Vancouver Canucks vs. Colorado AvalancheFeb 27, 2019

Final / SOWednesday, Feb 27, 2019· Pepsi Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
VAN	1	0	1	0	0	2		VAN	8	12	9	3	32
COL	2	0	0	0	1	3		COL	17	12	12	4	45

: VAN 60COL 70
: VAN 2.24COL 2.63
PP goals: VAN 0COL 1
Hits: VAN 18COL 12
Blocks: VAN 17COL 18
PIM: VAN 8COL 12
: VAN 46%COL 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche edge Vancouver Canucks 3–2 (SO)

Colorado Avalanche beat Vancouver Canucks 3–2 in a shootout at home. Alex Biega (VAN) led the scoring with 0G 2A. COL's first power-play unit (Barrie, Landeskog, Kerfoot, MacKinnon and Rantanen) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:51 together.

Points
Alex Biega had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:15.Biega
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (Barrie, Landeskog, Kerfoot, MacKinnon and Rantanen) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:51 together.Barrie Landeskog Kerfoot MacKinnon Rantanen
Goalie
Jacob Markstrom (VAN) faced 45 shots and stopped 43 (.956), +13 against a season average of 31.6; the overtime loss.Markstrom
New line
New look for COL: Soderberg–Brassard–Compher skated 8:09 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Soderberg Brassard Compher
Usage
Josh Leivo (VAN) played 19:58, +6:01 up on his 13:57 season average over 75 games.Leivo
Usage
Troy Stecher (VAN) played 28:19, +8:31 up on his 19:48 season average over 77 games.Stecher
Usage
Ben Hutton (VAN) played 30:07, +7:53 up on his 22:15 season average over 68 games.Hutton
New line
New look for VAN: Pearson–Boeser–Pettersson skated 4:40 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pearson Boeser Pettersson

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

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

COL
VAN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 130 of 130 attempts · COL 70 · VAN 60

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

COL
VAN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: VAN 26% of the game, COL 25%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

COL

VAN

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	VAN	COL
	49	60
	1.88	1.63
	1.86	1.58
	8	5
	5	8
	16	17
	−0.053	+0.053
	26%	25%

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.

Vancouver Canucks

L1Eriksson – Beagle – Motte
7:069% CF
L2Spooner – Leivo – Horvat
6:4156% CF
L3Pearson – Boeser – Pettersson
4:4025% CF
L4Roussel – Granlund – Goldobin
4:0233% CF
D1Hutton – Stecher
13:4441% CF
D2Biega – Pouliot
13:2945% CF
D3Schenn – Sautner
6:5954% CF

PP1Leivo – Hutton – Horvat – Boeser – Pettersson
5:5089% CF
PP2Spooner – Granlund – Pearson – Goldobin – Stecher
3:37100% CF
PK1FBeagle – Granlund
1:49
PK2FEriksson – Motte
1:42
PK1DHutton – Stecher
2:40
PK2DBiega – Schenn
0:29

Current VAN line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Kerfoot – MacKinnon – Rantanen
8:1581% CF
L2Soderberg – Brassard – Compher
8:0950% CF
L3Calvert – Landeskog – Jost
7:5029% CF
L4Wilson – Andrighetto – Dries
3:1260% CF
D1Johnson – Girard
12:4158% CF
D2Nemeth – Zadorov
12:2057% CF
D3Barrie – Graves
6:0363% CF

PP1Barrie – Landeskog – Kerfoot – MacKinnon – Rantanen
3:5186% CF
PP2Soderberg – Brassard – Compher – Jost – Girard
1:18100% CF
PK1FCalvert – Compher
3:16
PK2FSoderberg – Dries
1:23
PK1DJohnson – Nemeth
4:30
PK2DGraves – Zadorov
2:37

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

8:19
COLNathan MacKinnon (Sven Andrighetto, Colin Wilson)slap0.03 xG
VAN: Biega, Spooner, Leivo, Pouliot, HorvatCOL: Johnson, Wilson, Andrighetto, Graves, MacKinnon
VAN 0 – 1 COL
9:13
VANAntoine Roussel (Alex Biega, Brock Boeser)slap0.14 xG
VAN: Biega, Roussel, Granlund, Pouliot, BoeserCOL: Johnson, Landeskog, Compher, Jost, Girard
VAN 1 – 1 COL
18:26
COLMikko RantanenPP (Gabriel Landeskog)slap0.02 xG
VAN: Eriksson, Granlund, Hutton, StecherCOL: Barrie, Landeskog, Kerfoot, MacKinnon, Rantanen
VAN 1 – 2 COL

3rd period

16:58
VANJosh Leivo (Ryan Spooner, Alex Biega)slap0.15 xG
VAN: Biega, Spooner, Leivo, Pouliot, HorvatCOL: Soderberg, Brassard, Barrie, Nemeth, Compher
VAN 2 – 2 COL

Decided in the shootout: VAN 2 – 3 COL.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tyler Motte C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	1	1	0	13:41	—	—	26	28
Jay Beagle C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	11:22	—	—	21	6
Loui Eriksson L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	3	0	10:33	—	—	8	0
Bo Horvat C	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.63	2	1	0	25:46	—	—	60	71
Josh Leivo L	L2	1	0	1	0	5	0.45	1	1	0	19:58	—	—	57	72
Ryan Spooner C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	11:39	—	—	57	58
Elias Pettersson C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	21:12	—	—	47	70
Brock Boeser R	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.09	0	0	0	20:36	—	—	53	66
Tanner Pearson L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	2	0	2	14:31	—	—	48	38
Nikolay Goldobin R	L4	0	0	0	0	5	0.32	0	0	0	19:38	—	—	50	50
Markus Granlund C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.08	0	1	0	14:27	—	—	36	29
Antoine Roussel L	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.25	0	2	0	11:48	—	—	48	56
Ben Hutton D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	0	1	2	30:07	—	—	40	45
Troy Stecher D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	3	2	0	28:19	—	—	45	45
Alex Biega D	D2	0	2	2	+1	1	0.02	3	2	0	20:15	—	—	41	62
Derrick Pouliot D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	3	0	0	18:28	—	—	47	63
Luke Schenn D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:26	—	—	53	51
Ashton Sautner D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	2	8:07	—	—	47	54

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	O	45	43	2	.956	2.63	64:58

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	1	0	1	+1	6	0.31	1	0	2	23:29	—	—	67	61
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	1	0	1	0	5	0.18	0	1	2	20:03	—	—	71	80
Alexander Kerfoot C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	0	0	0	15:03	—	—	79	72
Carl Soderberg C	L2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.67	2	1	0	18:44	—	—	50	41
J.T. Compher L	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.18	0	2	0	17:24	—	—	46	25
Derick Brassard C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	0	0	0	15:13	—	—	58	51
Gabriel Landeskog L	L3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.16	2	1	2	18:34	—	—	38	34
Matt Calvert L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	0	0	0	15:55	—	—	43	47
Tyson Jost C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	0	0	0	12:37	—	—	41	37
Sven Andrighetto R	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.18	0	0	0	9:34	—	—	44	37
Colin Wilson C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.06	0	0	2	9:30	—	—	52	44
Sheldon Dries C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	8:15	—	—	63	50
Erik Johnson D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	1	2	2	24:11	—	—	52	41
Samuel Girard D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	1	2	0	21:19	—	—	59	39
Nikita Zadorov D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	0.26	2	1	2	22:14	—	—	54	52
Patrik Nemeth D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.01	0	4	0	21:39	—	—	54	53
Tyson Barrie D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	1	0	0	19:05	—	—	53	44
Ryan Graves D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.03	2	3	0	12:15	—	—	58	53

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Semyon Varlamov(start)	W	32	30	2	.938	2.24	64:56

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.