CF
D3Johnson – Johnson
12:0652% CF

PP1Compher – MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Rantanen – Makar
3:08100% CF
PP2Toews – Rodrigues – Girard – Byram – Newhook
1:06100% CF
PK1FCompher – Nichushkin
1:43
PK2FCogliano – O'Connor
1:15
PK1DToews – Makar
1:22
PK2DJohnson – Girard
1:14

Current COL line combinations →

Anaheim Ducks

L1Grant – Silfverberg – Comtois
11:0752% CF
L2McGinn – Megna – Lundeström
8:4817% CF
L3Jones – Nesterenko – McTavish
8:3036% CF
L4Strome – Vatrano – Zegras
6:5438% CF
D1Fowler – Harrington
16:1746% CF
D2Shattenkirk – Benoit
13:5549% CF
D3Beaulieu – White
11:1124% CF

PP1Shattenkirk – Grant – Silfverberg – Vatrano – Comtois
2:5775% CF
PP2Fowler – Strome – Jones – Zegras – McTavish
2:08100% CF
PK1FMcGinn – Megna
1:21
PK2FGrant – Lundeström
0:43
PK1DBeaulieu – Benoit
3:21
PK2DFowler – White
0:51

Current ANA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

12:08
ANADerek Grant (Jakob Silfverberg)tip-in0.11 xG
COL: MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Toews, Rantanen, MakarANA: Grant, Silfverberg, Fowler, Harrington, Comtois
COL 0 – 1 ANA
15:43
COLBowen Byramwrist0.01 xG
COL: Cogliano, Helm, Girard, O'Connor, ByramANA: Grant, Harrington, Strome, Comtois, Benoit
COL 1 – 1 ANA
19:52
COLNathan MacKinnon (Mikko Rantanen, Cale Makar)wrist0.06 xG
COL: MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Toews, Rantanen, MakarANA: Grant, Silfverberg, Fowler, Harrington, Comtois
COL 2 – 1 ANA

2nd period

2:05
COLJack Johnson (Denis Malgin, Matt Nieto)snap0.03 xG
COL: Johnson, Johnson, Eller, Nieto, MalginANA: Shattenkirk, McGinn, Megna, Lundeström, Benoit
COL 3 – 1 ANA
3:46
COLValeri Nichushkin (Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar)wrist0.13 xG
COL: MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Toews, Rantanen, MakarANA: Fowler, Harrington, Jones, Nesterenko, McTavish
COL 4 – 1 ANA

3rd period

4:22
COLSamuel GirardPP (Evan Rodrigues, Bowen Byram)slap0.49 xG
COL: Toews, Rodrigues, Girard, Byram, NewhookANA: Beaulieu, Megna, Lundeström, Benoit
COL 5 – 1 ANA

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
Valeri Nichushkin R	L1	1	0	1	+1	5	0.34	1	2	0	22:04	—	—	54	47
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.70	1	0	2	20:46	—	—	54	52
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	1	1	2	+1	3	0.26	0	0	0	20:13	—	—	55	53
J.T. Compher L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	0	0	18:20	—	—	65	83
Alex Newhook C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.62	1	1	0	16:39	—	—	62	72
Evan Rodrigues C	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.08	0	0	0	15:45	—	—	63	68
Matt Nieto L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.15	0	1	0	11:27	—	—	52	51
Lars Eller C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.20	0	1	0	11:20	—	—	60	63
Denis Malgin C	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.17	1	0	0	9:05	—	—	52	51
Logan O'Connor R	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.24	0	1	2	10:23	—	—	65	64
Darren Helm C	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.14	0	0	0	10:11	—	—	63	64
Andrew Cogliano C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.13	0	1	0	10:10	—	—	72	71
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.07	1	1	0	22:14	—	—	53	42
Cale Makar D	D1	0	2	2	+1	4	0.24	0	0	0	22:14	—	—	64	58
Samuel Girard D	D2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.57	0	1	0	22:47	—	—	62	67
Bowen Byram D	D2	1	1	2	+1	7	0.25	1	0	0	19:58	—	—	63	61
Jack Johnson D	D3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.06	1	0	2	15:27	—	—	58	72
Erik Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	0	1	0	15:20	—	—	53	64

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonas Johansson(start)	W	30	29	1	.967	2.59	59:42

Anaheim Ducks

ANA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Derek Grant C	L1	1	0	1	-1	4	0.47	0	1	0	18:34	—	—	51	79
Jakob Silfverberg R	L1	0	1	1	0	4	0.36	0	1	4	16:47	—	—	57	83
Maxime Comtois L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.21	2	2	0	15:51	—	—	47	77
Jayson Megna C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	15:58	—	—	25	2
Isac Lundeström C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	15:23	—	—	24	10
Brock McGinn L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	2	0	0	14:49	—	—	30	17
Max Jones L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.33	2	0	2	14:24	—	—	35	21
Mason McTavish C	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.39	0	0	0	14:13	—	—	46	33
Nikita Nesterenko C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	0	0	0	14:02	—	—	33	18
Frank Vatrano R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	1	0	16:31	—	—	41	37
Ryan Strome C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	0	0	14:51	—	—	40	39
Trevor Zegras C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	1	1	0	9:56	—	—	41	35
Cam Fowler D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.20	0	3	0	24:03	—	—	50	61
Scott Harrington D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	3	0	18:54	—	—	41	53
Simon Benoit D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.23	3	0	0	19:53	—	—	42	34
Kevin Shattenkirk D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	0	3	0	19:06	—	—	46	33
Nathan Beaulieu D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	3	0	17:06	—	—	25	3
Colton White D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:23	—	—	36	27

ANA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
John Gibson(start)	L	44	39	5	.886	4.36	60:00

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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.