Minnesota Wild vs. Colorado AvalancheMar 18, 2021

FinalThursday, Mar 18, 2021· Ball Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	0	1	0	1		MIN	6	7	7	20
COL	2	1	2	5		COL	25	19	11	55

: MIN 39COL 79
: MIN 1.25COL 3.94
PP goals: MIN 1COL 1
Hits: MIN 12COL 9
Blocks: MIN 12COL 9
PIM: MIN 6COL 10
: MIN 45%COL 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche rout Minnesota Wild 5–1

Colorado Avalanche beat Minnesota Wild 5–1 at home. Mikko Rantanen (COL) led the scoring with 2G 2A. Cam Talbot (MIN) faced 55 shots and stopped 50 (.909), +24 against a season average of 30.5; the loss.

Points
Mikko Rantanen had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 6 shots in 16:18.Rantanen
Points
Gabriel Landeskog had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 16:09.Landeskog
Points
Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 16:25.MacKinnon
Goalie
Cam Talbot (MIN) faced 55 shots and stopped 50 (.909), +24 against a season average of 30.5; the loss.Talbot
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (Kadri, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 14 attempts in 3:25 together.Kadri Landeskog MacKinnon Rantanen Makar
Usage
Mathew Dumba (MIN) played 12:21, −10:08 down on his 22:29 season average over 50 games.Dumba
Usage
Gabriel Landeskog (COL) played 16:09, −3:53 down on his 20:02 season average over 53 games.Landeskog
Usage
Nathan MacKinnon (COL) played 16:25, −4:02 down on his 20:27 season average over 47 games.MacKinnon

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 118 of 118 attempts · COL 79 · MIN 39

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 17% of the game, COL 60%.

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
	36	76
	1.01	3.15
	1.00	3.04
	6	13
	2	7
	14	13
	−0.052	+0.052
	17%	60%

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

L1Zuccarello – Rask – Kaprizov
11:5439% CF
L2Parise – Hartman – Fiala
7:0733% CF
L3Bonino – Johnson – Sturm
6:5250% CF
L4Bjugstad – Greenway – Eriksson Ek
5:2427% CF
D1Suter – Spurgeon
11:4130% CF
D2Brodin – Dumba
9:2329% CF
D3Cole – Hunt
5:1350% CF

PP1Suter – Zuccarello – Bjugstad – Fiala – Kaprizov
4:26100% CF
PP2Spurgeon – Rask – Dumba – Hartman – Eriksson Ek
2:5050% CF
PK1FHartman – Fiala
1:39
PK2FBonino – Sturm
0:49
PK1DSuter – Cole
1:47
PK2DSpurgeon – Brodin
0:00

Current MIN line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Kadri – Saad – Burakovsky
12:2454% CF
L2Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen
12:0068% CF
L3Donskoi – Nichushkin – Jost
9:3376% CF
L4Calvert – Bellemare – O'Connor
8:5884% CF
D1Toews – Makar
9:0083% CF
D2Girard – MacDonald
6:2369% CF
D3Graves – Byram
5:3263% CF

PP1Kadri – Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen – Makar
3:25100% CF
PP2Donskoi – Nichushkin – Toews – Jost – Girard
0:13100% CF
PK1FCalvert – Bellemare
2:55
PK2FJost – O'Connor
1:25
PK1DGraves – Toews
4:22
PK2DGirard – MacDonald
0:25

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
Kirill Kaprizov L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	19:22	—	—	39	24
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.09	0	1	0	18:51	—	—	39	24
Victor Rask C	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.23	0	0	0	15:35	—	—	39	26
Kevin Fiala L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	2	0	17:25	—	—	27	15
Ryan Hartman R	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.35	1	1	0	16:54	—	—	28	18
Zach Parise L	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:20	—	—	27	17
Nico Sturm C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	0	0	0	13:02	—	—	50	59
Nick Bonino C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	0	0	0	12:11	—	—	47	51
Luke Johnson C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	1	0	11:10	—	—	25	39
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	2	0	16:21	—	—	24	16
Nick Bjugstad C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	1	0	15:54	—	—	21	19
Jordan Greenway L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	4	12:24	—	—	32	26
Ryan Suter D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	1	1	0	24:17	—	—	23	14
Jared Spurgeon D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	0	3	2	23:00	—	—	30	35
Jonas Brodin D	D2	0	0	0	-3	4	0.09	1	0	0	22:50	—	—	33	23
Mathew Dumba D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:21	—	—	29	14
Ian Cole D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:43	—	—	57	44
Brad Hunt D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	15:22	—	—	29	19

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Talbot(start)	L	55	50	5	.909	3.94	60:00

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nazem Kadri C	L1	0	0	0	0	6	0.45	1	1	2	17:07	—	—	53	69
Brandon Saad L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	14:16	—	—	56	73
Andre Burakovsky L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:28	—	—	53	70
Nathan MacKinnon C	L2	1	2	3	+3	4	0.54	0	0	2	16:25	—	—	73	79
Mikko Rantanen R	L2	2	2	4	+3	6	0.45	0	1	0	16:18	—	—	65	77
Gabriel Landeskog L	L2	1	2	3	+3	5	0.38	1	0	2	16:09	—	—	62	74
Tyson Jost C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.22	2	2	0	14:35	—	—	74	71
Joonas Donskoi R	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.26	0	0	2	12:06	—	—	78	72
Valeri Nichushkin R	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	0	0	0	11:40	—	—	78	72
Matt Calvert L	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.28	0	0	0	14:40	—	—	86	86
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:03	—	—	81	86
Logan O'Connor R	L4	0	0	0	0	6	0.47	0	1	0	13:07	—	—	86	86
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.28	1	0	0	23:38	—	—	83	92
Cale Makar D	D1	0	0	0	+1	6	0.30	1	0	0	19:13	—	—	65	66
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	1	1	+2	5	0.15	0	0	0	20:31	—	—	67	71
Jacob MacDonald D	D2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.06	1	2	0	17:04	—	—	68	87
Ryan Graves D	D3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.01	0	2	0	19:28	—	—	71	81
Bowen Byram D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	2	15:58	—	—	48	51

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Philipp Grubauer(start)	W	20	19	1	.950	1.25	59:58

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 AvalancheMar 18, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

Colorado Avalanche rout Minnesota Wild 5–1

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