Utah Mammoth vs. Colorado AvalancheDec 23, 2025

FinalTuesday, Dec 23, 2025· Ball Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
UTA	0	0	0	0		UTA	9	11	12	32
COL	0	1	0	1		COL	12	10	4	26

: UTA 60COL 56
: UTA 1.97COL 2.62
PP goals: UTA 0COL 0
Hits: UTA 16COL 20
Blocks: UTA 19COL 21
PIM: UTA 4COL 6
: UTA 55%COL 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche edge Utah Mammoth 1–0

Colorado Avalanche beat Utah Mammoth 1–0 at home. Samuel Girard (COL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. UTA scored 0 goals on 1.97 expected goals (60 attempts), well short of its chances.

Luck
UTA scored 0 goals on 1.97 expected goals (60 attempts), well short of its chances.
Luck
COL scored 1 goal on 2.62 expected goals (56 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Gabriel Landeskog (COL) played 20:16, +3:55 up on his 16:21 season average over 59 games.Landeskog
Usage
Victor Olofsson (COL) played 9:40, −3:57 down on his 13:37 season average over 77 games.Olofsson
Usage
Lawson Crouse (UTA) played 20:11, +3:38 up on his 16:33 season average over 80 games.Crouse
Usage
Alexander Kerfoot (UTA) played 9:47, −3:07 down on his 12:54 season average over 33 games.Kerfoot
Usage
Ross Colton (COL) played 9:19, −3:15 down on his 12:34 season average over 72 games.Colton
Cats
Mikhail Sergachev (UTA) blocked 6 shots in 22:11.Sergachev

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

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

COL
UTA
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 116 of 116 attempts · COL 56 · UTA 60

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

COL
UTA
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: UTA 20% of the game, COL 28%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

COL

UTA

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

COL skaters (rows) against UTA 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	UTA	COL
	58	54
	1.87	2.45
	1.81	2.34
	13	11
	8	6
	23	24
	+0.018	−0.018
	20%	28%

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.

Utah Mammoth

L1Schmaltz – Keller – Peterka
11:4064% CF
L2Crouse – Hayton – Guenther
10:3759% CF
L3Carcone – McBain – But
7:2056% CF
L4Kerfoot – O'Brien – Stenlund
4:060% CF
D1Schmidt – Marino
15:2668% CF
D2Sergachev – Durzi
13:0032% CF
D3Cole – DeSimone
8:3471% CF

PP1Crouse – Carcone – Durzi – Hayton – But
2:5686% CF
PP2Schmaltz – Keller – Sergachev – Peterka – Guenther
2:500% CF
PK1FCrouse – Stenlund
2:04
PK2FKerfoot – McBain
1:44
PK1DCole – Sergachev
2:00
PK2DSchmidt – Marino
1:23

Current UTA line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Landeskog – MacKinnon – Necas
7:1630% CF
L2Olofsson – Colton – Brindley
7:0073% CF
L3Kelly – Drury – Kiviranta
6:540% CF
L4Nelson – Lehkonen – Nichushkin
5:1675% CF
D1Toews – Makar
14:3432% CF
D2Burns – Manson
14:1555% CF
D3Girard – Malinski
13:4356% CF

PP1Nelson – Landeskog – MacKinnon – Necas – Makar
2:48100% CF
PP2Lehkonen – Nichushkin – Toews – Olofsson – Brindley
1:01100% CF
PK1FKelly – Drury
2:18
PK2FNelson – Nichushkin
1:37
PK1DBurns – Manson
2:24
PK2DToews – Makar
1:58

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

7:57
COLSamuel Girardbackhand0.23 xG
UTA: Schmaltz, Keller, Sergachev, Durzi, PeterkaCOL: Olofsson, Girard, Colton, Brindley, Malinski
UTA 0 – 1 COL

Box score

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

Utah Mammoth

UTA skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Clayton Keller R	L1	-1	5	0.31	1	0	0	20:04	—	—	63	44
Nick Schmaltz C	L1	-1	2	0.15	0	0	0	19:01	—	—	68	47
JJ Peterka R	L1	-1	2	0.07	1	0	2	17:08	—	—	63	34
Lawson Crouse L	L2	0	3	0.22	1	1	0	20:11	—	—	52	55
Dylan Guenther R	L2	0	5	0.33	0	0	2	20:05	—	—	57	52
Barrett Hayton C	L2	0	1	0.05	1	1	0	17:11	—	—	42	34
Daniil But L	L3	0	2	0.22	0	0	0	14:55	—	—	48	66
Michael Carcone L	L3	0	2	0.10	1	1	0	14:36	—	—	52	53
Jack McBain C	L3	0	4	0.41	5	0	0	13:38	—	—	44	46
Kevin Stenlund C	L4	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:05	—	—	38	6
Alexander Kerfoot C	L4	0	2	0.01	0	1	0	9:47	—	—	25	26
Liam O'Brien C	L4	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	6:41	—	—	17	0
John Marino D	D1	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	21:23	—	—	59	57
Nate Schmidt D	D1	0	0	0.00	1	3	0	20:26	—	—	69	60
Mikhail Sergachev D	D2	-1	2	0.01	2	6	0	22:11	—	—	32	6
Sean Durzi D	D2	-1	2	0.05	1	1	0	20:35	—	—	40	19
Ian Cole D	D3	0	0	0.04	0	1	0	15:44	—	—	58	55
Nick DeSimone D	D3	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:37	—	—	79	75

UTA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Vitek Vanecek(start)	L	26	25	1	.962	2.62	57:42

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	0	0	1	0.10	3	0	2	21:45	—	—	41	55
Gabriel Landeskog L	L1	0	0	0	5	0.59	2	1	0	20:16	—	—	43	56
Martin Necas C	L1	0	0	0	2	0.33	0	0	0	19:07	—	—	37	49
Gavin Brindley C	L2	0	0	+1	2	0.18	0	0	0	10:53	—	—	73	79
Victor Olofsson L	L2	0	0	+1	1	0.12	0	0	0	9:40	—	—	75	97
Ross Colton C	L2	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	9:19	—	—	70	74
Jack Drury C	L3	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:38	—	—	15	0
Parker Kelly C	L3	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	11:34	—	—	8	0
Joel Kiviranta L	L3	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	9:12	—	—	0	0
Valeri Nichushkin R	L4	0	0	0	2	0.60	0	0	0	19:19	—	—	65	72
Brock Nelson C	L4	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	1	0	18:29	—	—	67	78
Artturi Lehkonen L	L4	0	0	0	2	0.16	1	2	2	16:30	—	—	59	69
Cale Makar D	D1	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	4	0	24:31	—	—	32	31
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	4	2	22:04	—	—	33	21
Brent Burns D	D2	0	0	0	3	0.10	0	3	0	18:53	—	—	50	69
Josh Manson D	D2	0	0	0	2	0.03	4	3	0	18:22	—	—	60	79
Samuel Girard D	D3	1	1	+1	1	0.25	0	0	0	17:02	—	—	61	57
Sam Malinski D	D3	0	0	+1	2	0.03	0	1	0	15:26	—	—	58	57

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Scott Wedgewood(start)	W	32	32	0	.1000	1.97	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Samuel Girard (COL) 2nd 7:57 · unassisted · Odd-man rush · carried in · 1-on-0 at the blue line · 23.6 mph shot · 3.0 s from entry to goal.

Samuel Girard · 2nd 7:57 · COL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 23.6 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 3.0 s

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

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.