Colorado Avalanche vs. Los Angeles KingsApr 12, 2025

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	1	1	2	4		COL	5	11	10	26
LAK	2	2	1	5		LAK	7	16	10	33

: COL 54LAK 73
: COL 2.37LAK 4.72
PP goals: COL 1LAK 1
Hits: COL 22LAK 22
Blocks: COL 23LAK 12
PIM: COL 6LAK 6
: COL 44%LAK 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Los Angeles Kings edge Colorado Avalanche 5–4

Los Angeles Kings beat Colorado Avalanche 5–4 at home. Alex Laferriere (LAK) led the scoring with 1G 2A. COL's first power-play unit (Coyle, Nelson, Nichushkin, Necas and Malinski) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 3:08 together.

Points
Alex Laferriere had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 14:24.Laferriere
Points
Quinton Byfield had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 20:28.Byfield
Points
Brock Nelson had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:14.Nelson
Points
Kevin Fiala had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:00.Fiala
Points
Valeri Nichushkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:06.Nichushkin
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Andrei Kuzmenko had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:30.Kuzmenko
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (Coyle, Nelson, Nichushkin, Necas and Malinski) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 3:08 together.Coyle Nelson Nichushkin Necas Malinski
PP1
LAK's first power-play unit (Kopitar, Fiala, Kempe, Byfield and Kuzmenko) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 6:05 together.Kopitar Fiala Kempe Byfield Kuzmenko

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 127 of 127 attempts · LAK 73 · COL 54

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 42%.

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
	56	70
	2.03	3.34
	1.98	3.23
	13	13
	5	6
	17	16
	−0.040	+0.040
	20%	42%

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

L1Kelly – Drury – O'Connor
11:0043% CF
L2Nelson – Lehkonen – Nichushkin
8:3035% CF
L3Coyle – Necas – Kiviranta
8:1061% CF
L4Wagner – Vesey – Innala
7:4756% CF
D1Johnson – Girard
10:1946% CF
D2Ahcan – Aamodt
10:1226% CF
D3Middleton – Malinski
9:0847% CF

PP1Coyle – Nelson – Nichushkin – Necas – Malinski
3:08100% CF
PP2Lehkonen – Girard – Drury – Kiviranta – Ahcan
0:41
PK1FKelly – O'Connor
1:51
PK2FDrury – Kiviranta
1:26
PK1DJohnson – Girard
4:01
PK2DMiddleton – Malinski
1:43

Current COL line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Danault – Foegele – Moore
11:3845% CF
L2Kopitar – Kempe – Kuzmenko
11:0256% CF
L3Fiala – Byfield – Laferriere
9:3763% CF
L4Turcotte – Malott – Helenius
5:0138% CF
D1Anderson – Clarke
13:0539% CF
D2Gavrikov – Spence
11:5952% CF
D3Burroughs – Moverare
3:3175% CF

PP1Kopitar – Fiala – Kempe – Byfield – Kuzmenko
6:05100% CF
PP2Danault – Foegele – Moore – Laferriere – Clarke
0:5950% CF
PK1FDanault – Moore
1:06
PK2FFoegele – Byfield
0:55
PK1DGavrikov – Anderson
2:18
PK2DMoverare – Spence
0:00

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
Jack Drury C	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.04	1	2	0	16:37	—	—	41	13
Parker Kelly C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	5	2	0	15:02	—	—	42	19
Logan O'Connor R	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	14:52	—	—	42	19
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	1	1	2	+2	1	0.20	2	0	2	18:06	—	—	32	25
Brock Nelson C	L2	2	0	2	+2	2	0.42	0	1	0	17:14	—	—	29	22
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.12	1	0	0	15:37	—	—	35	34
Charlie Coyle C	L3	0	1	1	-1	4	0.43	0	1	0	21:19	—	—	55	48
Martin Necas C	L3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	18:18	—	—	55	49
Joel Kiviranta L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.23	1	1	0	14:19	—	—	52	57
Jere Innala L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	1	1	0	10:10	—	—	55	63
Jimmy Vesey L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:03	—	—	48	60
Chris Wagner R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.11	1	1	0	9:01	—	—	50	60
Erik Johnson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.05	1	2	0	21:47	—	—	45	51
Samuel Girard D	D1	0	1	1	-2	2	0.14	0	2	0	21:30	—	—	50	30
Jack Ahcan D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	1	2	17:03	—	—	32	40
Wyatt Aamodt D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	2	5	0	15:09	—	—	32	33
Sam Malinski D	D3	1	0	1	0	4	0.27	0	2	2	23:46	—	—	53	37
Keaton Middleton D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	14:52	—	—	55	30

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	L	33	28	5	.848	3.48	57:55

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Phillip Danault C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.24	1	0	0	16:30	—	—	47	59
Warren Foegele L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.47	0	0	0	16:30	—	—	45	53
Trevor Moore L	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.23	1	2	2	15:05	—	—	44	46
Anze Kopitar C	L2	1	0	1	+1	5	0.87	0	0	0	22:31	—	—	58	70
Adrian Kempe R	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.39	2	2	0	22:16	—	—	61	79
Andrei Kuzmenko L	L2	0	2	2	+2	1	0.04	1	0	0	20:30	—	—	58	70
Quinton Byfield R	L3	1	2	3	+1	1	0.29	0	1	0	20:28	—	—	70	70
Kevin Fiala L	L3	2	0	2	0	4	0.40	0	0	0	19:00	—	—	63	64
Alex Laferriere R	L3	1	2	3	+1	5	0.73	2	0	0	14:24	—	—	68	67
Jeff Malott L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	0	0	7:42	—	—	58	38
Alex Turcotte C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	2	0	7:31	—	—	53	38
Samuel Helenius C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	5:52	—	—	44	26
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	27:15	—	—	54	81
Brandt Clarke D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	2	2	0	17:18	—	—	43	56
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.47	1	0	0	25:42	—	—	61	65
Jordan Spence D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.02	4	0	0	19:45	—	—	57	56
Jacob Moverare D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	2	0	12:59	—	—	57	47
Kyle Burroughs D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	4	3:42	—	—	75	57

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	W	26	22	4	.846	2.37	59:58

Goal anatomy

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

Quinton Byfield (LAK) 1st 4:03 · assists Andrei Kuzmenko, Alex Laferriere · Rush · passed in · 69.3 mph shot · 4.1 s from entry to goal.

Quinton Byfield · 1st 4:03 · LAK

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 69.3 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Entry to goal: 4.1 s

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Kevin Fiala · 1st 7:14 · LAK PP

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 5-on-3
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 60.8 mph
Distance: 25 ft
Entry to goal: 3.6 s

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Brock Nelson · 1st 10:39 · COL PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 50.6 mph
Distance: 22 ft
Type: one-timer

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Valeri Nichushkin · 2nd 2:13 · COL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 46.6 mph
Distance: 12 ft

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Alex Laferriere · 2nd 10:57 · LAK

Play: cycle
Passes: 2
Shot: 58.6 mph
Distance: 31 ft
Type: one-timer

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Anze Kopitar · 2nd 16:02 · LAK

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 6-on-5
Passes: 0
Shot: 23.7 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 7.5 s
Type: rebound

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Sam Malinski · 3rd 9:18 · COL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1
Shot: 70.1 mph
Distance: 38 ft
Entry to goal: 1.6 s

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Kevin Fiala · 3rd 12:11 · LAK

Play: rebound
Entry: dump
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 50.3 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Entry to goal: 7.8 s
Type: rebound

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Brock Nelson · 3rd 17:20 · COL

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 32.5 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Type: rebound

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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 KingsApr 12, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Los Angeles Kings edge Colorado Avalanche 5–4

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

Quinton Byfield · 1st 4:03 · LAK

Kevin Fiala · 1st 7:14 · LAK PP

Brock Nelson · 1st 10:39 · COL PP

Valeri Nichushkin · 2nd 2:13 · COL

Alex Laferriere · 2nd 10:57 · LAK

Anze Kopitar · 2nd 16:02 · LAK

Sam Malinski · 3rd 9:18 · COL

Kevin Fiala · 3rd 12:11 · LAK

Brock Nelson · 3rd 17:20 · COL