Arizona Coyotes vs. Colorado AvalancheMar 24, 2023

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
ARI	1	0	0	1		ARI	8	6	4	18
COL	1	0	2	3		COL	9	12	9	30

: ARI 33COL 67
: ARI 0.98COL 3.98
PP goals: ARI 0COL 2
Hits: ARI 24COL 20
Blocks: ARI 20COL 5
PIM: ARI 6COL 2
: ARI 48%COL 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche beat Arizona Coyotes 3–1

Colorado Avalanche beat Arizona Coyotes 3–1 at home. Nathan MacKinnon (COL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. COL's first power-play unit (Compher, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Rantanen and Makar) scored 2 power-play goals on 9 attempts in 2:47 together.

Points
Cale Makar had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 25:14.Makar
Points
Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 23:50.MacKinnon
Points
Valeri Nichushkin had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:37.Nichushkin
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (Compher, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Rantanen and Makar) scored 2 power-play goals on 9 attempts in 2:47 together.Compher MacKinnon Nichushkin Rantanen Makar
New line
New look for COL: MacKinnon–Nichushkin–Rantanen skated 12:53 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (68.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.MacKinnon Nichushkin Rantanen
New line
New look for ARI: Ritchie–Smith–Kelemen skated 6:46 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (30% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Ritchie Smith Kelemen
New line
New look for COL: Compher–Malgin–Newhook skated 7:31 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Compher Malgin Newhook
Usage
Victor Soderstrom (ARI) played 21:19, +5:19 up on his 16:00 season average over 29 games.Soderstrom

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

← ARI attacks left (bottom on phones)COL attacks right (top on phones) →

COL
ARI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 100 of 100 attempts · COL 67 · ARI 33

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

COL
ARI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

COL pressure
ARI pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: ARI 13% of the game, COL 59%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

COL

ARI

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	ARI	COL
	38	60
	1.18	2.54
	1.16	2.49
	5	11
	7	2
	17	14
	−0.051	+0.051
	13%	59%

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.

Arizona Coyotes

L1Schmaltz – Keller – Hayton
13:4765% CF
L2Boyd – O'Brien – Fischer
9:4129% CF
L3Crouse – McBain – Maccelli
9:2830% CF
L4Ritchie – Smith – Kelemen
6:4630% CF
D1Nemeth – Moser
17:3741% CF
D2Soderstrom – Mackey
11:5622% CF
D3Välimäki – Kesselring
11:1847% CF

PP1Boyd – Schmaltz – Keller – Välimäki – Hayton
1:000% CF
PP2Crouse – Keller – Hayton – Soderstrom – Maccelli
0:49
PK1FBoyd – Crouse
1:40
PK2FFischer – McBain
0:53
PK1DNemeth – Moser
2:04
PK2DKesselring – Mackey
0:55

Current ARI line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Rantanen
12:5368% CF
L2Cogliano – Eller – O'Connor
7:4536% CF
L3Compher – Malgin – Newhook
7:3125% CF
L4Helm – Nieto – Galchenyuk
3:4667% CF
D1Toews – Makar
14:1671% CF
D2Girard – Byram
13:0561% CF
D3Johnson – Johnson
11:3346% CF

PP1Compher – MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Rantanen – Makar
2:47100% CF
PP2Toews – Malgin – Girard – Byram – Newhook
0:45100% CF
PK1FNieto – O'Connor
0:50
PK2FCompher – Nichushkin
0:38
PK1DJohnson – Toews
1:02

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

12:52
COLNathan MacKinnonPP (Cale Makar, Valeri Nichushkin)wrist0.11 xG
ARI: Boyd, Crouse, Kesselring, MackeyCOL: Compher, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Rantanen, Makar
ARI 0 – 1 COL
18:57
ARIClayton Keller (Nick Schmaltz, J.J. Moser)backhand0.10 xG
ARI: Nemeth, Schmaltz, Keller, Hayton, MoserCOL: Compher, Malgin, Girard, Byram, Newhook
ARI 1 – 1 COL

3rd period

6:41
COLCale Makar (Nathan MacKinnon, Valeri Nichushkin)wrist0.02 xG
ARI: Crouse, Välimäki, Hayton, Kesselring, MaccelliCOL: MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Toews, Rantanen, Makar
ARI 1 – 2 COL
11:17
COLJ.T. CompherPP (Cale Makar, Nathan MacKinnon)wrist0.04 xG
ARI: Nemeth, Boyd, Crouse, MoserCOL: Compher, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Rantanen, Makar
ARI 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.

Arizona Coyotes

ARI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Barrett Hayton C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	21:05	—	—	59	66
Clayton Keller R	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.28	0	0	0	20:21	—	—	58	62
Nick Schmaltz C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.17	0	0	0	18:56	—	—	64	73
Travis Boyd C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	2	0	16:43	—	—	25	14
Christian Fischer R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	15:00	—	—	25	16
Liam O'Brien C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	4	0	13:00	—	—	28	21
Lawson Crouse L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	4	1	0	16:52	—	—	25	7
Matias Maccelli L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:24	—	—	26	10
Jack McBain C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	7	0	0	13:40	—	—	31	13
Brett Ritchie R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	4	0	0	9:54	—	—	39	15
Nate Smith C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:49	—	—	33	12
Milos Kelemen L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	7:56	—	—	36	16
J.J. Moser D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.07	1	1	0	21:56	—	—	40	39
Patrik Nemeth D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	2	2	0	21:39	—	—	45	40
Victor Soderstrom D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	0	0	4	21:19	—	—	30	20
Connor Mackey D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	4	0	16:27	—	—	27	16
Juuso Välimäki D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	2	5	0	20:41	—	—	55	56
Michael Kesselring D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	0	0	0	16:28	—	—	47	25

ARI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Karel Vejmelka(start)	L	30	27	3	.900	3.38	58:58

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.92	0	0	2	23:54	—	—	66	69
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	1	2	3	+1	4	0.41	3	0	0	23:50	—	—	60	65
Valeri Nichushkin R	L1	0	2	2	+1	4	0.73	2	0	0	18:37	—	—	71	73
Logan O'Connor R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	0	0	15:05	—	—	52	52
Lars Eller C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	1	0	0	14:17	—	—	69	64
Andrew Cogliano C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	0	0	0	12:10	—	—	44	41
J.T. Compher L	L3	1	0	1	-1	3	0.25	0	1	0	21:38	—	—	50	35
Alex Newhook C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.27	0	0	0	15:46	—	—	65	77
Denis Malgin C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.21	0	0	0	11:31	—	—	42	57
Darren Helm C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.37	1	0	0	9:49	—	—	67	90
Matt Nieto L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	1	0	0	9:16	—	—	79	92
Alex Galchenyuk C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	4:12	—	—	57	87
Cale Makar D	D1	1	2	3	+1	2	0.15	0	0	0	25:14	—	—	69	81
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.06	3	1	0	22:40	—	—	77	83
Bowen Byram D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	0	0	0	20:34	—	—	57	49
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	0	0	0	19:09	—	—	70	67
Jack Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	1	0	16:07	—	—	52	67
Erik Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	3	2	0	14:35	—	—	43	49

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	W	18	17	1	.944	0.98	59:36

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.