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Vancouver Canucks vs. Colorado AvalancheNov 22, 2023

Final· Ball Arena
away
VAN
2
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home
COL
5
Goals123TShots123T
VAN1102VAN1111729
COL2035COL137525
VAN 55COL 57
VAN 2.19COL 2.71
PP goals
VAN 0COL 1
Hits
VAN 12COL 13
Blocks
VAN 23COL 13
PIM
VAN 10COL 21
VAN 57%COL 43%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche beat Vancouver Canucks 5–2

Colorado Avalanche beat Vancouver Canucks 5–2 at home. Cale Makar (COL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. COL's first power-play unit (MacKinnon, Drouin, Nichushkin, Rantanen and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:23 together.

  1. Points
    Cale Makar had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 24:36.Makar
  2. Points
    Jonathan Drouin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:42.Drouin
  3. Points
    Mikko Rantanen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:09.Rantanen
  4. Points
    Valeri Nichushkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:45.Nichushkin
  5. PP1
    COL's first power-play unit (MacKinnon, Drouin, Nichushkin, Rantanen and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:23 together.MacKinnonDrouinNichushkinRantanenMakar
  6. Usage
    Josh Manson (COL) played 9:38, −8:16 down on his 17:54 season average over 75 games.Manson
  7. Luck
    COL scored 5 goals on 2.71 expected goals (57 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
  8. New line
    New look for COL: Wood–Tufte–Colton skated 6:35 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (16.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.WoodTufteColton

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, VAN at COL: 112 attempts, 54 on goal, 7 goals, 4.90 expected goals; best chance Mikko Rantanen at 0.79 xG.

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

Showing 112 of 112 attempts · COL 57 · VAN 55

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, VAN at COL: expected goals 2.71 to 2.19 (COL led the chances), shot attempts 57 to 55, 7 goals.

0.01.02.03.01st2nd3rdCOLVANHNDMTMRnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • COL
  • VAN
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
COLVANcontrol2nd3rdHoglander · 1st 16:23Nichushkin · 1st 17:37Drouin · 1st 18:43Miller · 2nd 9:04Tufte · 3rd 1:24Makar · 3rd 12:38Rantanen · 3rd 16:38
  • 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 30% of the game, COL 31%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, VAN at COL: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Alexandar Georgiev (60:00) for COL and Thatcher Demko (59:25) for VAN, 7 goals.

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
StatVANCOL
4953
1.971.54
1.861.53
1011
46
1210
+0.018−0.018
30%31%

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

Current VAN line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 16:23
    VANNils Hoglander (Anthony Beauvillier, Sam Lafferty)wrist0.19 xG
    VAN: Cole, Friedman, Lafferty, Beauvillier, HoglanderCOL: Johnson, Cogliano, Manson, Olofsson, Kiviranta
    VAN 1 – 0 COL
  2. 17:37
    COLValeri NichushkinPP (Mikko Rantanen, Jonathan Drouin)wrist0.20 xG
    VAN: Cole, Miller, Hronek, PetterssonCOL: MacKinnon, Drouin, Nichushkin, Rantanen, Makar
    VAN 1 – 1 COL
  3. 18:43
    COLJonathan Drouin (Cale Makar, Bowen Byram)tip-in0.10 xG
    VAN: Cole, Juulsen, Pettersson, Mikheyev, KuzmenkoCOL: Tatar, Johansen, Drouin, Makar, Byram
    VAN 1 – 2 COL

2nd period

  1. 9:04
    VANJ.T. Miller (Quinn Hughes, Filip Hronek)wrist0.11 xG
    VAN: Cole, Myers, Miller, PetterssonCOL: MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Toews, Byram
    VAN 2 – 2 COL

3rd period

  1. 1:24
    COLRiley Tufte (Miles Wood, Ross Colton)deflected0.14 xG
    VAN: Cole, Juulsen, Pettersson, Mikheyev, KuzmenkoCOL: Wood, Jones, Tufte, Colton, Byram
    VAN 2 – 3 COL
  2. 12:38
    COLCale Makarwrist0.16 xG
    VAN: Cole, Myers, Miller, Boeser, BeauvillierCOL: MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Toews, Rantanen, Makar
    VAN 2 – 4 COL
  3. 16:38
    COLMikko RantanenEN (Nathan MacKinnon, Valeri Nichushkin)wrist0.79 xG
    VAN: Miller, Boeser, Hronek, Pettersson, Hughes, KuzmenkoCOL: MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Toews, Rantanen, Makar
    VAN 2 – 5 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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Teddy Blueger CL1000020.1901014:31——5691
Dakota Joshua CL1000010.2410011:10——6498
Conor Garland RL1000020.0400210:34——6769
Elias Pettersson CL2000-230.2312018:59——4258
Andrei Kuzmenko LL2000-310.0700014:33——5965
Ilya Mikheyev RL2000-230.3701014:03——4661
Sam Lafferty CL3011+100.0030014:48——3644
Phillip Di Giuseppe LL3000020.0410012:11——4826
Nils Hoglander LL3101+110.2401011:42——3644
J.T. Miller CL4101-120.1100020:09——5320
Brock Boeser RL4000-200.0002217:52——3924
Anthony Beauvillier RL4011020.2103216:27——5254
Quinn Hughes DD1011-140.1511027:53——5564
Filip Hronek DD1011-130.0201026:51——4755
Ian Cole DD2000-120.0426220:44——5666
Noah Juulsen DD2000-210.2312015:20——6364
Tyler Myers DD3000000.0021218:13——2730
Mark Friedman DD3000+100.000205:59——3647
VAN goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Thatcher Demko(start)L24204.8331.9259:25

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Nathan MacKinnon CL1011+170.3201022:06——6366
Mikko Rantanen RL1112+220.8700220:09——6361
Valeri Nichushkin RL1112+130.5820219:45——6467
Joel Kiviranta LL2000-100.0020014:22——4237
Fredrik Olofsson LL2000-110.2002013:50——5550
Andrew Cogliano CL2000-100.0010012:24——4744
Jonathan Drouin LL3112+120.1500013:42——6872
Ryan Johansen CL3000+100.0021011:13——6547
Tomas Tatar LL3000+110.0100010:40——6364
Miles Wood LL4011+100.0001013:20——2022
Ross Colton CL4011+100.0020011:42——1316
Riley Tufte LL4101+120.180109:03——2019
Devon Toews DD1000+120.0502025:43——5637
Cale Makar DD1112+330.1921024:36——6976
Jack Johnson DD2000-100.0302018:02——4938
Caleb Jones DD2000+100.0010015:59——4440
Bowen Byram DD3011+110.0400222:46——5348
Josh Manson DD3000-110.0812159:38——2110
COL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)W29272.9312.1960:00

Goal anatomy

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

Nils Hoglander (VAN) 1st 16:23 · assists Anthony Beauvillier, Sam Lafferty · Rebound · 33.0 mph shot.

J.T. Miller · 2nd 9:04 · VAN

Play
rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
No
Passes
2
Shot
39.5 mph
Distance
16 ft
Entry to goal
2.3 s

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Cale Makar · 3rd 12:38 · COL

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
1-on-0
Passes
0
Shot
35.8 mph
Distance
16 ft
Entry to goal
2.0 s

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Mikko Rantanen · 3rd 16:38 · COL EN

Play
cycle
Entry
loose
Odd man
2-on-0
Passes
2 (royal road)
Shot
64.3 mph
Distance
35 ft
Entry to goal
6.6 s

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