Colorado Avalanche vs. Los Angeles KingsApr 8, 2023

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	0	2	2	4		COL	4	7	12	23
LAK	0	2	1	3		LAK	18	14	9	41

: COL 56LAK 72
: COL 2.84LAK 4.07
PP goals: COL 0LAK 1
Hits: COL 22LAK 19
Blocks: COL 18LAK 16
PIM: COL 16LAK 16
: COL 44%LAK 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche edge Los Angeles Kings 4–3

Colorado Avalanche beat Los Angeles Kings 4–3 at LAK. Adrian Kempe (LAK) led the scoring with 2G 1A. LAK's first power-play unit (Kopitar, Doughty, Kempe, Arvidsson and Iafallo) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 2:22 together.

Points
Adrian Kempe had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 9 shots in 21:38.Kempe
Points
Anze Kopitar had 3 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 21:49.Kopitar
Points
Denis Malgin had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 11:58.Malgin
PP1
LAK's first power-play unit (Kopitar, Doughty, Kempe, Arvidsson and Iafallo) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 2:22 together.Kopitar Doughty Kempe Arvidsson Iafallo
Goalie
Alexandar Georgiev (COL) faced 41 shots and stopped 38 (.927), +10 against a season average of 30.7; the win.Georgiev
Usage
Alex Newhook (COL) played 7:37, −6:25 down on his 14:02 season average over 81 games.Newhook
New line
New look for LAK: Grundstrom–Anderson-Dolan–Kupari skated 6:07 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Grundstrom Anderson-Dolan Kupari
Usage
Viktor Arvidsson (LAK) played 21:08, +4:05 up on his 17:03 season average over 76 games.Arvidsson

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 128 of 128 attempts · LAK 72 · COL 56

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 25% of the game, LAK 45%.

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
	58	66
	2.32	3.44
	2.26	3.19
	8	14
	4	4
	19	8
	−0.068	+0.068
	25%	45%

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 – Rantanen – Rodrigues
14:1855% CF
L2Compher – Nichushkin – Malgin
10:0065% CF
L3Cogliano – Eller – O'Connor
9:0821% CF
L4Nieto – Newhook – Meyers
5:5842% CF
D1Toews – Girard
14:1061% CF
D2Johnson – Johnson
11:4431% CF

PP1Compher – MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Toews – Rantanen
3:1280% CF
PP2Eller – Rodrigues – Malgin – Girard – Newhook
0:37100% CF
PK1FNichushkin – O'Connor
1:17
PK2FEller – Compher
0:35
PK1DToews – Girard
2:22
PK2DJohnson – Johnson
0:35

Current COL line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Danault – Arvidsson – Moore
14:4348% CF
L2Kopitar – Kempe – Byfield
12:5038% CF
L3Iafallo – Lizotte – Kaliyev
8:3369% CF
L4Grundstrom – Anderson-Dolan – Kupari
6:0750% CF
D1Doughty – Gavrikov
19:3646% CF
D2Roy – Durzi
14:5247% CF
D3Walker – Spence
12:1785% CF

PP1Kopitar – Doughty – Kempe – Arvidsson – Iafallo
2:2289% CF
PP2Danault – Moore – Durzi – Kaliyev – Byfield
0:35
PK1FKempe – Moore
1:03
PK2FKopitar – Iafallo
0:59
PK1DRoy – Durzi
2:00
PK2DDoughty – Gavrikov
1:38

Current LAK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

1:28
COLDenis Malgin (J.T. Compher, Kurtis MacDermid)tip-in0.09 xG
COL: Johnson, MacDermid, Compher, Nichushkin, MalginLAK: Danault, Arvidsson, Roy, Moore, Durzi
COL 1 – 0 LAK
2:30
COLAlex Newhook (Devon Toews)backhand0.15 xG
COL: Johnson, Nieto, Toews, Newhook, MeyersLAK: Grundstrom, Anderson-Dolan, Walker, Kupari, Spence
COL 2 – 0 LAK
7:34
LAKAdrian Kempe (Anze Kopitar, Quinton Byfield)wrist0.10 xG
COL: MacKinnon, Toews, Rantanen, Rodrigues, GirardLAK: Kopitar, Doughty, Kempe, Gavrikov, Byfield
COL 2 – 1 LAK
12:55
LAKViktor ArvidssonPP (Adrian Kempe, Anze Kopitar)deflected0.08 xG
COL: Compher, Nichushkin, Toews, GirardLAK: Kopitar, Doughty, Kempe, Arvidsson, Iafallo
COL 2 – 2 LAK

3rd period

1:50
COLBrad Hunt (Lars Eller)slap0.03 xG
COL: Cogliano, Eller, Hunt, MacDermid, O'ConnorLAK: Roy, Iafallo, Durzi, Lizotte, Kaliyev
COL 3 – 2 LAK
6:18
COLDenis Malgin (Valeri Nichushkin)wrist0.16 xG
COL: Johnson, Hunt, Compher, Nichushkin, MalginLAK: Danault, Arvidsson, Moore, Walker, Spence
COL 4 – 2 LAK
6:44
LAKAdrian Kempe (Vladislav Gavrikov, Anze Kopitar)snap0.02 xG
COL: MacKinnon, Toews, Rantanen, Rodrigues, GirardLAK: Kopitar, Doughty, Kempe, Gavrikov, Byfield
COL 4 – 3 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
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.67	0	1	12	21:32	—	—	53	48
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.47	1	0	0	20:38	—	—	53	48
Evan Rodrigues C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	1	1	0	17:09	—	—	57	55
J.T. Compher L	L2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.04	0	2	0	21:44	—	—	56	50
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	0	1	1	+2	5	0.31	0	4	0	20:56	—	—	56	51
Denis Malgin C	L2	2	0	2	+2	2	0.24	0	0	0	11:58	—	—	64	57
Lars Eller C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.12	1	1	0	16:19	—	—	20	12
Logan O'Connor R	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	15:19	—	—	25	20
Andrew Cogliano C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.08	3	2	4	12:23	—	—	21	23
Matt Nieto L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.09	1	0	0	7:55	—	—	47	35
Alex Newhook C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.15	1	0	0	7:37	—	—	44	31
Ben Meyers C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	7:28	—	—	36	37
Devon Toews D	D1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.08	2	0	0	26:09	—	—	62	48
Samuel Girard D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.12	0	1	0	23:11	—	—	67	56
Jack Johnson D	D2	0	0	0	+2	3	0.21	2	3	0	24:37	—	—	38	44
Erik Johnson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.17	5	1	0	18:15	—	—	38	28
Brad Hunt D	—	1	0	1	+2	2	0.05	1	0	0	14:43	—	—	47	47
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	0	1	1	+2	1	0.01	1	2	0	9:06	—	—	32	18

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	W	41	38	3	.927	4.07	60:00

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Viktor Arvidsson L	L1	1	0	1	-2	4	0.25	1	3	0	21:08	—	—	47	51
Phillip Danault C	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.27	2	1	2	20:13	—	—	53	55
Trevor Moore L	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.10	0	0	0	19:01	—	—	49	54
Anze Kopitar C	L2	0	3	3	+2	5	0.48	0	0	0	21:49	—	—	44	57
Adrian Kempe R	L2	2	1	3	+2	9	0.88	0	1	10	21:38	—	—	43	55
Quinton Byfield R	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.26	0	0	0	16:45	—	—	48	55
Alex Iafallo L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.38	0	0	0	13:09	—	—	64	56
Arthur Kaliyev R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.42	0	0	0	11:09	—	—	75	73
Blake Lizotte C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.11	3	0	2	10:58	—	—	69	70
Rasmus Kupari C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.44	1	0	0	9:08	—	—	59	63
Carl Grundstrom R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	1	0	0	8:49	—	—	67	76
Jaret Anderson-Dolan C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	7:43	—	—	56	64
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.01	0	1	0	26:11	—	—	46	53
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.04	1	3	0	23:36	—	—	48	54
Sean Durzi D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	2	5	2	22:55	—	—	48	51
Matt Roy D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.10	3	2	0	17:48	—	—	46	49
Sean Walker D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.18	2	0	0	14:01	—	—	68	77
Jordan Spence D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.08	0	0	0	12:27	—	—	85	78

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pheonix Copley(start)	L	23	19	4	.826	2.37	57:28

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.