Seattle Kraken vs. Colorado AvalancheDec 22, 2024

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SEA	1	1	0	2		SEA	3	7	9	19
COL	1	2	2	5		COL	9	10	10	29

: SEA 47COL 60
: SEA 1.49COL 3.76
PP goals: SEA 0COL 1
Hits: SEA 31COL 14
Blocks: SEA 18COL 15
PIM: SEA 8COL 2
: SEA 49%COL 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche beat Seattle Kraken 5–2

Colorado Avalanche beat Seattle Kraken 5–2 at home. Joel Kiviranta (COL) led the scoring with 3G 0A. COL's first power-play unit (MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Rantanen, Colton and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 12 attempts in 5:41 together.

Points
Joel Kiviranta had a hat trick (3 points) on 5 shots in 12:52.Kiviranta
Points
Cale Makar had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 7 shots in 23:23.Makar
Points
Mikko Rantanen had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:34.Rantanen
Points
Nathan MacKinnon had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:56.MacKinnon
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Rantanen, Colton and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 12 attempts in 5:41 together.MacKinnon Nichushkin Rantanen Colton Makar
New line
New look for SEA: Schwartz–Kakko–Beniers skated 10:20 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (81.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Schwartz Kakko Beniers
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New look for SEA: Burakovsky–Kartye–Meyers skated 5:58 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Burakovsky Kartye Meyers
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New look for SEA: Gourde–McCann–Wright skated 8:51 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (46.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gourde McCann Wright

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 107 of 107 attempts · COL 60 · SEA 47

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 24% of the game, COL 55%.

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
	56	50
	1.79	2.19
	1.74	2.06
	13	12
	7	2
	17	17
	−0.010	+0.010
	24%	55%

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

L1Stephenson – Bjorkstrand – Tolvanen
10:5738% CF
L2Schwartz – Kakko – Beniers
10:2081% CF
L3Gourde – McCann – Wright
8:5147% CF
L4Burakovsky – Kartye – Meyers
5:5838% CF
D1Mahura – Evans
14:0675% CF
D2Larsson – Dunn
12:2157% CF
D3Oleksiak – Montour
12:0748% CF

PP1Burakovsky – McCann – Montour – Kakko – Beniers
1:01
PP2Schwartz – Stephenson – Bjorkstrand – Dunn – Wright
0:560% CF
PK1FGourde – Stephenson
2:28
PK2FMcCann – Kartye
0:47
PK1DLarsson – Oleksiak
5:08
PK2DMahura – Evans
0:53

Current SEA line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Nichushkin
11:1933% CF
L2Rantanen – Colton – Mittelstadt
8:3225% CF
L3Kelly – O'Connor – Kiviranta
8:3264% CF
L4Smith – Ivan – Innala
5:1150% CF
D1Toews – Malinski
9:3235% CF
D2Girard – Makar
8:5253% CF
D3de Haan – Middleton
7:3960% CF

PP1MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Rantanen – Colton – Makar
5:41100% CF
PP2Lehkonen – Toews – Girard – Mittelstadt – Ivan
0:29
PK1FNichushkin – Kiviranta
0:54
PK2FKelly – O'Connor
0:44
PK1DToews – Makar
1:16
PK2Dde Haan – Middleton
0:41

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.

Seattle Kraken

SEA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Chandler Stephenson C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	18:55	—	—	41	21
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.30	0	0	0	16:39	—	—	42	41
Eeli Tolvanen R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	4	3	4	14:00	—	—	26	21
Matty Beniers C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.11	0	0	0	15:51	—	—	76	85
Jaden Schwartz L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	1	0	0	15:31	—	—	76	72
Kaapo Kakko R	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.04	5	0	0	14:41	—	—	76	89
Yanni Gourde C	L3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	4	2	0	17:35	—	—	52	36
Shane Wright C	L3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.16	2	1	0	16:17	—	—	42	38
Jared McCann L	L3	1	0	1	-2	2	0.35	1	0	0	15:23	—	—	47	39
Tye Kartye L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	3	1	0	11:48	—	—	60	61
Andre Burakovsky L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:39	—	—	30	32
Ben Meyers C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	8:52	—	—	55	58
Ryker Evans D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	4	1	0	21:51	—	—	64	54
Josh Mahura D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	0	0	16:54	—	—	78	90
Adam Larsson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	2	0	20:20	—	—	46	54
Vince Dunn D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	2	18:01	—	—	53	78
Brandon Montour D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.11	1	1	2	22:15	—	—	48	31
Jamie Oleksiak D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	4	0	19:10	—	—	42	22

SEA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joey Daccord(start)	L	27	24	3	.889	2.45	59:42

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Valeri Nichushkin R	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.64	1	0	0	22:04	—	—	44	70
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	2	2	0	2	0.26	0	2	0	20:56	—	—	38	67
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.41	0	0	0	19:42	—	—	44	62
Mikko Rantanen R	L2	0	2	2	+1	1	0.01	1	1	0	20:34	—	—	40	41
Ross Colton C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.11	0	3	0	17:37	—	—	41	26
Casey Mittelstadt C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	0	0	0	17:25	—	—	35	39
Logan O'Connor R	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	0	1	0	13:50	—	—	68	69
Parker Kelly C	L3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.07	0	1	0	13:42	—	—	68	66
Joel Kiviranta L	L3	3	0	3	+3	5	1.71	0	1	0	12:52	—	—	53	51
Ivan Ivan C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	10:24	—	—	33	9
Jere Innala L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	8:45	—	—	33	3
Givani Smith R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	6:13	—	—	67	56
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.04	2	1	0	24:21	—	—	35	37
Sam Malinski D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.03	0	0	0	16:29	—	—	54	49
Cale Makar D	D2	1	2	3	+2	7	0.31	0	2	0	23:23	—	—	39	70
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	2	21:00	—	—	52	70
Calvin de Haan D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	2	0	0	17:46	—	—	40	27
Keaton Middleton D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	2	2	0	11:02	—	—	77	66

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	W	19	17	2	.895	1.49	59:55

Goal anatomy

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

Cale Makar (COL PP) 1st 10:05 · assists Mikko Rantanen, Nathan MacKinnon · Forecheck turnover · 66.9 mph shot.

Cale Makar · 1st 10:05 · COL PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2
Shot: 66.9 mph
Distance: 57 ft

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Jared McCann · 1st 17:55 · SEA

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 57.7 mph
Distance: 15 ft
Entry to goal: 4.2 s

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Kaapo Kakko · 2nd 4:01 · SEA

Play: faceoff
Passes: 0
Shot: 60.0 mph
Distance: 35 ft

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Valeri Nichushkin · 2nd 4:12 · COL

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 48.6 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Entry to goal: 3.6 s
Type: rebound

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Joel Kiviranta · 2nd 12:01 · COL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-0
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 49.1 mph
Distance: 27 ft
Entry to goal: 2.0 s
Type: one-timer

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Joel Kiviranta · 3rd 17:26 · COL EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 69.0 mph
Distance: 70 ft

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Joel Kiviranta · 3rd 18:28 · COL EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 2
Shot: 68.7 mph
Distance: 57 ft
Entry to goal: 1.8 s

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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.

Seattle Kraken vs. Colorado AvalancheDec 22, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Colorado Avalanche beat Seattle Kraken 5–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Seattle Kraken

Colorado Avalanche

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Seattle Kraken

Colorado Avalanche

Goal anatomy

Cale Makar · 1st 10:05 · COL PP

Jared McCann · 1st 17:55 · SEA

Kaapo Kakko · 2nd 4:01 · SEA

Valeri Nichushkin · 2nd 4:12 · COL

Joel Kiviranta · 2nd 12:01 · COL

Joel Kiviranta · 3rd 17:26 · COL EN

Joel Kiviranta · 3rd 18:28 · COL EN