Colorado Avalanche vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsApr 5, 2022

FinalTuesday, Apr 5, 2022· PPG Paints Arena

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Colorado AvalancheCOL

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

4

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	1	2	3	6		COL	11	10	11	32
PIT	1	1	2	4		PIT	19	11	16	46

: COL 52PIT 68
: COL 3.33PIT 3.95
PP goals: COL 0PIT 0
Hits: COL 31PIT 26
Blocks: COL 12PIT 9
PIM: COL 4PIT 6
: COL 37%PIT 63%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche beat Pittsburgh Penguins 6–4

Colorado Avalanche beat Pittsburgh Penguins 6–4 at PIT. Devon Toews (COL) led the scoring with 0G 3A. Darcy Kuemper (COL) faced 45 shots and stopped 41 (.911), +14 against a season average of 30.8; the win.

Points
Devon Toews had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 24:27.Toews
Points
Nathan MacKinnon had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:41.MacKinnon
Points
Darren Helm had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 9:57.Helm
Points
J.T. Compher had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:49.Compher
Points
Jake Guentzel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 20:15.Guentzel
Points
Andre Burakovsky had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:05.Burakovsky
Points
Mikko Rantanen had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 21:26.Rantanen
Goalie
Darcy Kuemper (COL) faced 45 shots and stopped 41 (.911), +14 against a season average of 30.8; the win.Kuemper

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)PIT attacks right (top on phones) →

PIT
COL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 120 of 120 attempts · PIT 68 · COL 52

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

PIT
COL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

PIT 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 26% of the game, PIT 46%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

PIT

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	PIT
	47	66
	1.93	3.51
	1.87	3.20
	11	17
	5	10
	26	16
	−0.144	+0.144
	26%	46%

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

L1Burakovsky – MacKinnon – Rantanen
14:2344% CF
L2Compher – Lehkonen – Newhook
11:2640% CF
L3Cogliano – O'Connor – Sturm
8:3946% CF
D1Johnson – Makar
12:0434% CF
D2Manson – Toews
10:3250% CF
D3Johnson – Byram
6:150% CF

PP1Compher – Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Rantanen – Makar
3:00100% CF
PP2Cogliano – Burakovsky – Toews – Byram – Newhook
1:23100% CF
PK1FHelm – O'Connor
1:05
PK2FCompher – Lehkonen
0:28
PK1DToews – Makar
1:24
PK2DJohnson – Johnson
0:57

Current COL line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Guentzel
12:4158% CF
L2Carter – Malkin – Rakell
12:2757% CF
L3Blueger – Kapanen – Rodrigues
9:2876% CF
L4Boyle – Heinen – Angello
5:5350% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
15:3557% CF
D2Matheson – Ruhwedel
11:1967% CF
D3Pettersson – Marino
11:1652% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Rust – Guentzel
1:43100% CF
PP2Carter – Rakell – Matheson – Kapanen – Rodrigues
0:58100% CF
PK1FCarter – Blueger
2:02
PK2FBoyle – Rust
1:11
PK1DDumoulin – Marino
1:42
PK2DLetang – Pettersson
0:37

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:45
COLNathan MacKinnon (Andre Burakovsky, Mikko Rantanen)wrist0.15 xG
COL: Johnson, Burakovsky, MacKinnon, Rantanen, MakarPIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Rust, Guentzel
COL 1 – 0 PIT
5:30
PITBryan Rust (Marcus Pettersson, Jake Guentzel)snap0.01 xG
COL: Manson, Burakovsky, MacKinnon, Toews, RantanenPIT: Crosby, Rust, Guentzel, Pettersson, Marino
COL 1 – 1 PIT

2nd period

9:53
COLJ.T. Compher (Alex Newhook, Devon Toews)wrist0.06 xG
COL: Johnson, Compher, Lehkonen, Toews, NewhookPIT: Rust, Blueger, Pettersson, Marino, Rodrigues
COL 2 – 1 PIT
12:00
COLNathan MacKinnon (Andre Burakovsky, Mikko Rantanen)wrist0.04 xG
COL: Johnson, Burakovsky, MacKinnon, Toews, RantanenPIT: Boyle, Letang, Dumoulin, Heinen, Angello
COL 3 – 1 PIT
17:43
PITEvan Rodriguesbackhand0.52 xG
COL: Manson, Burakovsky, MacKinnon, Toews, RantanenPIT: Dumoulin, Blueger, Kapanen, Pettersson, Rodrigues
COL 3 – 2 PIT

3rd period

1:01
COLJosh Manson (Devon Toews, J.T. Compher)slap0.03 xG
COL: Manson, Compher, Lehkonen, Toews, NewhookPIT: Carter, Malkin, Rakell, Matheson, Ruhwedel
COL 4 – 2 PIT
15:03
COLDarren Helm (Logan O'Connor)wrist0.17 xG
COL: Helm, Manson, Toews, O'Connor, SturmPIT: Crosby, Letang, Rust, Matheson, Guentzel
COL 5 – 2 PIT
18:36
PITJake Guentzel (Jeff Carter, Evgeni Malkin)backhand0.15 xG
COL: MacKinnon, Toews, Rantanen, Makar, SturmPIT: Carter, Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rust, Guentzel
COL 5 – 3 PIT
19:07
COLArtturi LehkonenEN (Darren Helm, Devon Toews)wrist0.83 xG
COL: Helm, Compher, Lehkonen, Toews, MakarPIT: Carter, Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rust, Guentzel
COL 6 – 3 PIT
19:29
PITMike Matheson (Danton Heinen, Brian Boyle)wrist0.02 xG
COL: Helm, Manson, MacDermid, Aube-Kubel, ByramPIT: Boyle, Matheson, Ruhwedel, Heinen, Angello
COL 6 – 4 PIT

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	0	2	-1	3	0.44	4	0	2	21:41	—	—	45	32
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	0	2	2	-1	1	0.17	0	1	0	21:26	—	—	46	35
Andre Burakovsky L	L1	0	2	2	0	4	0.45	1	1	0	20:05	—	—	48	38
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	1	0	1	+3	3	0.89	1	1	0	18:28	—	—	39	30
J.T. Compher L	L2	1	1	2	+3	2	0.22	1	0	0	17:49	—	—	41	30
Alex Newhook C	L2	0	1	1	+2	4	0.44	2	1	0	16:30	—	—	44	43
Nico Sturm C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	4	1	0	15:44	—	—	39	43
Logan O'Connor R	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.03	2	0	0	14:26	—	—	44	46
Andrew Cogliano C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	13:05	—	—	40	25
Cale Makar D	D1	0	0	0	+1	6	0.16	0	1	0	28:19	—	—	44	47
Jack Johnson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	2	1	0	19:56	—	—	31	27
Devon Toews D	D2	0	3	3	+2	1	0.07	0	0	0	24:27	—	—	54	41
Josh Manson D	D2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.05	3	2	0	16:37	—	—	42	34
Bowen Byram D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.18	3	1	2	15:02	—	—	38	26
Erik Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.00	0	1	0	12:55	—	—	31	26
Darren Helm C	—	1	1	2	+1	1	0.17	1	0	0	9:57	—	—	23	44
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	0	0	6:25	—	—	36	50
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	3:47	—	—	0	0

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	W	45	41	4	.911	3.95	59:21

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.25	1	0	0	21:04	—	—	61	54
Jake Guentzel C	L1	1	1	2	-1	7	0.66	2	0	0	20:15	—	—	59	56
Bryan Rust R	L1	1	0	1	-2	5	0.51	0	0	0	19:50	—	—	53	49
Jeff Carter C	L2	0	1	1	-1	4	0.45	1	2	0	19:09	—	—	56	67
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.03	1	1	0	18:55	—	—	58	69
Rickard Rakell R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.20	2	0	2	14:51	—	—	57	69
Teddy Blueger C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.30	2	0	0	14:43	—	—	67	77
Evan Rodrigues C	L3	1	0	1	0	5	0.90	0	0	2	14:39	—	—	68	78
Kasperi Kapanen R	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.08	1	0	0	12:06	—	—	77	89
Brian Boyle C	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.03	1	1	0	9:30	—	—	46	23
Anthony Angello C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	7:01	—	—	46	28
Danton Heinen L	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	6:57	—	—	42	26
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	-3	5	0.11	6	0	0	25:24	—	—	59	44
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.24	1	2	2	22:09	—	—	59	71
Mike Matheson D	D2	1	0	1	-1	1	0.04	1	1	0	18:05	—	—	61	62
Chad Ruhwedel D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	2	0	0	15:48	—	—	63	78
John Marino D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	19:02	—	—	55	61
Marcus Pettersson D	D3	0	1	1	+1	4	0.07	1	1	0	15:44	—	—	53	67

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	L	31	26	5	.839	2.50	58:48

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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.