Vancouver Canucks vs. Colorado AvalancheMar 23, 2022

FinalWednesday, Mar 23, 2022· Ball Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	0	0	3	3		VAN	9	9	9	27
COL	0	0	1	1		COL	11	12	10	33

: VAN 47COL 58
: VAN 4.51COL 2.92
PP goals: VAN 0COL 1
Hits: VAN 14COL 26
Blocks: VAN 15COL 8
PIM: VAN 12COL 4
: VAN 57%COL 43%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks beat Colorado Avalanche 3–1

Vancouver Canucks beat Colorado Avalanche 3–1 at COL. J.T. Miller (VAN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. COL's first power-play unit (Kadri, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Rantanen and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 5:49 together.

Points
J.T. Miller had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 22:31.Miller
Points
Tanner Pearson had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:57.Pearson
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (Kadri, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Rantanen and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 5:49 together.Kadri MacKinnon Nichushkin Rantanen Makar
New line
New look for COL: O'Connor–Sturm–Newhook skated 8:07 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.O'Connor Sturm Newhook
Usage
Valeri Nichushkin (COL) played 24:19, +5:23 up on his 18:56 season average over 61 games.Nichushkin
Luck
COL scored 1 goal on 2.92 expected goals (58 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for COL: Cogliano–Helm–Aube-Kubel skated 5:15 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Cogliano Helm Aube-Kubel
New line
New look for COL: Kadri–Burakovsky–Compher skated 8:00 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kadri Burakovsky Compher

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 105 of 105 attempts · COL 58 · VAN 47

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 33% of the game, COL 37%.

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
	43	44
	2.35	1.72
	2.22	1.65
	5	5
	6	2
	13	2
	+0.052	−0.052
	33%	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.

Vancouver Canucks

L1Miller – Pearson – Garland
10:4844% CF
L2Horvat – Boeser – Pettersson
9:5963% CF
L3Richardson – Lammikko – Highmore
6:2064% CF
L4Chiasson – Petan – Podkolzin
5:3738% CF
D1Myers – Ekman-Larsson
14:1141% CF
D2Schenn – Hughes
13:3365% CF
D3Hunt – Dermott
10:2254% CF

PP1Miller – Horvat – Boeser – Pettersson – Hughes
1:21100% CF
PK1FRichardson – Miller
3:11
PK2FHorvat – Pettersson
2:28
PK1DMyers – Ekman-Larsson
3:52
PK2DDermott – Hughes
1:17

Current VAN line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Rantanen
11:5163% CF
L2O'Connor – Sturm – Newhook
8:0733% CF
L3Kadri – Burakovsky – Compher
8:0050% CF
L4Cogliano – Helm – Aube-Kubel
5:1550% CF
D1Toews – Makar
15:2260% CF
D2Johnson – Manson
9:2659% CF

PP1Kadri – MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Rantanen – Makar
5:4980% CF
PP2Johnson – Burakovsky – Compher – Toews – Newhook
2:23100% CF
PK1FCompher – Nichushkin
0:31
PK2FCogliano – Helm
0:24
PK1DToews – Makar
0:55
PK2DJohnson – Johnson
0:23

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

3rd period

1:23
VANBrock Boeser (Elias Pettersson)wrist0.04 xG
VAN: Hunt, Horvat, Dermott, Boeser, PetterssonCOL: Johnson, Kadri, Manson, Burakovsky, Compher
VAN 1 – 0 COL
3:15
VANJ.T. Miller (Tanner Pearson, Conor Garland)backhand0.13 xG
VAN: Myers, Ekman-Larsson, Miller, Pearson, GarlandCOL: Johnson, Johnson, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Rantanen
VAN 2 – 0 COL
6:15
COLNazem KadriPP (Nathan MacKinnon, Valeri Nichushkin)wrist0.04 xG
VAN: Schenn, Myers, Horvat, PetterssonCOL: Kadri, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Rantanen, Makar
VAN 2 – 1 COL
19:42
VANBo HorvatEN (J.T. Miller, Tanner Pearson)backhand0.98 xG
VAN: Myers, Ekman-Larsson, Miller, Pearson, HorvatCOL: Kadri, Compher, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Rantanen, Makar
VAN 3 – 1 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
J.T. Miller C	L1	1	1	2	+2	1	0.13	1	1	0	22:31	—	—	48	65
Tanner Pearson L	L1	0	2	2	+2	1	0.66	1	1	0	15:57	—	—	36	45
Conor Garland R	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.28	0	0	0	13:40	—	—	43	51
Elias Pettersson C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.52	0	2	0	18:21	—	—	60	66
Bo Horvat C	L2	1	0	1	+2	5	1.68	0	0	0	18:15	—	—	68	84
Brock Boeser R	L2	1	0	1	+1	5	0.55	1	1	0	16:40	—	—	54	74
Brad Richardson R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	1	2	0	15:25	—	—	42	35
Juho Lammikko C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:03	—	—	53	64
Matthew Highmore C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	0	0	9:15	—	—	64	71
Alex Chiasson R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	1	0	0	8:51	—	—	40	33
Nic Petan C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	7:53	—	—	40	49
Vasily Podkolzin R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.26	1	0	2	7:08	—	—	50	51
Tyler Myers D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.08	1	2	0	24:34	—	—	44	60
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.09	2	1	2	23:21	—	—	41	56
Quinn Hughes D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	4	23:36	—	—	58	51
Luke Schenn D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	4	3	2	19:05	—	—	57	54
Travis Dermott D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	15:43	—	—	50	53
Brad Hunt D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	0	0	0	13:27	—	—	44	45

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jaroslav Halak(start)	W	33	32	1	.970	2.92	60:00

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	1	1	-2	4	0.35	0	0	2	25:36	—	—	54	40
Valeri Nichushkin R	L1	0	1	1	-2	1	0.09	3	0	0	24:19	—	—	60	44
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.20	0	0	0	23:28	—	—	58	48
Alex Newhook C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	1	1	0	14:44	—	—	29	34
Logan O'Connor R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:29	—	—	40	29
Nico Sturm C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	11:20	—	—	42	29
Nazem Kadri C	L3	1	0	1	-2	6	0.71	1	0	0	19:31	—	—	55	32
J.T. Compher L	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.36	0	0	0	17:19	—	—	47	27
Andre Burakovsky L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	2	0	0	15:31	—	—	50	35
Andrew Cogliano C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	1	1	2	8:14	—	—	60	75
Darren Helm C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	4	0	0	6:56	—	—	44	67
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	1	0	0	6:22	—	—	50	69
Cale Makar D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.21	0	1	0	27:58	—	—	52	41
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	1	1	0	27:56	—	—	61	51
Jack Johnson D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:55	—	—	42	37
Josh Manson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.08	2	0	0	13:49	—	—	63	49
Erik Johnson D	—	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	2	2	0	15:09	—	—	33	34
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	3	1	0	9:09	—	—	46	22

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	L	26	24	2	.923	2.93	58:15

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.