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Colorado Avalanche vs. Dallas StarsApr 21, 2025

Final / OTPlayoffs· American Airlines Center
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COL
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DAL
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Goals1231OTTShots1231OTT
COL12003COL10118837
DAL11114DAL91210839
COL 75DAL 80
COL 2.56DAL 4.83
PP goals
COL 1DAL 1
Hits
COL 45DAL 45
Blocks
COL 18DAL 19
PIM
COL 8DAL 6
COL 54%DAL 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Dallas Stars edge Colorado Avalanche 4–3 (OT)

Dallas Stars beat Colorado Avalanche 4–3 in overtime at home. Logan O'Connor (COL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. COL's first power-play unit (MacKinnon, Drouin, Nichushkin, Necas and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 4:10 together.

  1. Points
    Logan O'Connor had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:44.O'Connor
  2. Points
    Sam Steel had 2 assists (2 points) in 17:45.Steel
  3. PP1
    COL's first power-play unit (MacKinnon, Drouin, Nichushkin, Necas and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 4:10 together.MacKinnonDrouinNichushkinNecasMakar
  4. Usage
    Thomas Harley (DAL) played 35:54, +10:31 up on his 25:23 season average over 17 games.Harley
  5. Usage
    Jonathan Drouin (COL) played 22:07, +8:45 up on his 13:22 season average over 6 games.Drouin
  6. Usage
    Devon Toews (COL) played 33:52, +10:52 up on his 23:00 season average over 6 games.Toews
  7. Usage
    Ryan Lindgren (COL) played 25:47, +8:22 up on his 17:26 season average over 6 games.Lindgren
  8. New line
    New look for DAL: Granlund–Rantanen–Hintz skated 12:03 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (47.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.GranlundRantanenHintz

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: 155 attempts, 76 on goal, 7 goals, 7.39 expected goals; best chance Evgenii Dadonov at 0.51 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 155 of 155 attempts · DAL 80 · COL 75

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 4.83 to 2.56 (DAL led the chances), shot attempts 80 to 75, 7 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.05.01st2nd3rdOTDALCOLMSHDODBnet xGcumulative expected goals · 77:46
  • DAL
  • COL
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
DALCOLcontrol2nd3rdOTMacKinnon · 1st 8:48Seguin · 1st 19:06Harley · 2nd 3:40Drury · 2nd 4:42O'Connor · 2nd 19:27Dadonov · 3rd 10:13Blackwell · OT 17:46
  • 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 26% of the game, DAL 37%.

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 77:46; most ice Jake Oettinger (77:41) for DAL and Mackenzie Blackwood (77:25) for COL, 7 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
7685
2.104.46
2.084.24
719
124
3124
+0.033−0.033
26%37%

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

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Dallas Stars

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Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 8:48
    COLNathan MacKinnonPP (Cale Makar, Jonathan Drouin)wrist0.06 xG
    COL: MacKinnon, Drouin, Nichushkin, Necas, MakarDAL: Lindell, Steel, Bäck, Lyubushkin
    COL 1 – 0 DAL
  2. 19:06
    DALTyler SeguinPP (Mason Marchment, Jamie Benn)slap0.12 xG
    COL: Manson, Lehkonen, Nichushkin, LindgrenDAL: Benn, Seguin, Granlund, Lindell, Marchment
    COL 1 – 1 DAL

2nd period

  1. 3:40
    DALThomas Harley (Sam Steel, Oskar Bäck)wrist0.07 xG
    COL: Coyle, Manson, Wood, Girard, KivirantaDAL: Dadonov, Steel, Bäck, Lyubushkin, Harley
    COL 1 – 2 DAL
  2. 4:42
    COLJack Drury (Logan O'Connor, Ryan Lindgren)wrist0.13 xG
    COL: Toews, Lindgren, Kelly, Drury, O'ConnorDAL: Granlund, Ceci, Lindell, Rantanen, Hintz
    COL 2 – 2 DAL
  3. 19:27
    COLLogan O'Connor (Artturi Lehkonen, Samuel Girard)backhand0.10 xG
    COL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Lindgren, Girard, O'ConnorDAL: Blackwell, Ceci, Lindell, Marchment, Steel
    COL 3 – 2 DAL

3rd period

  1. 10:13
    DALEvgenii Dadonov (Wyatt Johnston)snap0.51 xG
    COL: Coyle, Manson, Wood, Girard, KivirantaDAL: Benn, Dadonov, Petrovic, Johnston, Bichsel
    COL 3 – 3 DAL

OT period

  1. 17:46
    DALColin Blackwell (Sam Steel, Cody Ceci)snap0.19 xG
    COL: Johnson, Coyle, Wood, Drouin, GirardDAL: Blackwell, Marchment, Steel, Lyubushkin, Harley
    COL 3 – 4 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 CL1101+140.3030024:53——4532
Martin Necas CL1000030.1910024:28——4731
Artturi Lehkonen LL1011+140.5320022:43——4737
Valeri Nichushkin RL2000040.2722025:30——4740
Jonathan Drouin LL2011-120.0100022:07——4944
Brock Nelson CL2000010.2632019:11——4452
Logan O'Connor RL3112+210.1020217:44——4435
Jack Drury CL3101+120.3011016:22——5835
Parker Kelly CL3000+110.1540214:59——5033
Charlie Coyle CL4000-300.0060016:19——434
Joel Kiviranta LL4000-210.0240213:31——505
Miles Wood LL4000-310.0070012:42——444
Devon Toews DD1000+100.0107033:52——4934
Cale Makar DD1011060.1921030:53——4729
Ryan Lindgren DD2011+220.1612025:47——5452
Josh Manson DD2000-220.0140223:56——4528
Samuel Girard DD3011-200.0011021:03——4127
Erik Johnson DD3000-130.0722015:38——4530
COL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)L39354.8974.8377:25

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Matt Duchene CL1000030.3622020:54——4464
Mason Marchment LL1011010.3940220:00——4461
Tyler Seguin CL1101020.4520019:48——4765
Mikko Rantanen RL2000-130.1832226:16——4559
Mikael Granlund CL2000-110.2512223:33——4763
Roope Hintz CL2000-140.4021021:55——4873
Wyatt Johnston CL3011+150.4430025:10——5662
Jamie Benn LL3011+140.7140017:42——6876
Evgenii Dadonov LL3101+220.5211015:48——7189
Sam Steel CL4022+100.3030017:45——6577
Oskar Bäck CL4011+110.0920014:09——5574
Colin Blackwell CL4101050.3650012:37——5257
Esa Lindell DD1000-220.0724031:18——5161
Cody Ceci DD1011-200.0143026:49——5465
Thomas Harley DD2101+210.1410035:54——5573
Ilya Lyubushkin DD2000+240.1112024:45——5167
Alexander Petrovic DD3000+110.0501015:11——5778
Lian Bichsel DD3000+100.0051014:52——5274
DAL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jake Oettinger(start)W37343.9192.5677:41

Goal anatomy

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

Nathan MacKinnon (COL PP) 1st 8:48 · assists Cale Makar, Jonathan Drouin · Cycle · 44.0 mph shot.

Tyler Seguin · 1st 19:06 · DAL PP

Play
cycle
Entry
carry
Odd man
5-on-3
Passes
3 (royal road)
Shot
39.4 mph
Distance
28 ft
Entry to goal
6.9 s
Type
one-timer

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Jack Drury · 2nd 4:42 · COL

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
loose
Odd man
1-on-0
Passes
0
Shot
48.3 mph
Distance
29 ft
Entry to goal
6.0 s

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Logan O'Connor · 2nd 19:27 · COL

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
3-on-2
Passes
1
Shot
32.7 mph
Distance
13 ft
Entry to goal
2.2 s

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Colin Blackwell · OT 17:46 · DAL

Play
rebound
Entry
carry
Odd man
3-on-2
Passes
0
Shot
33.2 mph
Distance
9 ft
Entry to goal
5.5 s
Type
rebound

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