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Ottawa Senators vs. Colorado AvalancheDec 21, 2023

Final· Ball Arena
away
OTT
4
@
home
COL
6
Goals123TShots123T
OTT2204OTT9211545
COL2136COL2012739
OTT 81COL 60
OTT 4.24COL 4.25
PP goals
OTT 1COL 4
Hits
OTT 17COL 25
Blocks
OTT 7COL 19
PIM
OTT 8COL 12
OTT 44%COL 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche beat Ottawa Senators 6–4

Colorado Avalanche beat Ottawa Senators 6–4 at home. Nathan MacKinnon (COL) led the scoring with 4G 1A. COL's first power-play unit (MacKinnon, Drouin, Nichushkin, Rantanen and Makar) scored 3 power-play goals on 11 attempts in 5:40 together.

  1. Points
    Nathan MacKinnon had 4 goals and an assist (5 points) on 9 shots in 22:51.MacKinnon
  2. Points
    Valeri Nichushkin had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 29:05.Nichushkin
  3. PP1
    COL's first power-play unit (MacKinnon, Drouin, Nichushkin, Rantanen and Makar) scored 3 power-play goals on 11 attempts in 5:40 together.MacKinnonDrouinNichushkinRantanenMakar
  4. Points
    Mikko Rantanen had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 22:57.Rantanen
  5. Points
    Drake Batherson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 20:37.Batherson
  6. Points
    Cale Makar had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 28:26.Makar
  7. PP1
    OTT's first power-play unit (Norris, Batherson, Tkachuk, Sanderson and Stützle) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 6:08 together.NorrisBathersonTkachukSandersonStützle
  8. Goalie
    Alexandar Georgiev (COL) faced 45 shots and stopped 41 (.911), +17 against a season average of 28.1; the win.Georgiev

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, OTT at COL: 141 attempts, 84 on goal, 10 goals, 8.49 expected goals; best chance Nathan MacKinnon at 0.73 xG.

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

Showing 141 of 141 attempts · COL 60 · OTT 81

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, OTT at COL: expected goals 4.25 to 4.24 (COL led the chances), shot attempts 60 to 81, 10 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.05.01st2nd3rdCOLOTTMNGMBBRMRMnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • COL
  • OTT
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
COLOTTcontrol2nd3rdMacKinnon · 1st 2:43Norris · 1st 15:13Greig · 1st 15:28MacKinnon · 1st 18:28Bernard-Docker · 2nd 1:32Batherson · 2nd 14:47Rantanen · 2nd 19:43MacKinnon · 3rd 6:16Rantanen · 3rd 7:10MacKinnon · 3rd 19:37
  • COL pressure
  • OTT pressure
  • Goal
  • Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: OTT 36% of the game, COL 34%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, OTT at COL: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Alexandar Georgiev (59:22) for COL and Joonas Korpisalo (59:23) for OTT, 10 goals.

COL
OTT
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
StatOTTCOL
6453
2.262.93
2.222.79
1611
47
138
−0.043+0.043
36%34%

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.

Ottawa Senators

Current OTT line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

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Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 2:43
    COLNathan MacKinnonPP (Jonathan Drouin, Cale Makar)slap0.06 xG
    OTT: Giroux, Kelly, Sanderson, ZubCOL: MacKinnon, Drouin, Nichushkin, Rantanen, Makar
    OTT 0 – 1 COL
  2. 15:13
    OTTJosh NorrisPP (Drake Batherson, Tim Stützle)snap0.15 xG
    OTT: Norris, Batherson, Tkachuk, Sanderson, StützleCOL: Olofsson, Toews, Makar, O'Connor
    OTT 1 – 1 COL
  3. 15:28
    OTTRidly Greig (Dominik Kubalik, Jakob Chychrun)deflected0.27 xG
    OTT: Giroux, Hamonic, Kubalik, Chychrun, GreigCOL: MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Toews, Rantanen, Makar
    OTT 2 – 1 COL
  4. 18:28
    COLNathan MacKinnon (Valeri Nichushkin)snap0.04 xG
    OTT: Giroux, Norris, Tkachuk, Sanderson, ZubCOL: MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Toews, Rantanen, Makar
    OTT 2 – 2 COL

2nd period

  1. 1:32
    OTTJacob Bernard-Docker (Jiri Smejkal, Mark Kastelic)wrist0.05 xG
    OTT: Brannstrom, Kastelic, Kelly, Bernard-Docker, SmejkalCOL: Johansen, Toews, Makar, O'Connor, Meyers
    OTT 3 – 2 COL
  2. 14:47
    OTTDrake Batherson (Vladimir Tarasenko, Artem Zub)wrist0.03 xG
    OTT: Tarasenko, Chychrun, Batherson, Greig, ZubCOL: Johansen, Toews, Colton, Byram, Malinski
    OTT 4 – 2 COL
  3. 19:43
    COLMikko RantanenPPwrist0.06 xG
    OTT: Brannstrom, Bernard-Docker, Greig, StützleCOL: MacKinnon, Drouin, Nichushkin, Rantanen, Makar
    OTT 4 – 3 COL

3rd period

  1. 6:16
    COLNathan MacKinnonPP (Devon Toews, Valeri Nichushkin)wrist0.07 xG
    OTT: Giroux, Brannstrom, Kelly, Bernard-DockerCOL: Johansen, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Toews, Rantanen
    OTT 4 – 4 COL
  2. 7:10
    COLMikko RantanenPP (Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar)tip-in0.08 xG
    OTT: Norris, Greig, Sanderson, ZubCOL: MacKinnon, Drouin, Nichushkin, Rantanen, Makar
    OTT 4 – 5 COL
  3. 19:37
    COLNathan MacKinnonEN (Valeri Nichushkin)wrist0.73 xG
    OTT: Giroux, Chychrun, Norris, Batherson, Tkachuk, StützleCOL: Johnson, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Rantanen, Byram
    OTT 4 – 6 COL

Box score

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

Ottawa Senators

OTT skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Tim Stützle CL1011-150.7000022:23——5854
Drake Batherson RL1112050.5810220:37——5653
Vladimir Tarasenko RL1011+150.8500015:21——5648
Claude Giroux RL2000-120.0100020:48——5936
Josh Norris CL2101-230.3212020:42——5416
Brady Tkachuk LL2000-290.7010020:08——6163
Ridly Greig CL3101+220.2830214:41——4339
Dominik Kubalik LL3011+100.0300013:42——3331
Angus Crookshank CL3000000.002028:35——4311
Parker Kelly CL4000+120.2130211:33——6458
Jiri Smejkal LL4011+110.1021011:03——6020
Mark Kastelic CL4011+120.071005:04——7868
Jakob Chychrun DD1011+110.1201021:17——6051
Travis Hamonic DD1000+120.0500013:21——5748
Jake Sanderson DD2000-130.1222024:39——375
Artem Zub DD2011010.0000021:54——4219
Erik Brannstrom DD3000+100.0000015:06——6870
Jacob Bernard-Docker DD3101+120.0911013:18——7478
OTT goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Joonas Korpisalo(start)L38335.8683.5259:23

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Valeri Nichushkin RL1033+120.4300029:05——5667
Mikko Rantanen RL1202+160.8211022:57——5962
Nathan MacKinnon CL1415+191.4000022:51——5762
Miles Wood LL2000040.2720015:49——3240
Jonathan Drouin LL2011020.3201015:11——4283
Ross Colton CL2000-100.0321010:24——3653
Logan O'Connor RL3000-120.0621018:37——3015
Ryan Johansen CL3000-210.0441010:15——3624
Ben Meyers CL3000-100.001005:52——4232
Cale Makar DD1022-150.3714028:26——4464
Devon Toews DD1011-220.3036025:15——4667
Bowen Byram DD2000000.0011020:04——4455
Josh Manson DD2000010.0220417:32——4739
Jack Johnson DD3000+100.0012214:01——2916
Sam Malinski DD3000-110.1100411:00——4657
Joel Kiviranta L—000020.0440210:28——5778
Fredrik Olofsson L—000020.040109:04——4365
Kurtis MacDermid L—000000.001003:08——5795
COL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)W45414.9114.2459:22

Goal anatomy

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

Nathan MacKinnon (COL PP) 1st 2:43 · assists Jonathan Drouin, Cale Makar · Forecheck turnover · 73.4 mph shot.

Nathan MacKinnon · 3rd 19:37 · COL EN

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
1-on-0
Passes
0
Shot
61.3 mph
Distance
43 ft
Entry to goal
1.5 s

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