Colorado Avalanche vs. Dallas StarsMay 3, 2025

FinalPlayoffsSaturday, May 3, 2025· American Airlines Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	0	1	1	2		COL	5	9	13	27
DAL	0	0	4	4		DAL	4	6	9	19

: COL 66DAL 45
: COL 2.98DAL 2.95
PP goals: COL 0DAL 2
Hits: COL 27DAL 25
Blocks: COL 13DAL 14
PIM: COL 8DAL 6
: COL 52%DAL 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Dallas Stars beat Colorado Avalanche 4–2

Dallas Stars beat Colorado Avalanche 4–2 at home. Mikko Rantanen (DAL) led the scoring with 3G 1A. DAL's first power-play unit (Duchene, Rantanen, Hintz, Harley and Johnston) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 3:09 together.

Points
Mikko Rantanen had a hat trick and an assist (4 points) on 4 shots in 19:58.Rantanen
Points
Matt Duchene had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:12.Duchene
PP1
DAL's first power-play unit (Duchene, Rantanen, Hintz, Harley and Johnston) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 3:09 together.Duchene Rantanen Hintz Harley Johnston
Usage
Jonathan Drouin (COL) played 7:45, −8:01 down on his 15:46 season average over 6 games.Drouin
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Charlie Coyle (COL) played 9:11, −4:15 down on his 13:26 season average over 6 games.Coyle
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Colin Blackwell (DAL) played 7:35, −3:48 down on his 11:23 season average over 10 games.Blackwell
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Gabriel Landeskog (COL) played 20:20, +3:54 up on his 16:27 season average over 4 games.Landeskog
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Joel Kiviranta (COL) played 6:57, −3:40 down on his 10:37 season average over 6 games.Kiviranta

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 111 of 111 attempts · DAL 45 · COL 66

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 37% of the game, DAL 23%.

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
	55	42
	1.51	1.70
	1.42	1.70
	8	10
	1	0
	19	19
	+0.029	−0.030
	37%	23%

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
11:4662% CF
L2Nelson – Landeskog – Nichushkin
11:0747% CF
L3Kelly – Drury – O'Connor
8:5071% CF
L4Coyle – Drouin – Kiviranta
4:2480% CF
D1Toews – Makar
14:3561% CF
D2Manson – Lindgren
12:2953% CF
D3Girard – Malinski
10:0343% CF

PP1Landeskog – Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Necas – Makar
3:57100% CF
PP2Coyle – Nelson – Drouin – Nichushkin – Toews
0:57100% CF
PK1FCoyle – Nichushkin
1:29
PK2FKelly – O'Connor
0:45
PK1DToews – Makar
3:15
PK2DManson – Lindgren
1:00

Current COL line combinations →

Dallas Stars

L1Granlund – Rantanen – Hintz
10:2838% CF
L2Duchene – Seguin – Marchment
9:4343% CF
L3Benn – Dadonov – Johnston
8:5243% CF
L4Blackwell – Steel – Bäck
5:1338% CF
D1Ceci – Lindell
14:4932% CF
D2Lyubushkin – Harley
13:2648% CF
D3Petrovic – Bichsel
7:5538% CF

PP1Duchene – Rantanen – Hintz – Harley – Johnston
3:0975% CF
PP2Benn – Seguin – Granlund – Lindell – Marchment
1:59100% CF
PK1FHintz – Johnston
2:01
PK2FSteel – Bäck
1:30
PK1DCeci – Lindell
2:46
PK2DLyubushkin – Harley
1:25

Current DAL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

9:50
COLJosh MansonSH (Logan O'Connor)wrist0.16 xG
COL: Manson, Lindgren, Kelly, O'ConnorDAL: Duchene, Rantanen, Hintz, Harley, Johnston
COL 1 – 0 DAL

3rd period

0:31
COLNathan MacKinnon (Ryan Lindgren, Valeri Nichushkin)snap0.28 xG
COL: Nelson, Manson, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, LindgrenDAL: Benn, Dadonov, Lyubushkin, Harley, Johnston
COL 2 – 0 DAL
7:49
DALMikko Rantanen (Oskar Bäck, Ilya Lyubushkin)wrist0.10 xG
COL: Nelson, Manson, Lehkonen, Nichushkin, LindgrenDAL: Rantanen, Steel, Bäck, Lyubushkin, Harley
COL 2 – 1 DAL
13:46
DALMikko RantanenPP (Thomas Harley, Matt Duchene)wrap-around0.06 xG
COL: Coyle, Nichushkin, Lindgren, GirardDAL: Duchene, Seguin, Rantanen, Harley, Johnston
COL 2 – 2 DAL
16:04
DALWyatt JohnstonPP (Matt Duchene, Mikko Rantanen)snap0.12 xG
COL: Coyle, Nichushkin, Toews, MakarDAL: Duchene, Rantanen, Hintz, Harley, Johnston
COL 2 – 3 DAL
19:57
DALMikko RantanenEN (Tyler Seguin, Esa Lindell)snap0.94 xG
COL: Nelson, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Necas, MakarDAL: Seguin, Ceci, Lindell, Rantanen, Hintz
COL 2 – 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
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	1	0	1	0	6	0.78	0	0	0	22:24	—	—	60	48
Martin Necas C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.35	0	0	0	20:17	—	—	57	39
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	2	1	0	20:10	—	—	54	37
Gabriel Landeskog L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	2	0	0	20:20	—	—	40	28
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.23	4	2	0	19:19	—	—	44	31
Brock Nelson C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	0	1	0	17:51	—	—	35	22
Logan O'Connor R	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.30	1	0	0	13:42	—	—	70	52
Parker Kelly C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	6	2	2	13:34	—	—	70	53
Jack Drury C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	1	0	2	11:47	—	—	67	39
Charlie Coyle C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	2	1	0	9:11	—	—	83	100
Jonathan Drouin L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	1	0	7:45	—	—	60	75
Joel Kiviranta L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	3	0	0	6:57	—	—	80	100
Cale Makar D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.31	1	1	2	26:42	—	—	65	48
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	1	0	0	22:15	—	—	66	52
Josh Manson D	D2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.21	2	1	0	18:54	—	—	62	53
Ryan Lindgren D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:23	—	—	56	53
Samuel Girard D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	2	0	14:54	—	—	54	43
Sam Malinski D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	2	13:45	—	—	37	39

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	L	18	15	3	.833	2.01	57:49

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	3	1	4	+1	4	1.20	1	1	0	19:58	—	—	50	58
Roope Hintz C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	0	1	0	19:06	—	—	39	49
Mikael Granlund C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	1	0	0	17:27	—	—	44	48
Matt Duchene C	L2	0	2	2	-1	2	0.23	0	2	2	16:12	—	—	36	45
Mason Marchment L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	1	0	14:43	—	—	53	54
Tyler Seguin C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.06	2	0	0	14:31	—	—	50	41
Wyatt Johnston C	L3	1	0	1	-2	2	0.32	3	0	0	21:21	—	—	42	60
Jamie Benn L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.18	5	1	4	13:51	—	—	33	72
Evgenii Dadonov L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.34	0	1	0	12:14	—	—	30	56
Oskar Bäck C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	3	0	12:07	—	—	42	39
Sam Steel C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.09	0	0	0	10:48	—	—	60	61
Colin Blackwell C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	7:35	—	—	38	16
Esa Lindell D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	0	0	0	24:16	—	—	31	48
Cody Ceci D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	23:45	—	—	34	48
Thomas Harley D	D2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.32	3	2	0	27:11	—	—	55	64
Ilya Lyubushkin D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:53	—	—	48	63
Alexander Petrovic D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	3	0	0	12:58	—	—	55	51
Lian Bichsel D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	0	0	10:39	—	—	29	28

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Oettinger(start)	W	27	25	2	.926	2.98	59:25

Goal anatomy

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

Josh Manson (COL SH) 2nd 9:50 · assists Logan O'Connor · Odd-man rush · loose puck · 1-on-0 at the blue line · 13.4 mph shot · 4.1 s from entry to goal.

Josh Manson · 2nd 9:50 · COL SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 13.4 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Entry to goal: 4.1 s

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Nathan MacKinnon · 3rd 0:31 · COL

Play: cycle
Passes: 2
Shot: 23.4 mph
Distance: 8 ft

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Mikko Rantanen · 3rd 7:49 · DAL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-3
Passes: 1
Shot: 39.9 mph
Distance: 35 ft
Entry to goal: 3.3 s

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Mikko Rantanen · 3rd 13:46 · DAL PP

Play: point-shot
Passes: 1
Shot: 12.1 mph
Distance: 96 ft

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Wyatt Johnston · 3rd 16:04 · DAL PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 5 (royal road)
Shot: 46.7 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Type: rebound

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Mikko Rantanen · 3rd 19:57 · DAL EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 3
Shot: 33.8 mph
Distance: 18 ft
Entry to goal: 2.1 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.