Colorado Avalanche vs. Minnesota WildApr 5, 2021

FinalMonday, Apr 5, 2021· Xcel Energy Center

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Colorado AvalancheCOL

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Minnesota WildMIN

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	0	4	1	5		COL	6	20	10	36
MIN	1	0	3	4		MIN	11	5	9	25

: COL 59MIN 46
: COL 2.48MIN 2.68
PP goals: COL 1MIN 1
Hits: COL 14MIN 21
Blocks: COL 12MIN 13
PIM: COL 19MIN 37
: COL 53%MIN 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche edge Minnesota Wild 5–4

Colorado Avalanche beat Minnesota Wild 5–4 at MIN. Ryan Hartman (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 2A. COL's first power-play unit (Donskoi, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:51 together.

Points
Ryan Hartman had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 20:05.Hartman
Points
Andre Burakovsky had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 11:22.Burakovsky
Points
Marcus Johansson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:22.Johansson
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Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:07.MacKinnon
Points
Nick Bjugstad had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 10:55.Bjugstad
Points
Samuel Girard had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 26:46.Girard
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (Donskoi, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:51 together.Donskoi Landeskog MacKinnon Rantanen Makar
Luck
COL scored 5 goals on 2.48 expected goals (59 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 105 of 105 attempts · MIN 46 · COL 59

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 37% of the game, MIN 28%.

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
	62	29
	2.60	1.85
	2.52	1.72
	7	8
	2	2
	19	7
	−0.031	+0.031
	37%	28%

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
15:0288% CF
L2Donskoi – Nichushkin – Jost
9:5778% CF
L3Kadri – Saad – Burakovsky
9:5165% CF
L4O'Brien – Compher – Bellemare
4:3150% CF
D1Toews – Girard
14:2980% CF
D2Graves – Makar
7:3367% CF
D3Burroughs – MacDonald
4:2375% CF

PP1Donskoi – Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen – Makar
1:51100% CF
PP2Kadri – Saad – Burakovsky – Toews – Girard
0:34100% CF
PK1FCompher – Bellemare
5:19
PK2FNichushkin – Jost
1:49
PK1DGraves – Toews
5:53
PK2DGirard – Makar
1:57

Current COL line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Greenway – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov
12:3325% CF
L2Bonino – Rask – Fiala
9:3236% CF
L3Johansson – Bjugstad – Hartman
9:1935% CF
L4Rau – Johnson – Sturm
4:4923% CF
D1Brodin – Dumba
17:4029% CF
D2Suter – Spurgeon
13:4825% CF
D3Cole – Soucy
11:3033% CF

PP1Bonino – Spurgeon – Rask – Fiala – Kaprizov
6:1388% CF
PP2Suter – Johansson – Dumba – Hartman – Eriksson Ek
3:17100% CF
PK1FGreenway – Eriksson Ek
1:10
PK2FJohansson – Hartman
0:34
PK1DBrodin – Dumba
1:51
PK2DSuter – Spurgeon
0:34

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

8:40
MINRyan Hartman (Nick Bjugstad, Marcus Johansson)backhand0.11 xG
COL: Kadri, Saad, Graves, Burakovsky, GirardMIN: Cole, Johansson, Bjugstad, Soucy, Hartman
COL 0 – 1 MIN

2nd period

0:18
COLNathan MacKinnon (Samuel Girard, Devon Toews)wrist0.11 xG
COL: Landeskog, MacKinnon, Toews, Rantanen, GirardMIN: Brodin, Dumba, Greenway, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov
COL 1 – 1 MIN
1:29
COLAndre Burakovsky (Samuel Girard, Nazem Kadri)wrist0.03 xG
COL: Kadri, Saad, Burakovsky, Toews, GirardMIN: Bjugstad, Brodin, Dumba, Hartman, Greenway
COL 2 – 1 MIN
15:48
COLBrandon Saad (Andre Burakovsky, Jacob MacDonald)wrist0.13 xG
COL: Saad, Burakovsky, MacKinnon, MacDonald, MakarMIN: Suter, Spurgeon, Johansson, Bjugstad, Hartman
COL 3 – 1 MIN
17:52
COLJ.T. Compher (Cale Makar, Liam O'Brien)deflected0.06 xG
COL: O'Brien, Compher, Bellemare, Toews, MakarMIN: Suter, Spurgeon, Greenway, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov
COL 4 – 1 MIN

3rd period

3:35
MINNick Bjugstad (Ryan Hartman, Ian Cole)wrist0.11 xG
COL: Kadri, Saad, Burroughs, Burakovsky, MacDonaldMIN: Cole, Johansson, Bjugstad, Soucy, Hartman
COL 4 – 2 MIN
7:22
COLGabriel LandeskogPP (Mikko Rantanen, Nathan MacKinnon)deflected0.14 xG
COL: Donskoi, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen, MakarMIN: Bonino, Rau, Brodin, Dumba
COL 5 – 2 MIN
9:44
MINMarcus JohanssonPP (Ryan Suter, Ryan Hartman)wrist0.10 xG
COL: Graves, Nichushkin, Toews, JostMIN: Suter, Johansson, Dumba, Hartman, Eriksson Ek
COL 5 – 3 MIN
19:25
MINKevin Fiala (Jared Spurgeon)wrist0.07 xG
COL: Compher, Bellemare, Toews, GirardMIN: Bonino, Spurgeon, Rask, Hartman, Fiala, Kaprizov
COL 5 – 4 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
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	0	1	1	+1	6	0.48	1	0	4	20:21	—	—	83	98
Gabriel Landeskog L	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.61	1	1	2	19:26	—	—	79	63
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	1	1	2	+2	2	0.26	0	0	0	19:07	—	—	81	67
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	2	2	0	15:16	—	—	71	71
Joonas Donskoi R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	0	1	0	15:13	—	—	78	71
Tyson Jost C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	0	0	14:02	—	—	68	71
Nazem Kadri C	L3	0	1	1	-1	4	0.18	0	0	0	12:23	—	—	65	31
Andre Burakovsky L	L3	1	1	2	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	11:22	—	—	64	46
Brandon Saad L	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.19	0	0	0	11:16	—	—	68	46
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	1	0	0	13:25	—	—	46	56
J.T. Compher L	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.16	0	2	0	12:54	—	—	50	61
Liam O'Brien C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	0	2	5:27	—	—	50	42
Devon Toews D	D1	0	1	1	+3	4	0.12	2	2	2	29:48	—	—	66	49
Samuel Girard D	D1	0	2	2	+1	3	0.07	1	0	0	26:46	—	—	74	55
Cale Makar D	D2	0	1	1	+2	4	0.07	0	1	0	24:47	—	—	68	72
Ryan Graves D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	3	2	21:09	—	—	59	57
Jacob MacDonald D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	9:45	—	—	68	56
Kyle Burroughs D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	2	0	5	6:17	—	—	67	20

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Philipp Grubauer(start)	W	25	21	4	.840	2.68	60:00

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kirill Kaprizov L	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	0	1	2	22:55	—	—	29	8
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.59	2	1	0	18:36	—	—	33	47
Jordan Greenway L	L1	0	0	0	-3	3	0.24	3	0	0	15:59	—	—	27	21
Kevin Fiala L	L2	1	0	1	0	6	0.55	0	0	0	21:28	—	—	38	39
Nick Bonino C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	0	0	14	20:46	—	—	40	44
Victor Rask C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	0	0	17:32	—	—	39	46
Ryan Hartman R	L3	1	2	3	0	1	0.24	0	1	0	20:05	—	—	30	59
Marcus Johansson L	L3	1	1	2	+1	3	0.20	1	0	0	17:22	—	—	38	73
Nick Bjugstad C	L3	1	1	2	0	1	0.10	2	2	5	10:55	—	—	33	47
Kyle Rau C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	7:50	—	—	20	15
Luke Johnson C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	4	1	0	7:24	—	—	24	18
Nico Sturm C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	6:04	—	—	35	43
Mathew Dumba D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.09	0	2	14	26:00	—	—	32	38
Jonas Brodin D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.06	2	0	0	20:32	—	—	29	9
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	1	1	-2	1	0.17	1	1	0	21:39	—	—	28	25
Ryan Suter D	D2	0	1	1	-2	0	0.11	1	2	0	19:20	—	—	32	52
Ian Cole D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.00	0	2	2	12:47	—	—	30	64
Carson Soucy D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:08	—	—	35	72

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Talbot(start)	L	36	31	5	.861	2.48	57:57

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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.