Colorado Avalanche vs. Seattle KrakenDec 16, 2025

FinalTuesday, Dec 16, 2025· Climate Pledge Arena

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PP goals: COL —SEA —
Hits: COL 14SEA 18
Blocks: COL 14SEA 26
PIM: COL 16SEA 16
: COL 50%SEA 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche beat Seattle Kraken 5–3

Colorado Avalanche beat Seattle Kraken 5–3 at SEA. Nathan MacKinnon (COL) led the scoring with 2G 1A. COL's first power-play unit (Nelson, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Necas and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 15 attempts in 5:03 together.

Points
Nathan MacKinnon had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 6 shots in 23:30.MacKinnon
Points
Cale Makar had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 22:48.Makar
Points
Martin Necas had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 21:16.Necas
Points
Valeri Nichushkin had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:50.Nichushkin
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (Nelson, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Necas and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 15 attempts in 5:03 together.Nelson Landeskog MacKinnon Necas Makar
PP1
SEA's first power-play unit (Eberle, Stephenson, Dunn, Tolvanen and Beniers) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 4:35 together.Eberle Stephenson Dunn Tolvanen Beniers
New line
New look for SEA: Eberle–Marchment–Beniers skated 11:41 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (41.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eberle Marchment Beniers
Usage
Brandon Montour (SEA) played 11:46, −10:58 down on his 22:44 season average over 63 games.Montour

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 40% of the game, SEA 31%.

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

SEA 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	SEA
	74	71
	2.77	4.53
	2.67	3.94
	17	22
	4	8
	25	17
	−0.024	+0.024
	40%	31%

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
10:2648% CF
L2Nelson – Landeskog – Nichushkin
10:0458% CF
L3Olofsson – Colton – Brindley
7:3426% CF
L4Kelly – Drury – Kiviranta
6:13100% CF
D1Girard – Malinski
13:1939% CF
D2Toews – Makar
13:1246% CF
D3Burns – Manson
9:5865% CF

PP1Nelson – Landeskog – MacKinnon – Necas – Makar
5:03100% CF
PP2Nelson – MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Makar – Brindley
0:25100% CF
PK1FKelly – Drury
3:25
PK2FNelson – Nichushkin
1:39
PK1DBurns – Manson
2:48
PK2DToews – Makar
1:25

Current COL line combinations →

Seattle Kraken

L1Eberle – Marchment – Beniers
11:4142% CF
L2Stephenson – Gaudreau – Tolvanen
10:3552% CF
L3Kakko – Nyman – Wright
8:2372% CF
L4Winterton – Melanson – Meyers
2:510% CF
D1Larsson – Dunn
15:0436% CF
D2Oleksiak – Evans
10:5254% CF
D3Montour – Lindgren
7:5762% CF

PP1Eberle – Stephenson – Dunn – Tolvanen – Beniers
4:35100% CF
PP2Montour – Marchment – Kakko – Nyman – Wright
1:2475% CF
PK1FGaudreau – Meyers
2:55
PK2FStephenson – Tolvanen
2:29
PK1DLarsson – Lindgren
4:21
PK2DOleksiak – Evans
1:24

Current SEA line combinations →

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	2	1	3	+3	6	2	1	0	23:30	—	—	46
Martin Necas C	L1	0	2	2	+2	1	0	1	0	21:16	—	—	47
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	1	0	1	+2	4	1	0	0	15:02	—	—	49
Gabriel Landeskog L	L2	0	1	1	+1	5	2	2	0	19:54	—	—	50
Brock Nelson C	L2	1	0	1	-1	7	0	0	0	18:56	—	—	60
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	0	2	2	+1	1	0	0	0	16:50	—	—	52
Ross Colton C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	10:50	—	—	35
Gavin Brindley C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	10:39	—	—	38
Victor Olofsson L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	10:12	—	—	39
Jack Drury C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	11:53	—	—	91
Parker Kelly C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	11:23	—	—	100
Joel Kiviranta L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	8:47	—	—	91
Samuel Girard D	D1	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	18:00	—	—	40
Sam Malinski D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	4	16:16	—	—	44
Cale Makar D	D2	0	2	2	+1	2	0	2	0	22:48	—	—	42
Devon Toews D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0	3	0	22:24	—	—	52
Brent Burns D	D3	0	1	1	+2	0	0	2	4	18:08	—	—	67
Josh Manson D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	4	0	4	16:44	—	—	56

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA		TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	W	38	35	3	.921	60:00

Seattle Kraken

SEA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-		Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jordan Eberle R	L1	1	0	1	-1	7	1	1	0	21:25	—	—	48
Matty Beniers C	L1	0	1	1	-1	4	0	2	0	21:16	—	—	44
Mason Marchment L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	6	17:24	—	—	38
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	1	0	1	-2	5	2	1	0	22:27	—	—	49
Eeli Tolvanen R	L2	0	1	1	-2	2	3	0	0	21:24	—	—	53
Frederick Gaudreau C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0	3	0	19:50	—	—	45
Kaapo Kakko R	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	0	13:58	—	—	61
Shane Wright C	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	0	13:37	—	—	62
Jani Nyman R	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	1	0	0	11:26	—	—	73
Ben Meyers C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	9:51	—	—	27
Ryan Winterton C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	2	5:46	—	—	46
Jacob Melanson R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4:11	—	—	13
Vince Dunn D	D1	0	1	1	-2	4	0	3	4	25:17	—	—	40
Adam Larsson D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	2	4	0	23:56	—	—	45
Ryker Evans D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	0	17:11	—	—	41
Jamie Oleksiak D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	16:23	—	—	59
Ryan Lindgren D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	18:06	—	—	54
Brandon Montour D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	4	11:46	—	—	68

SEA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA		TOI
Philipp Grubauer(start)	L	38	34	4	.895	58:36

Goal anatomy

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

Artturi Lehkonen () · unassisted · Deflection · carried in · 45.3 mph shot · 4.5 s from entry to goal.

Artturi Lehkonen

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 45.3 mph
Distance: 18 ft
Entry to goal: 4.5 s
Type: deflection

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Shane Wright

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 7.1 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Entry to goal: 5.6 s
Type: rebound

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Jordan Eberle

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 26.0 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Entry to goal: 3.9 s
Type: rebound

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Samuel Girard

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 70.5 mph
Distance: 47 ft
Type: one-timer

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Chandler Stephenson

Play: cycle
Passes: 2
Shot: 55.3 mph
Distance: 33 ft

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Nathan MacKinnon

Play: cycle
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 57.0 mph
Distance: 39 ft
Entry to goal: 9.0 s
Type: one-timer

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Brock Nelson

Play: rebound
Passes: 5 (royal road)
Shot: 49.1 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Type: rebound

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Nathan MacKinnon

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 28.8 mph
Distance: 41 ft
Entry to goal: 1.9 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.