Colorado Avalanche vs. Dallas StarsApr 28, 2025

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	0	2	0	2		COL	9	8	11	28
DAL	2	3	1	6		DAL	7	11	9	27

: COL 71DAL 65
: COL 3.23DAL 5.56
PP goals: COL 0DAL 1
Hits: COL 51DAL 29
Blocks: COL 17DAL 21
PIM: COL 34DAL 32
: COL 45%DAL 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Dallas Stars rout Colorado Avalanche 6–2

Dallas Stars beat Colorado Avalanche 6–2 at home. Wyatt Johnston (DAL) led the scoring with 2G 1A. DAL's first power-play unit (Duchene, Rantanen, Hintz, Harley and Johnston) scored 1 power-play goal on 12 attempts in 4:32 together.

Points
Wyatt Johnston had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 2 shots in 21:24.Johnston
Points
Mikko Rantanen had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 6 shots in 17:18.Rantanen
Points
Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 20:56.MacKinnon
Points
Roope Hintz had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 18:24.Hintz
Points
Martin Necas had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:40.Necas
PP1
DAL's first power-play unit (Duchene, Rantanen, Hintz, Harley and Johnston) scored 1 power-play goal on 12 attempts in 4:32 together.Duchene Rantanen Hintz Harley Johnston
Usage
Devon Toews (COL) played 21:01, −4:08 down on his 25:09 season average over 6 games.Toews
Usage
Mikko Rantanen (DAL) played 17:18, −3:41 down on his 20:59 season average over 17 games.Rantanen

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 136 of 136 attempts · DAL 65 · COL 71

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 27% of the game, DAL 31%.

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	47
	2.76	2.77
	2.66	2.67
	14	6
	4	11
	23	17
	−0.036	+0.036
	27%	31%

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
9:0458% CF
L2Kelly – Drury – O'Connor
8:3673% CF
L3Nelson – Landeskog – Nichushkin
7:3765% CF
L4Coyle – Drouin – Kiviranta
6:5547% CF
D1Toews – Makar
10:4660% CF
D2Manson – Lindgren
8:1367% CF
D3Girard – Malinski
5:5236% CF

PP1Landeskog – Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Necas – Makar
5:2088% CF
PP2Coyle – Nelson – MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Toews
0:36100% CF
PK1FLehkonen – Drury
1:15
PK2FCoyle – Kiviranta
1:11
PK1DToews – Makar
3:29
PK2DManson – Lindgren
1:25

Current COL line combinations →

Dallas Stars

L1Benn – Dadonov – Johnston
10:4346% CF
L2Duchene – Seguin – Marchment
8:5447% CF
L3Granlund – Rantanen – Hintz
8:5231% CF
L4Blackwell – Steel – Bäck
7:1775% CF
D1Ceci – Lindell
15:0326% CF
D2Lyubushkin – Harley
14:1739% CF
D3Petrovic – Bichsel
9:3976% CF

PP1Duchene – Rantanen – Hintz – Harley – Johnston
4:3292% CF
PP2Benn – Seguin – Granlund – Marchment – Harley
1:46100% CF
PK1FSteel – Bäck
1:46
PK2FGranlund – Blackwell
1:08
PK1DCeci – Lindell
3:29
PK2DLyubushkin – Harley
0:39

Current DAL 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	1	1	2	0	7	0.77	1	1	0	20:56	—	—	71	71
Martin Necas C	L1	0	2	2	+1	1	0.22	5	0	0	18:40	—	—	69	61
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	1	0	1	0	1	0.16	4	0	2	18:20	—	—	58	66
Jack Drury C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	13:18	—	—	71	60
Logan O'Connor R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	2	3	12	13:03	—	—	59	53
Parker Kelly C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.41	5	1	14	11:05	—	—	71	73
Gabriel Landeskog L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.25	1	0	0	18:17	—	—	67	52
Valeri Nichushkin R	L3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.34	3	0	0	16:31	—	—	60	47
Brock Nelson C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.48	2	0	0	14:25	—	—	55	39
Jonathan Drouin L	L4	0	0	0	-3	2	0.11	1	0	0	14:07	—	—	47	22
Charlie Coyle C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	9	1	2	14:03	—	—	42	17
Joel Kiviranta L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	4	1	0	10:25	—	—	56	35
Cale Makar D	D1	0	0	0	-3	4	0.21	0	0	0	25:50	—	—	63	54
Devon Toews D	D1	0	1	1	-2	1	0.06	1	4	0	21:01	—	—	59	42
Josh Manson D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	4	1	2	17:40	—	—	70	55
Ryan Lindgren D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	3	3	0	17:14	—	—	63	49
Samuel Girard D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:06	—	—	56	56
Sam Malinski D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	3	1	2	14:41	—	—	43	40

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	L	18	13	5	.722	3.09	40:00
Scott Wedgewood	—	8	8	0	.1000	1.16	18:30

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Wyatt Johnston C	L1	2	1	3	+2	2	0.71	1	1	0	21:24	—	—	46	62
Jamie Benn L	L1	0	0	0	+2	3	0.38	5	3	0	15:29	—	—	45	50
Evgenii Dadonov L	L1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.26	4	0	2	13:47	—	—	50	68
Matt Duchene C	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.09	0	0	0	15:37	—	—	48	43
Mason Marchment L	L2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.24	0	2	0	14:58	—	—	32	28
Tyler Seguin C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.62	1	0	0	12:42	—	—	42	36
Roope Hintz C	L3	1	1	2	+2	5	1.34	2	1	2	18:24	—	—	32	53
Mikko Rantanen R	L3	1	2	3	+2	6	0.95	1	1	0	17:18	—	—	31	48
Mikael Granlund C	L3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.12	1	2	0	14:56	—	—	32	47
Sam Steel C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	12	12:54	—	—	63	87
Colin Blackwell C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	4	0	0	11:29	—	—	40	33
Oskar Bäck C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	0	0	0	11:04	—	—	75	70
Esa Lindell D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.37	1	3	2	23:37	—	—	27	29
Cody Ceci D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	1	2	0	23:22	—	—	26	25
Thomas Harley D	D2	1	0	1	+2	2	0.38	1	3	0	26:00	—	—	43	64
Ilya Lyubushkin D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	17:26	—	—	38	52
Alexander Petrovic D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	1	0	12:28	—	—	57	75
Lian Bichsel D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	14	11:05	—	—	68	87

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Oettinger(start)	W	28	26	2	.929	3.23	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Wyatt Johnston (DAL) 1st 0:09 · assists Evgenii Dadonov, Cody Ceci · Odd-man rush · loose puck · 3-on-1 at the blue line · 31.6 mph shot · 3.7 s from entry to goal.

Wyatt Johnston · 1st 0:09 · DAL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 31.6 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 3.7 s

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Thomas Harley · 1st 19:15 · DAL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 9.9 mph
Distance: 30 ft
Entry to goal: 7.1 s

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Mikko Rantanen · 2nd 1:12 · DAL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 37.0 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 2.0 s

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Artturi Lehkonen · 2nd 12:11 · COL

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 15.4 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 8.7 s

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Nathan MacKinnon · 2nd 14:38 · COL

Play: cycle
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 57.8 mph
Distance: 32 ft
Entry to goal: 8.9 s

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Wyatt Johnston · 2nd 16:48 · DAL PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 50.4 mph
Distance: 19 ft

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Mason Marchment · 2nd 18:32 · DAL

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 33.1 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Type: deflection

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Roope Hintz · 3rd 17:55 · DAL EN

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 68.1 mph
Distance: 57 ft
Entry to goal: 1.3 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. Dallas StarsApr 28, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Dallas Stars rout Colorado Avalanche 6–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Colorado Avalanche

Dallas Stars

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Colorado Avalanche

Dallas Stars

Goal anatomy

Wyatt Johnston · 1st 0:09 · DAL

Thomas Harley · 1st 19:15 · DAL

Mikko Rantanen · 2nd 1:12 · DAL

Artturi Lehkonen · 2nd 12:11 · COL

Nathan MacKinnon · 2nd 14:38 · COL

Wyatt Johnston · 2nd 16:48 · DAL PP

Mason Marchment · 2nd 18:32 · DAL

Roope Hintz · 3rd 17:55 · DAL EN