Minnesota Wild vs. Colorado AvalancheMar 8, 2024

Final / OTFriday, Mar 8, 2024· Ball Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
MIN	0	1	0	0	1		MIN	11	12	7	0	30
COL	1	0	0	1	2		COL	12	7	17	4	40

: MIN 71COL 79
: MIN 3.11COL 3.79
PP goals: MIN 0COL 1
Hits: MIN 18COL 27
Blocks: MIN 24COL 13
PIM: MIN 8COL 8
: MIN 50%COL 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche edge Minnesota Wild 2–1 (OT)

Colorado Avalanche beat Minnesota Wild 2–1 in overtime at home. Nathan MacKinnon (COL) led the scoring with 0G 2A. Filip Gustavsson (MIN) faced 40 shots and stopped 38 (.950), +11 against a season average of 28.5; the overtime loss.

Points
Nathan MacKinnon had 2 assists (2 points) on 6 shots in 25:11.MacKinnon
Goalie
Filip Gustavsson (MIN) faced 40 shots and stopped 38 (.950), +11 against a season average of 28.5; the overtime loss.Gustavsson
New line
New look for COL: Drouin–Nichushkin–Mittelstadt skated 9:50 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Drouin Nichushkin Mittelstadt
Luck
MIN scored 1 goal on 3.11 expected goals (71 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for COL: Wood–Trenin–Colton skated 7:54 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Wood Trenin Colton
New line
New look for MIN: Foligno–Gaudreau–Beckman skated 5:37 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Foligno Gaudreau Beckman
Luck
COL scored 2 goals on 3.79 expected goals (79 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Artturi Lehkonen (COL) played 22:32, +4:09 up on his 18:23 season average over 44 games.Lehkonen

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 150 of 150 attempts · COL 79 · MIN 71

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 28% of the game, COL 37%.

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
	67	72
	2.64	2.72
	2.52	2.47
	11	12
	7	8
	8	6
	−0.015	+0.015
	28%	37%

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

L1Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Boldy
11:5450% CF
L2Zuccarello – Hartman – Rossi
10:5855% CF
L3Foligno – Gaudreau – Beckman
5:3767% CF
L4Lettieri – Shaw – Lucchini
4:5950% CF
D1Brodin – Faber
15:2432% CF
D2Bogosian – Chisholm
14:2759% CF
D3Merrill – Mermis
9:3048% CF

PP1Zuccarello – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Boldy – Faber
5:2471% CF
PP2Foligno – Hartman – Gaudreau – Chisholm – Rossi
1:51100% CF
PK1FHartman – Eriksson Ek
2:56
PK2FFoligno – Gaudreau
1:20
PK1DBrodin – Faber
3:28
PK2DBogosian – Mermis
2:20

Current MIN line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Rantanen
14:2447% CF
L2Drouin – Nichushkin – Mittelstadt
9:5040% CF
L3Wood – Trenin – Colton
7:5450% CF
L4Cogliano – Duhaime – Kiviranta
2:4589% CF
D1Toews – Makar
13:5155% CF
D2Manson – Girard
9:5450% CF
D3Johnson – Walker
9:4022% CF

PP1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Drouin – Rantanen – Makar
4:2182% CF
PP2Nichushkin – Toews – Girard – Colton – Mittelstadt
1:17100% CF
PK1FCogliano – Trenin
1:34
PK2FNichushkin – Duhaime
1:12
PK1DToews – Makar
2:38
PK2DManson – Girard
2:06

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	1	1	0	2	0.19	1	0	0	23:53	—	—	49	65
Kirill Kaprizov L	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.44	0	0	2	21:23	—	—	49	66
Matt Boldy L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.38	0	0	0	19:44	—	—	48	63
Mats Zuccarello R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.30	0	2	0	19:45	—	—	44	46
Ryan Hartman R	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.17	3	3	0	19:09	—	—	57	81
Marco Rossi C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.66	1	2	0	18:31	—	—	56	73
Frederick Gaudreau C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.08	0	2	2	15:53	—	—	48	49
Marcus Foligno L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	12:54	—	—	69	64
Adam Beckman L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	1	0	9:05	—	—	44	28
Jake Lucchini C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	2	9:19	—	—	43	26
Vinni Lettieri C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	8:49	—	—	41	25
Mason Shaw C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.28	2	0	0	6:12	—	—	42	28
Brock Faber D	D1	1	0	1	0	1	0.14	1	2	0	26:59	—	—	33	31
Jonas Brodin D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	3	0	25:21	—	—	38	24
Zach Bogosian D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	2	6	0	20:59	—	—	53	55
Declan Chisholm D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.14	0	0	0	20:08	—	—	64	81
Dakota Mermis D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	3	1	0	13:31	—	—	47	33
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	1	1	2	10:01	—	—	46	36

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Filip Gustavsson(start)	O	40	38	2	.950	3.79	62:32

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	2	2	+1	6	0.73	0	0	0	25:11	—	—	54	50
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	0	1	1	0	6	0.22	2	0	4	24:30	—	—	49	35
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.44	1	0	2	22:32	—	—	54	58
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.29	0	0	0	17:48	—	—	51	52
Jonathan Drouin L	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.07	2	1	0	15:57	—	—	46	54
Casey Mittelstadt C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.25	1	1	0	13:56	—	—	50	62
Yakov Trenin C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	4	1	0	15:29	—	—	42	50
Miles Wood L	L3	0	0	0	-1	6	0.86	4	0	0	13:43	—	—	54	63
Ross Colton C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	2	0	0	12:10	—	—	64	76
Andrew Cogliano C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	9:50	—	—	46	24
Brandon Duhaime L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	1	1	0	7:11	—	—	65	66
Joel Kiviranta L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	5:23	—	—	60	41
Cale Makar D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.26	1	5	0	24:11	—	—	56	44
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.20	0	0	0	22:07	—	—	61	60
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.16	1	3	0	20:40	—	—	55	51
Josh Manson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	2	16:23	—	—	63	73
Sean Walker D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	1	0	18:45	—	—	25	12
Jack Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	2	0	0	15:40	—	—	48	52

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	W	30	29	1	.967	3.11	62:32

Goal anatomy

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

Artturi Lehkonen (COL) 1st 0:42 · assists Nathan MacKinnon · Forecheck turnover · 19.1 mph shot.

Artturi Lehkonen · 1st 0:42 · COL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 19.1 mph
Distance: 6 ft

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Brock Faber · 2nd 10:44 · MIN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 65.8 mph
Distance: 27 ft

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Valeri Nichushkin · OT 2:32 · COL PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 28.8 mph
Distance: 8 ft

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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.

Minnesota Wild vs. Colorado AvalancheMar 8, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Colorado Avalanche edge Minnesota Wild 2–1 (OT)

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

OT period

Box score

Minnesota Wild

Colorado Avalanche

Goal anatomy

Artturi Lehkonen · 1st 0:42 · COL

Brock Faber · 2nd 10:44 · MIN

Valeri Nichushkin · OT 2:32 · COL PP