San Jose Sharks vs. Colorado AvalancheMay 1, 2021

FinalSaturday, May 1, 2021· Ball Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SJS	0	1	2	3		SJS	10	4	11	25
COL	0	2	2	4		COL	15	21	8	44

: SJS 43COL 69
: SJS 2.35COL 4.02
PP goals: SJS 1COL 0
Hits: SJS 10COL 6
Blocks: SJS 19COL 10
PIM: SJS 8COL 6
: SJS 41%COL 59%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche edge San Jose Sharks 4–3

Colorado Avalanche beat San Jose Sharks 4–3 at home. Nathan MacKinnon (COL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. SJS's first power-play unit (Burns, Karlsson, Kane, Hertl and Barabanov) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:18 together.

Points
Alexander Barabanov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:16.Barabanov
Points
Mikko Rantanen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 22:57.Rantanen
Points
Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 9 shots in 22:40.MacKinnon
Points
Tomas Hertl had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:49.Hertl
Points
Conor Timmins had 2 assists (2 points) in 18:27.Timmins
PP1
SJS's first power-play unit (Burns, Karlsson, Kane, Hertl and Barabanov) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:18 together.Burns Karlsson Kane Hertl Barabanov
Goalie
Josef Korenar (SJS) faced 44 shots and stopped 40 (.909), +18 against a season average of 25.8; the loss.Korenar
Usage
Patrik Nemeth (COL) played 23:34, +5:40 up on his 17:54 season average over 51 games.Nemeth

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

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

COL
SJS
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 112 of 112 attempts · COL 69 · SJS 43

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

COL
SJS
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: SJS 18% of the game, COL 50%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

COL

SJS

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
Stat	SJS	COL
	29	67
	1.56	3.63
	1.54	3.47
	5	22
	6	4
	8	12
	−0.102	+0.103
	18%	50%

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.

San Jose Sharks

L1Kane – Hertl – Barabanov
11:1726% CF
L2Couture – Balcers – Gregor
10:1516% CF
L3Labanc – Meier – True
9:0950% CF
L4Marleau – Donato – Leonard
7:3231% CF
D1Burns – Ferraro
14:0013% CF
D2Karlsson – Knyzhov
13:0242% CF
D3Vlasic – Jaros
11:2335% CF

PP1Burns – Karlsson – Kane – Hertl – Barabanov
2:18100% CF
PP2Couture – Labanc – Meier – Ferraro – Leonard
1:07100% CF
PK1FMarleau – Couture
1:48
PK2FKane – Hertl
1:22
PK1DBurns – Ferraro
1:58
PK2DVlasic – Knyzhov
1:48

Current SJS line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen
13:5883% CF
L2Soderberg – Kadri – Donskoi
9:5958% CF
L3Burakovsky – Nichushkin – Jost
7:0871% CF
L4Compher – Bellemare – Sherwood
5:5245% CF
D1Toews – Makar
11:4690% CF
D2Nemeth – Timmins
9:2467% CF
D3Burroughs – Renouf
4:5060% CF

PP1Donskoi – Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen – Makar
4:4271% CF
PK1FCompher – Jost
1:32
PK2FSoderberg – Nichushkin
0:51
PK1DNemeth – Toews
1:43
PK2DRenouf – Makar
0:00

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

4:25
SJSAlexander BarabanovPP (Tomas Hertl, Erik Karlsson)snap0.10 xG
SJS: Burns, Karlsson, Kane, Hertl, BarabanovCOL: Nemeth, Compher, Toews, Jost
SJS 1 – 0 COL
13:08
COLNathan MacKinnon (Conor Timmins, Mikko Rantanen)tip-in0.08 xG
SJS: Vlasic, Hertl, Balcers, FerraroCOL: MacKinnon, Toews, Rantanen, Timmins
SJS 1 – 1 COL
16:06
COLAndre Burakovsky (J.T. Compher)wrist0.07 xG
SJS: Burns, Couture, Balcers, Gregor, FerraroCOL: Nemeth, Burakovsky, Compher, Jost, Timmins
SJS 1 – 2 COL

3rd period

9:05
COLPatrik Nemeth (Cale Makar, Nathan MacKinnon)slap0.02 xG
SJS: Vlasic, Balcers, Gregor, True, KnyzhovCOL: Nemeth, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen, Makar
SJS 1 – 3 COL
9:55
SJSLogan CoutureSH (Evander Kane)wrist0.08 xG
SJS: Vlasic, Couture, Kane, FerraroCOL: Donskoi, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen, Makar
SJS 2 – 3 COL
15:34
COLMikko Rantanen (Devon Toews, Conor Timmins)tip-in0.18 xG
SJS: Burns, Couture, Karlsson, Balcers, GregorCOL: Landeskog, MacKinnon, Toews, Rantanen, Timmins
SJS 2 – 4 COL
17:47
SJSTomas Hertl (Brent Burns, Alexander Barabanov)deflected0.10 xG
SJS: Burns, Karlsson, Kane, Hertl, Meier, BarabanovCOL: Kadri, Nemeth, Landeskog, Compher, Toews
SJS 3 – 4 COL

Box score

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

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Evander Kane L	L1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.49	0	0	0	22:12	—	—	26	35
Tomas Hertl C	L1	1	1	2	0	3	0.20	0	0	0	19:49	—	—	24	33
Alexander Barabanov L	L1	1	1	2	+1	1	0.10	0	1	0	17:16	—	—	25	31
Logan Couture C	L2	1	0	1	-1	1	0.08	1	1	0	19:41	—	—	19	21
Noah Gregor L	L2	0	0	0	-3	2	0.20	3	0	0	13:01	—	—	18	29
Rudolfs Balcers L	L2	0	0	0	-4	0	0.00	1	2	2	12:19	—	—	13	17
Kevin Labanc R	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.39	0	0	0	14:32	—	—	50	47
Timo Meier R	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.21	0	1	2	14:22	—	—	50	48
Alexander True C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	1	0	12:38	—	—	39	43
Patrick Marleau C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:23	—	—	38	28
John Leonard L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	1	0	0	8:50	—	—	31	20
Ryan Donato C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	0	0	0	8:31	—	—	33	22
Brent Burns D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.09	0	1	4	23:09	—	—	17	19
Mario Ferraro D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	22:44	—	—	12	16
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	1	1	0	3	0.24	0	1	0	24:19	—	—	38	42
Nikolai Knyzhov D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	1	5	0	19:47	—	—	39	51
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	2	1	0	18:00	—	—	38	30
Christian Jaros D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	3	0	11:26	—	—	39	19

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Josef Korenar(start)	L	44	40	4	.909	4.02	57:01

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	1	1	2	+2	6	0.45	0	0	0	22:57	—	—	83	79
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	1	1	2	+2	9	0.70	0	0	0	22:40	—	—	83	79
Gabriel Landeskog L	L1	0	0	0	0	8	0.86	0	0	4	22:22	—	—	80	78
Joonas Donskoi R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.33	1	1	0	16:27	—	—	62	63
Carl Soderberg C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	0	1	0	15:13	—	—	64	57
Nazem Kadri C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	0	1	0	14:38	—	—	61	64
Valeri Nichushkin R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.31	0	0	0	12:39	—	—	65	76
Tyson Jost C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.15	0	0	0	12:38	—	—	71	82
Andre Burakovsky L	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.23	0	0	0	12:19	—	—	75	83
J.T. Compher L	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:50	—	—	56	60
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:38	—	—	46	33
Kiefer Sherwood L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	0	0	0	6:58	—	—	54	34
Devon Toews D	D1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.40	0	1	0	28:27	—	—	78	68
Cale Makar D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	3	0	23:53	—	—	83	85
Patrik Nemeth D	D2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.06	0	3	0	23:34	—	—	60	63
Conor Timmins D	D2	0	2	2	+3	0	0.09	0	0	0	18:27	—	—	71	66
Dan Renouf D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	10:54	—	—	50	64
Kyle Burroughs D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	0	0	9:47	—	—	57	80

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Devan Dubnyk(start)	W	25	22	3	.880	2.35	60:00

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.