Colorado Avalanche vs. San Jose SharksOct 14, 2023

Final / SOSaturday, Oct 14, 2023· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
COL	0	0	1	0	1	2		COL	16	15	19	2	52
SJS	1	0	0	0	0	1		SJS	9	7	4	1	21

: COL 111SJS 57
: COL 5.11SJS 2.66
PP goals: COL 0SJS 0
Hits: COL 20SJS 26
Blocks: COL 18SJS 27
PIM: COL 8SJS 10
: COL 42%SJS 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche edge San Jose Sharks 2–1 (SO)

Colorado Avalanche beat San Jose Sharks 2–1 in a shootout at SJS. Cale Makar (COL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Mackenzie Blackwood (SJS) faced 52 shots and stopped 51 (.981), +21 against a season average of 31.4; the overtime loss.

Goalie
Mackenzie Blackwood (SJS) faced 52 shots and stopped 51 (.981), +21 against a season average of 31.4; the overtime loss.Blackwood
Luck
COL scored 1 goal on 5.11 expected goals (111 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Marc-Edouard Vlasic (SJS) played 3:15, −13:16 down on his 16:31 season average over 56 games.Vlasic
New line
New look for SJS: Hertl–Duclair–Zadina skated 10:06 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hertl Duclair Zadina
Usage
Filip Zadina (SJS) played 21:01, +7:47 up on his 13:14 season average over 71 games.Zadina
New line
New look for COL: Cogliano–Olofsson–O'Connor skated 6:03 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (76.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Cogliano Olofsson O'Connor
New line
New look for SJS: Hoffman–Bordeleau–Eklund skated 6:33 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hoffman Bordeleau Eklund
New line
New look for SJS: Kunin–Peterson–Barabanov skated 6:59 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (31.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kunin Peterson Barabanov

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 168 of 168 attempts · SJS 57 · COL 111

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 50% of the game, SJS 12%.

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
	95	43
	3.50	2.16
	3.28	2.15
	20	7
	7	6
	8	17
	−0.017	+0.017
	50%	12%

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 – Drouin – Rantanen
9:5459% CF
L2Johansen – Lehkonen – Nichushkin
6:2595% CF
L3Tatar – Wood – Colton
6:0344% CF
L4Cogliano – Olofsson – O'Connor
6:0377% CF
D1Toews – Makar
12:4253% CF
D2Girard – Byram
12:2777% CF
D3Johnson – Manson
9:2678% CF

PP1Johansen – Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Rantanen – Makar
5:4893% CF
PP2Drouin – Nichushkin – Toews – Colton – Byram
0:59100% CF
PK1FCogliano – O'Connor
1:49
PK2FTatar – Olofsson
0:49
PK1DManson – Girard
1:49
PK2DToews – Makar
1:45

Current COL line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Hertl – Duclair – Zadina
10:0633% CF
L2Smith – Zetterlund – Sturm
7:4842% CF
L3Kunin – Peterson – Barabanov
6:5932% CF
L4Hoffman – Bordeleau – Eklund
6:3333% CF
D1Benning – Ferraro
7:0650% CF
D2Rutta – Knyzhov
6:0217% CF
D3Vlasic – Burroughs
0:510% CF

PP1Hoffman – Hertl – Duclair – Barabanov – Eklund
2:2767% CF
PP2Kunin – Rutta – Peterson – Zadina – Bordeleau
1:57100% CF
PK1FKunin – Sturm
3:22
PK2FHertl – Zadina
2:30
PK1DBenning – Ferraro
2:01
PK2DBurroughs – Knyzhov
1:38

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

8:42
SJSThomas Bordeleau (Matt Benning, Mike Hoffman)tip-in0.07 xG
COL: Tatar, Wood, Girard, Colton, ByramSJS: Vlasic, Hoffman, Benning, Bordeleau, Eklund
COL 0 – 1 SJS

3rd period

18:34
COLCale Makar (Valeri Nichushkin)wrist0.05 xG
COL: Johansen, Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Rantanen, MakarSJS: Hertl, Benning, Kunin, Ferraro, Sturm
COL 1 – 1 SJS

Decided in the shootout: COL 2 – 1 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	0	0	+1	14	1.25	1	2	2	25:38	—	—	59	53
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.48	1	0	0	24:25	—	—	57	49
Jonathan Drouin L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	1	0	2	15:23	—	—	63	56
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	0	0	0	+1	8	0.96	2	0	0	18:32	—	—	92	78
Ryan Johansen C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.28	0	0	0	18:26	—	—	90	87
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.28	2	0	2	16:37	—	—	85	82
Ross Colton C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	1	0	0	15:41	—	—	57	62
Tomas Tatar L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	0	1	0	11:57	—	—	41	42
Miles Wood L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.01	4	0	0	11:09	—	—	59	58
Logan O'Connor R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	1	1	0	12:02	—	—	75	60
Andrew Cogliano C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	0	0	0	11:07	—	—	80	61
Fredrik Olofsson L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	1	0	0	9:44	—	—	75	67
Cale Makar D	D1	1	0	1	+1	5	0.49	1	4	0	27:46	—	—	58	59
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.14	2	3	2	22:28	—	—	62	51
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.13	1	2	0	20:35	—	—	74	61
Bowen Byram D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	1	2	0	18:57	—	—	74	67
Josh Manson D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.29	1	2	0	16:12	—	—	74	65
Jack Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	0	1	0	14:11	—	—	70	64

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	W	21	20	1	.952	2.66	64:12

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tomas Hertl C	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.19	0	0	0	23:40	—	—	30	14
Filip Zadina R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.22	1	0	0	21:01	—	—	26	26
Anthony Duclair L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.35	1	0	0	17:31	—	—	37	37
Nico Sturm C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	0	4	0	15:29	—	—	40	67
Fabian Zetterlund L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	5	0	0	13:09	—	—	19	29
Givani Smith R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	3	0	2	10:51	—	—	27	46
Luke Kunin C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.76	2	2	2	18:36	—	—	30	51
Alexander Barabanov L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.16	2	1	0	16:30	—	—	41	60
Jacob Peterson C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	14:35	—	—	31	51
Mike Hoffman C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	0	0	0	14:41	—	—	37	25
William Eklund L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.23	0	2	0	14:14	—	—	37	30
Thomas Bordeleau C	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.09	1	0	2	12:36	—	—	29	30
Mario Ferraro D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	3	4	0	26:45	—	—	31	26
Matt Benning D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.01	1	5	2	21:46	—	—	37	26
Jan Rutta D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	3	2	25:10	—	—	11	32
Nikolai Knyzhov D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	3	0	19:40	—	—	47	79
Kyle Burroughs D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	1	0	20:01	—	—	34	46
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	3:15	—	—	29	64

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	O	52	51	1	.981	5.11	65:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Thomas Bordeleau (SJS) 1st 8:42 · assists Matt Benning, Mike Hoffman · Deflection · 73.7 mph shot.

Thomas Bordeleau · 1st 8:42 · SJS

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 73.7 mph
Distance: 65 ft

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Cale Makar · 3rd 18:34 · COL

Play: point-shot
Passes: 1
Shot: 67.6 mph
Distance: 47 ft

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

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.