Colorado Avalanche vs. Los Angeles KingsMar 15, 2022

FinalTuesday, Mar 15, 2022· Crypto.com Arena

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Colorado AvalancheCOL

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Los Angeles KingsLAK

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	1	1	1	3		COL	10	10	7	27
LAK	0	0	0	0		LAK	8	5	10	23

: COL 47LAK 53
: COL 2.41LAK 2.31
PP goals: COL 2LAK 0
Hits: COL 39LAK 17
Blocks: COL 18LAK 13
PIM: COL 8LAK 4
: COL 51%LAK 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche beat Los Angeles Kings 3–0

Colorado Avalanche beat Los Angeles Kings 3–0 at LAK. Mikko Rantanen (COL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. LAK scored 0 goals on 2.31 expected goals (53 attempts), well short of its chances.

Points
Mikko Rantanen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 21:01.Rantanen
Points
Valeri Nichushkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:41.Nichushkin
Luck
LAK scored 0 goals on 2.31 expected goals (53 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for COL: Compher–Aube-Kubel–O'Connor skated 4:52 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Compher Aube-Kubel O'Connor
Usage
Jordan Spence (LAK) played 25:46, +6:17 up on his 19:29 season average over 23 games.Spence
Usage
Valeri Nichushkin (COL) played 22:41, +3:43 up on his 18:58 season average over 61 games.Nichushkin
Usage
Alex Newhook (COL) played 17:19, +3:48 up on his 13:31 season average over 70 games.Newhook
Usage
Olli Maatta (LAK) played 22:01, +3:47 up on his 18:14 season average over 65 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)LAK attacks right (top on phones) →

LAK
COL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 100 of 100 attempts · LAK 53 · COL 47

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

LAK
COL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

LAK 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 37% of the game, LAK 30%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

LAK

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	LAK
	50	54
	2.48	2.17
	2.41	2.13
	14	12
	0	4
	13	13
	−0.005	+0.005
	37%	30%

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

L1MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Rantanen
14:3766% CF
L2Kadri – Burakovsky – Newhook
8:5450% CF
L3Compher – Aube-Kubel – O'Connor
4:5238% CF
D1Toews – Makar
16:1560% CF
D2Manson – Murray
12:5035% CF
D3Johnson – Johnson
12:4436% CF

PP1Kadri – MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Rantanen – Makar
2:10
PK1FCompher – Nichushkin
2:00
PK2FHelm – O'Connor
1:28
PK1DToews – Makar
2:53
PK2DJohnson – Johnson
2:38

Current COL line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Kopitar – Kempe – Iafallo
13:5652% CF
L2Danault – Moore – Kaliyev
12:2763% CF
L3Vilardi – Kupari – Byfield
11:5241% CF
L4Frk – Grundstrom – Lizotte
9:4862% CF
D1Maatta – Spence
19:3547% CF
D2Wolanin – Durzi
15:3357% CF
D3Moverare – Strand
12:2053% CF

PP1Kopitar – Kempe – Iafallo – Durzi – Kaliyev
2:4567% CF
PP2Danault – Frk – Moore – Vilardi – Spence
2:37100% CF
PK1FKopitar – Iafallo
0:51
PK2FMoore – Lizotte
0:34
PK1DMoverare – Strand
0:46
PK2DMaatta – Spence
0:44

Current LAK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

6:36
COLValeri NichushkinPP (Mikko Rantanen, Nathan MacKinnon)wrist0.17 xG
COL: Kadri, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Toews, RantanenLAK: Kopitar, Moverare, Iafallo, Strand
COL 1 – 0 LAK

2nd period

19:29
COLJ.T. CompherPP (Cale Makar, Valeri Nichushkin)tip-in0.09 xG
COL: Compher, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Rantanen, MakarLAK: Danault, Maatta, Kempe, Spence
COL 2 – 0 LAK

3rd period

5:03
COLMikko Rantanen (Andre Burakovsky)snap0.12 xG
COL: Manson, Murray, Burakovsky, MacKinnon, RantanenLAK: Wolanin, Vilardi, Durzi, Kupari, Byfield
COL 3 – 0 LAK

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
Valeri Nichushkin R	L1	1	1	2	0	3	0.30	0	0	0	22:41	—	—	63	65
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	1	1	2	+1	4	0.48	2	3	2	21:01	—	—	51	59
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.20	3	0	0	19:16	—	—	57	66
Nazem Kadri C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	0	2	20:51	—	—	48	47
Alex Newhook C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.32	1	2	0	17:19	—	—	50	43
Andre Burakovsky L	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:19	—	—	46	43
J.T. Compher L	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.11	2	1	0	16:34	—	—	38	53
Logan O'Connor R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	1	0	0	13:34	—	—	36	42
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	5	0	0	10:04	—	—	33	48
Cale Makar D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	1	1	0	24:57	—	—	60	75
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	2	0	22:49	—	—	61	76
Josh Manson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	10	0	0	18:41	—	—	40	24
Ryan Murray D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.05	2	1	0	17:00	—	—	42	40
Jack Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	17:16	—	—	38	49
Erik Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.21	1	5	0	17:07	—	—	42	58
Darren Helm C	—	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	6	1	0	13:57	—	—	40	56
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.22	3	0	4	6:27	—	—	38	87

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	W	23	23	0	.1000	2.31	60:00

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Iafallo L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.31	1	0	0	18:19	—	—	44	31
Anze Kopitar C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	0	0	17:45	—	—	52	38
Adrian Kempe R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	2	17:17	—	—	44	31
Phillip Danault C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.21	0	1	0	17:47	—	—	48	51
Trevor Moore L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.26	2	0	0	16:41	—	—	65	64
Arthur Kaliyev R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.32	1	0	0	15:13	—	—	63	62
Gabriel Vilardi C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	0	0	0	16:26	—	—	42	48
Rasmus Kupari C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.37	1	0	0	14:47	—	—	50	49
Quinton Byfield R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.27	1	0	0	14:15	—	—	39	46
Martin Frk R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	1	0	2	12:50	—	—	60	46
Blake Lizotte C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	11:32	—	—	69	47
Carl Grundstrom R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	5	0	0	10:38	—	—	65	43
Jordan Spence D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	3	0	25:46	—	—	49	37
Olli Maatta D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	22:01	—	—	47	35
Sean Durzi D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	21:52	—	—	62	58
Christian Wolanin D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	16:16	—	—	57	57
Jacob Moverare D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	14:50	—	—	50	46
Austin Strand D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:35	—	—	48	44

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	L	27	24	3	.889	2.41	60:00

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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.