Colorado Avalanche vs. Minnesota WildJan 30, 2021

FinalSaturday, Jan 30, 2021· Xcel Energy Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	2	1	2	5		COL	14	12	7	33
MIN	1	0	0	1		MIN	6	10	4	20

: COL 62MIN 33
: COL 2.50MIN 1.81
PP goals: COL 2MIN 0
Hits: COL 5MIN 21
Blocks: COL 4MIN 18
PIM: COL 4MIN 14
: COL 48%MIN 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche rout Minnesota Wild 5–1

Colorado Avalanche beat Minnesota Wild 5–1 at MIN. Mikko Rantanen (COL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for COL: Jost–Sherwood–O'Connor skated 9:04 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (76.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Brandon Saad had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:17.Saad
Points
Mikko Rantanen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:42.Rantanen
Points
Andre Burakovsky had 2 assists (2 points) in 13:37.Burakovsky
Points
Nathan MacKinnon had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 22:24.MacKinnon
Points
Samuel Girard had 2 assists (2 points) in 24:58.Girard
New line
New look for COL: Jost–Sherwood–O'Connor skated 9:04 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (76.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Jost Sherwood O'Connor
Usage
Brad Hunt (MIN) played 3:45, −9:22 down on his 13:07 season average over 11 games.Hunt
Luck
COL scored 5 goals on 2.50 expected goals (62 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

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 95 of 95 attempts · MIN 33 · COL 62

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 43% of the game, MIN 13%.

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
	56	29
	1.68	1.19
	1.64	1.17
	5	6
	4	0
	8	7
	−0.025	+0.025
	43%	13%

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

L1Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen
12:4865% CF
L2Jost – Sherwood – O'Connor
9:0476% CF
L3Kadri – Saad – Burakovsky
8:2567% CF
L4Donskoi – Compher – Nichushkin
6:3560% CF
D1Graves – Timmins
9:3675% CF
D2Girard – Makar
8:0971% CF
D3Johnson – Byram
3:0667% CF

PP1Kadri – Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen – Makar
6:4585% CF
PP2Donskoi – Saad – Burakovsky – Girard – Byram
3:4467% CF
PK1FDonskoi – Compher
1:59
PK2FNichushkin – Jost
0:24
PK1DGraves – Girard
1:48
PK2DMakar – Byram
0:29

Current COL line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Foligno – Greenway – Sturm
8:1529% CF
L2Johansson – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov
5:1471% CF
L3Parise – Bjugstad – Hartman
3:340% CF
D1Brodin – Dumba
13:3033% CF
D2Cole – Soucy
13:2019% CF
D3Suter – Spurgeon
11:3650% CF

PP1Suter – Parise – Spurgeon – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov
2:03100% CF
PP2Bonino – Bjugstad – Brodin – Hunt – Dumba
1:31100% CF
PK1FFoligno – Eriksson Ek
3:21
PK2FBonino – Hartman
2:38
PK1DBrodin – Dumba
4:42
PK2DSuter – Spurgeon
3:42

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:02
COLLogan O'Connor (Samuel Girard, Cale Makar)wrist0.03 xG
COL: Jost, Girard, Makar, Sherwood, O'ConnorMIN: Parise, Bonino, Cole, Soucy, Hartman
COL 1 – 0 MIN
6:49
MINMathew Dumba (Jonas Brodin, Jordan Greenway)wrist0.04 xG
COL: Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen, Girard, MakarMIN: Foligno, Brodin, Dumba, Greenway, Sturm
COL 1 – 1 MIN
19:43
COLJoonas DonskoiPP (Brandon Saad, Andre Burakovsky)wrist0.18 xG
COL: Donskoi, Saad, Burakovsky, Girard, ByramMIN: Cole, Spurgeon, Hartman, Greenway
COL 2 – 1 MIN

2nd period

3:07
COLMikko Rantanen (Nathan MacKinnon, Gabriel Landeskog)wrist0.02 xG
COL: Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen, Makar, ByramMIN: Foligno, Brodin, Dumba, Greenway, Sturm
COL 3 – 1 MIN

3rd period

12:17
COLBrandon Saad (Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen)wrist0.02 xG
COL: Saad, MacKinnon, Rantanen, Girard, MakarMIN: Foligno, Brodin, Dumba, Greenway, Eriksson Ek
COL 4 – 1 MIN
14:55
COLJ.T. CompherPP (Andre Burakovsky, Samuel Girard)wrist0.11 xG
COL: Donskoi, Saad, Burakovsky, Compher, GirardMIN: Suter, Spurgeon, Foligno, Eriksson Ek
COL 5 – 1 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
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	2	2	+1	4	0.30	1	1	2	22:24	—	—	62	51
Gabriel Landeskog L	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.13	1	0	2	21:07	—	—	61	72
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	1	1	2	+1	3	0.17	0	0	0	20:42	—	—	68	77
Tyson Jost C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.25	0	0	0	13:49	—	—	74	65
Kiefer Sherwood L	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:12	—	—	78	61
Logan O'Connor R	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.11	0	0	0	10:10	—	—	78	61
Nazem Kadri C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	0	0	0	16:04	—	—	67	54
Brandon Saad L	L3	1	1	2	+1	2	0.07	0	0	0	14:17	—	—	68	60
Andre Burakovsky L	L3	0	2	2	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:37	—	—	63	54
Joonas Donskoi R	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.18	0	0	0	15:19	—	—	50	41
J.T. Compher L	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.32	0	0	0	15:03	—	—	58	73
Valeri Nichushkin R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	1	0	0	12:07	—	—	55	45
Ryan Graves D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.06	0	1	0	20:01	—	—	65	65
Conor Timmins D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	0	0	17:56	—	—	62	53
Cale Makar D	D2	0	1	1	+2	5	0.32	1	0	0	25:27	—	—	60	37
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	2	2	+1	0	0.03	0	1	0	24:58	—	—	71	85
Bowen Byram D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.18	0	0	0	19:26	—	—	77	62
Erik Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	3:21	—	—	57	55

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Philipp Grubauer(start)	W	20	19	1	.950	1.81	60:00

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Marcus Foligno L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.10	5	1	0	17:38	—	—	36	49
Jordan Greenway L	L1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.02	2	1	2	17:09	—	—	31	34
Nico Sturm C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:30	—	—	30	20
Kirill Kaprizov L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	0	0	0	19:00	—	—	33	33
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.43	1	0	0	16:20	—	—	53	71
Marcus Johansson L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:15	—	—	50	39
Zach Parise L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	0	2	2	18:05	—	—	18	13
Ryan Hartman R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	4	2	2	16:01	—	—	33	59
Nick Bjugstad C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:24	—	—	19	20
Jonas Brodin D	D1	0	1	1	-1	4	0.26	0	2	0	24:43	—	—	34	41
Mathew Dumba D	D1	1	0	1	-1	5	0.26	2	2	0	20:35	—	—	33	41
Ian Cole D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:53	—	—	21	27
Carson Soucy D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	3	2	6	16:39	—	—	18	27
Ryan Suter D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	2	2	20:03	—	—	53	70
Jared Spurgeon D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	1	0	18:45	—	—	50	69
Nick Bonino C	—	0	0	0	-1	1	0.32	0	1	0	14:09	—	—	36	50
Victor Rask C	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	9:48	—	—	43	78
Brad Hunt D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	0	0	0	3:45	—	—	50	27

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kaapo Kahkonen(start)	L	33	28	5	.848	2.50	59:55

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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.