COL @ UTA 4–2 · 2026-02-25

Team	1	2	3	SOG
COL	0	4	0	26
UTA	0	2	0	30

Story

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Result COL 4–2Call No lean · COL 59%xG 2.97–2.97 · deserved COL 50%Swing Kelly +19 2nd 3:26Method

Goals and penalties with UTA win probability
Time	Event	UTA win before	UTA win after
1st 18:54	COL penalty · D. Toews · tripping · 2 min
2nd 3:26	Goal COL · P. Kelly	43%	24%
2nd 9:13	Goal COL · V. Olofsson	23%	10%
2nd 10:23	COL penalty · G. Landeskog · holding · 2 min
2nd 10:49	Goal UTA · D. Guenther (PP)	9%	22%
2nd 12:20	Goal COL · B. Nelson	22%	9%
2nd 13:20	Goal UTA · D. Guenther	8%	22%
2nd 16:14	UTA penalty · J. McBain · tripping · 2 min
2nd 17:17	Goal COL · M. Necas (PP)	21%	7%
2nd 19:24	COL penalty · M. Necas · hooking · 2 min
3rd 0:18	COL penalty · J. Manson · tripping · 2 min
3rd 3:43	UTA penalty · N. DeSimone · slashing · 2 min
3rd 14:20	COL penalty · R. Colton · too many men on the ice · 2 min
3rd 15:15	UTA penalty · N. Schmaltz · tripping · 2 min

On ice · final horn

COL5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
18J. DruryC	0:25	17:13	24	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	3	9-14
88M. NecasC	0:25	18:33	23	1	1	2	3	6	2	0	0	–
13V. NichushkinR	0:25	16:35	24	0	1	1	1	3	0	0	1	–
7D. ToewsD	0:25	21:38	29	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	2	–
8C. MakarD	0:25	22:40	26	0	1	1	2	5	0	0	2	–
41S. WedgewoodG		60:00	SA30GA2SV%.933xGA2.97GSAx+0.97

UTA6 skaters · net empty

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	Hit	Blk	FO
82K. StenlundC	1:25	14:34	23	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	14-4
92L. CooleyC	2:04	17:21	22	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	6-3
67L. CrouseL	0:25	15:56	25	0	0	0	3	6	1	1	–
9C. KellerR	2:32	22:36	25	0	1	1	5	7	0	2	0-1
11D. GuentherR	2:15	19:26	24	2	0	2	3	7	0	0	0-1
98M. SergachevD	2:21	25:40	29	0	1	1	5	8	1	1	–

Goals

2nd
Parker Kelly(1)
B. Burns (1), J. Manson (1)
xG 0.08snapClip(opens nhl.com)
1–0 COL2nd 03:26+18.976%
Victor Olofsson(1)
S. Malinski (1), P. Kelly (1)
xG 0.17snapClip(opens nhl.com)
2–0 COL2nd 09:13+13.290%
Dylan Guenther(1)PP
M. Sergachev (1), C. Keller (1)
xG 0.05slapClip(opens nhl.com)
2–1 COL2nd 10:49+13.222%
Brock Nelson(1)
G. Landeskog (1), M. Necas (1)
xG 0.14slapClip(opens nhl.com)
3–1 COL2nd 12:20+13.391%
Dylan Guenther(2)
J. McBain (1), L. Cooley (1)
xG 0.13slapClip(opens nhl.com)
3–2 COL2nd 13:20+13.322%
Martin Necas(1)PP
C. Makar (1), V. Nichushkin (1)
xG 0.03slapClip(opens nhl.com)
4–2 COL2nd 17:17+13.393%

Shots

COL2.97 xG39 unblocked · 18 blocked39 unblocked · 18 blocked

UTA2.97 xG47 unblocked · 19 blocked47 unblocked · 19 blocked

GoalSavedMissedBlockedSize = xG

xG breakdown

GoalIronSaveMissEVPPEASHSize = pony xG · blocked attempts carry none

Team stats

COLUTA4Goals22.97xG2.9726Shots3039Unblocked4757Attempts666High danger31/3Power play1/528Faceoffs4311Hits2119Blocks187Takeaways416Giveaways1510PIM6

Skaters

Player

Player
11B. NelsonBrock NelsonC	22:56	1	0	1	5	7	0.55	+0.45	0	1	0	3	38%	0	+1
8C. MakarCale MakarD	22:40	0	1	1	2	5	0.05	−0.05	0	2	0	1	—	0	-1
7D. ToewsDevon ToewsD	21:38	0	0	0	2	2	0.10	−0.10	0	2	0	0	—	2	-1
92G. LandeskogGabriel LandeskogL	19:13	0	1	1	1	3	0.35	−0.35	0	0	0	0	50%	2	+1
84B. BurnsBrent BurnsD	19:06	0	1	1	1	5	0.06	−0.06	0	2	0	1	—	0	+2
27B. KulakBrett KulakD	19:03	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	3	1	0	—	0	+1
88M. NecasMartin NecasC	18:33	1	1	2	3	6	0.18	+0.82	0	0	0	0	—	2	+1
42J. MansonJosh MansonD	17:50	0	1	1	1	4	0.38	−0.38	1	1	1	3	—	2	+2
18J. DruryJack DruryC	17:13	0	0	0	1	3	0.06	−0.06	2	3	2	1	39%	0	-1
13V. NichushkinValeri NichushkinR	16:35	0	1	1	1	3	0.22	−0.22	0	0	1	0	—	0	-1
70S. MalinskiSam MalinskiD	16:11	0	1	1	0	4	0.05	−0.05	0	2	0	1	—	0	+1
62A. LehkonenArtturi LehkonenL	15:34	0	0	0	1	1	0.30	−0.30	1	0	0	1	0%	0	-1
17P. KellyParker KellyC	15:21	1	1	2	1	1	0.08	+0.92	1	0	1	1	55%	0	+2
20R. ColtonRoss ColtonC	11:48	0	0	0	2	5	0.13	−0.13	4	1	1	2	0%	0	+1
95V. OlofssonVictor OlofssonL	11:47	1	0	1	2	3	0.31	+0.69	1	0	0	1	—	0	+2
94J. KivirantaJoel KivirantaL	10:52	0	0	0	2	3	0.13	−0.13	0	0	0	0	—	0	0
54G. BrindleyGavin BrindleyC	8:20	0	0	0	1	1	0.02	−0.02	0	0	0	1	100%	0	+1
93Z. BardakovZakhar BardakovC	6:54	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	40%	0	0
COL total		4	8	12	26	57	2.97	+1.03	11	17	7	16	39%	8

Pony score

Cool = offence · warm = defenceProductionPlay drivingSpecial teamsUsageMethod

Forwards

Olofsson+0.54

Kelly+0.50

Necas+0.28

Nelson+0.27

Landeskog+0.07

Nichushkin−0.02

Bardakov−0.09

Brindley−0.15

Lehkonen−0.17

Colton−0.21

Kiviranta−0.22

Drury−0.31

Defence

Burns+0.54

Malinski+0.32

Makar+0.13

Kulak+0.13

Manson+0.07

Toews−0.43

Goalie

Wedgewood+0.99

Units

5v5

Lines

Lines
Landeskog·Nelson·Necas	12:55	19	15	10	60.0%	8	3	1	0	0.89	0.59	60.3%	+0.30	3	3	50%
Lehkonen·Drury·Nichushkin	8:52	14	6	8	42.9%	2	5	0	1	0.21	0.42	33.3%	−0.21	3	1	75%
Olofsson·Kelly·Colton	7:56	15	15	10	60.0%	6	4	1	0	0.68	0.37	64.6%	+0.31	2	2	50%
Kiviranta·Brindley·Bardakov	5:35	8	5	3	62.5%	3	2	0	0	0.16	0.13	54.7%	+0.03	1	0	100%
Occasional · 9 groups
Kiviranta·Kelly·Drury	1:01	2	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	1	0	100%
Lehkonen·Bardakov·Nichushkin	0:49	1	3	0	100.0%	1	0	0	0	0.35	0.00	100.0%	+0.35	0	0	—
Olofsson·Nelson·Colton	0:44	2	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.06	0.0%	−0.06	0	0	—
Kiviranta·Drury·Nichushkin	0:37	1	0	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.01	0.0%	−0.01	0	1	0%
Landeskog·Drury·Necas	0:35	5	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.01	0.0%	−0.01	0	0	—
Kelly·Colton·Brindley	0:35	3	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	1	0	100%
Olofsson·Kelly·Brindley	0:33	1	1	0	100.0%	1	0	1	0	0.17	0.00	100.0%	+0.17	0	0	—
Kiviranta·Drury·Colton	0:32	1	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	1	0%
Lehkonen·Kiviranta·Drury	0:32	1	1	0	100.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
COL 5v5	46:38		49	43	53.3%	23	18	3	1	2.61	1.83	58.7%	+0.77

Goalies

Scott Wedgewood

COL · 60:00

Saves: 28/30
SV%: .933
xGA: 2.97
GSAx: +0.97

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	21/22	.955	2.18	+1.18
Power play	6/7	.857	0.75	−0.25
Shorthanded	1/1	1.000	0.04	+0.04
High danger	2/2	1.000	0.52	+0.52

Karel Vejmelka

UTA · 57:56

Saves: 22/26
SV%: .846
xGA: 2.97
GSAx: −1.03

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	20/23	.870	2.61	−0.39
Power play	2/3	.667	0.37	−0.63
Shorthanded	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
High danger	3/4	.750	1.31	+0.31

Lines

His goal Primary assist Goal for Goal against Time together ES PP PK minutes

Colorado Avalanche

Minutes

22:40Makar
21:38Toews
19:06Burns
19:03Kulak
17:50Manson
16:11Malinski

22:56Nelson
19:13Landeskog
18:33Necas
17:13Drury
16:35Nichushkin
15:34Lehkonen
15:21Kelly
11:48Colton
11:47Olofsson
10:52Kiviranta
8:20Brindley
6:54Bardakov

Matchups

5v5Size = time head to headSplit = xG shareCOLUTA

Zone starts

DZD zoneNZ · flyNeutral · flyOZO zone

MalinskiD3 O5
KulakD5 O3
MakarD7 O4
MansonD6 O1
ToewsD8 O3
BurnsD7 O1
LandeskogD2 O4
NecasD3 O5
BrindleyD0 O2
OlofssonD1 O2
KivirantaD2 O3
BardakovD0 O1
NelsonD5 O5
LehkonenD4 O3
ColtonD3 O2
KellyD3 O2
DruryD6 O5
NichushkinD6 O4

Shift starts · darker = later period