San Jose Sharks vs. Colorado AvalancheMar 31, 2022

FinalThursday, Mar 31, 2022· Ball Arena

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: SJS —COL —
PP goals: SJS —COL —
Hits: SJS 22COL 20
Blocks: SJS 15COL 9
PIM: SJS 8COL 6
: SJS 37%COL 63%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche beat San Jose Sharks 4–2

Colorado Avalanche beat San Jose Sharks 4–2 at home. Nazem Kadri (COL) led the scoring with 0G 2A. Kaapo Kahkonen (SJS) faced 46 shots and stopped 42 (.913), +17 against a season average of 29.3; the loss.

Points
Erik Johnson had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:42.Johnson
Points
Nazem Kadri had 2 assists (2 points) on 8 shots in 17:40.Kadri
Points
Tomas Hertl had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:26.Hertl
Goalie
Kaapo Kahkonen (SJS) faced 46 shots and stopped 42 (.913), +17 against a season average of 29.3; the loss.Kahkonen
New line
New look for SJS: Couture–Nieto–Chmelevski skated 9:41 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (35.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Couture Nieto Chmelevski
New line
New look for COL: Kadri–Burakovsky–Lehkonen skated 6:41 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (70% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kadri Burakovsky Lehkonen
New line
New look for SJS: Bonino–Gregor–Leonard skated 5:00 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (10% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bonino Gregor Leonard
Usage
Logan O'Connor (COL) played 9:38, −4:17 down on his 13:55 season average over 80 games.O'Connor

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 17% of the game, COL 60%.

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	SJS	COL
	41	74
	1.58	3.37
	1.50	3.18
	7	16
	2	4
	8	11
	−0.077	+0.077
	17%	60%

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

L1Hertl – Meier – Barabanov
13:4044% CF
L2Couture – Nieto – Chmelevski
9:4135% CF
L3Bonino – Gregor – Leonard
5:0010% CF
L4Balcers – Viel – Reedy
3:0067% CF
D1Burns – Megna
15:2531% CF
D2Karlsson – Merkley
8:2023% CF
D3Vlasic – Meloche
7:5536% CF

PP1Burns – Couture – Karlsson – Hertl – Meier
1:50100% CF
PP2Bonino – Reedy – Merkley – Leonard – Barabanov
1:2650% CF
PK1FCouture – Nieto
3:29
PK2FBonino – Hertl
1:28
PK1DBurns – Megna
4:52
PK2DVlasic – Karlsson
1:51

Current SJS line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Rantanen
10:3245% CF
L2Compher – Sturm – Newhook
7:2757% CF
L3Kadri – Burakovsky – Lehkonen
6:4170% CF
L4Cogliano – Helm – O'Connor
4:5986% CF
D1Toews – Makar
17:1867% CF
D2Johnson – Manson
9:4940% CF

PP1Kadri – MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Rantanen – Makar
4:58100% CF
PP2Burakovsky – Compher – Lehkonen – Toews – Newhook
1:08100% CF
PK1FLehkonen – O'Connor
1:08
PK2FCogliano – Sturm
1:00
PK1DJohnson – Johnson
1:37
PK2DManson – Toews
1:02

Current COL line combinations →

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
Tomas Hertl C	L1	0	2	2	+2	2	2	0	2	21:26	—	—	44
Timo Meier R	L1	1	0	1	+2	2	3	0	0	19:18	—	—	50
Alexander Barabanov L	L1	0	1	1	+2	3	0	0	2	17:30	—	—	39
Logan Couture C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	19:14	—	—	41
Matt Nieto L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	15:47	—	—	38
Sasha Chmelevski C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	14:13	—	—	37
Nick Bonino C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	14:03	—	—	6
Noah Gregor L	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	3	1	0	12:45	—	—	25
John Leonard L	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0	1	0	10:20	—	—	16
Rudolfs Balcers L	L4	0	0	0	-1	4	1	0	0	11:32	—	—	33
Scott Reedy C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	9:49	—	—	39
Jeffrey Viel L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	8:17	—	—	40
Brent Burns D	D1	1	0	1	+2	3	2	3	0	26:28	—	—	38
Jaycob Megna D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	0	22:33	—	—	33
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	21:27	—	—	41
Ryan Merkley D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	2	16:02	—	—	18
Nicolas Meloche D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	5	0	2	17:35	—	—	41
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14:42	—	—	36

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA		TOI
Kaapo Kahkonen(start)	L	46	42	4	.913	59:51

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-		Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	1	0	1	0	5	1	1	0	23:09	—	—	54
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	22:38	—	—	56
Valeri Nichushkin R	L1	0	1	1	+2	4	3	0	0	21:49	—	—	63
J.T. Compher L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	12:51	—	—	62
Alex Newhook C	L2	1	0	1	-1	3	0	0	0	12:12	—	—	58
Nico Sturm C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	10:56	—	—	63
Artturi Lehkonen L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	17:59	—	—	68
Nazem Kadri C	L3	0	2	2	+1	8	0	0	0	17:40	—	—	85
Andre Burakovsky L	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0	0	0	15:46	—	—	77
Logan O'Connor R	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	3	0	0	9:38	—	—	69
Andrew Cogliano C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	9:09	—	—	69
Darren Helm C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	2	1	0	8:38	—	—	58
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	2	27:36	—	—	70
Cale Makar D	D1	0	1	1	+1	6	1	2	2	26:45	—	—	63
Jack Johnson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	18:37	—	—	50
Josh Manson D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	4	1	0	15:39	—	—	48
Erik Johnson D	—	0	2	2	+2	2	0	2	0	15:42	—	—	72
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	9:16	—	—	86

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA		TOI
Pavel Francouz(start)	W	27	25	2	.926	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.