Nashville Predators vs. Colorado AvalancheJan 16, 2026

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	2	2	3	7		NSH	11	11	8	30
COL	2	0	1	3		COL	17	16	10	43

: NSH 57COL 66
: NSH 3.58COL 2.85
PP goals: NSH 1COL 0
Hits: NSH 16COL 14
Blocks: NSH 12COL 17
PIM: NSH 4COL 2
: NSH 64%COL 36%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators rout Colorado Avalanche 7–3

Nashville Predators beat Colorado Avalanche 7–3 at COL. Ryan O'Reilly (NSH) led the scoring with 3G 1A. NSH's first power-play unit (Stamkos, Josi, O'Reilly, Forsberg and Evangelista) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:18 together.

Points
Ryan O'Reilly had a hat trick and an assist (4 points) on 6 shots in 19:44.O'Reilly
Points
Filip Forsberg had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 18:35.Forsberg
Points
Roman Josi had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 26:16.Josi
Points
Brock Nelson had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:13.Nelson
Points
Michael Bunting had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:19.Bunting
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Steven Stamkos had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:55.Stamkos
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Luke Evangelista had 2 assists (2 points) in 18:11.Evangelista
PP1
NSH's first power-play unit (Stamkos, Josi, O'Reilly, Forsberg and Evangelista) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:18 together.Stamkos Josi O'Reilly Forsberg Evangelista

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

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

COL
NSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 123 of 123 attempts · COL 66 · NSH 57

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

COL
NSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NSH 25% of the game, COL 39%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

COL

NSH

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

COL skaters (rows) against NSH 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	NSH	COL
	59	74
	2.01	2.98
	1.97	2.90
	14	8
	10	6
	24	24
	+0.069	−0.069
	25%	39%

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.

Nashville Predators

L1O'Reilly – Forsberg – Evangelista
13:3053% CF
L2Stamkos – Haula – Bunting
11:4846% CF
L3Jost – Svechkov – Wood
8:5345% CF
L4McCarron – Smith – Schaefer
8:3223% CF
D1Josi – Skjei
19:4757% CF
D2Hague – Perbix
16:5037% CF
D3Barron – Blankenburg
11:0738% CF

PP1Stamkos – Josi – O'Reilly – Forsberg – Evangelista
1:18100% CF
PK1FJost – Svechkov
0:52
PK2FMcCarron – Smith
0:49
PK1DSkjei – Perbix
1:00
PK2DJosi – Hague
0:57

Current NSH line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Necas
13:4255% CF
L2Nelson – Nichushkin – Colton
11:0462% CF
L3Olofsson – Kelly – Drury
8:3392% CF
L4Bardakov – Ivan – Brindley
7:1140% CF
D1Burns – Manson
10:2571% CF
D2Makar – Malinski
10:1156% CF
D3Girard – Solovyov
7:3740% CF

PP1Nelson – Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Necas – Makar
0:57100% CF
PP2Manson – Olofsson – Kelly – Drury – Malinski
0:56100% CF
PK1FKelly – Drury
0:57
PK2FNelson – Nichushkin
0:17
PK1DMakar – Malinski
0:39
PK2DBurns – Manson
0:35

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.

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	3	1	4	+4	6	0.76	0	0	0	19:44	—	—	50	67
Filip Forsberg L	L1	1	2	3	+3	5	0.15	0	1	0	18:35	—	—	53	70
Luke Evangelista R	L1	0	2	2	+3	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:11	—	—	50	68
Steven Stamkos C	L2	1	1	2	+1	2	0.52	0	0	0	16:55	—	—	45	24
Michael Bunting L	L2	1	1	2	+1	2	0.21	0	1	0	15:19	—	—	45	24
Erik Haula L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	1	2	15:07	—	—	46	22
Fedor Svechkov C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:26	—	—	44	33
Tyson Jost C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.20	2	1	0	12:05	—	—	44	33
Matthew Wood R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	1	0	0	11:11	—	—	46	34
Michael McCarron C	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.83	3	1	0	12:23	—	—	23	26
Cole Smith R	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	0	2	12:13	—	—	28	23
Reid Schaefer L	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.13	6	0	0	11:04	—	—	24	32
Roman Josi D	D1	0	3	3	+3	2	0.05	0	2	0	26:16	—	—	53	63
Brady Skjei D	D1	0	0	0	+4	3	0.54	0	1	0	23:58	—	—	55	66
Nicolas Hague D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	22:08	—	—	38	32
Nick Perbix D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	20:55	—	—	36	32
Nick Blankenburg D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	14:18	—	—	35	16
Justin Barron D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	2	0	13:12	—	—	36	18

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	W	43	40	3	.930	2.85	60:00

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	1	1	-2	4	0.27	0	1	0	20:37	—	—	53	56
Martin Necas C	L1	1	0	1	-2	2	0.21	1	3	0	20:07	—	—	49	55
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	1	1	-3	4	0.40	0	0	0	18:30	—	—	43	48
Brock Nelson C	L2	2	0	2	-3	4	0.67	1	2	0	16:13	—	—	56	60
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	0	1	1	-3	3	0.17	0	1	0	15:18	—	—	60	62
Ross Colton C	L2	0	0	0	+1	5	0.18	0	0	0	13:31	—	—	63	78
Parker Kelly C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.08	4	0	0	16:52	—	—	70	60
Jack Drury C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	1	1	0	14:35	—	—	75	76
Victor Olofsson L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	0	0	13:33	—	—	74	63
Gavin Brindley C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	2	0	0	12:13	—	—	41	43
Zakhar Bardakov C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	2	10:24	—	—	56	55
Ivan Ivan C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	9:36	—	—	36	41
Josh Manson D	D1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.09	2	2	0	21:11	—	—	59	67
Brent Burns D	D1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.02	0	0	0	18:53	—	—	61	85
Cale Makar D	D2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.06	0	1	0	23:26	—	—	49	55
Sam Malinski D	D2	0	1	1	+1	6	0.18	0	3	0	22:33	—	—	65	67
Samuel Girard D	D3	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	0	1	0	20:04	—	—	47	41
Ilya Solovyov D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	1	0	11:35	—	—	50	41

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	L	28	23	5	.821	1.86	59:31

Goal anatomy

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

Ryan O'Reilly (NSH) 1st 0:30 · assists Filip Forsberg · Forecheck turnover · 21.1 mph shot.

Ryan O'Reilly · 1st 0:30 · NSH

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 21.1 mph
Distance: 6 ft

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Ryan O'Reilly · 1st 7:32 · NSH

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 21.2 mph
Distance: 16 ft

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Brock Nelson · 1st 1:24 · COL

Play: rebound
Passes: 2
Shot: 7.4 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Type: rebound

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Brock Nelson · 1st 11:16 · COL

Play: deflection
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 38.4 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Type: deflection

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Ryan O'Reilly · 2nd 13:01 · NSH

Play: deflection
Passes: 2
Shot: 42.3 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Type: deflection

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Michael Bunting · 2nd 18:04 · NSH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 57.1 mph
Distance: 24 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s

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Martin Necas · 3rd 1:09 · COL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 64.6 mph
Distance: 36 ft

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Filip Forsberg · 3rd 15:13 · NSH PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 5
Shot: 73.7 mph
Distance: 31 ft

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Steven Stamkos · 3rd 17:04 · NSH EN

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 52.0 mph
Distance: 26 ft

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Michael McCarron · 3rd 17:41 · NSH EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 17.2 mph
Distance: 129 ft

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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.

Nashville Predators vs. Colorado AvalancheJan 16, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Nashville Predators rout Colorado Avalanche 7–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Nashville Predators

Colorado Avalanche

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Nashville Predators

Colorado Avalanche

Goal anatomy

Ryan O'Reilly · 1st 0:30 · NSH

Ryan O'Reilly · 1st 7:32 · NSH

Brock Nelson · 1st 1:24 · COL

Brock Nelson · 1st 11:16 · COL

Ryan O'Reilly · 2nd 13:01 · NSH

Michael Bunting · 2nd 18:04 · NSH

Martin Necas · 3rd 1:09 · COL

Filip Forsberg · 3rd 15:13 · NSH PP

Steven Stamkos · 3rd 17:04 · NSH EN

Michael McCarron · 3rd 17:41 · NSH EN