Minnesota Wild vs. Colorado AvalancheFeb 2, 2021

FinalTuesday, Feb 2, 2021· Ball Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	0	1	0	1		MIN	11	9	8	28
COL	1	1	0	2		COL	12	11	8	31

: MIN 54COL 65
: MIN 2.29COL 2.64
PP goals: MIN 1COL 0
Hits: MIN 23COL 17
Blocks: MIN 23COL 14
PIM: MIN 11COL 11
: MIN 42%COL 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche edge Minnesota Wild 2–1

Colorado Avalanche beat Minnesota Wild 2–1 at home. Valeri Nichushkin (COL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for COL: Landeskog–Compher–Rantanen skated 9:39 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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New look for COL: Landeskog–Compher–Rantanen skated 9:39 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Landeskog Compher Rantanen
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New look for MIN: Rask–Kaprizov–Mayhew skated 11:16 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (45% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Rask Kaprizov Mayhew
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New look for COL: Donskoi–Nichushkin–Jost skated 6:38 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (70.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Donskoi Nichushkin Jost
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New look for COL: Dries–Sherwood–O'Connor skated 4:50 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (72.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dries Sherwood O'Connor
Usage
Jared Spurgeon (MIN) played 15:03, −7:10 down on his 22:13 season average over 53 games.Spurgeon
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Zach Parise (MIN) played 17:48, +3:56 up on his 13:52 season average over 44 games.Parise
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Carson Soucy (MIN) played 21:15, +6:05 up on his 15:10 season average over 49 games.Soucy
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Brad Hunt (MIN) played 17:01, +5:07 up on his 11:54 season average over 11 games.Hunt

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

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

COL
MIN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 119 of 119 attempts · COL 65 · MIN 54

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

COL
MIN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: MIN 29% of the game, COL 41%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

COL

MIN

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	MIN	COL
	41	62
	1.20	1.91
	1.12	1.89
	5	8
	1	7
	20	8
	−0.071	+0.071
	29%	41%

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.

Minnesota Wild

L1Hartman – Greenway – Eriksson Ek
11:5555% CF
L2Rask – Kaprizov – Mayhew
11:1645% CF
L3Parise – Bjugstad – Johnson
7:2325% CF
L4Bonino – Rau – Sturm
2:0950% CF
D1Brodin – Soucy
12:2240% CF
D2Suter – Spurgeon
10:2255% CF
D3Cole – Hunt
6:4350% CF

PP1Suter – Bonino – Spurgeon – Bjugstad – Kaprizov
2:49100% CF
PP2Parise – Rask – Brodin – Hunt – Mayhew
2:02100% CF
PK1FBonino – Eriksson Ek
1:18
PK2FHartman – Greenway
1:04
PK1DSuter – Spurgeon
1:37
PK2DCole – Brodin
0:49

Current MIN line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Landeskog – Compher – Rantanen
9:3963% CF
L2Kadri – Saad – Burakovsky
7:5333% CF
L3Donskoi – Nichushkin – Jost
6:3871% CF
L4Dries – Sherwood – O'Connor
4:5073% CF
D1Girard – Timmins
8:1062% CF
D2Makar – Byram
7:2842% CF
D3Graves – MacDonald
5:1945% CF

PP1Kadri – Landeskog – Compher – Rantanen – Makar
4:2775% CF
PP2Donskoi – Saad – Burakovsky – Girard – Byram
0:5233% CF
PK1FNichushkin – Jost
1:47
PK2FDries – Sherwood
0:50
PK1DGraves – Makar
3:46
PK2DGirard – Timmins
1:13

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

17:45
COLLogan O'Connor (Kiefer Sherwood, Cale Makar)backhand0.04 xG
MIN: Suter, Bonino, Spurgeon, Kaprizov, SturmCOL: Girard, Makar, Dries, Sherwood, O'Connor
MIN 0 – 1 COL

2nd period

7:09
COLValeri Nichushkin (Joonas Donskoi)wrist0.03 xG
MIN: Suter, Parise, Spurgeon, Bjugstad, JohnsonCOL: Donskoi, Nichushkin, Jost, Girard, Timmins
MIN 0 – 2 COL
13:05
MINKirill KaprizovPP (Zach Parise, Gerry Mayhew)snap0.09 xG
MIN: Suter, Parise, Hunt, Kaprizov, MayhewCOL: Graves, Nichushkin, Timmins, O'Connor
MIN 1 – 2 COL

Box score

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

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan Hartman R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.34	2	1	0	16:36	—	—	48	66
Jordan Greenway L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.29	5	1	2	16:05	—	—	48	71
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	4	0	0	15:38	—	—	48	63
Kirill Kaprizov L	L2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.49	0	1	0	20:35	—	—	36	35
Gerry Mayhew C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.16	0	2	0	16:16	—	—	37	33
Victor Rask C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	15:25	—	—	39	39
Zach Parise L	L3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.27	0	0	0	17:48	—	—	26	14
Nick Bjugstad C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.21	1	2	0	14:39	—	—	21	6
Luke Johnson C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:44	—	—	39	25
Nick Bonino C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	10:35	—	—	14	0
Nico Sturm C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	1	0	0	10:31	—	—	70	69
Kyle Rau C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	2	0	5	7:26	—	—	67	62
Jonas Brodin D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	3	4	23:21	—	—	36	21
Carson Soucy D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	1	0	21:15	—	—	31	34
Ryan Suter D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.04	1	1	0	26:57	—	—	41	43
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.05	0	4	0	15:03	—	—	55	53
Brad Hunt D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.05	1	1	0	17:01	—	—	44	31
Ian Cole D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	4	0	16:38	—	—	35	40

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Talbot(start)	L	31	29	2	.935	2.64	59:02

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.66	0	0	0	21:57	—	—	60	61
Gabriel Landeskog L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	21:56	—	—	52	53
J.T. Compher L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	1	1	7	18:48	—	—	63	55
Nazem Kadri C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.27	0	0	0	17:32	—	—	55	49
Brandon Saad L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	1	0	0	15:27	—	—	58	48
Andre Burakovsky L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.15	1	1	0	14:48	—	—	44	18
Tyson Jost C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.03	1	1	0	17:11	—	—	59	75
Valeri Nichushkin R	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.12	1	0	0	13:51	—	—	69	75
Joonas Donskoi R	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.17	0	0	0	13:29	—	—	68	86
Sheldon Dries C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.14	4	0	2	8:20	—	—	69	75
Logan O'Connor R	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.14	0	0	2	8:15	—	—	56	47
Kiefer Sherwood L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:02	—	—	73	82
Samuel Girard D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	0	1	0	25:47	—	—	70	69
Conor Timmins D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	2	3	0	14:27	—	—	52	72
Cale Makar D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.30	1	0	0	26:23	—	—	58	73
Bowen Byram D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	1	0	0	15:51	—	—	50	48
Ryan Graves D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	1	6	0	17:20	—	—	63	54
Jacob MacDonald D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	1	1	0	15:35	—	—	63	51

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Philipp Grubauer(start)	W	28	27	1	.964	2.29	59:34

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.