Colorado Avalanche vs. Nashville PredatorsMay 9, 2022

FinalPlayoffsMonday, May 9, 2022· Bridgestone Arena

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Colorado AvalancheCOL

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Nashville PredatorsNSH

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	1	1	3	5		COL	13	11	14	38
NSH	1	1	1	3		NSH	6	12	13	31

: COL 61NSH 56
: COL 2.82NSH 1.86
PP goals: COL 0NSH 0
Hits: COL 46NSH 44
Blocks: COL 20NSH 15
PIM: COL 4NSH 4
: COL 47%NSH 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche beat Nashville Predators 5–3

Colorado Avalanche beat Nashville Predators 5–3 at NSH. Cale Makar (COL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. New look for NSH: Johansen–Cousins–Kunin skated 8:30 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Andre Burakovsky had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 14:00.Burakovsky
Points
Cale Makar had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 25:10.Makar
Points
Yakov Trenin had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:31.Trenin
Points
Colton Sissons had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:45.Sissons
Points
J.T. Compher had 2 assists (2 points) in 12:00.Compher
New line
New look for NSH: Johansen–Cousins–Kunin skated 8:30 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Johansen Cousins Kunin
Goalie
Connor Ingram (NSH) faced 37 shots and stopped 33 (.892), -3 against a season average of 40.3; the loss.Ingram
Luck
COL scored 5 goals on 2.82 expected goals (61 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

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)NSH attacks right (top on phones) →

NSH
COL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 117 of 117 attempts · NSH 56 · COL 61

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NSH
COL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NSH 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, NSH 25%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NSH

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	NSH
	62	62
	2.26	2.19
	2.21	2.07
	7	10
	12	8
	12	16
	−0.025	+0.025
	37%	25%

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

L1MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Rantanen
11:5957% CF
L2Kadri – Landeskog – Lehkonen
6:5040% CF
L3Burakovsky – Compher – Aube-Kubel
6:0850% CF
L4Helm – O'Connor – Sturm
5:3240% CF
D1Toews – Makar
18:2159% CF
D2Manson – Girard
12:3529% CF
D3Johnson – Byram
10:0975% CF

PP1Kadri – Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen – Makar
2:00100% CF
PP2Burakovsky – Lehkonen – Nichushkin – Toews – Girard
0:15
PK1FHelm – Sturm
1:27
PK2FLehkonen – Nichushkin
0:36
PK1DJohnson – Manson
1:19
PK2DToews – Makar
1:06

Current COL line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1Duchene – Granlund – Forsberg
13:3243% CF
L2Johansen – Cousins – Kunin
8:3055% CF
L3Sissons – Trenin – Jeannot
8:2560% CF
L4Glass – Tolvanen – Tomasino
4:4383% CF
D1Josi – Fabbro
18:3655% CF
D2Ekholm – Carrier
14:4242% CF
D3Benning – Lauzon
11:5057% CF

PP1Josi – Duchene – Johansen – Granlund – Forsberg
2:1860% CF
PP2Ekholm – Cousins – Glass – Tolvanen – Tomasino
1:180% CF
PK1FGranlund – Trenin
1:18
PK2FSissons – Jeannot
0:39
PK1DBenning – Lauzon
1:08
PK2DEkholm – Carrier
0:49

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:56
COLAndre Burakovsky (J.T. Compher, Bowen Byram)wrist0.05 xG
COL: Johnson, Burakovsky, Compher, Aube-Kubel, ByramNSH: Ekholm, Johansen, Cousins, Trenin, Carrier
COL 1 – 0 NSH
18:59
NSHYakov Trenin (Colton Sissons)wrist0.07 xG
COL: Helm, Manson, Compher, Girard, SturmNSH: Ekholm, Sissons, Trenin, Carrier, Jeannot
COL 1 – 1 NSH

2nd period

13:33
COLCale Makar (J.T. Compher)snap0.02 xG
COL: Burakovsky, Compher, Aube-Kubel, Toews, MakarNSH: Ekholm, Johansen, Trenin, Carrier, Jeannot
COL 2 – 1 NSH
16:49
NSHYakov Trenin (Colton Sissons, Tanner Jeannot)wrist0.17 xG
COL: Kadri, Manson, Landeskog, Burakovsky, GirardNSH: Ekholm, Sissons, Trenin, Carrier, Jeannot
COL 2 – 2 NSH

3rd period

3:58
NSHFilip Forsberg (Mattias Ekholm, Matt Duchene)wrist0.18 xG
COL: Compher, Lehkonen, Nichushkin, Toews, MakarNSH: Duchene, Ekholm, Johansen, Forsberg, Benning
COL 2 – 3 NSH
8:55
COLDevon Toews (Erik Johnson, Andre Burakovsky)snap0.06 xG
COL: Johnson, Kadri, Burakovsky, Aube-Kubel, ToewsNSH: Granlund, Forsberg, Benning, Lauzon, Tolvanen
COL 3 – 3 NSH
12:02
COLValeri Nichushkin (Cale Makar, Andre Burakovsky)snap0.08 xG
COL: Kadri, Burakovsky, Nichushkin, Toews, MakarNSH: Josi, Sissons, Trenin, Fabbro, Jeannot
COL 4 – 3 NSH
19:04
COLNathan MacKinnonEN (Cale Makar)wrist0.31 xG
COL: Landeskog, MacKinnon, Toews, Rantanen, MakarNSH: Josi, Duchene, Ekholm, Johansen, Granlund
COL 5 – 3 NSH

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
Valeri Nichushkin R	L1	1	0	1	0	6	0.36	3	0	0	21:25	—	—	54	57
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	1	0	1	0	9	0.97	2	0	0	20:37	—	—	58	67
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	3	1	0	19:40	—	—	53	57
Nazem Kadri C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.16	2	0	0	18:24	—	—	50	45
Gabriel Landeskog L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.20	8	0	0	17:32	—	—	54	44
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	2	0	15:54	—	—	54	63
Andre Burakovsky L	L3	1	2	3	+3	1	0.05	1	0	0	14:00	—	—	46	42
J.T. Compher L	L3	0	2	2	0	0	0.05	0	0	0	12:00	—	—	38	51
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L3	0	0	0	+3	4	0.25	7	0	0	11:40	—	—	55	69
Darren Helm C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	9:53	—	—	25	10
Logan O'Connor R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	8:34	—	—	33	11
Nico Sturm C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	8:13	—	—	25	3
Devon Toews D	D1	1	0	1	+2	3	0.08	2	4	0	26:02	—	—	59	64
Cale Makar D	D1	1	2	3	+1	4	0.41	1	1	2	25:10	—	—	59	64
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	6	0	18:14	—	—	32	22
Josh Manson D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	1	2	0	17:49	—	—	27	20
Erik Johnson D	D3	0	1	1	+2	3	0.05	2	2	0	15:36	—	—	63	71
Bowen Byram D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	5	0	2	15:17	—	—	68	80

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pavel Francouz(start)	W	31	28	3	.903	1.86	60:00

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikael Granlund C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.10	0	0	0	23:42	—	—	43	36
Matt Duchene C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	23:41	—	—	44	44
Filip Forsberg L	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.42	4	2	2	21:20	—	—	46	50
Ryan Johansen C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	0	0	17:08	—	—	47	44
Nick Cousins C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	1	0	15:38	—	—	45	8
Luke Kunin C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	5	1	0	12:57	—	—	52	16
Yakov Trenin C	L3	2	0	2	-1	4	0.33	4	0	0	15:31	—	—	56	60
Colton Sissons C	L3	0	2	2	+1	2	0.18	4	0	0	14:45	—	—	52	57
Tanner Jeannot L	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	14:14	—	—	53	59
Eeli Tolvanen R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	1	1	0	8:23	—	—	62	66
Cody Glass C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	0	0	7:51	—	—	75	60
Philip Tomasino R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	0	0	7:11	—	—	67	49
Roman Josi D	D1	0	0	0	-1	8	0.32	1	4	0	27:32	—	—	51	42
Dante Fabbro D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	6	1	2	19:52	—	—	54	43
Mattias Ekholm D	D2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.07	2	0	0	21:56	—	—	38	48
Alexandre Carrier D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	2	0	17:12	—	—	47	56
Matt Benning D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	2	0	0	14:45	—	—	60	64
Jeremy Lauzon D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	1	0	14:28	—	—	60	65

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Connor Ingram(start)	L	37	33	4	.892	2.52	59:25

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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.