Colorado Avalanche vs. Los Angeles KingsOct 11, 2023

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	1	2	2	5		COL	9	14	14	37
LAK	0	2	0	2		LAK	11	19	6	36

: COL 60LAK 73
: COL 4.16LAK 3.26
PP goals: COL 1LAK 0
Hits: COL 25LAK 20
Blocks: COL 23LAK 13
PIM: COL 19LAK 15
: COL 48%LAK 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche beat Los Angeles Kings 5–2

Colorado Avalanche beat Los Angeles Kings 5–2 at LAK. Mikko Rantanen (COL) led the scoring with 2G 2A. COL's first power-play unit (Johansen, Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Rantanen and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 3:43 together.

Points
Mikko Rantanen had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 5 shots in 22:34.Rantanen
Points
Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 21:36.MacKinnon
Points
Cale Makar had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 22:22.Makar
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (Johansen, Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Rantanen and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 3:43 together.Johansen Lehkonen MacKinnon Rantanen Makar
Goalie
Alexandar Georgiev (COL) faced 36 shots and stopped 34 (.944), +8 against a season average of 28.1; the win.Georgiev
Goalie
Cam Talbot (LAK) faced 36 shots and stopped 32 (.889), +8 against a season average of 27.6; the loss.Talbot
Usage
Pierre-Luc Dubois (LAK) played 20:28, +4:49 up on his 15:39 season average over 81 games.Dubois
Usage
Logan O'Connor (COL) played 10:37, −4:25 down on his 15:02 season average over 56 games.O'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)LAK attacks right (top on phones) →

LAK
COL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 133 of 133 attempts · LAK 73 · COL 60

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 31% of the game, LAK 35%.

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
	55	61
	2.64	2.31
	2.45	2.19
	7	10
	5	7
	11	8
	−0.005	+0.005
	31%	35%

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 – Drouin – Rantanen
12:4952% CF
L2Johansen – Lehkonen – Nichushkin
9:3645% CF
L3Tatar – Wood – Colton
6:2822% CF
D1Toews – Makar
12:1453% CF
D2Girard – Byram
11:2057% CF
D3Johnson – Manson
7:4432% CF

PP1Johansen – Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Rantanen – Makar
3:43100% CF
PP2Drouin – Nichushkin – Toews – Colton – Byram
0:15
PK1FOlofsson – O'Connor
3:19
PK2FLehkonen – Colton
1:11
PK1DManson – Girard
3:54
PK2DToews – Makar
3:28

Current COL line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Kopitar – Kempe – Byfield
10:5759% CF
L2Fiala – Dubois – Laferriere
10:3947% CF
L3Lewis – Danault – Moore
7:1242% CF
D1Doughty – Anderson
15:3554% CF
D2Gavrikov – Roy
13:3052% CF
D3Englund – Bjornfot
8:5427% CF

PP1Kopitar – Doughty – Fiala – Kempe – Dubois
5:44100% CF
PP2Danault – Roy – Moore – Byfield – Laferriere
2:55100% CF
PK1FKopitar – Kempe
1:52
PK2FDanault – Moore
1:09
PK1DDoughty – Anderson
1:40
PK2DGavrikov – Roy
1:22

Current LAK 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
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	2	2	4	+2	5	0.36	2	0	0	22:34	—	—	51	67
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	1	2	3	+2	4	0.55	2	0	0	21:36	—	—	56	68
Jonathan Drouin L	L1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.12	0	0	2	17:17	—	—	53	74
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.70	1	0	0	19:18	—	—	39	52
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	1	0	2	17:07	—	—	48	59
Ryan Johansen C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.29	1	0	0	15:39	—	—	38	60
Ross Colton C	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.08	1	2	0	13:43	—	—	24	21
Miles Wood L	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	1.47	2	1	0	13:21	—	—	41	41
Tomas Tatar L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	9:55	—	—	36	30
Devon Toews D	D1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.07	0	2	0	24:00	—	—	51	61
Cale Makar D	D1	1	1	2	+3	5	0.19	1	2	4	22:22	—	—	54	62
Bowen Byram D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	4	4	20:29	—	—	51	59
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	4	3	0	20:12	—	—	53	57
Josh Manson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.10	3	5	0	16:15	—	—	32	43
Jack Johnson D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	1	2	0	13:28	—	—	33	42
Logan O'Connor R	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	2	0	5	10:37	—	—	70	70
Fredrik Olofsson L	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	9:01	—	—	92	89
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	3:06	—	—	100	100

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	W	36	34	2	.944	3.26	60:00

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Anze Kopitar C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.08	1	1	0	22:07	—	—	59	26
Adrian Kempe R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	2	0	2	20:23	—	—	58	28
Quinton Byfield R	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.10	0	1	0	16:15	—	—	59	31
Kevin Fiala L	L2	0	0	0	-2	5	0.75	1	1	0	21:10	—	—	47	66
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.83	2	0	2	20:28	—	—	43	62
Alex Laferriere R	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.35	0	1	7	16:08	—	—	47	68
Trevor Moore L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.14	1	0	0	19:31	—	—	61	46
Phillip Danault C	L3	0	1	1	-1	4	0.30	0	0	0	19:16	—	—	60	45
Trevor Lewis C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	2	0	0	12:22	—	—	33	11
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.12	3	1	0	26:18	—	—	58	53
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	20:34	—	—	54	39
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	20:42	—	—	53	48
Matt Roy D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	1	4	2	20:25	—	—	59	56
Andreas Englund D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	12:42	—	—	44	42
Tobias Bjornfot D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	10:12	—	—	35	26
Carl Grundstrom R	—	1	0	1	0	2	0.17	2	0	2	9:36	—	—	56	58
Blake Lizotte C	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	0	0	0	7:42	—	—	56	45

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Talbot(start)	L	36	32	4	.889	3.21	59:39

Goal anatomy

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

Mikko Rantanen (COL) 3rd 4:59 · assists Jack Johnson, Cale Makar · Deflection · 45.1 mph shot.

Mikko Rantanen · 3rd 4:59 · COL

Play: deflection
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 45.1 mph
Distance: 17 ft
Type: deflection

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Miles Wood · 3rd 16:08 · COL EN

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 56.9 mph
Distance: 22 ft
Entry to goal: 3.3 s

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Nathan MacKinnon · 1st 7:25 · COL

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 46.3 mph
Distance: 17 ft
Type: rebound

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Cale Makar · 2nd 2:54 · COL PP

Play: point-shot
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 63.8 mph
Distance: 45 ft
Entry to goal: 7.4 s

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Mikko Rantanen · 2nd 3:47 · COL

Play: cycle
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 66.1 mph
Distance: 20 ft

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Carl Grundstrom · 2nd 6:18 · LAK

Play: deflection
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 24.5 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 6.6 s

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Quinton Byfield · 2nd 19:55 · LAK

Play: deflection
Entry: loose
Odd man: 2-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 16.9 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 3.4 s

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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. Los Angeles KingsOct 11, 2023

Fantasy takeaways

Colorado Avalanche beat Los Angeles Kings 5–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Colorado Avalanche

Los Angeles Kings

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Colorado Avalanche

Los Angeles Kings

Goal anatomy

Mikko Rantanen · 3rd 4:59 · COL

Miles Wood · 3rd 16:08 · COL EN

Nathan MacKinnon · 1st 7:25 · COL

Cale Makar · 2nd 2:54 · COL PP

Mikko Rantanen · 2nd 3:47 · COL

Carl Grundstrom · 2nd 6:18 · LAK

Quinton Byfield · 2nd 19:55 · LAK