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Colorado Avalanche

#4 Puckigree · +8.25-4-1 · 17th in standingsCentral · Western

As deployed last game

Oct 20 @ NJD, from shift data: the most-used combinations at 5v5, not a projection.
Forwards
L1
62Lehkonen71Schwartz29MacKinnon
6:39NEW
L2
92Landeskog91Kadri11Nelson
5:57
L3
9Svechkov17Kelly54Brindley
2:12
Defence
D1
27Kulak70Malinski
9:59
D2
42Manson84Burns
8:54
D3
7Toews8Makar
7:14
PP1
MakarMacKinnonKadriSchwartzHughes
1:33
PK1
MansonBurnsSvechkovKelly
1:02

Split up since the game before: Lehkonen–MacKinnon–Kadri · Landeskog–Necas–Nelson

Line board

Forward lines with 24+ minutes together at 5v5. The big number is chance share (xGF%) shrunk toward the team’s 54.2% until a line has enough chances of its own; hover it for the raw value.

MacKinnon line

Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Necas
54.2%chance share xGF%
57 min · 8 GPGF–GA 7–4CF% 51OZ 57%
Top 63%Depth 19%
FEATURED

Kadri line

Landeskog – Kadri – Nelson
55.5%chance share xGF%
49 min · 7 GPGF–GA 2–1CF% 52OZ 52%
Top 52%Mid 24%Depth 23%
NEW

Svechkov line

Schwartz – Svechkov – Hughes
54.0%chance share xGF%
45 min · 8 GPGF–GA 5–2CF% 58OZ 35%
Top 28%Mid 40%Depth 32%
NEW
Which lines are workingper 60 at 5v5
DOMINANTSHUTDOWNRUN-AND-GUNUNDERWATERANA Washe lineANA Granlund lineANA Carlsson lineBOS Mittelstadt lineBOS Kastelic lineBOS Geekie lineBOS Lindholm lineBOS Geekie–Zacha–MittelstadtBOS Minten lineBOS Jeannot–Kastelic–KuralyBOS Minten–Khusnutdinov–PeterkaBOS Zacha lineBUF Ostlund lineBUF Thompson lineBUF Thompson–Norris–DoanCAR Aho lineCAR Stankoven lineCAR Staal lineCAR Kotkaniemi lineCAR Ehlers–Stankoven–BlakeCBJ Fantilli lineCBJ Sillinger lineCBJ Monahan lineCBJ Monahan–Nichushkin–GarlandCGY Strome lineCGY Frost lineCGY Sharangovich lineCHI Greene lineCHI Frondell lineCHI Nazar lineCHI Bertuzzi–Frondell–KantserovDAL Johnston lineDAL Seguin lineDAL Hintz lineDET Finnie lineDET Larkin lineDET Copp lineEDM McDavid lineEDM Joseph lineEDM Dach lineFLA Lundell lineFLA Bennett lineFLA Tkachuk–Bennett–VerhaegheFLA Verhaeghe lineFLA Eller lineLAK Kempe lineLAK Panarin–Kempe–LaferriereLAK Turcotte lineMIN Eriksson Ek lineMIN Hartman lineMIN Yurov lineMIN Boldy–Coleman–Eriksson EkMIN Trenin lineMTL Suzuki lineMTL Danault lineMTL Newhook lineMTL Kreider–Suzuki–CaufieldNJD Hischier lineNJD Hughes lineNJD Glass lineNJD Mercer lineNJD Bratt–Hughes–ManthaNJD Mercer–Rodrigues–ManthaNSH Hoglander lineNSH Drury lineNSH Stamkos lineNSH Forsberg–Stamkos–O'ReillyNYI Horvat lineNYI Schenn lineNYI Heineman–Horvat–PalmieriNYI Pageau lineNYI Duclair–Pageau–HolmstromNYI Heineman–Schenn–EklundNYR Zibanejad lineNYR Laba lineNYR Miller lineNYR Miller–Dorofeyev–BjorkstrandNYR Zibanejad–Perreault–DorofeyevNYR Lafrenière–Kartye–MillerOTT Pinto lineOTT Stützle linePHI Michkov linePIT Malkin linePIT Crosby linePIT Robertson–Crosby–RakellPIT Malkin–Novak–KoivunenPIT Dewar lineSEA McMann lineSEA Wright lineSEA Gaudreau lineSEA Beniers lineSEA McMann–Stephenson–SamoskevichSJS Smith lineSJS Misa lineSJS Marchment–Smith–CelebriniSJS Toffoli lineSTL Thomas lineSTL McTavish lineSTL Buchnevich lineTBL Girgensons lineTBL Guentzel lineTBL Point lineTBL Cirelli lineTOR Matthews lineTOR Matthews–Roslovic–NylanderTOR Nylander lineTOR Blueger lineTOR Matthews–Roslovic–CowanTOR Tavares lineTOR Sissons lineUTA Schmaltz lineUTA Trocheck lineUTA Hayton lineUTA Trocheck–Cooley–GuentherUTA McBain lineUTA Cooley lineUTA Crouse–Hayton–McBainUTA Stenlund lineVAN Pettersson lineVAN Sasson lineVAN Chytil lineVAN Rossi lineVGK Eichel lineVGK Howden lineVGK Gatcomb lineVGK Hertl lineVGK Connelly–Olofsson–HertlWPG Scheifele lineWPG Lowry lineWPG Vilardi lineWPG Lowry–Barron–LambertWSH Dubois lineWSH Protas lineMacKinnon line: 4.36 created, 3.67 allowed per 60 · 57 minMacKinnonKadri line: 2.94 created, 2.25 allowed per 60 · 49 minKadriSvechkov line: 2.31 created, 1.99 allowed per 60 · 45 minSvechkovchances created per 60 →← chances allowed per 60 (fewer is up)

Every dot is a forward line with 24+ minutes; grey dots are the rest of the league. Lines are centred on the league’s median line.

Line stability
Top 4 lines’ share of line time45%League rank13th most stableLines used 5+ minutes13Games with shift data8 (2 left out)

Stable lines are a coach’s choice, not a grade. Games are left out when the NHL’s shift chart is missing or doesn’t match the box score.

Defence pairs

PairMinGPxGF%CF%GF–GAOZ%vs top
Toews–Makar92857.051.77–46566%
Manson–Burns74855.552.85–64936%
Kulak–Malinski63757.857.94–24452%

Power play and penalty kill units

The five skaters at 5-on-4 and the four at 4-on-5, with 5+ minutes together.
UnitSkatersMinGF–GAxGF/60xGA/60
PP1Makar, MacKinnon, Necas, Kadri, Hughes111–010.980.80
PP2Makar, MacKinnon, Necas, Landeskog, Hughes90–23.630.84
PP3Makar, MacKinnon, Kadri, Schwartz, Hughes70–010.851.93

Every line

All forward lines with 10+ minutes together at 5v5. Raw and shrunk chance share side by side; k = 4 expected goals.
LineMinGPLast usedxGF% (shrunk)xGF% (raw)CF%GF–GA
Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Necas578Oct 2054.254.350.77–4
Landeskog – Kadri – Nelson497Oct 2055.556.752.52–1
Schwartz – Svechkov – Hughes458Oct 2054.053.757.65–2
Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Kadri247Oct 2046.131.440.92–1
Landeskog – Necas – Nelson238Oct 2055.158.043.21–1
L'Heureux – Kelly – Roy213Oct 1053.151.149.11–2
MacKinnon – Necas – Kadri108Oct 2055.760.553.80–0

Source: NHL.com data. Results through Oct 22.

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