Minnesota Wild vs. Colorado AvalancheFeb 28, 2025

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	2	0	0	2		MIN	10	4	6	20
COL	1	3	1	5		COL	15	12	3	30

: MIN 54COL 73
: MIN 2.24COL 3.62
PP goals: MIN 1COL 1
Hits: MIN 14COL 15
Blocks: MIN 23COL 19
PIM: MIN 6COL 6
: MIN 42%COL 58%

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. Ross Colton (COL) led the scoring with 2G 1A. MIN's first power-play unit (Zuccarello, Hinostroza, Boldy, Rossi and Faber) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:28 together.

Points
Ross Colton had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 10:11.Colton
Points
Oliver Kylington had 2 assists (2 points) in 12:52.Kylington
PP1
MIN's first power-play unit (Zuccarello, Hinostroza, Boldy, Rossi and Faber) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:28 together.Zuccarello Hinostroza Boldy Rossi Faber
New line
New look for MIN: Hinostroza–Boldy–Rossi skated 13:19 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (41.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hinostroza Boldy Rossi
New line
New look for MIN: Johansson–Zuccarello–Gaudreau skated 11:31 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (46.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Johansson Zuccarello Gaudreau
Usage
Vinnie Hinostroza (MIN) played 18:12, +5:19 up on his 12:53 season average over 37 games.Hinostroza
Usage
Jonas Brodin (MIN) played 15:47, −7:19 down on his 23:06 season average over 49 games.Brodin
New line
New look for MIN: Gaunce–Lauko–Ohgren skated 6:45 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (58.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gaunce Lauko Ohgren

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 127 of 127 attempts · COL 73 · MIN 54

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 32% of the game, COL 39%.

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
	55	74
	2.09	2.64
	2.06	2.49
	8	7
	8	7
	36	37
	−0.085	+0.086
	32%	39%

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

L1Hinostroza – Boldy – Rossi
13:1942% CF
L2Johansson – Zuccarello – Gaudreau
11:3146% CF
L3Gaunce – Lauko – Ohgren
6:4558% CF
L4Foligno – Trenin – Khusnutdinov
6:0336% CF
D1Spurgeon – Middleton
16:1429% CF
D2Brodin – Faber
13:0937% CF
D3Merrill – Chisholm
7:1250% CF

PP1Zuccarello – Hinostroza – Boldy – Rossi – Faber
3:2867% CF
PP2Spurgeon – Johansson – Gaudreau – Chisholm – Ohgren
1:18
PK1FFoligno – Gaudreau
3:10
PK2FTrenin – Khusnutdinov
1:01
PK1DBrodin – Faber
1:47
PK2DSpurgeon – Merrill
1:01

Current MIN line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Necas
9:4961% CF
L2Drouin – Nichushkin – Mittelstadt
8:4965% CF
L3Colton – Drury – Kiviranta
8:2682% CF
L4Wood – Kelly – O'Connor
8:2629% CF
D1Toews – Makar
16:5063% CF
D2Kylington – Girard
10:1152% CF
D3de Haan – Malinski
7:2764% CF

PP1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Drouin – Necas – Makar
3:48100% CF
PP2MacKinnon – Drouin – Nichushkin – Toews – Makar
0:38
PK1FDrury – Kiviranta
1:41
PK2FKelly – O'Connor
1:29
PK1DToews – Makar
3:26
PK2Dde Haan – Girard
1:16

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	-2	1	0.40	1	2	0	22:55	—	—	41	37
Marco Rossi C	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	20:25	—	—	38	43
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L1	1	0	1	-1	1	0.12	0	1	0	18:12	—	—	34	45
Frederick Gaudreau C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	19:39	—	—	49	53
Mats Zuccarello R	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.29	0	0	0	18:38	—	—	50	55
Marcus Johansson L	L2	0	1	1	+1	5	0.37	1	0	0	18:07	—	—	39	48
Brendan Gaunce C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	10:56	—	—	39	44
Liam Ohgren L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:50	—	—	53	46
Jakub Lauko C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.30	1	0	0	8:51	—	—	50	52
Marcus Foligno L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	2	0	0	12:32	—	—	42	45
Yakov Trenin C	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.12	4	1	0	11:12	—	—	39	31
Marat Khusnutdinov C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.15	0	1	2	9:56	—	—	39	36
Jared Spurgeon D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	1	6	0	24:45	—	—	38	21
Jake Middleton D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	3	0	22:38	—	—	35	24
Brock Faber D	D2	0	1	1	-2	2	0.10	2	1	2	27:20	—	—	47	41
Jonas Brodin D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.16	0	4	2	15:47	—	—	39	17
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	1	0	12:18	—	—	57	85
Declan Chisholm D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	11:04	—	—	55	82

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Filip Gustavsson(start)	L	29	25	4	.862	2.76	59:05

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.34	1	0	2	21:17	—	—	61	76
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.28	0	1	2	19:01	—	—	56	69
Martin Necas C	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.15	0	0	0	18:43	—	—	62	76
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	1	0	1	0	5	0.46	0	0	0	18:50	—	—	61	46
Jonathan Drouin L	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.13	0	2	0	16:54	—	—	43	30
Casey Mittelstadt C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	0	2	13:29	—	—	55	36
Jack Drury C	L3	1	0	1	+2	3	0.28	1	0	0	13:51	—	—	73	75
Joel Kiviranta L	L3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.05	2	0	0	11:59	—	—	75	75
Ross Colton C	L3	2	1	3	+2	5	1.39	2	1	0	10:11	—	—	83	81
Logan O'Connor R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	4	0	13:10	—	—	32	36
Parker Kelly C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	0	0	11:25	—	—	27	16
Miles Wood L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	9:41	—	—	27	16
Cale Makar D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.26	1	1	0	29:17	—	—	55	54
Devon Toews D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.12	0	3	0	28:41	—	—	68	74
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	0	2	0	20:40	—	—	50	51
Oliver Kylington D	D2	0	2	2	+1	0	0.02	0	3	0	12:52	—	—	51	58
Calvin de Haan D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	2	1	0	13:43	—	—	64	49
Sam Malinski D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	1	0	11:11	—	—	64	54

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	W	20	18	2	.900	2.24	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Mats Zuccarello (MIN) 1st 4:14 · assists Marcus Johansson · Forecheck turnover · 33.5 mph shot.

Mats Zuccarello · 1st 4:14 · MIN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2
Shot: 33.5 mph
Distance: 10 ft

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Valeri Nichushkin · 1st 13:58 · COL PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 46.6 mph
Distance: 19 ft

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Vinnie Hinostroza · 1st 17:42 · MIN PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 6
Shot: 63.3 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Type: deflection

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Jonathan Drouin · 2nd 8:57 · COL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 63.6 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s

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Jack Drury · 2nd 9:49 · COL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 20.9 mph
Distance: 18 ft
Entry to goal: 4.8 s

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Ross Colton · 2nd 14:39 · COL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 55.1 mph
Distance: 22 ft
Entry to goal: 3.3 s

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Ross Colton · 3rd 19:52 · COL EN

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 50.0 mph
Distance: 41 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.

Minnesota Wild vs. Colorado AvalancheFeb 28, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Colorado Avalanche beat Minnesota Wild 5–2

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

Goal anatomy

Mats Zuccarello · 1st 4:14 · MIN

Valeri Nichushkin · 1st 13:58 · COL PP

Vinnie Hinostroza · 1st 17:42 · MIN PP

Jonathan Drouin · 2nd 8:57 · COL

Jack Drury · 2nd 9:49 · COL

Ross Colton · 2nd 14:39 · COL

Ross Colton · 3rd 19:52 · COL EN