Colorado Avalanche vs. Detroit Red WingsJan 31, 2026

FinalSaturday, Jan 31, 2026· Little Caesars Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	2	2	1	5		COL	8	9	4	21
DET	0	0	0	0		DET	11	9	8	28

: COL 61DET 57
: COL 3.71DET 2.56
PP goals: COL 0DET 0
Hits: COL 12DET 16
Blocks: COL 13DET 14
PIM: COL 6DET 6
: COL 46%DET 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche rout Detroit Red Wings 5–0

Colorado Avalanche beat Detroit Red Wings 5–0 at DET. Nathan MacKinnon (COL) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for COL: Lehkonen–MacKinnon–Nichushkin skated 10:38 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (42.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Nathan MacKinnon had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 21:36.MacKinnon
Points
Artturi Lehkonen had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:41.Lehkonen
New line
New look for COL: Lehkonen–MacKinnon–Nichushkin skated 10:38 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (42.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lehkonen MacKinnon Nichushkin
Luck
DET scored 0 goals on 2.56 expected goals (57 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Valeri Nichushkin (COL) played 22:57, +5:18 up on his 17:39 season average over 71 games.Nichushkin
New line
New look for COL: Bardakov–Makar–Brindley skated 6:33 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bardakov Makar Brindley
New line
New look for COL: Nelson–Olofsson–Colton skated 9:11 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (41.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nelson Olofsson Colton
Usage
Albert Johansson (DET) played 21:44, +5:52 up on his 15:52 season average over 81 games.Johansson

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 118 of 118 attempts · DET 57 · COL 61

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 31% of the game, DET 31%.

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

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

DET 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
Stat	COL	DET
	56	59
	3.09	2.44
	2.86	2.33
	11	11
	2	6
	19	23
	−0.044	+0.044
	31%	31%

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

L1Kelly – Drury – Kiviranta
11:0157% CF
L2Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Nichushkin
10:3842% CF
L3Nelson – Olofsson – Colton
9:1141% CF
L4Bardakov – Makar – Brindley
6:3360% CF
D1Makar – Malinski
14:2747% CF
D2Burns – Manson
8:3350% CF
D3Middleton – Girard
4:05100% CF

PP1Nelson – Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Makar
4:00100% CF
PK1FLehkonen – Kiviranta
1:20
PK2FKelly – Drury
1:06
PK1DBurns – Makar
1:20
PK2DGirard – Malinski
0:34

Current COL line combinations →

Detroit Red Wings

L1Compher – Appleton – Finnie
10:2631% CF
L2van Riemsdyk – Rasmussen – Soderblom
8:0658% CF
L3Kane – Copp – DeBrincat
7:4638% CF
L4Larkin – Raymond – Kasper
6:3660% CF
D1Seider – Johansson
17:1848% CF
D2Gustafsson – Sandin-Pellikka
14:1444% CF
D3Chiarot – Bernard-Docker
12:5752% CF

PP1Kane – Gustafsson – Copp – DeBrincat – Kasper
1:120% CF
PP2Kane – Larkin – DeBrincat – Seider – Raymond
0:55100% CF
PK1FLarkin – Rasmussen
1:32
PK2FCopp – Finnie
0:59
PK1DChiarot – Bernard-Docker
2:01
PK2DSeider – Johansson
1:55

Current DET line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
Jack Drury C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:38	—	—	61	97
Parker Kelly C	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.48	1	0	2	14:20	—	—	61	92
Joel Kiviranta L	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.24	2	1	0	13:35	—	—	63	97
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	0	1	1	+3	1	0.55	0	0	0	22:57	—	—	43	53
Nathan MacKinnon C	L2	2	1	3	+3	4	0.87	0	2	0	21:36	—	—	42	48
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	0	2	2	+3	1	0.20	0	0	0	18:41	—	—	43	59
Brock Nelson C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.21	0	1	2	19:38	—	—	43	42
Ross Colton C	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.66	1	0	0	14:56	—	—	39	50
Victor Olofsson L	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.10	0	1	0	12:32	—	—	46	55
Zakhar Bardakov C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	1	0	0	8:14	—	—	65	39
Gavin Brindley C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	0	0	8:07	—	—	60	30
Taylor Makar L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	8:01	—	—	60	30
Cale Makar D	D1	0	0	0	+3	1	0.11	1	0	0	26:30	—	—	51	56
Sam Malinski D	D1	0	0	0	+4	2	0.06	0	4	0	20:44	—	—	48	60
Brent Burns D	D2	1	0	1	+2	1	0.08	0	0	0	20:52	—	—	51	50
Josh Manson D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	2	2	2	19:48	—	—	37	67
Samuel Girard D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	18:56	—	—	52	47
Keaton Middleton D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	8:55	—	—	67	77

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	W	28	28	0	.1000	2.56	60:00

Detroit Red Wings

DET skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
J.T. Compher L	L1	-2	1	0.09	1	0	4	13:54	—	—	38	21
Mason Appleton C	L1	-2	1	0.00	1	1	0	13:46	—	—	32	1
Emmitt Finnie C	L1	-2	0	0.13	1	1	0	13:03	—	—	35	17
Michael Rasmussen C	L2	0	3	0.23	0	1	0	12:26	—	—	74	77
James van Riemsdyk L	L2	0	2	0.19	0	0	0	11:07	—	—	57	56
Elmer Soderblom L	L2	0	1	0.01	7	2	0	10:56	—	—	47	44
Andrew Copp C	L3	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:25	—	—	46	45
Patrick Kane R	L3	-1	2	0.28	0	0	0	17:00	—	—	44	40
Alex DeBrincat R	L3	-1	3	0.15	1	0	0	16:34	—	—	47	43
Dylan Larkin C	L4	-2	4	0.41	0	0	0	19:11	—	—	61	51
Lucas Raymond L	L4	-2	3	0.35	0	0	0	15:44	—	—	61	55
Marco Kasper C	L4	-2	2	0.44	0	0	0	14:33	—	—	62	61
Moritz Seider D	D1	-2	0	0.00	2	1	0	24:26	—	—	50	57
Albert Johansson D	D1	-2	1	0.05	1	3	0	21:44	—	—	48	52
Erik Gustafsson D	D2	-1	1	0.07	1	0	2	20:06	—	—	53	52
Axel Sandin-Pellikka D	D2	-1	0	0.07	0	1	0	17:25	—	—	46	38
Jacob Bernard-Docker D	D3	-2	2	0.05	0	1	0	17:44	—	—	55	42
Ben Chiarot D	D3	-2	2	0.03	1	2	0	16:56	—	—	53	30

DET goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
John Gibson(start)	L	17	13	4	.765	2.97	40:00
Cam Talbot	—	4	3	1	.750	0.74	20:00

Goal anatomy

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

Brent Burns (COL) 1st 6:44 · assists Nathan MacKinnon, Valeri Nichushkin · Rush · carried in · 74.6 mph shot · 3.1 s from entry to goal.

Brent Burns · 1st 6:44 · COL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 74.6 mph
Distance: 31 ft
Entry to goal: 3.1 s

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Nathan MacKinnon · 1st 10:03 · COL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 60.9 mph
Distance: 52 ft

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Ross Colton · 2nd 1:24 · COL

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 40.1 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Type: one-timer, rebound

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Nathan MacKinnon · 2nd 13:33 · COL

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 71.1 mph
Distance: 17 ft
Entry to goal: 6.2 s
Type: one-timer

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Parker Kelly · 3rd 7:35 · COL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 23.0 mph
Distance: 5 ft

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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.

Colorado Avalanche vs. Detroit Red WingsJan 31, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Colorado Avalanche rout Detroit Red Wings 5–0

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Colorado Avalanche

Detroit Red Wings

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Colorado Avalanche

Detroit Red Wings

Goal anatomy

Brent Burns · 1st 6:44 · COL

Nathan MacKinnon · 1st 10:03 · COL

Ross Colton · 2nd 1:24 · COL

Nathan MacKinnon · 2nd 13:33 · COL

Parker Kelly · 3rd 7:35 · COL