Los Angeles Kings vs. Colorado AvalancheApr 19, 2026

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
LAK	0	0	1	1		LAK	5	11	9	25
COL	0	1	1	2		COL	11	13	8	32

: LAK 65COL 73
: LAK 1.91COL 3.04
PP goals: LAK 0COL 0
Hits: LAK 49COL 35
Blocks: LAK 22COL 21
PIM: LAK 10COL 8
: LAK 56%COL 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche edge Los Angeles Kings 2–1

Colorado Avalanche beat Los Angeles Kings 2–1 at home. Artturi Lehkonen (COL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Devon Toews (COL) played 22:09, −3:48 down on his 25:57 season average over 12 games.

Usage
Devon Toews (COL) played 22:09, −3:48 down on his 25:57 season average over 12 games.Toews
Usage
Brent Burns (COL) played 14:52, −3:34 down on his 18:26 season average over 12 games.Burns
Usage
Gabriel Landeskog (COL) played 16:23, −3:10 down on his 19:33 season average over 12 games.Landeskog
PP1
COL's PP1 (Kadri, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Necas and Makar) went scoreless in 4:54 of 5v4 time with 7 attempts.Kadri Landeskog MacKinnon Necas Makar
Cats
Gabriel Landeskog (COL) threw 8 hits, a night for hits leagues.Landeskog
Cats
Brett Kulak (COL) blocked 5 shots in 18:08.Kulak

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 138 of 138 attempts · COL 73 · LAK 65

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 26% of the game, COL 40%.

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
	64	72
	1.76	2.42
	1.64	2.33
	12	12
	8	4
	14	19
	+0.039	−0.039
	26%	40%

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 – Panarin
11:4853% CF
L2Moore – Byfield – Laferriere
10:2941% CF
L3Armia – Laughton – Wright
9:4645% CF
L4Joseph – Malott – Helenius
5:309% CF
D1Doughty – Anderson
16:2338% CF
D2Edmundson – Clarke
11:4854% CF
D3Dumoulin – Ceci
10:0544% CF

PP1Kopitar – Kempe – Panarin – Byfield – Laferriere
2:58100% CF
PP2Doughty – Laughton – Panarin – Moore – Clarke
1:02
PK1FMoore – Laferriere
2:19
PK2FLaughton – Byfield
1:02
PK1DEdmundson – Ceci
3:19
PK2DDoughty – Anderson
1:14

Current LAK line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Nelson – Nichushkin – Kelly
9:3054% CF
L2Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Necas
8:2048% CF
L3Kadri – Landeskog – Roy
7:1645% CF
L4Drury – O'Connor – Kiviranta
7:1475% CF
D1Kulak – Malinski
14:3750% CF
D2Toews – Makar
13:0750% CF
D3Burns – Manson
12:2153% CF

PP1Kadri – Landeskog – MacKinnon – Necas – Makar
4:54100% CF
PP2Nelson – Lehkonen – Nichushkin – Toews – Malinski
0:32
PK1FNelson – Nichushkin
1:56
PK2FKelly – Drury
1:35
PK1DToews – Makar
2:08
PK2DBurns – Manson
1:06

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

15:29
COLArtturi Lehkonen (Nathan MacKinnon)wrist0.31 xG
LAK: Doughty, Moore, Anderson, Byfield, LaferriereCOL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Toews, Necas, Makar
LAK 0 – 1 COL

3rd period

5:50
COLLogan O'Connor (Jack Drury)wrist0.20 xG
LAK: Edmundson, Ceci, Joseph, Malott, HeleniusCOL: Burns, Manson, Drury, O'Connor, Kiviranta
LAK 0 – 2 COL
17:38
LAKArtemi Panarin (Alex Laferriere, Brandt Clarke)wrist0.05 xG
LAK: Kopitar, Kempe, Panarin, Byfield, Laferriere, ClarkeCOL: Toews, Makar, Kelly, Drury
LAK 1 – 2 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	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Artemi Panarin L	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.17	0	0	0	20:07	—	—	60	57
Anze Kopitar C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.27	2	2	0	19:57	—	—	53	55
Adrian Kempe R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	2	2	2	18:42	—	—	53	55
Quinton Byfield R	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.48	3	1	2	21:07	—	—	46	51
Alex Laferriere R	L2	0	1	1	-1	4	0.12	7	1	0	20:30	—	—	45	50
Trevor Moore L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.20	3	1	0	18:28	—	—	50	53
Scott Laughton C	L3	0	0	0	0	5	0.12	1	1	0	15:40	—	—	56	47
Joel Armia R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	2	1	4	13:10	—	—	44	34
Jared Wright R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	0	0	11:19	—	—	54	40
Mathieu Joseph R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	2	6:56	—	—	8	4
Jeff Malott L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	5	1	0	6:34	—	—	8	4
Samuel Helenius C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	2	0	0	6:33	—	—	9	4
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.07	1	2	0	25:21	—	—	47	49
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	8	2	0	20:39	—	—	43	33
Brandt Clarke D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.05	1	2	0	19:30	—	—	59	72
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	3	2	0	17:02	—	—	47	38
Cody Ceci D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	3	0	15:57	—	—	43	35
Brian Dumoulin D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	2	1	0	13:58	—	—	46	30

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anton Forsberg(start)	L	32	30	2	.938	3.04	58:42

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brock Nelson C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.43	4	1	2	17:59	—	—	51	48
Valeri Nichushkin R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	1	0	0	16:24	—	—	47	43
Parker Kelly C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	2	0	13:40	—	—	48	41
Nathan MacKinnon C	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.37	0	0	0	22:08	—	—	49	58
Martin Necas C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.31	2	1	2	19:33	—	—	47	61
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.33	2	1	0	15:42	—	—	50	56
Gabriel Landeskog L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	8	0	4	16:23	—	—	46	75
Nazem Kadri C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	0	0	15:39	—	—	56	62
Nicolas Roy C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.35	3	1	0	10:09	—	—	50	61
Jack Drury C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:10	—	—	72	89
Logan O'Connor R	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.21	0	0	0	9:55	—	—	77	89
Joel Kiviranta L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	1	0	0	8:26	—	—	75	89
Sam Malinski D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.11	1	4	0	19:47	—	—	49	63
Brett Kulak D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	5	0	18:08	—	—	54	58
Cale Makar D	D2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.29	0	3	0	24:25	—	—	54	62
Devon Toews D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	2	0	22:09	—	—	49	54
Josh Manson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.07	6	0	0	15:56	—	—	56	52
Brent Burns D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	0	1	0	14:52	—	—	56	59

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Scott Wedgewood(start)	W	25	24	1	.960	1.91	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Logan O'Connor (COL) 3rd 5:50 · assists Jack Drury · Rush · loose puck · 36.7 mph shot · 3.8 s from entry to goal.

Logan O'Connor · 3rd 5:50 · COL

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 36.7 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 3.8 s

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Artturi Lehkonen · 2nd 15:29 · COL

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 25.9 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Type: rebound

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Artemi Panarin · 3rd 17:38 · LAK

Play: deflection
Passes: 5
Shot: 43.9 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Type: deflection

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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.