Colorado Avalanche vs. Los Angeles KingsOct 7, 2025

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	0	3	1	4		COL	7	11	5	23
LAK	0	0	1	1		LAK	6	5	14	25

: COL 49LAK 66
: COL 2.10LAK 2.57
PP goals: COL 1LAK 1
Hits: COL 25LAK 33
Blocks: COL 21LAK 14
PIM: COL 13LAK 17
: COL 45%LAK 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche beat Los Angeles Kings 4–1

Colorado Avalanche beat Los Angeles Kings 4–1 at LAK. Martin Necas (COL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. COL's first power-play unit (Nelson, Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Necas and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 7:39 together.

Points
Martin Necas had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:12.Necas
Points
Artturi Lehkonen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 23:29.Lehkonen
Points
Cale Makar had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 23:07.Makar
Points
Nathan MacKinnon had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:47.MacKinnon
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (Nelson, Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Necas and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 7:39 together.Nelson Lehkonen MacKinnon Necas Makar
Usage
Artturi Lehkonen (COL) played 23:29, +5:04 up on his 18:25 season average over 69 games.Lehkonen
Luck
COL scored 4 goals on 2.10 expected goals (49 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Sam Malinski (COL) played 13:13, −4:27 down on his 17:40 season average over 81 games.Malinski

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 115 of 115 attempts · LAK 66 · COL 49

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 27% of the game, LAK 33%.

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

Head-to-head matchups

LAK skaters (rows) against COL skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the LAK side.

Matchup matrix

LAK xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	COL	LAK
	47	58
	1.86	1.71
	1.83	1.66
	8	8
	6	5
	18	24
	−0.051	+0.051
	27%	33%

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

L1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Necas
12:0133% CF
L2Nelson – Landeskog – Nichushkin
8:2069% CF
L3Olofsson – Colton – Drury
7:2645% CF
L4Kelly – Kiviranta – Brindley
6:0253% CF
D1Toews – Makar
11:4537% CF
D2Manson – Malinski
8:4656% CF
D3Burns – Girard
8:4045% CF

PP1Nelson – Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Necas – Makar
7:39100% CF
PP2Burns – Landeskog – Nichushkin – Olofsson – Colton
1:49100% CF
PK1FNelson – Lehkonen
1:30
PK2FNichushkin – Kiviranta
1:14
PK1DManson – Toews
2:04
PK2DGirard – Makar
1:08

Current COL line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Fiala – Byfield – Laferriere
9:0263% CF
L2Kopitar – Kempe – Kuzmenko
8:2735% CF
L3Danault – Foegele – Moore
8:2069% CF
L4Armia – Turcotte – Malott
4:5771% CF
D1Doughty – Anderson
12:5062% CF
D2Dumoulin – Ceci
12:2840% CF
D3Edmundson – Clarke
10:4850% CF

PP1Doughty – Armia – Danault – Laferriere – Clarke
2:55100% CF
PP2Kopitar – Fiala – Kempe – Byfield – Kuzmenko
2:53100% CF
PK1FDanault – Moore
3:58
PK2FArmia – Laferriere
1:20
PK1DDoughty – Anderson
4:57
PK2DDumoulin – Ceci
2:36

Current LAK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

0:48
COLMartin Necas (Nathan MacKinnon, Artturi Lehkonen)snap0.40 xG
COL: Burns, Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Toews, NecasLAK: Doughty, Fiala, Moore, Anderson, Byfield
COL 1 – 0 LAK
7:00
COLSam Malinskisnap0.01 xG
COL: Manson, Kelly, Kiviranta, Brindley, MalinskiLAK: Dumoulin, Armia, Ceci, Turcotte, Malott
COL 2 – 0 LAK
14:42
COLArtturi Lehkonen (Cale Makar, Nathan MacKinnon)wrist0.06 xG
COL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Toews, Necas, MakarLAK: Dumoulin, Ceci, Byfield, Laferriere, Malott
COL 3 – 0 LAK

3rd period

10:43
COLMartin NecasPP (Cale Makar, Brock Nelson)snap0.12 xG
COL: Nelson, Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Necas, MakarLAK: Doughty, Danault, Moore, Anderson
COL 4 – 0 LAK
15:06
LAKKevin FialaPP (Adrian Kempe, Anze Kopitar)wrist0.14 xG
COL: Toews, Kelly, DruryLAK: Kopitar, Fiala, Kempe, Byfield, Kuzmenko
COL 4 – 1 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
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	1	1	2	+2	2	0.23	1	1	0	23:29	—	—	32	50
Martin Necas C	L1	2	0	2	+2	3	0.56	2	1	0	21:12	—	—	36	54
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	2	2	+2	2	0.29	0	1	2	20:47	—	—	36	54
Brock Nelson C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.20	1	2	0	23:15	—	—	52	73
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.19	1	1	0	14:41	—	—	62	67
Gabriel Landeskog L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	1	0	0	11:12	—	—	69	87
Jack Drury C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:52	—	—	37	43
Victor Olofsson L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	0	0	11:23	—	—	53	70
Ross Colton C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	2	0	0	11:17	—	—	47	53
Parker Kelly C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	4	0	10:58	—	—	43	23
Joel Kiviranta L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	2	0	0	10:27	—	—	50	33
Gavin Brindley C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	2	0	0	7:50	—	—	50	23
Cale Makar D	D1	0	2	2	+1	1	0.20	1	1	2	23:07	—	—	36	56
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.01	0	1	0	20:59	—	—	46	67
Josh Manson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	6	1	7	17:38	—	—	50	50
Sam Malinski D	D2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.01	0	1	0	13:13	—	—	42	29
Brent Burns D	D3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.04	0	3	2	20:10	—	—	50	60
Samuel Girard D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	3	0	18:49	—	—	41	23

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Scott Wedgewood(start)	W	25	24	1	.960	2.57	59:53

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Quinton Byfield R	L1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.34	3	0	0	18:00	—	—	58	26
Kevin Fiala L	L1	1	0	1	-1	3	0.21	2	0	2	17:40	—	—	60	32
Alex Laferriere R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	0	0	0	17:26	—	—	59	42
Adrian Kempe R	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.16	5	1	0	19:09	—	—	38	34
Anze Kopitar C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.20	3	0	0	17:47	—	—	41	55
Andrei Kuzmenko L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	4	2	0	14:46	—	—	36	62
Phillip Danault C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	1	0	0	19:40	—	—	63	42
Trevor Moore L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.09	1	0	0	15:17	—	—	71	53
Warren Foegele L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	1	0	2	14:27	—	—	70	71
Joel Armia R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	1	1	0	13:29	—	—	60	65
Alex Turcotte C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.41	0	1	0	7:09	—	—	71	82
Jeff Malott L	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.14	3	0	7	6:13	—	—	58	46
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.21	1	0	0	22:40	—	—	69	46
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	19:51	—	—	65	41
Brian Dumoulin D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	2	3	0	18:29	—	—	39	39
Cody Ceci D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	1	2	0	16:35	—	—	48	47
Brandt Clarke D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	0	2	2	19:03	—	—	59	69
Joel Edmundson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	3	1	4	14:48	—	—	48	43

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	L	23	19	4	.826	2.10	57:26

Goal anatomy

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

Martin Necas (COL) 2nd 0:48 · assists Nathan MacKinnon, Artturi Lehkonen · Rush · carried in · 58.1 mph shot · 4.9 s from entry to goal.

Martin Necas · 2nd 0:48 · COL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 58.1 mph
Distance: 24 ft
Entry to goal: 4.9 s

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Sam Malinski · 2nd 7:00 · COL

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 72.6 mph
Distance: 61 ft
Entry to goal: 7.9 s

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Artturi Lehkonen · 2nd 14:42 · COL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 15.6 mph
Distance: 30 ft
Entry to goal: 3.9 s

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Martin Necas · 3rd 10:43 · COL PP

Play: faceoff
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 64.8 mph
Distance: 26 ft

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Kevin Fiala · 3rd 15:06 · LAK PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 6 (royal road)
Shot: 79.4 mph
Distance: 32 ft
Type: one-timer

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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.