Chicago Blackhawks vs. Colorado AvalancheFeb 28, 2026

FinalSaturday, Feb 28, 2026· Ball Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CHI	1	0	0	1		CHI	4	5	6	15
COL	0	1	2	3		COL	14	10	11	35

: CHI 40COL 71
: CHI 2.37COL 4.22
PP goals: CHI 1COL 0
Hits: CHI 20COL 13
Blocks: CHI 13COL 11
PIM: CHI 8COL 8
: CHI 40%COL 60%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche beat Chicago Blackhawks 3–1

Colorado Avalanche beat Chicago Blackhawks 3–1 at home. Cale Makar (COL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. CHI's first power-play unit (Teravainen, Bertuzzi, Nazar, Bedard and Levshunov) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 5:20 together.

Points
Cale Makar had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 23:49.Makar
Points
Martin Necas had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 23:05.Necas
Points
Nathan MacKinnon had 2 assists (2 points) on 6 shots in 23:32.MacKinnon
PP1
CHI's first power-play unit (Teravainen, Bertuzzi, Nazar, Bedard and Levshunov) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 5:20 together.Teravainen Bertuzzi Nazar Bedard Levshunov
Usage
Gavin Brindley (COL) played 3:26, −6:14 down on his 9:40 season average over 55 games.Brindley
New line
New look for CHI: Foligno–Donato–Dach skated 4:57 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Foligno Donato Dach
New line
New look for CHI: Teravainen–Nazar–Moore skated 6:20 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (16.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Teravainen Nazar Moore
Usage
Gabriel Landeskog (COL) played 22:16, +5:57 up on his 16:19 season average over 59 games.Landeskog

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

← CHI attacks left (bottom on phones)COL attacks right (top on phones) →

COL
CHI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 111 of 111 attempts · COL 71 · CHI 40

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

COL
CHI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

COL pressure
CHI pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: CHI 27% of the game, COL 51%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

COL

CHI

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

COL 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
Stat	CHI	COL
	36	65
	2.13	2.99
	2.06	2.77
	11	7
	4	4
	23	17
	−0.072	+0.072
	27%	51%

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.

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Burakovsky – Greene – Bedard
7:4139% CF
L2Dickinson – Bertuzzi – Mikheyev
7:3550% CF
L3Teravainen – Nazar – Moore
6:2017% CF
L4Foligno – Donato – Dach
4:5736% CF
D1Vlasic – Crevier
12:1047% CF
D2Grzelcyk – Levshunov
10:4115% CF
D3Murphy – Korchinski
4:1160% CF

PP1Teravainen – Bertuzzi – Nazar – Bedard – Levshunov
5:2075% CF
PP2Foligno – Grzelcyk – Burakovsky – Greene – Moore
1:30
PK1FDickinson – Mikheyev
3:29
PK2FTeravainen – Greene
2:24
PK1DMurphy – Vlasic
3:13
PK2DGrzelcyk – Crevier
1:32

Current CHI line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Landeskog – MacKinnon – Necas
13:1846% CF
L2Nelson – Lehkonen – Nichushkin
9:2767% CF
L3Olofsson – Colton – Drury
4:4388% CF
L4Kelly – Bardakov – Brindley
1:25
D1Toews – Makar
10:3083% CF
D2Burns – Manson
9:4053% CF
D3Kulak – Malinski
9:2357% CF

PP1Nelson – Landeskog – MacKinnon – Necas – Makar
5:43100% CF
PP2Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Olofsson – Makar
0:27100% CF
PK1FNelson – Nichushkin
2:29
PK2FKelly – Drury
2:19
PK1DBurns – Manson
2:23
PK2DKulak – Makar
0:59

Current COL 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.

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Connor Bedard C	L1	1	0	1	-2	3	0.73	1	1	2	20:33	—	—	36	26
Andre Burakovsky L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	0	2	16:13	—	—	29	28
Ryan Greene C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	0	0	0	14:52	—	—	41	39
Tyler Bertuzzi L	L2	0	1	1	-2	1	0.65	1	2	0	19:36	—	—	33	42
Jason Dickinson C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.12	1	2	0	17:37	—	—	46	63
Ilya Mikheyev R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	0	0	17:29	—	—	44	62
Teuvo Teravainen C	L3	0	1	1	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:43	—	—	11	12
Frank Nazar C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:40	—	—	20	21
Oliver Moore C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	1	0	2	11:21	—	—	43	52
Nick Foligno L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	1	0	0	10:48	—	—	31	77
Ryan Donato C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:27	—	—	41	73
Colton Dach C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	5	0	2	7:56	—	—	33	53
Alex Vlasic D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	2	0	23:09	—	—	43	39
Louis Crevier D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.14	2	0	0	20:44	—	—	43	45
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	1	2	0	22:17	—	—	29	42
Artyom Levshunov D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	2	0	19:52	—	—	13	21
Connor Murphy D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	4	1	0	17:08	—	—	63	91
Kevin Korchinski D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	8:24	—	—	30	58

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Spencer Knight(start)	L	34	32	2	.941	3.56	58:11

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	2	2	+2	6	0.54	1	0	0	23:32	—	—	53	32
Martin Necas C	L1	0	2	2	+2	2	0.17	1	1	0	23:05	—	—	47	33
Gabriel Landeskog L	L1	0	0	0	+2	4	0.29	0	1	2	22:16	—	—	47	30
Brock Nelson C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.09	1	1	0	21:57	—	—	57	68
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	0	0	0	17:54	—	—	71	85
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.48	1	1	0	16:53	—	—	67	69
Jack Drury C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.31	0	0	0	13:11	—	—	87	91
Ross Colton C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	0	0	10:00	—	—	82	84
Victor Olofsson L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	0	0	0	9:26	—	—	81	80
Parker Kelly C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	11:26	—	—	75	100
Zakhar Bardakov C	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.05	0	0	0	4:13	—	—	75	97
Gavin Brindley C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.71	1	0	0	3:26	—	—	71	81
Cale Makar D	D1	2	0	2	+2	3	0.86	0	2	0	23:49	—	—	77	73
Devon Toews D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.05	1	0	4	21:15	—	—	75	67
Brent Burns D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	1	0	17:33	—	—	55	18
Josh Manson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	3	0	2	16:28	—	—	60	49
Sam Malinski D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.11	0	0	0	18:18	—	—	61	60
Brett Kulak D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	0	2	0	16:57	—	—	50	46

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	W	15	14	1	.933	2.37	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Connor Bedard (CHI PP) 1st 6:31 · assists Tyler Bertuzzi, Teuvo Teravainen · Rush · passed in · 58.8 mph shot · 2.7 s from entry to goal.

Connor Bedard · 1st 6:31 · CHI PP

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 58.8 mph
Distance: 25 ft
Entry to goal: 2.7 s

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Cale Makar · 2nd 19:51 · COL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 41.3 mph
Distance: 27 ft
Type: one-timer

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Gavin Brindley · 3rd 7:31 · COL

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 34.1 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Type: rebound

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Cale Makar · 3rd 18:33 · COL EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 63.2 mph
Distance: 55 ft
Entry to goal: 1.2 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.

Chicago Blackhawks vs. Colorado AvalancheFeb 28, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Colorado Avalanche beat Chicago Blackhawks 3–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Chicago Blackhawks

Colorado Avalanche

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Chicago Blackhawks

Colorado Avalanche

Goal anatomy

Connor Bedard · 1st 6:31 · CHI PP

Cale Makar · 2nd 19:51 · COL

Gavin Brindley · 3rd 7:31 · COL

Cale Makar · 3rd 18:33 · COL EN