Colorado Avalanche vs. Dallas StarsApr 4, 2026

FinalSaturday, Apr 4, 2026· American Airlines Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	0	0	2	2		COL	7	8	7	22
DAL	0	0	0	0		DAL	8	4	5	17

: COL 53DAL 43
: COL 2.91DAL 1.68
PP goals: COL 0DAL 0
Hits: COL 22DAL 17
Blocks: COL 11DAL 12
PIM: COL 6DAL 4
: COL 55%DAL 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche beat Dallas Stars 2–0

Colorado Avalanche beat Dallas Stars 2–0 at DAL. Martin Necas (COL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for COL: Colton–Drury–O'Connor skated 4:42 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Martin Necas had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:19.Necas
New line
New look for COL: Colton–Drury–O'Connor skated 4:42 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Colton Drury O'Connor
New line
New look for COL: Kadri–Kelly–Kiviranta skated 6:29 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kadri Kelly Kiviranta
Usage
Alexander Petrovic (DAL) played 8:51, −6:38 down on his 15:29 season average over 53 games.Petrovic
Luck
DAL scored 0 goals on 1.68 expected goals (43 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Josh Manson (COL) played 21:07, +3:23 up on his 17:45 season average over 78 games.Manson
Usage
Sam Malinski (COL) played 22:52, +5:19 up on his 17:33 season average over 81 games.Malinski
Usage
Ilya Lyubushkin (DAL) played 10:53, −4:57 down on his 15:50 season average over 52 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 96 of 96 attempts · DAL 43 · COL 53

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 21%.

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

Head-to-head matchups

DAL skaters (rows) against COL skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the DAL side.

Matchup matrix

DAL xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	COL	DAL
	58	41
	1.61	1.30
	1.55	1.24
	11	8
	8	5
	22	19
	+0.030	−0.030
	38%	21%

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
12:1763% CF
L2Nelson – Landeskog – Nichushkin
10:4529% CF
L3Kadri – Kelly – Kiviranta
6:2967% CF
L4Colton – Drury – O'Connor
4:4250% CF
D1Toews – Malinski
16:3065% CF
D2Manson – Kulak
12:4845% CF
D3Burns – Blankenburg
8:2167% CF

PP1Kadri – Nelson – MacKinnon – Toews – Necas
1:1050% CF
PP2Burns – Landeskog – Lehkonen – Nichushkin – Malinski
0:26
PK1FKelly – Drury
1:37
PK2FO'Connor – Kiviranta
0:44
PK1DManson – Toews
1:45
PK2DBurns – Kulak
0:43

Current COL line combinations →

Dallas Stars

L1Rantanen – Robertson – Johnston
12:0846% CF
L2Bäck – Bourque – Hryckowian
8:4063% CF
L3Benn – Duchene – Blackwell
6:3238% CF
D1Lindell – Heiskanen
10:5522% CF
D2Lyubushkin – Bichsel
5:0925% CF
D3Lundkvist – Harley
5:0378% CF

PP1Duchene – Rantanen – Robertson – Heiskanen – Johnston
2:4075% CF
PP2Benn – Robertson – Harley – Bourque – Hryckowian
1:04100% CF
PK1FBäck – Hyry
0:53
PK2FBlackwell – Hryckowian
0:50
PK1DLindell – Heiskanen
1:00
PK2DHarley – Bichsel
0:43

Current DAL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

3rd period

10:39
COLMartin Necas (Artturi Lehkonen, Devon Toews)tip-in0.09 xG
COL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Toews, Necas, MalinskiDAL: Lindell, Erne, Robertson, Johnston, Bichsel
COL 1 – 0 DAL
19:02
COLNathan MacKinnonEN (Martin Necas, Josh Manson)snap0.72 xG
COL: Nelson, Manson, MacKinnon, Toews, NecasDAL: Benn, Duchene, Rantanen, Robertson, Heiskanen, Johnston
COL 2 – 0 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	1	1	2	+2	3	0.31	2	0	0	21:19	—	—	64	57
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	1	0	1	+2	2	1.23	0	0	0	20:47	—	—	68	69
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.23	1	1	0	18:30	—	—	66	68
Brock Nelson C	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.19	0	2	2	21:38	—	—	60	58
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:43	—	—	42	50
Gabriel Landeskog L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	0	0	14:17	—	—	42	55
Nazem Kadri C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	0	0	0	13:52	—	—	63	74
Parker Kelly C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	3	1	0	13:32	—	—	50	51
Joel Kiviranta L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	2	0	0	10:41	—	—	67	89
Jack Drury C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	2	10:15	—	—	40	27
Logan O'Connor R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	0	0	0	7:51	—	—	54	50
Ross Colton C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	7:49	—	—	44	31
Devon Toews D	D1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.16	1	1	0	23:53	—	—	64	72
Sam Malinski D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.26	3	2	0	22:52	—	—	67	73
Josh Manson D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	3	1	0	21:07	—	—	58	46
Brett Kulak D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	20:41	—	—	30	55
Brent Burns D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	1	1	0	18:16	—	—	63	43
Nick Blankenburg D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:57	—	—	53	38

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Scott Wedgewood(start)	W	17	17	0	.1000	1.68	60:00

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jason Robertson L	L1	-2	4	0.23	0	0	0	24:52	—	—	45	49
Wyatt Johnston C	L1	-2	3	0.52	1	1	0	22:08	—	—	39	45
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	-1	0	0.08	1	1	0	21:45	—	—	38	45
Mavrik Bourque C	L2	0	2	0.05	2	1	2	19:51	—	—	50	61
Justin Hryckowian C	L2	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	16:43	—	—	33	43
Oskar Bäck C	L2	0	1	0.06	1	0	0	16:35	—	—	58	60
Matt Duchene C	L3	-1	1	0.21	1	0	0	17:23	—	—	42	23
Jamie Benn L	L3	-1	0	0.00	1	0	2	14:24	—	—	29	32
Colin Blackwell C	L3	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	12:01	—	—	41	11
Miro Heiskanen D	D1	-1	1	0.07	0	2	0	23:51	—	—	30	43
Esa Lindell D	D1	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	19:10	—	—	32	32
Lian Bichsel D	D2	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:56	—	—	37	53
Ilya Lyubushkin D	D2	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	10:53	—	—	22	38
Thomas Harley D	D3	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	22:24	—	—	52	50
Nils Lundkvist D	D3	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	13:43	—	—	72	46
Arttu Hyry R	—	0	4	0.34	1	0	0	9:54	—	—	47	46
Adam Erne L	—	-1	0	0.06	1	2	0	9:19	—	—	29	19
Alexander Petrovic D	—	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:51	—	—	44	55

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith(start)	L	21	20	1	.952	1.52	58:17

Goal anatomy

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

Nathan MacKinnon (COL EN) 3rd 19:02 · assists Martin Necas, Josh Manson · Dump and chase · dumped in · 50.8 mph shot · 4.9 s from entry to goal.

Nathan MacKinnon · 3rd 19:02 · COL EN

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 50.8 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Entry to goal: 4.9 s

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Martin Necas · 3rd 10:39 · COL

Play: deflection
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 13.8 mph
Distance: 6 ft

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

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.