Ottawa Senators vs. Colorado AvalancheJan 8, 2026

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
OTT	0	1	1	2		OTT	11	10	10	31
COL	2	6	0	8		COL	11	17	6	34

: OTT 66COL 63
: OTT 2.30COL 2.90
PP goals: OTT 0COL 2
Hits: OTT 38COL 12
Blocks: OTT 14COL 21
PIM: OTT 42COL 16
: OTT 46%COL 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche rout Ottawa Senators 8–2

Colorado Avalanche beat Ottawa Senators 8–2 at home. Josh Manson (COL) led the scoring with 2G 2A. COL's first power-play unit (Nelson, Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Necas and Makar) scored 2 power-play goals on 5 attempts in 4:30 together.

Points
Josh Manson had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 5 shots in 19:25.Manson
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Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 5 shots in 17:14.MacKinnon
Points
Brock Nelson had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 2 shots in 16:09.Nelson
Points
Cale Makar had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 19:50.Makar
Points
Ross Colton had 3 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 15:14.Colton
Points
Martin Necas had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:33.Necas
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (Nelson, Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Necas and Makar) scored 2 power-play goals on 5 attempts in 4:30 together.Nelson Lehkonen MacKinnon Necas Makar
Luck
COL scored 8 goals on 2.90 expected goals (63 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

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

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

COL
OTT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 129 of 129 attempts · COL 63 · OTT 66

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

COL
OTT
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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 35% of the game, COL 37%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

COL

OTT

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

COL skaters (rows) against OTT 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	OTT	COL
	68	56
	1.90	1.78
	1.84	1.72
	14	7
	10	5
	17	10
	−0.035	+0.035
	35%	37%

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

L1Perron – Batherson – Cozens
9:4560% CF
L2Giroux – Pinto – Greig
5:5536% CF
L3Eller – Cousins – Zetterlund
5:1620% CF
L4Amadio – Tkachuk – Stützle
3:1163% CF
D1Chabot – Spence
14:1176% CF
D2Kleven – Matinpalo
12:5346% CF
D3Sanderson – Zub
9:4363% CF

PP1Batherson – Tkachuk – Pinto – Sanderson – Stützle
3:02
PP2Giroux – Perron – Chabot – Cozens – Greig
1:39100% CF
PK1FGiroux – Stützle
3:14
PK2FPinto – Greig
1:24
PK1DSanderson – Zub
4:12
PK2DKleven – Matinpalo
3:22

Current OTT line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Necas
9:5848% CF
L2Olofsson – Kelly – Drury
8:2443% CF
L3Nelson – Nichushkin – Colton
6:5952% CF
L4Bardakov – Ivan – Brindley
6:1964% CF
D1Makar – Malinski
9:2046% CF
D2Burns – Manson
8:0138% CF
D3Girard – Solovyov
6:5367% CF

PP1Nelson – Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Necas – Makar
4:3071% CF
PP2Manson – Nichushkin – Olofsson – Colton – Brindley
3:50100% CF
PK1FKelly – Drury
2:26
PK2FNelson – Nichushkin
1:20
PK1DBurns – Manson
1:53
PK2DGirard – Malinski
1:10

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.

Ottawa Senators

OTT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Drake Batherson R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.24	0	0	0	15:15	—	—	64	65
Dylan Cozens C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.36	4	0	0	14:02	—	—	64	65
David Perron L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	3	1	0	13:41	—	—	60	59
Shane Pinto C	L2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.36	0	0	4	18:10	—	—	63	68
Claude Giroux R	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.05	1	0	0	17:26	—	—	57	61
Ridly Greig C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	2	0	12	16:30	—	—	50	45
Fabian Zetterlund L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.19	5	0	0	12:46	—	—	40	48
Lars Eller C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	1	1	0	11:10	—	—	36	38
Nick Cousins C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	1	12	10:44	—	—	36	10
Tim Stützle C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	5	17:07	—	—	54	23
Brady Tkachuk L	L4	1	0	1	-1	7	0.61	5	0	2	15:04	—	—	65	44
Michael Amadio R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	1	2	13:54	—	—	62	27
Thomas Chabot D	D1	0	0	0	-3	2	0.07	2	1	0	19:47	—	—	66	70
Jordan Spence D	D1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.03	1	1	0	17:20	—	—	74	77
Nikolas Matinpalo D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	2	1	0	19:40	—	—	32	23
Tyler Kleven D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	5	3	5	19:01	—	—	43	34
Jake Sanderson D	D3	0	1	1	-2	2	0.01	3	2	0	20:29	—	—	58	39
Artem Zub D	D3	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	0	2	0	18:30	—	—	47	34

OTT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Leevi Meriläinen(start)	L	18	15	3	.833	1.51	42:35
Mads Sogaard	—	16	11	5	.688	1.39	17:25

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Martin Necas C	L1	1	1	2	+2	2	0.15	1	0	0	18:33	—	—	50	51
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	1	3	4	0	5	0.39	0	1	0	17:14	—	—	47	45
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.36	0	0	0	17:14	—	—	48	44
Parker Kelly C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	1	2	0	17:06	—	—	26	62
Jack Drury C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.13	0	2	0	16:16	—	—	35	59
Victor Olofsson L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:03	—	—	40	90
Brock Nelson C	L3	2	1	3	+1	2	0.39	0	0	0	16:09	—	—	50	49
Ross Colton C	L3	0	3	3	+3	4	0.53	2	0	0	15:14	—	—	55	46
Valeri Nichushkin R	L3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.14	0	1	0	15:03	—	—	46	37
Gavin Brindley C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	0	1	0	13:53	—	—	50	46
Zakhar Bardakov C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.01	1	2	0	11:43	—	—	42	32
Ivan Ivan C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.04	0	0	0	9:37	—	—	50	33
Cale Makar D	D1	1	2	3	0	1	0.02	1	1	0	19:50	—	—	51	45
Sam Malinski D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	16:19	—	—	33	35
Brent Burns D	D2	1	0	1	+2	5	0.17	1	3	0	20:23	—	—	43	49
Josh Manson D	D2	2	2	4	+5	5	0.21	3	4	7	19:25	—	—	41	28
Samuel Girard D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	3	9	18:09	—	—	69	89
Ilya Solovyov D	D3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	2	1	0	17:49	—	—	41	49

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Scott Wedgewood(start)	W	31	29	2	.935	2.30	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Josh Manson (COL) 1st 10:11 · assists Ross Colton, Brock Nelson · Off the faceoff · 49.3 mph shot.

Josh Manson · 1st 10:11 · COL

Play: faceoff
Passes: 1
Shot: 49.3 mph
Distance: 49 ft

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Nathan MacKinnon · 1st 17:14 · COL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 46.4 mph
Distance: 32 ft

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Cale Makar · 2nd 2:35 · COL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 3
Shot: 67.9 mph
Distance: 37 ft
Entry to goal: 5.8 s

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Shane Pinto · 2nd 5:08 · OTT

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 72.5 mph
Distance: 41 ft
Entry to goal: 1.9 s

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Martin Necas · 2nd 11:46 · COL PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 3
Shot: 51.7 mph
Distance: 22 ft
Type: one-timer

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Brent Burns · 2nd 12:03 · COL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 36.3 mph
Distance: 68 ft

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Brock Nelson · 2nd 14:23 · COL PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 46.7 mph
Distance: 27 ft
Type: one-timer

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Josh Manson · 2nd 16:48 · COL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2
Shot: 79.8 mph
Distance: 58 ft
Type: one-timer

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Brock Nelson · 2nd 18:04 · COL

Play: cycle
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 65.8 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Type: one-timer

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Brady Tkachuk · 3rd 7:03 · OTT SH

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 48.0 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 s
Type: rebound

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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.

Ottawa Senators vs. Colorado AvalancheJan 8, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Colorado Avalanche rout Ottawa Senators 8–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Ottawa Senators

Colorado Avalanche

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Ottawa Senators

Colorado Avalanche

Goal anatomy

Josh Manson · 1st 10:11 · COL

Nathan MacKinnon · 1st 17:14 · COL

Cale Makar · 2nd 2:35 · COL

Shane Pinto · 2nd 5:08 · OTT

Martin Necas · 2nd 11:46 · COL PP

Brent Burns · 2nd 12:03 · COL

Brock Nelson · 2nd 14:23 · COL PP

Josh Manson · 2nd 16:48 · COL

Brock Nelson · 2nd 18:04 · COL

Brady Tkachuk · 3rd 7:03 · OTT SH