Seattle Kraken vs. Colorado AvalancheApr 30, 2023

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SEA	0	2	0	2		SEA	6	11	10	27
COL	0	1	0	1		COL	16	12	6	34

: SEA 51COL 79
: SEA 1.45COL 2.71
PP goals: SEA 0COL 1
Hits: SEA 46COL 23
Blocks: SEA 29COL 11
PIM: SEA 2COL 0
: SEA 42%COL 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Seattle Kraken edge Colorado Avalanche 2–1

Seattle Kraken beat Colorado Avalanche 2–1 at COL. Oliver Bjorkstrand (SEA) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for COL: Nieto–O'Connor–Newhook skated 7:22 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (45.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Oliver Bjorkstrand had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 18:57.Bjorkstrand
Points
Yanni Gourde had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:24.Gourde
New line
New look for COL: Nieto–O'Connor–Newhook skated 7:22 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (45.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nieto O'Connor Newhook
Luck
COL scored 1 goal on 2.71 expected goals (79 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Alex Newhook (COL) played 13:59, +5:31 up on his 8:28 season average over 6 games.Newhook
Usage
Jordan Eberle (SEA) played 14:01, −4:25 down on his 18:26 season average over 13 games.Eberle
Usage
Justin Schultz (SEA) played 12:16, −3:55 down on his 16:11 season average over 13 games.Schultz
Usage
Lars Eller (COL) played 17:18, +3:46 up on his 13:32 season average over 6 games.Eller

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 130 of 130 attempts · COL 79 · SEA 51

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 13% of the game, COL 51%.

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
	61	89
	1.74	2.89
	1.70	2.75
	5	10
	17	5
	22	17
	−0.082	+0.082
	13%	51%

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
13:4847% CF
L2Schwartz – Wennberg – Geekie
9:3128% CF
L3Eberle – Kartye – Beniers
8:4969% CF
L4Donato – Sprong – Tanev
4:1733% CF
D1Larsson – Dunn
19:3044% CF
D2Oleksiak – Borgen
16:0733% CF
D3Schultz – Soucy
10:3635% CF

PK1FWennberg – Tanev
1:02
PK2FGourde – Beniers
0:18
PK1DLarsson – Oleksiak
1:20

Current SEA line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Rantanen
17:5274% CF
L2Eller – Compher – Rodrigues
12:5940% CF
L3Nieto – O'Connor – Newhook
7:2245% CF
D1Toews – Makar
17:0574% CF
D2Johnson – Girard
7:2158% CF
D3Johnson – Byram
7:0020% CF

PP1Compher – Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Rantanen – Makar
1:22100% CF

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

3:24
SEAOliver Bjorkstrand (Yanni Gourde, Adam Larsson)backhand0.01 xG
SEA: Larsson, Gourde, Bjorkstrand, Dunn, TanevCOL: Johnson, Malgin, Girard, Newhook, Meyers
SEA 1 – 0 COL
7:22
SEAOliver Bjorkstrand (Eeli Tolvanen, Yanni Gourde)wrist0.06 xG
SEA: Larsson, Gourde, Bjorkstrand, Dunn, TolvanenCOL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Toews, Rantanen, Makar
SEA 2 – 0 COL
19:32
COLMikko RantanenPP (Nathan MacKinnon, Devon Toews)deflected0.15 xG
SEA: Larsson, Oleksiak, Wennberg, TanevCOL: Compher, Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Toews, Rantanen
SEA 2 – 1 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	0	2	2	+2	1	0.04	5	1	0	20:24	—	—	53	69
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L1	2	0	2	+2	6	0.43	2	3	0	18:57	—	—	53	70
Eeli Tolvanen R	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.13	1	1	0	18:09	—	—	51	70
Alexander Wennberg C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	20:19	—	—	24	17
Jaden Schwartz L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	0	3	0	17:07	—	—	22	19
Morgan Geekie C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	2	1	0	12:41	—	—	34	32
Matty Beniers C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.11	0	0	0	15:00	—	—	56	48
Jordan Eberle R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.20	1	0	0	14:01	—	—	58	54
Tye Kartye L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	11:45	—	—	57	41
Brandon Tanev L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	4	1	0	14:24	—	—	28	16
Ryan Donato C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	1	1	0	9:04	—	—	33	35
Daniel Sprong R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	1	1	0	6:37	—	—	39	34
Adam Larsson D	D1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.05	10	3	0	27:37	—	—	49	52
Vince Dunn D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.02	1	0	2	22:44	—	—	44	43
Jamie Oleksiak D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	8	4	0	24:18	—	—	37	35
Will Borgen D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	4	4	0	19:17	—	—	35	29
Carson Soucy D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	3	2	0	13:58	—	—	38	32
Justin Schultz D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	1	0	12:16	—	—	36	31

SEA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Philipp Grubauer(start)	W	34	33	1	.971	2.71	60:00

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk		PP	SH
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	1	1	-1	9	0.73	2	0	25:39	—	—	71	75
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	1	0	1	-1	3	0.30	2	0	23:14	—	—	71	78
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	2	0	22:45	—	—	71	72
J.T. Compher L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	1	1	23:30	—	—	41	28
Evan Rodrigues C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	2	0	21:48	—	—	46	39
Lars Eller C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	0	0	17:18	—	—	44	41
Alex Newhook C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	0	1	13:59	—	—	51	56
Logan O'Connor R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.27	0	0	12:55	—	—	50	58
Matt Nieto L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	0	0	12:08	—	—	54	62
Cale Makar D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.24	1	0	26:09	—	—	68	69
Devon Toews D	D1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.14	2	2	24:04	—	—	69	79
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.07	3	2	18:19	—	—	58	66
Erik Johnson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	5	0	11:51	—	—	59	64
Bowen Byram D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	3	2	22:01	—	—	47	45
Jack Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	3	13:46	—	—	40	37
Denis Malgin C	—	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	0	0	6:02	—	—	70	77
Ben Meyers C	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.07	0	0	5:42	—	—	67	84
Brad Hunt D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0:41	—	—	—	—

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	L	27	25	2	.926	1.45	58:09

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.