New York Islanders vs. Colorado AvalancheJan 2, 2024

Final / OTTuesday, Jan 2, 2024· Ball Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
NYI	2	2	0	0	4		NYI	8	9	5	0	22
COL	1	2	1	1	5		COL	16	10	12	1	39

: NYI 44COL 91
: NYI 1.24COL 3.75
PP goals: NYI 1COL 2
Hits: NYI 23COL 18
Blocks: NYI 31COL 16
PIM: NYI 10COL 4
: NYI 47%COL 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche edge New York Islanders 5–4 (OT)

Colorado Avalanche beat New York Islanders 5–4 in overtime at home. Nathan MacKinnon (COL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. COL's first power-play unit (MacKinnon, Drouin, Nichushkin, Rantanen and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 16 attempts in 5:37 together.

Points
Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 7 shots in 23:09.MacKinnon
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Cale Makar had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 26:11.Makar
Points
Valeri Nichushkin had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:54.Nichushkin
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Brock Nelson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:54.Nelson
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Jonathan Drouin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 21:38.Drouin
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Mikko Rantanen had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 24:23.Rantanen
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (MacKinnon, Drouin, Nichushkin, Rantanen and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 16 attempts in 5:37 together.MacKinnon Drouin Nichushkin Rantanen Makar
PP1
NYI's first power-play unit (Palmieri, Nelson, Horvat, Barzal and Dobson) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:25 together.Palmieri Nelson Horvat Barzal Dobson

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

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

COL
NYI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 135 of 135 attempts · COL 91 · NYI 44

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

COL
NYI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NYI 6% of the game, COL 67%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

COL

NYI

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	NYI	COL
	43	84
	1.10	3.24
	1.06	3.12
	5	12
	8	7
	14	17
	−0.042	+0.042
	6%	67%

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 York Islanders

L1Palmieri – Nelson – Engvall
11:0326% CF
L2Lee – Horvat – Barzal
10:0654% CF
L3Pageau – Gauthier – Holmstrom
7:5133% CF
L4Clutterbuck – Cizikas – Fasching
7:1033% CF
D1Dobson – Romanov
15:4126% CF
D2Reilly – Mayfield
11:4736% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Bolduc
5:0436% CF

PP1Palmieri – Nelson – Horvat – Barzal – Dobson
2:2567% CF
PP2Lee – Pageau – Reilly – Engvall – Bolduc
1:30100% CF
PK1FClutterbuck – Cizikas
4:00
PK2FPageau – Holmstrom
3:05
PK1DMayfield – Romanov
3:13
PK2DBortuzzo – Dobson
1:24

Current NYI line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1MacKinnon – Drouin – Rantanen
13:0071% CF
L2Johansen – Wood – Nichushkin
8:2563% CF
L3Colton – O'Connor – Meyers
6:1050% CF
L4Cogliano – Olofsson – Kiviranta
6:0155% CF
D1Toews – Makar
16:1470% CF
D2Manson – Byram
11:2766% CF
D3Johnson – Girard
9:3060% CF

PP1MacKinnon – Drouin – Nichushkin – Rantanen – Makar
5:3794% CF
PP2Johansen – Toews – Girard – Colton – Byram
1:19100% CF
PK1FCogliano – O'Connor
1:09
PK2FNichushkin – Olofsson
0:36
PK1DToews – Makar
2:13
PK2DManson – Byram
0:58

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 York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brock Nelson C	L1	1	1	2	+1	1	0.11	1	1	0	16:54	—	—	26	38
Kyle Palmieri C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.14	0	2	0	16:02	—	—	29	48
Pierre Engvall L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.19	0	1	0	14:29	—	—	28	37
Bo Horvat C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.09	1	0	0	17:05	—	—	47	28
Mathew Barzal C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.12	0	0	2	16:25	—	—	47	18
Anders Lee L	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	3	0	0	14:03	—	—	48	31
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.24	1	4	0	15:29	—	—	24	26
Simon Holmstrom R	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	13:32	—	—	29	31
Julien Gauthier R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	1	2	0	9:17	—	—	28	56
Casey Cizikas C	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.09	3	2	0	15:31	—	—	32	12
Cal Clutterbuck R	L4	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	15:16	—	—	25	7
Hudson Fasching R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	2	1	0	10:41	—	—	30	22
Noah Dobson D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	2	2	0	28:38	—	—	36	17
Alexander Romanov D	D1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.03	2	6	0	25:12	—	—	25	13
Scott Mayfield D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.02	3	2	4	23:43	—	—	30	23
Mike Reilly D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	1	1	4	17:11	—	—	43	29
Samuel Bolduc D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	0	4	0	16:02	—	—	39	85
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	8:10	—	—	31	30

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Sorokin	O	27	23	4	.852	2.86	45:40
Semyon Varlamov(start)	—	12	11	1	.917	0.89	14:52

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	0	2	2	0	4	0.43	2	1	0	24:23	—	—	73	93
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	1	2	3	-1	7	0.54	0	1	2	23:09	—	—	76	91
Jonathan Drouin L	L1	1	1	2	+1	1	0.26	0	1	0	21:38	—	—	72	93
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	2	0	2	0	4	0.90	0	0	0	20:54	—	—	70	67
Ryan Johansen C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:11	—	—	55	26
Miles Wood L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.01	2	0	0	13:46	—	—	65	46
Logan O'Connor R	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.44	1	0	0	13:05	—	—	64	82
Ross Colton C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.13	2	0	0	12:45	—	—	65	82
Ben Meyers C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	9:56	—	—	62	75
Andrew Cogliano C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	2	10:26	—	—	56	67
Fredrik Olofsson L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	0	0	8:58	—	—	58	0
Joel Kiviranta L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:29	—	—	54	0
Cale Makar D	D1	0	3	3	0	2	0.20	0	3	0	26:11	—	—	70	92
Devon Toews D	D1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.14	1	1	0	22:25	—	—	73	96
Bowen Byram D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	2	0	18:56	—	—	61	61
Josh Manson D	D2	0	0	0	0	5	0.20	2	4	0	17:48	—	—	69	51
Samuel Girard D	D3	0	1	1	0	2	0.19	2	1	0	16:58	—	—	56	74
Jack Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	3	0	0	13:59	—	—	67	65

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	W	22	18	4	.818	1.24	60:28

Goal anatomy

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

Devon Toews (COL) 1st 6:11 · assists Logan O'Connor, Cale Makar · Forecheck turnover · carried in · 48.9 mph shot · 7.0 s from entry to goal.

Devon Toews · 1st 6:11 · COL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 48.9 mph
Distance: 34 ft
Entry to goal: 7.0 s

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Alexander Romanov · 2nd 10:18 · NYI

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 2
Shot: 50.4 mph
Distance: 51 ft
Entry to goal: 5.7 s

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Pierre Engvall · 1st 5:39 · NYI

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 26.3 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s

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Brock Nelson · 1st 19:28 · NYI PP

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 49.4 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Entry to goal: 1.9 s

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Simon Holmstrom · 2nd 1:09 · NYI

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 84.2 mph
Distance: 37 ft
Entry to goal: 2.0 s

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Valeri Nichushkin · 2nd 4:18 · COL

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 16.0 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Type: rebound

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Jonathan Drouin · 2nd 8:24 · COL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 68.2 mph
Distance: 30 ft
Entry to goal: 3.6 s

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Valeri Nichushkin · 3rd 12:21 · COL PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 52.6 mph
Distance: 6 ft

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Nathan MacKinnon · OT 0:32 · COL PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 5 (royal road)
Shot: 61.0 mph
Distance: 34 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 York Islanders vs. Colorado AvalancheJan 2, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Colorado Avalanche edge New York Islanders 5–4 (OT)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

New York Islanders

Colorado Avalanche

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

OT period

Box score

New York Islanders

Colorado Avalanche

Goal anatomy

Devon Toews · 1st 6:11 · COL

Alexander Romanov · 2nd 10:18 · NYI

Pierre Engvall · 1st 5:39 · NYI

Brock Nelson · 1st 19:28 · NYI PP

Simon Holmstrom · 2nd 1:09 · NYI

Valeri Nichushkin · 2nd 4:18 · COL

Jonathan Drouin · 2nd 8:24 · COL

Valeri Nichushkin · 3rd 12:21 · COL PP

Nathan MacKinnon · OT 0:32 · COL PP