Colorado Avalanche vs. Los Angeles KingsDec 3, 2023

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	1	0	0	1		COL	6	10	5	21
LAK	0	1	3	4		LAK	6	9	23	38

: COL 46LAK 76
: COL 1.86LAK 4.42
PP goals: COL 0LAK 0
Hits: COL 16LAK 13
Blocks: COL 18LAK 17
PIM: COL 2LAK 4
: COL 46%LAK 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Los Angeles Kings beat Colorado Avalanche 4–1

Los Angeles Kings beat Colorado Avalanche 4–1 at home. Quinton Byfield (LAK) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Alexandar Georgiev (COL) faced 37 shots and stopped 34 (.919), +9 against a season average of 28.1; the loss.

Points
Quinton Byfield had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 16:53.Byfield
Points
Adrian Kempe had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:41.Kempe
Goalie
Alexandar Georgiev (COL) faced 37 shots and stopped 34 (.919), +9 against a season average of 28.1; the loss.Georgiev
Usage
Devon Toews (COL) played 27:38, +4:15 up on his 23:23 season average over 81 games.Toews
Usage
Sam Malinski (COL) played 18:09, +4:06 up on his 14:03 season average over 22 games.Malinski
Usage
Jonathan Drouin (COL) played 14:34, −3:40 down on his 18:14 season average over 78 games.Drouin
PP1
COL's PP1 (MacKinnon, Drouin, Nichushkin, Toews and Rantanen) went scoreless in 3:13 of 5v4 time with 4 attempts.MacKinnon Drouin Nichushkin Toews Rantanen

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 122 of 122 attempts · LAK 76 · COL 46

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 20% of the game, LAK 41%.

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
	44	80
	1.95	3.46
	1.84	3.30
	7	19
	6	4
	12	16
	−0.019	+0.019
	20%	41%

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
13:5043% CF
L2Wood – Colton – O'Connor
10:2533% CF
L3Cogliano – Olofsson – Kiviranta
9:1540% CF
L4Tatar – Johansen – Drouin
7:2340% CF
D1Manson – Toews
14:2452% CF
D2Byram – Malinski
13:2829% CF
D3Johnson – Jones
9:0621% CF

PP1MacKinnon – Drouin – Nichushkin – Toews – Rantanen
3:13100% CF
PP2Tatar – Johansen – Colton – Byram – Malinski
0:460% CF
PK1FCogliano – O'Connor
1:44
PK2FWood – Nichushkin
0:14
PK1DToews – Byram
1:44
PK2DJohnson – Jones
0:14

Current COL line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Danault – Fiala – Moore
13:2873% CF
L2Kopitar – Kempe – Byfield
13:0954% CF
L3Grundstrom – Dubois – Laferriere
12:1170% CF
L4Lewis – Anderson-Dolan – Kaliyev
8:3554% CF
D1Gavrikov – Roy
18:0179% CF
D2Doughty – Anderson
17:4861% CF
D3Englund – Spence
12:3252% CF

PP1Kopitar – Doughty – Fiala – Kempe – Byfield
1:45100% CF
PP2Gavrikov – Roy – Grundstrom – Dubois – Laferriere
0:11
PK1FKopitar – Kempe
1:27
PK2FDanault – Moore
0:59
PK1DDoughty – Anderson
2:17
PK2DGavrikov – Roy
1:35

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	0	1	1	-2	3	0.23	0	1	0	21:54	—	—	36	20
Valeri Nichushkin R	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	1	0	21:35	—	—	37	22
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.16	1	1	0	21:09	—	—	43	25
Logan O'Connor R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.36	2	1	0	15:43	—	—	33	55
Ross Colton C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.42	0	1	0	14:07	—	—	30	51
Miles Wood L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	0	0	0	14:01	—	—	32	53
Andrew Cogliano C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	0	0	0	13:08	—	—	38	48
Fredrik Olofsson L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	2	1	0	12:29	—	—	32	43
Joel Kiviranta L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	2	3	0	11:48	—	—	36	43
Jonathan Drouin L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	14:34	—	—	35	14
Ryan Johansen C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:51	—	—	37	14
Tomas Tatar L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	0	0	10:31	—	—	38	18
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	-3	2	0.05	0	2	0	27:38	—	—	44	36
Josh Manson D	D1	1	0	1	0	2	0.15	0	2	2	17:55	—	—	50	41
Bowen Byram D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	2	0	22:04	—	—	26	37
Sam Malinski D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	18:09	—	—	31	44
Caleb Jones D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:51	—	—	30	27
Jack Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	1	0	14:05	—	—	27	23

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	L	37	34	3	.919	3.37	58:28

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kevin Fiala L	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.75	0	0	2	17:13	—	—	74	90
Trevor Moore L	L1	1	0	1	+2	3	0.13	2	1	0	16:48	—	—	74	91
Phillip Danault C	L1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.16	0	0	0	16:24	—	—	75	90
Anze Kopitar C	L2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.28	0	0	0	19:01	—	—	55	48
Adrian Kempe R	L2	0	2	2	+2	1	0.00	1	0	0	18:41	—	—	56	48
Quinton Byfield R	L2	2	0	2	+2	5	1.13	0	0	0	16:53	—	—	54	48
Alex Laferriere R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	1	0	14:03	—	—	66	53
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.28	0	0	0	13:46	—	—	68	54
Carl Grundstrom R	L3	0	1	1	0	5	0.48	2	1	2	13:29	—	—	72	62
Jaret Anderson-Dolan C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:19	—	—	53	42
Trevor Lewis C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.18	0	2	0	10:51	—	—	54	59
Arthur Kaliyev R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	1	0	0	9:17	—	—	57	59
Matt Roy D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	0	1	0	21:43	—	—	77	68
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.11	0	1	0	21:08	—	—	77	68
Drew Doughty D	D2	1	0	1	+2	1	0.44	2	4	0	25:20	—	—	60	76
Mikey Anderson D	D2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.19	2	3	0	22:33	—	—	57	76
Andreas Englund D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	1	0	14:34	—	—	46	32
Jordan Spence D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	0	1	0	12:57	—	—	54	34

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Talbot(start)	W	21	20	1	.952	1.86	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Josh Manson (COL) 1st 12:28 · assists Mikko Rantanen, Nathan MacKinnon · Odd-man rush · carried in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 50.2 mph shot · 3.2 s from entry to goal.

Josh Manson · 1st 12:28 · COL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 50.2 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Entry to goal: 3.2 s

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Drew Doughty · 3rd 18:53 · LAK EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 6-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 18.8 mph
Distance: 22 ft
Entry to goal: 1.4 s

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Quinton Byfield · 2nd 9:03 · LAK

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1
Shot: 61.7 mph
Distance: 43 ft
Entry to goal: 2.5 s

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Quinton Byfield · 3rd 13:26 · LAK

Play: deflection
Passes: 2
Shot: 30.5 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Type: one-timer

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Trevor Moore · 3rd 14:22 · LAK

Play: cycle
Passes: 1
Shot: 33.2 mph
Distance: 7 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. Los Angeles KingsDec 3, 2023

Fantasy takeaways

Los Angeles Kings beat Colorado Avalanche 4–1

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

Josh Manson · 1st 12:28 · COL

Drew Doughty · 3rd 18:53 · LAK EN

Quinton Byfield · 2nd 9:03 · LAK

Quinton Byfield · 3rd 13:26 · LAK

Trevor Moore · 3rd 14:22 · LAK