Colorado Avalanche vs. Minnesota WildNov 24, 2023

FinalFriday, Nov 24, 2023· Xcel Energy Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	1	1	1	3		COL	9	9	7	25
MIN	0	2	0	2		MIN	6	7	8	21

: COL 65MIN 45
: COL 3.31MIN 2.39
PP goals: COL 1MIN 1
Hits: COL 13MIN 11
Blocks: COL 9MIN 18
PIM: COL 12MIN 14
: COL 50%MIN 50%

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. Kirill Kaprizov (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. MIN's first power-play unit (Spurgeon, Zuccarello, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov and Boldy) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:54 together.

Points
Kirill Kaprizov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:45.Kaprizov
PP1
MIN's first power-play unit (Spurgeon, Zuccarello, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov and Boldy) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:54 together.Spurgeon Zuccarello Eriksson Ek Kaprizov Boldy
New line
New look for COL: Johansen–Drouin–Tufte skated 4:57 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Johansen Drouin Tufte
Usage
Valeri Nichushkin (COL) played 27:21, +6:07 up on his 21:14 season average over 53 games.Nichushkin
New line
New look for COL: Wood–Colton–Kiviranta skated 4:05 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (83.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Wood Colton Kiviranta
Usage
Zach Bogosian (MIN) played 11:03, −6:56 down on his 17:59 season average over 64 games.Bogosian
Usage
Ross Colton (COL) played 10:27, −3:19 down on his 13:46 season average over 79 games.Colton
Usage
Matt Boldy (MIN) played 13:17, −5:42 down on his 18:59 season average over 74 games.Boldy

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 110 of 110 attempts · MIN 45 · COL 65

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 46% of the game, MIN 23%.

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	41
	2.18	1.98
	1.98	1.91
	10	12
	5	4
	8	11
	−0.005	+0.005
	46%	23%

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

L1MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Rantanen
9:5356% CF
L2Johansen – Drouin – Tufte
4:5733% CF
L3Wood – Colton – Kiviranta
4:0583% CF
D1Toews – Makar
12:1554% CF
D2Manson – Byram
8:5664% CF
D3Johnson – Jones
6:4029% CF

PP1MacKinnon – Drouin – Nichushkin – Rantanen – Makar
7:24100% CF
PP2Johansen – Toews – Tufte – Colton – Byram
1:31100% CF
PK1FCogliano – Olofsson
2:20
PK2FNichushkin – Kiviranta
1:12
PK1DToews – Makar
3:27
PK2DManson – Byram
1:19

Current COL line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Zuccarello – Kaprizov – Rossi
8:3561% CF
L2Foligno – Hartman – Eriksson Ek
8:2850% CF
L3Johansson – Gaudreau – Boldy
6:2343% CF
L4Maroon – Duhaime – Dewar
5:0129% CF
D1Brodin – Faber
13:3050% CF
D2Spurgeon – Middleton
10:2942% CF
D3Bogosian – Merrill
8:3259% CF

PP1Spurgeon – Zuccarello – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Boldy
3:5483% CF
PP2Johansson – Brodin – Hartman – Gaudreau – Boldy
1:58100% CF
PK1FGaudreau – Eriksson Ek
2:08
PK2FFoligno – Hartman
1:59
PK1DSpurgeon – Brodin
6:47
PK2DMiddleton – Faber
2:16

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
Valeri Nichushkin R	L1	1	0	1	0	5	0.56	0	1	0	27:21	—	—	48	20
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	0	1	0	24:22	—	—	59	41
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.34	0	0	0	24:05	—	—	58	43
Jonathan Drouin L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	0	1	2	17:30	—	—	62	91
Ryan Johansen C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	2	0	0	13:45	—	—	44	41
Riley Tufte L	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.19	3	1	0	10:46	—	—	18	24
Joel Kiviranta L	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.46	1	1	0	13:23	—	—	80	86
Ross Colton C	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.41	1	0	4	10:27	—	—	80	78
Miles Wood L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.16	0	0	0	9:38	—	—	60	74
Cale Makar D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.30	0	2	0	28:48	—	—	53	67
Devon Toews D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.10	2	1	0	24:49	—	—	46	49
Bowen Byram D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	4	20:35	—	—	52	41
Josh Manson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	1	0	0	15:41	—	—	74	80
Jack Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	1	0	0	13:39	—	—	63	42
Caleb Jones D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	9:42	—	—	33	35
Andrew Cogliano C	—	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:34	—	—	54	44
Fredrik Olofsson L	—	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	1	1	0	10:26	—	—	39	49
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	1	0	1	+1	1	0.12	1	0	0	3:30	—	—	33	49

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	W	21	19	2	.905	2.39	60:00

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kirill Kaprizov L	L1	1	1	2	0	1	0.28	1	0	0	19:45	—	—	55	54
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.07	0	1	0	18:02	—	—	55	59
Marco Rossi C	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.05	0	0	2	16:13	—	—	44	43
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L2	1	0	1	0	6	0.85	1	0	2	22:42	—	—	58	74
Ryan Hartman R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	2	1	0	18:14	—	—	38	44
Marcus Foligno L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	3	2	15:16	—	—	46	64
Frederick Gaudreau C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	1	0	14:43	—	—	50	38
Matt Boldy L	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.37	0	0	2	13:17	—	—	46	24
Marcus Johansson L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	10:59	—	—	56	35
Brandon Duhaime L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.17	0	0	0	9:16	—	—	17	24
Connor Dewar C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:56	—	—	22	29
Patrick Maroon L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	7:25	—	—	36	31
Jonas Brodin D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.20	0	4	0	28:12	—	—	49	47
Brock Faber D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	2	21:49	—	—	49	46
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	0	0	0	24:57	—	—	29	36
Jake Middleton D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	3	2	16:45	—	—	33	32
Zach Bogosian D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	11:03	—	—	52	58
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	10:11	—	—	53	64

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Filip Gustavsson(start)	L	25	22	3	.880	3.31	59:07

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Ross Colton (COL) 1st 17:43 · assists Bowen Byram, Riley Tufte · Odd-man rush · carried in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 55.5 mph shot · 2.6 s from entry to goal.

Ross Colton · 1st 17:43 · COL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2
Shot: 55.5 mph
Distance: 31 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s

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Valeri Nichushkin · 2nd 8:39 · COL PP

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 31.1 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 7.4 s
Type: deflection

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Kirill Kaprizov · 2nd 9:13 · MIN

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 12.9 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Entry to goal: 7.3 s

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Joel Eriksson Ek · 2nd 14:21 · MIN PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 2
Shot: 17.2 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Type: rebound

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Kurtis MacDermid · 3rd 4:56 · COL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 25.7 mph
Distance: 2 ft

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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.

Colorado Avalanche vs. Minnesota WildNov 24, 2023

Fantasy takeaways

Colorado Avalanche edge Minnesota Wild 3–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Colorado Avalanche

Minnesota Wild

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Colorado Avalanche

Minnesota Wild

Goal anatomy

Ross Colton · 1st 17:43 · COL

Valeri Nichushkin · 2nd 8:39 · COL PP

Kirill Kaprizov · 2nd 9:13 · MIN

Joel Eriksson Ek · 2nd 14:21 · MIN PP

Kurtis MacDermid · 3rd 4:56 · COL