San Jose Sharks vs. Colorado AvalancheDec 31, 2023

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SJS	0	1	0	1		SJS	3	6	2	11
COL	1	0	2	3		COL	10	11	12	33

: SJS 30COL 87
: SJS 0.71COL 4.75
PP goals: SJS 1COL 1
Hits: SJS 21COL 24
Blocks: SJS 28COL 10
PIM: SJS 22COL 8
: SJS 55%COL 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche beat San Jose Sharks 3–1

Colorado Avalanche beat San Jose Sharks 3–1 at home. Valeri Nichushkin (COL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. COL's first power-play unit (MacKinnon, Drouin, Nichushkin, Rantanen and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 14 attempts in 5:39 together.

Points
Valeri Nichushkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 22:59.Nichushkin
Points
Nathan MacKinnon had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 25:50.MacKinnon
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (MacKinnon, Drouin, Nichushkin, Rantanen and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 14 attempts in 5:39 together.MacKinnon Drouin Nichushkin Rantanen Makar
Usage
Mario Ferraro (SJS) played 4:09, −18:58 down on his 23:07 season average over 77 games.Ferraro
New line
New look for SJS: Kunin–Studnicka–Barabanov skated 8:57 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kunin Studnicka Barabanov
New line
New look for SJS: Bailey–Carpenter–Zadina skated 4:50 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bailey Carpenter Zadina
New line
New look for SJS: Hertl–Duclair–Eklund skated 6:24 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (27.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hertl Duclair Eklund
Luck
COL scored 3 goals on 4.75 expected goals (87 attempts), well short of 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

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

COL
SJS
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 117 of 117 attempts · COL 87 · SJS 30

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 6% of the game, COL 65%.

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
	34	73
	0.71	2.23
	0.71	2.02
	8	10
	4	1
	5	7
	+0.033	−0.033
	6%	65%

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

L1Hoffman – Granlund – Zetterlund
10:5338% CF
L2Kunin – Studnicka – Barabanov
8:5740% CF
L3Hertl – Duclair – Eklund
6:2427% CF
L4Bailey – Carpenter – Zadina
4:5055% CF
D1Emberson – Thrun
7:0233% CF
D2Rutta – Okhotiuk
6:239% CF
D3Ferraro – Addison
0:00

PP1Hoffman – Granlund – Hertl – Zetterlund – Addison
0:5825% CF
PP2Duclair – Zadina – Thrun – Barabanov – Eklund
0:58
PK1FGranlund – Zetterlund
1:09
PK2FHertl – Bailey
0:44
PK1DRutta – Thrun
2:15
PK2DEmberson – Okhotiuk
1:47

Current SJS line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1MacKinnon – Drouin – Rantanen
14:0689% CF
L2Cogliano – O'Connor – Meyers
9:3969% CF
L3Johansen – Wood – Nichushkin
8:4655% CF
D1Toews – Makar
15:0276% CF
D2Manson – Byram
10:5968% CF
D3Johnson – Girard
7:3810% CF

PP1MacKinnon – Drouin – Nichushkin – Rantanen – Makar
5:39100% CF
PP2Johansen – Wood – Toews – Girard – Byram
0:54
PK1FCogliano – O'Connor
0:32
PK2FNichushkin – Kiviranta
0:22
PK1DToews – Makar
0:55
PK2DManson – Girard
0:32

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.

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikael Granlund C	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.20	2	2	2	20:53	—	—	31	45
Fabian Zetterlund L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	3	4	2	17:40	—	—	37	50
Mike Hoffman C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	0	0	15:06	—	—	33	38
Luke Kunin C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	2	14:04	—	—	24	20
Alexander Barabanov L	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	0	1	0	13:35	—	—	33	20
Jack Studnicka C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	0	1	0	10:59	—	—	35	17
Tomas Hertl C	L3	1	0	1	-1	1	0.12	0	1	10	18:25	—	—	17	11
William Eklund L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:54	—	—	23	13
Anthony Duclair L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	4	11:21	—	—	26	2
Ryan Carpenter C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	12:06	—	—	39	32
Filip Zadina R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	1	0	0	11:33	—	—	37	32
Justin Bailey R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	9:37	—	—	50	37
Henry Thrun D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.01	1	3	0	25:07	—	—	44	38
Ty Emberson D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	4	0	24:21	—	—	31	31
Jan Rutta D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	3	0	24:10	—	—	30	24
Nikita Okhotiuk D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	4	4	0	20:51	—	—	22	16
Calen Addison D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.01	0	4	2	18:11	—	—	30	10
Mario Ferraro D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	4:09	—	—	0	0

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kaapo Kahkonen(start)	L	32	30	2	.938	3.49	58:55

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	2	2	+1	3	0.58	2	0	0	25:50	—	—	87	80
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	1	0	1	0	7	0.86	0	0	0	24:49	—	—	85	80
Jonathan Drouin L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	1	1	2	22:52	—	—	87	92
Ben Meyers C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	1	0	0	13:51	—	—	60	66
Logan O'Connor R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	0	0	0	13:26	—	—	60	69
Andrew Cogliano C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.08	0	0	0	12:51	—	—	65	71
Valeri Nichushkin R	L3	1	1	2	+2	4	0.85	0	1	0	22:59	—	—	52	54
Ryan Johansen C	L3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.00	2	1	0	14:12	—	—	62	85
Miles Wood L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.29	5	1	2	13:48	—	—	59	75
Cale Makar D	D1	0	0	0	0	5	0.66	0	2	2	25:12	—	—	79	78
Devon Toews D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	24:15	—	—	79	78
Bowen Byram D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	5	1	0	18:50	—	—	71	79
Josh Manson D	D2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.84	1	0	2	18:25	—	—	73	78
Samuel Girard D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.06	1	1	0	16:18	—	—	52	66
Jack Johnson D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	0	1	0	11:58	—	—	48	59
Fredrik Olofsson L	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	5:09	—	—	50	24
Joel Kiviranta L	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	4:56	—	—	40	0
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	1	0	4:23	—	—	25	0

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	W	11	10	1	.909	0.71	59:48

Goal anatomy

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

Mikko Rantanen (COL PP) 1st 6:58 · assists Nathan MacKinnon, Valeri Nichushkin · Forecheck turnover · 67.3 mph shot.

Mikko Rantanen · 1st 6:58 · COL PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 67.3 mph
Distance: 19 ft

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Tomas Hertl · 2nd 16:53 · SJS PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 62.7 mph
Distance: 28 ft

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Valeri Nichushkin · 3rd 16:31 · COL

Play: cycle
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 67.8 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Type: one-timer

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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.

San Jose Sharks vs. Colorado AvalancheDec 31, 2023

Fantasy takeaways

Colorado Avalanche beat San Jose Sharks 3–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

San Jose Sharks

Colorado Avalanche

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

San Jose Sharks

Colorado Avalanche

Goal anatomy

Mikko Rantanen · 1st 6:58 · COL PP

Tomas Hertl · 2nd 16:53 · SJS PP

Valeri Nichushkin · 3rd 16:31 · COL