Calgary Flames vs. Colorado AvalancheNov 25, 2023

FinalSaturday, Nov 25, 2023· Ball Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CGY	0	1	0	1		CGY	4	11	15	30
COL	1	2	0	3		COL	10	8	6	24

: CGY 65COL 55
: CGY 2.04COL 3.04
PP goals: CGY 0COL 1
Hits: CGY 20COL 16
Blocks: CGY 13COL 19
PIM: CGY 10COL 8
: CGY 47%COL 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche beat Calgary Flames 3–1

Colorado Avalanche beat Calgary Flames 3–1 at home. Nathan MacKinnon (COL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. COL's first power-play unit (MacKinnon, Drouin, Nichushkin, Rantanen and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 3:25 together.

Points
Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:40.MacKinnon
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (MacKinnon, Drouin, Nichushkin, Rantanen and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 3:25 together.MacKinnon Drouin Nichushkin Rantanen Makar
Usage
Jonathan Drouin (COL) played 12:15, −6:01 down on his 18:16 season average over 78 games.Drouin
Usage
Valeri Nichushkin (COL) played 24:55, +3:38 up on his 21:17 season average over 53 games.Nichushkin
Usage
MacKenzie Weegar (CGY) played 18:49, −4:10 down on his 22:59 season average over 81 games.Weegar
Usage
Connor Zary (CGY) played 12:05, −3:15 down on his 15:20 season average over 62 games.Zary
Usage
Miles Wood (COL) played 10:34, −3:10 down on his 13:44 season average over 73 games.Wood
PP1
CGY's PP1 (Kadri, Huberdeau, Lindholm, Andersson and Pospisil) went scoreless in 4:47 of 5v4 time with 3 attempts.Kadri Huberdeau Lindholm Andersson Pospisil

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

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

COL
CGY
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 120 of 120 attempts · COL 55 · CGY 65

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

COL
CGY
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: CGY 30% of the game, COL 34%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

COL

CGY

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	CGY	COL
	64	54
	1.95	1.92
	1.91	1.80
	11	13
	4	10
	12	19
	−0.007	+0.007
	30%	34%

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.

Calgary Flames

L1Lindholm – Mangiapane – Sharangovich
10:4257% CF
L2Backlund – Coleman – Huberdeau
10:1731% CF
L3Kadri – Pospisil – Zary
7:0554% CF
L4Greer – Dube – Ruzicka
6:5461% CF
D1Weegar – Andersson
11:4950% CF
D2Tanev – Hanifin
11:2365% CF
D3Zadorov – Gilbert
9:2163% CF

PP1Kadri – Huberdeau – Lindholm – Andersson – Pospisil
4:47100% CF
PP2Backlund – Weegar – Mangiapane – Sharangovich – Zary
1:21
PK1FBacklund – Lindholm
2:07
PK2FColeman – Sharangovich
1:08
PK1DTanev – Zadorov
2:39
PK2DWeegar – Andersson
0:39

Current CGY line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Rantanen
14:0642% CF
L2Wood – Colton – O'Connor
8:4165% CF
L3Tatar – Johansen – Drouin
7:1547% CF
L4Cogliano – Olofsson – Kiviranta
6:4036% CF
D1Toews – Makar
11:3236% CF
D2Manson – Byram
7:3571% CF
D3Johnson – Jones
4:2833% CF

PP1MacKinnon – Drouin – Nichushkin – Rantanen – Makar
3:2567% CF
PP2Tatar – Johansen – Toews – Colton – Byram
1:25100% CF
PK1FCogliano – O'Connor
2:09
PK2FNichushkin – Olofsson
0:46
PK1DToews – Makar
3:15
PK2DJohnson – Manson
1:51

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

6:31
COLJonathan DrouinPP (Mikko Rantanen, Nathan MacKinnon)wrist0.11 xG
CGY: Tanev, Mangiapane, Hanifin, DubeCOL: MacKinnon, Drouin, Nichushkin, Rantanen, Makar
CGY 0 – 1 COL

2nd period

10:10
COLRyan Johansenwrap-around0.12 xG
CGY: Huberdeau, Lindholm, Zadorov, Gilbert, SharangovichCOL: Tatar, Johansen, Drouin, Toews, Byram
CGY 0 – 2 COL
12:03
CGYMikael Backlund (Jonathan Huberdeau, Blake Coleman)snap0.22 xG
CGY: Backlund, Tanev, Coleman, Huberdeau, HanifinCOL: Johnson, Cogliano, Olofsson, Jones, Kiviranta
CGY 1 – 2 COL
12:37
COLNathan MacKinnon (Valeri Nichushkin, Cale Makar)wrist0.02 xG
CGY: Weegar, Lindholm, Mangiapane, Andersson, SharangovichCOL: Manson, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Rantanen, Makar
CGY 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.

Calgary Flames

CGY skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Elias Lindholm C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.10	0	1	0	21:34	—	—	58	53
Yegor Sharangovich C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	0	1	0	17:05	—	—	56	44
Andrew Mangiapane L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.18	1	0	0	16:13	—	—	59	49
Mikael Backlund C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.23	2	0	0	19:32	—	—	42	50
Jonathan Huberdeau L	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.26	1	0	0	18:45	—	—	25	35
Blake Coleman L	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.09	2	0	2	15:17	—	—	39	50
Nazem Kadri C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.13	0	0	2	19:15	—	—	55	35
Martin Pospisil C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	2	1	0	14:11	—	—	55	36
Connor Zary C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	0	0	0	12:05	—	—	65	69
Adam Ruzicka C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	0	0	0	10:45	—	—	62	58
Dillon Dube C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	1	1	0	9:07	—	—	58	55
A.J. Greer L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.27	1	0	0	8:20	—	—	59	56
Rasmus Andersson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.11	3	2	2	25:48	—	—	51	49
MacKenzie Weegar D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	2	3	4	18:49	—	—	49	36
Noah Hanifin D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	0	1	0	21:14	—	—	54	60
Chris Tanev D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	1	0	0	17:33	—	—	64	70
Nikita Zadorov D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	2	0	0	18:27	—	—	56	43
Dennis Gilbert D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	2	3	0	12:03	—	—	61	65

CGY goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Dan Vladar(start)	L	24	21	3	.875	2.47	57:59

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Valeri Nichushkin R	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.09	1	0	0	24:55	—	—	41	35
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.21	0	0	0	22:23	—	—	42	39
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	1	1	2	+1	4	0.33	0	4	0	20:40	—	—	41	36
Logan O'Connor R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.78	1	1	0	16:05	—	—	60	56
Ross Colton C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.43	1	1	2	12:13	—	—	65	65
Miles Wood L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	1	2	10:34	—	—	58	55
Ryan Johansen C	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.42	0	0	2	13:29	—	—	43	54
Jonathan Drouin L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.21	0	0	0	12:15	—	—	47	68
Tomas Tatar L	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.08	0	0	0	10:01	—	—	44	63
Andrew Cogliano C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	2	0	12:28	—	—	38	45
Joel Kiviranta L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	1	0	0	10:58	—	—	33	45
Fredrik Olofsson L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	1	0	0	10:24	—	—	38	45
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.09	1	0	0	26:09	—	—	46	60
Cale Makar D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.02	0	3	0	22:33	—	—	39	34
Bowen Byram D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	1	2	19:19	—	—	50	63
Josh Manson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.08	5	3	0	19:16	—	—	60	60
Jack Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	3	0	0	16:47	—	—	43	42
Caleb Jones D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	1	3	0	12:10	—	—	37	36

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ivan Prosvetov(start)	W	30	29	1	.967	2.04	59:21

Goal anatomy

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

Jonathan Drouin (COL PP) 1st 6:31 · assists Mikko Rantanen, Nathan MacKinnon · Rush · carried in · 60.9 mph shot · 4.1 s from entry to goal.

Jonathan Drouin · 1st 6:31 · COL PP

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 60.9 mph
Distance: 15 ft
Entry to goal: 4.1 s

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Ryan Johansen · 2nd 10:10 · COL

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 15.7 mph
Distance: 129 ft

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Mikael Backlund · 2nd 12:03 · CGY

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 27.2 mph
Distance: 10 ft

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Nathan MacKinnon · 2nd 12:37 · COL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 49.0 mph
Distance: 55 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s

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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.