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Colorado Avalanche vs. Dallas StarsMay 15, 2024

FinalPlayoffs· American Airlines Center
away
COL
5
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DAL
3
Goals123TShots123T
COL1135COL910827
DAL1113DAL881026
COL 61DAL 59
COL 3.73DAL 3.31
PP goals
COL 2DAL 1
Hits
COL 36DAL 22
Blocks
COL 10DAL 15
PIM
COL 8DAL 4
COL 45%DAL 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche beat Dallas Stars 5–3

Colorado Avalanche beat Dallas Stars 5–3 at DAL. Cale Makar (COL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. COL's first power-play unit (Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Drouin, Rantanen and Makar) scored 2 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 2:35 together.

  1. Points
    Cale Makar had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 26:46.Makar
  2. Points
    Artturi Lehkonen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:46.Lehkonen
  3. Points
    Joe Pavelski had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:44.Pavelski
  4. Points
    Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 24:20.MacKinnon
  5. Points
    Jason Robertson had 2 assists (2 points) in 18:55.Robertson
  6. PP1
    COL's first power-play unit (Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Drouin, Rantanen and Makar) scored 2 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 2:35 together.LehkonenMacKinnonDrouinRantanenMakar
  7. PP1
    DAL's first power-play unit (Pavelski, Benn, Robertson, Heiskanen and Johnston) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:12 together.PavelskiBennRobertsonHeiskanenJohnston
  8. New line
    New look for COL: Lehkonen–MacKinnon–Drouin skated 13:22 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (56.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.LehkonenMacKinnonDrouin

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.

Shot map, COL at DAL: 120 attempts, 53 on goal, 8 goals, 7.05 expected goals; best chance Miles Wood at 0.78 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← COL attacks left (bottom on phones)DAL attacks right (top on phones) →
  • DAL
  • COL
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 120 of 120 attempts · DAL 59 · COL 61

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, COL at DAL: expected goals 3.31 to 3.73 (COL led the chances), shot attempts 59 to 61, 8 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdDALCOLPLHMMMSMnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • DAL
  • COL
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
DALCOLcontrol2nd3rdPavelski · 1st 9:03Lehkonen · 1st 19:59Heiskanen · 2nd 11:39Makar · 2nd 17:24Mittelstadt · 3rd 1:12Makar · 3rd 4:28Stankoven · 3rd 5:44MacKinnon · 3rd 16:50
  • DAL 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 38% of the game, DAL 28%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

Shift chart, COL at DAL: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Jake Oettinger (58:10) for DAL and Alexandar Georgiev (60:00) for COL, 8 goals.

DAL
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
StatCOLDAL
6553
3.072.48
3.002.39
1211
105
1717
−0.041+0.040
38%28%

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

Current COL line combinations →

Dallas Stars

Current DAL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 9:03
    DALJoe Pavelski (Matt Duchene, Jason Robertson)backhand0.20 xG
    COL: Parise, Manson, Rantanen, Girard, MittelstadtDAL: Suter, Pavelski, Duchene, Robertson, Heiskanen
    COL 0 – 1 DAL
  2. 19:59
    COLArtturi LehkonenPP (Nathan MacKinnon)slap0.18 xG
    COL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Drouin, Rantanen, MakarDAL: Tanev, Faksa, Lindell, Steel
    COL 1 – 1 DAL

2nd period

  1. 11:39
    DALMiro HeiskanenPP (Jason Robertson, Joe Pavelski)snap0.17 xG
    COL: Manson, Wood, Lehkonen, GirardDAL: Pavelski, Benn, Robertson, Heiskanen, Johnston
    COL 1 – 2 DAL
  2. 17:24
    COLCale MakarPP (Jonathan Drouin, Mikko Rantanen)wrist0.05 xG
    COL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Drouin, Rantanen, MakarDAL: Seguin, Faksa, Lindell, Harley
    COL 2 – 2 DAL

3rd period

  1. 1:12
    COLCasey Mittelstadt (Zach Parise, Samuel Girard)snap0.11 xG
    COL: Parise, Manson, Rantanen, Girard, MittelstadtDAL: Pavelski, Duchene, Tanev, Lindell, Robertson
    COL 3 – 2 DAL
  2. 4:28
    COLCale Makarwrist0.03 xG
    COL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Drouin, Toews, MakarDAL: Dadonov, Seguin, Lindell, Marchment, Harley
    COL 4 – 2 DAL
  3. 5:44
    DALLogan Stankoven (Esa Lindell)tip-in0.05 xG
    COL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Drouin, Toews, MakarDAL: Benn, Tanev, Lindell, Stankoven, Johnston
    COL 4 – 3 DAL
  4. 16:50
    COLNathan MacKinnon (Artturi Lehkonen, Josh Manson)wrist0.10 xG
    COL: Manson, Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Drouin, GirardDAL: Benn, Seguin, Lindell, Harley, Stankoven
    COL 5 – 3 DAL

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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Nathan MacKinnon CL1112+120.3910024:20——5768
Jonathan Drouin LL1011+110.2640224:04——5870
Artturi Lehkonen LL1112+120.6232221:46——5568
Mikko Rantanen RL2011030.0610220:20——6852
Casey Mittelstadt CL2101010.1110015:41——7056
Zach Parise LL2011010.2521012:45——5750
Miles Wood LL3000000.7830015:39——4642
Ross Colton CL3000010.4031013:19——5040
Joel Kiviranta LL3000010.2021011:57——4120
Cale Makar DD1202050.4000026:46——5969
Devon Toews DD1000030.1101224:20——6269
Josh Manson DD2011+150.0881021:14——6747
Samuel Girard DD2011+110.0101019:50——6152
Sean Walker DD3000000.0031014:24——3644
Jack Johnson DD3000000.0000010:57——3328
Andrew Cogliano C—000000.000007:40——3664
Brandon Duhaime L—000010.084106:23——4643
Yakov Trenin C—000000.001002:16——4389
COL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)W26233.8853.3160:00

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Wyatt Johnston CL1000+130.7820020:29——6668
Jamie Benn LL1000040.3230017:59——5455
Logan Stankoven CL1101020.1411015:00——5551
Tyler Seguin CL2000-220.5400016:37——4132
Mason Marchment LL2000-110.0410013:27——4743
Evgenii Dadonov LL2000-120.0811012:15——4543
Jason Robertson LL3022000.1300018:55——4339
Joe Pavelski CL3112030.5520018:44——4342
Matt Duchene CL3011010.0710013:32——3236
Sam Steel CL4000000.0020013:55——3632
Radek Faksa CL4000010.1120012:24——3635
Craig Smith CL4000010.0000010:57——3332
Esa Lindell DD1011-200.0024023:00——3623
Chris Tanev DD1000010.0906219:59——4250
Miro Heiskanen DD2101+110.2622027:59——5968
Ryan Suter DD2000+120.1630217:56——5576
Thomas Harley D—000-220.0501022:33——3721
Nils Lundkvist D—000000.000002:28——332
DAL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jake Oettinger(start)L27225.8152.9658:10

Goal anatomy

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

Joe Pavelski (DAL) 1st 9:03 · assists Matt Duchene, Jason Robertson · Dump and chase · dumped in · 21.1 mph shot · 4.4 s from entry to goal.

Joe Pavelski · 1st 9:03 · DAL

Play
dump-and-chase
Entry
dump
Odd man
No
Passes
1
Shot
21.1 mph
Distance
6 ft
Entry to goal
4.4 s

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Miro Heiskanen · 2nd 11:39 · DAL PP

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
pass
Odd man
2-on-0
Passes
2
Shot
33.9 mph
Distance
8 ft
Entry to goal
2.8 s
Type
one-timer

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