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Vancouver Canucks vs. Colorado AvalancheFeb 20, 2024

Final· Ball Arena
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VAN
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COL
3
Goals123TShots123T
VAN1001VAN710825
COL0123COL711927
VAN 49COL 54
VAN 1.73COL 3.42
PP goals
VAN 0COL 0
Hits
VAN 15COL 26
Blocks
VAN 14COL 18
PIM
VAN 6COL 4
VAN 63%COL 38%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche beat Vancouver Canucks 3–1

Colorado Avalanche beat Vancouver Canucks 3–1 at home. Ryan Johansen (COL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for VAN: Blueger–Garland–Bains skated 8:18 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (41.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

  1. Points
    Ryan Johansen had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 12:11.Johansen
  2. New line
    New look for VAN: Blueger–Garland–Bains skated 8:18 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (41.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.BluegerGarlandBains
  3. Usage
    Phillip Di Giuseppe (VAN) played 6:55, −5:18 down on his 12:13 season average over 50 games.Di Giuseppe
  4. Usage
    Bowen Byram (COL) played 16:25, −3:59 down on his 20:24 season average over 72 games.Byram
  5. Usage
    Jonathan Drouin (COL) played 21:39, +3:31 up on his 18:08 season average over 78 games.Drouin
  6. Usage
    Fredrik Olofsson (COL) played 6:47, −3:02 down on his 9:49 season average over 56 games.Olofsson
  7. Usage
    Nils Aman (VAN) played 7:21, −3:03 down on his 10:24 season average over 42 games.Aman
  8. Luck
    Jonathan Drouin (COL) generated 0.92 xG on 8 attempts without scoring; the chances were there.Drouin

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: 103 attempts, 52 on goal, 4 goals, 5.15 expected goals; best chance Artturi Lehkonen at 0.71 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 103 of 103 attempts · COL 54 · VAN 49

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 3.42 to 1.73 (COL led the chances), shot attempts 54 to 49, 4 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdCOLVANMJJLnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • COL
  • VAN
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
COLVANcontrol2nd3rdMiller · 1st 10:46Johansen · 2nd 2:54Johansen · 3rd 1:35Lehkonen · 3rd 19:32
  • 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 34% of the game, COL 34%.

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 (59:47) for COL and Thatcher Demko (59:17) for VAN, 4 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
5241
1.841.81
1.781.73
1211
81
1211
+0.076−0.076
34%34%

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. 10:46
    VANJ.T. Miller (Brock Boeser, Quinn Hughes)wrist0.16 xG
    VAN: Miller, Boeser, Hronek, Suter, HughesCOL: Johnson, MacKinnon, Drouin, Rantanen, Byram
    VAN 1 – 0 COL

2nd period

  1. 2:54
    COLRyan Johansen (Jack Johnson, Devon Toews)backhand0.31 xG
    VAN: Hronek, Hughes, Mikheyev, Aman, BainsCOL: Parise, Johnson, Johansen, Toews, Kiviranta
    VAN 1 – 1 COL

3rd period

  1. 1:35
    COLRyan Johansen (Zach Parise)wrist0.01 xG
    VAN: Cole, Myers, Blueger, Garland, BainsCOL: Parise, Johnson, Johansen, Byram, Kiviranta
    VAN 1 – 2 COL
  2. 19:32
    COLArtturi LehkonenEN (Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen)wrist0.71 xG
    VAN: Miller, Lindholm, Boeser, Hronek, Pettersson, HughesCOL: Manson, Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Rantanen, Byram
    VAN 1 – 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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Brock Boeser RL1011010.0210019:31——6083
J.T. Miller CL1101010.2610219:24——7370
Pius Suter CL1000+120.1011017:00——7781
Elias Lindholm CL2000-100.0011020:06——5839
Elias Pettersson CL2000-140.3710019:16——6447
Nils Hoglander LL2000020.0310014:12——6848
Teddy Blueger CL3000-130.4412016:14——4861
Arshdeep Bains LL3000-220.2331213:21——3839
Conor Garland RL3000-120.0600013:16——4560
Ilya Mikheyev RL4000-120.1100011:30——4724
Nils Aman CL4000-110.000007:21——4611
Phillip Di Giuseppe LL4000000.001106:55——5018
Filip Hronek DD1000-110.0022025:20——4944
Quinn Hughes DD1011-110.0400024:35——4741
Tyler Myers DD2000-100.0103018:33——5244
Ian Cole DD2000-120.0201216:22——5760
Noah Juulsen DD3000000.0011015:54——7371
Nikita Zadorov DD3000010.0511015:53——7270
VAN goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Thatcher Demko(start)L26242.9232.7159:17

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Mikko Rantanen RL1011020.2211025:04——4669
Nathan MacKinnon CL10110100.6501024:00——4971
Jonathan Drouin LL1000-150.9202021:39——5073
Artturi Lehkonen LL2101+120.8321218:52——3829
Ross Colton CL2000000.1320214:59——3933
Miles Wood LL2000010.0711014:08——3326
Zach Parise LL3011+210.1021013:51——5351
Ryan Johansen CL3202+220.3200012:11——5049
Joel Kiviranta LL3000+200.0040011:39——4442
Andrew Cogliano CL4000000.002208:48——290
Chris Wagner RL4000000.004007:04——290
Fredrik Olofsson LL4000000.000006:47——330
Cale Makar DD1000010.0501025:42——5981
Devon Toews DD1011+120.1201023:16——6386
Josh Manson DD2000+100.0043018:52——3613
Samuel Girard DD2000010.0121017:38——4218
Bowen Byram DD3000+100.0001016:25——1623
Jack Johnson DD3011+100.0222015:18——2329
COL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)W25241.9601.7359:47

Goal anatomy

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

J.T. Miller (VAN) 1st 10:46 · assists Brock Boeser, Quinn Hughes · Rush · carried in · 31.8 mph shot · 2.3 s from entry to goal.

J.T. Miller · 1st 10:46 · VAN

Play
rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
No
Passes
4
Shot
31.8 mph
Distance
12 ft
Entry to goal
2.3 s

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