San Jose Sharks vs. Colorado AvalancheFeb 4, 2026

FinalWednesday, Feb 4, 2026· Ball Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SJS	0	0	2	2		SJS	5	8	12	25
COL	0	2	2	4		COL	14	17	11	42

: SJS 43COL 78
: SJS 2.06COL 5.62
PP goals: SJS 0COL 0
Hits: SJS 24COL 16
Blocks: SJS 21COL 6
PIM: SJS 8COL 8
: SJS 39%COL 61%

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. Valeri Nichushkin (COL) led the scoring with 0G 3A. New look for SJS: Sherwood–Smith–Celebrini skated 10:44 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (30.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Valeri Nichushkin had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 20:44.Nichushkin
Points
Artturi Lehkonen had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 17:35.Lehkonen
Points
Nathan MacKinnon had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 23:01.MacKinnon
New line
New look for SJS: Sherwood–Smith–Celebrini skated 10:44 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (30.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sherwood Smith Celebrini
Goalie
Yaroslav Askarov (SJS) faced 41 shots and stopped 38 (.927), +12 against a season average of 28.5; the loss.Askarov
New line
New look for SJS: Wennberg–Kurashev–Graf skated 9:30 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (53.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Wennberg Kurashev Graf
New line
New look for SJS: Toffoli–Eklund–Misa skated 7:37 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (13.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Toffoli Eklund Misa
Luck
COL scored 4 goals on 5.62 expected goals (78 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 121 of 121 attempts · COL 78 · 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 8% of the game, COL 52%.

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

Head-to-head matchups

COL skaters (rows) against SJS skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the COL side.

Matchup matrix

COL xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

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

Sequence card
Stat	SJS	COL
	42	77
	2.14	5.03
	2.07	4.29
	11	13
	4	6
	18	31
	−0.074	+0.074
	8%	52%

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

L1Sherwood – Smith – Celebrini
10:4431% CF
L2Wennberg – Kurashev – Graf
9:3054% CF
L3Toffoli – Eklund – Misa
7:3713% CF
L4Goodrow – Gaudette – Ostapchuk
7:0544% CF
D1Orlov – Klingberg
13:1435% CF
D2Ferraro – Liljegren
11:3124% CF
D3Desharnais – Mukhamadullin
8:4050% CF

PP1Toffoli – Wennberg – Eklund – Smith – Celebrini
3:58100% CF
PP2Orlov – Klingberg – Sherwood – Kurashev – Misa
1:18100% CF
PK1FGoodrow – Ostapchuk
1:27
PK2FWennberg – Graf
1:15
PK1DDesharnais – Ferraro
3:36
PK2DLiljegren – Mukhamadullin
1:13

Current SJS line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Nichushkin
9:4663% CF
L2Kelly – Drury – Kiviranta
9:0063% CF
L3Nelson – Olofsson – Colton
7:1582% CF
L4Bardakov – Makar – Brindley
2:0660% CF
D1Toews – Makar
14:2560% CF
D2Burns – Manson
12:4172% CF
D3Girard – Malinski
10:4368% CF

PP1Nelson – Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Makar
2:05100% CF
PP2Nelson – MacKinnon – Toews – Makar – Brindley
1:42
PK1FKelly – Drury
2:06
PK2FLehkonen – Kiviranta
1:19
PK1DToews – Makar
2:44
PK2DBurns – Manson
2:04

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

1:05
COLArtturi Lehkonen (Valeri Nichushkin, Cale Makar)deflected0.68 xG
SJS: Orlov, Klingberg, Wennberg, Smith, GrafCOL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Toews, Makar
SJS 0 – 1 COL
15:47
COLArtturi Lehkonen (Nathan MacKinnon, Valeri Nichushkin)snap0.20 xG
SJS: Orlov, Toffoli, Klingberg, Eklund, MisaCOL: Burns, Manson, Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Nichushkin
SJS 0 – 2 COL

3rd period

0:43
SJSTimothy Liljegren (Alexander Wennberg, John Klingberg)slap0.03 xG
SJS: Wennberg, Ferraro, Liljegren, Sherwood, KurashevCOL: Toews, Makar, Kelly, Drury, Kiviranta
SJS 1 – 2 COL
3:34
SJSPhilipp Kurashevwrist0.14 xG
SJS: Orlov, Wennberg, Liljegren, Kurashev, GrafCOL: Girard, Kelly, Drury, Kiviranta, Malinski
SJS 2 – 2 COL
12:44
COLJosh Manson (Valeri Nichushkin, Nathan MacKinnon)slap0.06 xG
SJS: Ferraro, Liljegren, Eklund, MisaCOL: Manson, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Toews
SJS 2 – 3 COL
18:43
COLBrock NelsonENbackhand0.52 xG
SJS: Klingberg, Wennberg, Sherwood, Eklund, Smith, CelebriniCOL: Nelson, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Toews, Makar
SJS 2 – 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
Macklin Celebrini C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.45	0	2	2	20:14	—	—	36	37
Will Smith C	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.09	0	0	0	17:41	—	—	34	20
Kiefer Sherwood L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	4	1	2	17:39	—	—	31	34
Alexander Wennberg C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	0	0	2	20:12	—	—	37	21
Philipp Kurashev C	L2	1	0	1	+2	2	0.35	0	0	2	17:09	—	—	45	47
Collin Graf R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.24	0	0	0	14:22	—	—	48	27
William Eklund L	L3	0	0	0	-3	2	0.21	2	1	0	19:26	—	—	12	20
Tyler Toffoli C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.10	0	0	0	14:59	—	—	27	24
Michael Misa C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:30	—	—	32	39
Zack Ostapchuk C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	10:16	—	—	44	40
Barclay Goodrow C	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.22	2	1	0	9:42	—	—	44	40
Adam Gaudette R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	0	0	0	8:39	—	—	41	40
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.20	3	1	0	19:29	—	—	41	20
John Klingberg D	D1	0	1	1	-3	0	0.00	3	3	0	19:13	—	—	36	17
Mario Ferraro D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	2	0	20:12	—	—	27	35
Timothy Liljegren D	D2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.04	1	2	0	20:08	—	—	32	42
Vincent Desharnais D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	3	0	16:48	—	—	41	46
Shakir Mukhamadullin D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	3	0	15:09	—	—	40	56

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Yaroslav Askarov(start)	L	41	38	3	.927	4.93	59:12

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	2	2	+4	4	0.34	1	0	0	23:01	—	—	61	75
Valeri Nichushkin R	L1	0	3	3	+4	2	0.20	3	1	0	20:44	—	—	69	77
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	2	0	2	+2	5	1.76	1	0	0	17:35	—	—	61	76
Jack Drury C	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.31	0	0	0	17:20	—	—	63	66
Parker Kelly C	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.35	2	0	2	16:11	—	—	65	67
Joel Kiviranta L	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.25	3	2	0	13:11	—	—	58	62
Brock Nelson C	L3	1	0	1	+1	5	0.88	1	0	2	21:43	—	—	70	72
Ross Colton C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.15	2	0	0	14:33	—	—	72	78
Victor Olofsson L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	0	0	0	13:06	—	—	63	63
Gavin Brindley C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	0	0	0	9:49	—	—	68	49
Zakhar Bardakov C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.30	1	0	2	4:18	—	—	62	47
Taylor Makar L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	3:25	—	—	64	74
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.13	0	0	0	25:56	—	—	54	70
Cale Makar D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.25	1	1	0	24:51	—	—	64	77
Brent Burns D	D2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.13	1	1	2	18:35	—	—	71	62
Josh Manson D	D2	1	0	1	+2	4	0.13	0	1	0	18:28	—	—	72	65
Sam Malinski D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	0	0	0	14:42	—	—	64	69
Samuel Girard D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.11	0	0	0	14:32	—	—	66	73

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	W	25	23	2	.920	2.06	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Artturi Lehkonen (COL) 2nd 1:05 · assists Valeri Nichushkin, Cale Makar · Deflection · 2.4 mph shot.

Artturi Lehkonen · 2nd 1:05 · COL

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 2.4 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Type: rebound

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Artturi Lehkonen · 2nd 15:47 · COL

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 69.7 mph
Distance: 30 ft
Entry to goal: 5.1 s
Type: one-timer, rebound

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Timothy Liljegren · 3rd 0:43 · SJS

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2
Shot: 56.1 mph
Distance: 57 ft
Entry to goal: 5.2 s
Type: one-timer

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Philipp Kurashev · 3rd 3:34 · SJS

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 29.0 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 2.5 s

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Josh Manson · 3rd 12:44 · COL

Play: point-shot
Passes: 3
Shot: 82.2 mph
Distance: 46 ft
Type: one-timer

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Brock Nelson · 3rd 18:43 · COL EN

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 42.2 mph
Distance: 47 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 s

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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.