Colorado Avalanche vs. Carolina HurricanesJan 3, 2026

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	0	1	4	5		COL	15	9	11	35
CAR	1	2	0	3		CAR	10	8	10	28

: COL 66CAR 56
: COL 6.00CAR 3.45
PP goals: COL 2CAR 1
Hits: COL 19CAR 18
Blocks: COL 10CAR 15
PIM: COL 6CAR 10
: COL 63%CAR 37%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche beat Carolina Hurricanes 5–3

Colorado Avalanche beat Carolina Hurricanes 5–3 at CAR. Nathan MacKinnon (COL) led the scoring with 1G 3A. New look for CAR: Staal–Martinook–Stankoven skated 8:25 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 2 shots in 20:04.MacKinnon
Points
Brock Nelson had two goals (2 points) on 7 shots in 22:28.Nelson
Points
Sebastian Aho had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 22:11.Aho
Points
Cale Makar had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 24:35.Makar
Points
Martin Necas had 2 assists (2 points) in 22:44.Necas
New line
New look for CAR: Staal–Martinook–Stankoven skated 8:25 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Staal Martinook Stankoven
New line
New look for COL: Kelly–Bardakov–Makar skated 4:43 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kelly Bardakov Makar
Goalie
Frederik Andersen (CAR) faced 34 shots and stopped 30 (.882), +10 against a season average of 24.3; the loss.Andersen

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)CAR attacks right (top on phones) →

CAR
COL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 122 of 122 attempts · CAR 56 · COL 66

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CAR
COL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

CAR 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 48% of the game, CAR 21%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

CAR

COL

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

CAR 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	CAR
	54	54
	3.35	2.70
	3.23	2.57
	14	11
	7	8
	22	16
	+0.088	−0.088
	48%	21%

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

L1Landeskog – MacKinnon – Necas
11:4841% CF
L2Nelson – Lehkonen – Nichushkin
9:4853% CF
L3Olofsson – Colton – Drury
7:1981% CF
L4Kelly – Bardakov – Makar
4:4375% CF
D1Girard – Malinski
11:3868% CF
D2Burns – Manson
11:3261% CF
D3Toews – Makar
10:0328% CF

PP1Nelson – Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Makar
5:20100% CF
PP2Landeskog – Toews – Olofsson – Colton – Necas
2:08
PK1FKelly – Drury
2:50
PK2FNelson – Nichushkin
2:12
PK1DToews – Makar
2:22
PK2DBurns – Manson
2:05

Current COL line combinations →

Carolina Hurricanes

L1Ehlers – Aho – Svechnikov
9:4452% CF
L2Staal – Martinook – Stankoven
8:2544% CF
L3Hall – Jankowski – Blake
8:2242% CF
L4Carrier – Robinson – Kotkaniemi
5:4840% CF
D1Gostisbehere – Chatfield
12:1358% CF
D2Walker – Miller
11:3358% CF
D3Nikishin – Nystrom
9:1841% CF

PP1Gostisbehere – Ehlers – Aho – Svechnikov – Blake
3:39100% CF
PP2Hall – Walker – Kotkaniemi – Nikishin – Stankoven
2:09
PK1FStaal – Martinook
4:06
PK2FAho – Robinson
2:59
PK1DWalker – Miller
4:05
PK2DChatfield – Nikishin
2:01

Current CAR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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	2	2	0	0	0.06	4	1	0	22:44	—	—	38	35
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	1	3	4	0	2	1.32	2	1	0	20:04	—	—	43	42
Gabriel Landeskog L	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.44	1	0	0	18:52	—	—	40	37
Brock Nelson C	L2	2	0	2	-1	7	1.13	1	0	0	22:28	—	—	43	69
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.68	0	0	0	21:01	—	—	48	79
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	0	1	1	0	4	0.84	2	1	0	16:32	—	—	48	69
Jack Drury C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.19	1	2	0	15:20	—	—	62	63
Victor Olofsson L	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.25	0	1	0	11:26	—	—	82	83
Ross Colton C	L3	0	1	1	+1	4	0.31	0	0	0	10:42	—	—	83	98
Parker Kelly C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	2	0	10:27	—	—	38	89
Zakhar Bardakov C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	6:54	—	—	43	87
Taylor Makar L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.16	1	0	0	5:18	—	—	50	89
Samuel Girard D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	1	0	17:25	—	—	52	64
Sam Malinski D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.01	0	0	0	16:45	—	—	67	77
Josh Manson D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.29	1	0	2	18:25	—	—	55	73
Brent Burns D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.02	2	0	0	18:21	—	—	57	73
Cale Makar D	D3	0	2	2	-1	2	0.22	1	0	0	24:35	—	—	39	40
Devon Toews D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	1	2	16:49	—	—	31	32

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Scott Wedgewood(start)	W	28	25	3	.893	3.45	60:00

Carolina Hurricanes

CAR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sebastian Aho C	L1	1	1	2	+1	7	0.91	1	2	0	22:11	—	—	58	62
Nikolaj Ehlers L	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.34	0	1	2	17:42	—	—	52	61
Andrei Svechnikov R	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.98	2	0	2	17:28	—	—	54	60
Jordan Martinook L	L2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.34	1	1	0	17:17	—	—	52	34
Jordan Staal C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	2	0	0	17:00	—	—	44	37
Logan Stankoven C	L2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.16	1	2	0	12:49	—	—	54	32
Jackson Blake R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	0	1	2	15:47	—	—	35	7
Taylor Hall L	L3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.02	1	0	0	14:51	—	—	53	21
Mark Jankowski L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:33	—	—	53	12
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	2	1	0	11:15	—	—	42	20
Eric Robinson L	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:03	—	—	50	29
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	1	0	2	8:21	—	—	44	33
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	1	3	0	22:44	—	—	56	57
Jalen Chatfield D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	0	0	20:08	—	—	48	35
Sean Walker D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	1	2	0	23:24	—	—	63	61
K'Andre Miller D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.03	2	0	2	21:46	—	—	49	49
Alexander Nikishin D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	1	0	0	15:30	—	—	43	11
Joel Nystrom D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	12:56	—	—	32	6

CAR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Frederik Andersen(start)	L	34	30	4	.882	5.05	57:58

Goal anatomy

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

Nathan MacKinnon (COL EN) 3rd 19:42 · assists Martin Necas, Artturi Lehkonen · Cycle · loose puck · 66.3 mph shot · 6.8 s from entry to goal.

Nathan MacKinnon · 3rd 19:42 · COL EN

Play: cycle
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 66.3 mph
Distance: 30 ft
Entry to goal: 6.8 s

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Sebastian Aho · 1st 18:09 · CAR SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 21.0 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 s

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Gabriel Landeskog · 2nd 1:47 · COL

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 6.8 mph
Distance: 5 ft

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Nikolaj Ehlers · 2nd 4:47 · CAR PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 51.4 mph
Distance: 22 ft

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Andrei Svechnikov · 2nd 7:50 · CAR

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: 2-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 19.8 mph
Distance: 1 ft
Entry to goal: 2.5 s

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Brock Nelson · 3rd 1:09 · COL PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 12.8 mph
Distance: 2 ft

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Jack Drury · 3rd 1:42 · COL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 53.3 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s

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Brock Nelson · 3rd 7:30 · COL PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 71.2 mph
Distance: 29 ft
Type: one-timer

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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.

Colorado Avalanche vs. Carolina HurricanesJan 3, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Colorado Avalanche beat Carolina Hurricanes 5–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Colorado Avalanche

Carolina Hurricanes

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Colorado Avalanche

Carolina Hurricanes

Goal anatomy

Nathan MacKinnon · 3rd 19:42 · COL EN

Sebastian Aho · 1st 18:09 · CAR SH

Gabriel Landeskog · 2nd 1:47 · COL

Nikolaj Ehlers · 2nd 4:47 · CAR PP

Andrei Svechnikov · 2nd 7:50 · CAR

Brock Nelson · 3rd 1:09 · COL PP

Jack Drury · 3rd 1:42 · COL

Brock Nelson · 3rd 7:30 · COL PP