San Jose Sharks vs. Colorado AvalancheMar 7, 2023

FinalTuesday, Mar 7, 2023· Ball Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SJS	0	0	0	0		SJS	2	5	6	13
COL	3	3	0	6		COL	19	15	9	43

: SJS 35COL 70
: SJS 1.07COL 3.93
PP goals: SJS 0COL 1
Hits: SJS 42COL 25
Blocks: SJS 16COL 16
PIM: SJS 30COL 6
: SJS 53%COL 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche rout San Jose Sharks 6–0

Colorado Avalanche beat San Jose Sharks 6–0 at home. Cale Makar (COL) led the scoring with 1G 3A. New look for COL: Nieto–Malgin–Newhook skated 9:21 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (53.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Cale Makar had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 5 shots in 22:57.Makar
Points
Valeri Nichushkin had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 1 shot in 15:41.Nichushkin
Points
Artturi Lehkonen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:58.Lehkonen
Points
Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:16.MacKinnon
Points
Devon Toews had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 22:19.Toews
New line
New look for COL: Nieto–Malgin–Newhook skated 9:21 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (53.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nieto Malgin Newhook
Usage
Mikko Rantanen (COL) played 15:20, −6:59 down on his 22:19 season average over 81 games.Rantanen
Usage
Nathan MacKinnon (COL) played 15:16, −7:09 down on his 22:25 season average over 70 games.MacKinnon

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 105 of 105 attempts · COL 70 · SJS 35

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 63%.

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
	35	62
	0.99	3.58
	0.96	3.47
	5	12
	6	6
	13	19
	+0.021	−0.021
	17%	63%

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

L1Couture – Johnsson – Barabanov
8:5333% CF
L2Lindblom – Labanc – Lorentz
8:4423% CF
L3Hertl – Zetterlund – Eklund
7:3633% CF
L4Svechnikov – Gregor – Sturm
7:2431% CF
D1Karlsson – Knyzhov
12:2630% CF
D2Pouliot – Ferraro
10:3921% CF
D3Vlasic – Benning
9:4241% CF

PP1Couture – Karlsson – Hertl – Barabanov – Eklund
3:4967% CF
PP2Benning – Svechnikov – Gregor – Zetterlund – Barabanov
0:46
PK1FCouture – Sturm
4:23
PK2FLindblom – Lorentz
4:21
PK1DBenning – Ferraro
3:49
PK2DVlasic – Knyzhov
2:52

Current SJS line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Cogliano – Eller – O'Connor
9:2462% CF
L2Nieto – Malgin – Newhook
9:2154% CF
L3Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Nichushkin
7:2369% CF
L4Compher – Rantanen – Rodrigues
7:0150% CF
D1Girard – Byram
13:4372% CF
D2Toews – Makar
10:0481% CF

PP1Compher – Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Rantanen – Makar
4:45100% CF
PP2Nichushkin – Toews – Girard – Byram – Newhook
2:5280% CF
PK1FEller – Nieto
1:41
PK2FCogliano – O'Connor
1:09
PK1DToews – Makar
2:22
PK2DGirard – Byram
0:58

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:08
COLCale Makar (Devon Toews, Valeri Nichushkin)wrist0.01 xG
SJS: Couture, Karlsson, Johnsson, Knyzhov, BarabanovCOL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Toews, Makar
SJS 0 – 1 COL
12:51
COLNathan MacKinnon (Devon Toews, Valeri Nichushkin)wrist0.09 xG
SJS: Vlasic, Benning, Svechnikov, Gregor, SturmCOL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Toews, Makar
SJS 0 – 2 COL
17:01
COLMikko RantanenPP (Samuel Girard, Artturi Lehkonen)wrist0.07 xG
SJS: Vlasic, Couture, Sturm, KnyzhovCOL: Compher, Toews, Rantanen, Girard, Newhook
SJS 0 – 3 COL

2nd period

1:22
COLValeri Nichushkin (Cale Makar, Nathan MacKinnon)tip-in0.10 xG
SJS: Pouliot, Svechnikov, Gregor, Ferraro, SturmCOL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Toews, Makar
SJS 0 – 4 COL
2:45
COLDenis Malgin (Matt Nieto, Cale Makar)wrist0.12 xG
SJS: Vlasic, Couture, Benning, Johnsson, BarabanovCOL: Johnson, Nieto, Malgin, Makar, Newhook
SJS 0 – 5 COL
18:21
COLArtturi Lehkonen (Cale Makar, Valeri Nichushkin)snap0.20 xG
SJS: Couture, Karlsson, Johnsson, Knyzhov, BarabanovCOL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Toews, Makar
SJS 0 – 6 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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Logan Couture C	L1	-3	2	0.13	4	0	0	21:26	—	—	32	20
Alexander Barabanov L	L1	-3	1	0.33	2	2	0	18:31	—	—	33	26
Andreas Johnsson L	L1	-3	2	0.15	1	1	0	10:32	—	—	41	30
Oskar Lindblom L	L2	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	16:19	—	—	23	24
Steven Lorentz C	L2	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	16:02	—	—	24	16
Kevin Labanc R	L2	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	10:21	—	—	27	30
William Eklund L	L3	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	18:06	—	—	40	23
Tomas Hertl C	L3	0	1	0.16	3	1	2	16:10	—	—	48	28
Fabian Zetterlund L	L3	0	1	0.01	2	1	2	11:49	—	—	45	8
Nico Sturm C	L4	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:49	—	—	40	18
Evgeny Svechnikov L	L4	-2	0	0.00	2	1	0	11:11	—	—	38	27
Noah Gregor L	L4	-2	1	0.05	3	0	0	10:53	—	—	31	11
Erik Karlsson D	D1	-2	1	0.11	3	0	12	20:32	—	—	38	20
Nikolai Knyzhov D	D1	-2	1	0.01	2	2	0	19:18	—	—	35	7
Mario Ferraro D	D2	-1	0	0.00	4	2	0	22:15	—	—	24	8
Derrick Pouliot D	D2	-1	0	0.00	4	0	0	16:36	—	—	32	47
Matt Benning D	D3	-2	2	0.10	2	1	2	19:28	—	—	46	35
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D3	-2	0	0.00	4	2	10	17:20	—	—	38	31

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
James Reimer	—	19	18	1	.947	1.69	37:15
Kaapo Kahkonen(start)	L	24	19	5	.792	2.25	22:45

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Lars Eller C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	3	0	0	16:10	—	—	52	53
Logan O'Connor R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	2	1	0	13:43	—	—	53	41
Andrew Cogliano C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	2	1	0	11:48	—	—	63	50
Matt Nieto L	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.01	2	1	0	14:56	—	—	47	81
Alex Newhook C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.15	0	1	0	14:48	—	—	63	90
Denis Malgin C	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.41	1	0	0	12:23	—	—	61	90
Artturi Lehkonen L	L3	1	1	2	+4	4	0.64	2	2	0	15:58	—	—	70	88
Valeri Nichushkin R	L3	1	3	4	+4	1	0.10	2	0	0	15:41	—	—	79	95
Nathan MacKinnon C	L3	1	1	2	+4	4	0.43	2	0	0	15:16	—	—	74	93
J.T. Compher L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.23	0	0	0	16:14	—	—	68	75
Mikko Rantanen R	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	15:20	—	—	60	69
Evan Rodrigues C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.28	0	0	0	13:33	—	—	75	84
Samuel Girard D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.08	0	4	0	23:52	—	—	60	88
Bowen Byram D	D1	0	0	0	0	5	0.40	4	0	2	21:48	—	—	63	72
Cale Makar D	D2	1	3	4	+5	5	0.26	0	1	0	22:57	—	—	80	91
Devon Toews D	D2	0	2	2	+4	4	0.32	2	4	0	22:19	—	—	63	85
Jack Johnson D	—	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	3	0	4	15:18	—	—	59	51
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	0	0	0	0	3	0.11	0	1	0	11:56	—	—	59	59

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	W	13	13	0	.1000	1.07	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.