Colorado Avalanche vs. New York IslandersDec 4, 2025

FinalThursday, Dec 4, 2025· UBS Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	0	2	1	3		COL	19	7	12	38
NYI	2	3	1	6		NYI	16	16	10	42

: COL 74NYI 65
: COL 3.03NYI 4.34
PP goals: COL 0NYI 1
Hits: COL 26NYI 18
Blocks: COL 12NYI 20
PIM: COL 8NYI 6
: COL 55%NYI 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Islanders beat Colorado Avalanche 6–3

New York Islanders beat Colorado Avalanche 6–3 at home. Mathew Barzal (NYI) led the scoring with 1G 2A. NYI's first power-play unit (Duclair, Horvat, Barzal, Schaefer and Shabanov) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 3:47 together.

Points
Mathew Barzal had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 20:40.Barzal
Points
Anders Lee had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:40.Lee
Points
Bo Horvat had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 19:29.Horvat
Points
Martin Necas had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:04.Necas
Points
Ryan Pulock had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 24:27.Pulock
PP1
NYI's first power-play unit (Duclair, Horvat, Barzal, Schaefer and Shabanov) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 3:47 together.Duclair Horvat Barzal Schaefer Shabanov
New line
New look for NYI: Lee–Barzal–Tsyplakov skated 11:49 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (56% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lee Barzal Tsyplakov
Goalie
Mackenzie Blackwood (COL) faced 41 shots and stopped 36 (.878), +16 against a season average of 24.6; the loss.Blackwood

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)NYI attacks right (top on phones) →

NYI
COL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 139 of 139 attempts · NYI 65 · COL 74

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NYI
COL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NYI 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 34% of the game, NYI 32%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NYI

COL

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

NYI 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	NYI
	74	59
	3.36	3.65
	3.23	3.31
	19	12
	2	8
	17	20
	+0.044	−0.044
	34%	32%

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
10:3665% CF
L2Nelson – Landeskog – Colton
4:3578% CF
L3Olofsson – Kelly – Drury
3:03100% CF
L4Nichushkin – Kiviranta – Bardakov
0:00
D1Toews – Makar
15:3863% CF
D2Girard – Malinski
14:3056% CF
D3Burns – Manson
14:2543% CF

PP1Landeskog – Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Necas – Makar
1:170% CF
PP2Nelson – Nichushkin – Toews – Olofsson – Colton
0:38100% CF
PK1FKelly – Drury
1:58
PK2FNelson – Kiviranta
1:25
PK1DBurns – Manson
2:29
PK2DToews – Makar
1:45

Current COL line combinations →

New York Islanders

L1Lee – Barzal – Tsyplakov
11:4956% CF
L2Horvat – Heineman – Shabanov
10:4033% CF
L3Cizikas – MacLean – Gatcomb
8:0154% CF
L4Duclair – Holmstrom – Ritchie
7:0933% CF
D1Pulock – Schaefer
14:3935% CF
D2Pelech – DeAngelo
12:0852% CF
D3Mayfield – Mitchell
7:3538% CF

PP1Duclair – Horvat – Barzal – Schaefer – Shabanov
3:4789% CF
PP2Lee – DeAngelo – Holmstrom – Heineman – Ritchie
1:12100% CF
PK1FHorvat – Holmstrom
1:38
PK2FCizikas – Heineman
0:32
PK1DPelech – Pulock
1:07
PK2DMayfield – Schaefer
0:00

Current NYI 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
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	0	0	0	6	0.50	0	0	0	22:10	—	—	66	59
Martin Necas C	L1	1	1	2	0	3	0.32	4	1	2	20:04	—	—	61	50
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.38	2	0	2	19:31	—	—	57	44
Brock Nelson C	L2	0	1	1	-2	1	0.02	0	2	0	18:42	—	—	50	48
Gabriel Landeskog L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.18	1	1	0	16:06	—	—	64	58
Ross Colton C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.18	4	0	0	12:34	—	—	62	52
Jack Drury C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:09	—	—	59	68
Parker Kelly C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	1	0	13:07	—	—	40	14
Victor Olofsson L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.01	0	0	0	12:49	—	—	44	45
Valeri Nichushkin R	L4	1	0	1	-1	3	0.29	2	0	0	16:23	—	—	52	61
Joel Kiviranta L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.39	1	0	0	8:56	—	—	50	42
Zakhar Bardakov C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	4:34	—	—	25	2
Cale Makar D	D1	0	1	1	-2	2	0.22	1	2	2	23:09	—	—	61	55
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.03	0	1	0	21:17	—	—	64	57
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	1	2	0	17:58	—	—	59	66
Sam Malinski D	D2	0	1	1	0	4	0.10	2	0	0	16:53	—	—	55	65
Brent Burns D	D3	0	1	1	0	2	0.04	1	1	0	18:25	—	—	49	30
Josh Manson D	D3	0	0	0	0	4	0.26	5	0	2	18:02	—	—	44	27

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	L	41	36	5	.878	4.07	57:37

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mathew Barzal C	L1	1	2	3	+1	4	0.18	2	0	2	20:40	—	—	60	70
Anders Lee L	L1	1	1	2	+1	4	0.66	1	0	0	17:40	—	—	59	67
Maxim Tsyplakov R	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.21	1	0	0	13:54	—	—	58	69
Bo Horvat C	L2	1	1	2	0	6	0.63	0	4	0	19:29	—	—	33	42
Max Shabanov R	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.14	0	0	0	16:19	—	—	37	44
Emil Heineman L	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.24	3	1	0	15:03	—	—	33	37
Kyle MacLean C	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.62	2	0	0	12:05	—	—	39	58
Casey Cizikas C	L3	1	0	1	+2	1	0.28	3	0	0	11:20	—	—	44	82
Marc Gatcomb C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	4	0	0	9:32	—	—	54	87
Simon Holmstrom R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	0	0	0	16:25	—	—	36	28
Anthony Duclair L	L4	0	0	0	-1	8	0.67	0	1	0	13:36	—	—	46	45
Calum Ritchie C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:16	—	—	41	37
Matthew Schaefer D	D1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.35	0	2	2	25:41	—	—	35	54
Ryan Pulock D	D1	0	2	2	+1	2	0.12	1	5	0	24:27	—	—	37	56
Adam Pelech D	D2	1	0	1	+2	2	0.05	0	1	0	22:20	—	—	56	51
Tony DeAngelo D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	2	0	17:51	—	—	47	42
Scott Mayfield D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	1	2	15:10	—	—	65	69
Travis Mitchell D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	3	0	10:12	—	—	29	24

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Sorokin(start)	W	38	35	3	.921	3.03	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Kyle MacLean (NYI) 1st 5:56 · assists Ryan Pulock, Marc Gatcomb · Rebound · 24.5 mph shot.

Kyle MacLean · 1st 5:56 · NYI

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 24.5 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Type: rebound

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Bo Horvat · 2nd 6:58 · NYI

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 29.1 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 8.2 s
Type: rebound

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Martin Necas · 2nd 10:04 · COL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 7.9 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 3.6 s

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Anders Lee · 1st 18:20 · NYI

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 62.4 mph
Distance: 27 ft
Entry to goal: 6.3 s
Type: one-timer

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Adam Pelech · 2nd 7:59 · NYI

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 35.6 mph
Distance: 39 ft

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Valeri Nichushkin · 2nd 8:39 · COL

Play: deflection
Passes: 1
Shot: 22.7 mph
Distance: 12 ft

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Mathew Barzal · 2nd 18:46 · NYI PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 32.3 mph
Distance: 12 ft

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Artturi Lehkonen · 3rd 1:27 · COL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 59.4 mph
Distance: 15 ft
Type: one-timer

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Casey Cizikas · 3rd 18:45 · NYI EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 47.2 mph
Distance: 103 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.

Colorado Avalanche vs. New York IslandersDec 4, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

New York Islanders beat Colorado Avalanche 6–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Colorado Avalanche

New York Islanders

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Colorado Avalanche

New York Islanders

Goal anatomy

Kyle MacLean · 1st 5:56 · NYI

Bo Horvat · 2nd 6:58 · NYI

Martin Necas · 2nd 10:04 · COL

Anders Lee · 1st 18:20 · NYI

Adam Pelech · 2nd 7:59 · NYI

Valeri Nichushkin · 2nd 8:39 · COL

Mathew Barzal · 2nd 18:46 · NYI PP

Artturi Lehkonen · 3rd 1:27 · COL

Casey Cizikas · 3rd 18:45 · NYI EN