New Jersey Devils vs. Colorado AvalancheFeb 26, 2025

FinalWednesday, Feb 26, 2025· Ball Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	0	0	1	1		NJD	7	10	6	23
COL	1	0	4	5		COL	11	13	13	37

: NJD 51COL 74
: NJD 2.05COL 4.28
PP goals: NJD 0COL 2
Hits: NJD 22COL 16
Blocks: NJD 12COL 15
PIM: NJD 8COL 4
: NJD 49%COL 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche rout New Jersey Devils 5–1

Colorado Avalanche beat New Jersey Devils 5–1 at home. Nathan MacKinnon (COL) led the scoring with 2G 1A. COL's first power-play unit (Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Drouin, Necas and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 4:12 together.

Points
Nathan MacKinnon had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 7 shots in 21:12.MacKinnon
Points
Martin Necas had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 22:08.Necas
Points
Cale Makar had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 24:59.Makar
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Drouin, Necas and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 4:12 together.Lehkonen MacKinnon Drouin Necas Makar
New line
New look for COL: Drouin–Nichushkin–Mittelstadt skated 12:52 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (56.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Drouin Nichushkin Mittelstadt
Goalie
Jake Allen (NJD) faced 37 shots and stopped 32 (.865), +11 against a season average of 26.4; the loss.Allen
Usage
Logan O'Connor (COL) played 9:04, −5:07 down on his 14:11 season average over 79 games.O'Connor
New line
New look for COL: Colton–Drury–Kiviranta skated 7:59 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Colton Drury Kiviranta

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

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

COL
NJD
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 125 of 125 attempts · COL 74 · NJD 51

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

COL
NJD
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NJD 21% of the game, COL 51%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

COL

NJD

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	NJD	COL
	52	72
	1.83	3.28
	1.81	3.13
	6	14
	12	11
	30	28
	−0.013	+0.013
	21%	51%

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.

New Jersey Devils

L1Palat – Bratt – Hughes
11:0942% CF
L2Haula – Bastian – Cotter
5:4517% CF
L3Tatar – Noesen – Hischier
5:1656% CF
L4Dowling – Meier – Mercer
3:4517% CF
D1Pesce – Kovacevic
9:3650% CF
D2Dillon – Hamilton
8:4744% CF
D3Hughes – Casey
5:3450% CF

PP1Hamilton – Noesen – Bratt – Hischier – Hughes
1:5975% CF
PP2Palat – Meier – Cotter – Mercer – Hughes
1:2380% CF
PK1FHischier – Mercer
1:49
PK2FHaula – Noesen
0:23
PK1DDillon – Kovacevic
3:08
PK2DPesce – Hughes
0:41

Current NJD line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Necas
15:2761% CF
L2Drouin – Nichushkin – Mittelstadt
12:5257% CF
L3Colton – Drury – Kiviranta
7:5946% CF
L4Wood – Kelly – O'Connor
5:3680% CF
D1Toews – Makar
18:0451% CF
D2Kylington – Girard
10:2364% CF
D3de Haan – Malinski
7:5656% CF

PP1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Drouin – Necas – Makar
4:12100% CF
PP2Nichushkin – Toews – Girard – Colton – Mittelstadt
0:35100% CF
PK1FDrury – Kiviranta
1:52
PK2FKelly – O'Connor
0:38
PK1DToews – Makar
1:58
PK2Dde Haan – Girard
1:33

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

8:54
COLArtturi Lehkonen (Martin Necas, Nathan MacKinnon)backhand0.13 xG
NJD: Tatar, Haula, Pesce, Bastian, KovacevicCOL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Kylington, Necas, Malinski
NJD 0 – 1 COL

3rd period

2:57
COLNathan MacKinnonPP (Martin Necas, Cale Makar)wrist0.28 xG
NJD: Dillon, Hischier, Kovacevic, MercerCOL: MacKinnon, Drouin, Nichushkin, Necas, Makar
NJD 0 – 2 COL
8:28
NJDJack Hughes (Luke Hughes)slap0.16 xG
NJD: Palat, Bratt, Hughes, Hughes, CaseyCOL: Wood, Kylington, Girard, Colton, Kelly
NJD 1 – 2 COL
14:14
COLNathan MacKinnonPP (Cale Makar, Martin Necas)other0.48 xG
NJD: Dillon, Hischier, Kovacevic, MercerCOL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Drouin, Necas, Makar
NJD 1 – 3 COL
16:40
COLCasey Mittelstadt (Jonathan Drouin, Ross Colton)backhand0.11 xG
NJD: Palat, Pesce, Bratt, Hughes, HughesCOL: Drouin, Toews, Girard, Colton, Mittelstadt
NJD 1 – 4 COL
18:18
COLLogan O'Connor (Parker Kelly, Miles Wood)tip-in0.08 xG
NJD: Dillon, Palat, Pesce, Bratt, HughesCOL: Wood, Girard, Kelly, O'Connor, Malinski
NJD 1 – 5 COL

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Hughes C	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.51	0	1	2	19:59	—	—	48	52
Jesper Bratt L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	0	0	0	16:40	—	—	39	50
Ondrej Palat L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.43	1	1	2	15:15	—	—	41	52
Erik Haula L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:12	—	—	15	8
Paul Cotter L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	1	0	11:41	—	—	33	17
Nathan Bastian R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:09	—	—	29	14
Nico Hischier C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	1	0	19:38	—	—	53	36
Stefan Noesen R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	0	2	15:51	—	—	41	19
Tomas Tatar L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	1	0	0	12:35	—	—	52	21
Dawson Mercer C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	1	0	17:32	—	—	33	28
Timo Meier R	L4	0	0	0	0	5	0.52	2	0	0	16:28	—	—	53	48
Justin Dowling C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	8:35	—	—	28	9
Brett Pesce D	D1	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	1	1	0	22:20	—	—	34	37
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	3	0	18:40	—	—	43	27
Brenden Dillon D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	6	2	0	22:58	—	—	36	39
Dougie Hamilton D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	20:15	—	—	48	41
Luke Hughes D	D3	0	1	1	0	3	0.08	1	0	2	22:45	—	—	49	39
Seamus Casey D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:38	—	—	43	29

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	L	37	32	5	.865	4.28	58:18
Nico Daws	—	0	0	0	—	0.00	1:42

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Martin Necas C	L1	0	3	3	+1	2	0.16	2	0	0	22:08	—	—	58	60
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	2	1	3	+1	7	1.23	1	0	0	21:12	—	—	61	63
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.58	2	1	0	20:41	—	—	54	62
Jonathan Drouin L	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.15	1	0	2	18:55	—	—	59	74
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.56	2	0	0	17:46	—	—	60	69
Casey Mittelstadt C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.23	0	0	0	16:44	—	—	60	65
Jack Drury C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.06	0	0	0	13:00	—	—	53	55
Joel Kiviranta L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	11:50	—	—	47	28
Ross Colton C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.13	2	0	0	11:29	—	—	52	50
Parker Kelly C	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.30	2	2	0	9:21	—	—	56	72
Logan O'Connor R	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.08	0	1	0	9:04	—	—	67	93
Miles Wood L	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.02	0	0	0	7:59	—	—	72	74
Cale Makar D	D1	0	2	2	0	4	0.49	0	2	0	24:59	—	—	53	52
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.17	0	2	0	24:22	—	—	55	57
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.04	2	1	0	20:01	—	—	66	75
Oliver Kylington D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:36	—	—	63	83
Calvin de Haan D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	1	0	15:35	—	—	56	53
Sam Malinski D	D3	0	0	0	+2	3	0.07	1	2	0	14:18	—	—	59	57

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	W	23	22	1	.957	2.05	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Artturi Lehkonen (COL) 1st 8:54 · assists Martin Necas, Nathan MacKinnon · Forecheck turnover · 20.9 mph shot.

Artturi Lehkonen · 1st 8:54 · COL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 20.9 mph
Distance: 7 ft

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Nathan MacKinnon · 3rd 2:57 · COL PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 33.4 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Type: rebound

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Jack Hughes · 3rd 8:28 · NJD

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 53.1 mph
Distance: 29 ft

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Nathan MacKinnon · 3rd 14:14 · COL PP

Play: point-shot
Passes: 4
Shot: 35.8 mph
Distance: 46 ft

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Casey Mittelstadt · 3rd 16:40 · COL

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 44.3 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Type: rebound

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Logan O'Connor · 3rd 18:18 · COL

Play: deflection
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 25.0 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 4.5 s
Type: deflection

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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.