Colorado Avalanche vs. Utah MammothFeb 25, 2026

FinalWednesday, Feb 25, 2026· Delta Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	0	4	0	4		COL	9	14	3	26
UTA	0	2	0	2		UTA	8	9	13	30

: COL 57UTA 66
: COL 3.07UTA 3.02
PP goals: COL 1UTA 1
Hits: COL 11UTA 21
Blocks: COL 17UTA 15
PIM: COL 8UTA 6
: COL 39%UTA 61%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche beat Utah Mammoth 4–2

Colorado Avalanche beat Utah Mammoth 4–2 at UTA. Dylan Guenther (UTA) led the scoring with 2G 0A. COL's first power-play unit (Nelson, Landeskog, Nichushkin, Necas and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:03 together.

Points
Dylan Guenther had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:26.Guenther
Points
Martin Necas had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:33.Necas
Points
Parker Kelly had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:21.Kelly
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (Nelson, Landeskog, Nichushkin, Necas and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:03 together.Nelson Landeskog Nichushkin Necas Makar
PP1
UTA's first power-play unit (Schmaltz, Keller, Sergachev, Hayton and Guenther) scored 1 power-play goal on 13 attempts in 5:29 together.Schmaltz Keller Sergachev Hayton Guenther
New line
New look for COL: Nelson–Landeskog–Necas skated 12:55 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nelson Landeskog Necas
New line
New look for COL: Lehkonen–Nichushkin–Drury skated 8:52 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lehkonen Nichushkin Drury
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New look for COL: Kiviranta–Bardakov–Brindley skated 5:35 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kiviranta Bardakov Brindley

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)UTA attacks right (top on phones) →

UTA
COL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 123 of 123 attempts · UTA 66 · COL 57

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

UTA
COL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

UTA 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 33% of the game, UTA 31%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

UTA

COL

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

UTA 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	UTA
	59	53
	3.07	2.09
	2.93	2.08
	17	11
	4	8
	22	20
	−0.128	+0.128
	33%	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

L1Nelson – Landeskog – Necas
12:5560% CF
L2Lehkonen – Nichushkin – Drury
8:5243% CF
L3Olofsson – Colton – Kelly
7:5660% CF
L4Kiviranta – Bardakov – Brindley
5:3563% CF
D1Toews – Makar
13:5942% CF
D2Kulak – Malinski
12:0062% CF
D3Burns – Manson
10:2667% CF

PP1Nelson – Landeskog – Nichushkin – Necas – Makar
3:0386% CF
PP2Lehkonen – Toews – Olofsson – Colton – Brindley
0:31
PK1FKelly – Drury
2:13
PK2FNelson – Nichushkin
1:19
PK1DBurns – Manson
2:30
PK2DToews – Makar
1:32

Current COL line combinations →

Utah Mammoth

L1Schmaltz – Crouse – Keller
11:4554% CF
L2Yamamoto – Hayton – Peterka
8:4750% CF
L3Kerfoot – Stenlund – Tanev
7:1442% CF
L4McBain – Guenther – Cooley
6:5831% CF
D1Sergachev – Durzi
14:2752% CF
D2Schmidt – Marino
14:1044% CF
D3Cole – DeSimone
11:1941% CF

PP1Schmaltz – Keller – Sergachev – Hayton – Guenther
5:29100% CF
PP2Crouse – Yamamoto – Durzi – Peterka – Cooley
0:36100% CF
PK1FCrouse – Stenlund
1:20
PK2FHayton – Cooley
0:35
PK1DCole – Sergachev
1:38
PK2DSchmidt – Marino
0:00

Current UTA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

3:26
COLParker Kelly (Brent Burns, Josh Manson)snap0.14 xG
COL: Burns, Manson, Olofsson, Colton, KellyUTA: Schmidt, Marino, Yamamoto, Hayton, Peterka
COL 1 – 0 UTA
9:13
COLVictor Olofsson (Sam Malinski, Parker Kelly)snap0.17 xG
COL: Kulak, Olofsson, Kelly, Brindley, MalinskiUTA: Kerfoot, Stenlund, Tanev, Sergachev, Durzi
COL 2 – 0 UTA
10:49
UTADylan GuentherPP (Mikhail Sergachev, Clayton Keller)slap0.05 xG
COL: Toews, Makar, Kelly, DruryUTA: Schmaltz, Keller, Sergachev, Hayton, Guenther
COL 2 – 1 UTA
12:20
COLBrock Nelson (Gabriel Landeskog, Martin Necas)slap0.18 xG
COL: Burns, Nelson, Manson, Landeskog, NecasUTA: Schmidt, Schmaltz, Crouse, Marino, Keller
COL 3 – 1 UTA
13:20
UTADylan Guenther (Jack McBain, Logan Cooley)slap0.17 xG
COL: Lehkonen, Nichushkin, Toews, Makar, DruryUTA: Cole, Sergachev, McBain, Guenther, Cooley
COL 3 – 2 UTA
17:17
COLMartin NecasPP (Cale Makar, Valeri Nichushkin)slap0.08 xG
COL: Nelson, Landeskog, Nichushkin, Necas, MakarUTA: Cole, Kerfoot, Stenlund, Sergachev
COL 4 – 2 UTA

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
Brock Nelson C	L1	1	0	1	+1	5	0.46	0	1	0	22:56	—	—	52	51
Gabriel Landeskog L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.33	0	0	2	19:13	—	—	53	53
Martin Necas C	L1	1	1	2	+1	3	0.29	0	0	2	18:33	—	—	54	49
Jack Drury C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	2	3	0	17:13	—	—	37	32
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.28	0	0	0	16:35	—	—	48	49
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.25	1	0	0	15:34	—	—	44	49
Parker Kelly C	L3	1	1	2	+2	1	0.14	1	0	0	15:21	—	—	55	74
Ross Colton C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.12	4	1	0	11:48	—	—	57	75
Victor Olofsson L	L3	1	0	1	+2	2	0.19	1	0	0	11:47	—	—	53	79
Joel Kiviranta L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	0	0	0	10:52	—	—	58	65
Gavin Brindley C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	0	0	0	8:20	—	—	70	79
Zakhar Bardakov C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	6:54	—	—	73	81
Cale Makar D	D1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.07	0	2	0	22:40	—	—	43	32
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	0	2	2	21:38	—	—	39	33
Brett Kulak D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	3	0	19:03	—	—	54	64
Sam Malinski D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.02	0	2	0	16:11	—	—	52	58
Brent Burns D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.04	0	2	0	19:06	—	—	63	75
Josh Manson D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.52	1	1	2	17:50	—	—	62	74

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Scott Wedgewood(start)	W	30	28	2	.933	3.02	60:00

Utah Mammoth

UTA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Clayton Keller R	L1	0	1	1	-1	5	0.58	0	2	0	22:36	—	—	56	62
Nick Schmaltz C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.18	0	2	2	22:13	—	—	57	65
Lawson Crouse L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.38	1	0	0	15:56	—	—	57	65
Barrett Hayton C	L2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.54	2	0	0	16:44	—	—	57	61
JJ Peterka R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:43	—	—	50	46
Kailer Yamamoto R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	2	0	0	11:16	—	—	55	61
Kevin Stenlund C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.09	2	2	0	14:34	—	—	39	12
Alexander Kerfoot C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	11:22	—	—	50	19
Brandon Tanev L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	5	0	0	8:49	—	—	40	14
Dylan Guenther R	L4	2	0	2	+1	3	0.47	0	0	0	19:26	—	—	40	32
Logan Cooley C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.13	0	0	0	17:21	—	—	42	39
Jack McBain C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	0	2	11:45	—	—	26	21
Mikhail Sergachev D	D1	0	1	1	0	5	0.31	1	1	0	25:40	—	—	54	44
Sean Durzi D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	2	1	0	19:43	—	—	50	38
John Marino D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:40	—	—	44	42
Nate Schmidt D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.07	2	2	0	17:10	—	—	43	45
Ian Cole D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.09	0	3	0	16:46	—	—	47	38
Nick DeSimone D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	1	2	14:17	—	—	41	27

UTA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Karel Vejmelka(start)	L	26	22	4	.846	3.07	57:56

Goal anatomy

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

Parker Kelly (COL) 2nd 3:26 · assists Brent Burns, Josh Manson · Odd-man rush · carried in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 51.2 mph shot · 2.6 s from entry to goal.

Parker Kelly · 2nd 3:26 · COL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1
Shot: 51.2 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s

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Victor Olofsson · 2nd 9:13 · COL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 52.9 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Entry to goal: 5.6 s

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Dylan Guenther · 2nd 10:49 · UTA PP

Play: point-shot
Passes: 5 (royal road)
Shot: 73.6 mph
Distance: 42 ft
Type: one-timer

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Brock Nelson · 2nd 12:20 · COL

Play: cycle
Passes: 2
Shot: 48.9 mph
Distance: 26 ft
Type: one-timer

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Dylan Guenther · 2nd 13:20 · UTA

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 54.3 mph
Distance: 22 ft
Entry to goal: 4.3 s

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Martin Necas · 2nd 17:17 · COL PP

Play: point-shot
Passes: 5 (royal road)
Shot: 75.0 mph
Distance: 43 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.