Colorado Avalanche vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsDec 10, 2024

FinalTuesday, Dec 10, 2024· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	2	1	3	6		COL	10	8	9	27
PIT	0	2	0	2		PIT	8	7	12	27

: COL 47PIT 61
: COL 3.71PIT 2.39
PP goals: COL 0PIT 0
Hits: COL 16PIT 10
Blocks: COL 15PIT 16
PIM: COL 8PIT 8
: COL 38%PIT 62%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche rout Pittsburgh Penguins 6–2

Colorado Avalanche beat Pittsburgh Penguins 6–2 at PIT. Mikko Rantanen (COL) led the scoring with 3G 2A. New look for PIT: Malkin–Glass–Tomasino skated 6:53 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (83.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Mikko Rantanen had a hat trick and 2 assists (5 points) on 5 shots in 16:58.Rantanen
Points
Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and 4 assists (5 points) on 3 shots in 17:36.MacKinnon
Points
Devon Toews had 2 assists (2 points) in 23:54.Toews
New line
New look for PIT: Malkin–Glass–Tomasino skated 6:53 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (83.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Malkin Glass Tomasino
Luck
COL scored 6 goals on 3.71 expected goals (47 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Nathan MacKinnon (COL) played 17:36, −5:15 down on his 22:51 season average over 78 games.MacKinnon
New line
New look for COL: Wagner–Smith–Ivan skated 6:18 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Wagner Smith Ivan
Usage
Mikko Rantanen (COL) played 16:58, −4:20 down on his 21:18 season average over 81 games.Rantanen

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 108 of 108 attempts · PIT 61 · COL 47

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 37% of the game, PIT 31%.

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
	43	60
	2.17	1.70
	2.15	1.67
	6	10
	1	2
	25	23
	−0.072	+0.072
	37%	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 – Rantanen
9:5461% CF
L2Kelly – O'Connor – Kiviranta
9:0943% CF
L3Nichushkin – Colton – Mittelstadt
9:0243% CF
L4Wagner – Smith – Ivan
6:1844% CF
D1Toews – Makar
11:3643% CF
D2Girard – Malinski
8:2444% CF
D3de Haan – Middleton
8:1525% CF

PP1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Rantanen – Makar
4:16100% CF
PP2Toews – Girard – Colton – Mittelstadt – Ivan
1:21
PK1FKelly – O'Connor
2:37
PK2FNichushkin – Kiviranta
1:16
PK1DToews – Makar
4:07
PK2DMiddleton – Girard
3:18

Current COL line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Rakell
11:2264% CF
L2Malkin – Glass – Tomasino
6:5383% CF
L3Hayes – Beauvillier – Acciari
5:2836% CF
L4Bunting – Lizotte – O'Connor
3:4271% CF
D1Karlsson – Pettersson
14:3463% CF
D2Letang – Pickering
11:3659% CF
D3Grzelcyk – Graves
11:1853% CF

PP1Crosby – Letang – Hayes – Rakell – Grzelcyk
3:5186% CF
PP2Malkin – Karlsson – Rust – Bunting – Tomasino
3:30100% CF
PK1FAcciari – Glass
3:07
PK2FRust – Lizotte
1:14
PK1DLetang – Pettersson
3:46
PK2DGrzelcyk – Graves
0:35

Current PIT 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
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	1	0	1	+5	2	0.36	0	1	0	18:04	—	—	60	80
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	1	4	5	+4	3	0.19	0	0	0	17:36	—	—	59	72
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	3	2	5	+3	5	1.96	1	0	0	16:58	—	—	60	64
Logan O'Connor R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	1	1	0	16:43	—	—	38	61
Parker Kelly C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.18	2	4	2	14:55	—	—	37	49
Joel Kiviranta L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	2	0	13:42	—	—	36	55
Valeri Nichushkin R	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.40	1	0	0	20:03	—	—	35	57
Casey Mittelstadt C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:57	—	—	33	18
Ross Colton C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	0	0	14:30	—	—	35	20
Ivan Ivan C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	11:48	—	—	31	30
Givani Smith R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	4	0	2	8:19	—	—	43	30
Chris Wagner R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	4	0	0	8:05	—	—	42	37
Cale Makar D	D1	0	1	1	+3	4	0.21	0	0	0	25:05	—	—	55	77
Devon Toews D	D1	0	2	2	+2	0	0.00	0	1	0	23:54	—	—	32	72
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	1	0	21:31	—	—	47	35
Sam Malinski D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.06	0	4	2	16:48	—	—	50	59
Calvin de Haan D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.03	0	1	0	15:09	—	—	38	61
Keaton Middleton D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:53	—	—	20	3

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Scott Wedgewood(start)	W	27	25	2	.926	2.39	60:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	1	1	-2	1	0.21	1	2	0	19:44	—	—	61	38
Rickard Rakell R	L1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.26	0	3	0	19:38	—	—	59	39
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.34	0	0	0	18:40	—	—	67	52
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.03	0	0	0	20:12	—	—	67	43
Philip Tomasino R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	0	0	0	17:20	—	—	65	43
Cody Glass C	L2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.33	1	0	0	16:09	—	—	65	59
Noel Acciari C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	10:27	—	—	38	61
Kevin Hayes R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	0	0	0	10:20	—	—	36	56
Anthony Beauvillier R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	2	0	6:52	—	—	35	61
Michael Bunting L	L4	1	0	1	-1	3	0.34	1	0	2	13:41	—	—	65	49
Blake Lizotte C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.05	2	0	0	13:33	—	—	53	24
Drew O'Connor L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.09	0	1	0	12:29	—	—	65	29
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	1	1	-2	0	0.05	0	2	0	22:15	—	—	62	38
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	0	0	21:08	—	—	60	39
Kris Letang D	D2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.34	0	1	0	22:35	—	—	58	55
Owen Pickering D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	2	2	15:13	—	—	58	67
Matt Grzelcyk D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	0	2	0	19:38	—	—	56	20
Ryan Graves D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.06	1	0	2	14:45	—	—	57	32

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	L	26	21	5	.808	2.29	59:21

Goal anatomy

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

Nathan MacKinnon (COL) 1st 6:31 · assists Mikko Rantanen, Devon Toews · Odd-man rush · carried in · 2-on-1 at the blue line · 51.9 mph shot · 2.0 s from entry to goal.

Nathan MacKinnon · 1st 6:31 · COL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 51.9 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Entry to goal: 2.0 s

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Mikko Rantanen · 1st 18:22 · COL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 3.9 mph
Distance: 5 ft

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Mikko Rantanen · 2nd 5:46 · COL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 40.3 mph
Distance: 31 ft
Type: one-timer

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Cody Glass · 2nd 7:21 · PIT

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 69.9 mph
Distance: 27 ft

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Michael Bunting · 2nd 18:53 · PIT

Play: point-shot
Passes: 1
Shot: 26.5 mph
Distance: 59 ft

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Valeri Nichushkin · 3rd 3:23 · COL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 19.1 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 3.3 s

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Artturi Lehkonen · 3rd 12:21 · COL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 27.0 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 4.9 s

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Mikko Rantanen · 3rd 15:08 · COL EN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 48.8 mph
Distance: 33 ft
Entry to goal: 7.9 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.

Colorado Avalanche vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsDec 10, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Colorado Avalanche rout Pittsburgh Penguins 6–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Colorado Avalanche

Pittsburgh Penguins

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Colorado Avalanche

Pittsburgh Penguins

Goal anatomy

Nathan MacKinnon · 1st 6:31 · COL

Mikko Rantanen · 1st 18:22 · COL

Mikko Rantanen · 2nd 5:46 · COL

Cody Glass · 2nd 7:21 · PIT

Michael Bunting · 2nd 18:53 · PIT

Valeri Nichushkin · 3rd 3:23 · COL

Artturi Lehkonen · 3rd 12:21 · COL

Mikko Rantanen · 3rd 15:08 · COL EN