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Colorado Avalanche at Chicago Blackhawks

Mar 20, 2026 · United Center

Team Goals Shots
Colorado Avalanche 4 49
Chicago Blackhawks 1 20

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
13:19 COL Martin Necas (32) Valeri Nichushkin (25), Nathan MacKinnon (67) 1 - 0
15:22 COL Brock Nelson (31) PP Cale Makar (50), Martin Necas (51) 2 - 0
2nd Period
06:48 CHI Wyatt Kaiser (6) Ryan Greene (16), Sam Rinzel (10) 2 - 1
3rd Period
00:36 COL Nazem Kadri (14) PP Nathan MacKinnon (68), Martin Necas (52) 3 - 1
08:34 COL Valeri Nichushkin (15) Nathan MacKinnon (69) 4 - 1

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
14:20 CHI Dominic Toninato Slashing 2
16:05 COL Jack Drury Hooking 2
2nd Period
14:51 COL Brock Nelson Hooking 2
3rd Period
00:13 CHI Ryan Donato Tripping 2
04:00 CHI Sam Rinzel Delaying game puck over glass 2
10:05 COL Devon Toews Interference 2
10:19 CHI Artyom Levshunov High sticking double minor 4

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Colorado Avalanche 87 65 49 4 4.4 69.9
Chicago Blackhawks 42 35 20 1 2.4 30.1

How the game went

403020100Start2nd3rdChicago Blackhawks 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 Chicago Blackhawks had taken more, and below it and blue while Colorado Avalanche had.

Expected goals

Colorado Avalanche: 4.4 expected, 4 scored · Chicago Blackhawks: 2.4 expected, 1 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndCOL goal, 13:19 of 1st, a 9% chanceCOL goal, 15:22 of 1st, a 11% chanceCOL goal, 0:36 of 3rd, a 10% chanceCOL goal, 8:34 of 3rd, a 18% chanceCHI goal, 6:48 of 2nd, a 20% chanceCOL 4.4CHI 2.4

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
Chicago Blackhawks

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
Nathan MacKinnon · Valeri Nichushkin · Martin Necas10:2959.362.42-1
Parker Kelly · Jack Drury · Joel Kiviranta9:3780.885.70-0
Zakhar Bardakov · Ivan Ivan · Gavin Brindley8:0472.791.70-0
Nazem Kadri · Brock Nelson · Nicolas Roy7:2375.082.70-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Devon Toews · Sam Malinski11:3268.078.41-0
Brent Burns · Josh Manson10:5569.268.61-0
Brett Kulak · Cale Makar10:3960.945.90-0

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
88 Martin Necas C 1 2 3 1 0 5 1 20:40 0.63 24-13 1.43-0.66
29 Nathan MacKinnon C 0 3 3 1 0 4 3 22:12 0.29 23-15 1.34-0.87
43 Valeri Nichushkin R 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 16:52 0.24 18-17 1.07-1.29
11 Brock Nelson C 1 0 1 0 2 5 0 17:54 0.78 25-7 0.93-0.42
91 Nazem Kadri C 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 17:37 0.19 24-8 0.85-0.30
8 Cale Makar D 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 23:54 0.19 25-11 0.89-0.58
7 Devon Toews D 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 19:38 0.05 26-13 1.25-0.57
10 Nicolas Roy C 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 13:02 0.28 22-9 0.92-0.46
17 Parker Kelly C 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 14:08 0.18 29-5 1.26-0.12
18 Jack Drury C 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 12:58 0.29 25-5 0.99-0.12
22 Joel Kiviranta L 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 12:07 0.39 21-5 0.74-0.12
27 Brett Kulak D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:10 0.04 27-11 1.42-0.63
42 Josh Manson D 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 16:18 0.03 20-10 1.10-0.58
54 Gavin Brindley C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:29 0.48 10-8 0.53-0.56
70 Sam Malinski D 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 19:51 0.26 28-11 1.07-0.29
82 Ivan Ivan C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:09 8-6 0.51-0.34
84 Brent Burns D 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 17:50 0.11 32-12 1.66-0.91
93 Zakhar Bardakov C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:52 8-4 0.51-0.06
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
39 Mackenzie Blackwood W 20 19 1 59:19 2.28 +1.28

Chicago Blackhawks

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Andre Burakovsky · Ryan Greene · Connor Bedard8:5250.062.61-0
Teuvo Teravainen · Ryan Donato · Ilya Mikheyev6:2433.38.10-0
Tyler Bertuzzi · Frank Nazar · Nick Lardis5:1733.327.90-1
Teuvo Teravainen · Tyler Bertuzzi · Frank Nazar5:027.122.10-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Wyatt Kaiser · Sam Rinzel14:4053.351.11-1
Alex Vlasic · Artyom Levshunov12:0323.723.10-1
Matt Grzelcyk · Ethan Del Mastro10:5814.320.60-0

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
44 Wyatt Kaiser D 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 21:38 0.27 17-18 0.72-1.04
6 Sam Rinzel D 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 19:40 0.06 20-17 1.16-0.76
20 Ryan Greene C 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 19:42 12-19 0.79-0.75
8 Ryan Donato C 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 11:32 0.17 6-15 0.04-0.89
24 Matt Grzelcyk D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19:59 5-31 0.21-1.15
24 Sam Lafferty C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:06 2-8 0.02-0.17
25 Dominic Toninato C 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 09:21 2-8 0.02-0.25
28 Andre Burakovsky L 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 15:02 0.25 13-18 0.74-0.56
38 Ethan Del Mastro D 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 14:26 5-20 0.36-0.93
55 Artyom Levshunov D 0 0 0 -1 4 2 4 21:23 0.20 12-37 0.60-1.73
59 Tyler Bertuzzi L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:25 0.13 10-29 0.76-1.48
72 Alex Vlasic D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 19:11 0.09 11-35 0.69-1.78
76 Nick Lardis L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 12:46 0.09 7-16 0.30-1.03
84 Landon Slaggert L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 11:29 0.10 6-17 0.33-0.80
86 Teuvo Teravainen C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:13 0.21 10-27 0.54-1.53
91 Frank Nazar C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 19:04 0.62 9-32 0.77-1.67
95 Ilya Mikheyev R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:00 0.06 8-24 0.07-1.07
98 Connor Bedard C 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 18:38 0.13 15-24 0.76-0.89
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Arvid Soderblom L 49 45 4 60:00 4.26 +0.26