Colorado Avalanche vs. Winnipeg JetsMar 26, 2026

FinalThursday, Mar 26, 2026· Canada Life Centre

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	1	0	2	3		COL	11	9	15	35
WPG	1	0	1	2		WPG	7	10	7	24

: COL 72WPG 47
: COL 4.10WPG 2.01
PP goals: COL 1WPG 0
Hits: COL 14WPG 25
Blocks: COL 7WPG 22
PIM: COL 15WPG 13
: COL 50%WPG 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche edge Winnipeg Jets 3–2

Colorado Avalanche beat Winnipeg Jets 3–2 at WPG. Nathan MacKinnon (COL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. COL's first power-play unit (Kadri, Nelson, MacKinnon, Necas and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 16 attempts in 6:03 together.

Points
Mark Scheifele had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 22:27.Scheifele
Points
Nathan MacKinnon had two goals (2 points) on 7 shots in 24:55.MacKinnon
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (Kadri, Nelson, MacKinnon, Necas and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 16 attempts in 6:03 together.Kadri Nelson MacKinnon Necas Makar
Usage
Artturi Lehkonen (COL) played 12:06, −6:28 down on his 18:34 season average over 69 games.Lehkonen
Goalie
Connor Hellebuyck (WPG) faced 35 shots and stopped 32 (.914), +8 against a season average of 27.1; the loss.Hellebuyck
New line
New look for COL: Kadri–Colton–O'Connor skated 5:31 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kadri Colton O'Connor
New line
New look for COL: Nelson–Lehkonen–Nichushkin skated 4:02 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nelson Lehkonen Nichushkin
Usage
Kyle Connor (WPG) played 25:06, +3:38 up on his 21:28 season average over 81 games.Connor

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)WPG attacks right (top on phones) →

WPG
COL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 119 of 119 attempts · WPG 47 · COL 72

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

WPG
COL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

WPG 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 44% of the game, WPG 27%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

WPG

COL

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

WPG 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	WPG
	62	48
	3.43	1.84
	3.07	1.79
	23	8
	1	5
	18	17
	+0.019	−0.019
	44%	27%

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
8:1833% CF
L2Kelly – Drury – Kiviranta
5:5791% CF
L3Kadri – Colton – O'Connor
5:3138% CF
L4Nelson – Lehkonen – Nichushkin
4:0238% CF
D1Toews – Malinski
11:3759% CF
D2Kulak – Makar
10:5133% CF
D3Burns – Manson
9:1287% CF

PP1Kadri – Nelson – MacKinnon – Necas – Makar
6:0394% CF
PK1FKelly – Drury
3:29
PK2FO'Connor – Kiviranta
1:12
PK1DToews – Makar
2:52
PK2DBurns – Manson
2:18

Current COL line combinations →

Winnipeg Jets

L1Scheifele – Connor – Iafallo
10:1152% CF
L2Lowry – Vilardi – Perfetti
8:2978% CF
L3Barron – Rosen – Lambert
5:2414% CF
L4Toews – Nyquist – Koepke
4:2291% CF
D1Morrissey – Pionk
12:1122% CF
D2Samberg – Salomonsson
8:5983% CF
D3DeMelo – Fleury
6:4843% CF

PP1Scheifele – Morrissey – Connor – Vilardi – Perfetti
5:27100% CF
PP2Toews – Nyquist – Pionk – Rosen – Lambert
2:09
PK1FLowry – Connor
3:27
PK2FBarron – Koepke
1:52
PK1DDeMelo – Samberg
4:02
PK2DFleury – Pionk
1:01

Current WPG line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

9:55
WPGMark Scheifele (Kyle Connor, Josh Morrissey)slap0.17 xG
COL: Landeskog, MacKinnon, Toews, Necas, MalinskiWPG: Scheifele, Morrissey, Connor, Iafallo, Salomonsson
COL 0 – 1 WPG
17:40
COLJack Drury (Sam Malinski, Parker Kelly)wrist0.61 xG
COL: Toews, Kelly, Drury, Kiviranta, MalinskiWPG: Scheifele, Morrissey, Iafallo, Koepke, Salomonsson
COL 1 – 1 WPG

3rd period

0:13
COLNathan MacKinnonPP (Nazem Kadri, Martin Necas)wrist0.13 xG
COL: Kadri, Nelson, MacKinnon, Necas, MakarWPG: Toews, DeMelo, Lowry, Samberg
COL 2 – 1 WPG
3:55
COLNathan MacKinnon (Artturi Lehkonen, Gabriel Landeskog)tip-in0.10 xG
COL: Burns, Landeskog, Kulak, Lehkonen, MacKinnonWPG: Lowry, Samberg, Iafallo, Pionk, Barron
COL 3 – 1 WPG
9:39
WPGMark Scheifele (Cole Perfetti, Gabriel Vilardi)tip-in0.05 xG
COL: Burns, Manson, Lehkonen, MacKinnon, NichushkinWPG: DeMelo, Scheifele, Vilardi, Samberg, Perfetti
COL 3 – 2 WPG

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	2	0	2	-1	7	1.00	0	0	0	24:55	—	—	52	53
Martin Necas C	L1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.06	0	0	0	19:20	—	—	46	34
Gabriel Landeskog L	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.14	0	0	0	14:30	—	—	54	45
Jack Drury C	L2	1	0	1	+1	5	0.79	4	0	0	13:06	—	—	75	85
Parker Kelly C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	11:49	—	—	80	91
Joel Kiviranta L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.12	0	0	0	8:23	—	—	86	93
Nazem Kadri C	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.57	0	0	0	16:11	—	—	56	73
Logan O'Connor R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	1	0	13:32	—	—	44	58
Ross Colton C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	0	1	0	10:43	—	—	52	60
Brock Nelson C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	0	0	2	19:15	—	—	65	82
Artturi Lehkonen L	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:06	—	—	44	41
Valeri Nichushkin R	L4	0	0	0	-1	5	0.34	2	0	2	12:02	—	—	57	69
Sam Malinski D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	0	1	0	18:56	—	—	58	72
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	2	17:10	—	—	55	68
Cale Makar D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	1	1	0	28:52	—	—	42	50
Brett Kulak D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.14	0	2	2	17:29	—	—	42	42
Brent Burns D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	1	0	0	17:36	—	—	75	75
Josh Manson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	2	0	7	14:05	—	—	79	91

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	W	24	22	2	.917	2.01	60:00

Winnipeg Jets

WPG skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kyle Connor L	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.45	1	0	0	25:06	—	—	46	39
Mark Scheifele C	L1	2	0	2	+1	4	0.47	1	0	0	22:27	—	—	43	31
Alex Iafallo L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	1	0	0	13:04	—	—	39	32
Gabriel Vilardi C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.07	1	0	2	21:05	—	—	48	43
Cole Perfetti C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.13	4	1	0	18:31	—	—	71	79
Adam Lowry C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.19	3	2	0	16:37	—	—	44	44
Morgan Barron C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	5	11:27	—	—	14	18
Brad Lambert C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	0	0	11:10	—	—	17	29
Isak Rosen R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	0	0	9:49	—	—	17	31
Jonathan Toews C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	2	11:11	—	—	67	42
Cole Koepke L	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.11	1	0	0	9:49	—	—	61	20
Gustav Nyquist R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	1	0	0	8:10	—	—	79	51
Josh Morrissey D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.08	1	3	0	24:25	—	—	25	24
Neal Pionk D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	1	2	20:38	—	—	32	29
Dylan Samberg D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	1	4	0	23:51	—	—	65	52
Elias Salomonsson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	3	2	15:55	—	—	62	43
Dylan DeMelo D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	2	3	0	17:56	—	—	40	42
Haydn Fleury D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	5	0	10:11	—	—	35	48

WPG goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Connor Hellebuyck(start)	L	35	32	3	.914	4.10	59:53

Goal anatomy

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

Mark Scheifele (WPG) 1st 9:55 · assists Kyle Connor, Josh Morrissey · Cycle · 7.8 mph shot.

Mark Scheifele · 1st 9:55 · WPG

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 7.8 mph
Distance: 6 ft

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Jack Drury · 1st 17:40 · COL

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 7.9 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Type: rebound

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Nathan MacKinnon · 3rd 0:13 · COL PP

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 2.7 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Entry to goal: 8.7 s
Type: rebound

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Nathan MacKinnon · 3rd 3:55 · COL

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 31.0 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Entry to goal: 2.7 s
Type: deflection

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Mark Scheifele · 3rd 9:39 · WPG

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 18.1 mph
Distance: 4 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.