Edgehalla

Colorado Avalanche vs. Nashville PredatorsDec 9, 2025

Final / SO· Bridgestone Arena
away
COL
3
@
home
NSH
4
COL —NSH —
PP goals
COL —NSH —
Hits
COL 9NSH 11
Blocks
COL 7NSH 18
PIM
COL 4NSH 8
COL 50%NSH 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators edge Colorado Avalanche 4–3 (SO)

Nashville Predators beat Colorado Avalanche 4–3 in a shootout at home. Nathan MacKinnon (COL) led the scoring with 0G 2A. NSH's first power-play unit (Stamkos, Josi, O'Reilly, Marchessault and Forsberg) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:47 together.

  1. Points
    Martin Necas had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 25:36.Necas
  2. Points
    Nathan MacKinnon had 2 assists (2 points) on 7 shots in 28:22.MacKinnon
  3. PP1
    NSH's first power-play unit (Stamkos, Josi, O'Reilly, Marchessault and Forsberg) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:47 together.StamkosJosiO'ReillyMarchessaultForsberg
  4. Goalie
    Juuse Saros (NSH) faced 42 shots and stopped 39 (.929), +13 against a season average of 28.8; the win.Saros
  5. Usage
    Nathan MacKinnon (COL) played 28:22, +6:11 up on his 22:11 season average over 79 games.MacKinnon
  6. Usage
    Cale Makar (COL) played 30:19, +5:33 up on his 24:46 season average over 74 games.Makar
  7. Usage
    Martin Necas (COL) played 25:36, +4:09 up on his 21:27 season average over 77 games.Necas
  8. Usage
    Artturi Lehkonen (COL) played 22:10, +3:44 up on his 18:26 season average over 69 games.Lehkonen

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, COL at NSH: expected goals 3.49 to 3.73 (COL led the chances), shot attempts 50 to 79, 0 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdNSHCOLnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • NSH
  • COL
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
NSHCOLcontrol2nd3rd
  • 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 47% of the game, NSH 23%.

Head-to-head matchups

NSH skaters (rows) against COL skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the NSH side.

Matchup matrix

Head-to-head matrix, NSH rows versus COL columns: 211 matchups; most common Skjei vs MacKinnon, 13:39 at 63% xGF.

NSH ↓ · COL →MacKinnonNecasLehkonenNelsonLandeskogColtonNichushkinOlofssonDruryKellyKivirantaBardakovMakarToewsMalinskiGirardBurnsMansonL1 O'ReillyL1 EvangelistaL1 StamkosL2 ForsbergL2 HaulaL2 MarchessaultL3 McCarronL3 BuntingL3 SchaeferD1 SkjeiD1 WilsbyD2 JosiD2 HagueD3 StastneyD3 Blankenburg
NSH xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
StatCOLNSH
7147
2.882.90
2.792.67
1119
24
2220
+0.024−0.024
47%23%

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

Current COL line combinations →

Nashville Predators

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Decided in the shootout: COL 3 – 4 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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Nathan MacKinnon CL10220700028:22——54
Martin Necas CL10220310025:36——50
Artturi Lehkonen LL11010310022:10——50
Brock Nelson CL21010200021:20——55
Gabriel Landeskog LL20000330019:04——64
Ross Colton CL20000210012:15——68
Valeri Nichushkin RL30000110018:42——53
Victor Olofsson LL30000201013:01——58
Jack Drury CL30000200012:29——73
Parker Kelly CL40000121010:29——87
Joel Kiviranta LL4000010029:21——94
Zakhar Bardakov CL4000010005:08——67
Cale Makar DD11010602230:19——63
Devon Toews DD10000501024:02——59
Sam Malinski DD2000-1201015:47——56
Samuel Girard DD2000-1101015:46——55
Brent Burns DD3011+1000016:00——68
Josh Manson DD3011+1000014:45——65
COL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Scott Wedgewood(start)O31283.90362:20
Mackenzie Blackwood—000—0:01

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Ryan O'Reilly CL1011-1100022:16——47
Luke Evangelista RL10110401018:38——60
Steven Stamkos CL1000+1720018:29——50
Filip Forsberg LL2011-2001021:34——34
Erik Haula LL2000-1101220:15——16
Jonathan Marchessault RL2101-1201017:42——15
Michael McCarron CL3000+1231015:57——46
Michael Bunting LL3000+1213015:26——35
Reid Schaefer LL3101+112208:58——23
Brady Skjei DD11010301024:46——48
Adam Wilsby DD10110203016:17——50
Roman Josi DD20000302020:48——21
Nicolas Hague DD20000021218:35——22
Spencer Stastney DD30000100212:40——57
Nick Blankenburg DD30000011012:37——55
Nick Perbix D—0000000018:12——29
Fedor Svechkov C—011+1100215:34——59
Matthew Wood R—000010008:54——33
NSH goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Juuse Saros(start)W42393.92964:52

Goal anatomy

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

Brock Nelson () · unassisted · Odd-man rush · passed in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 21.7 mph shot · 2.6 s from entry to goal.