Colorado Avalanche vs. Anaheim DucksDec 2, 2023

Final / SOSaturday, Dec 2, 2023· Honda Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
COL	3	0	0	0	0	3		COL	14	9	12	2	37
ANA	1	2	0	0	1	4		ANA	14	10	8	5	37

: COL 74ANA 63
: COL 3.87ANA 3.42
PP goals: COL 0ANA 2
Hits: COL 20ANA 25
Blocks: COL 13ANA 21
PIM: COL 6ANA 6
: COL 45%ANA 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Anaheim Ducks edge Colorado Avalanche 4–3 (SO)

Anaheim Ducks beat Colorado Avalanche 4–3 in a shootout at home. Bowen Byram (COL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. ANA's first power-play unit (Henrique, Fowler, Strome, Vatrano and Jones) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:22 together.

Points
Bowen Byram had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 25:15.Byram
Points
Alex Killorn had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:17.Killorn
Points
Leo Carlsson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:28.Carlsson
PP1
ANA's first power-play unit (Henrique, Fowler, Strome, Vatrano and Jones) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:22 together.Henrique Fowler Strome Vatrano Jones
Usage
Mason McTavish (ANA) played 2:33, −13:57 down on his 16:30 season average over 63 games.McTavish
Usage
Nathan MacKinnon (COL) played 29:35, +6:51 up on his 22:44 season average over 81 games.MacKinnon
Goalie
Ivan Prosvetov (COL) faced 37 shots and stopped 34 (.919), +14 against a season average of 22.5; the overtime loss.Prosvetov
Goalie
John Gibson (ANA) faced 37 shots and stopped 34 (.919), +8 against a season average of 29.2; the win.Gibson

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 137 of 137 attempts · ANA 63 · COL 74

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 43% of the game, ANA 17%.

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
	64	54
	3.12	1.96
	3.05	1.95
	11	10
	8	6
	31	25
	−0.040	+0.041
	43%	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

L1MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Rantanen
15:5361% CF
L2Wood – Colton – O'Connor
7:5939% CF
L3Cogliano – Olofsson – Kiviranta
7:3031% CF
L4Tatar – Johansen – Drouin
5:4345% CF
D1Manson – Byram
12:0046% CF
D2Toews – Makar
11:2575% CF
D3Johnson – Jones
6:5045% CF

PP1MacKinnon – Drouin – Nichushkin – Rantanen – Makar
5:21100% CF
PP2Tatar – Johansen – Toews – Colton – Byram
0:15
PK1FWood – Nichushkin
1:10
PK2FCogliano – O'Connor
1:04
PK1DToews – Makar
3:01
PK2DJohnson – Manson
1:00

Current COL line combinations →

Anaheim Ducks

L1Killorn – Terry – Carlsson
13:1859% CF
L2Carrick – McGinn – Leason
8:1245% CF
L3Strome – Vatrano – Groulx
4:340% CF
D1Fowler – LaCombe
15:4936% CF
D2Gudas – Vaakanainen
14:1747% CF
D3Lyubushkin – Mintyukov
12:1268% CF

PP1Henrique – Fowler – Strome – Vatrano – Jones
3:2280% CF
PP2Killorn – Terry – Groulx – Mintyukov – Carlsson
1:23100% CF
PK1FHenrique – Vatrano
2:21
PK2FCarrick – Leason
1:43
PK1DFowler – Lyubushkin
4:11
PK2DGudas – Vaakanainen
0:53

Current ANA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:36
COLBowen Byram (Miles Wood, Ross Colton)snap0.20 xG
COL: Wood, Toews, Colton, O'Connor, ByramANA: Fowler, Carrick, McGinn, Leason, LaCombe
COL 1 – 0 ANA
8:59
COLBowen Byram (Fredrik Olofsson, Josh Manson)snap0.14 xG
COL: Cogliano, Manson, Olofsson, Byram, KivirantaANA: Strome, Vatrano, Lyubushkin, McTavish, Mintyukov
COL 2 – 0 ANA
14:05
ANAAdam HenriquePP (Ryan Strome, Frank Vatrano)tip-in0.17 xG
COL: Cogliano, Toews, Makar, O'ConnorANA: Henrique, Fowler, Strome, Vatrano, Jones
COL 2 – 1 ANA
19:17
COLDevon Toews (Mikko Rantanen, Nathan MacKinnon)snap0.13 xG
COL: MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Toews, Rantanen, ByramANA: Henrique, Gudas, Jones, Vaakanainen, Groulx
COL 3 – 1 ANA

2nd period

2:58
ANALeo Carlsson (Alex Killorn)wrist0.17 xG
COL: Cogliano, Manson, Olofsson, Byram, KivirantaANA: Killorn, Terry, Lyubushkin, Mintyukov, Carlsson
COL 3 – 2 ANA
10:22
ANAAlex KillornPP (Leo Carlsson, Pavel Mintyukov)snap0.13 xG
COL: Johnson, Manson, O'Connor, KivirantaANA: Killorn, Terry, Groulx, Mintyukov, Carlsson
COL 3 – 3 ANA

Decided in the shootout: COL 3 – 4 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
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	1	1	+1	6	0.69	0	2	0	29:35	—	—	65	76
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.72	0	0	0	28:20	—	—	65	76
Valeri Nichushkin R	L1	0	0	0	+1	5	0.57	1	0	0	27:28	—	—	61	75
Miles Wood L	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.19	2	0	0	13:07	—	—	53	57
Ross Colton C	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.51	0	0	2	12:49	—	—	45	57
Logan O'Connor R	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	0	0	0	12:43	—	—	39	47
Joel Kiviranta L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	2	0	0	11:58	—	—	47	48
Andrew Cogliano C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	10:38	—	—	27	36
Fredrik Olofsson L	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	8:53	—	—	31	37
Jonathan Drouin L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:29	—	—	61	58
Ryan Johansen C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	0	0	0	12:09	—	—	70	74
Tomas Tatar L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:10	—	—	54	56
Bowen Byram D	D1	2	0	2	+2	3	0.41	0	4	0	25:15	—	—	50	54
Josh Manson D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.02	7	2	2	19:39	—	—	50	54
Devon Toews D	D2	1	0	1	+2	3	0.23	1	3	0	27:18	—	—	62	74
Cale Makar D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	1	1	0	25:03	—	—	63	72
Jack Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.15	0	0	0	14:14	—	—	52	65
Caleb Jones D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	8:05	—	—	43	43

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ivan Prosvetov(start)	O	37	34	3	.919	3.42	65:00

Anaheim Ducks

ANA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Killorn L	L1	1	1	2	+1	3	0.26	0	0	0	20:17	—	—	61	51
Troy Terry R	L1	0	0	0	+1	5	0.40	0	0	0	20:03	—	—	54	49
Leo Carlsson C	L1	1	1	2	+1	4	0.49	2	1	0	19:28	—	—	53	49
Sam Carrick C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	1	4	0	16:54	—	—	38	30
Brett Leason R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.19	2	0	0	15:39	—	—	37	34
Brock McGinn L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.24	2	1	0	11:59	—	—	50	46
Frank Vatrano R	L3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.19	2	1	0	20:22	—	—	29	13
Ryan Strome C	L3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:45	—	—	33	15
Bo Groulx C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	4	14:26	—	—	27	25
Cam Fowler D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	4	0	28:39	—	—	35	43
Jackson LaCombe D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.11	0	4	0	20:11	—	—	37	47
Radko Gudas D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	2	17:37	—	—	41	13
Urho Vaakanainen D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	16:33	—	—	47	19
Ilya Lyubushkin D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	4	4	0	18:45	—	—	55	50
Pavel Mintyukov D	D3	0	1	1	0	3	0.62	4	0	0	18:26	—	—	72	62
Adam Henrique C	—	1	0	1	-1	3	0.42	1	0	0	19:28	—	—	58	63
Max Jones L	—	0	0	0	-1	3	0.31	4	0	0	12:14	—	—	64	51
Mason McTavish C	—	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	0	0	2:33	—	—	67	11

ANA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
John Gibson(start)	W	37	34	3	.919	3.87	64:41

Goal anatomy

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

Bowen Byram (COL) 1st 0:36 · assists Miles Wood, Ross Colton · Odd-man rush · carried in · 3-on-1 at the blue line · 51.6 mph shot · 2.4 s from entry to goal.

Bowen Byram · 1st 0:36 · COL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 3
Shot: 51.6 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 s

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Leo Carlsson · 2nd 2:58 · ANA

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 19.5 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 3.7 s

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Bowen Byram · 1st 8:59 · COL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 2
Shot: 62.5 mph
Distance: 26 ft
Entry to goal: 1.6 s

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Adam Henrique · 1st 14:05 · ANA PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 5 (royal road)
Shot: 15.4 mph
Distance: 1 ft

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Devon Toews · 1st 19:17 · COL

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 3
Shot: 51.4 mph
Distance: 29 ft
Entry to goal: 3.5 s

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Alex Killorn · 2nd 10:22 · ANA PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 4
Shot: 42.4 mph
Distance: 25 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.