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Colorado Avalanche vs. Minnesota WildDec 21, 2025

Final· Grand Casino Arena
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COL
5
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MIN
1
Goals123TShots123T
COL1225COL1419942
MIN0011MIN713929
COL 89MIN 62
COL 4.97MIN 2.80
PP goals
COL 2MIN 0
Hits
COL 17MIN 13
Blocks
COL 8MIN 25
PIM
COL 6MIN 8
COL 55%MIN 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche rout Minnesota Wild 5–1

Colorado Avalanche beat Minnesota Wild 5–1 at MIN. Cale Makar (COL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. COL's first power-play unit (Nelson, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Necas and Makar) scored 2 power-play goals on 16 attempts in 4:58 together.

  1. Points
    Brock Nelson had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 17:57.Nelson
  2. Points
    Cale Makar had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 7 shots in 23:25.Makar
  3. Points
    Nathan MacKinnon had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 22:33.MacKinnon
  4. Points
    Gabriel Landeskog had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:52.Landeskog
  5. Points
    Valeri Nichushkin had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:27.Nichushkin
  6. PP1
    COL's first power-play unit (Nelson, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Necas and Makar) scored 2 power-play goals on 16 attempts in 4:58 together.NelsonLandeskogMacKinnonNecasMakar
  7. New line
    New look for COL: Landeskog–MacKinnon–Necas skated 12:50 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (37.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.LandeskogMacKinnonNecas
  8. Goalie
    Jesper Wallstedt (MIN) faced 41 shots and stopped 37 (.902), +12 against a season average of 29.1; the loss.Wallstedt

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.

Shot map, COL at MIN: 151 attempts, 71 on goal, 6 goals, 7.77 expected goals; best chance Nathan MacKinnon at 0.98 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← COL attacks left (bottom on phones)MIN attacks right (top on phones) →
  • MIN
  • COL
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 151 of 151 attempts · MIN 62 · COL 89

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, COL at MIN: expected goals 2.80 to 4.97 (COL led the chances), shot attempts 62 to 89, 6 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.05.01st2nd3rdMINCOLNMMHNMnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • MIN
  • COL
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
MINCOLcontrol2nd3rdNecas · 1st 18:28MacKinnon · 2nd 13:37Makar · 2nd 18:33Hartman · 3rd 5:15Nelson · 3rd 15:52MacKinnon · 3rd 17:35
  • 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 47% 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

Shift chart, COL at MIN: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Jesper Wallstedt (58:45) for MIN and Mackenzie Blackwood (60:00) for COL, 6 goals.

MIN
COL
goals / penalties
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

MIN skaters (rows) against COL skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the MIN side.

Matchup matrix

Head-to-head matrix, MIN rows versus COL columns: 250 matchups; most common Eriksson Ek vs MacKinnon, 11:30 at 31% xGF.

MIN ↓ · COL →MacKinnonLandeskogNecasNichushkinNelsonLehkonenDruryKellyKivirantaOlofssonColtonBrindleyMakarToewsBurnsMansonMalinskiGirardL1 KaprizovL1 ZuccarelloL1 HartmanL2 BoldyL2 EkL2 JohanssonL3 TarasenkoL3 TreninL3 YurovL4 SturmL4 FolignoL4 HinostrozaD1 HughesD1 FaberD2 BrodinD2 SpurgeonD3 MiddletonD3 Jiricek
MIN xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
StatCOLMIN
7854
2.182.50
2.122.42
1111
27
1625
+0.070−0.070
47%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

Current COL line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 18:28
    COLMartin Necas (Cale Makar, Gabriel Landeskog)snap0.13 xG
    COL: Landeskog, MacKinnon, Toews, Necas, MakarMIN: Zuccarello, Kaprizov, Hughes, Faber, Yurov
    COL 1 – 0 MIN

2nd period

  1. 13:37
    COLNathan MacKinnonPP (Brock Nelson, Cale Makar)slap0.13 xG
    COL: Nelson, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Necas, MakarMIN: Brodin, Trenin, Sturm, Faber
    COL 2 – 0 MIN
  2. 18:33
    COLCale MakarPP (Brock Nelson, Gabriel Landeskog)snap0.10 xG
    COL: Nelson, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Necas, MakarMIN: Spurgeon, Middleton, Eriksson Ek, Boldy
    COL 3 – 0 MIN

3rd period

  1. 5:15
    MINRyan Hartman (Jonas Brodin, Kirill Kaprizov)wrist0.31 xG
    COL: Girard, Colton, Kelly, Brindley, MalinskiMIN: Zuccarello, Brodin, Hartman, Kaprizov, Hughes
    COL 3 – 1 MIN
  2. 15:52
    COLBrock Nelson (Samuel Girard, Valeri Nichushkin)slap0.10 xG
    COL: Nelson, Lehkonen, Nichushkin, Girard, MalinskiMIN: Spurgeon, Tarasenko, Brodin, Trenin, Yurov
    COL 4 – 1 MIN
  3. 17:35
    COLNathan MacKinnonEN (Devon Toews, Valeri Nichushkin)wrist0.98 xG
    COL: Landeskog, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Toews, MakarMIN: Zuccarello, Tarasenko, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Hughes, Boldy
    COL 5 – 1 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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Nathan MacKinnon CL1202+241.2621022:33——4769
Gabriel Landeskog LL1022+240.6041220:52——4468
Martin Necas CL1101+130.3320019:40——3853
Valeri Nichushkin RL2022+230.4211019:27——6354
Brock Nelson CL2123+120.3110017:57——6536
Artturi Lehkonen LL2000+120.5610017:07——5830
Jack Drury CL3000000.0500211:50——7145
Parker Kelly CL3000-100.0030010:35——5619
Joel Kiviranta LL3000000.1410010:09——6942
Victor Olofsson LL4000030.3200010:12——8552
Ross Colton CL4000-120.0300010:03——6631
Gavin Brindley CL4000-120.100009:45——7937
Cale Makar DD1123+270.6710023:25——6364
Devon Toews DD1011+240.0802022:23——6256
Brent Burns DD2000030.0101020:28——5747
Josh Manson DD2000010.0201217:27——5948
Sam Malinski DD3000010.0410015:43——5630
Samuel Girard DD3011010.0101014:24——5831
COL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)W29281.9662.8060:00

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Kirill Kaprizov LL1011-130.3120221:29——5276
Mats Zuccarello RL1000-110.0800019:56——4575
Ryan Hartman RL1101+130.6213018:09——4684
Matt Boldy LL2000-150.2500021:34——5331
Joel Eriksson Ek CL2000-130.3611020:24——5530
Marcus Johansson LL2000030.1300015:30——4626
Vladimir Tarasenko RL3000-210.1711213:57——2730
Yakov Trenin CL3000-100.0032011:41——1315
Danila Yurov RL3000-210.0301010:03——2837
Nico Sturm CL4000000.0301010:41——2932
Marcus Foligno LL4000000.412048:50——4782
Vinnie Hinostroza CL4000010.070008:29——4482
Quinn Hughes DD1000-140.2502026:41——5563
Brock Faber DD1000-110.0503023:07——4846
Jonas Brodin DD2011010.0104022:35——2950
Jared Spurgeon DD2000-110.0125021:34——3333
Jake Middleton DD3000010.0112013:20——3684
David Jiricek DD3000000.000006:59——4077
MIN goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jesper Wallstedt(start)L41374.9023.8358:45

Goal anatomy

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

Martin Necas (COL) 1st 18:28 · assists Cale Makar, Gabriel Landeskog · Cycle · 49.1 mph shot.

Nathan MacKinnon · 3rd 17:35 · COL EN

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
1-on-0
Passes
0
Shot
15.5 mph
Distance
61 ft
Entry to goal
3.0 s

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Brock Nelson · 3rd 15:52 · COL

Play
turnover-forecheck
Passes
2 (royal road)
Shot
68.5 mph
Distance
31 ft
Type
one-timer

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