Colorado Avalanche vs. Detroit Red WingsDec 7, 2024

FinalSaturday, Dec 7, 2024· Little Caesars Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	1	1	0	2		COL	8	6	11	25
DET	0	1	0	1		DET	10	11	9	30

: COL 66DET 59
: COL 3.28DET 2.65
PP goals: COL 1DET 0
Hits: COL 16DET 16
Blocks: COL 19DET 17
PIM: COL 4DET 4
: COL 37%DET 63%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche edge Detroit Red Wings 2–1

Colorado Avalanche beat Detroit Red Wings 2–1 at DET. Valeri Nichushkin (COL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for COL: Nichushkin–Colton–Mittelstadt skated 11:30 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (70.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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New look for COL: Nichushkin–Colton–Mittelstadt skated 11:30 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (70.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nichushkin Colton Mittelstadt
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New look for COL: Wagner–Kovalenko–Ivan skated 4:36 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Wagner Kovalenko Ivan
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New look for DET: Motte–Copp–Veleno skated 9:16 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (65% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Motte Copp Veleno
Luck
DET scored 1 goal on 2.65 expected goals (59 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Nikolai Kovalenko (COL) played 6:58, −5:28 down on his 12:26 season average over 56 games.Kovalenko
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Sam Malinski (COL) played 21:03, +5:10 up on his 15:53 season average over 75 games.Malinski
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Michael Rasmussen (DET) played 18:02, +4:41 up on his 13:21 season average over 76 games.Rasmussen
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Ivan Ivan (COL) played 6:06, −4:04 down on his 10:10 season average over 39 games.Ivan

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)DET attacks right (top on phones) →

DET
COL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 125 of 125 attempts · DET 59 · COL 66

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

DET
COL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

DET 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 33% of the game, DET 34%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

DET

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	DET
	72	52
	2.98	2.08
	2.91	2.02
	11	10
	4	2
	32	26
	−0.070	+0.070
	33%	34%

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
15:2541% CF
L2Nichushkin – Colton – Mittelstadt
11:3071% CF
L3Kelly – O'Connor – Kiviranta
9:5665% CF
L4Wagner – Kovalenko – Ivan
4:3663% CF
D1Toews – Makar
14:4469% CF
D2Girard – Malinski
12:0761% CF
D3de Haan – Middleton
3:5820% CF

PP1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Rantanen – Makar
0:28100% CF
PK1FKelly – O'Connor
1:16
PK2FNichushkin – Kiviranta
0:27
PK1DToews – Makar
1:32
PK2DMiddleton – Girard
0:27

Current COL line combinations →

Detroit Red Wings

L1Larkin – Rasmussen – Raymond
12:1050% CF
L2Kane – Compher – DeBrincat
11:5246% CF
L3Tarasenko – Berggren – Kasper
11:0921% CF
L4Motte – Copp – Veleno
9:1665% CF
D1Seider – Edvinsson
18:1260% CF
D2Petry – Chiarot
16:4126% CF
D3Holl – Gustafsson
14:0044% CF

PP1Larkin – DeBrincat – Rasmussen – Seider – Raymond
1:17100% CF
PP2Kane – Tarasenko – Gustafsson – Compher – Kasper
0:28100% CF
PK1FMotte – Compher
0:28
PK1DSeider – Edvinsson
0:28

Current DET line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

10:48
COLValeri Nichushkin (Samuel Girard, Casey Mittelstadt)wrist0.15 xG
COL: Nichushkin, Girard, Colton, Mittelstadt, MalinskiDET: Petry, Chiarot, Tarasenko, Berggren, Kasper
COL 1 – 0 DET

2nd period

2:44
COLCale MakarPP (Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen)wrist0.04 xG
COL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Rantanen, MakarDET: Motte, Compher, Seider, Edvinsson
COL 2 – 0 DET
18:13
DETLucas Raymond (Dylan Larkin)deflected0.12 xG
COL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Toews, Rantanen, MalinskiDET: Larkin, Rasmussen, Seider, Raymond, Edvinsson
COL 2 – 1 DET

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
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.32	3	3	0	22:47	—	—	35	48
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.55	1	2	2	22:21	—	—	38	47
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.38	0	0	0	22:20	—	—	36	46
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	1	0	1	+1	5	0.43	0	0	0	17:53	—	—	67	82
Casey Mittelstadt C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	1	0	0	17:33	—	—	72	87
Ross Colton C	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.24	3	2	0	13:16	—	—	65	86
Joel Kiviranta L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.16	2	0	0	14:09	—	—	75	64
Logan O'Connor R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.31	0	0	0	12:46	—	—	68	59
Parker Kelly C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.25	1	1	0	12:21	—	—	65	55
Chris Wagner R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	7:51	—	—	67	18
Nikolai Kovalenko R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	6:58	—	—	58	9
Ivan Ivan C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:06	—	—	70	11
Cale Makar D	D1	1	0	1	0	2	0.19	1	2	2	26:42	—	—	59	70
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.21	0	1	0	26:21	—	—	77	81
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	0	1	0	22:26	—	—	58	62
Sam Malinski D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.06	0	4	0	21:03	—	—	55	47
Calvin de Haan D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	0	0	13:32	—	—	52	44
Keaton Middleton D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	0	1	0	9:35	—	—	32	26

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	W	30	29	1	.967	2.65	60:00

Detroit Red Wings

DET skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Lucas Raymond L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.17	0	0	0	20:02	—	—	50	41
Dylan Larkin C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.16	1	0	0	19:58	—	—	48	41
Michael Rasmussen C	L1	0	0	0	+1	5	0.48	1	2	0	18:02	—	—	48	41
Patrick Kane R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.11	0	1	0	19:08	—	—	41	81
Alex DeBrincat R	L2	0	0	0	0	9	0.47	0	0	0	18:00	—	—	42	81
J.T. Compher L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.38	3	2	0	16:43	—	—	45	85
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	1	1	2	14:57	—	—	21	18
Marco Kasper C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	1	0	13:39	—	—	21	18
Jonatan Berggren R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.23	1	0	0	12:15	—	—	21	18
Andrew Copp C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	11:38	—	—	57	39
Tyler Motte C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	0	2	11:14	—	—	61	39
Joseph Veleno C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	1	1	0	10:19	—	—	62	40
Moritz Seider D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.30	0	2	0	25:20	—	—	61	63
Simon Edvinsson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	22:05	—	—	61	59
Ben Chiarot D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	3	0	19:32	—	—	27	13
Jeff Petry D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.01	1	0	0	18:13	—	—	26	14
Erik Gustafsson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	15:22	—	—	43	43
Justin Holl D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	2	0	14:31	—	—	46	54

DET goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ville Husso(start)	L	25	23	2	.920	2.54	56:34

Goal anatomy

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

Valeri Nichushkin (COL) 1st 10:48 · assists Samuel Girard, Casey Mittelstadt · Rush · passed in · 16.9 mph shot · 3.6 s from entry to goal.

Valeri Nichushkin · 1st 10:48 · COL

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 16.9 mph
Distance: 44 ft
Entry to goal: 3.6 s

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Cale Makar · 2nd 2:44 · COL PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 3
Shot: 74.3 mph
Distance: 42 ft

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Lucas Raymond · 2nd 18:13 · DET

Play: deflection
Passes: 2
Shot: 49.3 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Type: deflection

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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.