Colorado Avalanche vs. San Jose SharksMar 18, 2022

FinalFriday, Mar 18, 2022· 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	2	2	1	5		COL	10	10	9	29
SJS	0	1	2	3		SJS	7	10	11	28

: COL 55SJS 48
: COL 4.03SJS 3.18
PP goals: COL 1SJS 0
Hits: COL 11SJS 20
Blocks: COL 11SJS 12
PIM: COL 17SJS 9
: COL 46%SJS 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche beat San Jose Sharks 5–3

Colorado Avalanche beat San Jose Sharks 5–3 at SJS. Cale Makar (COL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. COL's first power-play unit (Kadri, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Rantanen and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:06 together.

Points
Cale Makar had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 27:34.Makar
Points
Nathan MacKinnon had 3 assists (3 points) in 18:43.MacKinnon
Points
Valeri Nichushkin had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 21:10.Nichushkin
Points
Mikko Rantanen had 2 assists (2 points) in 17:47.Rantanen
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (Kadri, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Rantanen and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:06 together.Kadri MacKinnon Nichushkin Rantanen Makar
New line
New look for COL: Compher–Sturm–Newhook skated 8:04 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (64.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Compher Sturm Newhook
Usage
Nazem Kadri (COL) played 14:29, −4:49 down on his 19:18 season average over 70 games.Kadri
Usage
Andre Burakovsky (COL) played 12:42, −3:36 down on his 16:18 season average over 79 games.Burakovsky

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 103 of 103 attempts · SJS 48 · COL 55

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 28% of the game, SJS 31%.

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
	48	35
	1.92	1.64
	1.79	1.40
	11	10
	4	7
	17	17
	−0.040	+0.040
	28%	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

L1MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Rantanen
12:1363% CF
L2Compher – Sturm – Newhook
8:0465% CF
L3Kadri – Burakovsky – O'Connor
7:4850% CF
D1Toews – Makar
17:0667% CF
D2Manson – Murray
12:0659% CF
D3Johnson – Johnson
9:3941% CF

PP1Kadri – MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Rantanen – Makar
1:0667% CF
PK1FO'Connor – Sturm
1:59
PK2FHelm – Compher
1:38
PK1DToews – Makar
4:44
PK2DJohnson – Johnson
2:44

Current COL line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Hertl – Balcers – Barabanov
7:5260% CF
L2Couture – Meier – Dahlen
5:0729% CF
L3Viel – Gadjovich – Reedy
2:420% CF
L4Cogliano – Bonino – Nieto
2:190% CF
D1Burns – Megna
14:4540% CF
D2Vlasic – Meloche
11:5133% CF
D3Karlsson – Middleton
9:1762% CF

PP1Burns – Couture – Karlsson – Hertl – Meier
5:1271% CF
PP2Bonino – Karlsson – Dahlen – Reedy – Barabanov
3:250% CF
PK1FBonino – Balcers
0:39
PK2FCogliano – Hertl
0:27
PK1DBurns – Middleton
1:06

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

10:18
COLNazem KadriPP (Mikko Rantanen, Cale Makar)tip-in0.11 xG
COL: Kadri, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Rantanen, MakarSJS: Burns, Bonino, Middleton, Balcers
COL 1 – 0 SJS
14:14
COLDarren Helm (Andre Burakovsky)wrist0.14 xG
COL: Helm, Manson, Murray, Burakovsky, Aube-KubelSJS: Bonino, Karlsson, Meloche, Viel, Gadjovich
COL 2 – 0 SJS

2nd period

0:34
COLCale Makar (Nathan MacKinnon, Devon Toews)snap0.03 xG
COL: MacKinnon, Toews, Rantanen, MakarSJS: Burns, Couture, Karlsson, Meier
COL 3 – 0 SJS
15:29
COLValeri Nichushkin (Cale Makar, Nathan MacKinnon)wrist0.17 xG
COL: MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Toews, Rantanen, MakarSJS: Burns, Couture, Megna, Meier, Dahlen
COL 4 – 0 SJS
19:19
SJSJeffrey Viel (Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Nicolas Meloche)tip-in0.07 xG
COL: Kadri, Burakovsky, Aube-Kubel, Toews, MakarSJS: Vlasic, Hertl, Meloche, Viel, Gadjovich
COL 4 – 1 SJS

3rd period

13:02
SJSRudolfs Balcers (Alexander Barabanov, Tomas Hertl)wrist0.03 xG
COL: Kadri, Nichushkin, Toews, Rantanen, MakarSJS: Vlasic, Hertl, Meloche, Balcers, Barabanov
COL 4 – 2 SJS
18:35
SJSErik Karlsson (Logan Couture)snap0.02 xG
COL: Johnson, Manson, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, RantanenSJS: Burns, Bonino, Couture, Karlsson, Hertl, Reedy
COL 4 – 3 SJS
19:45
COLValeri NichushkinEN (Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen)wrist0.88 xG
COL: MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Toews, Rantanen, MakarSJS: Burns, Couture, Karlsson, Hertl, Meier, Barabanov
COL 5 – 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
Valeri Nichushkin R	L1	2	0	2	0	4	1.43	1	1	0	21:10	—	—	50	49
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	3	3	+2	0	0.00	0	1	2	18:43	—	—	53	52
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	0	2	2	+1	0	0.67	0	0	0	17:47	—	—	56	53
J.T. Compher L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	0	0	2	16:16	—	—	69	64
Nico Sturm C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	1	0	0	15:07	—	—	63	47
Alex Newhook C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.16	0	0	0	12:40	—	—	72	63
Logan O'Connor R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	0	0	0	14:49	—	—	46	52
Nazem Kadri C	L3	1	0	1	-2	3	0.31	0	1	0	14:29	—	—	44	53
Andre Burakovsky L	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.03	0	0	2	12:42	—	—	57	59
Cale Makar D	D1	1	2	3	+1	3	0.28	1	1	0	27:34	—	—	67	61
Devon Toews D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.12	0	0	2	27:31	—	—	67	57
Ryan Murray D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	2	3	0	17:27	—	—	57	51
Josh Manson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	16:30	—	—	58	49
Jack Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	0	2	15:15	—	—	45	45
Erik Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	3	0	15:02	—	—	41	46
Darren Helm C	—	1	0	1	+1	2	0.49	0	1	0	12:55	—	—	60	62
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	0	0	7:06	—	—	44	42
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	5	4:56	—	—	80	96

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pavel Francouz(start)	W	28	25	3	.893	3.18	60:00

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tomas Hertl C	L1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.17	2	0	0	21:52	—	—	60	53
Alexander Barabanov L	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.28	0	1	0	18:18	—	—	56	60
Rudolfs Balcers L	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.34	2	1	0	14:10	—	—	48	54
Logan Couture C	L2	0	1	1	-2	3	0.30	1	0	0	21:28	—	—	40	41
Timo Meier R	L2	0	0	0	-3	5	0.69	0	1	0	21:28	—	—	45	42
Jonathan Dahlen C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.21	0	0	0	13:28	—	—	39	46
Scott Reedy C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.22	0	0	0	17:03	—	—	31	51
Jeffrey Viel L	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.45	2	0	2	9:56	—	—	47	46
Jonah Gadjovich L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	1	0	8:57	—	—	59	72
Nick Bonino C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	0	0	0	14:07	—	—	17	31
Matt Nieto L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	1	0	11:39	—	—	41	55
Andrew Cogliano C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	10:41	—	—	0	0
Brent Burns D	D1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.12	0	3	0	29:12	—	—	42	45
Jaycob Megna D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	2	2	0	17:42	—	—	31	37
Nicolas Meloche D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	6	0	0	15:06	—	—	31	42
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	1	1	2	13:46	—	—	24	44
Erik Karlsson D	D3	1	0	1	-2	1	0.02	0	0	0	26:09	—	—	47	40
Jake Middleton D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	1	5	14:44	—	—	61	54

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Zach Sawchenko(start)	L	28	24	4	.857	2.57	57:08

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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.