Minnesota Wild vs. Colorado AvalancheApr 9, 2024

FinalTuesday, Apr 9, 2024· Ball Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	2	0	0	2		MIN	12	5	5	22
COL	2	3	0	5		COL	14	9	9	32

: MIN 48COL 54
: MIN 2.40COL 3.05
PP goals: MIN 2COL 1
Hits: MIN 8COL 14
Blocks: MIN 11COL 15
PIM: MIN 8COL 10
: MIN 53%COL 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche beat Minnesota Wild 5–2

Colorado Avalanche beat Minnesota Wild 5–2 at home. Nathan MacKinnon (COL) led the scoring with 3G 1A. COL's first power-play unit (Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Drouin, Nichushkin and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 5:12 together.

Points
Nathan MacKinnon had a hat trick and an assist (4 points) on 10 shots in 19:00.MacKinnon
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Cale Makar had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 22:13.Makar
Points
Jonathan Drouin had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 20:52.Drouin
Points
Artturi Lehkonen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 21:46.Lehkonen
Points
Matt Boldy had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 23:18.Boldy
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Devon Toews had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:54.Toews
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Mats Zuccarello had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:30.Zuccarello
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Drouin, Nichushkin and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 5:12 together.Lehkonen MacKinnon Drouin Nichushkin Makar

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 102 of 102 attempts · COL 54 · MIN 48

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 25% of the game, COL 44%.

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
	32	52
	0.56	2.26
	0.55	2.16
	1	8
	1	4
	8	13
	+0.012	−0.012
	25%	44%

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 – Kaprizov – Rossi
11:2964% CF
L2Johansson – Eriksson Ek – Boldy
8:5914% CF
L3Lettieri – Shaw – Khusnutdinov
6:530% CF
D1Bogosian – Brodin
11:5260% CF
D2Middleton – Faber
10:0816% CF
D3Merrill – Chisholm
6:0150% CF

PP1Zuccarello – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Boldy – Faber
6:41100% CF
PK1FGaudreau – Eriksson Ek
2:44
PK2FHartman – Khusnutdinov
0:54
PK1DBrodin – Faber
2:59
PK2DBogosian – Middleton
2:31

Current MIN line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Drouin
11:2370% CF
L2Parise – Nichushkin – Mittelstadt
9:1340% CF
L3Trenin – Duhaime – Colton
8:2180% CF
L4Cogliano – Wagner – Kiviranta
4:2550% CF
D1Toews – Makar
12:3171% CF
D2Manson – Girard
12:0378% CF
D3Johnson – Walker
9:3454% CF

PP1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Drouin – Nichushkin – Makar
5:1275% CF
PP2Parise – Toews – Girard – Colton – Mittelstadt
1:11100% CF
PK1FCogliano – Trenin
1:32
PK2FLehkonen – Kiviranta
0:45
PK1DManson – Girard
2:14
PK2DToews – Makar
2:03

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:34
COLArtturi LehkonenPP (Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar)wrist0.47 xG
MIN: Brodin, Gaudreau, Eriksson Ek, FaberCOL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Drouin, Nichushkin, Makar
MIN 0 – 1 COL
8:38
COLNathan MacKinnon (Jonathan Drouin, Cale Makar)wrist0.16 xG
MIN: Bogosian, Zuccarello, Brodin, Kaprizov, RossiCOL: Johnson, Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Drouin, Toews
MIN 0 – 2 COL
10:14
MINKirill KaprizovPP (Mats Zuccarello, Matt Boldy)wrist0.49 xG
MIN: Zuccarello, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Boldy, FaberCOL: Cogliano, Trenin, Makar, Walker
MIN 1 – 2 COL
19:40
MINMatt BoldyPP (Mats Zuccarello, Declan Chisholm)tip-in0.11 xG
MIN: Zuccarello, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Chisholm, BoldyCOL: Parise, Johnson, Nichushkin, Walker
MIN 2 – 2 COL

2nd period

6:15
COLCale Makar (Devon Toews, Jonathan Drouin)wrist0.04 xG
MIN: Bogosian, Middleton, Kaprizov, Boldy, RossiCOL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Drouin, Toews, Makar
MIN 2 – 3 COL
14:50
COLNathan MacKinnon (Jonathan Drouin, Devon Toews)wrist0.10 xG
MIN: Zuccarello, Middleton, Kaprizov, Rossi, FaberCOL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Drouin, Toews, Makar
MIN 2 – 4 COL
19:08
COLNathan MacKinnon (Artturi Lehkonen)wrist0.23 xG
MIN: Hartman, Gaudreau, Middleton, Kaprizov, FaberCOL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Drouin, Girard, Walker
MIN 2 – 5 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
Kirill Kaprizov L	L1	1	0	1	-4	4	0.81	0	0	2	25:45	—	—	43	12
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	0	2	2	-2	2	0.31	2	0	0	21:30	—	—	52	14
Marco Rossi C	L1	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	1	1	0	17:03	—	—	58	19
Matt Boldy L	L2	1	1	2	-1	3	0.38	0	2	2	23:18	—	—	39	39
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.48	1	2	0	22:28	—	—	17	12
Marcus Johansson L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:49	—	—	21	11
Marat Khusnutdinov C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	9:44	—	—	0	0
Vinni Lettieri C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	0	0	0	8:36	—	—	33	22
Mason Shaw C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	2	8:13	—	—	20	14
Jonas Brodin D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	0	0	0	20:41	—	—	56	22
Zach Bogosian D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.01	1	1	0	20:19	—	—	45	22
Brock Faber D	D2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.09	0	1	0	26:27	—	—	23	5
Jake Middleton D	D2	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	1	3	0	16:41	—	—	11	4
Declan Chisholm D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:19	—	—	64	78
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:29	—	—	60	59
Ryan Hartman R	—	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	2	0	0	15:22	—	—	55	31
Frederick Gaudreau C	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.17	0	0	0	13:16	—	—	53	32
Alex Goligoski D	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	6:25	—	—	44	25

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Filip Gustavsson(start)	L	32	27	5	.844	3.05	59:05

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	1	1	2	+4	1	0.73	1	0	0	21:46	—	—	70	91
Jonathan Drouin L	L1	0	3	3	+4	1	0.02	0	0	0	20:52	—	—	67	88
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	3	1	4	+4	10	1.08	0	1	2	19:00	—	—	71	91
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	1	0	0	20:38	—	—	47	43
Casey Mittelstadt C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	15:01	—	—	50	58
Zach Parise L	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.46	0	2	2	14:24	—	—	50	56
Yakov Trenin C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	2	0	15:00	—	—	64	72
Ross Colton C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	14:28	—	—	63	73
Brandon Duhaime L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	12:58	—	—	79	90
Andrew Cogliano C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	10:03	—	—	25	60
Joel Kiviranta L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	7:29	—	—	50	88
Chris Wagner R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	1	0	2	6:54	—	—	43	75
Cale Makar D	D1	1	2	3	+2	5	0.19	1	2	0	22:13	—	—	60	87
Devon Toews D	D1	0	2	2	+3	1	0.04	0	0	0	20:54	—	—	65	79
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.12	0	1	0	21:38	—	—	65	85
Josh Manson D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	1	1	0	18:34	—	—	65	69
Sean Walker D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	4	2	17:36	—	—	57	84
Jack Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:29	—	—	50	73

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	W	22	20	2	.909	2.40	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Artturi Lehkonen (COL PP) 1st 4:34 · assists Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar · Rebound · 42.6 mph shot.

Artturi Lehkonen · 1st 4:34 · COL PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 42.6 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Type: rebound

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Nathan MacKinnon · 1st 8:38 · COL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 52.1 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Entry to goal: 1.8 s

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Kirill Kaprizov · 1st 10:14 · MIN PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 1
Shot: 7.2 mph
Distance: 14 ft

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Matt Boldy · 1st 19:40 · MIN PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 9.2 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Type: rebound

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Cale Makar · 2nd 6:15 · COL

Play: point-shot
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 70.6 mph
Distance: 49 ft

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Nathan MacKinnon · 2nd 14:50 · COL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 3
Shot: 75.1 mph
Distance: 31 ft
Entry to goal: 1.6 s

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Nathan MacKinnon · 2nd 19:08 · COL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 35.3 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 2.0 s

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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.