Minnesota Wild vs. Colorado AvalancheFeb 24, 2021

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	1	2	3	6		MIN	11	5	9	25
COL	0	1	1	2		COL	10	10	12	32

: MIN 43COL 68
: MIN 3.10COL 3.01
PP goals: MIN 0COL 1
Hits: MIN 10COL 13
Blocks: MIN 22COL 7
PIM: MIN 8COL 4
: MIN 49%COL 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild rout Colorado Avalanche 6–2

Minnesota Wild beat Colorado Avalanche 6–2 at COL. Nico Sturm (MIN) led the scoring with 2G 0A. COL's first power-play unit (Kadri, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 4:15 together.

Points
Nico Sturm had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 11:18.Sturm
Points
Marcus Foligno had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:55.Foligno
Points
Mats Zuccarello had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 12:41.Zuccarello
Points
Ryan Hartman had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 14:23.Hartman
Points
Kirill Kaprizov had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:18.Kaprizov
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (Kadri, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 4:15 together.Kadri Landeskog MacKinnon Rantanen Makar
Luck
MIN scored 6 goals on 3.10 expected goals (43 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for COL: Calvert–Kadri–Donskoi skated 9:10 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (53.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Calvert Kadri Donskoi

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 111 of 111 attempts · COL 68 · MIN 43

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 31% of the game, COL 34%.

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
	42	64
	2.41	2.05
	2.36	1.99
	11	6
	4	1
	12	5
	+0.009	−0.009
	31%	34%

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

L1Fiala – Greenway – Eriksson Ek
11:5750% CF
L2Parise – Foligno – Hartman
10:5935% CF
L3Zuccarello – Rask – Kaprizov
10:2829% CF
L4Bonino – Bjugstad – Sturm
8:0044% CF
D1Brodin – Dumba
17:5043% CF
D2Suter – Spurgeon
15:0446% CF
D3Cole – Soucy
13:2324% CF

PP1Brodin – Dumba – Fiala – Greenway – Eriksson Ek
1:22100% CF
PP2Cole – Spurgeon – Brodin – Greenway – Kaprizov
0:45
PK1FBonino – Sturm
1:35
PK2FFoligno – Eriksson Ek
1:28
PK1DBrodin – Dumba
2:33
PK2DSuter – Spurgeon
2:05

Current MIN line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen
13:2780% CF
L2Calvert – Kadri – Donskoi
9:1053% CF
L3Burakovsky – Compher – Nichushkin
8:1974% CF
L4Bellemare – Jost – O'Connor
6:4238% CF
D1Toews – Makar
10:0078% CF
D2Girard – Byram
8:5535% CF
D3Graves – Timmins
6:2062% CF

PP1Kadri – Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen – Makar
4:15100% CF
PP2Burakovsky – Compher – Nichushkin – Toews – Girard
0:45
PK1FCompher – Jost
1:22
PK2FCalvert – Bellemare
0:38
PK1DGraves – Toews
1:41
PK2DGirard – Makar
1:12

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.

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.33	1	0	0	17:22	—	—	48	63
Jordan Greenway L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	2	16:09	—	—	55	64
Kevin Fiala L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	16:09	—	—	50	56
Marcus Foligno L	L2	1	1	2	+2	2	0.22	1	1	0	15:55	—	—	32	38
Zach Parise L	L2	1	0	1	+2	2	0.08	0	2	0	14:44	—	—	35	51
Ryan Hartman R	L2	1	1	2	+3	4	0.37	1	0	0	14:23	—	—	46	62
Kirill Kaprizov L	L3	0	2	2	+1	1	0.58	0	0	0	15:18	—	—	31	47
Victor Rask C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.49	1	0	0	12:44	—	—	33	51
Mats Zuccarello R	L3	1	1	2	0	1	0.07	0	1	2	12:41	—	—	33	51
Nick Bonino C	L4	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	2	0	14:29	—	—	42	67
Nick Bjugstad C	L4	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	1	1	0	11:43	—	—	42	55
Nico Sturm C	L4	2	0	2	+2	4	0.52	0	1	0	11:18	—	—	44	72
Mathew Dumba D	D1	0	1	1	+3	1	0.10	1	3	0	24:42	—	—	44	62
Jonas Brodin D	D1	0	0	0	+3	1	0.04	0	4	0	24:00	—	—	45	62
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.20	2	3	0	21:05	—	—	48	60
Ryan Suter D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.02	1	2	2	20:21	—	—	46	59
Ian Cole D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	2	15:24	—	—	23	34
Carson Soucy D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.04	1	1	0	15:19	—	—	23	34

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kaapo Kahkonen(start)	W	32	30	2	.938	3.01	59:56

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.18	0	0	0	22:03	—	—	77	43
Gabriel Landeskog L	L1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.40	1	0	0	22:00	—	—	70	43
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	0	1	1	-2	4	0.49	1	0	2	20:48	—	—	76	58
Nazem Kadri C	L2	1	0	1	-5	2	0.47	0	2	0	18:38	—	—	50	40
Matt Calvert L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	0	0	0	16:03	—	—	56	51
Joonas Donskoi R	L2	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:07	—	—	50	33
J.T. Compher L	L3	1	0	1	-1	4	0.38	0	0	0	14:52	—	—	65	49
Valeri Nichushkin R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.23	0	1	0	12:36	—	—	71	51
Andre Burakovsky L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	12:34	—	—	70	60
Tyson Jost C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	10:57	—	—	40	35
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	0	0	0	10:35	—	—	38	35
Logan O'Connor R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:09	—	—	41	33
Cale Makar D	D1	0	1	1	-2	1	0.01	1	0	0	26:51	—	—	76	38
Devon Toews D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.15	0	1	0	21:54	—	—	66	61
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.22	0	1	0	24:44	—	—	52	40
Bowen Byram D	D2	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	4	0	2	15:04	—	—	33	31
Ryan Graves D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.21	3	0	0	18:29	—	—	70	66
Conor Timmins D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	0	0	0	7:44	—	—	63	50

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Philipp Grubauer(start)	L	24	19	5	.792	2.85	58:52

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.

Minnesota Wild vs. Colorado AvalancheFeb 24, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

Minnesota Wild rout Colorado Avalanche 6–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Minnesota Wild

Colorado Avalanche

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Minnesota Wild

Colorado Avalanche