Colorado Avalanche vs. Seattle KrakenOct 17, 2023

FinalTuesday, Oct 17, 2023· Climate Pledge Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	0	2	2	4		COL	9	5	14	28
SEA	1	0	0	1		SEA	16	14	8	38

: COL 55SEA 72
: COL 2.65SEA 2.92
PP goals: COL 0SEA 0
Hits: COL 11SEA 22
Blocks: COL 22SEA 15
PIM: COL 15SEA 11
: COL 42%SEA 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche beat Seattle Kraken 4–1

Colorado Avalanche beat Seattle Kraken 4–1 at SEA. Valeri Nichushkin (COL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for COL: MacKinnon–Nichushkin–Rantanen skated 9:11 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (45% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for COL: MacKinnon–Nichushkin–Rantanen skated 9:11 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (45% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.MacKinnon Nichushkin Rantanen
New line
New look for SEA: Gourde–Burakovsky–Tolvanen skated 9:16 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gourde Burakovsky Tolvanen
New line
New look for SEA: Schwartz–Bjorkstrand–Wennberg skated 8:44 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Schwartz Bjorkstrand Wennberg
Goalie
Alexandar Georgiev (COL) faced 38 shots and stopped 37 (.974), +10 against a season average of 28.1; the win.Georgiev
Usage
Mikko Rantanen (COL) played 17:24, −5:35 down on his 22:59 season average over 79 games.Rantanen
Luck
SEA scored 1 goal on 2.92 expected goals (72 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Jonathan Drouin (COL) played 11:12, −7:04 down on his 18:16 season average over 78 games.Drouin
Usage
Logan O'Connor (COL) played 11:36, −3:25 down on his 15:01 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)SEA attacks right (top on phones) →

SEA
COL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 127 of 127 attempts · SEA 72 · COL 55

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

SEA
COL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

SEA 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 18% of the game, SEA 42%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

SEA

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	SEA
	58	60
	2.21	2.63
	2.16	2.49
	11	7
	6	5
	11	10
	−0.057	+0.057
	18%	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

L1MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Rantanen
9:1145% CF
L2Cogliano – Olofsson – O'Connor
4:1729% CF
L3Johansen – Lehkonen – Drouin
3:5880% CF
L4Tatar – Wood – Colton
3:3044% CF
D1Johnson – Manson
10:5859% CF
D2Toews – Makar
10:3353% CF
D3Girard – Byram
10:0845% CF

PP1Johansen – Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Rantanen – Makar
2:5125% CF
PP2Drouin – Nichushkin – Toews – Colton – Byram
0:45100% CF
PK1FLehkonen – Nichushkin
2:51
PK2FCogliano – O'Connor
1:43
PK1DToews – Makar
4:44
PK2DManson – Girard
1:43

Current COL line combinations →

Seattle Kraken

L1Gourde – Burakovsky – Tolvanen
9:1650% CF
L2Schwartz – Bjorkstrand – Wennberg
8:4444% CF
L3Eberle – McCann – Beniers
8:0847% CF
L4Bellemare – Yamamoto – Kartye
2:2371% CF
D1Larsson – Dunn
18:0858% CF
D2Schultz – Dumoulin
10:5838% CF
D3Oleksiak – Borgen
9:4262% CF

PP1Eberle – Schultz – Burakovsky – McCann – Beniers
3:3389% CF
PP2Schwartz – Bjorkstrand – Dunn – Yamamoto – Tolvanen
3:2988% CF
PK1FWennberg – Bellemare
2:05
PK2FGourde – McCann
1:14
PK1DDumoulin – Borgen
1:01
PK2DLarsson – Oleksiak
0:50

Current SEA 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
Valeri Nichushkin R	L1	1	0	1	+2	3	0.35	0	1	0	21:37	—	—	38	36
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.09	1	2	2	18:56	—	—	64	59
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.23	2	2	0	17:24	—	—	60	59
Logan O'Connor R	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.23	0	0	5	11:36	—	—	36	14
Fredrik Olofsson L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	0	3	0	10:55	—	—	44	42
Andrew Cogliano C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	0	1	2	9:20	—	—	46	50
Artturi Lehkonen L	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.46	1	1	0	18:44	—	—	54	58
Ryan Johansen C	L3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.03	0	1	0	15:34	—	—	50	56
Jonathan Drouin L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.31	0	0	0	11:12	—	—	71	76
Ross Colton C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	1	0	2	13:05	—	—	39	28
Miles Wood L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	0	0	12:43	—	—	38	32
Tomas Tatar L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	0	0	11:27	—	—	46	29
Josh Manson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.30	1	4	2	17:30	—	—	53	53
Jack Johnson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.01	0	1	0	15:37	—	—	53	53
Devon Toews D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	0	0	24:31	—	—	47	26
Cale Makar D	D2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.16	0	1	0	22:08	—	—	52	55
Samuel Girard D	D3	0	1	1	0	2	0.13	0	3	0	20:17	—	—	49	49
Bowen Byram D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	2	2	17:24	—	—	41	42

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	W	38	37	1	.974	2.92	60:00

Seattle Kraken

SEA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Andre Burakovsky L	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.28	0	1	0	16:54	—	—	47	63
Yanni Gourde C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.28	1	1	0	16:12	—	—	55	68
Eeli Tolvanen R	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.09	3	3	0	15:15	—	—	45	56
Alexander Wennberg C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	1	0	18:38	—	—	50	57
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	1	0	0	15:36	—	—	43	46
Jaden Schwartz L	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.30	1	0	0	15:06	—	—	52	47
Matty Beniers C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.12	1	0	0	19:01	—	—	41	34
Jared McCann L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.16	1	0	2	16:54	—	—	55	35
Jordan Eberle R	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.05	1	1	5	16:03	—	—	52	44
Tye Kartye L	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.79	1	0	0	12:23	—	—	52	68
Kailer Yamamoto R	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.07	0	1	0	11:11	—	—	71	60
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:06	—	—	67	98
Adam Larsson D	D1	0	0	0	0	6	0.15	2	2	0	25:11	—	—	54	75
Vince Dunn D	D1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.19	2	0	0	23:26	—	—	58	83
Justin Schultz D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.08	0	0	2	18:17	—	—	39	63
Brian Dumoulin D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	3	2	0	16:30	—	—	39	37
Will Borgen D	D3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.11	3	1	0	14:59	—	—	54	20
Jamie Oleksiak D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	2	2	14:39	—	—	54	32

SEA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Philipp Grubauer(start)	L	27	24	3	.889	2.38	59:39

Goal anatomy

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

Artturi Lehkonen (COL) 2nd 3:50 · unassisted · Forecheck turnover · carried in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 52.1 mph shot · 7.2 s from entry to goal.

Artturi Lehkonen · 2nd 3:50 · COL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 52.1 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Entry to goal: 7.2 s

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Valeri Nichushkin · 3rd 16:46 · COL EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 49.0 mph
Distance: 107 ft

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Kailer Yamamoto · 1st 15:09 · SEA

Play: cycle
Passes: 2
Shot: 52.9 mph
Distance: 17 ft

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Mikko Rantanen · 3rd 13:45 · COL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 67.3 mph
Distance: 28 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. Seattle KrakenOct 17, 2023

Fantasy takeaways

Colorado Avalanche beat Seattle Kraken 4–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Colorado Avalanche

Seattle Kraken

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Colorado Avalanche

Seattle Kraken

Goal anatomy

Artturi Lehkonen · 2nd 3:50 · COL

Valeri Nichushkin · 3rd 16:46 · COL EN

Kailer Yamamoto · 1st 15:09 · SEA

Mikko Rantanen · 3rd 13:45 · COL