Colorado Avalanche vs. Nashville PredatorsFeb 22, 2025

FinalSaturday, Feb 22, 2025· Bridgestone Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	0	1	0	1		COL	11	11	10	32
NSH	0	1	1	2		NSH	9	6	2	17

: COL 67NSH 41
: COL 2.65NSH 2.39
PP goals: COL 0NSH 0
Hits: COL 24NSH 15
Blocks: COL 10NSH 21
PIM: COL 4NSH 2
: COL 47%NSH 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators edge Colorado Avalanche 2–1

Nashville Predators beat Colorado Avalanche 2–1 at home. Sam Malinski (COL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for NSH: Jankowski–Novak–Evangelista skated 8:42 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (47.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for NSH: Jankowski–Novak–Evangelista skated 8:42 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (47.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Jankowski Novak Evangelista
Luck
COL scored 1 goal on 2.65 expected goals (67 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Sam Malinski (COL) played 19:24, +3:30 up on his 15:54 season average over 75 games.Malinski
Usage
Martin Necas (COL) played 22:30, +3:33 up on his 18:57 season average over 78 games.Necas
Usage
Logan O'Connor (COL) played 11:08, −3:02 down on his 14:10 season average over 79 games.O'Connor
Shots
Nathan MacKinnon (COL) led everyone with 8 shot on goals without scoring.MacKinnon
Cats
Roman Josi (NSH) blocked 5 shots in 26:31.Josi

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 108 of 108 attempts · NSH 41 · COL 67

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 48% of the game, NSH 20%.

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
	73	46
	2.67	2.25
	2.55	2.09
	13	7
	4	4
	22	32
	−0.027	+0.027
	48%	20%

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 – Necas
16:5776% CF
L2Drouin – Mittelstadt – Parssinen
10:4966% CF
L3Kelly – O'Connor – Kiviranta
9:5553% CF
L4Wood – Colton – Drury
9:2756% CF
D1Toews – Makar
19:2770% CF
D2Girard – Malinski
16:0054% CF
D3de Haan – Middleton
11:5060% CF

PP1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Drouin – Necas – Makar
1:13100% CF
PP2MacKinnon – Colton – Mittelstadt – Necas – Makar
0:19
PK1FDrury – Kiviranta
0:36
PK2FKelly – O'Connor
0:31
PK1DMiddleton – Malinski
0:36
PK2Dde Haan – Girard
0:31

Current COL line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1O'Reilly – Marchessault – Forsberg
13:5730% CF
L2Stamkos – Nyquist – Svechkov
10:2330% CF
L3Jankowski – Novak – Evangelista
8:4248% CF
L4Sissons – McCarron – Smith
7:5555% CF
D1Skjei – Blankenburg
16:2928% CF
D2Schenn – Josi
15:3036% CF
D3Englund – Barron
12:0459% CF

PP1Stamkos – Nyquist – Skjei – Jankowski – Blankenburg
0:42
PP2Josi – O'Reilly – Marchessault – Forsberg – Barron
0:42
PK1FJankowski – Sissons
0:58
PK2FMcCarron – Smith
0:41
PK1DSchenn – Josi
0:41
PK2DEnglund – Blankenburg
0:29

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

1:15
COLSam Malinski (Jonathan Drouin, Juuso Parssinen)slap0.04 xG
COL: Drouin, Girard, Mittelstadt, Parssinen, MalinskiNSH: Stamkos, Josi, Nyquist, Englund, Svechkov
COL 1 – 0 NSH
1:45
NSHJustin Barron (Colton Sissons, Cole Smith)slap0.08 xG
COL: de Haan, Wood, Middleton, Colton, DruryNSH: Sissons, McCarron, Englund, Smith, Barron
COL 1 – 1 NSH

3rd period

9:11
NSHJonathan Marchessault (Luke Schenn, Roman Josi)wrist0.35 xG
COL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Toews, Necas, MakarNSH: Schenn, Josi, O'Reilly, Marchessault, Forsberg
COL 1 – 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
Martin Necas C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.28	1	0	0	22:30	—	—	68	66
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	0	0	-1	8	0.43	0	0	0	21:00	—	—	73	66
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.47	1	1	4	20:40	—	—	68	66
Casey Mittelstadt C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:27	—	—	62	34
Jonathan Drouin L	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.03	0	0	0	15:46	—	—	67	31
Juuso Parssinen C	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.24	5	1	0	11:59	—	—	66	29
Parker Kelly C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	11:46	—	—	50	73
Joel Kiviranta L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.28	1	0	0	11:44	—	—	47	73
Logan O'Connor R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.21	1	1	0	11:08	—	—	50	74
Ross Colton C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	4	0	0	13:18	—	—	56	58
Jack Drury C	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.14	1	1	0	12:25	—	—	53	56
Miles Wood L	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.06	1	0	0	11:20	—	—	56	56
Cale Makar D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.33	0	1	0	25:16	—	—	71	67
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	2	0	24:46	—	—	63	47
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	21:36	—	—	52	42
Sam Malinski D	D2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.05	1	0	0	19:24	—	—	53	60
Calvin de Haan D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	0	0	14:42	—	—	67	64
Keaton Middleton D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	4	1	0	12:45	—	—	62	63

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Scott Wedgewood(start)	L	17	15	2	.882	1.89	59:04

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	0	1	0	20:22	—	—	35	36
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.38	0	0	0	18:47	—	—	33	38
Filip Forsberg L	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.53	0	1	0	18:03	—	—	29	33
Gustav Nyquist R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.22	0	2	0	16:40	—	—	34	29
Steven Stamkos C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	1	0	16:34	—	—	26	19
Fedor Svechkov C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	2	0	0	12:43	—	—	24	25
Mark Jankowski L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	0	2	0	14:46	—	—	52	66
Luke Evangelista R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.45	1	0	0	13:29	—	—	48	88
Tommy Novak C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.32	0	1	0	11:41	—	—	48	86
Colton Sissons C	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.04	0	1	0	11:29	—	—	40	27
Cole Smith R	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:19	—	—	57	56
Michael McCarron C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:15	—	—	59	54
Brady Skjei D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	21:24	—	—	22	15
Nick Blankenburg D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	1	0	20:05	—	—	30	16
Roman Josi D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.01	0	5	0	26:31	—	—	37	50
Luke Schenn D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.03	2	1	0	18:41	—	—	31	50
Justin Barron D	D3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.17	1	3	0	19:36	—	—	60	70
Andreas Englund D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	4	1	0	14:35	—	—	52	65

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	W	32	31	1	.969	2.65	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Sam Malinski (COL) 2nd 1:15 · assists Jonathan Drouin, Juuso Parssinen · Odd-man rush · carried in · 2-on-1 at the blue line · 82.1 mph shot · 2.0 s from entry to goal.

Sam Malinski · 2nd 1:15 · COL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 82.1 mph
Distance: 47 ft
Entry to goal: 2.0 s

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Justin Barron · 2nd 1:45 · NSH

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 64.6 mph
Distance: 45 ft

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Jonathan Marchessault · 3rd 9:11 · NSH

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 5 (royal road)
Shot: 12.5 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 6.0 s
Type: rebound

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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.