Vancouver Canucks vs. Colorado AvalancheApr 10, 2025

FinalThursday, Apr 10, 2025· Ball Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	0	2	2	4		VAN	6	15	9	30
COL	0	1	0	1		COL	7	10	15	32

: VAN 65COL 60
: VAN 4.94COL 3.01
PP goals: VAN 0COL 0
Hits: VAN 14COL 16
Blocks: VAN 11COL 19
PIM: VAN 9COL 9
: VAN 55%COL 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks beat Colorado Avalanche 4–1

Vancouver Canucks beat Colorado Avalanche 4–1 at COL. Kiefer Sherwood (VAN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for COL: Nelson–Lehkonen–O'Connor skated 9:00 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (35% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Dakota Joshua had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 12:18.Joshua
Points
Kiefer Sherwood had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:07.Sherwood
New line
New look for COL: Nelson–Lehkonen–O'Connor skated 9:00 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (35% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nelson Lehkonen O'Connor
Luck
COL scored 1 goal on 3.01 expected goals (60 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for COL: Nichushkin–Necas–Drury skated 5:54 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nichushkin Necas Drury
Usage
Nils Hoglander (VAN) played 16:10, +4:06 up on his 12:04 season average over 71 games.Hoglander
Luck
Conor Garland (VAN) generated 1.19 xG on 4 attempts without scoring; the chances were there.Garland
Usage
Miles Wood (COL) played 14:39, +3:23 up on his 11:16 season average over 36 games.Wood

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 125 of 125 attempts · COL 60 · VAN 65

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 39% 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

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
	62	65
	2.86	2.82
	2.81	2.73
	14	11
	6	7
	23	17
	+0.036	−0.036
	39%	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

L1Garland – Suter – Hoglander
10:2144% CF
L2Joshua – Sherwood – Räty
9:5165% CF
L3Blueger – Karlsson – O'Connor
9:2152% CF
L4Boeser – DeBrusk – Sasson
7:4329% CF
D1Pettersson – Hronek
9:2254% CF
D2Forbort – Mancini
8:5353% CF
D3Hughes – Pettersson
5:5967% CF

PP1Boeser – DeBrusk – Garland – Suter – Hughes
2:07100% CF
PP2Hronek – Sherwood – Hughes – Karlsson – Hoglander
1:34100% CF
PK1FBlueger – Suter
0:52
PK2FGarland – Sherwood
0:48
PK1DForbort – Pettersson
0:47
PK2DHronek – Pettersson
0:28

Current VAN line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Nelson – Lehkonen – O'Connor
9:0035% CF
L2Coyle – Vesey – Wood
7:4860% CF
L3Nichushkin – Necas – Drury
5:5446% CF
L4Wagner – Kelly – Kiviranta
2:2671% CF
D1Toews – Makar
18:0241% CF
D2Girard – Malinski
9:2529% CF
D3Johnson – Middleton
5:4753% CF

PP1Coyle – Nelson – Nichushkin – Necas – Makar
1:3775% CF
PP2Lehkonen – Toews – Girard – Drury – Kiviranta
0:150% CF
PK1FKelly – O'Connor
1:40
PK2FCoyle – Nichushkin
1:31
PK1DJohnson – Toews
1:31
PK2DGirard – Makar
0:48

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

4:50
VANJake DeBrusk (Kiefer Sherwood)tip-in0.09 xG
VAN: Pettersson, DeBrusk, Hronek, Sherwood, SassonCOL: Coyle, Vesey, Wood, Girard, Malinski
VAN 1 – 0 COL
7:51
VANKiefer Sherwood (Dakota Joshua, Derek Forbort)wrist0.07 xG
VAN: Joshua, Hronek, Sherwood, Hughes, RätyCOL: Coyle, Nichushkin, Toews, Necas, Makar
VAN 2 – 0 COL
16:36
COLDevon Toews (Charlie Coyle, Cale Makar)tip-in0.08 xG
VAN: Boeser, DeBrusk, Hughes, Mancini, SassonCOL: Coyle, Vesey, Nichushkin, Toews, Makar
VAN 2 – 1 COL

3rd period

6:14
VANDakota Joshua (Aatu Räty, Marcus Pettersson)snap0.53 xG
VAN: Pettersson, Joshua, Hronek, Sherwood, RätyCOL: Nichushkin, Toews, Necas, Makar, Drury
VAN 3 – 1 COL
18:02
VANNils HoglanderEN (Conor Garland, Filip Hronek)wrist0.88 xG
VAN: Forbort, Garland, Hronek, Suter, HoglanderCOL: Nelson, Wood, Lehkonen, Necas, Makar, O'Connor
VAN 4 – 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
Pius Suter C	L1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.53	0	0	0	20:55	—	—	50	50
Nils Hoglander L	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.96	0	1	0	16:10	—	—	44	43
Conor Garland R	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	1.19	0	2	0	16:09	—	—	39	42
Kiefer Sherwood L	L2	1	1	2	+3	2	0.22	0	0	0	16:07	—	—	65	69
Aatu Räty C	L2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.07	4	0	2	12:40	—	—	57	63
Dakota Joshua C	L2	1	1	2	+2	2	0.56	0	1	0	12:18	—	—	58	75
Teddy Blueger C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.04	0	0	0	15:36	—	—	54	47
Drew O'Connor L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.69	0	0	2	14:47	—	—	58	50
Linus Karlsson C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	1	1	0	13:24	—	—	50	38
Brock Boeser R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	1	0	0	15:09	—	—	36	42
Jake DeBrusk L	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.09	1	1	0	14:44	—	—	41	48
Max Sasson C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	0	0	0	10:42	—	—	35	38
Filip Hronek D	D1	0	1	1	+4	3	0.06	4	0	0	24:15	—	—	51	53
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	3	0	22:59	—	—	48	66
Derek Forbort D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.02	2	1	0	16:38	—	—	49	20
Victor Mancini D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:33	—	—	50	43
Quinn Hughes D	D3	0	0	0	0	4	0.21	0	0	0	24:08	—	—	39	50
Elias Pettersson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	5	14:35	—	—	67	75

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kevin Lankinen(start)	W	32	31	1	.969	3.01	60:00

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.48	0	0	0	19:51	—	—	42	46
Brock Nelson C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	0	1	0	18:52	—	—	47	47
Logan O'Connor R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.27	2	3	5	15:25	—	—	41	36
Charlie Coyle C	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.21	0	0	0	18:26	—	—	53	62
Miles Wood L	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.33	0	0	0	14:39	—	—	55	67
Jimmy Vesey L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	1	0	0	11:35	—	—	61	65
Valeri Nichushkin R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.43	2	0	0	19:47	—	—	54	50
Martin Necas C	L3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.07	0	0	2	18:03	—	—	55	48
Jack Drury C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:54	—	—	43	15
Parker Kelly C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	1	0	11:45	—	—	48	36
Joel Kiviranta L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	0	0	9:45	—	—	77	91
Chris Wagner R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	7:55	—	—	53	24
Cale Makar D	D1	0	1	1	-2	2	0.32	1	4	0	27:00	—	—	43	35
Devon Toews D	D1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.14	1	2	0	22:59	—	—	44	45
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.20	3	2	2	21:50	—	—	54	64
Sam Malinski D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.06	0	1	0	16:06	—	—	52	52
Erik Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.01	0	1	0	16:45	—	—	66	75
Keaton Middleton D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	3	3	0	12:17	—	—	56	54

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	L	29	26	3	.897	2.73	58:06

Goal anatomy

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

Nils Hoglander (VAN EN) 3rd 18:02 · assists Conor Garland, Filip Hronek · Odd-man rush · carried in · 2-on-1 at the blue line · 11.4 mph shot · 3.0 s from entry to goal.

Nils Hoglander · 3rd 18:02 · VAN EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 11.4 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Entry to goal: 3.0 s

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Jake DeBrusk · 2nd 4:50 · VAN

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 14.3 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 3.1 s

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Kiefer Sherwood · 2nd 7:51 · VAN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 67.9 mph
Distance: 30 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 s

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Devon Toews · 2nd 16:36 · COL

Play: deflection
Passes: 3
Shot: 25.7 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Type: deflection

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Dakota Joshua · 3rd 6:14 · VAN

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 37.3 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Type: rebound

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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.