Colorado Avalanche vs. San Jose SharksMay 3, 2021

Final / OTMonday, May 3, 2021· SAP Center at San Jose

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Colorado AvalancheCOL

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
COL	1	0	3	1	5		COL	13	2	15	1	31
SJS	1	2	1	0	4		SJS	5	13	9	0	27

: COL 77SJS 45
: COL 2.64SJS 2.38
PP goals: COL 0SJS 0
Hits: COL 13SJS 22
Blocks: COL 11SJS 23
PIM: COL 2SJS 6
: COL 59%SJS 41%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche edge San Jose Sharks 5–4 (OT)

Colorado Avalanche beat San Jose Sharks 5–4 in overtime at SJS. Evander Kane (SJS) led the scoring with 2G 0A. COL scored 5 goals on 2.64 expected goals (77 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

Points
Evander Kane had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 19:52.Kane
Points
Andre Burakovsky had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:25.Burakovsky
Points
Gabriel Landeskog had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 23:04.Landeskog
Points
Mikko Rantanen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 23:30.Rantanen
Points
Tomas Hertl had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:35.Hertl
Points
Nathan MacKinnon had 2 assists (2 points) on 9 shots in 24:18.MacKinnon
Luck
COL scored 5 goals on 2.64 expected goals (77 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for SJS: Labanc–Gregor–Gambrell skated 10:01 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Labanc Gregor Gambrell

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 122 of 122 attempts · SJS 45 · COL 77

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 44% of the game, SJS 18%.

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
	77	52
	2.21	2.69
	2.11	2.58
	10	12
	2	6
	8	17
	+0.068	−0.068
	44%	18%

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 – MacKinnon – Rantanen
15:5069% CF
L2Burakovsky – Nichushkin – Jost
8:4265% CF
L3Soderberg – Kadri – Donskoi
6:2950% CF
L4Compher – Bellemare – Sherwood
4:5663% CF
D1Toews – Makar
19:4072% CF
D2Graves – Timmins
13:3341% CF
D3Nemeth – Renouf
5:3962% CF

PP1Donskoi – Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen – Makar
4:01100% CF
PP2Kadri – Burakovsky – Compher – Nichushkin – Toews
1:44100% CF
PK1FCompher – Bellemare
0:45
PK2FNichushkin – Jost
0:43
PK1DRenouf – Makar
1:00
PK2DNemeth – Toews
0:45

Current COL line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Couture – Meier – Balcers
13:2630% CF
L2Kane – Hertl – Barabanov
11:5852% CF
L3Labanc – Gregor – Gambrell
10:0150% CF
L4Marleau – Donato – Leonard
4:4145% CF
D1Burns – Ferraro
16:4836% CF
D2Karlsson – Knyzhov
14:2348% CF
D3Vlasic – Jaros
9:0424% CF

PP1Burns – Karlsson – Kane – Hertl – Barabanov
0:59100% CF
PP2Couture – Karlsson – Hertl – Ferraro – Barabanov
0:3050% CF
PK1FCouture – Kane
1:32
PK2FHertl – Gambrell
1:19
PK1DVlasic – Knyzhov
3:30
PK2DBurns – Ferraro
2:19

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:20
SJSEvander Kanewrist0.14 xG
COL: Nemeth, Burakovsky, Nichushkin, Renouf, JostSJS: Karlsson, Kane, Hertl, Knyzhov, Barabanov
COL 0 – 1 SJS
5:38
COLMikko Rantanen (Nathan MacKinnon, Gabriel Landeskog)backhand0.01 xG
COL: Landeskog, MacKinnon, Toews, Rantanen, MakarSJS: Burns, Couture, Meier, Balcers, Ferraro
COL 1 – 1 SJS

2nd period

1:57
SJSTomas Hertlbackhand0.06 xG
COL: Nemeth, Burakovsky, Nichushkin, Toews, JostSJS: Vlasic, Kane, Hertl, Jaros, Barabanov
COL 1 – 2 SJS
7:47
SJSEvander Kane (Tomas Hertl, Alexander Barabanov)backhand0.11 xG
COL: Landeskog, MacKinnon, Toews, Rantanen, MakarSJS: Burns, Kane, Hertl, Ferraro, Barabanov
COL 1 – 3 SJS

3rd period

1:18
COLValeri Nichushkin (Andre Burakovsky, Ryan Graves)wrist0.03 xG
COL: Graves, Burakovsky, Nichushkin, Jost, TimminsSJS: Burns, Couture, Meier, Balcers, Ferraro
COL 2 – 3 SJS
3:32
SJSTimo Meier (Brent Burns, Mario Ferraro)wrist0.03 xG
COL: Landeskog, MacKinnon, Toews, Rantanen, MakarSJS: Burns, Couture, Meier, Balcers, Ferraro
COL 2 – 4 SJS
8:59
COLGabriel Landeskog (Nathan MacKinnon)wrist0.04 xG
COL: Landeskog, MacKinnon, Toews, Rantanen, MakarSJS: Burns, Kane, Hertl, Ferraro, Barabanov
COL 3 – 4 SJS
16:21
COLNazem Kadriwrist0.09 xG
COL: Soderberg, Kadri, Donskoi, Graves, TimminsSJS: Burns, Karlsson, Labanc, Gambrell, Barabanov
COL 4 – 4 SJS

OT period

0:41
COLAndre Burakovsky (Cale Makar, Mikko Rantanen)wrist0.05 xG
COL: Burakovsky, Nichushkin, MakarSJS: Burns, Couture, Balcers
COL 5 – 4 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
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	2	2	0	9	0.57	1	0	0	24:18	—	—	62	49
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	1	1	2	0	3	0.30	1	0	0	23:30	—	—	71	55
Gabriel Landeskog L	L1	1	1	2	0	2	0.16	0	0	0	23:04	—	—	66	51
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.48	1	0	0	14:26	—	—	64	41
Andre Burakovsky L	L2	1	1	2	0	1	0.19	0	0	0	14:25	—	—	64	44
Tyson Jost C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.08	1	0	0	13:54	—	—	61	40
Joonas Donskoi R	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.27	0	0	0	17:30	—	—	43	36
Nazem Kadri C	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.11	0	1	0	15:40	—	—	47	39
Carl Soderberg C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	0	1	0	11:39	—	—	47	30
J.T. Compher L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	1	0	12:12	—	—	60	47
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	0	0	0	7:40	—	—	56	39
Kiefer Sherwood L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	7:29	—	—	73	69
Cale Makar D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.05	1	2	0	27:16	—	—	72	61
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	-1	6	0.19	3	1	0	26:53	—	—	65	54
Ryan Graves D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.07	1	2	2	20:23	—	—	46	41
Conor Timmins D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	2	0	18:06	—	—	46	42
Patrik Nemeth D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	1	0	13:36	—	—	63	34
Dan Renouf D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	0	0	8:15	—	—	67	25

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Philipp Grubauer(start)	W	27	23	4	.852	2.38	60:28

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Rudolfs Balcers L	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	0	0	19:31	—	—	31	46
Logan Couture C	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.16	0	0	0	19:10	—	—	31	46
Timo Meier R	L1	1	0	1	-1	3	0.25	2	1	2	16:32	—	—	37	49
Tomas Hertl C	L2	1	1	2	+2	2	0.10	1	1	2	20:35	—	—	44	54
Evander Kane L	L2	2	0	2	+2	6	0.51	3	1	0	19:52	—	—	43	55
Alexander Barabanov L	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.09	0	2	0	15:28	—	—	54	63
Dylan Gambrell C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	1	0	2	17:13	—	—	46	56
Kevin Labanc R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	2	0	0	13:54	—	—	44	41
Noah Gregor L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.39	0	0	0	13:21	—	—	40	59
Patrick Marleau C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	1	0	7:09	—	—	36	67
John Leonard L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	7:06	—	—	36	67
Ryan Donato C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.40	0	0	0	5:52	—	—	42	69
Brent Burns D	D1	0	1	1	-3	4	0.11	0	0	0	26:04	—	—	35	51
Mario Ferraro D	D1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	2	8	0	23:22	—	—	43	73
Nikolai Knyzhov D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	3	1	0	21:03	—	—	53	44
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	1	2	0	20:46	—	—	50	41
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	4	0	18:21	—	—	28	62
Christian Jaros D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	4	2	0	10:44	—	—	27	48

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Martin Jones(start)	O	31	26	5	.839	2.64	60:41

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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.