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Seattle Kraken vs. Colorado AvalancheApr 16, 2026

Final· Ball Arena
away
SEA
0
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home
COL
2
Goals123TShots123T
SEA0000SEA751022
COL0112COL1711735
SEA 40COL 75
SEA 0.97COL 3.60
PP goals
SEA 0COL 0
Hits
SEA 22COL 12
Blocks
SEA 19COL 8
PIM
SEA 10COL 6
SEA 41%COL 59%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche beat Seattle Kraken 2–0

Colorado Avalanche beat Seattle Kraken 2–0 at home. Valeri Nichushkin (COL) led the scoring with 0G 2A. New look for COL: Nelson–Nichushkin–Kelly skated 8:54 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

  1. Points
    Valeri Nichushkin had 2 assists (2 points) in 18:13.Nichushkin
  2. New line
    New look for COL: Nelson–Nichushkin–Kelly skated 8:54 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.NelsonNichushkinKelly
  3. New line
    New look for COL: Barré-Boulet–Bardakov–Polin skated 8:33 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Barré-BouletBardakovPolin
  4. New line
    New look for COL: Drury–O'Connor–Kiviranta skated 7:25 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (72.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.DruryO'ConnorKiviranta
  5. New line
    New look for COL: Lehkonen–Roy–Colton skated 8:17 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.LehkonenRoyColton
  6. Goalie
    Victor Ostman (SEA) faced 35 shots and stopped 33 (.943); the loss.Ostman
  7. Luck
    COL scored 2 goals on 3.60 expected goals (75 attempts), well short of its chances.
  8. Usage
    Cale Makar (COL) played 21:22, −3:32 down on his 24:54 season average over 74 games.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.

Shot map, SEA at COL: 115 attempts, 57 on goal, 2 goals, 4.57 expected goals; best chance Joel Kiviranta at 0.50 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← SEA attacks left (bottom on phones)COL attacks right (top on phones) →
  • COL
  • SEA
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 115 of 115 attempts · COL 75 · SEA 40

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, SEA at COL: expected goals 3.60 to 0.97 (COL led the chances), shot attempts 75 to 40, 2 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdCOLSEABKnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • COL
  • SEA
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
COLSEAcontrol2nd3rdBlankenburg · 2nd 17:38Kelly · 3rd 12:19
  • 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 4% 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

Shift chart, SEA at COL: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Scott Wedgewood (60:00) for COL and Victor Ostman (57:10) for SEA, 2 goals.

COL
SEA
goals / penalties
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

Head-to-head matrix, COL rows versus SEA columns: 250 matchups; most common Malinski vs Larsson, 8:33 at 92% xGF.

COL ↓ · SEA →GaudreauMeyersWintertonMcMannBeniersEberleWrightKakkoNymanStephensonTolvanenCattonLarssonDunnMontourEvansLindgrenFleuryL1 NelsonL1 NichushkinL1 KellyL2 Barré-BouletL2 BardakovL2 PolinL3 LehkonenL3 RoyL3 ColtonL4 DruryL4 KivirantaL4 O'ConnorD1 ToewsD1 MakarD2 BurnsD2 BlankenburgD3 MalinskiD3 Kulak
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
StatSEACOL
3270
0.452.91
0.442.77
411
56
1423
−0.055+0.055
4%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

Current SEA line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

  1. 17:38
    COLNick Blankenburg (Brent Burns, Valeri Nichushkin)snap0.17 xG
    SEA: Larsson, Gaudreau, Dunn, Winterton, MeyersCOL: Burns, Nelson, Nichushkin, Kelly, Blankenburg
    SEA 0 – 1 COL

3rd period

  1. 12:19
    COLParker Kelly (Cale Makar, Valeri Nichushkin)snap0.16 xG
    SEA: Gaudreau, Lindgren, Fleury, Winterton, MeyersCOL: Nelson, Nichushkin, Toews, Makar, Kelly
    SEA 0 – 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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Frederick Gaudreau CL1000-200.0020015:10——202
Ben Meyers CL1000-220.0131014:35——202
Ryan Winterton CL1000-200.0012013:53——192
Bobby McMann CL2000020.1100016:36——309
Matty Beniers CL2000000.0001015:34——198
Jordan Eberle RL2000000.0110015:13——197
Shane Wright CL3000000.0001013:28——4014
Kaapo Kakko RL3000040.0300012:18——3010
Jani Nyman RL3000010.0600012:09——3112
Chandler Stephenson CL4000010.1800019:16——5036
Eeli Tolvanen RL4000020.0130014:54——6778
Berkly Catton CL4000000.0010213:31——6549
Adam Larsson DD1000-140.0513021:54——367
Vince Dunn DD1000-110.1932620:36——314
Brandon Montour DD2000040.2402021:57——2913
Ryker Evans DD2000010.0323219:06——3215
Ryan Lindgren DD3000-100.0011016:58——2422
Cale Fleury DD3000-100.0643015:42——2423
SEA goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Victor Ostman(start)L35332.9433.1057:10

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Brock Nelson CL1000+210.0910019:21——7294
Valeri Nichushkin RL1022+200.1400018:13——6087
Parker Kelly CL1101+230.1700013:37——8097
Alex Barré-Boulet CL2000000.0110013:02——8271
Zakhar Bardakov CL2000010.1821011:31——8173
Jason Polin RL2000000.0930010:13——7568
Artturi Lehkonen LL3000020.1601017:40——4476
Nicolas Roy CL3000000.1402016:42——4284
Ross Colton CL3000020.7010014:27——6893
Jack Drury CL4000020.0810015:24——7293
Joel Kiviranta LL4000060.9201014:22——8194
Logan O'Connor RL4000010.0300213:47——7892
Devon Toews DD1000+140.1500022:24——6785
Cale Makar DD1011+130.2000021:22——6776
Brent Burns DD2011+110.0600217:14——7995
Nick Blankenburg DD2101+130.2110015:24——7984
Sam Malinski DD3000040.2221219:57——6191
Brett Kulak DD3000020.0302019:20——5686
COL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Scott Wedgewood(start)W22220.10000.9760:00

Goal anatomy

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

Nick Blankenburg (COL) 2nd 17:38 · assists Brent Burns, Valeri Nichushkin · Cycle · 21.5 mph shot.

Parker Kelly · 3rd 12:19 · COL

Play
rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
No
Passes
3 (royal road)
Shot
52.2 mph
Distance
14 ft
Entry to goal
6.0 s
Type
one-timer

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