Dallas Stars vs. Colorado AvalancheMar 18, 2026

Final / SOWednesday, Mar 18, 2026· Ball Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
DAL	0	1	0	0	1	2		DAL	2	7	5	4	18
COL	1	0	0	0	0	1		COL	6	15	10	3	34

: DAL 43COL 72
: DAL 3.05COL 2.87
PP goals: DAL 0COL 1
Hits: DAL 25COL 29
Blocks: DAL 20COL 6
PIM: DAL 6COL 4
: DAL 42%COL 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Dallas Stars edge Colorado Avalanche 2–1 (SO)

Dallas Stars beat Colorado Avalanche 2–1 in a shootout at COL. Jason Robertson (DAL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. COL's first power-play unit (Kadri, Nelson, MacKinnon, Necas and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:20 together.

PP1
COL's first power-play unit (Kadri, Nelson, MacKinnon, Necas and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:20 together.Kadri Nelson MacKinnon Necas Makar
Usage
Brock Nelson (COL) played 27:27, +7:54 up on his 19:33 season average over 80 games.Nelson
Luck
DAL scored 1 goal on 3.05 expected goals (43 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for DAL: Erne–Bastian–Bäck skated 6:21 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (12.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Erne Bastian Bäck
Luck
COL scored 1 goal on 2.87 expected goals (72 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Jake Oettinger (DAL) faced 34 shots and stopped 33 (.971), +9 against a season average of 25.4; the win.Oettinger
Usage
Nathan MacKinnon (COL) played 26:40, +4:28 up on his 22:12 season average over 79 games.MacKinnon
Usage
Gavin Brindley (COL) played 3:50, −5:49 down on his 9:39 season average over 55 games.Brindley

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 115 of 115 attempts · COL 72 · DAL 43

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 23% of the game, COL 36%.

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

Head-to-head matchups

COL skaters (rows) against DAL 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	DAL	COL
	38	76
	2.48	2.47
	2.23	2.36
	12	14
	6	2
	22	17
	−0.053	+0.053
	23%	36%

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

L1Robertson – Bourque – Johnston
12:0138% CF
L2Benn – Duchene – Steel
8:3132% CF
L3Blackwell – Bunting – Hryckowian
8:3033% CF
L4Erne – Bastian – Bäck
6:2113% CF
D1Lindell – Heiskanen
16:1424% CF
D2Lundkvist – Harley
15:0440% CF
D3Myers – Bichsel
12:4629% CF

PP1Benn – Duchene – Robertson – Heiskanen – Johnston
2:35100% CF
PP2Lindell – Bunting – Harley – Bourque – Hryckowian
1:10
PK1FBäck – Hryckowian
2:01
PK2FBlackwell – Steel
1:12
PK1DLindell – Heiskanen
2:57

Current DAL line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Necas
11:2186% CF
L2Kelly – Drury – Kiviranta
11:1461% CF
L3Kadri – Nelson – Roy
10:5567% CF
L4Bardakov – Ivan – Brindley
2:3440% CF
D1Toews – Malinski
11:5074% CF
D2Burns – Manson
11:0050% CF
D3Kulak – Makar
10:0660% CF

PP1Kadri – Nelson – MacKinnon – Necas – Makar
3:20100% CF
PK1FNelson – Nichushkin
2:05
PK2FKelly – Drury
1:39
PK1DToews – Makar
1:50
PK2DBurns – Manson
1:17

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

18:33
COLCale MakarPP (Nazem Kadri, Nathan MacKinnon)snap0.14 xG
DAL: Lindell, Heiskanen, Bäck, HryckowianCOL: Kadri, Nelson, MacKinnon, Necas, Makar
DAL 0 – 1 COL

2nd period

6:18
DALJason Robertson (Nathan Bastian, Thomas Harley)wrist0.20 xG
DAL: Bastian, Robertson, Bäck, Lundkvist, HarleyCOL: Burns, Manson, Bardakov, Ivan, Brindley
DAL 1 – 1 COL

Decided in the shootout: DAL 2 – 1 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
Jason Robertson L	L1	1	0	1	+1	5	1.25	1	1	0	21:08	—	—	39	60
Wyatt Johnston C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.52	0	1	0	20:20	—	—	33	62
Mavrik Bourque C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	19:13	—	—	37	56
Matt Duchene C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.30	0	1	0	19:35	—	—	39	45
Sam Steel C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:32	—	—	27	41
Jamie Benn L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	1	0	2	15:56	—	—	36	46
Justin Hryckowian C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	16:49	—	—	22	11
Michael Bunting L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.24	1	0	2	15:11	—	—	50	58
Colin Blackwell C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	6	1	0	13:05	—	—	26	15
Oskar Bäck C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.19	1	1	0	11:41	—	—	33	71
Nathan Bastian R	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.09	5	0	0	9:14	—	—	36	71
Adam Erne L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	4	1	0	8:59	—	—	17	14
Miro Heiskanen D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	2	0	28:12	—	—	25	43
Esa Lindell D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	1	0	24:01	—	—	30	55
Thomas Harley D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.01	0	5	0	22:45	—	—	43	57
Nils Lundkvist D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:15	—	—	40	50
Tyler Myers D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	2	2	14:28	—	—	27	31
Lian Bichsel D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	2	1	0	14:18	—	—	35	49

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Oettinger(start)	W	34	33	1	.971	2.87	64:55

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	1	1	0	5	0.36	0	0	0	26:40	—	—	77	48
Martin Necas C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.27	3	0	0	24:49	—	—	81	69
Valeri Nichushkin R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.30	1	0	0	19:56	—	—	68	44
Jack Drury C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	0	0	0	14:52	—	—	58	60
Parker Kelly C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	11	1	0	14:45	—	—	58	60
Joel Kiviranta L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	2	0	0	13:08	—	—	61	64
Brock Nelson C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.31	1	1	0	27:27	—	—	66	52
Nazem Kadri C	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.14	2	0	0	20:46	—	—	72	63
Nicolas Roy C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.25	1	0	0	13:37	—	—	61	40
Gavin Brindley C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	3:50	—	—	29	4
Ivan Ivan C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	3:43	—	—	60	38
Zakhar Bardakov C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	2	3:23	—	—	67	39
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.32	0	0	0	25:33	—	—	74	67
Sam Malinski D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	20:53	—	—	79	77
Josh Manson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	4	1	0	17:12	—	—	54	26
Brent Burns D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	2	1	0	15:35	—	—	46	16
Cale Makar D	D3	1	0	1	0	4	0.40	1	1	2	24:39	—	—	77	50
Brett Kulak D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	0	1	0	18:12	—	—	60	45

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Scott Wedgewood(start)	O	18	17	1	.944	3.05	65:00

Goal anatomy

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

Cale Makar (COL PP) 1st 18:33 · assists Nazem Kadri, Nathan MacKinnon · Cycle · 57.5 mph shot.

Cale Makar · 1st 18:33 · COL PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 5 (royal road)
Shot: 57.5 mph
Distance: 23 ft
Type: one-timer

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Jason Robertson · 2nd 6:18 · DAL

Play: rebound
Entry: pass
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 36.5 mph
Distance: 23 ft
Entry to goal: 3.5 s
Type: rebound

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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.