Minnesota Wild at Colorado Avalanche

Jan 20, 2025 · Ball Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
Minnesota Wild	3	26
Colorado Avalanche	1	27

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
12:18	MIN	Jake Middleton (7)	Liam Ohgren (1), Frederick Gaudreau (11)	1 - 0
2nd Period
18:52	COL	Nathan MacKinnon (18)	Samuel Girard (17)	1 - 1
3rd Period
02:08	MIN	Yakov Trenin (4)	David Jiricek (2), Liam Ohgren (2)	2 - 1
03:43	MIN	Brock Faber (6)	Ryan Hartman (8), Jake Middleton (10)	3 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
15:21	COL	Keaton Middleton	Interference	2
18:01	COL	Ross Colton	Interference	2
2nd Period
00:11	MIN	Joel Eriksson Ek	Tripping	2
04:56	COL	Artturi Lehkonen	Tripping	2
08:02	MIN	Joel Eriksson Ek	Interference	2
15:42	COL	Casey Mittelstadt	High sticking	2
3rd Period
05:41	MIN	Joel Eriksson Ek	Interference	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Minnesota Wild	48	39	26	3	3.6	38.4
Colorado Avalanche	63	44	27	1	2.4	61.6

How the game went

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Colorado Avalanche had taken more, and below it and blue while Minnesota Wild had.

Expected goals

Minnesota Wild: 3.6 expected, 3 scored · Colorado Avalanche: 2.4 expected, 1 scored

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted.

Where the attempts came from

Minnesota Wild

Colorado Avalanche

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Minnesota Wild

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mats Zuccarello · Joel Eriksson Ek · Matt Boldy	13:35	24.1	29.4	0-0
Marcus Foligno · Ryan Hartman · Marco Rossi	7:31	61.5	70.9	0-0
Devin Shore · Jakub Lauko · Marat Khusnutdinov	6:02	50.0	98.0	0-0
Frederick Gaudreau · Yakov Trenin · Liam Ohgren	4:30	62.5	56.0	2-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jake Middleton · Brock Faber	14:30	31.0	24.3	1-1
Zach Bogosian · Jon Merrill	12:23	35.0	59.8	0-0
Declan Chisholm · David Jiricek	10:42	64.7	86.8	1-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
55	Jake Middleton	D	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	23:43	0.14	9-22	0.31-1.02
92	Liam Ohgren	L	0	2	2	3	0	3	0	09:04	0.27	6-7	0.33-0.25
7	Brock Faber	D	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	28:17	0.22	10-24	0.42-1.18
13	Yakov Trenin	C	1	0	1	1	0	2	3	10:37	0.17	9-7	0.26-0.41
5	David Jiricek	D	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	13:33	0.35	12-6	0.55-0.06
38	Ryan Hartman	R	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	12:39	0.01	9-10	0.56-0.36
89	Frederick Gaudreau	C	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	14:44		7-10	0.33-0.28
4	Jon Merrill	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16:45		7-14	0.34-0.32
12	Matt Boldy	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	26:35	0.50	7-26	0.31-0.87
14	Joel Eriksson Ek	C	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	25:43	0.51	7-25	0.31-0.86
17	Marcus Foligno	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13:44	0.27	12-8	0.49-0.21
19	Devin Shore	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	07:00		4-6	0.06-0.21
23	Marco Rossi	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	16:42	0.06	11-5	0.49-0.18
24	Zach Bogosian	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	18:15	0.01	7-18	0.34-0.43
36	Mats Zuccarello	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	25:13	0.14	7-23	0.31-0.76
47	Declan Chisholm	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	13:39	0.04	11-6	0.43-0.06
92	Marat Khusnutdinov	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	09:55		3-6	0.06-0.22
94	Jakub Lauko	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	07:52	0.06	3-4	0.06-0.01

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
29	Marc-Andre Fleury	W	27	26	1	60:00	2.44	+1.44

Colorado Avalanche

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Nathan MacKinnon · Mikko Rantanen · Ross Colton	8:11	76.9	86.8	0-0
Artturi Lehkonen · Jonathan Drouin · Casey Mittelstadt	6:51	40.0	10.5	0-1
Parker Kelly · Logan O'Connor · Joel Kiviranta	6:43	61.5	60.5	0-1
Nathan MacKinnon · Jonathan Drouin · Mikko Rantanen	4:48	64.3	78.4	1-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Devon Toews · Cale Makar	16:41	65.6	58.1	0-0
Josh Manson · Samuel Girard	9:31	66.7	64.0	0-1
Calvin de Haan · Keaton Middleton	7:13	50.0	35.5	0-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
29	Nathan MacKinnon	C	1	0	1	1	0	6	0	25:57	0.40	23-9	1.12-0.24
49	Samuel Girard	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	3	17:54	0.02	17-8	0.91-0.51
7	Devon Toews	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	29:49	0.07	25-11	0.60-0.36
8	Cale Makar	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	30:23	0.26	22-11	0.51-0.36
11	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	15:42	0.02	9-14	0.10-0.70
17	Parker Kelly	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	14:46	0.01	8-5	0.21-0.14
22	Joel Kiviranta	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	11:34		8-6	0.21-0.14
22	Jere Innala	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	04:12	0.09	2-1	0.11-0.12
25	Logan O'Connor	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	14:34	0.20	13-6	0.25-0.14
42	Josh Manson	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	16:41	0.05	13-10	0.61-0.46
44	Calvin de Haan	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	12:00	0.00	10-11	0.33-0.37
62	Artturi Lehkonen	L	0	0	0	-1	2	3	1	20:05	0.18	13-10	0.14-0.65
67	Keaton Middleton	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	3	08:38		6-6	0.11-0.31
71	Juuso Parssinen	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	05:50	0.24	3-1	0.09-0.12
79	Ross Colton	C	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	16:21	0.37	15-6	0.64-0.18
82	Ivan Ivan	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	03:09		1-1	0.00-0.12
92	Jonathan Drouin	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	21:07	0.16	15-16	0.63-0.79
96	Mikko Rantanen	R	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	26:55	0.34	24-9	1.12-0.24

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
39	Mackenzie Blackwood	L	26	23	3	56:23	2.75	-0.25