Los Angeles Kings vs. Colorado AvalancheDec 29, 2025

FinalMonday, Dec 29, 2025· Ball Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
LAK	0	1	1	2		LAK	10	5	10	25
COL	1	2	2	5		COL	8	10	8	26

: LAK 53COL 59
: LAK 1.96COL 3.57
PP goals: LAK 1COL 0
Hits: LAK 29COL 18
Blocks: LAK 11COL 9
PIM: LAK 8COL 6
: LAK 50%COL 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche beat Los Angeles Kings 5–2

Colorado Avalanche beat Los Angeles Kings 5–2 at home. Nathan MacKinnon (COL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for COL: Kelly–Kiviranta–Brindley skated 4:55 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (45.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Brock Nelson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:21.Nelson
Points
Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:08.MacKinnon
New line
New look for COL: Kelly–Kiviranta–Brindley skated 4:55 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (45.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kelly Kiviranta Brindley
Usage
Cale Makar (COL) played 21:38, −3:15 down on his 24:53 season average over 74 games.Makar
Usage
Martin Necas (COL) played 18:09, −3:23 down on his 21:32 season average over 77 games.Necas
Usage
Mikey Anderson (LAK) played 15:30, −5:08 down on his 20:38 season average over 79 games.Anderson
Usage
Parker Kelly (COL) played 8:45, −4:00 down on his 12:45 season average over 81 games.Kelly
PP1
COL's PP1 (Nelson, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Necas and Makar) went scoreless in 4:15 of 5v4 time with 1 attempt.Nelson Landeskog MacKinnon Necas Makar

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 112 of 112 attempts · COL 59 · LAK 53

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 30% of the game, COL 29%.

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

Head-to-head matchups

COL skaters (rows) against LAK skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the COL side.

Matchup matrix

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
Stat	LAK	COL
	50	52
	1.43	2.47
	1.37	2.24
	10	11
	6	6
	20	18
	+0.005	−0.005
	30%	29%

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

L1Foegele – Moore – Byfield
7:2544% CF
L2Kopitar – Kempe – Laferriere
7:2169% CF
L3Fiala – Turcotte – Kuzmenko
7:1165% CF
L4Perry – Armia – Helenius
2:5775% CF
D1Edmundson – Clarke
12:1039% CF
D2Dumoulin – Ceci
11:4959% CF
D3Doughty – Anderson
10:1950% CF

PP1Perry – Fiala – Byfield – Clarke – Kuzmenko
2:3225% CF
PP2Kopitar – Doughty – Armia – Kempe – Laferriere
2:2775% CF
PK1FByfield – Laferriere
2:13
PK2FArmia – Moore
1:46
PK1DEdmundson – Anderson
4:01
PK2DDumoulin – Ceci
2:53

Current LAK line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Landeskog – MacKinnon – Necas
12:1060% CF
L2Nelson – Lehkonen – Nichushkin
10:1832% CF
L3Olofsson – Colton – Drury
6:4617% CF
L4Kelly – Kiviranta – Brindley
4:5545% CF
D1Burns – Manson
13:4543% CF
D2Toews – Makar
13:0758% CF
D3Girard – Malinski
12:2343% CF

PP1Nelson – Landeskog – MacKinnon – Necas – Makar
4:1550% CF
PP2Lehkonen – Nichushkin – Toews – Olofsson – Brindley
2:56100% CF
PK1FNelson – Nichushkin
2:01
PK2FLehkonen – Kiviranta
1:39
PK1DBurns – Manson
1:59
PK2DToews – Makar
1:24

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
Quinton Byfield R	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.19	1	0	0	19:14	—	—	46	24
Warren Foegele L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.20	4	0	0	15:50	—	—	29	20
Trevor Moore L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	2	2	0	14:20	—	—	36	21
Adrian Kempe R	L2	0	1	1	0	5	0.21	4	2	0	18:36	—	—	52	37
Alex Laferriere R	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.20	6	2	0	17:36	—	—	57	50
Anze Kopitar C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	0	0	0	16:33	—	—	56	43
Kevin Fiala L	L3	0	1	1	-2	3	0.28	0	0	0	17:54	—	—	59	62
Andrei Kuzmenko L	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.05	0	0	2	15:46	—	—	54	50
Alex Turcotte C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.22	1	1	0	11:51	—	—	44	48
Joel Armia R	L4	1	0	1	-1	1	0.05	2	1	0	13:59	—	—	46	5
Corey Perry R	L4	1	0	1	-2	1	0.24	0	0	0	13:49	—	—	73	46
Samuel Helenius C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	5:36	—	—	67	57
Brandt Clarke D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.02	2	1	4	19:28	—	—	46	32
Joel Edmundson D	D1	0	1	1	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	18:01	—	—	33	24
Brian Dumoulin D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	2	18:28	—	—	59	44
Cody Ceci D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	0	1	0	17:01	—	—	60	44
Drew Doughty D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.06	1	0	0	23:17	—	—	38	26
Mikey Anderson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	15:30	—	—	53	35

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anton Forsberg(start)	L	25	21	4	.840	2.99	59:11

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	1	1	2	+1	2	0.76	0	1	0	21:08	—	—	70	79
Martin Necas C	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.44	2	0	0	18:09	—	—	63	77
Gabriel Landeskog L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.46	1	0	0	17:49	—	—	63	77
Brock Nelson C	L2	1	1	2	+1	1	0.20	0	1	0	20:21	—	—	35	49
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.35	1	0	0	19:43	—	—	42	46
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.18	0	1	0	19:42	—	—	42	47
Jack Drury C	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.08	0	1	2	13:10	—	—	37	55
Ross Colton C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.19	2	0	2	12:02	—	—	53	68
Victor Olofsson L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	0	0	0	12:02	—	—	36	46
Gavin Brindley C	L4	0	0	0	+2	0	0.07	0	0	0	10:50	—	—	50	65
Parker Kelly C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	3	0	2	8:45	—	—	50	63
Joel Kiviranta L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:41	—	—	43	55
Josh Manson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	3	2	0	20:18	—	—	48	46
Brent Burns D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.03	1	1	0	18:22	—	—	46	42
Cale Makar D	D2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.54	1	1	0	21:38	—	—	56	74
Devon Toews D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	2	1	0	21:01	—	—	57	76
Samuel Girard D	D3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.01	1	0	0	15:20	—	—	44	54
Sam Malinski D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:17	—	—	48	65

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	W	25	23	2	.920	1.96	59:45

Goal anatomy

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

Jack Drury (COL) 1st 9:24 · assists Ross Colton · Forecheck turnover · 31.4 mph shot.

Jack Drury · 1st 9:24 · COL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 31.4 mph
Distance: 36 ft

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Martin Necas · 2nd 13:21 · COL

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 11.1 mph
Distance: 27 ft

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Corey Perry · 2nd 5:15 · LAK PP

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 5-on-4
Passes: 0
Shot: 40.7 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 6.5 s
Type: deflection

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Brock Nelson · 2nd 17:30 · COL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 62.6 mph
Distance: 36 ft
Entry to goal: 1.8 s

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Joel Armia · 3rd 4:58 · LAK SH

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 47.8 mph
Distance: 33 ft
Entry to goal: 1.3 s

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Nathan MacKinnon · 3rd 18:23 · COL EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 1
Shot: 66.1 mph
Distance: 95 ft

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Cale Makar · 3rd 19:15 · COL

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 70.7 mph
Distance: 18 ft
Type: rebound

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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 AvalancheDec 29, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Colorado Avalanche beat Los Angeles Kings 5–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

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

Jack Drury · 1st 9:24 · COL

Martin Necas · 2nd 13:21 · COL

Corey Perry · 2nd 5:15 · LAK PP

Brock Nelson · 2nd 17:30 · COL

Joel Armia · 3rd 4:58 · LAK SH

Nathan MacKinnon · 3rd 18:23 · COL EN

Cale Makar · 3rd 19:15 · COL