Colorado Avalanche vs. Calgary FlamesMar 29, 2022

FinalTuesday, Mar 29, 2022· Scotiabank Saddledome

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	0	1	1	2		COL	9	7	14	30
CGY	0	1	0	1		CGY	13	17	15	45

: COL 49CGY 71
: COL 1.94CGY 3.01
PP goals: COL 2CGY 1
Hits: COL 25CGY 18
Blocks: COL 10CGY 12
PIM: COL 12CGY 8
: COL 32%CGY 68%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche edge Calgary Flames 2–1

Colorado Avalanche beat Calgary Flames 2–1 at CGY. Valeri Nichushkin (COL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. COL's first power-play unit (Kadri, Nichushkin, Toews, Rantanen and Makar) scored 2 power-play goals on 4 attempts in 4:00 together.

Points
Valeri Nichushkin had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 22:25.Nichushkin
Points
Devon Toews had 2 assists (2 points) in 25:41.Toews
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (Kadri, Nichushkin, Toews, Rantanen and Makar) scored 2 power-play goals on 4 attempts in 4:00 together.Kadri Nichushkin Toews Rantanen Makar
PP1
CGY's first power-play unit (Toffoli, Gaudreau, Lindholm, Andersson and Tkachuk) scored 1 power-play goal on 13 attempts in 4:47 together.Toffoli Gaudreau Lindholm Andersson Tkachuk
Goalie
Darcy Kuemper (COL) faced 45 shots and stopped 44 (.978), +14 against a season average of 30.8; the win.Kuemper
New line
New look for COL: Kadri–Nichushkin–Rantanen skated 12:24 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 Nichushkin Rantanen
New line
New look for COL: Burakovsky–Lehkonen–Newhook skated 9:02 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Burakovsky Lehkonen Newhook
Luck
CGY scored 1 goal on 3.01 expected goals (71 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)CGY attacks right (top on phones) →

CGY
COL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 120 of 120 attempts · CGY 71 · COL 49

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CGY
COL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

CGY 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 24% of the game, CGY 34%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

CGY

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	CGY
	49	55
	1.80	1.40
	1.77	1.39
	5	8
	2	5
	23	13
	−0.221	+0.221
	24%	34%

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 – Nichushkin – Rantanen
12:2467% CF
L2Burakovsky – Lehkonen – Newhook
9:0250% CF
L3Cogliano – Compher – Sturm
7:4425% CF
L4Helm – Aube-Kubel – O'Connor
6:0927% CF
D1Toews – Makar
9:1462% CF
D2Johnson – Manson
8:4241% CF

PP1Kadri – Nichushkin – Toews – Rantanen – Makar
4:0067% CF
PP2Johnson – Burakovsky – Compher – Lehkonen – Newhook
0:29100% CF
PK1FHelm – O'Connor
1:19
PK2FCogliano – Sturm
0:58
PK1DToews – Makar
2:42
PK2DJohnson – Johnson
0:44

Current COL line combinations →

Calgary Flames

L1Gaudreau – Lindholm – Tkachuk
10:1350% CF
L2Jarnkrok – Coleman – Dube
9:4668% CF
L3Backlund – Toffoli – Mangiapane
9:2244% CF
L4Lewis – Lucic – Monahan
7:2147% CF
D1Gudbranson – Zadorov
14:0668% CF
D2Tanev – Kylington
13:5050% CF
D3Hanifin – Andersson
13:4140% CF

PP1Toffoli – Gaudreau – Lindholm – Andersson – Tkachuk
4:4793% CF
PP2Backlund – Jarnkrok – Mangiapane – Hanifin – Dube
1:31100% CF
PK1FToffoli – Mangiapane
1:53
PK2FBacklund – Lindholm
1:14
PK1DTanev – Gudbranson
3:46
PK2DHanifin – Andersson
0:49

Current CGY line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

9:31
CGYTyler ToffoliPP (Rasmus Andersson, Matthew Tkachuk)slap0.16 xG
COL: Johnson, Compher, LehkonenCGY: Toffoli, Gaudreau, Lindholm, Andersson, Tkachuk
COL 0 – 1 CGY
13:46
COLValeri NichushkinPP (Cale Makar, Devon Toews)deflected0.10 xG
COL: Kadri, Nichushkin, Toews, Rantanen, MakarCGY: Tanev, Toffoli, Gudbranson, Mangiapane
COL 1 – 1 CGY

3rd period

10:52
COLValeri NichushkinPP (Mikko Rantanen, Devon Toews)tip-in0.10 xG
COL: Kadri, Nichushkin, Toews, Rantanen, MakarCGY: Tanev, Jarnkrok, Gudbranson, Coleman
COL 2 – 1 CGY

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	2	0	2	4	0.39	3	0	2	22:25	—	—	67	75
Nazem Kadri C	L1	0	0	0	6	0.30	1	0	4	21:45	—	—	70	75
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	0	1	1	3	0.23	1	2	2	20:39	—	—	68	75
Alex Newhook C	L2	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	1	2	13:10	—	—	44	58
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	0	0	0	3	0.39	1	0	0	12:53	—	—	50	61
Andre Burakovsky L	L2	0	0	0	1	0.10	1	0	0	12:43	—	—	50	61
J.T. Compher L	L3	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	13:28	—	—	19	29
Andrew Cogliano C	L3	0	0	0	1	0.04	4	0	0	13:16	—	—	20	31
Nico Sturm C	L3	0	0	0	2	0.06	1	1	0	12:50	—	—	28	38
Darren Helm C	L4	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:33	—	—	25	30
Logan O'Connor R	L4	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:24	—	—	27	32
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L4	0	0	0	0	0.07	0	0	0	7:44	—	—	36	30
Cale Makar D	D1	0	1	1	2	0.03	0	2	2	28:41	—	—	45	63
Devon Toews D	D1	0	2	2	0	0.00	0	1	0	25:41	—	—	62	65
Jack Johnson D	D2	0	0	0	2	0.05	0	2	0	20:15	—	—	33	51
Josh Manson D	D2	0	0	0	3	0.11	3	0	0	16:21	—	—	47	56
Erik Johnson D	—	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	1	0	18:11	—	—	48	43
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	9:15	—	—	67	65

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	W	45	44	1	.978	3.01	59:54

Calgary Flames

CGY skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Johnny Gaudreau L	L1	0	0	0	5	0.35	0	0	0	21:07	—	—	48	40
Elias Lindholm C	L1	0	0	0	0	0.12	1	0	2	20:24	—	—	53	52
Matthew Tkachuk L	L1	0	1	1	5	0.47	2	0	0	19:45	—	—	44	39
Calle Jarnkrok C	L2	0	0	0	2	0.11	0	0	2	15:14	—	—	69	50
Blake Coleman L	L2	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	13:11	—	—	70	50
Dillon Dube C	L2	0	0	0	6	0.33	1	0	0	13:03	—	—	70	50
Tyler Toffoli C	L3	1	0	1	3	0.23	0	1	0	19:44	—	—	44	45
Mikael Backlund C	L3	0	0	0	3	0.11	0	1	0	17:18	—	—	46	46
Andrew Mangiapane L	L3	0	0	0	5	0.56	1	1	2	15:21	—	—	48	46
Trevor Lewis C	L4	0	0	0	2	0.03	1	0	0	9:36	—	—	47	32
Sean Monahan C	L4	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	2	0	9:15	—	—	41	19
Milan Lucic L	L4	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	2	8:20	—	—	47	29
Erik Gudbranson D	D1	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	1	0	18:45	—	—	68	50
Nikita Zadorov D	D1	0	0	0	3	0.19	4	0	0	16:10	—	—	68	50
Chris Tanev D	D2	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	19:58	—	—	50	41
Oliver Kylington D	D2	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	2	0	16:25	—	—	50	41
Rasmus Andersson D	D3	0	1	1	2	0.31	0	0	0	23:08	—	—	42	41
Noah Hanifin D	D3	0	0	0	2	0.06	1	4	0	18:28	—	—	41	38

CGY goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	L	30	28	2	.933	1.94	58:08

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.