Colorado Avalanche vs. Los Angeles KingsMar 2, 2026

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	2	0	2	4		COL	9	14	16	39
LAK	1	1	0	2		LAK	8	5	8	21

: COL 79LAK 46
: COL 4.54LAK 1.25
PP goals: COL 0LAK 1
Hits: COL 13LAK 36
Blocks: COL 11LAK 23
PIM: COL 4LAK 4
: COL 54%LAK 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche beat Los Angeles Kings 4–2

Colorado Avalanche beat Los Angeles Kings 4–2 at LAK. Gabriel Landeskog (COL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. Artturi Lehkonen (COL) played 3:21, −15:21 down on his 18:42 season average over 69 games.

Points
Gabriel Landeskog had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 18:44.Landeskog
Points
Martin Necas had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 20:25.Necas
Points
Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 8 shots in 21:07.MacKinnon
Usage
Artturi Lehkonen (COL) played 3:21, −15:21 down on his 18:42 season average over 69 games.Lehkonen
New line
New look for COL: Nelson–Nichushkin–Olofsson skated 4:51 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (64.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nelson Nichushkin Olofsson
New line
New look for LAK: Perry–Foegele–Laferriere skated 9:55 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (22.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Perry Foegele Laferriere
Goalie
Anton Forsberg (LAK) faced 38 shots and stopped 35 (.921), +12 against a season average of 26.4; the loss.Forsberg
New line
New look for LAK: Turcotte–Connors–Wright skated 4:49 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Turcotte Connors Wright

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 125 of 125 attempts · LAK 46 · COL 79

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 58% of the game, LAK 19%.

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
	90	49
	4.36	1.42
	4.13	1.39
	13	10
	2	2
	16	34
	+0.037	−0.037
	58%	19%

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

L1Landeskog – MacKinnon – Necas
15:4171% CF
L2Nelson – Nichushkin – Olofsson
4:5165% CF
L3Kelly – Drury – Bardakov
3:11100% CF
L4Lehkonen – Colton – Brindley
0:00
D1Toews – Makar
19:1757% CF
D2Burns – Manson
15:1770% CF
D3Kulak – Malinski
15:1567% CF

PP1Landeskog – MacKinnon – Toews – Necas – Makar
0:18
PK1FNelson – Nichushkin
0:06
PK1DBurns – Toews
0:06

Current COL line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Kopitar – Kempe – Panarin
14:3247% CF
L2Perry – Foegele – Laferriere
9:5523% CF
L3Malott – Helenius – Ward
8:2827% CF
L4Turcotte – Connors – Wright
4:4967% CF
D1Ceci – Anderson
19:0529% CF
D2Edmundson – Clarke
16:0749% CF
D3Dumoulin – Booth
11:0030% CF

PP1Perry – Kopitar – Kempe – Panarin – Clarke
0:06100% CF
PK1FFoegele – Laferriere
0:18
PK1DEdmundson – Ceci
0:18

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
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	1	1	2	+3	8	0.88	0	1	0	21:07	—	—	73	89
Martin Necas C	L1	1	2	3	+3	2	1.11	2	1	0	20:25	—	—	67	86
Gabriel Landeskog L	L1	1	2	3	+3	5	0.49	0	0	0	18:44	—	—	67	86
Brock Nelson C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.45	1	1	0	19:13	—	—	60	75
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	0	0	0	19:06	—	—	63	78
Victor Olofsson L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.32	1	0	0	14:09	—	—	61	66
Parker Kelly C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	1	2	16:40	—	—	57	46
Jack Drury C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	1	1	0	16:03	—	—	63	68
Zakhar Bardakov C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:14	—	—	60	44
Ross Colton C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.29	2	0	0	12:23	—	—	60	57
Gavin Brindley C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	7:30	—	—	63	58
Artturi Lehkonen L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	0	0	3:21	—	—	86	95
Cale Makar D	D1	0	1	1	+3	5	0.15	0	3	0	25:26	—	—	56	78
Devon Toews D	D1	1	0	1	+2	1	0.17	1	1	0	22:29	—	—	60	82
Brent Burns D	D2	0	1	1	0	3	0.13	0	1	0	18:13	—	—	70	68
Josh Manson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.16	3	0	2	17:23	—	—	73	70
Sam Malinski D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	19:07	—	—	65	76
Brett Kulak D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	1	0	17:21	—	—	67	80

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	W	21	19	2	.905	1.25	60:00

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Artemi Panarin L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	0	0	0	22:24	—	—	45	23
Adrian Kempe R	L1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.06	0	1	0	20:52	—	—	49	29
Anze Kopitar C	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.03	2	2	0	20:08	—	—	41	19
Alex Laferriere R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.13	7	1	0	20:18	—	—	17	14
Corey Perry R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	1	3	0	17:15	—	—	26	32
Warren Foegele L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	2	0	0	16:11	—	—	17	9
Taylor Ward R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	12:01	—	—	30	26
Samuel Helenius C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	4	0	0	11:28	—	—	33	16
Jeff Malott L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.12	6	1	0	10:01	—	—	35	33
Alex Turcotte C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	0	0	10:49	—	—	36	25
Kenny Connors C	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.12	1	1	0	10:14	—	—	55	59
Jared Wright R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	3	0	0	9:42	—	—	48	58
Cody Ceci D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	1	1	0	24:24	—	—	23	12
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	4	0	22:35	—	—	31	16
Brandt Clarke D	D2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.05	0	2	4	23:30	—	—	45	22
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	3	5	0	19:39	—	—	44	30
Brian Dumoulin D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.02	0	0	0	15:02	—	—	31	40
Angus Booth D	D3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.11	2	1	0	12:18	—	—	29	32

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anton Forsberg(start)	L	38	35	3	.921	3.69	58:36

Goal anatomy

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

Nathan MacKinnon (COL) 1st 4:27 · assists Martin Necas, Gabriel Landeskog · Odd-man rush · carried in · 3-on-1 at the blue line · 71.3 mph shot · 2.2 s from entry to goal.

Nathan MacKinnon · 1st 4:27 · COL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 71.3 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s
Type: one-timer

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Gabriel Landeskog · 1st 10:13 · COL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 66.5 mph
Distance: 47 ft
Entry to goal: 7.8 s
Type: one-timer

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Angus Booth · 2nd 8:32 · LAK

Play: deflection
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 49.8 mph
Distance: 48 ft

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Brandt Clarke · 1st 17:20 · LAK PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 1
Shot: 39.4 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Type: deflection

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Devon Toews · 3rd 15:05 · COL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 39.3 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Type: one-timer

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Martin Necas · 3rd 19:58 · COL EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 51.4 mph
Distance: 42 ft
Entry to goal: 1.3 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 KingsMar 2, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Colorado Avalanche beat Los Angeles Kings 4–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

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

Nathan MacKinnon · 1st 4:27 · COL

Gabriel Landeskog · 1st 10:13 · COL

Angus Booth · 2nd 8:32 · LAK

Brandt Clarke · 1st 17:20 · LAK PP

Devon Toews · 3rd 15:05 · COL

Martin Necas · 3rd 19:58 · COL EN