Edgehalla

Calgary Flames vs. Colorado AvalancheApr 9, 2026

Final· Ball Arena
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Goals123TShots123T
CGY0011CGY891229
COL1113COL1220941
CGY 60COL 78
CGY 2.28COL 5.75
PP goals
CGY 0COL 1
Hits
CGY 19COL 11
Blocks
CGY 19COL 12
PIM
CGY 6COL 4
CGY 51%COL 49%

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 2A. COL's first power-play unit (Nelson, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Toews and Necas) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:51 together.

  1. Points
    Martin Necas had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 19:59.Necas
  2. Points
    Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 6 shots in 22:23.MacKinnon
  3. PP1
    COL's first power-play unit (Nelson, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Toews and Necas) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:51 together.NelsonLandeskogMacKinnonToewsNecas
  4. Goalie
    Dustin Wolf (CGY) faced 40 shots and stopped 38 (.950), +13 against a season average of 27.3; the loss.Wolf
  5. New line
    New look for CGY: Backlund–Sharangovich–Coronato skated 10:24 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (51.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.BacklundSharangovichCoronato
  6. Luck
    COL scored 3 goals on 5.75 expected goals (78 attempts), well short of its chances.
  7. New line
    New look for CGY: Beecher–Zary–Suniev skated 9:30 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (65.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.BeecherZarySuniev
  8. New line
    New look for CGY: Olofsson–Klapka–Gross skated 7:12 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.OlofssonKlapkaGross

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.

Shot map, CGY at COL: 138 attempts, 70 on goal, 4 goals, 8.02 expected goals; best chance Nathan MacKinnon at 0.93 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← CGY attacks left (bottom on phones)COL attacks right (top on phones) →
  • COL
  • CGY
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 138 of 138 attempts · COL 78 · CGY 60

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, CGY at COL: expected goals 5.75 to 2.28 (COL led the chances), shot attempts 78 to 60, 4 goals.

0.02.04.06.01st2nd3rdCOLCGYLNGMnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • COL
  • CGY
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
COLCGYcontrol2nd3rdLandeskog · 1st 18:44Necas · 2nd 15:01Gross · 3rd 17:08MacKinnon · 3rd 19:05
  • 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 11% of the game, COL 48%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, CGY at COL: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Mackenzie Blackwood (60:00) for COL and Dustin Wolf (57:38) for CGY, 4 goals.

COL
CGY
goals / penalties
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

COL skaters (rows) against CGY skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the COL side.

Matchup matrix

Head-to-head matrix, COL rows versus CGY columns: 251 matchups; most common MacKinnon vs Whitecloud, 12:13 at 71% xGF.

COL ↓ · CGY →FrostGridinFarabeeCoronatoBacklundSharangovichZaryBeecherSunievGrossOlofssonKlapkaWhitecloudKuznetsovMaattaBrzustewiczParekhPachalL1 MacKinnonL1 NecasL1 LehkonenL2 DruryL2 KellyL2 O'ConnorL3 RoyL3 KivirantaL3 ColtonL4 NelsonL4 NichushkinL4 LandeskogD1 ToewsD1 MalinskiD2 KulakD2 MansonD3 BurnsD3 Blankenburg
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
StatCGYCOL
6182
1.994.41
1.954.14
814
54
1920
+0.002−0.002
11%48%

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

Current CGY line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 18:44
    COLGabriel LandeskogPP (Nathan MacKinnon, Martin Necas)snap0.22 xG
    CGY: Backlund, Whitecloud, Farabee, KuznetsovCOL: Nelson, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Toews, Necas
    CGY 0 – 1 COL

2nd period

  1. 15:01
    COLMartin Necas (Nathan MacKinnon, Brent Burns)wrist0.10 xG
    CGY: Olofsson, Pachal, Klapka, Parekh, GrossCOL: Burns, Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Necas, Blankenburg
    CGY 0 – 2 COL

3rd period

  1. 17:08
    CGYTyson Gross (Matvei Gridin, Matt Coronato)backhand0.29 xG
    CGY: Frost, Sharangovich, Coronato, Parekh, Gridin, GrossCOL: Burns, Nelson, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Toews
    CGY 1 – 2 COL
  2. 19:05
    COLNathan MacKinnonEN (Martin Necas)backhand0.93 xG
    CGY: Frost, Sharangovich, Coronato, Parekh, Gridin, GrossCOL: Manson, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Toews, Necas
    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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Morgan Frost CL1000020.1310019:11——2415
Matvei Gridin RL1011020.0810018:48——2924
Joel Farabee LL1000010.0301018:31——3226
Matt Coronato RL2011050.6101419:15——4625
Mikael Backlund CL2000020.1401017:16——5031
Yegor Sharangovich CL2000010.1000015:39——5130
Connor Zary CL3000030.2810014:18——6761
John Beecher CL3000020.1413212:50——6559
Aydar Suniev LL3000030.1400011:56——6358
Tyson Gross CL4101-110.2921013:15——2514
Victor Olofsson LL4000-100.0300012:07——2422
Adam Klapka RL4000-110.024309:25——3025
Zach Whitecloud DD1000000.0313023:31——3828
Yan Kuznetsov DD1000020.0722020:31——3527
Olli Maatta DD2000010.0402022:19——5446
Hunter Brzustewicz DD2000010.0140019:27——3721
Zayne Parekh DD3000-110.1301017:57——5240
Brayden Pachal DD3000-110.0221011:59——4838
CGY goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Dustin Wolf(start)L40382.9504.3457:38

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Nathan MacKinnon CL1123+161.8310222:23——5770
Martin Necas CL1123+240.4411019:59——4657
Artturi Lehkonen LL1000+120.2711018:49——5466
Jack Drury CL2000010.3100015:00——5657
Parker Kelly CL2000020.2912013:40——5666
Logan O'Connor RL2000010.0220012:04——5457
Nicolas Roy CL3000010.1910011:19——5769
Joel Kiviranta LL3000010.060028:58——6179
Ross Colton CL3000030.492108:53——5674
Brock Nelson CL4000-130.3801016:51——6279
Valeri Nichushkin RL4000+130.7201016:01——6378
Gabriel Landeskog LL4101-130.4420014:21——6787
Devon Toews DD1000020.0300022:26——6280
Sam Malinski DD1000020.1101020:32——6077
Brett Kulak DD2000010.0103021:48——6074
Josh Manson DD2000+130.1000019:45——6173
Brent Burns DD3011030.0500018:34——5150
Nick Blankenburg DD3000+100.0001014:37——4552
COL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)W29281.9662.2860:00

Goal anatomy

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

Gabriel Landeskog (COL PP) 1st 18:44 · assists Nathan MacKinnon, Martin Necas · Rebound · 36.8 mph shot.