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Colorado Avalanche at Dallas Stars

Mar 6, 2026 · American Airlines Center

Team Goals Shots
Colorado Avalanche 5 29
Dallas Stars 4 21

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
03:33 COL Cale Makar (19) PP Nathan MacKinnon (60), Martin Necas (46) 1 - 0
07:11 DAL Miro Heiskanen (8) PP Jason Robertson (39), Wyatt Johnston (33) 1 - 1
10:39 DAL Wyatt Johnston (34) Miro Heiskanen (44), Jason Robertson (40) 1 - 2
16:07 DAL Justin Hryckowian (9) Mavrik Bourque (14) 1 - 3
19:58 COL Nathan MacKinnon (42) PP Martin Necas (47), Cale Makar (47) 2 - 3
2nd Period
01:52 DAL Jamie Benn (11) Justin Hryckowian (12), Mavrik Bourque (15) 2 - 4
08:06 COL Martin Necas (28) Nathan MacKinnon (61), Gabriel Landeskog (20) 3 - 4
3rd Period
19:45 COL Valeri Nichushkin (13) Martin Necas (48), Brock Nelson (23) 4 - 4
Shootout
COL Valeri Nichushkin Shootout winner 5 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
02:28 DAL Oskar Bäck Holding the stick 2
05:56 COL Jack Drury Holding 2
16:48 DAL Justin Hryckowian High sticking 2
19:46 DAL Mavrik Bourque Interference 2
2nd Period
08:11 DAL Sam Steel Slashing 2
19:43 COL Josh Manson Cross checking 2
3rd Period
05:20 COL Brett Kulak High sticking 2
06:56 COL Team Too many men on the ice 2
14:40 DAL Nathan Bastian Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Colorado Avalanche 58 40 29 4 3.2 53.5
Dallas Stars 49 37 21 4 4.0 46.5

How the game went

10505Start2nd3rdOTDallas Stars aheadColorado Avalanche ahead

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 Dallas Stars had taken more, and below it and blue while Colorado Avalanche had.

Expected goals

Colorado Avalanche: 3.2 expected, 4 scored · Dallas Stars: 4.0 expected, 4 scored

01234Start2nd3rdOTCOL goal, 3:33 of 1st, a 9% chanceCOL goal, 19:58 of 1st, a 12% chanceCOL goal, 8:06 of 2nd, a 8% chanceCOL goal, 19:45 of 3rd, a 7% chanceDAL goal, 7:11 of 1st, a 6% chanceDAL goal, 10:39 of 1st, a 14% chanceDAL goal, 16:07 of 1st, a 10% chanceDAL goal, 1:52 of 2nd, a 37% chanceDAL 4.0COL 3.2

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

Colorado Avalanche
Dallas Stars

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.

Colorado Avalanche

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Gabriel Landeskog · Nathan MacKinnon · Martin Necas12:4957.125.21-1
Brock Nelson · Valeri Nichushkin · Ross Colton7:0961.541.00-0
Nicolas Roy · Parker Kelly · Joel Kiviranta2:4840.050.90-0
Parker Kelly · Jack Drury · Zakhar Bardakov2:1575.00.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brett Kulak · Sam Malinski13:3133.322.00-0
Devon Toews · Cale Makar13:1150.031.30-2
Brent Burns · Josh Manson11:1876.547.81-1

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
88 Martin Necas C 1 3 4 1 0 5 2 26:55 0.54 18-9 0.51-0.83
29 Nathan MacKinnon C 1 2 3 1 0 2 0 27:21 0.37 19-10 0.78-0.84
8 Cale Makar D 1 1 2 -1 0 2 1 27:46 0.15 12-12 0.44-0.96
43 Valeri Nichushkin R 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 19:15 0.42 14-7 0.58-0.69
11 Brock Nelson C 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 24:50 0.57 9-8 0.23-0.81
92 Gabriel Landeskog L 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 22:54 0.16 14-9 0.31-0.83
7 Devon Toews D 0 0 0 -2 0 5 1 23:43 0.42 17-16 0.62-1.22
10 Nicolas Roy C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 08:46 0.13 3-8 0.13-0.30
17 Parker Kelly C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 12:46 7-8 0.15-0.64
18 Jack Drury C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 11:38 4-7 0.03-0.31
22 Joel Kiviranta L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:54 0.03 6-7 0.41-0.29
27 Brett Kulak D 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 16:07 6-15 0.13-0.67
42 Josh Manson D 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 15:36 0.08 14-6 0.58-0.64
54 Gavin Brindley C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 07:07 0.17 5-9 0.40-0.46
70 Sam Malinski D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:12 8-13 0.13-0.47
79 Ross Colton C 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 13:46 0.16 12-8 0.36-0.45
84 Brent Burns D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:12 0.01 19-5 0.71-0.60
93 Zakhar Bardakov C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 06:09 3-8 0.00-0.33
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
41 Scott Wedgewood W 10 10 0 41:01 2.10 +2.10
39 Mackenzie Blackwood 11 7 4 21:47 1.44 -2.56

Dallas Stars

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jamie Benn · Matt Duchene · Sam Steel7:5560.061.30-0
Adam Erne · Mavrik Bourque · Justin Hryckowian5:5250.075.30-0
Roope Hintz · Jason Robertson · Wyatt Johnston5:5033.342.31-0
Colin Blackwell · Nathan Bastian · Oskar Bäck3:07100.0100.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Esa Lindell · Miro Heiskanen15:2048.065.12-1
Nils Lundkvist · Thomas Harley12:4544.479.70-0
Ilya Lyubushkin · Lian Bichsel8:0757.959.41-0

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
4 Miro Heiskanen D 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 31:46 0.55 13-14 0.97-0.51
49 Justin Hryckowian C 1 1 2 1 2 2 3 20:22 0.25 12-13 1.07-0.31
53 Wyatt Johnston C 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 24:14 0.26 8-16 0.76-0.73
21 Jason Robertson L 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 22:12 0.78 11-20 0.91-0.80
22 Mavrik Bourque C 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 17:10 0.25 9-10 0.52-0.35
14 Jamie Benn L 1 0 1 -1 0 2 3 15:27 0.66 10-8 0.80-0.35
5 Nils Lundkvist D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:46 0.01 8-12 0.53-0.13
6 Lian Bichsel D 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 12:37 0.01 13-12 0.79-0.65
10 Oskar Bäck C 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 10:53 4-4 0.19-0.01
11 Nathan Bastian R 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 08:16 0.07 6-7 0.18-0.18
15 Colin Blackwell C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:37 0.02 4-5 0.41-0.05
18 Sam Steel C 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 17:47 0.15 13-7 0.92-0.32
23 Esa Lindell D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 25:48 0.04 12-14 0.96-0.51
24 Roope Hintz C 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 11:26 0.04 6-9 0.34-0.35
46 Ilya Lyubushkin D 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 10:20 0.12 11-10 0.76-0.52
55 Thomas Harley D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 23:36 0.12 9-14 0.54-0.27
73 Adam Erne L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:09 5-7 0.25-0.09
95 Matt Duchene C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 17:41 0.34 11-8 0.45-0.35
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
29 Jake Oettinger OTL 29 25 4 64:36 3.09 -0.91