Colorado Avalanche vs. Dallas StarsApr 19, 2025

FinalPlayoffsSaturday, Apr 19, 2025· American Airlines Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	0	2	3	5		COL	11	8	6	25
DAL	0	0	1	1		DAL	9	9	6	24

: COL 69DAL 52
: COL 4.05DAL 2.39
PP goals: COL 1DAL 1
Hits: COL 30DAL 18
Blocks: COL 15DAL 22
PIM: COL 6DAL 8
: COL 52%DAL 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche rout Dallas Stars 5–1

Colorado Avalanche beat Dallas Stars 5–1 at DAL. Nathan MacKinnon (COL) led the scoring with 2G 1A. COL's first power-play unit (MacKinnon, Drouin, Nichushkin, Necas and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 4:03 together.

Points
Nathan MacKinnon had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 7 shots in 20:10.MacKinnon
Points
Logan O'Connor had 2 assists (2 points) in 13:52.O'Connor
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (MacKinnon, Drouin, Nichushkin, Necas and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 4:03 together.MacKinnon Drouin Nichushkin Necas Makar
PP1
DAL's first power-play unit (Duchene, Rantanen, Hintz, Harley and Johnston) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 4:17 together.Duchene Rantanen Hintz Harley Johnston
Usage
Cale Makar (COL) played 23:24, −3:58 down on his 27:22 season average over 6 games.Makar
Usage
Jonathan Drouin (COL) played 17:48, +3:43 up on his 14:05 season average over 6 games.Drouin
Usage
Nathan MacKinnon (COL) played 20:10, −3:07 down on his 23:17 season average over 6 games.MacKinnon
Usage
Ilya Lyubushkin (DAL) played 21:37, +4:54 up on his 16:43 season average over 13 games.Lyubushkin

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)DAL attacks right (top on phones) →

DAL
COL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 121 of 121 attempts · DAL 52 · COL 69

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

DAL
COL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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 18%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

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
Stat	COL	DAL
	70	43
	2.88	1.45
	2.78	1.40
	11	11
	4	2
	14	20
	+0.011	−0.011
	38%	18%

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 – Necas
12:4473% CF
L2Nelson – Drouin – Nichushkin
11:4048% CF
L3Kelly – Drury – O'Connor
5:4892% CF
L4Coyle – Colton – Kiviranta
3:5750% CF
D1Toews – Makar
12:3573% CF
D2Manson – Lindgren
11:5963% CF
D3Johnson – Girard
8:2543% CF

PP1MacKinnon – Drouin – Nichushkin – Necas – Makar
4:0388% CF
PP2Coyle – Nelson – Lehkonen – Toews – Colton
1:33
PK1FKelly – O'Connor
1:32
PK2FDrury – Kiviranta
1:01
PK1DToews – Makar
2:15
PK2DJohnson – Lindgren
1:39

Current COL line combinations →

Dallas Stars

L1Duchene – Seguin – Marchment
11:0952% CF
L2Benn – Rantanen – Johnston
9:0536% CF
L3Steel – Bäck – Bourque
7:0929% CF
L4Dadonov – Granlund – Hintz
7:0746% CF
D1Lyubushkin – Harley
14:3247% CF
D2Ceci – Lindell
13:2120% CF
D3Petrovic – Bichsel
10:4843% CF

PP1Duchene – Rantanen – Hintz – Harley – Johnston
4:1791% CF
PP2Benn – Seguin – Granlund – Lindell – Marchment
1:06100% CF
PK1FSteel – Johnston
1:59
PK2FGranlund – Bäck
0:57
PK1DLindell – Lyubushkin
2:49
PK2DCeci – Harley
1:30

Current DAL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

9:30
COLArtturi Lehkonen (Nathan MacKinnon, Martin Necas)deflected0.21 xG
COL: Manson, Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Girard, NecasDAL: Ceci, Steel, Bäck, Lyubushkin, Bourque
COL 1 – 0 DAL
16:38
COLNathan MacKinnonPP (Cale Makar, Jonathan Drouin)wrist0.09 xG
COL: MacKinnon, Drouin, Nichushkin, Necas, MakarDAL: Lindell, Steel, Lyubushkin, Johnston
COL 2 – 0 DAL

3rd period

6:45
DALRoope HintzPP (Thomas Harley, Wyatt Johnston)tip-in0.15 xG
COL: Johnson, Coyle, Lindgren, KivirantaDAL: Duchene, Rantanen, Hintz, Harley, Johnston
COL 2 – 1 DAL
12:56
COLDevon Toews (Josh Manson, Logan O'Connor)tip-in0.07 xG
COL: Nelson, Manson, Toews, O'Connor, KivirantaDAL: Benn, Petrovic, Rantanen, Johnston, Bichsel
COL 3 – 1 DAL
16:52
COLNathan MacKinnonEN (Logan O'Connor, Ryan Lindgren)wrist0.57 xG
COL: MacKinnon, Lindgren, Makar, O'Connor, KivirantaDAL: Duchene, Granlund, Rantanen, Hintz, Harley, Johnston
COL 4 – 1 DAL
17:03
COLCharlie Coyle (Jack Drury, Parker Kelly)snap0.35 xG
COL: Johnson, Coyle, Girard, Kelly, DruryDAL: Petrovic, Steel, Bäck, Bourque, Bichsel
COL 5 – 1 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
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Martin Necas C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.02	4	0	0	20:26	—	—	77	93
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	2	1	3	+2	7	1.16	1	1	0	20:10	—	—	76	93
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.73	2	1	0	18:01	—	—	70	91
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.34	3	0	0	20:12	—	—	50	17
Jonathan Drouin L	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.07	1	2	0	17:48	—	—	48	26
Brock Nelson C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	4	0	15:36	—	—	45	23
Logan O'Connor R	L3	0	2	2	+2	0	0.00	2	0	0	13:52	—	—	68	60
Jack Drury C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.04	0	0	0	11:38	—	—	94	100
Parker Kelly C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.39	2	1	0	10:52	—	—	93	100
Charlie Coyle C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.35	1	0	0	13:14	—	—	33	48
Joel Kiviranta L	L4	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	1	1	0	10:58	—	—	38	22
Ross Colton C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	3	0	0	7:04	—	—	40	13
Devon Toews D	D1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.23	0	3	0	24:19	—	—	63	66
Cale Makar D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.54	0	2	0	23:24	—	—	67	90
Ryan Lindgren D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	4	0	2	18:25	—	—	68	49
Josh Manson D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.04	1	0	4	16:50	—	—	68	60
Samuel Girard D	D3	0	0	0	+2	3	0.03	2	0	0	17:15	—	—	53	72
Erik Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	3	0	0	14:00	—	—	50	61

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	W	24	23	1	.958	2.39	60:00

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Matt Duchene C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.39	0	1	0	19:18	—	—	48	60
Tyler Seguin C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.38	0	0	0	16:06	—	—	52	58
Mason Marchment L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.13	3	0	2	15:41	—	—	52	58
Wyatt Johnston C	L2	0	1	1	-2	2	0.30	0	0	2	19:00	—	—	24	21
Mikko Rantanen R	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.25	1	1	0	18:03	—	—	32	45
Jamie Benn L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	1	0	0	12:39	—	—	39	51
Sam Steel C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.13	0	0	0	13:17	—	—	32	17
Oskar Bäck C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:04	—	—	30	15
Mavrik Bourque C	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.13	1	2	0	10:37	—	—	22	12
Roope Hintz C	L4	1	0	1	-1	3	0.36	1	1	4	16:56	—	—	38	30
Mikael Granlund C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	1	0	15:56	—	—	33	25
Evgenii Dadonov L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	1	0	10:18	—	—	47	30
Thomas Harley D	D1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	0	6	0	27:34	—	—	46	36
Ilya Lyubushkin D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	2	0	21:37	—	—	50	42
Esa Lindell D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	5	0	22:00	—	—	21	14
Cody Ceci D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	2	1	0	18:56	—	—	30	15
Alexander Petrovic D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.08	2	0	0	12:04	—	—	50	48
Lian Bichsel D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	1	0	11:51	—	—	43	45

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Oettinger(start)	L	24	20	4	.833	3.48	59:45

Goal anatomy

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

Artturi Lehkonen (COL) 2nd 9:30 · assists Nathan MacKinnon, Martin Necas · Deflection · carried in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 13.5 mph shot · 3.9 s from entry to goal.

Artturi Lehkonen · 2nd 9:30 · COL

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1
Shot: 13.5 mph
Distance: 42 ft
Entry to goal: 3.9 s

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Nathan MacKinnon · 2nd 16:38 · COL PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 34.3 mph
Distance: 37 ft

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Roope Hintz · 3rd 6:45 · DAL PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 2
Shot: 46.8 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Type: deflection

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Devon Toews · 3rd 12:56 · COL

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1
Shot: 31.7 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s
Type: deflection

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Nathan MacKinnon · 3rd 16:52 · COL EN

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 53.3 mph
Distance: 53 ft
Entry to goal: 1.7 s

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Charlie Coyle · 3rd 17:03 · COL

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 34.3 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 6.9 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.