Colorado Avalanche vs. Minnesota WildApr 4, 2024

FinalThursday, Apr 4, 2024· Xcel Energy Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	2	1	2	5		COL	18	8	10	36
MIN	1	1	0	2		MIN	11	18	17	46

: COL 69MIN 79
: COL 4.52MIN 3.84
PP goals: COL 1MIN 1
Hits: COL 18MIN 11
Blocks: COL 15MIN 16
PIM: COL 8MIN 4
: COL 52%MIN 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche beat Minnesota Wild 5–2

Colorado Avalanche beat Minnesota Wild 5–2 at MIN. Jonathan Drouin (COL) led the scoring with 2G 1A. COL's first power-play unit (MacKinnon, Drouin, Rantanen, Mittelstadt and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:30 together.

Points
Jonathan Drouin had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 21:16.Drouin
Points
Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 20:27.MacKinnon
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (MacKinnon, Drouin, Rantanen, Mittelstadt and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:30 together.MacKinnon Drouin Rantanen Mittelstadt Makar
Goalie
Justus Annunen (COL) faced 46 shots and stopped 44 (.957), +16 against a season average of 29.6; the win.Annunen
Goalie
Filip Gustavsson (MIN) faced 35 shots and stopped 31 (.886), +6 against a season average of 28.5; the loss.Gustavsson
New line
New look for COL: Cogliano–Wagner–Kiviranta skated 5:48 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (23.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Cogliano Wagner Kiviranta
Luck
MIN scored 2 goals on 3.84 expected goals (79 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Matt Boldy (MIN) played 25:31, +6:42 up on his 18:49 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 148 of 148 attempts · MIN 79 · COL 69

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 35% 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
	76	66
	4.00	2.53
	3.90	2.34
	16	12
	8	7
	14	17
	+0.020	−0.019
	35%	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

L1MacKinnon – Drouin – Rantanen
15:4856% CF
L2Parise – Wood – Colton
11:1664% CF
L3Lehkonen – Duhaime – Mittelstadt
10:2556% CF
L4Cogliano – Wagner – Kiviranta
5:4823% CF
D1Manson – Girard
13:4657% CF
D2Toews – Makar
12:3446% CF
D3Johnson – Walker
10:0152% CF

PP1MacKinnon – Drouin – Rantanen – Mittelstadt – Makar
1:30100% CF
PK1FLehkonen – Duhaime
1:06
PK2FCogliano – Wagner
0:17
PK1DToews – Makar
2:35
PK2DManson – Girard
1:43

Current COL line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Boldy
9:0745% CF
L2Gaudreau – Beckman – Khusnutdinov
6:5756% CF
L3Johansson – Zuccarello – Rossi
6:3433% CF
L4Lettieri – Shaw – Lucchini
6:2045% CF
D1Brodin – Faber
19:3649% CF
D2Middleton – Chisholm
14:1736% CF
D3Goligoski – Merrill
11:4048% CF

PP1Zuccarello – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Boldy – Faber
5:15100% CF
PP2Johansson – Zuccarello – Brodin – Chisholm – Rossi
0:21
PK1FGaudreau – Lucchini
0:46
PK2FEriksson Ek – Khusnutdinov
0:18
PK1DBrodin – Faber
1:09
PK2DMiddleton – Chisholm
0:18

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
Jonathan Drouin L	L1	2	1	3	+3	5	0.63	0	0	2	21:16	—	—	55	70
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	1	0	1	+3	4	1.36	1	1	2	20:54	—	—	57	71
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	1	2	3	+3	5	0.48	0	2	0	20:27	—	—	57	71
Miles Wood L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.89	1	0	0	14:44	—	—	60	70
Ross Colton C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.14	1	1	0	12:43	—	—	65	82
Zach Parise L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:28	—	—	63	82
Artturi Lehkonen L	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.11	1	0	0	17:02	—	—	52	35
Casey Mittelstadt C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	14:58	—	—	55	45
Brandon Duhaime L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	1	1	0	14:04	—	—	57	49
Andrew Cogliano C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	9:49	—	—	23	5
Chris Wagner R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	7:41	—	—	23	5
Joel Kiviranta L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:38	—	—	29	5
Josh Manson D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.12	1	2	0	22:00	—	—	63	61
Samuel Girard D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	1	1	2	19:06	—	—	58	67
Cale Makar D	D2	0	1	1	+2	4	0.37	0	1	0	23:20	—	—	53	63
Devon Toews D	D2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.01	2	2	0	20:45	—	—	47	61
Sean Walker D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	0	2	17:53	—	—	50	55
Jack Johnson D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.06	2	2	0	16:07	—	—	47	38

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Justus Annunen(start)	W	46	44	2	.957	3.84	60:00

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Matt Boldy L	L1	0	0	0	-3	6	0.53	2	0	2	25:31	—	—	54	41
Kirill Kaprizov L	L1	0	1	1	-2	4	0.81	1	0	2	24:45	—	—	46	33
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L1	0	0	0	-2	7	0.68	1	1	0	22:34	—	—	51	33
Frederick Gaudreau C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:54	—	—	52	31
Marat Khusnutdinov C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	3	1	0	11:33	—	—	52	39
Adam Beckman L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.13	0	0	0	8:56	—	—	60	32
Mats Zuccarello R	L3	0	1	1	-2	5	0.38	0	0	0	21:11	—	—	36	29
Marcus Johansson L	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.26	0	0	0	18:15	—	—	43	45
Marco Rossi C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.21	0	2	0	17:50	—	—	39	38
Jake Lucchini C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.26	0	0	0	9:12	—	—	47	63
Vinni Lettieri C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.07	2	0	0	7:39	—	—	43	63
Mason Shaw C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	7:25	—	—	39	51
Brock Faber D	D1	0	0	0	-3	3	0.06	0	0	0	28:03	—	—	50	37
Jonas Brodin D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.09	0	3	0	24:06	—	—	53	39
Declan Chisholm D	D2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.15	0	4	0	18:49	—	—	38	33
Jake Middleton D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	1	1	0	16:46	—	—	40	41
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.10	0	2	0	12:37	—	—	52	47
Alex Goligoski D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	1	0	12:17	—	—	48	39

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Filip Gustavsson(start)	L	35	31	4	.886	3.79	58:29

Goal anatomy

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

Artturi Lehkonen (COL) 1st 4:34 · assists Jack Johnson, Casey Mittelstadt · Rebound · 12.2 mph shot.

Artturi Lehkonen · 1st 4:34 · COL

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 12.2 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Type: rebound

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Vinni Lettieri · 1st 8:05 · MIN

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1
Shot: 67.7 mph
Distance: 27 ft
Entry to goal: 4.6 s
Type: one-timer

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Mikko Rantanen · 3rd 18:32 · COL EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 51.6 mph
Distance: 65 ft
Entry to goal: 0.9 s

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Jonathan Drouin · 1st 12:28 · COL PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 18.2 mph
Distance: 37 ft

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Jonathan Drouin · 2nd 0:43 · COL

Play: deflection
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 26.6 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Type: deflection

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Declan Chisholm · 2nd 10:10 · MIN PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 68.2 mph
Distance: 38 ft

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Nathan MacKinnon · 3rd 6:32 · COL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 48.7 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Entry to goal: 2.1 s

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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 WildApr 4, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Colorado Avalanche beat Minnesota Wild 5–2

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

Artturi Lehkonen · 1st 4:34 · COL

Vinni Lettieri · 1st 8:05 · MIN

Mikko Rantanen · 3rd 18:32 · COL EN

Jonathan Drouin · 1st 12:28 · COL PP

Jonathan Drouin · 2nd 0:43 · COL

Declan Chisholm · 2nd 10:10 · MIN PP

Nathan MacKinnon · 3rd 6:32 · COL