Colorado Avalanche vs. San Jose SharksMar 8, 2020

FinalSunday, Mar 8, 2020· SAP Center at San Jose

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Colorado AvalancheCOL

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San Jose SharksSJS

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	1	2	1	4		COL	8	10	6	24
SJS	1	1	1	3		SJS	7	7	11	25

: COL 53SJS 47
: COL 2.74SJS 2.46
PP goals: COL 1SJS 1
Hits: COL 21SJS 37
Blocks: COL 11SJS 18
PIM: COL 8SJS 8
: COL 60%SJS 40%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche edge San Jose Sharks 4–3

Colorado Avalanche beat San Jose Sharks 4–3 at SJS. Gabriel Landeskog (COL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. COL's first power-play unit (Landeskog, Compher, MacKinnon, Jost and Girard) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 4:57 together.

Points
Gabriel Landeskog had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 22:06.Landeskog
Points
Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 21:50.MacKinnon
Points
Vladislav Namestnikov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:04.Namestnikov
Points
J.T. Compher had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:59.Compher
Points
Timo Meier had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:53.Meier
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (Landeskog, Compher, MacKinnon, Jost and Girard) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 4:57 together.Landeskog Compher MacKinnon Jost Girard
Usage
Logan Couture (SJS) played 4:07, −14:42 down on his 18:49 season average over 51 games.Couture
New line
New look for SJS: Sorensen–Karlsson–Kellman skated 7:25 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sorensen Karlsson Kellman

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)SJS attacks right (top on phones) →

SJS
COL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 100 of 100 attempts · SJS 47 · COL 53

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

SJS
COL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

SJS 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, SJS 17%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

SJS

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	SJS
	56	32
	2.55	1.30
	2.49	1.30
	14	7
	7	5
	23	18
	+0.073	−0.073
	36%	17%

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

L1Landeskog – Namestnikov – MacKinnon
13:1957% CF
L2Donskoi – Compher – Jost
9:0557% CF
L3Nieto – Nichushkin – Bellemare
9:0470% CF
L4Kamenev – Dries – O'Connor
3:5850% CF
D1Graves – Girard
11:0959% CF
D2Johnson – Cole
10:4268% CF
D3Barberio – Connauton
7:1643% CF

PP1Landeskog – Compher – MacKinnon – Jost – Girard
4:57100% CF
PP2Johnson – Donskoi – Namestnikov – Nichushkin – Kamenev
1:250% CF
PK1FNieto – Compher
2:34
PK2FBellemare – Jost
0:30
PK1DJohnson – Graves
2:05
PK2DBarberio – Connauton
0:29

Current COL line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Sorensen – Karlsson – Kellman
7:2533% CF
L2Thornton – Labanc – Meier
6:5738% CF
L3Noesen – Gambrell – Bergmann
5:340% CF
L4Couture – Kane – Gregor
3:3050% CF
D1Burns – Simek
11:1930% CF
D2Vlasic – Davidson
7:1627% CF
D3Heed – Knyzhov
0:00

PP1Thornton – Burns – Kane – Labanc – Meier
3:30100% CF
PP2Sorensen – Heed – Noesen – Gregor – Gambrell
1:06
PK1FKarlsson – Gambrell
1:28
PK2FSorensen – Kellman
1:18
PK1DBurns – Simek
2:46
PK2DVlasic – Heed
1:32

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

11:16
SJSJoe ThorntonPP (Evander Kane, Timo Meier)wrist0.42 xG
COL: Johnson, Nieto, Graves, CompherSJS: Thornton, Burns, Kane, Meier, Gregor
COL 0 – 1 SJS
16:17
COLNathan MacKinnonPP (Gabriel Landeskog, J.T. Compher)slap0.09 xG
COL: Landeskog, Compher, MacKinnon, Jost, GirardSJS: Vlasic, Sorensen, Heed, Kellman
COL 1 – 1 SJS

2nd period

1:59
COLGabriel Landeskog (Nathan MacKinnon, Vladislav Namestnikov)wrist0.19 xG
COL: Johnson, Landeskog, Namestnikov, MacKinnon, GirardSJS: Heed, Karlsson, Simek, Kellman, Bergmann
COL 2 – 1 SJS
3:41
SJSMelker Karlsson (Marcus Sorensen)wrist0.09 xG
COL: Barberio, Connauton, Nieto, Nichushkin, BellemareSJS: Vlasic, Sorensen, Davidson, Karlsson, Gambrell
COL 2 – 2 SJS
8:41
COLVladislav Namestnikov (Gabriel Landeskog, Nathan MacKinnon)wrist0.13 xG
COL: Landeskog, Namestnikov, Graves, MacKinnon, GirardSJS: Burns, Kane, Gregor, Simek, Kellman
COL 3 – 2 SJS

3rd period

15:27
COLJoonas Donskoi (J.T. Compher, Erik Johnson)tip-in0.07 xG
COL: Barberio, Donskoi, Compher, Jost, GirardSJS: Thornton, Vlasic, Kane, Heed, Meier
COL 4 – 2 SJS
19:16
SJSNoah Gregor (Timo Meier, Kevin Labanc)snap0.13 xG
COL: Johnson, Nieto, Graves, CompherSJS: Thornton, Burns, Kane, Labanc, Meier, Gregor
COL 4 – 3 SJS

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
Gabriel Landeskog L	L1	1	2	3	+2	2	0.43	0	0	0	22:06	—	—	61	69
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	1	2	3	+2	2	0.33	0	0	0	21:50	—	—	63	71
Vladislav Namestnikov C	L1	1	1	2	+2	1	0.17	3	2	2	18:04	—	—	58	66
J.T. Compher L	L2	0	2	2	+1	2	0.36	0	0	0	19:59	—	—	50	60
Tyson Jost C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.13	1	1	0	18:27	—	—	56	68
Joonas Donskoi R	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.07	0	0	0	15:01	—	—	60	68
Matt Nieto L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	0	1	0	16:26	—	—	73	66
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	1	0	0	14:38	—	—	75	66
Valeri Nichushkin R	L3	0	0	0	-1	5	0.44	3	0	0	12:43	—	—	68	65
Vladislav Kamenev C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	8:14	—	—	57	52
Logan O'Connor R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	2	0	0	7:23	—	—	67	62
Sheldon Dries C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	6:37	—	—	71	21
Ryan Graves D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	1	4	0	22:50	—	—	63	59
Samuel Girard D	D1	0	0	0	+3	0	0.05	1	0	0	22:22	—	—	62	73
Erik Johnson D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.10	3	1	0	23:53	—	—	67	69
Ian Cole D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.29	1	1	4	19:00	—	—	74	72
Kevin Connauton D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	0	0	12:41	—	—	46	40
Mark Barberio D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:00	—	—	46	64

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pavel Francouz(start)	W	25	22	3	.880	2.46	60:00

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Melker Karlsson C	L1	1	0	1	0	1	0.09	0	2	2	16:38	—	—	38	36
Marcus Sorensen L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.05	0	0	0	16:00	—	—	31	37
Joel Kellman C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.14	0	0	0	14:50	—	—	39	42
Joe Thornton C	L2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.55	3	2	2	21:05	—	—	40	32
Timo Meier R	L2	0	2	2	-1	4	0.23	8	0	2	19:53	—	—	46	41
Kevin Labanc R	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.07	2	0	0	16:04	—	—	39	34
Dylan Gambrell C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.08	2	0	0	17:25	—	—	22	24
Stefan Noesen R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	11:10	—	—	17	26
Lean Bergmann C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	9	0	0	9:14	—	—	8	13
Evander Kane L	L4	0	1	1	-2	5	0.50	2	0	2	20:34	—	—	46	37
Noah Gregor L	L4	1	0	1	-1	2	0.36	1	0	0	14:28	—	—	44	34
Logan Couture C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	4:07	—	—	50	41
Brent Burns D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.22	1	2	0	31:08	—	—	33	23
Radim Simek D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.04	3	2	0	23:14	—	—	32	27
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	1	5	0	20:35	—	—	39	62
Brandon Davidson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	12:42	—	—	38	78
Tim Heed D	D3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.09	1	0	0	16:47	—	—	42	29
Nikolai Knyzhov D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	9:03	—	—	40	32

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Martin Jones(start)	L	24	20	4	.833	2.74	57:50

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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.