Colorado Avalanche vs. Utah Hockey ClubDec 27, 2024

FinalFriday, Dec 27, 2024· Delta Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	0	1	3	4		COL	14	11	12	37
UTA	0	0	1	1		UTA	11	7	17	35

: COL 70UTA 62
: COL 4.50UTA 2.94
PP goals: COL 0UTA 1
Hits: COL 19UTA 10
Blocks: COL 12UTA 19
PIM: COL 11UTA 9
: COL 49%UTA 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche beat Utah Hockey Club 4–1

Colorado Avalanche beat Utah Hockey Club 4–1 at UTA. Artturi Lehkonen (COL) led the scoring with 3G 0A. UTA's first power-play unit (Schmaltz, Keller, Sergachev, Guenther and Cooley) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:18 together.

Points
Artturi Lehkonen had a hat trick (3 points) on 4 shots in 18:48.Lehkonen
Points
Nathan MacKinnon had 3 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 19:08.MacKinnon
PP1
UTA's first power-play unit (Schmaltz, Keller, Sergachev, Guenther and Cooley) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:18 together.Schmaltz Keller Sergachev Guenther Cooley
Usage
Sam Malinski (COL) played 10:35, −5:27 down on his 16:02 season average over 75 games.Malinski
Goalie
Karel Vejmelka (UTA) faced 35 shots and stopped 33 (.943), +9 against a season average of 26.0; the loss.Vejmelka
Goalie
Mackenzie Blackwood (COL) faced 35 shots and stopped 34 (.971), +7 against a season average of 27.7; the win.Blackwood
Luck
UTA scored 1 goal on 2.94 expected goals (62 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Nathan MacKinnon (COL) played 19:08, −3:42 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)UTA attacks right (top on phones) →

UTA
COL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 132 of 132 attempts · UTA 62 · COL 70

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

UTA
COL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

UTA 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, UTA 25%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

UTA

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	UTA
	67	59
	2.98	1.95
	2.81	1.87
	12	7
	2	4
	19	17
	+0.000	+0.000
	43%	25%

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

L1Kelly – O'Connor – Kiviranta
10:3956% CF
L2Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Nichushkin
9:4854% CF
L3Rantanen – Colton – Mittelstadt
9:1139% CF
L4Smith – Ivan – Innala
3:4538% CF
D1Toews – Makar
14:4658% CF
D2Manson – Girard
11:3765% CF
D3de Haan – Malinski
7:2531% CF

PP1MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Rantanen – Colton – Makar
3:03100% CF
PP2Lehkonen – Toews – Girard – Mittelstadt – Innala
0:47
PK1FKelly – O'Connor
1:53
PK2FNichushkin – Kiviranta
1:19
PK1DToews – Makar
2:11
PK2DManson – Girard
2:01

Current COL line combinations →

Utah Mammoth

L1McBain – Guenther – Cooley
10:0930% CF
L2Schmaltz – Keller – Hayton
10:0156% CF
L3Kerfoot – Stenlund – Carcone
8:4675% CF
L4Bjugstad – Crouse – Maccelli
8:1653% CF
D1Maatta – Sergachev
12:4631% CF
D2Cole – Kesselring
12:0154% CF
D3Välimäki – Kolyachonok
8:2647% CF

PP1Schmaltz – Keller – Sergachev – Guenther – Cooley
3:1867% CF
PP2Bjugstad – Crouse – Carcone – Kesselring – Maccelli
1:4275% CF
PK1FKerfoot – Stenlund
0:50
PK2FMcBain – Cooley
0:38
PK1DCole – Sergachev
1:47
PK2DMaatta – Välimäki
0:31

Current UTA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

11:52
COLArtturi Lehkonen (Nathan MacKinnon, Sam Malinski)snap0.20 xG
COL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Makar, MalinskiUTA: Bjugstad, Maatta, Crouse, Sergachev, Maccelli
COL 1 – 0 UTA

3rd period

3:42
UTANick SchmaltzPP (Mikhail Sergachev, Logan Cooley)tip-in0.11 xG
COL: Manson, Nichushkin, Girard, KellyUTA: Schmaltz, Keller, Sergachev, Guenther, Cooley
COL 1 – 1 UTA
14:44
COLArtturi Lehkonen (Valeri Nichushkin, Nathan MacKinnon)snap0.03 xG
COL: Manson, Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, GirardUTA: Maatta, Sergachev, McBain, Guenther, Cooley
COL 2 – 1 UTA
18:10
COLMikko RantanenEN (Nathan MacKinnon)wrist0.92 xG
COL: MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Toews, Rantanen, MakarUTA: Schmaltz, Keller, Sergachev, Hayton, Guenther, Cooley
COL 3 – 1 UTA
19:34
COLArtturi LehkonenENsnap0.41 xG
COL: de Haan, Lehkonen, Rantanen, Mittelstadt, MakarUTA: Schmaltz, Keller, Sergachev, McBain, Guenther, Cooley
COL 4 – 1 UTA

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
Logan O'Connor R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	0	0	0	16:47	—	—	69	85
Parker Kelly C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.56	1	1	0	16:23	—	—	62	85
Joel Kiviranta L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.42	2	0	0	15:10	—	—	62	92
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	0	1	1	+3	3	0.10	2	2	0	21:05	—	—	50	44
Nathan MacKinnon C	L2	0	3	3	+3	4	0.52	0	0	5	19:08	—	—	61	53
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	3	0	3	+3	4	0.74	3	1	0	18:48	—	—	45	50
Mikko Rantanen R	L3	1	0	1	+2	3	1.38	0	1	2	20:03	—	—	56	60
Casey Mittelstadt C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	0	1	0	17:42	—	—	49	59
Ross Colton C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	2	0	0	17:06	—	—	50	63
Jere Innala L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	2	0	2	5:57	—	—	50	43
Ivan Ivan C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	5:07	—	—	36	9
Givani Smith R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	0	2	4:38	—	—	33	6
Cale Makar D	D1	0	0	0	+3	4	0.14	1	1	0	25:17	—	—	56	61
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.14	1	0	0	25:12	—	—	53	50
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.01	0	4	0	21:35	—	—	66	82
Josh Manson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.06	2	1	0	19:42	—	—	68	76
Calvin de Haan D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:39	—	—	33	39
Sam Malinski D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	10:35	—	—	36	46

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	W	35	34	1	.971	2.94	60:00

Utah Mammoth

UTA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Logan Cooley C	L1	0	1	1	-3	2	0.31	0	1	0	19:11	—	—	33	37
Dylan Guenther R	L1	0	0	0	-3	5	0.32	0	1	0	16:16	—	—	30	31
Jack McBain C	L1	0	0	0	-2	5	0.24	3	2	0	14:29	—	—	39	36
Nick Schmaltz C	L2	1	0	1	-2	3	0.23	0	1	0	17:57	—	—	42	23
Clayton Keller R	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.19	0	1	0	17:42	—	—	48	41
Barrett Hayton C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	0	0	7	14:17	—	—	52	27
Kevin Stenlund C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.12	0	1	0	15:33	—	—	58	63
Michael Carcone L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.42	1	0	0	14:25	—	—	64	60
Alexander Kerfoot C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	0	1	2	14:18	—	—	68	60
Matias Maccelli L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	0	0	0	13:40	—	—	50	26
Lawson Crouse L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	1	0	0	13:15	—	—	40	25
Nick Bjugstad C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.20	2	0	0	12:48	—	—	40	32
Mikhail Sergachev D	D1	0	1	1	-4	1	0.10	0	2	0	24:54	—	—	41	42
Olli Maatta D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.09	0	3	0	18:36	—	—	41	43
Michael Kesselring D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	0.22	0	2	0	21:48	—	—	51	28
Ian Cole D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	2	1	0	19:40	—	—	58	55
Juuso Välimäki D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	16:59	—	—	40	24
Vladislav Kolyachonok D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	11:44	—	—	46	41

UTA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Karel Vejmelka(start)	L	35	33	2	.943	3.17	58:28

Goal anatomy

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

Artturi Lehkonen (COL) 2nd 11:52 · assists Nathan MacKinnon, Sam Malinski · Deflection · carried in · 29.3 mph shot · 5.3 s from entry to goal.

Artturi Lehkonen · 2nd 11:52 · COL

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 3
Shot: 29.3 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 5.3 s
Type: deflection

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Nick Schmaltz · 3rd 3:42 · UTA PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 21.5 mph
Distance: 8 ft

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Artturi Lehkonen · 3rd 14:44 · COL

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 9.2 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 3.3 s
Type: rebound

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Mikko Rantanen · 3rd 18:10 · COL EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 30.3 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 s

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Artturi Lehkonen · 3rd 19:34 · COL EN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 8.8 mph
Distance: 31 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.