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Colorado Avalanche vs. Tampa Bay LightningJan 6, 2026

Final· Benchmark International Arena
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COL
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TBL
4
Goals123TShots123T
COL0202COL7131333
TBL1124TBL1210628
COL 67TBL 67
COL 2.90TBL 3.45
PP goals
COL 0TBL 1
Hits
COL 20TBL 21
Blocks
COL 19TBL 16
PIM
COL 6TBL 18
COL 69%TBL 31%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Colorado Avalanche 4–2

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Colorado Avalanche 4–2 at home. Brandon Hagel (TBL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. TBL's first power-play unit (Kucherov, Guentzel, Bjorkstrand, Point and Raddysh) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:26 together.

  1. Points
    Brandon Hagel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:39.Hagel
  2. Points
    Darren Raddysh had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 24:39.Raddysh
  3. Points
    Nikita Kucherov had 2 assists (2 points) in 16:20.Kucherov
  4. PP1
    TBL's first power-play unit (Kucherov, Guentzel, Bjorkstrand, Point and Raddysh) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:26 together.KucherovGuentzelBjorkstrandPointRaddysh
  5. New line
    New look for COL: Lehkonen–MacKinnon–Necas skated 13:06 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.LehkonenMacKinnonNecas
  6. New line
    New look for COL: Nelson–Nichushkin–Brindley skated 10:46 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (30.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.NelsonNichushkinBrindley
  7. Usage
    Nikita Kucherov (TBL) played 16:20, −4:03 down on his 20:23 season average over 75 games.Kucherov
  8. Usage
    Anthony Cirelli (TBL) played 14:05, −3:17 down on his 17:22 season average over 70 games.Cirelli

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.

Shot map, COL at TBL: 134 attempts, 61 on goal, 6 goals, 6.35 expected goals; best chance Anthony Cirelli at 0.63 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← COL attacks left (bottom on phones)TBL attacks right (top on phones) →
  • TBL
  • COL
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 134 of 134 attempts · TBL 67 · COL 67

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, COL at TBL: expected goals 3.45 to 2.90 (TBL led the chances), shot attempts 67 to 67, 6 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdTBLCOLGKNGHCnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • TBL
  • COL
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
TBLCOLcontrol2nd3rdGuentzel · 1st 19:48Kelly · 2nd 3:22Nelson · 2nd 9:31Girgensons · 2nd 17:22Hagel · 3rd 8:31Cirelli · 3rd 18:35
  • TBL 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 28% of the game, TBL 36%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, COL at TBL: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Andrei Vasilevskiy (60:00) for TBL and Scott Wedgewood (58:02) for COL, 6 goals.

TBL
COL
goals / penalties
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

Head-to-head matrix, TBL rows versus COL columns: 250 matchups; most common Raddysh vs MacKinnon, 13:28 at 35% xGF.

TBL ↓ · COL →MacKinnonNecasLehkonenNelsonNichushkinBrindleyDruryColtonOlofssonKellyBardakovMakarMakarGirardMalinskiSolovyovMansonBurnsL1 GourdeL1 GirgensonsL1 HolmbergL2 BjorkstrandL2 PaulL2 JamesL3 GuentzelL3 HagelL3 CirelliL4 PointL4 KucherovL4 GoncalvesD1 RaddyshD1 MoserD2 D'AstousD2 CernakD3 CrozierD3 Carlile
TBL 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
StatCOLTBL
5866
2.302.11
2.232.04
108
77
1729
+0.118−0.118
28%36%

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

Current COL line combinations →

Tampa Bay Lightning

Current TBL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 19:48
    TBLJake GuentzelPP (Nikita Kucherov, Darren Raddysh)wrist0.12 xG
    COL: Nelson, Manson, Lehkonen, MalinskiTBL: Kucherov, Guentzel, Bjorkstrand, Point, Raddysh
    COL 0 – 1 TBL

2nd period

  1. 3:22
    COLParker Kelly (Zakhar Bardakov, Ilya Solovyov)wrist0.23 xG
    COL: Kelly, Solovyov, Bardakov, Makar, MalinskiTBL: Bjorkstrand, Paul, Crozier, Carlile, James
    COL 1 – 1 TBL
  2. 9:31
    COLBrock Nelson (Cale Makar)snap0.03 xG
    COL: Nelson, Manson, Makar, Drury, BardakovTBL: Kucherov, Guentzel, Bjorkstrand, Cernak, D'Astous
    COL 2 – 1 TBL
  3. 17:22
    TBLZemgus Girgensons (Yanni Gourde, Pontus Holmberg)tip-in0.11 xG
    COL: Manson, Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Necas, MakarTBL: Gourde, Girgensons, Raddysh, Holmberg, Moser
    COL 2 – 2 TBL

3rd period

  1. 8:31
    TBLBrandon Hagel (Maxwell Crozier, Nikita Kucherov)snap0.11 xG
    COL: Nelson, Nichushkin, Girard, Makar, BrindleyTBL: Kucherov, Point, Hagel, D'Astous, Crozier
    COL 2 – 3 TBL
  2. 18:35
    TBLAnthony CirelliEN (Brandon Hagel, Darren Raddysh)snap0.63 xG
    COL: Nelson, Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Necas, MakarTBL: Kucherov, Raddysh, Cirelli, Hagel, Moser
    COL 2 – 4 TBL

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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Nathan MacKinnon CL1000-250.1930022:37——5758
Martin Necas CL1000-230.6440221:54——6074
Artturi Lehkonen LL1000-220.2511018:55——5563
Brock Nelson CL2101-140.2201022:14——4013
Valeri Nichushkin RL2000-200.0010019:30——3530
Gavin Brindley CL2000-100.0000014:49——2824
Jack Drury CL3000+110.2701015:54——4959
Ross Colton CL3000040.2112012:34——4847
Victor Olofsson LL3000010.1900011:54——4645
Parker Kelly CL4101+120.5420011:20——4874
Zakhar Bardakov CL4011+210.001127:23——5080
Taylor Makar LL4000+110.030105:29——5076
Cale Makar DD1011-210.1705026:04——4744
Samuel Girard DD1000-110.0602018:42——4448
Sam Malinski DD2000+130.0622018:51——5877
Ilya Solovyov DD2011+100.0020012:53——4280
Josh Manson DD3000000.0332019:02——4947
Brent Burns DD3000040.0601218:19——3523
COL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Scott Wedgewood(start)L27243.8892.4658:02

Tampa Bay Lightning

TBL skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Yanni Gourde CL1011+100.0123016:15——5265
Zemgus Girgensons CL1101+110.1220014:40——4859
Pontus Holmberg RL1011+110.0711014:27——5260
Oliver Bjorkstrand RL2000-220.1900013:43——6035
Nick Paul LL2000-120.0931212:12——5934
Dominic James CL2000-110.0340012:08——6032
Jake Guentzel CL3101-130.7501018:38——4444
Brandon Hagel LL3112+220.3001017:39——6768
Anthony Cirelli CL3101+120.7500014:05——7063
Brayden Point CL4000+110.3500016:50——3651
Nikita Kucherov RL4022+100.1200016:20——3944
Gage Goncalves CL4000020.2010011:47——5752
Darren Raddysh DD1022+240.1810224:39——5040
J.J. Moser DD1000+220.1822024:06——5039
Charle-Edouard D'Astous DD2000020.04051421:10——6370
Erik Cernak DD2000-110.0441020:18——5059
Maxwell Crozier DD3011020.0301015:33——6139
Declan Carlile DD3000-100.0010011:30——3911
TBL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy(start)W33312.9392.9060:00

Goal anatomy

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

Jake Guentzel (TBL PP) 1st 19:48 · assists Nikita Kucherov, Darren Raddysh · Cycle · 47.3 mph shot.

Brock Nelson · 2nd 9:31 · COL

Play
rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
No
Passes
0
Shot
49.9 mph
Distance
34 ft
Entry to goal
1.8 s

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