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New York Islanders vs. Colorado AvalancheNov 16, 2025

Final· Ball Arena
away
NYI
1
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home
COL
4
Goals123TShots123T
NYI1001NYI7111129
COL0224COL7101128
NYI 56COL 57
NYI 2.54COL 3.27
PP goals
NYI 0COL 0
Hits
NYI 11COL 19
Blocks
NYI 14COL 11
PIM
NYI 11COL 13
NYI 57%COL 43%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche beat New York Islanders 4–1

Colorado Avalanche beat New York Islanders 4–1 at home. Brock Nelson (COL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for NYI: Cizikas–Ritchie–Shabanov skated 4:58 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

  1. Points
    Brock Nelson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:04.Nelson
  2. New line
    New look for NYI: Cizikas–Ritchie–Shabanov skated 4:58 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.CizikasRitchieShabanov
  3. Usage
    Sam Malinski (COL) played 13:23, −4:17 down on his 17:40 season average over 81 games.Malinski
  4. Usage
    Calum Ritchie (NYI) played 6:54, −6:40 down on his 13:34 season average over 64 games.Ritchie
  5. Luck
    NYI scored 1 goal on 2.54 expected goals (56 attempts), well short of its chances.
  6. Usage
    Parker Kelly (COL) played 8:54, −3:51 down on his 12:45 season average over 81 games.Kelly
  7. Usage
    Casey Cizikas (NYI) played 5:37, −6:14 down on his 11:51 season average over 80 games.Cizikas
  8. Usage
    Kyle Palmieri (NYI) played 22:19, +3:35 up on his 18:44 season average over 24 games.Palmieri

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, NYI at COL: 113 attempts, 57 on goal, 5 goals, 5.81 expected goals; best chance Gabriel Landeskog at 0.45 xG.

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

Showing 113 of 113 attempts · COL 57 · NYI 56

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, NYI at COL: expected goals 3.27 to 2.54 (COL led the chances), shot attempts 57 to 56, 5 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdCOLNYIHCONNnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • COL
  • NYI
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
COLNYIcontrol2nd3rdHeineman · 1st 2:05Colton · 2nd 4:32Olofsson · 2nd 5:51Necas · 3rd 19:25Nelson · 3rd 19:44
  • 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 25% of the game, COL 31%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, NYI at COL: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Scott Wedgewood (60:00) for COL and Ilya Sorokin (58:26) for NYI, 5 goals.

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

Head-to-head matchups

COL skaters (rows) against NYI 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 NYI columns: 250 matchups; most common Toews vs Holmstrom, 8:16 at 73% xGF.

COL ↓ · NYI →HorvatPalmieriHeinemanBarzalDrouinHolmstromPageauLeeDuclairShabanovRitchieCizikasRomanovMayfieldPelechDeAngeloSchaeferPulockL1 LehkonenL1 MacKinnonL1 NecasL2 NelsonL2 ColtonL2 BrindleyL3 DruryL3 OlofssonL3 LandeskogL4 KellyL4 BardakovL4 MakarD1 MakarD1 ToewsD2 GirardD2 MalinskiD3 BurnsD3 Manson
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
StatNYICOL
4954
1.762.70
1.712.59
117
14
1317
+0.036−0.037
25%31%

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

Current NYI line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 2:05
    NYIEmil Heineman (Tony DeAngelo, Kyle Palmieri)deflected0.13 xG
    NYI: Palmieri, Pelech, Horvat, DeAngelo, HeinemanCOL: Burns, Nelson, Manson, Colton, Brindley
    NYI 1 – 0 COL

2nd period

  1. 4:32
    COLRoss Colton (Cale Makar, Brock Nelson)wrist0.08 xG
    NYI: Pelech, Drouin, Pulock, Barzal, HolmstromCOL: Nelson, Toews, Colton, Makar, Brindley
    NYI 1 – 1 COL
  2. 5:51
    COLVictor Olofsson (Sam Malinski)tip-in0.06 xG
    NYI: Lee, Pageau, Mayfield, Duclair, RomanovCOL: Landeskog, Olofsson, Girard, Drury, Malinski
    NYI 1 – 2 COL

3rd period

  1. 19:25
    COLMartin NecasENsnap0.43 xG
    NYI: Palmieri, Lee, Horvat, Barzal, Heineman, SchaeferCOL: Manson, MacKinnon, Toews, Necas, Drury
    NYI 1 – 3 COL
  2. 19:44
    COLBrock Nelson (Brent Burns, Parker Kelly)tip-in0.09 xG
    NYI: Cizikas, Pelech, DeAngelo, Ritchie, ShabanovCOL: Burns, Nelson, Manson, Landeskog, Kelly
    NYI 1 – 4 COL

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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Bo Horvat CL1000060.4900022:25——5341
Kyle Palmieri CL1011030.2900022:19——4639
Emil Heineman LL1101010.1301014:28——5537
Mathew Barzal CL2000-260.4211023:50——4149
Jonathan Drouin LL2000-120.1601021:12——4453
Simon Holmstrom RL2000-100.0004016:41——2724
Jean-Gabriel Pageau CL3000-100.0001015:10——2913
Anders Lee LL3000-210.2300713:36——4327
Anthony Duclair LL3000-100.0300010:45——5627
Maxim Shabanov RL4000-120.2600010:33——6361
Calum Ritchie CL4000-100.000006:54——7864
Casey Cizikas CL4000-100.011005:37——7564
Alexander Romanov DD1000-120.2332020:03——3429
Scott Mayfield DD1000-100.0532218:28——2623
Adam Pelech DD2000-120.0811018:18——5243
Tony DeAngelo DD2011010.0100017:14——5957
Matthew Schaefer DD3000-120.1611021:39——5758
Ryan Pulock DD3000-110.0110216:22——6145
NYI goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Ilya Sorokin(start)L27243.8892.8458:26

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Artturi Lehkonen LL1000020.1901022:06——6584
Nathan MacKinnon CL1000+130.2601021:19——6882
Martin Necas CL1101+130.7310219:09——7181
Brock Nelson CL2112+130.3311019:04——5264
Ross Colton CL2101040.4840014:43——4554
Gavin Brindley CL2000020.0920214:30——4662
Jack Drury CL3000+200.0001017:16——5257
Victor Olofsson LL3101+120.1500016:18——5761
Gabriel Landeskog LL3000+220.5320014:20——5760
Parker Kelly CL4011+100.002128:54——3362
Zakhar Bardakov CL4000000.000006:00——116
Taylor Makar LL4000000.002003:21——209
Cale Makar DD1011+120.2010225:06——5850
Devon Toews DD1000+200.0803024:02——5054
Samuel Girard DD2000+100.0110016:19——4572
Sam Malinski DD2011+120.1300013:23——6182
Brent Burns DD3011010.0403019:03——5036
Josh Manson DD3000+120.0630517:07——5237
COL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Scott Wedgewood(start)W29281.9662.5460:00

Goal anatomy

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

Emil Heineman (NYI) 1st 2:05 · assists Tony DeAngelo, Kyle Palmieri · Deflection · 23.8 mph shot.

Ross Colton · 2nd 4:32 · COL

Play
rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
No
Passes
1
Shot
64.7 mph
Distance
35 ft
Entry to goal
1.6 s

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