Colorado Avalanche vs. Seattle KrakenMar 12, 2026

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	3	1	1	5		COL	15	4	7	26
SEA	0	1	0	1		SEA	8	14	7	29

: COL 57SEA 66
: COL 3.09SEA 2.27
PP goals: COL 1SEA 0
Hits: COL 17SEA 16
Blocks: COL 19SEA 10
PIM: COL 4SEA 6
: COL 44%SEA 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche rout Seattle Kraken 5–1

Colorado Avalanche beat Seattle Kraken 5–1 at SEA. Nathan MacKinnon (COL) led the scoring with 1G 3A. New look for COL: Nelson–Nichushkin–Kiviranta skated 5:48 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 4 shots in 20:58.MacKinnon
Points
Martin Necas had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 22:32.Necas
Points
Devon Toews had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:41.Toews
New line
New look for COL: Nelson–Nichushkin–Kiviranta skated 5:48 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nelson Nichushkin Kiviranta
Luck
COL scored 5 goals on 3.09 expected goals (57 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Nick Blankenburg (COL) played 9:31, −7:24 down on his 16:55 season average over 60 games.Blankenburg
Usage
Joel Kiviranta (COL) played 14:20, +4:02 up on his 10:18 season average over 50 games.Kiviranta
Usage
Brent Burns (COL) played 14:45, −4:11 down on his 18:56 season average over 81 games.Burns

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 123 of 123 attempts · SEA 66 · COL 57

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 36% of the game, SEA 28%.

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

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
	59	66
	2.88	2.13
	2.67	2.09
	14	10
	6	13
	20	28
	−0.049	+0.049
	36%	28%

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

L1Kadri – MacKinnon – Necas
14:5334% CF
L2Nelson – Nichushkin – Kiviranta
5:4857% CF
L3Roy – Kelly – Drury
4:36100% CF
D1Toews – Makar
10:5053% CF
D2Kulak – Malinski
10:3439% CF
D3Burns – Manson
9:0360% CF

PP1Kadri – Nelson – MacKinnon – Necas – Makar
3:03100% CF
PP2Burns – Nichushkin – Toews – Roy – Brindley
0:510% CF
PK1FNelson – Nichushkin
1:42
PK2FRoy – Kiviranta
1:13
PK1DToews – Makar
1:09
PK2DBurns – Manson
0:59

Current COL line combinations →

Seattle Kraken

L1Eberle – McCann – Beniers
12:3436% CF
L2Kakko – Wright – Catton
11:5361% CF
L3Stephenson – Gaudreau – Tolvanen
10:2668% CF
L4Winterton – Melanson – Meyers
8:2150% CF
D1Larsson – Dunn
16:1964% CF
D2Montour – Lindgren
15:3138% CF
D3Oleksiak – Evans
13:1555% CF

PP1Eberle – Stephenson – McCann – Dunn – Beniers
2:13100% CF
PP2Montour – Tolvanen – Kakko – Wright – Catton
1:42100% CF
PK1FStephenson – Tolvanen
2:06
PK2FGaudreau – Meyers
2:02
PK1DLarsson – Lindgren
1:50
PK2DMontour – Evans
0:44

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
Martin Necas C	L1	1	1	2	+3	1	0.11	1	1	0	22:32	—	—	36	50
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	1	3	4	+3	4	0.20	0	0	0	20:58	—	—	43	61
Nazem Kadri C	L1	1	0	1	+3	2	0.37	1	1	0	19:26	—	—	31	51
Brock Nelson C	L2	0	1	1	0	4	1.19	0	1	0	19:18	—	—	65	68
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	1	0	0	18:19	—	—	61	67
Joel Kiviranta L	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.18	0	0	0	14:20	—	—	45	60
Nicolas Roy C	L3	1	0	1	-1	2	0.20	1	1	0	16:56	—	—	41	43
Jack Drury C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	15:36	—	—	46	45
Parker Kelly C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	1	0	0	13:11	—	—	69	62
Cale Makar D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.26	1	2	0	21:01	—	—	42	72
Devon Toews D	D1	0	2	2	0	1	0.03	1	0	2	19:41	—	—	50	68
Sam Malinski D	D2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.18	2	2	0	19:09	—	—	40	46
Brett Kulak D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.05	1	1	0	18:05	—	—	40	33
Josh Manson D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.03	1	3	0	15:48	—	—	50	52
Brent Burns D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	2	2	14:45	—	—	58	70
Nick Blankenburg D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	9:31	—	—	56	30
Gavin Brindley C	—	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	1	0	0	9:20	—	—	71	44
Zakhar Bardakov C	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	3	1	0	8:04	—	—	41	24

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Scott Wedgewood(start)	W	29	28	1	.966	2.27	60:00

Seattle Kraken

SEA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jordan Eberle R	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.52	0	1	4	17:39	—	—	39	30
Matty Beniers C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	1	0	0	17:19	—	—	34	26
Jared McCann L	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.16	1	0	0	15:49	—	—	36	27
Berkly Catton C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	0	0	0	16:21	—	—	60	78
Kaapo Kakko R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:44	—	—	63	82
Shane Wright C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	0	1	0	14:28	—	—	63	78
Chandler Stephenson C	L3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.02	0	0	0	17:27	—	—	68	63
Eeli Tolvanen R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.42	0	1	0	16:00	—	—	68	62
Frederick Gaudreau C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.20	0	0	0	15:58	—	—	68	63
Ben Meyers C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	4	0	0	13:12	—	—	60	60
Ryan Winterton C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	1	0	0	10:53	—	—	57	44
Jacob Melanson R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	4	0	0	9:31	—	—	47	27
Adam Larsson D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.05	1	0	2	21:14	—	—	64	53
Vince Dunn D	D1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.22	0	0	0	19:19	—	—	63	52
Brandon Montour D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	1	1	0	21:31	—	—	39	22
Ryan Lindgren D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	2	3	0	20:26	—	—	43	28
Jamie Oleksiak D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.00	1	2	0	17:19	—	—	48	48
Ryker Evans D	D3	1	0	1	0	1	0.16	0	0	0	16:30	—	—	55	60

SEA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Philipp Grubauer	—	11	9	2	.818	1.42	39:43
Joey Daccord(start)	L	15	12	3	.800	1.67	20:00

Goal anatomy

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

Martin Necas (COL) 1st 3:45 · assists Devon Toews, Nathan MacKinnon · Forecheck turnover · 41.0 mph shot.

Martin Necas · 1st 3:45 · COL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 41.0 mph
Distance: 6 ft

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Nathan MacKinnon · 1st 12:54 · COL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 17.8 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 5.4 s

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Nicolas Roy · 1st 18:48 · COL PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: pass
Odd man: 5-on-3
Passes: 0
Shot: 33.1 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 7.9 s

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Ryker Evans · 2nd 13:36 · SEA SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 54.9 mph
Distance: 22 ft
Entry to goal: 4.2 s

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Nazem Kadri · 2nd 17:11 · COL

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 55.2 mph
Distance: 63 ft
Entry to goal: 4.7 s

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Joel Kiviranta · 3rd 12:41 · COL

Play: deflection
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 34.7 mph
Distance: 51 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.

Colorado Avalanche vs. Seattle KrakenMar 12, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Colorado Avalanche rout Seattle Kraken 5–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Colorado Avalanche

Seattle Kraken

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Colorado Avalanche

Seattle Kraken

Goal anatomy

Martin Necas · 1st 3:45 · COL

Nathan MacKinnon · 1st 12:54 · COL

Nicolas Roy · 1st 18:48 · COL PP

Ryker Evans · 2nd 13:36 · SEA SH

Nazem Kadri · 2nd 17:11 · COL

Joel Kiviranta · 3rd 12:41 · COL