Colorado Avalanche vs. San Jose SharksMay 5, 2021

FinalWednesday, May 5, 2021· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	0	2	0	2		COL	10	16	6	32
SJS	0	1	2	3		SJS	12	9	12	33

: COL 75SJS 53
: COL 2.92SJS 4.10
PP goals: COL 0SJS 1
Hits: COL 18SJS 29
Blocks: COL 7SJS 21
PIM: COL 8SJS 4
: COL 53%SJS 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

San Jose Sharks edge Colorado Avalanche 3–2

San Jose Sharks beat Colorado Avalanche 3–2 at home. Tomas Hertl (SJS) led the scoring with 2G 1A. SJS's first power-play unit (Burns, Karlsson, Kane, Hertl and Barabanov) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 5:28 together.

Points
Tomas Hertl had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 21:34.Hertl
Points
Evander Kane had 3 assists (3 points) on 6 shots in 22:06.Kane
PP1
SJS's first power-play unit (Burns, Karlsson, Kane, Hertl and Barabanov) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 5:28 together.Burns Karlsson Kane Hertl Barabanov
New line
New look for COL: Kadri–Burakovsky–Newhook skated 11:38 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (70% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kadri Burakovsky Newhook
Usage
Alexander Barabanov (SJS) played 18:46, +6:46 up on his 12:00 season average over 21 games.Barabanov
New line
New look for COL: Donskoi–Nichushkin–Jost skated 7:15 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (55% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Donskoi Nichushkin Jost
New line
New look for COL: Soderberg–Compher–Bellemare skated 6:43 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Soderberg Compher Bellemare
New line
New look for SJS: Marleau–Chmelevski–True skated 7:00 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (63.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Marleau Chmelevski True

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 128 of 128 attempts · SJS 53 · COL 75

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 33% of the game, SJS 33%.

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
	79	42
	2.96	2.96
	2.83	2.89
	11	13
	8	7
	19	18
	+0.004	−0.004
	33%	33%

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
14:0774% CF
L2Kadri – Burakovsky – Newhook
11:3870% CF
L3Donskoi – Nichushkin – Jost
7:1555% CF
L4Soderberg – Compher – Bellemare
6:4340% CF
D1Toews – Makar
13:2868% CF
D2Graves – Timmins
10:4473% CF
D3Nemeth – MacDonald
8:2076% CF

PP1Donskoi – Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen – Makar
2:3067% CF
PP2Kadri – Burakovsky – Nichushkin – Toews – Newhook
1:13100% CF
PK1FDonskoi – Bellemare
2:10
PK2FCompher – Nichushkin
1:18
PK1DNemeth – Graves
2:11
PK2DToews – MacDonald
0:38

Current COL line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Kane – Hertl – Barabanov
11:3829% CF
L2Couture – Meier – Balcers
10:4148% CF
L3Labanc – Gregor – Gambrell
10:1124% CF
L4Marleau – Chmelevski – True
7:0064% CF
D1Burns – Ferraro
13:0335% CF
D2Karlsson – Knyzhov
12:4320% CF
D3Vlasic – Meloche
7:0355% CF

PP1Burns – Karlsson – Kane – Hertl – Barabanov
5:2885% CF
PP2Couture – Labanc – Meier – Balcers – Ferraro
2:13100% CF
PK1FKane – Hertl
1:34
PK2FMarleau – Gambrell
1:16
PK1DBurns – Knyzhov
1:20
PK2DVlasic – Karlsson
0:40

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

15:39
COLTyson Jost (Patrik Nemeth, Jacob MacDonald)backhand0.03 xG
COL: Nemeth, Donskoi, Nichushkin, Jost, MacDonaldSJS: Karlsson, Kane, Hertl, Ferraro, Barabanov
COL 1 – 0 SJS
18:18
COLAndre Burakovsky (Nazem Kadri, Conor Timmins)wrist0.07 xG
COL: Kadri, Graves, Burakovsky, Timmins, NewhookSJS: Burns, Vlasic, Labanc, Gregor, Gambrell
COL 2 – 0 SJS
19:47
SJSTomas Hertl (Evander Kane, Alexander Barabanov)wrist0.18 xG
COL: Landeskog, MacKinnon, Toews, Rantanen, MakarSJS: Burns, Vlasic, Kane, Hertl, Barabanov
COL 2 – 1 SJS

3rd period

2:50
SJSTomas Hertl (Evander Kane, Nikolai Knyzhov)backhand0.14 xG
COL: Landeskog, MacKinnon, Toews, Rantanen, MakarSJS: Karlsson, Kane, Hertl, Knyzhov, Barabanov
COL 2 – 2 SJS
9:18
SJSErik KarlssonPP (Evander Kane, Tomas Hertl)slap0.12 xG
COL: Nemeth, Donskoi, Graves, JostSJS: Burns, Karlsson, Kane, Hertl, Barabanov
COL 2 – 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	0	0	0	-2	6	0.43	0	0	2	20:39	—	—	71	51
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.24	1	0	2	20:28	—	—	74	51
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.15	1	0	0	20:03	—	—	72	47
Nazem Kadri C	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.27	0	0	0	16:27	—	—	70	50
Andre Burakovsky L	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.13	0	0	2	14:56	—	—	71	56
Alex Newhook C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.12	0	0	0	13:20	—	—	70	57
Joonas Donskoi R	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.14	1	1	0	16:38	—	—	55	45
Tyson Jost C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.24	2	1	0	14:00	—	—	54	39
Valeri Nichushkin R	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.29	2	0	0	13:58	—	—	59	48
J.T. Compher L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	0	0	11:36	—	—	50	53
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	1	2	0	10:17	—	—	50	55
Carl Soderberg C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.00	1	0	0	8:43	—	—	46	51
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.09	1	1	0	24:36	—	—	65	49
Cale Makar D	D1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.28	1	0	0	23:29	—	—	68	54
Ryan Graves D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.07	3	0	2	18:38	—	—	66	49
Conor Timmins D	D2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.25	0	0	0	16:07	—	—	69	58
Patrik Nemeth D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	2	2	0	15:52	—	—	57	28
Jacob MacDonald D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.12	1	0	0	14:58	—	—	67	64

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Philipp Grubauer(start)	L	33	30	3	.909	3.65	57:34

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Evander Kane L	L1	0	3	3	+1	6	0.48	0	0	0	22:06	—	—	25	46
Tomas Hertl C	L1	2	1	3	+1	4	0.62	0	1	0	21:34	—	—	27	54
Alexander Barabanov L	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	18:46	—	—	27	49
Logan Couture C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	2	0	16:34	—	—	41	44
Rudolfs Balcers L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	3	1	0	15:27	—	—	43	49
Timo Meier R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.54	2	0	0	14:25	—	—	44	47
Dylan Gambrell C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	2	0	14:53	—	—	23	42
Kevin Labanc R	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.49	0	0	2	14:27	—	—	27	52
Noah Gregor L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.26	1	3	0	13:55	—	—	21	31
Patrick Marleau C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	0	1	0	8:49	—	—	69	87
Alexander True C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	1	0	8:27	—	—	62	74
Sasha Chmelevski C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	3	0	0	8:27	—	—	58	70
Brent Burns D	D1	0	0	0	0	5	0.76	0	2	0	27:42	—	—	42	55
Mario Ferraro D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	5	2	2	23:36	—	—	32	41
Erik Karlsson D	D2	1	0	1	0	1	0.33	1	0	0	22:34	—	—	24	42
Nikolai Knyzhov D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.05	5	2	0	19:17	—	—	25	44
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	15:58	—	—	46	71
Nicolas Meloche D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	1	2	0	9:03	—	—	53	78

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Josef Korenar(start)	W	32	30	2	.938	2.92	60:00

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.