Colorado Avalanche vs. Minnesota WildFeb 9, 2020

FinalSunday, Feb 9, 2020· Xcel Energy Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	0	3	0	3		COL	10	16	7	33
MIN	0	2	0	2		MIN	11	15	10	36

: COL 56MIN 69
: COL 2.73MIN 3.08
PP goals: COL 1MIN 2
Hits: COL 14MIN 18
Blocks: COL 22MIN 17
PIM: COL 13MIN 11
: COL 41%MIN 59%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche edge Minnesota Wild 3–2

Colorado Avalanche beat Minnesota Wild 3–2 at MIN. Kevin Fiala (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. MIN's first power-play unit (Staal, Suter, Parise, Spurgeon and Fiala) scored 2 power-play goals on 9 attempts in 2:35 together.

Points
Jared Spurgeon had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 23:33.Spurgeon
Points
Kevin Fiala had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 19:55.Fiala
PP1
MIN's first power-play unit (Staal, Suter, Parise, Spurgeon and Fiala) scored 2 power-play goals on 9 attempts in 2:35 together.Staal Suter Parise Spurgeon Fiala
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (Kadri, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:24 together.Kadri Landeskog MacKinnon Rantanen Makar
New line
New look for COL: Donskoi–Landeskog–Compher skated 7:56 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (41.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Donskoi Landeskog Compher
Usage
Nazem Kadri (COL) played 10:06, −7:28 down on his 17:34 season average over 50 games.Kadri
New line
New look for COL: Burakovsky–MacKinnon–Rantanen skated 7:43 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (52.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Burakovsky MacKinnon Rantanen
Goalie
Pavel Francouz (COL) faced 36 shots and stopped 34 (.944), +6 against a season average of 30.2; the win.Francouz

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 125 of 125 attempts · MIN 69 · COL 56

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 24% of the game, MIN 37%.

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
	55	65
	1.90	2.29
	1.87	2.24
	7	7
	5	4
	17	8
	−0.088	+0.088
	24%	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

L1Donskoi – Landeskog – Compher
7:5641% CF
L2Burakovsky – MacKinnon – Rantanen
7:4352% CF
L3Nieto – Bellemare – Jost
6:4564% CF
L4Calvert – Kadri – Nichushkin
1:500% CF
D1Graves – Makar
14:1357% CF
D2Johnson – Girard
13:4129% CF
D3Cole – Zadorov
12:5844% CF

PP1Kadri – Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen – Makar
3:24100% CF
PP2Donskoi – Burakovsky – Compher – Nichushkin – Girard
1:0350% CF
PK1FNieto – Compher
2:51
PK2FCalvert – Bellemare
1:27
PK1DJohnson – Cole
3:07
PK2DGraves – Zadorov
1:17

Current COL line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Staal – Parise – Fiala
13:3756% CF
L2Foligno – Greenway – Eriksson Ek
9:4653% CF
L3Koivu – Zucker – Hartman
4:5456% CF
L4Zuccarello – Donato – Kunin
4:1445% CF
D1Suter – Spurgeon
17:3964% CF
D2Brodin – Dumba
17:1947% CF
D3Pateryn – Soucy
12:3647% CF

PP1Staal – Suter – Parise – Spurgeon – Fiala
2:3590% CF
PP2Zuccarello – Brodin – Dumba – Donato – Kunin
1:43100% CF
PK1FFoligno – Eriksson Ek
2:55
PK2FKoivu – Zucker
0:53
PK1DSuter – Spurgeon
2:27
PK2DBrodin – Dumba
1:21

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

1:37
COLPierre-Edouard BellemareSH (Matt Calvert, Ryan Graves)slap0.01 xG
COL: Cole, Calvert, Graves, BellemareMIN: Staal, Suter, Parise, Spurgeon, Fiala
COL 1 – 0 MIN
4:58
MINJared SpurgeonPP (Zach Parise, Kevin Fiala)snap0.17 xG
COL: Johnson, Cole, Nieto, CompherMIN: Staal, Suter, Parise, Spurgeon, Fiala
COL 1 – 1 MIN
7:22
COLNathan MacKinnonPP (Cale Makar, Nazem Kadri)wrist0.02 xG
COL: Kadri, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen, MakarMIN: Foligno, Brodin, Dumba, Eriksson Ek
COL 2 – 1 MIN
10:36
COLGabriel Landeskog (Ian Cole, J.T. Compher)slap0.12 xG
COL: Cole, Donskoi, Landeskog, Compher, ZadorovMIN: Staal, Parise, Brodin, Dumba, Fiala
COL 3 – 1 MIN
17:31
MINKevin FialaPP (Eric Staal, Jared Spurgeon)wrist0.18 xG
COL: Johnson, Cole, Nieto, CompherMIN: Staal, Suter, Parise, Spurgeon, Fiala
COL 3 – 2 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
Gabriel Landeskog L	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	1.09	4	2	0	20:00	—	—	37	49
J.T. Compher L	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.13	0	2	0	17:11	—	—	32	53
Joonas Donskoi R	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	3	2	16:35	—	—	37	51
Nathan MacKinnon C	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.13	1	0	0	23:12	—	—	50	41
Mikko Rantanen R	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.32	0	0	2	22:00	—	—	56	45
Andre Burakovsky L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	1	0	13:30	—	—	51	42
Matt Nieto L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	0	0	12:35	—	—	58	49
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.03	1	1	0	11:24	—	—	62	49
Tyson Jost C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	0	0	0	9:29	—	—	60	52
Valeri Nichushkin R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	1	1	0	13:05	—	—	50	44
Matt Calvert L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	5	10:42	—	—	15	25
Nazem Kadri C	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	0	0	4	10:06	—	—	44	41
Cale Makar D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.18	1	0	0	21:31	—	—	62	66
Ryan Graves D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.06	1	2	0	20:39	—	—	54	56
Erik Johnson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	4	0	21:43	—	—	32	27
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	0	3	0	17:43	—	—	36	32
Ian Cole D	D3	0	1	1	+2	3	0.22	2	1	0	18:10	—	—	43	49
Nikita Zadorov D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	2	1	0	15:40	—	—	46	52

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pavel Francouz(start)	W	36	34	2	.944	3.08	60:00

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kevin Fiala L	L1	1	1	2	-2	6	0.47	0	0	0	19:55	—	—	56	39
Zach Parise L	L1	0	1	1	-2	2	0.25	2	0	0	19:37	—	—	53	38
Eric Staal C	L1	0	1	1	-2	2	0.29	0	2	2	19:31	—	—	50	39
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	16:04	—	—	50	63
Marcus Foligno L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.24	3	1	0	15:47	—	—	46	58
Jordan Greenway L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	2	2	0	12:32	—	—	47	52
Jason Zucker L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.28	0	0	0	15:10	—	—	67	91
Mikko Koivu C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	2	1	0	11:09	—	—	67	75
Ryan Hartman R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	3	0	8:47	—	—	50	67
Mats Zuccarello R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.19	0	0	0	16:04	—	—	62	77
Luke Kunin C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.35	1	0	5	12:25	—	—	50	67
Ryan Donato C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:14	—	—	48	36
Ryan Suter D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.09	0	1	0	25:18	—	—	61	60
Jared Spurgeon D	D1	1	1	2	-1	5	0.40	2	1	2	23:33	—	—	64	61
Mathew Dumba D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.10	0	3	0	23:07	—	—	46	51
Jonas Brodin D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	0	1	0	21:34	—	—	46	50
Carson Soucy D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	1	0	13:44	—	—	50	48
Greg Pateryn D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	1	2	12:51	—	—	47	48

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Devan Dubnyk(start)	L	33	30	3	.909	2.00	58:10

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.