Colorado Avalanche vs. Calgary FlamesApr 14, 2026

FinalTuesday, Apr 14, 2026· Scotiabank Saddledome

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	0	1	2	3		COL	10	16	12	38
CGY	0	1	0	1		CGY	6	11	14	31

: COL 64CGY 51
: COL 4.89CGY 2.65
PP goals: COL 0CGY 0
Hits: COL 9CGY 13
Blocks: COL 8CGY 10
PIM: COL 4CGY 6
: COL 52%CGY 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche beat Calgary Flames 3–1

Colorado Avalanche beat Calgary Flames 3–1 at CGY. Cale Makar (COL) led the scoring with 0G 3A. New look for CGY: Olofsson–Frost–Gridin skated 10:31 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Cale Makar had 3 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 25:35.Makar
New line
New look for CGY: Olofsson–Frost–Gridin skated 10:31 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Olofsson Frost Gridin
New line
New look for CGY: Zary–Kerins–Klapka skated 10:15 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Zary Kerins Klapka
New line
New look for COL: Landeskog–Nichushkin–Roy skated 9:40 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Landeskog Nichushkin Roy
Goalie
Dustin Wolf (CGY) faced 37 shots and stopped 35 (.946), +10 against a season average of 27.3; the loss.Wolf
New line
New look for COL: Colton–Drury–O'Connor skated 7:59 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (87.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Colton Drury O'Connor
New line
New look for COL: Kelly–Kiviranta–Bardakov skated 7:02 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kelly Kiviranta Bardakov
Usage
Olli Maatta (CGY) played 24:26, +7:24 up on his 17:03 season average over 42 games.Maatta

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 115 of 115 attempts · CGY 51 · COL 64

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 35% of the game, CGY 19%.

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

Head-to-head matchups

CGY skaters (rows) against COL skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the CGY side.

Matchup matrix

CGY xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	COL	CGY
	58	48
	3.25	2.49
	3.18	2.41
	16	12
	2	7
	22	25
	+0.040	−0.040
	35%	19%

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 – Necas
13:0258% CF
L2Landeskog – Nichushkin – Roy
9:4038% CF
L3Colton – Drury – O'Connor
7:5988% CF
L4Kelly – Kiviranta – Bardakov
7:0260% CF
D1Ahcan – Blankenburg
11:2561% CF
D2Kulak – Makar
11:2242% CF
D3Burns – Malinski
10:2950% CF

PP1Landeskog – MacKinnon – Roy – Necas – Makar
4:5886% CF
PP2Burns – Lehkonen – Nichushkin – Colton – Malinski
1:3425% CF
PK1FLehkonen – Nichushkin
0:59
PK2FDrury – O'Connor
0:37
PK1DBurns – Kulak
1:13
PK2DMakar – Malinski
0:43

Current COL line combinations →

Calgary Flames

L1Olofsson – Frost – Gridin
10:3150% CF
L2Zary – Kerins – Klapka
10:1538% CF
L3Backlund – Coleman – Farabee
9:4348% CF
L4Sharangovich – Suniev – Gross
6:3845% CF
D1Maatta – Brzustewicz
9:1733% CF
D2Whitecloud – Parekh
7:1235% CF
D3Pachal – Wiebe
7:0270% CF

PP1Coleman – Frost – Suniev – Parekh – Gridin
1:58100% CF
PP2Olofsson – Sharangovich – Zary – Kerins – Brzustewicz
1:47100% CF
PK1FBacklund – Coleman
2:29
PK2FFarabee – Gross
0:52
PK1DMaatta – Whitecloud
2:06
PK2DPachal – Brzustewicz
0:35

Current CGY line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

7:22
CGYBlake Coleman (Mikael Backlund)tip-in0.12 xG
COL: Kulak, Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Necas, MakarCGY: Backlund, Coleman, Farabee, Pachal, Wiebe
COL 0 – 1 CGY
11:25
COLArtturi Lehkonen (Cale Makar, Sam Malinski)snap0.12 xG
COL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Necas, Makar, MalinskiCGY: Backlund, Coleman, Whitecloud, Farabee, Parekh
COL 1 – 1 CGY

3rd period

15:07
COLGabriel Landeskog (Brett Kulak, Cale Makar)tip-in0.14 xG
COL: Landeskog, Kulak, MacKinnon, Necas, MakarCGY: Backlund, Coleman, Maatta, Farabee, Parekh
COL 2 – 1 CGY
19:43
COLNathan MacKinnonEN (Cale Makar, Martin Necas)wrist0.93 xG
COL: Landeskog, Kulak, MacKinnon, Necas, MakarCGY: Frost, Sharangovich, Suniev, Parekh, Gridin, Gross
COL 3 – 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
Martin Necas C	L1	0	1	1	+2	5	1.06	1	0	0	22:36	—	—	51	52
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.20	0	1	0	22:17	—	—	55	62
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	1	0	1	+2	4	1.20	0	0	0	21:08	—	—	57	64
Gabriel Landeskog L	L2	1	0	1	+2	5	0.56	2	0	0	16:57	—	—	39	40
Nicolas Roy C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	0	1	0	16:18	—	—	32	27
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	0	0	15:55	—	—	35	33
Jack Drury C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	0	0	0	12:34	—	—	78	77
Logan O'Connor R	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.37	0	1	0	12:19	—	—	84	91
Ross Colton C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	2	0	0	11:48	—	—	78	81
Parker Kelly C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	0	2	11:13	—	—	50	69
Joel Kiviranta L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	1	1	0	9:44	—	—	55	72
Zakhar Bardakov C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	0	0	8:31	—	—	58	63
Nick Blankenburg D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	1	0	0	14:28	—	—	58	69
Jack Ahcan D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	0	2	12:45	—	—	64	72
Cale Makar D	D2	0	3	3	+2	4	0.48	0	0	0	25:35	—	—	58	65
Brett Kulak D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.02	1	1	0	21:12	—	—	36	45
Sam Malinski D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.04	1	2	0	20:36	—	—	69	63
Brent Burns D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	20:29	—	—	41	38

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	W	31	30	1	.968	2.65	59:35

Calgary Flames

CGY skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Matvei Gridin R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.30	0	0	0	16:03	—	—	52	52
Morgan Frost C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.19	2	0	0	15:52	—	—	53	44
Victor Olofsson L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.39	1	0	0	14:48	—	—	59	58
Rory Kerins C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	2	15:51	—	—	30	9
Connor Zary C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	0	2	15:22	—	—	35	25
Adam Klapka R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	2	0	0	12:41	—	—	47	48
Joel Farabee L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.32	0	0	0	17:44	—	—	41	36
Blake Coleman L	L3	1	0	1	-1	4	0.39	2	1	0	16:45	—	—	50	42
Mikael Backlund C	L3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.17	0	0	0	16:36	—	—	53	59
Yegor Sharangovich C	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.15	0	0	2	12:18	—	—	38	44
Tyson Gross C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	0	0	0	11:59	—	—	44	45
Aydar Suniev L	L4	0	0	0	-1	4	0.34	0	1	0	10:54	—	—	43	53
Olli Maatta D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	2	0	24:26	—	—	39	32
Hunter Brzustewicz D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	22:34	—	—	42	35
Zayne Parekh D	D2	0	0	0	-3	2	0.15	0	1	0	22:21	—	—	49	47
Zach Whitecloud D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	3	0	14:36	—	—	37	44
Brayden Pachal D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	16:37	—	—	62	66
Abram Wiebe D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:12	—	—	48	49

CGY goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Dustin Wolf(start)	L	37	35	2	.946	3.95	59:25

Goal anatomy

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

Blake Coleman (CGY) 2nd 7:22 · assists Mikael Backlund · Deflection · 21.8 mph shot.

Blake Coleman · 2nd 7:22 · CGY

Play: deflection
Passes: 2
Shot: 21.8 mph
Distance: 16 ft

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Artturi Lehkonen · 2nd 11:25 · COL

Play: rebound
Entry: pass
Odd man: 4-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 51.1 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Entry to goal: 3.8 s
Type: one-timer, rebound

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Gabriel Landeskog · 3rd 15:07 · COL

Play: deflection
Passes: 3
Shot: 38.1 mph
Distance: 14 ft
Type: deflection

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Nathan MacKinnon · 3rd 19:43 · COL EN

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 31.3 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s

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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.