Dallas Stars vs. Colorado AvalancheFeb 27, 2024

FinalTuesday, Feb 27, 2024· Ball Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
DAL	1	0	0	1		DAL	11	15	8	34
COL	2	3	0	5		COL	15	6	6	27

: DAL 63COL 51
: DAL 2.41COL 2.32
PP goals: DAL 0COL 1
Hits: DAL 12COL 29
Blocks: DAL 12COL 12
PIM: DAL 4COL 4
: DAL 51%COL 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche rout Dallas Stars 5–1

Colorado Avalanche beat Dallas Stars 5–1 at home. Nathan MacKinnon (COL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. COL's first power-play unit (Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Drouin, Rantanen and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:41 together.

Points
Andrew Cogliano had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 10:18.Cogliano
Points
Artturi Lehkonen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:01.Lehkonen
Points
Mikko Rantanen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:38.Rantanen
Points
Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 19:47.MacKinnon
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Drouin, Rantanen and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:41 together.Lehkonen MacKinnon Drouin Rantanen Makar
Luck
COL scored 5 goals on 2.32 expected goals (51 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Nathan MacKinnon (COL) played 19:47, −3:04 down on his 22:51 season average over 81 games.MacKinnon
Usage
Craig Smith (DAL) played 14:01, +3:51 up on his 10:10 season average over 74 games.Smith

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

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

COL
DAL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 114 of 114 attempts · COL 51 · DAL 63

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

COL
DAL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

COL pressure
DAL pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: DAL 30% of the game, COL 27%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

COL

DAL

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	DAL	COL
	68	54
	1.88	2.17
	1.84	2.06
	12	16
	5	2
	13	7
	+0.002	−0.002
	30%	27%

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.

Dallas Stars

L1Benn – Stankoven – Johnston
10:5876% CF
L2Pavelski – Hintz – Robertson
10:5578% CF
L3Duchene – Marchment – Steel
5:4731% CF
L4Smith – Faksa – Dellandrea
5:1118% CF
D1Heiskanen – Harley
17:5576% CF
D2Suter – Hanley
8:0850% CF
D3Hakanpää – Lindell
7:3243% CF

PP1Pavelski – Duchene – Hintz – Robertson – Heiskanen
2:2075% CF
PP2Duchene – Robertson – Harley – Stankoven – Johnston
0:400% CF
PK1FFaksa – Dellandrea
1:11
PK2FBenn – Johnston
1:06
PK1DHakanpää – Lindell
2:17
PK2DSuter – Hanley
0:13

Current DAL line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Rantanen
13:4753% CF
L2Parise – Johansen – Drouin
10:1247% CF
L3Wood – Colton – O'Connor
9:5339% CF
L4Cogliano – Wagner – Kiviranta
6:1246% CF
D1Toews – Makar
14:2036% CF
D2Manson – Girard
13:4648% CF
D3Johnson – Byram
8:3850% CF

PP1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Drouin – Rantanen – Makar
2:4157% CF
PP2Parise – Wood – Girard – Colton – Byram
0:11
PK1FCogliano – O'Connor
1:28
PK2FParise – Lehkonen
1:00
PK1DToews – Makar
2:43
PK2DJohnson – Byram
0:40

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:00
DALLogan Stankoven (Wyatt Johnston, Jason Robertson)snap0.15 xG
DAL: Suter, Lindell, Robertson, Stankoven, JohnstonCOL: Wood, Girard, Colton, Makar, O'Connor
DAL 1 – 0 COL
2:08
COLJoel Kiviranta (Andrew Cogliano, Devon Toews)snap0.10 xG
DAL: Suter, Duchene, Lindell, Marchment, SteelCOL: Johnson, Cogliano, Wagner, Toews, Kiviranta
DAL 1 – 1 COL
5:58
COLMikko Rantanen (Nathan MacKinnon)backhand0.21 xG
DAL: Suter, Smith, Faksa, Lindell, DellandreaCOL: Manson, Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Rantanen, Girard
DAL 1 – 2 COL

2nd period

7:09
COLAndrew Cogliano (Chris Wagner)wrist0.11 xG
DAL: Duchene, Hakanpää, Lindell, Marchment, SteelCOL: Johnson, Cogliano, Wagner, Byram, Kiviranta
DAL 1 – 3 COL
7:58
COLNathan MacKinnon (Artturi Lehkonen, Cale Makar)backhand0.20 xG
DAL: Duchene, Hakanpää, Lindell, Marchment, SteelCOL: Manson, Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Rantanen, Makar
DAL 1 – 4 COL
14:15
COLArtturi LehkonenPP (Jonathan Drouin, Mikko Rantanen)snap0.20 xG
DAL: Suter, Lindell, Hintz, SteelCOL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Drouin, Rantanen, Makar
DAL 1 – 5 COL

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Wyatt Johnston C	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.20	0	0	2	17:51	—	—	78	78
Logan Stankoven C	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.16	0	0	0	15:44	—	—	71	75
Jamie Benn L	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.36	0	0	0	14:52	—	—	73	67
Jason Robertson L	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.12	2	0	0	16:45	—	—	76	78
Roope Hintz C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:32	—	—	75	66
Joe Pavelski C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.39	2	0	2	15:24	—	—	72	68
Sam Steel C	L3	0	0	0	-3	2	0.11	0	0	0	15:55	—	—	39	34
Matt Duchene C	L3	0	0	0	-3	4	0.21	0	0	0	15:46	—	—	35	20
Mason Marchment L	L3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.00	2	2	0	11:54	—	—	39	23
Craig Smith C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	1	0	0	14:01	—	—	45	27
Radek Faksa C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	2	0	0	13:40	—	—	38	28
Ty Dellandrea C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.43	1	0	0	12:48	—	—	35	24
Miro Heiskanen D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.05	0	1	0	23:03	—	—	73	79
Thomas Harley D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.12	0	1	0	21:33	—	—	78	81
Ryan Suter D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	0	1	0	17:55	—	—	39	35
Joel Hanley D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:13	—	—	50	43
Esa Lindell D	D3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.06	0	3	0	19:58	—	—	36	27
Jani Hakanpää D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	2	0	18:11	—	—	50	40

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Oettinger(start)	L	27	22	5	.815	2.32	60:00

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	1	1	2	+2	2	0.32	1	2	0	20:38	—	—	44	74
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	1	1	2	+2	1	0.33	0	1	0	20:01	—	—	52	84
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	1	1	2	+2	6	0.74	0	1	0	19:47	—	—	53	82
Jonathan Drouin L	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.06	0	0	0	16:54	—	—	48	44
Zach Parise L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	0	0	16:12	—	—	57	50
Ryan Johansen C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.12	0	0	0	13:27	—	—	33	34
Logan O'Connor R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	2	0	0	14:46	—	—	39	18
Ross Colton C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	3	1	0	14:38	—	—	26	12
Miles Wood L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.05	1	0	0	14:25	—	—	32	14
Andrew Cogliano C	L4	1	1	2	+2	3	0.31	1	0	0	10:18	—	—	41	48
Chris Wagner R	L4	0	1	1	+2	1	0.09	5	0	0	9:29	—	—	63	62
Joel Kiviranta L	L4	1	0	1	+2	1	0.10	0	0	0	7:05	—	—	46	51
Cale Makar D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.04	1	3	0	23:59	—	—	33	56
Devon Toews D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	21:47	—	—	46	71
Josh Manson D	D2	0	0	0	+2	3	0.07	6	1	0	19:20	—	—	46	67
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	6	1	2	18:53	—	—	41	46
Bowen Byram D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	2	18:48	—	—	33	26
Jack Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.02	0	0	0	15:33	—	—	63	54

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	W	34	33	1	.971	2.41	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Logan Stankoven (DAL) 1st 1:00 · assists Wyatt Johnston, Jason Robertson · Forecheck turnover · 35.1 mph shot.

Logan Stankoven · 1st 1:00 · DAL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 35.1 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Type: one-timer

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Joel Kiviranta · 1st 2:08 · COL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 33.2 mph
Distance: 34 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 s
Type: one-timer

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Mikko Rantanen · 1st 5:58 · COL

Play: rebound
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 9.4 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 6.3 s
Type: rebound

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Andrew Cogliano · 2nd 7:09 · COL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 52.6 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Entry to goal: 3.1 s

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Nathan MacKinnon · 2nd 7:58 · COL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 22.6 mph
Distance: 4 ft

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Artturi Lehkonen · 2nd 14:15 · COL PP

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 18.7 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Entry to goal: 4.4 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.