Vancouver Canucks vs. Colorado AvalancheDec 2, 2025

FinalTuesday, Dec 2, 2025· Ball Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	1	0	0	1		VAN	8	5	8	21
COL	1	2	0	3		COL	14	12	5	31

: VAN 58COL 63
: VAN 2.47COL 3.54
PP goals: VAN 0COL 0
Hits: VAN 17COL 18
Blocks: VAN 11COL 16
PIM: VAN 2COL 0
: VAN 47%COL 53%

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. Nathan MacKinnon (COL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for VAN: DeBrusk–O'Connor–Sasson skated 9:21 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Nathan MacKinnon had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 22:15.MacKinnon
Points
Gabriel Landeskog had 2 assists (2 points) in 16:47.Landeskog
New line
New look for VAN: DeBrusk–O'Connor–Sasson skated 9:21 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.DeBrusk O'Connor Sasson
New line
New look for COL: Kelly–Kiviranta–Bardakov skated 5:58 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kelly Kiviranta Bardakov
New line
New look for COL: Nichushkin–Olofsson–Drury skated 7:30 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (56.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nichushkin Olofsson Drury
New line
New look for VAN: Karlsson–Räty–Bains skated 5:48 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Karlsson Räty Bains
Usage
Linus Karlsson (VAN) played 16:49, +4:21 up on his 12:28 season average over 78 games.Karlsson
Usage
Ross Colton (COL) played 15:41, +3:13 up on his 12:28 season average over 72 games.Colton

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 121 of 121 attempts · COL 63 · VAN 58

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 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

Head-to-head matchups

COL skaters (rows) against VAN skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the COL side.

Matchup matrix

COL xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	VAN	COL
	53	68
	2.08	3.52
	1.98	3.29
	5	13
	4	8
	23	22
	−0.021	+0.021
	26%	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

L1DeBrusk – O'Connor – Sasson
9:2144% CF
L2Kane – Pettersson – Lekkerimäki
8:5950% CF
L3Boeser – Kampf – Sherwood
8:1447% CF
L4Karlsson – Räty – Bains
5:4843% CF
D1Hronek – Hughes
15:0576% CF
D2Myers – Joseph
7:5155% CF
D3Pettersson – Willander
6:5238% CF

PP1Boeser – DeBrusk – Pettersson – Hughes – Lekkerimäki
1:27100% CF
PP2Kane – Hronek – Sherwood – Hughes – Karlsson
0:31100% CF
PK1FBoeser – Pettersson
0:54
PK2FKampf – Sherwood
0:45
PK1DMyers – Hronek
1:12
PK2DJoseph – Hughes
0:45

Current VAN line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Necas
14:5946% CF
L2Nelson – Landeskog – Colton
9:0550% CF
L3Nichushkin – Olofsson – Drury
7:3056% CF
L4Kelly – Kiviranta – Bardakov
5:5867% CF
D1Toews – Makar
17:1245% CF
D2Girard – Malinski
14:0057% CF
D3Burns – Manson
13:1048% CF

PP1Landeskog – Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Necas – Makar
1:42100% CF
PK1FKelly – Drury
0:50
PK2FNichushkin – Kiviranta
0:35
PK1DBurns – Manson
0:50
PK2DToews – Malinski
0:30

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:55
VANLinus Karlsson (Arshdeep Bains, Aatu Räty)backhand0.18 xG
VAN: Hronek, Hughes, Karlsson, Räty, BainsCOL: Girard, Kelly, Kiviranta, Bardakov, Malinski
VAN 1 – 0 COL
19:23
COLNathan MacKinnon (Devon Toews, Sam Malinski)snap0.38 xG
VAN: DeBrusk, Hronek, Joseph, O'Connor, SassonCOL: MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Toews, Necas, Malinski
VAN 1 – 1 COL

2nd period

13:52
COLBrock Nelson (Gabriel Landeskog, Ross Colton)snap0.21 xG
VAN: DeBrusk, Hronek, Hughes, O'Connor, SassonCOL: Burns, Nelson, Manson, Landeskog, Colton
VAN 1 – 2 COL
19:26
COLNathan MacKinnon (Gabriel Landeskog, Josh Manson)slap0.17 xG
VAN: Myers, Pettersson, Boeser, Kampf, SherwoodCOL: Burns, Manson, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Colton
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
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jake DeBrusk L	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.16	0	0	0	15:59	—	—	39	36
Drew O'Connor L	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.06	1	0	0	13:16	—	—	38	35
Max Sasson C	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.52	0	1	0	11:45	—	—	41	38
Elias Pettersson C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.28	2	1	0	22:06	—	—	45	47
Jonathan Lekkerimäki R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	1	0	15:31	—	—	57	45
Evander Kane L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:29	—	—	56	59
Brock Boeser R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.28	0	0	0	20:54	—	—	50	27
Kiefer Sherwood L	L3	0	0	0	-1	6	0.41	4	0	0	15:48	—	—	50	41
David Kampf C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:42	—	—	53	31
Linus Karlsson C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.38	2	0	0	16:49	—	—	37	32
Arshdeep Bains L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	11:44	—	—	28	27
Aatu Räty C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:42	—	—	32	30
Quinn Hughes D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.23	0	1	0	29:33	—	—	57	40
Filip Hronek D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	2	2	0	25:12	—	—	51	31
Tyler Myers D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	1	1	0	20:28	—	—	41	40
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	0	0	10:42	—	—	41	52
Marcus Pettersson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	0	2	19:55	—	—	33	25
Tom Willander D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	2	0	13:49	—	—	30	36

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kevin Lankinen(start)	L	31	28	3	.903	3.14	56:36

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk		PP	SH
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	2	0	2	+2	6	0.92	1	0	22:15	—	—	49	76
Martin Necas C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.09	0	0	21:31	—	—	47	60
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	1	1	20:39	—	—	44	44
Brock Nelson C	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.23	1	3	17:08	—	—	54	77
Gabriel Landeskog L	L2	0	2	2	+2	0	0.00	1	1	16:47	—	—	50	82
Ross Colton C	L2	0	1	1	+2	5	1.18	2	2	15:41	—	—	59	92
Jack Drury C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	0	0	12:54	—	—	68	39
Valeri Nichushkin R	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.02	0	1	12:50	—	—	59	42
Victor Olofsson L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	0	0	9:16	—	—	61	26
Parker Kelly C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	12:04	—	—	67	48
Joel Kiviranta L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.08	3	0	10:00	—	—	75	64
Zakhar Bardakov C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.18	2	0	8:37	—	—	67	55
Cale Makar D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	0	4	24:05	—	—	49	65
Devon Toews D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.18	1	0	21:39	—	—	51	72
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	17:11	—	—	65	63
Sam Malinski D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.06	0	0	16:36	—	—	61	64
Brent Burns D	D3	0	0	0	+2	3	0.09	0	2	19:57	—	—	57	48
Josh Manson D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.02	4	1	18:50	—	—	55	62

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Scott Wedgewood(start)	—	11	10	1	.909	1.31	32:28
Mackenzie Blackwood	W	10	10	0	.1000	1.16	27:32

Goal anatomy

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

Linus Karlsson (VAN) 1st 2:55 · assists Arshdeep Bains, Aatu Räty · Odd-man rush · passed in · 3-on-1 at the blue line · 27.8 mph shot · 2.8 s from entry to goal.

Linus Karlsson · 1st 2:55 · VAN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 27.8 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s

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Nathan MacKinnon · 1st 19:23 · COL

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 27.0 mph
Distance: 14 ft
Entry to goal: 6.6 s
Type: rebound

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Brock Nelson · 2nd 13:52 · COL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 43.6 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 1.8 s

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Nathan MacKinnon · 2nd 19:26 · COL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 4-on-2
Passes: 1
Shot: 71.1 mph
Distance: 29 ft
Entry to goal: 5.5 s
Type: one-timer

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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.