Minnesota Wild vs. Colorado AvalancheJan 20, 2025

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	1	0	2	3		MIN	9	13	4	26
COL	0	1	0	1		COL	4	7	16	27

: MIN 50COL 61
: MIN 3.50COL 2.22
PP goals: MIN 0COL 0
Hits: MIN 7COL 16
Blocks: MIN 17COL 9
PIM: MIN 6COL 8
: MIN 51%COL 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild beat Colorado Avalanche 3–1

Minnesota Wild beat Colorado Avalanche 3–1 at COL. Jake Middleton (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for MIN: Foligno–Hartman–Rossi skated 7:31 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (61.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Jake Middleton had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 23:43.Middleton
Points
Liam Ohgren had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 9:04.Ohgren
New line
New look for MIN: Foligno–Hartman–Rossi skated 7:31 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (61.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Foligno Hartman Rossi
New line
New look for MIN: Gaudreau–Trenin–Ohgren skated 4:30 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gaudreau Trenin Ohgren
Usage
Ivan Ivan (COL) played 3:09, −7:05 down on his 10:14 season average over 39 games.Ivan
Usage
Matt Boldy (MIN) played 26:35, +6:22 up on his 20:13 season average over 81 games.Boldy
Usage
Joel Eriksson Ek (MIN) played 25:43, +6:05 up on his 19:38 season average over 45 games.Eriksson Ek
Usage
Devon Toews (COL) played 29:49, +5:18 up on his 24:31 season average over 75 games.Toews

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 61 · MIN 50

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 36% of the game, COL 33%.

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	52
	1.42	1.89
	1.37	1.81
	7	6
	1	2
	14	13
	−0.027	+0.027
	36%	33%

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 – Eriksson Ek – Boldy
13:3528% CF
L2Foligno – Hartman – Rossi
7:3162% CF
L3Shore – Lauko – Khusnutdinov
6:0250% CF
L4Gaudreau – Trenin – Ohgren
4:3063% CF
D1Middleton – Faber
14:3234% CF
D2Bogosian – Merrill
12:2335% CF
D3Chisholm – Jiricek
10:4471% CF

PP1Zuccarello – Eriksson Ek – Boldy – Rossi – Faber
5:27100% CF
PP2Hartman – Gaudreau – Chisholm – Jiricek – Ohgren
2:0980% CF
PK1FFoligno – Gaudreau
3:22
PK2FTrenin – Khusnutdinov
1:41
PK1DBogosian – Middleton
3:31
PK2DMerrill – Faber
2:06

Current MIN line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1MacKinnon – Rantanen – Colton
8:1177% CF
L2Lehkonen – Drouin – Mittelstadt
6:5140% CF
L3Kelly – O'Connor – Kiviranta
6:4362% CF
L4Parssinen – Ivan – Innala
2:180% CF
D1Toews – Makar
16:4163% CF
D2Manson – Girard
9:3167% CF
D3de Haan – Middleton
7:2645% CF

PP1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Drouin – Rantanen – Makar
4:12100% CF
PP2Toews – Girard – Colton – Mittelstadt – Parssinen
1:07100% CF
PK1FKelly – O'Connor
3:58
PK2FLehkonen – Kiviranta
1:12
PK1DToews – Makar
3:44
PK2DManson – Girard
2:47

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
Matt Boldy L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.66	0	1	0	26:35	—	—	24	20
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.88	0	3	6	25:43	—	—	28	20
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	0	0	0	25:13	—	—	27	23
Marco Rossi C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	16:42	—	—	69	72
Marcus Foligno L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.28	0	0	0	13:44	—	—	60	66
Ryan Hartman R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	0	0	0	12:39	—	—	47	63
Marat Khusnutdinov C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	9:55	—	—	33	4
Jakub Lauko C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	7:52	—	—	43	36
Devin Shore C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	7:00	—	—	43	4
Frederick Gaudreau C	L4	0	1	1	+3	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:44	—	—	47	60
Yakov Trenin C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.22	3	0	0	10:37	—	—	56	38
Liam Ohgren L	L4	0	2	2	+3	3	0.28	0	0	0	9:04	—	—	54	65
Brock Faber D	D1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.32	0	1	0	28:17	—	—	32	30
Jake Middleton D	D1	1	1	2	0	2	0.14	0	4	0	23:43	—	—	32	21
Zach Bogosian D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	2	0	18:15	—	—	28	39
Jon Merrill D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	16:45	—	—	33	55
Declan Chisholm D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	0	0	0	13:39	—	—	71	88
David Jiricek D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.47	0	0	0	13:33	—	—	72	92

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	27	26	1	.963	2.22	60:00

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.30	1	0	0	26:55	—	—	70	85
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	1	0	1	+1	6	0.41	0	1	0	25:57	—	—	69	85
Ross Colton C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.41	0	0	2	16:21	—	—	71	84
Jonathan Drouin L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	0	0	0	21:07	—	—	48	44
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.15	1	0	2	20:05	—	—	48	22
Casey Mittelstadt C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	1	0	2	15:42	—	—	39	19
Parker Kelly C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	1	0	14:46	—	—	62	60
Logan O'Connor R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.24	1	0	0	14:34	—	—	63	65
Joel Kiviranta L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	2	0	11:34	—	—	57	60
Juuso Parssinen C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	0	0	5:50	—	—	75	17
Jere Innala L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	0	0	4:12	—	—	67	22
Ivan Ivan C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	3:09	—	—	50	0
Cale Makar D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.23	0	1	0	30:23	—	—	64	60
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	0	0	0	29:49	—	—	64	63
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.04	3	1	0	17:54	—	—	68	64
Josh Manson D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.03	0	0	0	16:41	—	—	57	59
Calvin de Haan D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	3	0	12:00	—	—	39	54
Keaton Middleton D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	2	8:38	—	—	42	25

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	L	26	23	3	.885	2.91	56:23

Goal anatomy

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

Jake Middleton (MIN) 1st 12:18 · assists Liam Ohgren, Frederick Gaudreau · Odd-man rush · passed in · 2-on-1 at the blue line · 62.9 mph shot · 5.2 s from entry to goal.

Jake Middleton · 1st 12:18 · MIN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 62.9 mph
Distance: 43 ft
Entry to goal: 5.2 s

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Nathan MacKinnon · 2nd 18:52 · COL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 47.3 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Entry to goal: 6.3 s

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Yakov Trenin · 3rd 2:08 · MIN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 71.3 mph
Distance: 29 ft

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Brock Faber · 3rd 3:43 · MIN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 72.1 mph
Distance: 30 ft
Entry to goal: 3.5 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.

Minnesota Wild vs. Colorado AvalancheJan 20, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Minnesota Wild beat Colorado Avalanche 3–1

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

Goal anatomy

Jake Middleton · 1st 12:18 · MIN

Nathan MacKinnon · 2nd 18:52 · COL

Yakov Trenin · 3rd 2:08 · MIN

Brock Faber · 3rd 3:43 · MIN