Colorado Avalanche vs. Minnesota WildNov 21, 2019

FinalThursday, Nov 21, 2019· Xcel Energy Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	0	2	0	2		COL	6	10	11	27
MIN	0	2	1	3		MIN	11	13	7	31

: COL 54MIN 59
: COL 2.42MIN 3.14
PP goals: COL 1MIN 1
Hits: COL 13MIN 10
Blocks: COL 15MIN 17
PIM: COL 10MIN 6
: COL 48%MIN 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild edge Colorado Avalanche 3–2

Minnesota Wild beat Colorado Avalanche 3–2 at home. Cale Makar (COL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. COL's first power-play unit (Kadri, Donskoi, Burakovsky, MacKinnon and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:46 together.

Points
Cale Makar had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 24:41.Makar
Points
Andre Burakovsky had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:40.Burakovsky
Points
Ryan Suter had 2 assists (2 points) in 26:25.Suter
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (Kadri, Donskoi, Burakovsky, MacKinnon and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:46 together.Kadri Donskoi Burakovsky MacKinnon Makar
Usage
Andre Burakovsky (COL) played 20:40, +5:34 up on his 15:06 season average over 57 games.Burakovsky
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Samuel Girard (COL) played 16:10, −5:13 down on his 21:23 season average over 69 games.Girard
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Joonas Donskoi (COL) played 22:58, +6:49 up on his 16:09 season average over 64 games.Donskoi
Usage
Cale Makar (COL) played 24:41, +3:44 up on his 20:57 season average over 56 games.Makar

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)MIN attacks right (top on phones) →

MIN
COL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 113 of 113 attempts · MIN 59 · COL 54

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MIN
COL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

MIN 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 25% of the game, MIN 32%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

MIN

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	MIN
	48	53
	2.14	2.68
	2.11	2.48
	8	12
	0	7
	8	16
	−0.007	+0.007
	25%	32%

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

L1Donskoi – Burakovsky – MacKinnon
7:3525% CF
L2Kadri – Compher – Nichushkin
6:0560% CF
L3Nieto – Megna – Bellemare
5:3642% CF
L4Tynan – Kamenev – O'Connor
3:4220% CF
D1Cole – Zadorov
9:1831% CF
D2Graves – Makar
8:2755% CF
D3Johnson – Girard
7:2528% CF

PP1Kadri – Donskoi – Burakovsky – MacKinnon – Makar
2:4675% CF
PP2Compher – Nichushkin – Bellemare – Kamenev – Girard
0:37100% CF
PK1FNichushkin – Bellemare
1:45
PK2FCompher – O'Connor
1:11
PK1DJohnson – Graves
2:26
PK2DCole – Zadorov
0:49

Current COL line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Greenway – Eriksson Ek – Kunin
13:0150% CF
L2Koivu – Parise – Fiala
9:3448% CF
L3Staal – Zuccarello – Zucker
9:0863% CF
L4Rask – Hartman – Donato
6:1875% CF
D1Suter – Spurgeon
17:3060% CF
D2Brodin – Dumba
17:0138% CF
D3Hunt – Soucy
8:5056% CF

PP1Staal – Zuccarello – Zucker – Hunt – Dumba
3:4589% CF
PP2Koivu – Suter – Parise – Spurgeon – Fiala
2:1550% CF
PK1FEriksson Ek – Kunin
1:15
PK2FKoivu – Parise
0:57
PK1DSuter – Spurgeon
2:14
PK2DBrodin – Dumba
1:10

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

1:48
MINMats ZuccarelloPP (Mikko Koivu, Ryan Suter)tip-in0.13 xG
COL: Cole, Graves, Compher, O'ConnorMIN: Koivu, Suter, Zuccarello, Dumba, Fiala
COL 0 – 1 MIN
2:41
MINJordan Greenway (Luke Kunin, Joel Eriksson Ek)wrist0.14 xG
COL: Donskoi, Burakovsky, MacKinnon, Girard, MakarMIN: Suter, Spurgeon, Greenway, Eriksson Ek, Kunin
COL 0 – 2 MIN
14:19
COLCale MakarPP (Nathan MacKinnon, Andre Burakovsky)wrist0.05 xG
COL: Kadri, Donskoi, Burakovsky, MacKinnon, MakarMIN: Koivu, Suter, Parise, Spurgeon
COL 1 – 2 MIN
18:49
COLCale Makar (Andre Burakovsky, Samuel Girard)wrist0.14 xG
COL: Kadri, Burakovsky, MacKinnon, Girard, MakarMIN: Suter, Spurgeon, Greenway, Eriksson Ek, Kunin
COL 2 – 2 MIN

3rd period

9:58
MINJason Zucker (Eric Staal, Ryan Suter)wrist0.04 xG
COL: Johnson, Nieto, Nichushkin, Bellemare, GirardMIN: Staal, Suter, Spurgeon, Zuccarello, Zucker
COL 2 – 3 MIN

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
Joonas Donskoi R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.24	0	0	2	22:58	—	—	50	47
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.15	1	0	0	21:40	—	—	50	55
Andre Burakovsky L	L1	0	2	2	0	2	0.13	0	1	0	20:40	—	—	48	50
J.T. Compher L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.43	0	1	0	21:57	—	—	62	61
Nazem Kadri C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.48	1	0	2	20:47	—	—	67	89
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.23	1	0	0	14:20	—	—	57	62
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	0	0	14:36	—	—	50	44
Matt Nieto L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.23	0	0	0	12:31	—	—	43	30
Jayson Megna C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	7:03	—	—	40	28
T.J. Tynan C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	9:45	—	—	38	26
Logan O'Connor R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	6:59	—	—	15	3
Vladislav Kamenev C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	6:19	—	—	29	10
Nikita Zadorov D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	1	0	17:11	—	—	48	59
Ian Cole D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	16:07	—	—	32	38
Cale Makar D	D2	2	0	2	0	5	0.35	1	2	0	24:41	—	—	57	66
Ryan Graves D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	3	0	17:41	—	—	48	43
Erik Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	2	4	0	21:32	—	—	49	25
Samuel Girard D	D3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.04	0	1	0	16:10	—	—	46	32

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Philipp Grubauer(start)	L	31	28	3	.903	3.14	57:15

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Luke Kunin C	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.10	1	1	0	17:24	—	—	48	41
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.17	1	1	0	16:44	—	—	50	43
Jordan Greenway L	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.32	0	1	0	16:29	—	—	45	40
Zach Parise L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.57	0	0	0	19:47	—	—	48	56
Mikko Koivu C	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	18:33	—	—	44	54
Kevin Fiala L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	2	0	2	12:37	—	—	42	52
Eric Staal C	L3	0	1	1	+1	4	0.73	0	0	0	17:42	—	—	59	74
Mats Zuccarello R	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.18	0	0	0	15:17	—	—	63	74
Jason Zucker L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.10	0	1	0	15:04	—	—	58	75
Ryan Hartman R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	2	1	0	10:24	—	—	59	80
Victor Rask C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	1	0	0	7:28	—	—	71	76
Ryan Donato C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	0	0	7:04	—	—	69	78
Ryan Suter D	D1	0	2	2	+1	0	0.00	1	3	0	26:25	—	—	57	59
Jared Spurgeon D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	0	3	0	25:01	—	—	61	61
Mathew Dumba D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.28	0	3	2	24:16	—	—	39	31
Jonas Brodin D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	20:03	—	—	41	47
Brad Hunt D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	1	0	14:43	—	—	59	72
Carson Soucy D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.04	2	0	2	9:47	—	—	56	59

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Stalock(start)	W	27	25	2	.926	2.42	59:48

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.