Seattle Kraken vs. Colorado AvalancheApr 26, 2023

FinalPlayoffsWednesday, Apr 26, 2023· Ball Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SEA	0	2	1	3		SEA	15	6	8	29
COL	0	1	1	2		COL	8	10	10	28

: SEA 63COL 54
: SEA 1.99COL 1.95
PP goals: SEA 0COL 0
Hits: SEA 39COL 41
Blocks: SEA 14COL 20
PIM: SEA 4COL 4
: SEA 40%COL 60%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Seattle Kraken edge Colorado Avalanche 3–2

Seattle Kraken beat Colorado Avalanche 3–2 at COL. Nathan MacKinnon (COL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for SEA: Eberle–Kartye–Beniers skated 7:48 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 27:01.MacKinnon
New line
New look for SEA: Eberle–Kartye–Beniers skated 7:48 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eberle Kartye Beniers
Usage
Nathan MacKinnon (COL) played 27:01, +3:50 up on his 23:11 season average over 6 games.MacKinnon
Usage
Tye Kartye (SEA) played 8:41, −4:04 down on his 12:45 season average over 9 games.Kartye
Usage
Jordan Eberle (SEA) played 14:54, −3:28 down on his 18:22 season average over 13 games.Eberle
Usage
Bowen Byram (COL) played 26:38, +5:30 up on his 21:08 season average over 6 games.Byram
Usage
Denis Malgin (COL) played 12:05, +5:11 up on his 6:54 season average over 6 games.Malgin
Usage
Eeli Tolvanen (SEA) played 19:49, +3:45 up on his 16:04 season average over 13 games.Tolvanen

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

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

COL
SEA
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 117 of 117 attempts · COL 54 · SEA 63

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

COL
SEA
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: SEA 33% of the game, COL 27%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

COL

SEA

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	SEA	COL
	71	50
	2.13	1.50
	2.11	1.46
	12	7
	7	7
	19	16
	−0.119	+0.119
	33%	27%

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.

Seattle Kraken

L1Gourde – Bjorkstrand – Tolvanen
12:0558% CF
L2Eberle – Kartye – Beniers
7:4850% CF
L3Schwartz – Wennberg – Geekie
7:2979% CF
L4Donato – Sprong – Tanev
3:1444% CF
D1Larsson – Dunn
16:0768% CF
D2Oleksiak – Borgen
15:1154% CF
D3Schultz – Soucy
11:0040% CF

PP1Eberle – Schultz – Schwartz – Sprong – Beniers
2:04100% CF
PP2Gourde – Bjorkstrand – Wennberg – Dunn – Tolvanen
1:31
PK1FWennberg – Tanev
2:42
PK2FGourde – Beniers
0:18
PK1DLarsson – Oleksiak
3:26
PK2DSoucy – Borgen
0:18

Current SEA line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Rodrigues
7:1335% CF
L2Cogliano – O'Connor – Newhook
3:490% CF
L3Compher – Rantanen – Malgin
2:44100% CF
L4Eller – Nieto – Meyers
0:00
D1Toews – Girard
9:1838% CF
D2Johnson – Byram
7:4455% CF
D3Johnson – Manson
4:4133% CF

PP1Compher – Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Toews – Rantanen
4:00100% CF
PK1FCompher – Lehkonen
1:10
PK2FCogliano – O'Connor
0:27
PK1DToews – Girard
1:26
PK2DJohnson – Johnson
0:23

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

6:35
SEAMorgan Geekie (Jaden Schwartz, Alexander Wennberg)wrist0.04 xG
SEA: Schwartz, Soucy, Wennberg, Dunn, GeekieCOL: Compher, Toews, Rantanen, Byram, Meyers
SEA 1 – 0 COL
7:55
COLNathan MacKinnon (Mikko Rantanen)deflected0.02 xG
SEA: Oleksiak, Gourde, Bjorkstrand, Borgen, TolvanenCOL: Johnson, Eller, MacKinnon, Toews, Rantanen
SEA 1 – 1 COL
9:59
SEATye Kartye (Jordan Eberle, Will Borgen)snap0.18 xG
SEA: Eberle, Oleksiak, Borgen, Kartye, BeniersCOL: Manson, Compher, Lehkonen, Rodrigues, Girard
SEA 2 – 1 COL

3rd period

1:40
SEAYanni Gourde (Carson Soucy, Oliver Bjorkstrand)tip-in0.08 xG
SEA: Schultz, Gourde, Soucy, Bjorkstrand, TolvanenCOL: Eller, Malgin, Girard, Byram, Newhook
SEA 3 – 1 COL
16:23
COLEvan Rodrigues (Devon Toews, Nathan MacKinnon)slap0.06 xG
SEA: Schwartz, Oleksiak, Wennberg, Borgen, TanevCOL: Compher, Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Toews, Rantanen, Rodrigues
SEA 3 – 2 COL

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Seattle Kraken

SEA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Yanni Gourde C	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.22	4	1	0	22:14	—	—	57	63
Eeli Tolvanen R	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.38	9	1	2	19:49	—	—	51	59
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.11	1	0	0	17:33	—	—	63	80
Matty Beniers C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.23	0	1	0	15:36	—	—	58	57
Jordan Eberle R	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.06	0	1	0	14:54	—	—	52	53
Tye Kartye L	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.18	3	0	0	8:41	—	—	53	59
Alexander Wennberg C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	20:07	—	—	68	64
Jaden Schwartz L	L3	0	1	1	0	4	0.33	0	1	2	17:52	—	—	65	68
Morgan Geekie C	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.10	1	0	0	11:27	—	—	72	53
Brandon Tanev L	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.14	4	0	0	16:50	—	—	59	52
Ryan Donato C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	7:43	—	—	54	41
Daniel Sprong R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	0	0	6:46	—	—	42	42
Adam Larsson D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	1	0	25:20	—	—	63	70
Vince Dunn D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.09	2	1	0	20:41	—	—	75	74
Jamie Oleksiak D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	4	5	0	23:48	—	—	53	60
Will Borgen D	D2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	18:46	—	—	63	67
Justin Schultz D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	1	0	0	14:38	—	—	40	28
Carson Soucy D	D3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	3	1	0	13:15	—	—	48	51

SEA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Philipp Grubauer(start)	W	28	26	2	.929	1.95	60:00

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	1	1	2	+2	4	0.18	0	4	0	27:01	—	—	45	40
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	2	1	0	20:38	—	—	39	28
Evan Rodrigues C	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.21	5	1	0	17:38	—	—	25	23
Logan O'Connor R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	1	2	13:42	—	—	33	28
Andrew Cogliano C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	8:13	—	—	27	23
Alex Newhook C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	1	2	0	7:50	—	—	6	15
J.T. Compher L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.30	2	0	0	24:35	—	—	50	50
Mikko Rantanen R	L3	0	1	1	+1	5	0.40	3	2	0	23:35	—	—	53	49
Denis Malgin C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	2	0	0	12:05	—	—	60	70
Lars Eller C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	5	0	0	16:11	—	—	59	65
Matt Nieto L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	0	0	0	9:35	—	—	48	37
Ben Meyers C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	1	0	0	4:45	—	—	40	54
Devon Toews D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	25:14	—	—	39	31
Samuel Girard D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.04	2	3	0	23:46	—	—	45	50
Bowen Byram D	D2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.16	5	2	0	26:38	—	—	42	42
Erik Johnson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.07	3	2	0	16:50	—	—	47	53
Jack Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	2	12:44	—	—	32	19
Josh Manson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	1	0	8:27	—	—	31	35

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	L	29	26	3	.897	1.99	56:33

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.