Philadelphia Flyers vs. Colorado AvalancheFeb 2, 2025

FinalSunday, Feb 2, 2025· Ball Arena

away

home

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PHI	0	0	0	0		PHI	10	7	7	24
COL	0	2	0	2		COL	6	18	8	32

: PHI 46COL 62
: PHI 1.79COL 3.15
PP goals: PHI 0COL 1
Hits: PHI 22COL 15
Blocks: PHI 18COL 12
PIM: PHI 4COL 2
: PHI 37%COL 63%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche beat Philadelphia Flyers 2–0

Colorado Avalanche beat Philadelphia Flyers 2–0 at home. Jonathan Drouin (COL) led the scoring with 0G 2A. Rasmus Ristolainen (PHI) played 12:06, −8:34 down on his 20:40 season average over 62 games.

Points
Jonathan Drouin had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:11.Drouin
Usage
Rasmus Ristolainen (PHI) played 12:06, −8:34 down on his 20:40 season average over 62 games.Ristolainen
New line
New look for PHI: Laughton–Abols–Brink skated 5:06 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (28.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Laughton Abols Brink
Usage
Casey Mittelstadt (COL) played 12:51, −4:16 down on his 17:07 season average over 80 games.Mittelstadt
Luck
PHI scored 0 goals on 1.79 expected goals (46 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Tyson Foerster (PHI) played 23:33, +6:46 up on his 16:47 season average over 80 games.Foerster
Usage
Jonathan Drouin (COL) played 14:11, −4:06 down on his 18:17 season average over 42 games.Drouin
Usage
Martin Necas (COL) played 24:51, +5:56 up on his 18:55 season average over 78 games.Necas

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

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

COL
PHI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 108 of 108 attempts · COL 62 · PHI 46

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

COL
PHI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: PHI 23% of the game, COL 38%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

COL

PHI

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	PHI	COL
	46	62
	1.69	2.95
	1.63	2.72
	11	12
	5	6
	17	17
	−0.076	+0.076
	23%	38%

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.

Philadelphia Flyers

L1Konecny – Cates – Foerster
9:2126% CF
L2Couturier – Richard – Michkov
6:0727% CF
L3Laughton – Abols – Brink
5:0629% CF
D1Sanheim – York
11:4145% CF
D2Andrae – Drysdale
8:2533% CF
D3Johnson – Seeler
4:3064% CF

PP1Laughton – Konecny – Brink – Andrae – Michkov
0:50
PK1FCouturier – Konecny
1:40
PK2FLaughton – Hathaway
0:37
PK1DSanheim – York
1:10
PK2DJohnson – Seeler
1:02

Current PHI line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Necas
14:2267% CF
L2Wood – Colton – Drury
8:3154% CF
L3Drouin – Mittelstadt – Parssinen
7:2955% CF
L4Kelly – O'Connor – Kiviranta
7:2045% CF
D1Toews – Makar
16:1155% CF
D2Manson – Girard
14:1255% CF
D3Middleton – Malinski
9:2450% CF

PP1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Drouin – Necas – Makar
3:3988% CF
PK1FKelly – O'Connor
0:37
PK1DToews – Makar
0:50

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

8:33
COLSamuel Girard (Casey Mittelstadt, Jonathan Drouin)snap0.20 xG
PHI: Laughton, Sanheim, Abols, York, BrinkCOL: Drouin, Girard, Mittelstadt, Kiviranta, Malinski
PHI 0 – 1 COL
17:28
COLNathan MacKinnonPP (Cale Makar, Jonathan Drouin)wrist0.07 xG
PHI: Ristolainen, Sanheim, Cates, FoersterCOL: MacKinnon, Drouin, Colton, Necas, Makar
PHI 0 – 2 COL

Box score

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

Philadelphia Flyers

PHI skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Travis Konecny R	L1	0	1	0.11	1	0	0	25:16	—	—	34	20
Tyson Foerster R	L1	0	2	0.21	2	1	0	23:33	—	—	39	17
Noah Cates L	L1	0	4	0.42	1	1	2	20:31	—	—	35	21
Sean Couturier C	L2	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	17:45	—	—	41	26
Matvei Michkov R	L2	0	0	0.01	0	1	0	16:49	—	—	32	36
Anthony Richard C	L2	0	1	0.09	1	1	0	15:56	—	—	50	69
Bobby Brink R	L3	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:33	—	—	40	49
Scott Laughton C	L3	-1	4	0.37	1	0	2	15:44	—	—	48	49
Rodrigo Abols C	L3	-1	2	0.26	1	0	0	12:32	—	—	42	54
Travis Sanheim D	D1	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	20:53	—	—	46	42
Cam York D	D1	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	17:34	—	—	41	39
Jamie Drysdale D	D2	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	20:54	—	—	33	24
Emil Andrae D	D2	0	0	0.00	3	3	0	19:01	—	—	27	30
Nick Seeler D	D3	0	0	0.00	0	4	0	15:29	—	—	52	34
Erik Johnson D	D3	0	2	0.01	5	2	0	10:04	—	—	67	69
Rasmus Ristolainen D	—	0	1	0.00	0	1	0	12:06	—	—	26	27
Garnet Hathaway R	—	0	3	0.26	3	0	0	12:04	—	—	58	65
Jacob Gaucher C	—	0	2	0.01	1	1	0	8:08	—	—	53	59

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Ersson(start)	L	32	30	2	.938	2.98	55:29

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Martin Necas C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	1.03	1	0	0	24:51	—	—	63	79
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.33	1	0	0	24:27	—	—	68	84
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	22:23	—	—	66	81
Jack Drury C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:32	—	—	44	40
Ross Colton C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	2	1	0	11:25	—	—	47	40
Miles Wood L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	1	2	11:18	—	—	47	43
Jonathan Drouin L	L3	0	2	2	+1	1	0.09	0	0	0	14:11	—	—	67	56
Casey Mittelstadt C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.03	0	0	0	12:51	—	—	64	49
Juuso Parssinen C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	1	0	10:22	—	—	53	39
Logan O'Connor R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	0	1	0	13:19	—	—	50	48
Joel Kiviranta L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	1	0	0	12:34	—	—	53	48
Parker Kelly C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	11:36	—	—	39	31
Cale Makar D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.46	0	1	0	26:51	—	—	56	67
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.27	1	1	0	25:40	—	—	61	70
Samuel Girard D	D2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.32	0	0	0	20:22	—	—	56	70
Josh Manson D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	2	1	0	20:05	—	—	62	63
Keaton Middleton D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	4	2	0	12:12	—	—	57	36
Sam Malinski D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	11:21	—	—	52	51

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	W	24	24	0	.1000	1.79	59:40

Goal anatomy

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

Samuel Girard (COL) 2nd 8:33 · assists Casey Mittelstadt, Jonathan Drouin · Odd-man rush · carried in · 2-on-1 at the blue line · 53.8 mph shot · 2.7 s from entry to goal.

Samuel Girard · 2nd 8:33 · COL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 2
Shot: 53.8 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Entry to goal: 2.7 s

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Nathan MacKinnon · 2nd 17:28 · COL PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 59.5 mph
Distance: 32 ft

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

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.