Colorado Avalanche vs. Minnesota WildMar 11, 2025

Final / SOTuesday, Mar 11, 2025· Xcel Energy Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
COL	0	0	1	0	0	1		COL	5	13	8	2	28
MIN	0	1	0	0	1	2		MIN	6	8	8	1	23

: COL 69MIN 46
: COL 2.60MIN 1.26
PP goals: COL 0MIN 0
Hits: COL 11MIN 16
Blocks: COL 16MIN 22
PIM: COL 2MIN 4
: COL 54%MIN 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild edge Colorado Avalanche 2–1 (SO)

Minnesota Wild beat Colorado Avalanche 2–1 in a shootout at home. Mats Zuccarello (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 0A. COL scored 1 goal on 2.60 expected goals (69 attempts), well short of its chances.

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COL scored 1 goal on 2.60 expected goals (69 attempts), well short of its chances.
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Joel Kiviranta (COL) played 8:53, −3:41 down on his 12:34 season average over 78 games.Kiviranta
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Marco Rossi (MIN) played 21:42, +3:30 up on his 18:12 season average over 81 games.Rossi
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Charlie Coyle (COL) played 12:53, −4:09 down on his 17:02 season average over 82 games.Coyle
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Martin Necas (COL) played 22:48, +3:51 up on his 18:57 season average over 78 games.Necas
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Jake Middleton (MIN) played 25:05, +3:15 up on his 21:50 season average over 66 games.Middleton
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Ryan Lindgren (COL) played 16:08, −3:37 down on his 19:45 season average over 71 games.Lindgren
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Cale Makar (COL) played 28:44, +3:03 up on his 25:41 season average over 79 games.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 115 of 115 attempts · MIN 46 · 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 51% of the game, MIN 17%.

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
	70	47
	1.91	1.37
	1.82	1.36
	11	11
	5	5
	35	28
	+0.000	+0.000
	51%	17%

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

L1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Necas
11:0874% CF
L2Kelly – Drury – O'Connor
9:1167% CF
L3Nelson – Drouin – Nichushkin
7:0130% CF
L4Coyle – Colton – Kiviranta
6:4757% CF
D1Toews – Makar
17:3169% CF
D2Manson – Lindgren
14:2940% CF
D3Girard – Malinski
13:0663% CF

PP1Nelson – MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Necas – Makar
3:20100% CF
PP2MacKinnon – Drouin – Colton – Necas – Makar
0:13
PK1FDrury – Kiviranta
0:51
PK2FCoyle – Nichushkin
0:29
PK1DManson – Lindgren
0:56
PK2DGirard – Makar
0:51

Current COL line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Zuccarello – Boldy – Rossi
14:0760% CF
L2Nyquist – Johansson – Gaudreau
12:0533% CF
L3Foligno – Hinostroza – Hartman
10:5241% CF
L4Shore – Trenin – Brazeau
5:420% CF
D1Middleton – Faber
19:1337% CF
D2Spurgeon – Chisholm
15:2761% CF
D3Bogosian – Merrill
10:3829% CF

PP1Zuccarello – Hinostroza – Boldy – Rossi – Faber
1:22100% CF
PP2Nyquist – Spurgeon – Johansson – Hartman – Gaudreau
0:34
PK1FTrenin – Rossi
0:56
PK2FNyquist – Gaudreau
0:51
PK1DMiddleton – Faber
2:10
PK2DBogosian – Spurgeon
1:44

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

11:01
MINMats Zuccarello (Marco Rossi, Matt Boldy)wrist0.13 xG
COL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Toews, Necas, MakarMIN: Zuccarello, Middleton, Boldy, Rossi, Faber
COL 0 – 1 MIN

3rd period

14:20
COLJoel Kiviranta (Ross Colton, Samuel Girard)tip-in0.11 xG
COL: Coyle, Girard, Colton, Kiviranta, MalinskiMIN: Bogosian, Nyquist, Johansson, Merrill, Gaudreau
COL 1 – 1 MIN

Decided in the shootout: COL 1 – 2 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	0	0	-1	2	0.24	0	1	0	25:37	—	—	61	44
Martin Necas C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	0	0	0	22:48	—	—	58	50
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.07	0	0	0	19:28	—	—	68	50
Logan O'Connor R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	1	1	0	12:23	—	—	71	79
Jack Drury C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	12:09	—	—	74	84
Parker Kelly C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	4	0	0	12:09	—	—	74	80
Valeri Nichushkin R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.43	0	3	0	18:25	—	—	50	38
Brock Nelson C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.34	0	1	0	18:08	—	—	35	51
Jonathan Drouin L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	0	0	16:47	—	—	42	69
Charlie Coyle C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	12:53	—	—	65	67
Ross Colton C	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.20	5	0	0	11:46	—	—	67	79
Joel Kiviranta L	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.11	0	0	0	8:53	—	—	67	67
Cale Makar D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.35	0	0	0	28:44	—	—	66	52
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	0	3	2	23:51	—	—	70	58
Josh Manson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	1	2	0	18:06	—	—	44	35
Ryan Lindgren D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	0	2	0	16:08	—	—	40	32
Samuel Girard D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.13	0	1	0	18:32	—	—	70	81
Sam Malinski D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	2	0	16:13	—	—	55	73

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	O	23	22	1	.957	1.26	65:00

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Matt Boldy L	L1	0	1	1	+1	5	0.41	0	1	2	22:55	—	—	54	70
Marco Rossi C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	0	1	0	21:42	—	—	52	72
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.34	0	0	0	20:49	—	—	54	70
Frederick Gaudreau C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	1	3	0	18:46	—	—	31	26
Marcus Johansson L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	0	1	0	18:07	—	—	39	24
Gustav Nyquist R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	0	0	0	15:55	—	—	41	29
Ryan Hartman R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	14:44	—	—	46	30
Marcus Foligno L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	1	2	14:00	—	—	42	32
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.15	2	1	0	13:49	—	—	43	32
Yakov Trenin C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	10:55	—	—	8	0
Justin Brazeau R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	8:46	—	—	8	0
Devin Shore C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	7:33	—	—	22	4
Brock Faber D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	0	4	0	27:50	—	—	41	52
Jake Middleton D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.01	0	2	0	25:05	—	—	31	42
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	21:45	—	—	50	59
Declan Chisholm D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	1	0	19:53	—	—	53	47
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:26	—	—	20	7
Zach Bogosian D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	1	0	14:00	—	—	41	33

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Filip Gustavsson(start)	W	28	27	1	.964	2.60	65:00

Goal anatomy

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

Mats Zuccarello (MIN) 2nd 11:01 · assists Marco Rossi, Matt Boldy · Forecheck turnover · 45.6 mph shot.

Mats Zuccarello · 2nd 11:01 · MIN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 45.6 mph
Distance: 18 ft

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Joel Kiviranta · 3rd 14:20 · COL

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 36.7 mph
Distance: 14 ft
Entry to goal: 9.9 s
Type: deflection

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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.