Colorado Avalanche vs. San Jose SharksApr 6, 2023

FinalThursday, Apr 6, 2023· SAP Center at San Jose

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Colorado AvalancheCOL

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San Jose SharksSJS

2

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	1	4	1	6		COL	7	15	9	31
SJS	1	1	0	2		SJS	6	8	9	23

: COL 49SJS 59
: COL 3.20SJS 2.72
PP goals: COL 0SJS 0
Hits: COL 16SJS 30
Blocks: COL 18SJS 15
PIM: COL 2SJS 2
: COL 48%SJS 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche rout San Jose Sharks 6–2

Colorado Avalanche beat San Jose Sharks 6–2 at SJS. Mikko Rantanen (COL) led the scoring with 3G 1A. COL scored 6 goals on 3.20 expected goals (49 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

Points
Mikko Rantanen had a hat trick and an assist (4 points) on 6 shots in 17:51.Rantanen
Points
Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 3 shots in 18:40.MacKinnon
Points
Ben Meyers had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 10:31.Meyers
Points
Erik Karlsson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 23:56.Karlsson
Points
Matt Nieto had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 12:11.Nieto
Points
Samuel Girard had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 21:32.Girard
Luck
COL scored 6 goals on 3.20 expected goals (49 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for SJS: Svechnikov–Zetterlund–Sturm skated 9:53 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (42.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Svechnikov Zetterlund Sturm

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 108 of 108 attempts · SJS 59 · COL 49

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 22% of the game, SJS 30%.

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
	54	70
	3.77	2.91
	3.57	2.73
	17	20
	7	2
	20	25
	−0.025	+0.025
	22%	30%

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
14:2447% CF
L2Compher – Nichushkin – Malgin
12:5242% CF
L3Cogliano – Eller – O'Connor
11:3729% CF
L4Nieto – Newhook – Meyers
8:3450% CF
D1Toews – Girard
16:3458% CF
D2Johnson – Byram
12:3028% CF

PP1Compher – MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Toews – Rantanen
1:48100% CF
PP2Rodrigues – Malgin – Girard – Byram – Newhook
0:10
PK1FCompher – Nichushkin
1:41
PK2FCogliano – O'Connor
0:17
PK1DToews – Girard
1:41
PK2DJohnson – Johnson
0:17

Current COL line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Hertl – Labanc – Peterson
15:2258% CF
L2Couture – Gregor – Bordeleau
11:2147% CF
L3Svechnikov – Zetterlund – Sturm
9:5342% CF
D1Benning – Ferraro
15:4337% CF
D2Vlasic – Karlsson
15:3471% CF
D3Simek – Thrun
13:5554% CF

PP1Couture – Karlsson – Hertl – Peterson – Bordeleau
1:38100% CF
PP2Labanc – Gregor – MacDonald – Zetterlund – Thrun
0:16
PK1FPeterson – Sturm
1:17
PK2FCouture – Lorentz
0:39
PK1DVlasic – Karlsson
0:54
PK2DBenning – Ferraro
0:52

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

15:43
SJSErik Karlsson (Kevin Labanc, Jacob Peterson)backhand0.05 xG
COL: Johnson, Compher, Nichushkin, Malgin, ByramSJS: Vlasic, Karlsson, Hertl, Labanc, Peterson
COL 0 – 1 SJS
16:45
COLMikko Rantanen (Nathan MacKinnon, Samuel Girard)wrist0.03 xG
COL: MacKinnon, Toews, Rantanen, Rodrigues, GirardSJS: Benning, Svechnikov, Ferraro, Zetterlund, Sturm
COL 1 – 1 SJS

2nd period

2:32
COLMikko Rantanen (Evan Rodrigues, Nathan MacKinnon)backhand0.23 xG
COL: MacKinnon, Toews, Rantanen, Rodrigues, GirardSJS: Hertl, Labanc, Simek, Peterson, Thrun
COL 2 – 1 SJS
7:19
COLNathan MacKinnon (Samuel Girard, Mikko Rantanen)wrist0.03 xG
COL: MacKinnon, Toews, Rantanen, Rodrigues, GirardSJS: Hertl, Benning, Labanc, Ferraro, Peterson
COL 3 – 1 SJS
8:06
COLMikko Rantanen (Nathan MacKinnon, Devon Toews)snap0.22 xG
COL: MacKinnon, Toews, Rantanen, Rodrigues, GirardSJS: Vlasic, Couture, Karlsson, Gregor, Bordeleau
COL 4 – 1 SJS
8:41
SJSSteven Lorentz (Erik Karlsson, Jacob MacDonald)wrist0.10 xG
COL: Johnson, MacDermid, Compher, Nichushkin, NewhookSJS: Karlsson, Lorentz, MacDonald, Thrun, Raska
COL 4 – 2 SJS
15:08
COLBen Meyers (Matt Nieto)wrist0.18 xG
COL: Johnson, Johnson, Nieto, Newhook, MeyersSJS: Karlsson, Labanc, Lorentz, Peterson, Thrun
COL 5 – 2 SJS

3rd period

3:12
COLBen Meyers (Alex Newhook, Matt Nieto)wrist0.21 xG
COL: Toews, Rantanen, Girard, Newhook, MeyersSJS: Vlasic, Karlsson, Hertl, Labanc, Peterson
COL 6 – 2 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	1	3	4	+4	3	0.30	1	3	0	18:40	—	—	49	66
Evan Rodrigues C	L1	0	1	1	+4	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:18	—	—	48	57
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	3	1	4	+5	6	0.58	2	0	0	17:51	—	—	46	60
J.T. Compher L	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.15	0	0	0	18:45	—	—	39	27
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.03	1	0	0	18:27	—	—	41	29
Denis Malgin C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	1	1	0	14:38	—	—	47	39
Logan O'Connor R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.66	0	1	0	13:21	—	—	28	63
Lars Eller C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	0	0	2	12:55	—	—	32	64
Andrew Cogliano C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	1	0	12:22	—	—	29	63
Matt Nieto L	L4	0	2	2	+1	4	0.30	0	1	0	12:11	—	—	55	74
Alex Newhook C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.13	0	1	0	11:58	—	—	50	59
Ben Meyers C	L4	2	0	2	+2	3	0.47	1	0	0	10:31	—	—	50	74
Devon Toews D	D1	0	1	1	+5	1	0.04	0	1	0	22:15	—	—	50	68
Samuel Girard D	D1	0	2	2	+5	1	0.14	0	3	0	21:32	—	—	53	70
Bowen Byram D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	2	2	0	23:25	—	—	37	35
Jack Johnson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	1	0	20:15	—	—	26	33
Erik Johnson D	—	0	0	0	-1	3	0.11	3	2	0	16:38	—	—	50	67
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	13:58	—	—	44	69

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	W	23	21	2	.913	2.72	60:00

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jacob Peterson C	L1	0	1	1	-3	0	0.14	2	0	0	19:15	—	—	55	24
Kevin Labanc R	L1	0	1	1	-3	3	0.09	2	0	0	18:48	—	—	61	31
Tomas Hertl C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.07	1	2	2	18:38	—	—	60	28
Thomas Bordeleau C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	0	0	0	16:04	—	—	50	50
Logan Couture C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.59	0	2	0	15:56	—	—	45	54
Noah Gregor L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	4	0	0	14:30	—	—	48	49
Nico Sturm C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.18	0	0	0	13:37	—	—	36	29
Fabian Zetterlund L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.32	2	1	0	12:31	—	—	42	36
Evgeny Svechnikov L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	2	0	0	10:34	—	—	42	32
Mario Ferraro D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	1	0	21:02	—	—	42	35
Matt Benning D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	20:08	—	—	38	24
Erik Karlsson D	D2	1	1	2	-1	2	0.11	1	1	0	23:56	—	—	73	60
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.10	0	2	0	18:00	—	—	69	44
Henry Thrun D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.13	0	0	0	19:04	—	—	57	54
Radim Simek D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	4	4	0	15:45	—	—	56	58
Jacob MacDonald D	—	0	1	1	+1	3	0.15	0	1	0	14:16	—	—	79	96
Steven Lorentz C	—	1	0	1	0	4	0.58	5	1	0	13:43	—	—	73	80
Adam Raska R	—	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	5	0	0	12:13	—	—	82	96

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
James Reimer	—	12	10	2	.833	1.11	31:54
Kaapo Kahkonen(start)	L	19	15	4	.789	2.09	28:06

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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.