Colorado Avalanche vs. San Jose SharksApr 4, 2023

Final / OTTuesday, Apr 4, 2023· 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	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
COL	2	1	0	1	4		COL	13	19	8	2	42
SJS	0	1	2	0	3		SJS	7	11	9	4	31

: COL 73SJS 53
: COL 4.10SJS 3.50
PP goals: COL 0SJS 1
Hits: COL 12SJS 29
Blocks: COL 14SJS 22
PIM: COL 2SJS 6
: COL 41%SJS 59%

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 (OT)

Colorado Avalanche beat San Jose Sharks 4–3 in overtime at SJS. Nathan MacKinnon (COL) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for SJS: Labanc–Svechnikov–Sturm skated 5:49 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (33.3% 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 7 shots in 24:52.MacKinnon
Points
Kevin Labanc had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 13:58.Labanc
Points
Devon Toews had 2 assists (2 points) in 27:20.Toews
Points
Logan Couture had 2 assists (2 points) in 25:07.Couture
Points
Mikko Rantanen had 2 assists (2 points) on 8 shots in 24:59.Rantanen
New line
New look for SJS: Labanc–Svechnikov–Sturm skated 5:49 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Labanc Svechnikov Sturm
Goalie
Kaapo Kahkonen (SJS) faced 42 shots and stopped 38 (.905), +11 against a season average of 31.1; the overtime loss.Kahkonen
New line
New look for COL: Compher–Nichushkin–Malgin skated 11:02 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Compher Nichushkin Malgin

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 126 of 126 attempts · SJS 53 · COL 73

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 31% of the game, SJS 24%.

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
	76	52
	3.87	2.90
	3.58	2.80
	17	13
	2	4
	16	22
	−0.067	+0.068
	31%	24%

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 – Rantanen – Rodrigues
13:5577% CF
L2Compher – Nichushkin – Malgin
11:0260% CF
L3Cogliano – Eller – O'Connor
9:1945% CF
L4Nieto – Newhook – Meyers
5:2122% CF
D1Toews – Girard
10:2667% CF
D2Johnson – Byram
9:2463% CF

PP1Compher – MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Toews – Rantanen
5:14100% CF
PP2Rodrigues – Malgin – Girard – Byram – Newhook
0:34
PK1FCompher – Nichushkin
0:51
PK1DToews – Girard
0:51

Current COL line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Labanc – Svechnikov – Sturm
5:4933% CF
L2Couture – Gregor – Bordeleau
3:5717% CF
L3Hertl – Peterson – Gushchin
3:1433% CF
D1Vlasic – Karlsson
15:4038% CF
D2Benning – Ferraro
13:4635% CF
D3Simek – Thrun
13:3743% CF

PP1Couture – Karlsson – Peterson – Gushchin – Bordeleau
0:51100% CF
PK1FCouture – Sturm
2:47
PK2FLorentz – Peterson
0:58
PK1DBenning – Ferraro
3:49
PK2DVlasic – Karlsson
0:54

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:29
COLJack Johnson (Bowen Byram, Denis Malgin)slap0.02 xG
COL: Johnson, Compher, Nichushkin, Malgin, ByramSJS: Couture, Simek, Thrun, Gushchin, Bordeleau
COL 1 – 0 SJS
6:24
COLEvan Rodrigues (Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen)backhand0.22 xG
COL: MacKinnon, Toews, Rantanen, Rodrigues, GirardSJS: Vlasic, Karlsson, Hertl, Gregor, Peterson
COL 2 – 0 SJS

2nd period

12:55
SJSKevin Labanc (Logan Couture, Erik Karlsson)snap0.14 xG
COL: Cogliano, Eller, Toews, Girard, O'ConnorSJS: Couture, Karlsson, Labanc, Thrun, Gushchin
COL 2 – 1 SJS
17:54
COLNathan MacKinnon (Mikko Rantanen, Devon Toews)slap0.10 xG
COL: Compher, MacKinnon, Toews, Rantanen, GirardSJS: Labanc, Simek, Thrun, Gushchin, Bordeleau
COL 3 – 1 SJS

3rd period

5:50
SJSJacob PetersonPP (Danil Gushchin, Logan Couture)wrist0.14 xG
COL: Compher, Nichushkin, Toews, GirardSJS: Couture, Karlsson, Peterson, Gushchin, Bordeleau
COL 3 – 2 SJS
7:11
SJSKevin Labanc (Noah Gregor, Jacob MacDonald)snap0.42 xG
COL: Nieto, Girard, Byram, Newhook, MeyersSJS: Labanc, Gregor, Simek, Sturm, Thrun
COL 3 – 3 SJS

OT period

3:13
COLNathan MacKinnon (Devon Toews)snap0.18 xG
COL: MacKinnon, Nichushkin, ToewsSJS: Couture, Karlsson, Bordeleau
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
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	0	2	2	+2	8	0.91	0	0	0	24:59	—	—	73	81
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	2	1	3	+3	7	0.65	1	1	0	24:52	—	—	73	83
Evan Rodrigues C	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.41	1	0	0	20:15	—	—	78	81
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	0	0	0	+2	6	0.65	1	1	0	22:52	—	—	56	63
J.T. Compher L	L2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.20	0	1	0	22:20	—	—	64	72
Denis Malgin C	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.24	0	0	0	16:48	—	—	62	68
Lars Eller C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	0	0	0	11:11	—	—	48	49
Logan O'Connor R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.22	0	0	0	10:49	—	—	48	47
Andrew Cogliano C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	1	0	9:56	—	—	45	46
Alex Newhook C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.24	1	0	0	11:33	—	—	43	28
Matt Nieto L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:55	—	—	46	20
Ben Meyers C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	0	0	0	6:33	—	—	27	15
Devon Toews D	D1	0	2	2	+2	0	0.03	1	2	0	27:20	—	—	67	77
Samuel Girard D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	3	0	22:32	—	—	63	56
Bowen Byram D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.08	0	3	0	24:52	—	—	65	56
Jack Johnson D	D2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.04	4	0	0	17:29	—	—	54	55
Erik Johnson D	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	1	0	15:01	—	—	50	41
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	1	2	10:31	—	—	50	42

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	W	31	28	3	.903	3.50	63:13

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nico Sturm C	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	2	17:06	—	—	42	60
Kevin Labanc R	L1	2	0	2	+1	4	0.92	1	0	0	13:58	—	—	52	74
Evgeny Svechnikov L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	4	1	0	11:39	—	—	44	50
Logan Couture C	L2	0	2	2	-1	0	0.08	2	1	0	25:07	—	—	40	29
Thomas Bordeleau C	L2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.01	2	0	0	17:33	—	—	17	5
Noah Gregor L	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.15	2	0	0	14:14	—	—	35	36
Jacob Peterson C	L3	1	0	1	-1	3	0.54	2	0	0	19:28	—	—	38	33
Danil Gushchin L	L3	0	1	1	-1	4	0.24	0	2	0	15:15	—	—	52	46
Tomas Hertl C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	2	10:02	—	—	30	26
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.04	0	2	0	25:04	—	—	50	41
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.34	3	2	0	19:58	—	—	35	27
Mario Ferraro D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	1	4	0	22:37	—	—	33	21
Matt Benning D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	0	2	0	19:51	—	—	39	31
Henry Thrun D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	1	0	18:23	—	—	47	72
Radim Simek D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	3	0	16:40	—	—	36	63
Steven Lorentz C	—	0	0	0	0	4	0.70	4	3	0	15:26	—	—	44	53
Jacob MacDonald D	—	0	1	1	0	1	0.05	2	0	2	12:56	—	—	46	49
Fabian Zetterlund L	—	0	0	0	0	3	0.21	1	0	0	8:35	—	—	62	62

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kaapo Kahkonen(start)	O	42	38	4	.905	4.10	63:00

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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.