Anaheim Ducks vs. Colorado AvalancheJan 21, 2026

Final / SOWednesday, Jan 21, 2026· Ball Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
ANA	0	1	0	0	1	2		ANA	4	6	3	3	16
COL	0	0	1	0	0	1		COL	9	11	18	3	41

: ANA 45COL 86
: ANA 1.87COL 4.86
PP goals: ANA 0COL 0
Hits: ANA 27COL 16
Blocks: ANA 24COL 15
PIM: ANA 4COL 2
: ANA 45%COL 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Anaheim Ducks edge Colorado Avalanche 2–1 (SO)

Anaheim Ducks beat Colorado Avalanche 2–1 in a shootout at COL. Artturi Lehkonen (COL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for COL: MacKinnon–Olofsson–Necas skated 14:12 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for COL: MacKinnon–Olofsson–Necas skated 14:12 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.MacKinnon Olofsson Necas
Luck
COL scored 1 goal on 4.86 expected goals (86 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Lukas Dostal (ANA) faced 41 shots and stopped 40 (.976), +14 against a season average of 27.0; the win.Dostal
New line
New look for COL: Nelson–Lehkonen–Nichushkin skated 9:43 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (81.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nelson Lehkonen Nichushkin
New line
New look for ANA: Kreider–Strome–Harkins skated 9:55 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (23.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kreider Strome Harkins
New line
New look for COL: Colton–Drury–Brindley skated 4:55 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (88.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Colton Drury Brindley
Usage
Victor Olofsson (COL) played 21:11, +7:43 up on his 13:28 season average over 77 games.Olofsson
Usage
Nathan MacKinnon (COL) played 29:18, +7:08 up on his 22:10 season average over 79 games.MacKinnon

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

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

COL
ANA
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 131 of 131 attempts · COL 86 · ANA 45

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

COL
ANA
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: ANA 13% of the game, COL 58%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

COL

ANA

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

COL skaters (rows) against ANA 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	ANA	COL
	46	88
	1.22	4.56
	1.16	4.20
	6	16
	7	6
	24	20
	−0.056	+0.056
	13%	58%

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.

Anaheim Ducks

L1Viel – Poehling – Gauthier
11:2459% CF
L2Killorn – Granlund – Sennecke
10:5625% CF
L3Kreider – Strome – Harkins
9:5524% CF
D1Trouba – LaCombe
21:4336% CF
D2Helleson – Mintyukov
16:4737% CF
D3Gudas – Zellweger
10:5724% CF

PP1Kreider – Granlund – LaCombe – Gauthier – Sennecke
1:09
PP2Killorn – Strome – Trouba – Harkins – Mintyukov
0:42100% CF
PK1FGranlund – Washe
1:36
PK2FKillorn – Poehling
1:22
PK1DTrouba – Mintyukov
1:28
PK2DGudas – Zellweger
0:50

Current ANA line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1MacKinnon – Olofsson – Necas
14:1250% CF
L2Nelson – Lehkonen – Nichushkin
9:4382% CF
L3Colton – Drury – Brindley
4:5589% CF
L4Kelly – Bardakov – Makar
3:3025% CF
D1Makar – Malinski
14:3769% CF
D2Burns – Manson
10:5659% CF
D3Girard – Ahcan
6:1846% CF

PP1Nelson – MacKinnon – Olofsson – Necas – Makar
3:1289% CF
PP2Burns – Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Colton
0:440% CF
PK1FNelson – Lehkonen
0:41
PK2FNichushkin – Kelly
0:25
PK1DBurns – Manson
1:12
PK2DGirard – Makar
0:39

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

1:27
ANAJeffrey Viel (Cutter Gauthier, Radko Gudas)wrist0.14 xG
ANA: Gudas, Viel, Poehling, Zellweger, GauthierCOL: MacKinnon, Olofsson, Necas, Makar, Malinski
ANA 1 – 0 COL

3rd period

16:21
COLArtturi Lehkonen (Brock Nelson, Brent Burns)snap0.12 xG
ANA: Viel, Poehling, Helleson, Gauthier, MintyukovCOL: Burns, Nelson, Lehkonen, Nichushkin, Girard
ANA 1 – 1 COL

Decided in the shootout: ANA 2 – 1 COL.

Box score

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

Anaheim Ducks

ANA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Cutter Gauthier L	L1	0	1	1	0	4	0.40	1	1	0	18:00	—	—	54	33
Ryan Poehling C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.25	0	3	0	17:58	—	—	57	56
Jeffrey Viel L	L1	1	0	1	0	1	0.14	2	1	0	13:42	—	—	52	34
Alex Killorn L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	0	0	0	20:13	—	—	30	5
Mikael Granlund C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	3	0	19:42	—	—	29	10
Beckett Sennecke R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.36	1	0	0	16:26	—	—	26	12
Chris Kreider L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	2	1	0	15:53	—	—	36	38
Jansen Harkins C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	14:34	—	—	22	17
Ryan Strome C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	1	1	0	13:36	—	—	29	26
Jackson LaCombe D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	2	1	0	28:21	—	—	34	8
Jacob Trouba D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	3	3	0	27:33	—	—	40	8
Pavel Mintyukov D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.10	1	2	0	22:37	—	—	41	37
Drew Helleson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	3	2	18:35	—	—	34	37
Radko Gudas D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	2	1	0	14:01	—	—	23	37
Olen Zellweger D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	2	0	13:51	—	—	27	38
Tim Washe C	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	13:48	—	—	24	7
Ross Johnston L	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	2	11:40	—	—	19	8
Ian Moore D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	0	0	0	10:30	—	—	28	14

ANA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Lukas Dostal(start)	W	41	40	1	.976	4.86	65:00

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.49	3	0	0	29:18	—	—	54	64
Martin Necas C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	2	2	0	27:03	—	—	57	85
Victor Olofsson L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.24	1	2	0	21:11	—	—	53	56
Brock Nelson C	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.50	0	0	0	21:51	—	—	79	88
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.57	0	0	0	16:50	—	—	77	81
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.06	0	1	0	15:49	—	—	83	94
Jack Drury C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.45	0	0	2	16:07	—	—	78	81
Ross Colton C	L3	0	0	0	0	5	0.62	0	0	0	12:30	—	—	74	81
Gavin Brindley C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	0	0	0	6:48	—	—	80	98
Parker Kelly C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	12:04	—	—	60	69
Taylor Makar L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	2	0	0	7:13	—	—	60	43
Zakhar Bardakov C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.64	0	0	0	5:12	—	—	30	79
Cale Makar D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.52	2	2	0	29:51	—	—	66	78
Sam Malinski D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.04	0	0	0	21:11	—	—	71	76
Josh Manson D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.09	2	3	0	18:19	—	—	69	97
Brent Burns D	D2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.15	0	3	0	18:12	—	—	62	80
Samuel Girard D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.04	1	0	0	21:59	—	—	63	76
Jack Ahcan D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	11:32	—	—	58	60

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Scott Wedgewood(start)	O	16	15	1	.938	1.87	65:00

Goal anatomy

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

Jeffrey Viel (ANA) 2nd 1:27 · assists Cutter Gauthier, Radko Gudas · Rush · carried in · 67.5 mph shot · 3.1 s from entry to goal.

Jeffrey Viel · 2nd 1:27 · ANA

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 67.5 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Entry to goal: 3.1 s

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Artturi Lehkonen · 3rd 16:21 · COL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 49.5 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Entry to goal: 3.0 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.