Los Angeles Kings vs. Colorado AvalancheJan 26, 2024

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
LAK	0	1	0	1		LAK	7	10	10	27
COL	3	1	1	5		COL	12	11	8	31

: LAK 52COL 55
: LAK 1.74COL 2.05
PP goals: LAK 1COL 1
Hits: LAK 13COL 18
Blocks: LAK 14COL 15
PIM: LAK 12COL 14
: LAK 52%COL 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche rout Los Angeles Kings 5–1

Colorado Avalanche beat Los Angeles Kings 5–1 at home. Logan O'Connor (COL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. COL's first power-play unit (MacKinnon, Drouin, Rantanen, Colton and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:07 together.

Points
Logan O'Connor had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:17.O'Connor
Points
Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:03.MacKinnon
Points
Ross Colton had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:29.Colton
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (MacKinnon, Drouin, Rantanen, Colton and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:07 together.MacKinnon Drouin Rantanen Colton Makar
PP1
LAK's first power-play unit (Kopitar, Doughty, Fiala, Kempe and Laferriere) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 4:20 together.Kopitar Doughty Fiala Kempe Laferriere
New line
New look for LAK: Kopitar–Kempe–Laferriere skated 8:57 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (41.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kopitar Kempe Laferriere
Luck
COL scored 5 goals on 2.05 expected goals (55 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for LAK: Grundstrom–Dubois–Anderson-Dolan skated 7:31 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (38.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Grundstrom Dubois Anderson-Dolan

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

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

COL
LAK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 107 of 107 attempts · COL 55 · LAK 52

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

COL
LAK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: LAK 17% 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

COL

LAK

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	LAK	COL
	46	47
	1.42	1.68
	1.38	1.65
	11	8
	7	2
	10	16
	+0.009	−0.009
	17%	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.

Los Angeles Kings

L1Kopitar – Kempe – Laferriere
8:5742% CF
L2Danault – Fiala – Moore
8:1567% CF
L3Grundstrom – Dubois – Anderson-Dolan
7:3139% CF
L4Lewis – Fagemo – Kaliyev
5:3367% CF
D1Gavrikov – Roy
13:2732% CF
D2Doughty – Anderson
12:5053% CF
D3Englund – Clarke
9:1850% CF

PP1Kopitar – Doughty – Fiala – Kempe – Laferriere
4:20100% CF
PP2Danault – Dubois – Moore – Fagemo – Clarke
2:2033% CF
PK1FKopitar – Kempe
1:52
PK2FDanault – Moore
1:40
PK1DGavrikov – Roy
2:07
PK2DDoughty – Anderson
1:44

Current LAK line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1MacKinnon – Drouin – Rantanen
10:5445% CF
L2Wood – Colton – O'Connor
9:0550% CF
L3Cogliano – Johansen – Lehkonen
7:2553% CF
D1Toews – Makar
13:0857% CF
D2Johnson – Byram
9:1524% CF
D3Manson – Girard
7:2456% CF

PP1MacKinnon – Drouin – Rantanen – Colton – Makar
3:0771% CF
PP2Johansen – Lehkonen – Toews – Girard – Byram
1:030% CF
PK1FCogliano – O'Connor
1:32
PK2FJohansen – Lehkonen
1:17
PK1DToews – Makar
1:56
PK2DManson – Girard
1:30

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.

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Anze Kopitar C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	0	0	19:04	—	—	50	39
Adrian Kempe R	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.34	2	1	2	18:18	—	—	41	35
Alex Laferriere R	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.12	1	0	2	14:59	—	—	47	30
Kevin Fiala L	L2	1	0	1	-2	4	0.17	0	0	4	18:18	—	—	67	71
Trevor Moore L	L2	0	0	0	-2	4	0.41	0	1	0	17:04	—	—	56	71
Phillip Danault C	L2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.13	0	0	0	16:44	—	—	62	60
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	3	1	0	14:57	—	—	32	33
Jaret Anderson-Dolan C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	12:35	—	—	46	39
Carl Grundstrom R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	1	1	0	11:19	—	—	42	40
Trevor Lewis C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	0	0	12:44	—	—	69	73
Samuel Fagemo L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:25	—	—	55	3
Arthur Kaliyev R	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.06	0	0	2	8:54	—	—	44	25
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	0	0	0	22:12	—	—	41	33
Matt Roy D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.06	0	2	2	20:15	—	—	36	27
Drew Doughty D	D2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.06	0	1	0	23:48	—	—	57	57
Mikey Anderson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.19	0	1	0	17:09	—	—	47	64
Brandt Clarke D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	3	0	18:38	—	—	61	47
Andreas Englund D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	2	0	11:31	—	—	48	43

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
David Rittich	—	19	17	2	.895	1.40	40:00
Cam Talbot(start)	L	12	9	3	.750	0.66	20:00

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.32	0	1	2	19:24	—	—	41	49
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	1	1	2	+1	3	0.20	0	0	2	19:03	—	—	48	41
Jonathan Drouin L	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:47	—	—	48	45
Ross Colton C	L2	0	2	2	+2	1	0.34	0	0	0	16:29	—	—	47	56
Miles Wood L	L2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.09	1	0	0	15:47	—	—	54	52
Logan O'Connor R	L2	2	0	2	+2	2	0.12	1	3	2	15:17	—	—	55	44
Artturi Lehkonen L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	2	0	0	16:05	—	—	50	78
Ryan Johansen C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	14:00	—	—	53	78
Andrew Cogliano C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.03	0	1	0	12:17	—	—	52	82
Cale Makar D	D1	1	0	1	+1	9	0.47	1	1	0	25:25	—	—	59	65
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	0	1	2	20:00	—	—	55	63
Bowen Byram D	D2	0	0	0	+3	0	0.00	1	3	2	18:54	—	—	49	64
Jack Johnson D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	2	2	0	16:52	—	—	31	41
Samuel Girard D	D3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	1	2	0	20:36	—	—	65	50
Josh Manson D	D3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.11	4	0	0	15:51	—	—	56	38
Joel Kiviranta L	—	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	9:11	—	—	63	48
Fredrik Olofsson L	—	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	1	0	0	8:44	—	—	58	50
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	4	0	4	7:33	—	—	60	61

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	W	27	26	1	.963	1.74	59:30

Goal anatomy

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

Logan O'Connor (COL) 1st 7:44 · assists Samuel Girard, Alexandar Georgiev · Rush · carried in · 68.5 mph shot · 1.8 s from entry to goal.

Logan O'Connor · 1st 7:44 · COL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 68.5 mph
Distance: 49 ft
Entry to goal: 1.8 s

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Logan O'Connor · 1st 14:55 · COL

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1
Shot: 59.2 mph
Distance: 26 ft
Entry to goal: 5.7 s

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Nathan MacKinnon · 1st 18:30 · COL

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 47.5 mph
Distance: 26 ft
Entry to goal: 4.0 s

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Kevin Fiala · 2nd 6:20 · LAK PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 6 (royal road)
Shot: 70.5 mph
Distance: 40 ft
Type: one-timer

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Josh Manson · 2nd 11:44 · COL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-2
Passes: 1
Shot: 45.9 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 s

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Cale Makar · 3rd 0:31 · COL PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 33.0 mph
Distance: 47 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.

Los Angeles Kings vs. Colorado AvalancheJan 26, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Colorado Avalanche rout Los Angeles Kings 5–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Los Angeles Kings

Colorado Avalanche

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Los Angeles Kings

Colorado Avalanche

Goal anatomy

Logan O'Connor · 1st 7:44 · COL

Logan O'Connor · 1st 14:55 · COL

Nathan MacKinnon · 1st 18:30 · COL

Kevin Fiala · 2nd 6:20 · LAK PP

Josh Manson · 2nd 11:44 · COL

Cale Makar · 3rd 0:31 · COL PP