Colorado Avalanche vs. Minnesota WildApr 7, 2021

FinalWednesday, Apr 7, 2021· Xcel Energy Center

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Colorado AvalancheCOL

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Minnesota WildMIN

8

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	0	3	0	3		COL	4	14	14	32
MIN	3	2	3	8		MIN	9	4	6	19

: COL 59MIN 39
: COL 2.35MIN 1.74
PP goals: COL 2MIN 4
Hits: COL 10MIN 16
Blocks: COL 11MIN 20
PIM: COL 22MIN 28
: COL 51%MIN 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild rout Colorado Avalanche 8–3

Minnesota Wild beat Colorado Avalanche 8–3 at home. Kevin Fiala (MIN) led the scoring with 3G 1A. MIN's first power-play unit (Bonino, Spurgeon, Rask, Fiala and Kaprizov) scored 4 power-play goals on 12 attempts in 3:04 together.

Points
Kevin Fiala had a hat trick and an assist (4 points) on 8 shots in 15:09.Fiala
PP1
MIN's first power-play unit (Bonino, Spurgeon, Rask, Fiala and Kaprizov) scored 4 power-play goals on 12 attempts in 3:04 together.Bonino Spurgeon Rask Fiala Kaprizov
Points
Kirill Kaprizov had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 16:38.Kaprizov
Points
Jared Spurgeon had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 23:32.Spurgeon
Points
Victor Rask had 3 assists (3 points) in 14:12.Rask
Points
Mikko Rantanen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 21:25.Rantanen
Points
Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:47.MacKinnon
Points
Cale Makar had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 25:53.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 98 of 98 attempts · MIN 39 · 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 39% of the game, MIN 34%.

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
	46	23
	1.30	1.09
	1.27	1.09
	5	4
	1	4
	2	7
	+0.038	−0.037
	39%	34%

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
10:4964% CF
L2Kadri – Saad – Burakovsky
9:5483% CF
L3Donskoi – Nichushkin – Jost
6:2150% CF
L4O'Brien – Compher – Bellemare
4:5450% CF
D1Burroughs – MacDonald
10:0765% CF
D2Toews – Girard
8:4043% CF
D3Graves – Makar
8:2367% CF

PP1Donskoi – Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen – Makar
7:5292% CF
PP2Kadri – Saad – Burakovsky – Toews – Girard
2:4483% CF
PK1FCompher – Bellemare
3:02
PK2FNichushkin – Jost
0:56
PK1DGraves – Toews
2:02
PK2DBurroughs – MacDonald
1:40

Current COL line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Zuccarello – Rask – Kaprizov
8:4933% CF
L2Johansson – Greenway – Eriksson Ek
8:130% CF
L3Parise – Rau – Johnson
6:3250% CF
L4Bonino – Hartman – Fiala
5:5433% CF
D1Brodin – Dumba
12:1830% CF
D2Suter – Spurgeon
10:5536% CF
D3Cole – Soucy
10:2333% CF

PP1Bonino – Spurgeon – Rask – Fiala – Kaprizov
3:04100% CF
PP2Suter – Johansson – Zuccarello – Dumba – Hartman
1:50100% CF
PK1FBonino – Johansson
5:59
PK2FGreenway – Eriksson Ek
2:46
PK1DSuter – Spurgeon
4:00
PK2DCole – Soucy
2:58

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:00
MINKirill KaprizovPP (Victor Rask, Jared Spurgeon)tip-in0.12 xG
COL: Graves, Compher, Bellemare, MakarMIN: Bonino, Spurgeon, Rask, Fiala, Kaprizov
COL 0 – 1 MIN
13:15
MINLuke Johnson (Kyle Rau, Carson Soucy)wrist0.16 xG
COL: Landeskog, Graves, MacKinnon, Rantanen, MakarMIN: Parise, Rau, Brodin, Johnson, Soucy
COL 0 – 2 MIN
18:38
MINKevin FialaPP (Jared Spurgeon, Victor Rask)snap0.06 xG
COL: Graves, Compher, Bellemare, ToewsMIN: Bonino, Spurgeon, Rask, Fiala, Kaprizov
COL 0 – 3 MIN

2nd period

0:34
COLNathan MacKinnonPP (Cale Makar, Mikko Rantanen)wrist0.11 xG
COL: Donskoi, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen, MakarMIN: Brodin, Dumba, Greenway, Eriksson Ek
COL 1 – 3 MIN
4:37
MINRyan Hartmanwrist0.14 xG
COL: Donskoi, Nichushkin, Toews, Jost, GirardMIN: Parise, Cole, Soucy, Hartman, Fiala
COL 1 – 4 MIN
5:17
COLAndre Burakovsky (Jacob MacDonald, Kyle Burroughs)wrist0.02 xG
COL: Kadri, Saad, Burroughs, Burakovsky, MacDonaldMIN: Parise, Rau, Brodin, Dumba, Johnson
COL 2 – 4 MIN
9:42
COLMikko RantanenPP (Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar)wrist0.03 xG
COL: Donskoi, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen, MakarMIN: Brodin, Dumba, Greenway, Eriksson Ek
COL 3 – 4 MIN
13:38
MINKirill KaprizovPP (Kevin Fiala, Jared Spurgeon)wrist0.09 xG
COL: Graves, Nichushkin, Toews, JostMIN: Bonino, Spurgeon, Rask, Fiala, Kaprizov
COL 3 – 5 MIN

3rd period

4:24
MINKevin Fiala (Nick Bonino)wrist0.10 xG
COL: Kadri, Saad, Burakovsky, Toews, MacDonaldMIN: Bonino, Cole, Soucy, Hartman, Fiala
COL 3 – 6 MIN
7:18
MINJoel Eriksson Ek (Zach Parise, Jordan Greenway)wrist0.14 xG
COL: Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen, Girard, MakarMIN: Parise, Spurgeon, Brodin, Greenway, Eriksson Ek
COL 3 – 7 MIN
7:56
MINKevin FialaPP (Kirill Kaprizov, Victor Rask)wrist0.06 xG
COL: Burroughs, Compher, Bellemare, MacDonaldMIN: Bonino, Spurgeon, Rask, Fiala, Kaprizov
COL 3 – 8 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	1	1	2	-2	4	0.27	0	0	2	21:25	—	—	71	38
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	1	1	2	-2	3	0.26	0	0	4	20:47	—	—	67	34
Gabriel Landeskog L	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.08	1	0	0	20:08	—	—	64	34
Nazem Kadri C	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.34	0	0	0	15:51	—	—	78	68
Brandon Saad L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	0	0	0	15:04	—	—	77	67
Andre Burakovsky L	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.38	0	0	0	13:30	—	—	73	63
Joonas Donskoi R	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.29	0	1	2	16:25	—	—	55	57
Tyson Jost C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	1	0	0	12:20	—	—	50	49
Valeri Nichushkin R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	0	0	0	12:13	—	—	36	24
J.T. Compher L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:01	—	—	50	30
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	3	0	11:10	—	—	50	35
Liam O'Brien C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	12	6:16	—	—	78	93
Jacob MacDonald D	D1	0	1	1	0	4	0.14	1	2	0	14:18	—	—	65	61
Kyle Burroughs D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	1	0	14:17	—	—	68	80
Devon Toews D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.02	1	3	2	20:35	—	—	58	48
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.07	0	0	0	19:48	—	—	63	54
Cale Makar D	D3	0	2	2	-2	1	0.07	1	0	0	25:53	—	—	81	41
Ryan Graves D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	0	1	0	16:19	—	—	73	38

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Philipp Grubauer(start)	L	18	11	7	.611	1.67	47:14
Jonas Johansson	—	1	0	1	.000	0.07	12:42

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kirill Kaprizov L	L1	2	1	3	0	3	0.40	2	0	0	16:38	—	—	36	33
Victor Rask C	L1	0	3	3	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:12	—	—	36	34
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	0	0	13:47	—	—	40	50
Marcus Johansson L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	19:07	—	—	6	18
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.14	2	2	2	16:24	—	—	17	33
Jordan Greenway L	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	2	15:06	—	—	16	31
Zach Parise L	L3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:56	—	—	56	77
Kyle Rau C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	9:29	—	—	50	57
Luke Johnson C	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.16	0	0	0	8:18	—	—	46	57
Nick Bonino C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.06	0	1	0	17:33	—	—	31	36
Kevin Fiala L	L4	3	1	4	+2	8	0.48	0	0	0	15:09	—	—	46	69
Ryan Hartman R	L4	1	0	1	+2	1	0.25	2	0	6	12:28	—	—	46	71
Jonas Brodin D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	2	6	0	21:26	—	—	36	51
Mathew Dumba D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.09	1	0	12	17:43	—	—	27	34
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	3	3	+1	1	0.07	1	4	0	23:32	—	—	29	51
Ryan Suter D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	1	2	20:10	—	—	42	61
Ian Cole D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	1	2	17:01	—	—	25	28
Carson Soucy D	D3	0	1	1	+3	1	0.00	3	2	2	16:21	—	—	41	45

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Talbot(start)	W	32	29	3	.906	2.35	59:48

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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.