New Jersey Devils vs. Colorado AvalancheOct 28, 2025

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	0	4	0	4		NJD	16	11	3	30
COL	2	4	2	8		COL	12	17	13	42

: NJD 63COL 66
: NJD 2.65COL 3.41
PP goals: NJD 0COL 4
Hits: NJD 26COL 17
Blocks: NJD 10COL 15
PIM: NJD 12COL 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 8–4

Colorado Avalanche beat New Jersey Devils 8–4 at home. Victor Olofsson (COL) led the scoring with 3G 2A. COL's first power-play unit (MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Olofsson, Necas and Makar) scored 3 power-play goals on 8 attempts in 5:11 together.

Points
Victor Olofsson had a hat trick and 2 assists (5 points) on 7 shots in 14:31.Olofsson
Points
Cale Makar had 4 assists (4 points) on 4 shots in 25:13.Makar
Points
Nathan MacKinnon had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 19:56.MacKinnon
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Olofsson, Necas and Makar) scored 3 power-play goals on 8 attempts in 5:11 together.MacKinnon Nichushkin Olofsson Necas Makar
Points
Jack Hughes had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:41.Hughes
Points
Parker Kelly had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:02.Kelly
Luck
COL scored 8 goals on 3.41 expected goals (66 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for NJD: Noesen–Glendening–Cotter skated 9:33 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (30.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Noesen Glendening Cotter

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 129 of 129 attempts · COL 66 · NJD 63

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 27% of the game, COL 35%.

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

Head-to-head matchups

COL skaters (rows) against NJD 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	NJD	COL
	62	58
	2.22	2.57
	2.19	2.51
	7	14
	6	10
	25	19
	−0.019	+0.019
	27%	35%

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

L1Noesen – Glendening – Cotter
9:3330% CF
L2Palat – Bratt – Hughes
8:5574% CF
L3Brown – Lammikko – Gritsyuk
8:3882% CF
L4Meier – Hischier – Mercer
7:3450% CF
D1Dillon – Casey
15:0361% CF
D2Siegenthaler – Nemec
14:1245% CF
D3Hamilton – Hughes
13:2255% CF

PP1Meier – Bratt – Hischier – Hughes – Hughes
2:57100% CF
PP2Palat – Hamilton – Noesen – Gritsyuk – Mercer
0:40100% CF
PK1FHischier – Mercer
3:01
PK2FGlendening – Brown
1:48
PK1DDillon – Hamilton
2:18
PK2DHughes – Nemec
1:07

Current NJD line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Necas
11:2248% CF
L2Nelson – Nichushkin – Colton
10:2158% CF
L3Landeskog – Olofsson – Drury
7:5136% CF
L4Kelly – Bardakov – Brindley
7:1850% CF
D1Toews – Makar
16:0331% CF
D2Burns – Manson
12:4245% CF
D3Ahcan – Malinski
9:4771% CF

PP1MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Olofsson – Necas – Makar
5:11100% CF
PP2Nelson – Landeskog – Lehkonen – Toews – Brindley
0:54100% CF
PK1FKelly – Drury
2:51
PK2FLehkonen – Nichushkin
0:43
PK1DToews – Makar
2:51
PK2DBurns – Manson
0:43

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
Paul Cotter L	L1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	6	0	0	13:40	—	—	29	25
Luke Glendening C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	2	13:37	—	—	31	32
Stefan Noesen R	L1	1	0	1	-1	4	0.31	1	0	2	12:29	—	—	28	32
Jack Hughes C	L2	1	1	2	0	2	0.13	0	0	0	17:41	—	—	63	51
Jesper Bratt L	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	15:00	—	—	65	44
Ondrej Palat L	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.10	1	0	0	11:13	—	—	67	60
Connor Brown R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	16:26	—	—	70	51
Arseny Gritsyuk R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	0	0	0	15:35	—	—	63	56
Juho Lammikko C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	3	0	0	11:08	—	—	67	47
Nico Hischier C	L4	0	1	1	+1	5	0.63	4	0	0	19:15	—	—	50	55
Dawson Mercer C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.25	2	1	0	15:24	—	—	50	57
Timo Meier R	L4	0	1	1	0	3	0.37	1	1	2	14:41	—	—	54	52
Brenden Dillon D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.06	2	0	0	19:54	—	—	59	42
Seamus Casey D	D1	0	0	0	-3	2	0.05	0	0	0	17:54	—	—	61	33
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	2	19:12	—	—	44	38
Simon Nemec D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	1	0	0	19:09	—	—	47	51
Luke Hughes D	D3	0	1	1	+3	1	0.04	1	3	0	20:55	—	—	50	51
Dougie Hamilton D	D3	1	0	1	+3	2	0.21	0	0	2	19:37	—	—	53	53

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	L	42	34	8	.810	3.41	59:48

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	2	1	3	-1	5	0.66	2	0	0	19:56	—	—	48	66
Martin Necas C	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.14	1	1	2	19:53	—	—	43	65
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.21	0	2	0	16:22	—	—	46	68
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.14	2	0	0	20:00	—	—	55	41
Brock Nelson C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	17:32	—	—	59	46
Ross Colton C	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.11	2	1	0	13:23	—	—	63	65
Jack Drury C	L3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.23	1	2	0	14:59	—	—	43	47
Victor Olofsson L	L3	3	2	5	-1	7	0.66	0	0	0	14:31	—	—	41	45
Gabriel Landeskog L	L3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.02	2	1	0	12:50	—	—	35	43
Parker Kelly C	L4	1	1	2	+2	3	0.32	2	3	0	13:02	—	—	46	56
Gavin Brindley C	L4	0	1	1	+1	3	0.17	0	0	0	11:16	—	—	52	46
Zakhar Bardakov C	L4	1	0	1	+2	2	0.13	2	0	0	8:38	—	—	52	57
Cale Makar D	D1	0	4	4	0	4	0.26	1	1	0	25:13	—	—	31	34
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	0	1	0	23:29	—	—	31	45
Brent Burns D	D2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.01	0	0	0	18:33	—	—	55	51
Josh Manson D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	1	2	16:47	—	—	41	31
Sam Malinski D	D3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.30	1	0	0	16:38	—	—	66	86
Jack Ahcan D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.01	0	2	0	13:19	—	—	60	83

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Scott Wedgewood(start)	W	30	26	4	.867	2.65	59:39

Goal anatomy

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

Martin Necas (COL PP) 1st 1:24 · assists Cale Makar, Valeri Nichushkin · Forecheck turnover · 87.6 mph shot.

Martin Necas · 1st 1:24 · COL PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2
Shot: 87.6 mph
Distance: 39 ft
Type: one-timer

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Zakhar Bardakov · 1st 3:49 · COL

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: 2-on-0
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 69.1 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Entry to goal: 1.8 s

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Victor Olofsson · 2nd 2:31 · COL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 66.6 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Entry to goal: 1.6 s

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Nathan MacKinnon · 2nd 7:11 · COL PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 64.7 mph
Distance: 35 ft
Type: one-timer

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Parker Kelly · 2nd 8:39 · COL

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 22.6 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 3.5 s

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Stefan Noesen · 2nd 10:08 · NJD

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: 5-on-3
Passes: 1
Shot: 44.1 mph
Distance: 23 ft
Entry to goal: 9.3 s

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Dougie Hamilton · 2nd 11:48 · NJD

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 13.2 mph
Distance: 18 ft
Entry to goal: 7.8 s
Type: rebound

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Dawson Mercer · 2nd 13:42 · NJD

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 33.1 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Entry to goal: 4.7 s
Type: one-timer, rebound

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Jack Hughes · 2nd 14:12 · NJD

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 62.1 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 3.1 s
Type: one-timer

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Nathan MacKinnon · 2nd 15:24 · COL PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: 5-on-4
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 73.6 mph
Distance: 40 ft
Entry to goal: 8.5 s
Type: one-timer

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Victor Olofsson · 3rd 3:10 · COL PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 4
Shot: 67.3 mph
Distance: 27 ft

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Victor Olofsson · 3rd 17:38 · COL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 64.4 mph
Distance: 36 ft

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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.

New Jersey Devils vs. Colorado AvalancheOct 28, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Colorado Avalanche rout New Jersey Devils 8–4

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

New Jersey Devils

Colorado Avalanche

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

New Jersey Devils

Colorado Avalanche

Goal anatomy

Martin Necas · 1st 1:24 · COL PP

Zakhar Bardakov · 1st 3:49 · COL

Victor Olofsson · 2nd 2:31 · COL

Nathan MacKinnon · 2nd 7:11 · COL PP

Parker Kelly · 2nd 8:39 · COL

Stefan Noesen · 2nd 10:08 · NJD

Dougie Hamilton · 2nd 11:48 · NJD

Dawson Mercer · 2nd 13:42 · NJD

Jack Hughes · 2nd 14:12 · NJD

Nathan MacKinnon · 2nd 15:24 · COL PP

Victor Olofsson · 3rd 3:10 · COL PP

Victor Olofsson · 3rd 17:38 · COL