Colorado Avalanche vs. San Jose SharksDec 19, 2024

FinalThursday, Dec 19, 2024· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	1	0	3	4		COL	12	8	11	31
SJS	0	2	0	2		SJS	10	11	13	34

: COL 65SJS 64
: COL 3.54SJS 3.09
PP goals: COL 2SJS 0
Hits: COL 10SJS 11
Blocks: COL 13SJS 16
PIM: COL 8SJS 10
: COL 52%SJS 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche beat San Jose Sharks 4–2

Colorado Avalanche beat San Jose Sharks 4–2 at SJS. Joel Kiviranta (COL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. COL's first power-play unit (MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Rantanen, Colton and Makar) scored 2 power-play goals on 3 attempts in 4:09 together.

Points
Joel Kiviranta had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:37.Kiviranta
Points
Cale Makar had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 30:57.Makar
Points
Luke Kunin had 2 assists (2 points) in 10:39.Kunin
Points
Nathan MacKinnon had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 23:18.MacKinnon
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Rantanen, Colton and Makar) scored 2 power-play goals on 3 attempts in 4:09 together.MacKinnon Nichushkin Rantanen Colton Makar
New line
New look for COL: Lehkonen–MacKinnon–Nichushkin skated 9:58 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (78.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lehkonen MacKinnon Nichushkin
Usage
Cale Makar (COL) played 30:57, +5:18 up on his 25:39 season average over 79 games.Makar
New line
New look for COL: Rantanen–Colton–Mittelstadt skated 6:07 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Rantanen Colton Mittelstadt

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 129 of 129 attempts · SJS 64 · COL 65

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 35% of the game, SJS 22%.

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
	68	47
	2.98	2.32
	2.83	2.23
	10	7
	8	4
	13	14
	+0.008	−0.009
	35%	22%

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

L1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Nichushkin
9:5878% CF
L2Kelly – O'Connor – Kiviranta
7:2879% CF
L3Rantanen – Colton – Mittelstadt
6:0757% CF
L4Wagner – Smith – Ivan
3:0929% CF
D1Girard – Makar
11:5460% CF
D2Toews – Malinski
8:2584% CF
D3de Haan – Middleton
4:2145% CF

PP1MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Rantanen – Colton – Makar
4:09100% CF
PP2Lehkonen – Toews – Girard – Mittelstadt – Ivan
0:37100% CF
PK1FKelly – O'Connor
2:32
PK2FNichushkin – Kiviranta
1:07
PK1DToews – Makar
4:55
PK2DMiddleton – Girard
1:10

Current COL line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Granlund – Goodrow – Zetterlund
10:3620% CF
L2Toffoli – Kovalenko – Celebrini
9:2438% CF
L3Wennberg – Eklund – Smith
7:2437% CF
L4Kunin – Grundstrom – Sturm
6:0980% CF
D1Ceci – Walman
11:3029% CF
D2Thrun – Mukhamadullin
7:4650% CF
D3Ferraro – Rutta
7:1045% CF

PP1Toffoli – Granlund – Wennberg – Walman – Celebrini
5:43100% CF
PP2Zetterlund – Kovalenko – Mukhamadullin – Eklund – Smith
1:34100% CF
PK1FGranlund – Eklund
3:02
PK2FGoodrow – Kunin
1:27
PK1DCeci – Ferraro
2:31
PK2DWalman – Rutta
1:00

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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	2	2	-1	3	0.33	0	3	0	23:18	—	—	70	75
Valeri Nichushkin R	L1	1	0	1	0	5	0.82	1	3	2	23:14	—	—	53	54
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	0	1	2	22:33	—	—	73	79
Logan O'Connor R	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.08	0	0	0	15:26	—	—	70	63
Parker Kelly C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	2	0	2	13:52	—	—	82	91
Joel Kiviranta L	L2	2	0	2	+2	3	0.35	2	0	0	13:37	—	—	75	79
Mikko Rantanen R	L3	1	0	1	-1	3	0.93	0	0	2	18:01	—	—	58	36
Ross Colton C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	2	0	0	15:23	—	—	46	42
Casey Mittelstadt C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:01	—	—	45	30
Ivan Ivan C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	5:59	—	—	20	0
Chris Wagner R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	1	0	0	5:06	—	—	44	35
Givani Smith R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	4:47	—	—	33	21
Cale Makar D	D1	0	2	2	-2	3	0.24	0	2	0	30:57	—	—	61	49
Samuel Girard D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	0	0	0	22:02	—	—	50	40
Devon Toews D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.28	0	3	0	26:41	—	—	63	76
Sam Malinski D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.06	0	0	0	15:15	—	—	74	80
Calvin de Haan D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	11:59	—	—	58	48
Keaton Middleton D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:06	—	—	43	36

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	W	34	32	2	.941	3.09	59:43

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikael Granlund C	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.28	0	1	0	25:39	—	—	29	43
Fabian Zetterlund L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.19	0	3	0	20:40	—	—	28	20
Barclay Goodrow C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	2	12:41	—	—	20	12
Macklin Celebrini C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.48	0	1	2	22:19	—	—	35	42
Tyler Toffoli C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	1	0	0	19:38	—	—	39	48
Nikolai Kovalenko R	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:56	—	—	50	42
William Eklund L	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.18	1	0	0	20:50	—	—	47	49
Alexander Wennberg C	L3	0	0	0	+1	4	0.31	1	0	0	19:06	—	—	46	55
Will Smith C	L3	0	0	0	-1	5	0.31	0	0	0	11:34	—	—	48	34
Luke Kunin C	L4	0	2	2	+2	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:39	—	—	69	90
Carl Grundstrom R	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.65	1	0	2	7:56	—	—	70	96
Nico Sturm C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:39	—	—	75	32
Jake Walman D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.09	3	1	4	22:54	—	—	28	26
Cody Ceci D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.12	0	3	0	19:25	—	—	30	23
Henry Thrun D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	0.20	0	1	0	15:03	—	—	61	74
Shakir Mukhamadullin D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	3	0	14:14	—	—	44	26
Mario Ferraro D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:31	—	—	36	69
Jan Rutta D	D3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.08	1	3	0	16:19	—	—	52	76

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	L	31	27	4	.871	3.02	56:57

Goal anatomy

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

Valeri Nichushkin (COL PP) 1st 3:40 · assists Cale Makar, Nathan MacKinnon · Rebound · 12.4 mph shot.

Valeri Nichushkin · 1st 3:40 · COL PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 12.4 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Type: rebound

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Carl Grundstrom · 2nd 4:26 · SJS

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 37.5 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Type: rebound

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William Eklund · 2nd 9:29 · SJS

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 39.6 mph
Distance: 15 ft

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Mikko Rantanen · 3rd 8:26 · COL PP

Play: cycle
Entry: carry
Odd man: 5-on-4
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 68.7 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Entry to goal: 9.3 s
Type: one-timer

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Joel Kiviranta · 3rd 13:06 · COL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 41.8 mph
Distance: 29 ft
Entry to goal: 2.1 s

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Joel Kiviranta · 3rd 15:58 · COL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 59.8 mph
Distance: 34 ft
Entry to goal: 8.7 s

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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.

Colorado Avalanche vs. San Jose SharksDec 19, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Colorado Avalanche beat San Jose Sharks 4–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Colorado Avalanche

San Jose Sharks

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Colorado Avalanche

San Jose Sharks

Goal anatomy

Valeri Nichushkin · 1st 3:40 · COL PP

Carl Grundstrom · 2nd 4:26 · SJS

William Eklund · 2nd 9:29 · SJS

Mikko Rantanen · 3rd 8:26 · COL PP

Joel Kiviranta · 3rd 13:06 · COL

Joel Kiviranta · 3rd 15:58 · COL