Colorado Avalanche vs. Nashville PredatorsDec 23, 2022

Final / OTFriday, Dec 23, 2022· Bridgestone Arena

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Colorado AvalancheCOL

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Nashville PredatorsNSH

2

Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
COL	0	1	1	1	3		COL	8	21	15	2	46
NSH	1	1	0	0	2		NSH	15	9	14	1	39

: COL 81NSH 61
: COL 3.86NSH 3.47
PP goals: COL 0NSH 1
Hits: COL 26NSH 27
Blocks: COL 11NSH 21
PIM: COL 6NSH 8
: COL 51%NSH 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche edge Nashville Predators 3–2 (OT)

Colorado Avalanche beat Nashville Predators 3–2 in overtime at NSH. Mikko Rantanen (COL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. NSH's first power-play unit (Josi, Johansen, Forsberg, Novak and Parssinen) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:17 together.

Points
Mikko Rantanen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 13 shots in 28:51.Rantanen
PP1
NSH's first power-play unit (Josi, Johansen, Forsberg, Novak and Parssinen) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:17 together.Josi Johansen Forsberg Novak Parssinen
Goalie
Juuse Saros (NSH) faced 46 shots and stopped 43 (.935), +13 against a season average of 32.8; the overtime loss.Saros
Goalie
Alexandar Georgiev (COL) faced 39 shots and stopped 37 (.949), +8 against a season average of 30.7; the win.Georgiev
Usage
Mikko Rantanen (COL) played 28:51, +6:42 up on his 22:09 season average over 81 games.Rantanen
Usage
Evan Rodrigues (COL) played 23:07, +5:20 up on his 17:47 season average over 68 games.Rodrigues
Usage
Jacob MacDonald (COL) played 4:33, −7:37 down on his 12:10 season average over 57 games.MacDonald
Usage
Kurtis MacDermid (COL) played 1:12, −7:18 down on his 8:30 season average over 43 games.MacDermid

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 142 of 142 attempts · NSH 61 · COL 81

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 36% of the game, NSH 27%.

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
	79	59
	3.48	2.88
	3.25	2.75
	16	11
	8	7
	20	18
	−0.004	+0.004
	36%	27%

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

L1Compher – Lehkonen – Rantanen
13:3363% CF
L2Nichushkin – Rodrigues – Newhook
3:4923% CF
L3Malgin – O'Connor – Meyers
3:1175% CF
D1Toews – Makar
15:4459% CF
D2Johnson – Girard
11:4766% CF
D3Hunt – Englund
8:2350% CF

PP1Compher – Lehkonen – Nichushkin – Rantanen – Makar
4:23100% CF
PP2Toews – Rodrigues – Malgin – Girard – Newhook
1:25100% CF
PK1FLehkonen – Nichushkin
1:09
PK2FCompher – O'Connor
0:33
PK1DToews – Makar
1:55
PK2DJohnson – Girard
0:49

Current COL line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1Sissons – Parssinen – Smith
10:0146% CF
L2Niederreiter – Jeannot – Glass
8:4938% CF
L3Duchene – Johansen – Trenin
8:4450% CF
L4Granlund – Forsberg – Novak
8:0844% CF
D1Ekholm – Carrier
15:1257% CF
D2McDonagh – Josi
14:3121% CF
D3Lauzon – Fabbro
10:0638% CF

PP1Josi – Johansen – Forsberg – Novak – Parssinen
2:17100% CF
PP2Duchene – Ekholm – Granlund – Niederreiter – Glass
0:58100% CF
PK1FSissons – Jeannot
3:25
PK2FGranlund – Smith
0:45
PK1DEkholm – Carrier
1:40
PK2DMcDonagh – Lauzon
1:20

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

12:26
NSHRyan JohansenPP (Tommy Novak, Roman Josi)wrist0.03 xG
COL: Johnson, Compher, Girard, O'ConnorNSH: Josi, Johansen, Forsberg, Novak, Parssinen
COL 0 – 1 NSH

2nd period

6:22
NSHMatt Duchene (Cody Glass, Nino Niederreiter)wrist0.16 xG
COL: Compher, Lehkonen, Toews, Rodrigues, MakarNSH: Duchene, Ekholm, Granlund, Niederreiter, Glass
COL 0 – 2 NSH
12:46
COLMikko Rantanen (Logan O'Connor)wrist0.12 xG
COL: Johnson, Englund, Rantanen, O'Connor, MeyersNSH: Duchene, Niederreiter, Novak, Lauzon, Fabbro
COL 1 – 2 NSH

3rd period

15:05
COLJ.T. Compher (Artturi Lehkonen, Mikko Rantanen)tip-in0.07 xG
COL: Compher, Lehkonen, Toews, Rantanen, MakarNSH: Ekholm, Niederreiter, Sissons, Carrier, Jeannot
COL 2 – 2 NSH

OT period

4:17
COLSamuel Girard (Evan Rodrigues)wrist0.06 xG
COL: Rodrigues, Girard, MakarNSH: Josi, Duchene, Granlund
COL 3 – 2 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
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	1	1	2	+2	13	1.06	1	1	2	28:51	—	—	65	70
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.25	0	1	0	24:58	—	—	61	55
J.T. Compher L	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.23	0	1	0	24:50	—	—	60	60
Evan Rodrigues C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.06	0	0	4	23:07	—	—	51	42
Alex Newhook C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	2	0	0	16:42	—	—	50	55
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	1	0	0	13:31	—	—	41	49
Denis Malgin C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.31	0	0	0	17:22	—	—	68	68
Ben Meyers C	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.30	0	1	0	14:22	—	—	52	61
Logan O'Connor R	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.39	4	0	0	13:39	—	—	57	63
Cale Makar D	D1	0	0	0	+1	5	0.33	0	3	0	30:08	—	—	59	67
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	2	2	0	29:10	—	—	55	66
Samuel Girard D	D2	1	0	1	+1	5	0.36	0	0	0	23:40	—	—	65	55
Erik Johnson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	6	2	0	18:12	—	—	58	36
Andreas Englund D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	8	0	0	11:39	—	—	55	60
Brad Hunt D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	0	0	10:32	—	—	42	36
Martin Kaut R	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	5:35	—	—	57	26
Jacob MacDonald D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	4:33	—	—	67	37
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	1:12	—	—	67	7

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	W	39	37	2	.949	3.47	64:09

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Colton Sissons C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	3	2	0	18:02	—	—	38	61
Juuso Parssinen C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.18	1	0	0	15:04	—	—	47	70
Cole Smith R	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.79	2	1	0	13:22	—	—	44	74
Tanner Jeannot L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.10	3	2	0	16:23	—	—	32	32
Nino Niederreiter R	L2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.08	2	1	0	14:30	—	—	31	25
Cody Glass C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	1	1	0	11:58	—	—	43	66
Matt Duchene C	L3	1	0	1	-1	4	0.52	0	0	0	18:47	—	—	50	48
Ryan Johansen C	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.28	1	2	2	15:32	—	—	45	18
Yakov Trenin C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	2	1	0	12:48	—	—	50	50
Filip Forsberg L	L4	0	0	0	0	5	0.61	0	0	0	17:01	—	—	50	40
Mikael Granlund C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.11	2	0	0	16:47	—	—	41	39
Tommy Novak C	L4	0	1	1	-1	1	0.08	0	0	0	13:08	—	—	45	36
Mattias Ekholm D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.06	2	1	0	24:57	—	—	63	67
Alexandre Carrier D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	1	4	23:57	—	—	56	55
Roman Josi D	D2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.45	2	3	2	25:10	—	—	29	50
Ryan McDonagh D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	5	0	22:59	—	—	26	42
Jeremy Lauzon D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	5	0	0	15:53	—	—	33	26
Dante Fabbro D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.13	1	1	0	12:35	—	—	45	27

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	O	46	43	3	.935	3.86	64:07

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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.