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San Jose Sharks vs. Colorado AvalancheDec 17, 2023

Final· Ball Arena
away
SJS
2
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home
COL
6
Goals123TShots123T
SJS0112SJS771327
COL3126COL156829
SJS 57COL 67
SJS 2.50COL 5.70
PP goals
SJS 2COL 2
Hits
SJS 29COL 20
Blocks
SJS 15COL 21
PIM
SJS 31COL 30
SJS 38%COL 62%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche rout San Jose Sharks 6–2

Colorado Avalanche beat San Jose Sharks 6–2 at home. Nathan MacKinnon (COL) led the scoring with 2G 2A. COL's first power-play unit (MacKinnon, Drouin, Nichushkin, Toews and Rantanen) scored 2 power-play goals on 12 attempts in 6:07 together.

  1. Points
    Nathan MacKinnon had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 4 shots in 21:07.MacKinnon
  2. Points
    Tomas Hertl had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 18:40.Hertl
  3. Points
    Jonathan Drouin had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:18.Drouin
  4. Points
    Mikael Granlund had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:08.Granlund
  5. PP1
    COL's first power-play unit (MacKinnon, Drouin, Nichushkin, Toews and Rantanen) scored 2 power-play goals on 12 attempts in 6:07 together.MacKinnonDrouinNichushkinToewsRantanen
  6. PP1
    SJS's first power-play unit (Granlund, Hertl, Zetterlund, Barabanov and Eklund) scored 2 power-play goals on 12 attempts in 3:56 together.GranlundHertlZetterlundBarabanovEklund
  7. Usage
    Jacob MacDonald (SJS) played 0:43, −11:39 down on his 12:22 season average over 33 games.MacDonald
  8. New line
    New look for COL: Wood–Drouin–Colton skated 9:40 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (57.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.WoodDrouinColton

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, SJS at COL: 124 attempts, 56 on goal, 8 goals, 8.20 expected goals; best chance Bowen Byram at 0.64 xG.

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

Showing 124 of 124 attempts · COL 67 · SJS 57

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, SJS at COL: expected goals 5.70 to 2.50 (COL led the chances), shot attempts 67 to 57, 8 goals.

0.02.04.06.01st2nd3rdCOLSJSNRWMHJHMnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • COL
  • SJS
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
COLSJScontrol2nd3rdNichushkin · 1st 7:18Rantanen · 1st 12:15Wood · 1st 18:20MacKinnon · 2nd 3:44Hertl · 2nd 9:01Johansen · 3rd 9:01Hertl · 3rd 10:45MacKinnon · 3rd 15:11
  • 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 53%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, SJS at COL: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Alexandar Georgiev (60:00) for COL and Mackenzie Blackwood (59:41) for SJS, 8 goals.

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
StatSJSCOL
5261
1.685.21
1.584.38
1314
44
1712
−0.074+0.074
18%53%

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

Current SJS line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 7:18
    COLValeri NichushkinPP (Jonathan Drouin, Nathan MacKinnon)tip-in0.11 xG
    SJS: Granlund, Kunin, Ferraro, RuttaCOL: MacKinnon, Drouin, Nichushkin, Toews, Rantanen
    SJS 0 – 1 COL
  2. 12:15
    COLMikko RantanenPP (Nathan MacKinnon, Devon Toews)tip-in0.14 xG
    SJS: Hertl, Burroughs, Bailey, OkhotiukCOL: MacKinnon, Drouin, Nichushkin, Toews, Rantanen
    SJS 0 – 2 COL
  3. 18:20
    COLMiles Wood (Ross Colton, Jonathan Drouin)wrist0.07 xG
    SJS: Hertl, Burroughs, Ferraro, Zadina, EklundCOL: Manson, Wood, Drouin, Colton, Byram
    SJS 0 – 3 COL

2nd period

  1. 3:44
    COLNathan MacKinnonwrist0.16 xG
    SJS: Granlund, Zetterlund, Addison, Thrun, BarabanovCOL: Manson, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Toews, Rantanen
    SJS 0 – 4 COL
  2. 9:01
    SJSTomas HertlPP (Mikael Granlund, Alexander Barabanov)tip-in0.11 xG
    SJS: Granlund, Hertl, Zetterlund, Barabanov, EklundCOL: Cogliano, Manson, Toews, O'Connor
    SJS 1 – 4 COL

3rd period

  1. 9:01
    COLRyan Johansen (Andrew Cogliano, Caleb Jones)wrist0.61 xG
    SJS: Hoffman, Kunin, Ferraro, Studnicka, OkhotiukCOL: Cogliano, Johansen, Jones, O'Connor, Malinski
    SJS 1 – 5 COL
  2. 10:45
    SJSTomas HertlPP (William Eklund, Mikael Granlund)backhand0.25 xG
    SJS: Granlund, Hertl, Zetterlund, Barabanov, EklundCOL: Johnson, Cogliano, O'Connor, Byram
    SJS 2 – 5 COL
  3. 15:11
    COLNathan MacKinnonENwrist0.38 xG
    SJS: Granlund, Hertl, Bailey, Zetterlund, Barabanov, EklundCOL: Manson, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Toews, Rantanen
    SJS 2 – 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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Alexander Barabanov LL1011-200.1110020:18——3310
Mikael Granlund CL1022-230.1001020:08——2511
Fabian Zetterlund LL1000-230.5500019:37——4450
William Eklund LL2011-220.2310020:21——6145
Tomas Hertl CL2202-250.8720018:40——5830
Justin Bailey RL2000-100.0612016:40——5334
Luke Kunin CL3000-110.1010014:41——359
Mike Hoffman CL3000-110.0000013:41——279
Jack Studnicka CL3000-100.0632012:18——328
Mario Ferraro DD1000-210.0443423:35——3911
Kyle Burroughs DD1000-110.0491022:52——4112
Jan Rutta DD2000030.0402019:53——5346
Nikita Okhotiuk DD2000-140.06421016:29——5534
Henry Thrun DD3000-110.0202019:55——4222
Calen Addison DD3000-100.000028:46——368
Filip Zadina R—000-120.1900012:50——6771
Kevin Labanc R—000000.0330010:14——6536
Jacob MacDonald D—000000.0000150:43——100—
SJS goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)L28235.8215.3259:41

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Valeri Nichushkin RL1101+230.5700023:52——5990
Mikko Rantanen RL1101+240.2501022:52——5087
Nathan MacKinnon CL1224+240.9710221:07——5389
Jonathan Drouin LL2022+110.1000018:18——5555
Ross Colton CL2011+120.2622013:47——5552
Miles Wood LL2101+120.2610413:45——5349
Logan O'Connor RL3000+100.1100012:44——7176
Ryan Johansen CL3101+120.72001012:36——6575
Andrew Cogliano CL3011+130.6212011:52——5972
Devon Toews DD1011+210.1000023:42——6786
Josh Manson DD1000+300.0053019:39——5083
Bowen Byram DD2000+110.6421022:02——5869
Sam Malinski DD2000+100.0415016:41——5795
Caleb Jones DD3011+120.4705216:24——4980
Jack Johnson DD3000000.00111015:21——4937
Fredrik Olofsson L—000010.2520011:21——3370
Joel Kiviranta L—000000.001109:53——3069
Kurtis MacDermid L—000030.373029:09——3978
COL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)W27252.9262.5060:00

Goal anatomy

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

Nathan MacKinnon (COL EN) 3rd 15:11 · unassisted · Point shot · 46.7 mph shot.

Miles Wood · 1st 18:20 · COL

Play
rush
Entry
pass
Odd man
No
Passes
0
Shot
50.2 mph
Distance
20 ft
Entry to goal
3.2 s

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