Colorado Avalanche vs. Anaheim DucksDec 20, 2024

FinalFriday, Dec 20, 2024· Honda Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	0	2	2	4		COL	5	13	5	23
ANA	0	1	1	2		ANA	12	9	11	32

: COL 49ANA 64
: COL 3.90ANA 2.91
PP goals: COL 1ANA 0
Hits: COL 17ANA 27
Blocks: COL 22ANA 12
PIM: COL 13ANA 13
: COL 47%ANA 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche beat Anaheim Ducks 4–2

Colorado Avalanche beat Anaheim Ducks 4–2 at ANA. Nathan MacKinnon (COL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. COL's first power-play unit (MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Rantanen, Colton and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 12 attempts in 5:28 together.

Points
Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 18:49.MacKinnon
Points
Cale Makar had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 23:02.Makar
Points
Valeri Nichushkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:19.Nichushkin
Points
Mikko Rantanen had 2 assists (2 points) in 19:51.Rantanen
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Rantanen, Colton and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 12 attempts in 5:28 together.MacKinnon Nichushkin Rantanen Colton Makar
New line
New look for COL: Smith–Ivan–Innala skated 4:05 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Smith Ivan Innala
Usage
Radko Gudas (ANA) played 12:24, −7:34 down on his 19:58 season average over 80 games.Gudas
Usage
Nathan MacKinnon (COL) played 18:49, −4:01 down on his 22:50 season average over 78 games.MacKinnon

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 113 of 113 attempts · ANA 64 · COL 49

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 27% of the game, ANA 30%.

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
	38	58
	2.27	2.34
	2.22	2.28
	6	14
	5	2
	10	8
	−0.036	+0.036
	27%	30%

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 – Nichushkin
9:1535% CF
L2Rantanen – Colton – Mittelstadt
9:0840% CF
L3Kelly – O'Connor – Kiviranta
8:1754% CF
L4Smith – Ivan – Innala
4:0563% CF
D1Toews – Malinski
9:4043% CF
D2Girard – Makar
7:2620% CF
D3de Haan – Middleton
4:0738% CF

PP1MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Rantanen – Colton – Makar
5:2892% CF
PP2Lehkonen – Toews – Girard – Mittelstadt – Ivan
0:51
PK1FKelly – O'Connor
3:35
PK2FLehkonen – Nichushkin
2:27
PK1DToews – Makar
3:09
PK2Dde Haan – Girard
1:45

Current COL line combinations →

Anaheim Ducks

L1Strome – Vatrano – Terry
9:3567% CF
L2Killorn – McGinn – Carlsson
7:4970% CF
L3Fabbri – McTavish – Gauthier
7:4950% CF
L4Johnston – Harkins – Lundeström
5:3543% CF
D1Dumoulin – Mintyukov
13:2137% CF
D2Trouba – Zellweger
12:4066% CF
D3Gudas – LaCombe
9:0268% CF

PP1Strome – Vatrano – Terry – LaCombe – Carlsson
5:2375% CF
PP2Killorn – Fabbri – McTavish – Zellweger – Gauthier
3:5983% CF
PK1FMcGinn – Harkins
2:00
PK2FKillorn – Lundeström
1:18
PK1DDumoulin – Trouba
3:39
PK2DGudas – LaCombe
1:55

Current ANA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

2:40
ANALeo Carlsson (Jacob Trouba, Brock McGinn)tip-in0.08 xG
COL: Toews, Rantanen, Smith, Mittelstadt, MalinskiANA: Trouba, McGinn, Harkins, Zellweger, Carlsson
COL 0 – 1 ANA
6:40
COLParker KellySH (Logan O'Connor)snap0.24 xG
COL: de Haan, Makar, Kelly, O'ConnorANA: Killorn, Fabbri, McTavish, Zellweger, Gauthier
COL 1 – 1 ANA
10:57
COLValeri Nichushkin (Cale Makar, Nathan MacKinnon)wrist0.49 xG
COL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Toews, MakarANA: Gudas, Strome, Vatrano, Terry, LaCombe
COL 2 – 1 ANA

3rd period

3:30
COLCale MakarPP (Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen)snap0.20 xG
COL: MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Rantanen, Colton, MakarANA: Killorn, Gudas, Vatrano, LaCombe
COL 3 – 1 ANA
13:05
ANAAlex Killorn (Pavel Mintyukov)deflected0.13 xG
COL: Toews, Smith, Ivan, Malinski, InnalaANA: Killorn, McGinn, Zellweger, Mintyukov, Carlsson
COL 3 – 2 ANA
18:41
COLNathan MacKinnonEN (Mikko Rantanen, Valeri Nichushkin)wrist0.61 xG
COL: MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Rantanen, Girard, MakarANA: Killorn, Strome, Fabbri, Vatrano, Terry, LaCombe
COL 4 – 2 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	1	2	+2	3	0.68	1	0	0	21:19	—	—	38	60
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.09	1	2	0	19:00	—	—	35	61
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	1	2	3	+2	3	0.81	0	1	0	18:49	—	—	31	59
Mikko Rantanen R	L2	0	2	2	0	0	0.30	0	2	0	19:51	—	—	28	31
Ross Colton C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	2	1	0	17:14	—	—	39	39
Casey Mittelstadt C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	16:06	—	—	36	30
Logan O'Connor R	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	16:35	—	—	56	38
Parker Kelly C	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.36	2	2	4	14:03	—	—	54	44
Joel Kiviranta L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	0	0	2	11:24	—	—	57	45
Ivan Ivan C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:49	—	—	55	67
Jere Innala L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.26	3	2	0	7:09	—	—	55	68
Givani Smith R	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	6:08	—	—	39	34
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	2	23:14	—	—	40	45
Sam Malinski D	D1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.05	0	2	0	18:40	—	—	43	33
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.42	1	2	0	23:07	—	—	36	46
Cale Makar D	D2	1	1	2	+3	7	0.64	1	3	0	23:02	—	—	32	63
Calvin de Haan D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	0	1	0	18:13	—	—	43	49
Keaton Middleton D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	5	8:18	—	—	50	68

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Scott Wedgewood(start)	W	32	30	2	.938	2.91	59:59

Anaheim Ducks

ANA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Troy Terry R	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.09	0	0	0	20:37	—	—	64	42
Frank Vatrano R	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.29	1	0	2	19:59	—	—	61	37
Ryan Strome C	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.48	1	0	0	17:17	—	—	61	37
Alex Killorn L	L2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.26	1	0	0	17:42	—	—	65	62
Leo Carlsson C	L2	1	0	1	+2	1	0.08	1	0	0	17:11	—	—	70	69
Brock McGinn L	L2	0	1	1	+2	3	0.18	3	2	0	14:31	—	—	75	71
Robby Fabbri C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.15	1	0	0	16:44	—	—	52	59
Cutter Gauthier L	L3	0	0	0	-1	5	0.41	2	0	0	15:55	—	—	50	57
Mason McTavish C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.56	1	0	0	14:50	—	—	52	57
Isac Lundeström C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	1	0	0	12:23	—	—	54	47
Jansen Harkins C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	3	2	12:01	—	—	46	29
Ross Johnston L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	7	7:09	—	—	56	49
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	2	0	21:00	—	—	36	25
Pavel Mintyukov D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	1	0	0	16:00	—	—	43	39
Olen Zellweger D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	1	2	0	20:08	—	—	69	73
Jacob Trouba D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.05	1	2	0	19:28	—	—	64	71
Jackson LaCombe D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.12	0	0	0	20:31	—	—	73	44
Radko Gudas D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.03	5	1	2	12:24	—	—	65	37

ANA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
John Gibson(start)	L	22	19	3	.864	3.29	57:39

Goal anatomy

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

Valeri Nichushkin (COL) 2nd 10:57 · assists Cale Makar, Nathan MacKinnon · Rush · loose puck · 9.5 mph shot · 2.8 s from entry to goal.

Valeri Nichushkin · 2nd 10:57 · COL

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 9.5 mph
Distance: 31 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s

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Leo Carlsson · 2nd 2:40 · ANA

Play: deflection
Passes: 2
Shot: 30.5 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Type: deflection

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Parker Kelly · 2nd 6:40 · COL SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 69.8 mph
Distance: 30 ft
Entry to goal: 1.6 s

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Cale Makar · 3rd 3:30 · COL PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 57.5 mph
Distance: 24 ft

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Alex Killorn · 3rd 13:05 · ANA

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1
Shot: 23.0 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 4.1 s

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Nathan MacKinnon · 3rd 18:41 · COL EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 1
Shot: 45.4 mph
Distance: 78 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.