Los Angeles Kings vs. Colorado AvalancheMar 27, 2025

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
LAK	0	0	0	0		LAK	7	6	9	22
COL	0	3	1	4		COL	14	5	7	26

: LAK 51COL 50
: LAK 1.65COL 2.25
PP goals: LAK 0COL 2
Hits: LAK 17COL 15
Blocks: LAK 8COL 14
PIM: LAK 6COL 6
: LAK 50%COL 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche rout Los Angeles Kings 4–0

Colorado Avalanche beat Los Angeles Kings 4–0 at home. Martin Necas (COL) led the scoring with 2G 1A. COL's first power-play unit (MacKinnon, Drouin, Nichushkin, Necas and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 3:17 together.

Points
Martin Necas had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 18:14.Necas
Points
Jonathan Drouin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:15.Drouin
Points
Cale Makar had 2 assists (2 points) in 22:55.Makar
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (MacKinnon, Drouin, Nichushkin, Necas and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 3:17 together.MacKinnon Drouin Nichushkin Necas Makar
New line
New look for COL: Coyle–Wood–Colton skated 7:10 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Coyle Wood Colton
New line
New look for LAK: Lewis–Malott–Helenius skated 8:25 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (35.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lewis Malott Helenius
Luck
COL scored 4 goals on 2.24 expected goals (50 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Brock Nelson (COL) played 15:08, −3:50 down on his 18:58 season average over 79 games.Nelson

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 101 of 101 attempts · COL 50 · LAK 51

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 27% of the game, COL 42%.

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
	50	53
	1.26	2.30
	1.20	2.14
	10	10
	6	6
	22	11
	+0.008	−0.008
	27%	42%

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

L1Fiala – Byfield – Laferriere
12:1244% CF
L2Danault – Foegele – Moore
10:3043% CF
L3Kopitar – Kempe – Kuzmenko
8:3271% CF
L4Lewis – Malott – Helenius
8:2536% CF
D1Doughty – Anderson
15:2845% CF
D2Edmundson – Clarke
12:5147% CF
D3Gavrikov – Spence
12:4457% CF

PP1Kopitar – Doughty – Fiala – Kempe – Kuzmenko
3:02100% CF
PP2Danault – Foegele – Moore – Byfield – Clarke
1:50100% CF
PK1FKempe – Byfield
1:26
PK2FFoegele – Moore
0:33
PK1DGavrikov – Anderson
2:10
PK2DDoughty – Edmundson
1:23

Current LAK line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1MacKinnon – Drouin – Nichushkin
12:0964% CF
L2Nelson – Lehkonen – Necas
11:3740% CF
L3Kelly – Drury – O'Connor
7:2075% CF
L4Coyle – Wood – Colton
7:1050% CF
D1Toews – Makar
15:3946% CF
D2Lindgren – Malinski
10:4547% CF
D3Middleton – Girard
10:4156% CF

PP1MacKinnon – Drouin – Nichushkin – Necas – Makar
3:1750% CF
PP2Coyle – Nelson – Lehkonen – Toews – Colton
1:21100% CF
PK1FKelly – O'Connor
1:32
PK2FCoyle – Nichushkin
1:07
PK1DLindgren – Girard
2:23
PK2DToews – Makar
2:15

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

5:25
COLLogan O'Connor (Cale Makar, Jack Drury)snap0.18 xG
LAK: Lewis, Edmundson, Malott, Helenius, ClarkeCOL: Toews, Makar, Kelly, Drury, O'Connor
LAK 0 – 1 COL
6:57
COLMartin Necas (Samuel Girard, Brock Nelson)backhand0.09 xG
LAK: Danault, Foegele, Gavrikov, Moore, SpenceCOL: Nelson, Lehkonen, Middleton, Girard, Necas
LAK 0 – 2 COL
15:29
COLMartin NecasPP (Cale Makar, Jonathan Drouin)slap0.07 xG
LAK: Doughty, Edmundson, Danault, KempeCOL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Drouin, Necas, Makar
LAK 0 – 3 COL

3rd period

4:56
COLJonathan DrouinPP (Nathan MacKinnon, Martin Necas)snap0.14 xG
LAK: Kopitar, Doughty, Kempe, GavrikovCOL: MacKinnon, Drouin, Nichushkin, Necas, Makar
LAK 0 – 4 COL

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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Quinton Byfield R	L1	0	2	0.14	1	0	0	19:48	—	—	42	44
Kevin Fiala L	L1	0	1	0.19	1	0	0	17:49	—	—	47	51
Alex Laferriere R	L1	0	1	0.07	1	1	0	15:36	—	—	48	45
Phillip Danault C	L2	-1	0	0.25	2	2	2	16:11	—	—	42	27
Trevor Moore L	L2	-1	3	0.12	0	0	0	16:09	—	—	44	18
Warren Foegele L	L2	-1	1	0.01	0	1	2	15:42	—	—	44	18
Adrian Kempe R	L3	0	4	0.35	0	0	0	18:06	—	—	65	35
Anze Kopitar C	L3	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	16:50	—	—	65	43
Andrei Kuzmenko L	L3	0	1	0.20	0	1	0	14:16	—	—	68	38
Trevor Lewis C	L4	-1	1	0.03	0	0	0	11:08	—	—	38	32
Samuel Helenius C	L4	-1	0	0.01	2	0	0	10:08	—	—	36	32
Jeff Malott L	L4	-1	2	0.13	3	0	0	9:19	—	—	38	30
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	1	0.07	1	2	0	22:31	—	—	40	37
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	0	0.02	3	0	2	19:58	—	—	46	48
Joel Edmundson D	D2	-1	3	0.03	0	1	0	19:19	—	—	54	19
Brandt Clarke D	D2	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:39	—	—	48	21
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D3	-1	1	0.01	2	0	0	21:07	—	—	55	37
Jordan Spence D	D3	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	14:37	—	—	52	42

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
David Rittich(start)	L	26	22	4	.846	2.25	60:00

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Valeri Nichushkin R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.35	1	1	0	21:01	—	—	58	52
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.08	0	1	2	20:54	—	—	47	47
Jonathan Drouin L	L1	1	1	2	0	1	0.16	1	0	0	18:15	—	—	54	47
Martin Necas C	L2	2	1	3	+1	4	0.26	1	0	0	18:14	—	—	32	68
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.13	1	0	2	16:23	—	—	48	81
Brock Nelson C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.26	0	0	0	15:08	—	—	38	72
Logan O'Connor R	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.37	1	0	0	12:15	—	—	73	81
Parker Kelly C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.12	4	0	0	12:10	—	—	75	88
Jack Drury C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.12	1	0	0	11:27	—	—	71	85
Charlie Coyle C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	12:38	—	—	50	51
Ross Colton C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	0	1	0	11:19	—	—	47	82
Miles Wood L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	1	0	9:36	—	—	36	26
Cale Makar D	D1	0	2	2	+1	0	0.01	0	3	0	22:55	—	—	53	66
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.12	1	1	0	22:13	—	—	48	70
Ryan Lindgren D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	3	0	20:23	—	—	55	54
Sam Malinski D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	1	1	0	15:00	—	—	42	50
Samuel Girard D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	0	1	0	20:03	—	—	52	61
Keaton Middleton D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.12	1	1	0	14:18	—	—	57	88

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	W	22	22	0	.1000	1.65	59:48

Goal anatomy

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

Logan O'Connor (COL) 2nd 5:25 · assists Cale Makar, Jack Drury · Cycle · 9.9 mph shot.

Logan O'Connor · 2nd 5:25 · COL

Play: cycle
Passes: 3
Shot: 9.9 mph
Distance: 9 ft

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Martin Necas · 2nd 6:57 · COL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 28.7 mph
Distance: 43 ft

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Martin Necas · 2nd 15:29 · COL PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 72.7 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Type: one-timer

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Jonathan Drouin · 3rd 4:56 · COL PP

Play: cycle
Entry: carry
Odd man: 5-on-4
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 67.2 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Entry to goal: 8.9 s
Type: one-timer

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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.