COL @ DAL 5–4 · 2026-03-06

Team	1	2	3	OT	SOG
COL	2	1	1	0	29
DAL	3	1	0	0	21

Story

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Result COL 5–4 SOCall No lean · COL 62%xG 3.03–3.80 · deserved DAL 62%Swing Nichushkin +54 3rd 19:45Method

Goals and penalties with DAL win probability
Time	Event	DAL win before	DAL win after
1st 2:28	DAL penalty · O. Bäck · holding the stick · 2 min
1st 3:33	Goal COL · C. Makar (PP)	38%	23%
1st 5:56	COL penalty · J. Drury · holding · 2 min
1st 7:11	Goal DAL · M. Heiskanen (PP)	23%	38%
1st 10:39	Goal DAL · W. Johnston	39%	57%
1st 16:07	Goal DAL · J. Hryckowian	58%	75%
1st 16:48	DAL penalty · J. Hryckowian · high sticking · 2 min
1st 19:46	DAL penalty · M. Bourque · interference · 2 min
1st 19:58	Goal COL · N. MacKinnon (PP)	77%	60%
2nd 1:52	Goal DAL · J. Benn	60%	78%
2nd 8:06	Goal COL · M. Necas	81%	63%
2nd 8:11	DAL penalty · S. Steel · slashing · 2 min
2nd 19:43	COL penalty · J. Manson · cross checking · 2 min
3rd 5:20	COL penalty · B. Kulak · high sticking · 2 min
3rd 6:56	COL penalty · R. Colton · too many men on the ice · 2 min
3rd 14:40	DAL penalty · N. Bastian · tripping · 2 min
3rd 19:45	Goal COL · V. Nichushkin	99%	45%

On ice · final horn

COL3 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
29N. MacKinnonC	1:20	27:15	27	1	2	3	2	8	0	0	1	7-3
88M. NecasC	0:08	26:49	27	1	3	4	5	5	0	2	0	–
8C. MakarD	0:23	27:40	30	1	1	2	2	4	0	1	2	–
41S. WedgewoodG		40:55	SA10GA0SV%1.000xGA1.76GSAx+1.76

DAL3 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
95M. DucheneC	0:08	17:35	24	0	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	8-9
21J. RobertsonL	0:28	22:06	27	0	2	2	3	11	0	0	1	–
55T. HarleyD	0:08	23:30	33	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	–
29J. OettingerG		64:30	SA29GA4SV%.862xGA3.03GSAx−0.97

Goals

1st
Cale Makar(1)PP
N. MacKinnon (1), M. Necas (1)
xG 0.09snapClip(opens nhl.com)
1–0 COL1st 03:33+14.977%
Miro Heiskanen(1)PP
J. Robertson (1), W. Johnston (1)
xG 0.05snapClip(opens nhl.com)
1–1 Tied1st 07:11+15.438%
Wyatt Johnston(1)
M. Heiskanen (1), J. Robertson (2)
xG 0.13snapClip(opens nhl.com)
1–2 DAL1st 10:39+18.157%
Justin Hryckowian(1)
M. Bourque (1)
xG 0.14snapClip(opens nhl.com)
1–3 DAL1st 16:07+17.075%
Nathan MacKinnon(1)PP
M. Necas (2), C. Makar (1)
xG 0.12slapClip(opens nhl.com)
2–3 DAL1st 19:58+17.440%
2nd
Jamie Benn(1)
J. Hryckowian (1), M. Bourque (2)
xG 0.30snapClip(opens nhl.com)
2–4 DAL2nd 01:52+17.678%
Martin Necas(1)
N. MacKinnon (2), G. Landeskog (1)
xG 0.09snapClip(opens nhl.com)
3–4 DAL2nd 08:06+18.237%
3rd
Valeri Nichushkin(1)6v5
M. Necas (3), B. Nelson (1)
xG 0.08snapClip(opens nhl.com)
4–4 Tied3rd 19:45+54.255%

ShootoutDAL J. Robertson –COL V. Nichushkin GDAL M. Duchene –COL M. Necas G

Shots

COL3.03 xG40 unblocked · 18 blocked40 unblocked · 18 blocked

DAL3.80 xG37 unblocked · 12 blocked37 unblocked · 12 blocked

GoalSavedMissedBlockedSize = xG

xG breakdown

GoalIronSaveMissEVPPEASHSize = pony xG · blocked attempts carry none

Team stats

COLDAL4Goals43.03xG3.8029Shots2140Unblocked3758Attempts493High danger52/5Power play1/431Faceoffs2724Hits1912Blocks182Takeaways816Giveaways148PIM10

Skaters

Player

Player
8C. MakarCale MakarD	27:46	1	1	2	2	5	0.14	+0.86	1	2	0	1	—	0	-1
29N. MacKinnonNathan MacKinnonC	27:21	1	2	3	2	8	0.34	+0.66	0	1	0	3	70%	0	+1
88M. NecasMartin NecasC	26:55	1	3	4	5	5	0.67	+0.33	2	0	0	2	—	0	+1
11B. NelsonBrock NelsonC	24:50	0	1	1	2	5	0.43	−0.43	0	1	0	0	43%	0	0
7D. ToewsDevon ToewsD	23:43	0	0	0	5	6	0.31	−0.31	1	1	0	0	—	0	-2
92G. LandeskogGabriel LandeskogL	22:54	0	1	1	2	4	0.18	−0.18	2	1	0	1	69%	0	+1
13V. NichushkinValeri NichushkinR	19:15	1	0	1	3	6	0.36	+0.64	1	1	1	2	—	0	0
84B. BurnsBrent BurnsD	17:12	0	0	0	1	2	0.02	−0.02	0	0	0	1	—	0	0
70S. MalinskiSam MalinskiD	17:12	0	0	0	0	3	0.00	0.00	0	0	1	0	—	0	0
27B. KulakBrett KulakD	16:07	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	1	2	0	2	—	2	0
42J. MansonJosh MansonD	15:36	0	0	0	1	1	0.07	−0.07	2	0	0	0	—	2	0
20R. ColtonRoss ColtonC	13:46	0	0	0	2	6	0.15	−0.15	10	0	0	0	100%	0	0
17P. KellyParker KellyC	12:46	0	0	0	0	2	0.00	0.00	1	1	0	2	—	0	-1
18J. DruryJack DruryC	11:38	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	1	0	0	1	46%	2	-1
94J. KivirantaJoel KivirantaL	10:54	0	0	0	1	1	0.04	−0.04	0	0	0	0	—	0	0
10N. RoyNicolas RoyC	8:46	0	0	0	1	1	0.10	−0.10	1	0	0	0	29%	0	0
54G. BrindleyGavin BrindleyC	7:07	0	0	0	2	3	0.22	−0.22	1	1	0	0	—	0	-1
93Z. BardakovZakhar BardakovC	6:09	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	—	0	-1
COL total		4	8	12	29	58	3.03	+0.97	24	11	2	15	53%	6

Pony score

Cool = offence · warm = defenceProductionPlay drivingSpecial teamsUsageMethod

Forwards

MacKinnon+1.53

Necas+1.48

Nichushkin+0.41

Bardakov−0.04

Roy−0.07

Brindley−0.12

Landeskog−0.19

Kiviranta−0.25

Nelson−0.32

Kelly−0.37

Colton−0.46

Drury−0.52

Defence

Makar+0.96

Burns−0.03

Toews−0.18

Malinski−0.29

Manson−0.32

Kulak−0.39

Goalie

Wedgewood+1.77

Blackwood−2.45

Units

5v5

Lines

Lines
Landeskog·MacKinnon·Necas	12:49	19	11	10	52.4%	6	3	1	1	0.36	0.76	32.1%	−0.40	5	1	83%
Nelson·Colton·Nichushkin	7:09	13	8	5	61.5%	3	4	0	0	0.27	0.32	45.6%	−0.05	2	1	67%
Occasional · 14 groups
Kiviranta·Roy·Kelly	2:48	6	2	3	40.0%	1	1	0	0	0.10	0.14	42.0%	−0.04	0	0	—
Kelly·Drury·Bardakov	2:15	4	3	1	75.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	1	0%
Kiviranta·Kelly·Drury	1:46	4	1	0	100.0%	1	0	0	0	0.04	0.00	100.0%	+0.04	1	0	100%
Drury·Brindley·Bardakov	1:37	3	0	5	0.0%	0	3	0	1	0.00	0.31	0.0%	−0.31	0	1	0%
Kiviranta·Drury·Bardakov	1:23	2	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.05	0.0%	−0.05	0	1	0%
Roy·Kelly·Brindley	1:15	3	0	3	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.19	0.0%	−0.19	0	0	—
MacKinnon·Necas·Nichushkin	0:52	1	3	0	100.0%	1	0	0	0	0.20	0.00	100.0%	+0.20	0	1	0%
Landeskog·Drury·Necas	0:50	3	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Roy·Nelson·Colton	0:46	1	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Kiviranta·Nelson·Colton	0:43	3	1	1	50.0%	1	0	0	0	0.02	0.14	15.5%	−0.11	0	0	—
Kiviranta·Roy·Brindley	0:43	1	0	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.02	0.0%	−0.02	0	0	—
Colton·Brindley·Nichushkin	0:39	3	2	0	100.0%	1	0	0	0	0.17	0.00	100.0%	+0.17	0	0	—
Drury·Necas·Bardakov	0:34	3	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Roy·Colton·Nichushkin	0:32	1	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
COL 5v5	43:16		37	34	52.1%	17	16	1	3	1.40	2.33	37.6%	−0.92

Goalies

Scott Wedgewood

COL · 41:01

Saves: 10/10
SV%: 1.000
xGA: 1.76
GSAx: +1.76

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	9/9	1.000	1.21	+1.21
Power play	1/1	1.000	0.55	+0.55
Shorthanded	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
High danger	2/2	1.000	0.62	+0.62

Mackenzie Blackwood

COL · 21:47

Saves: 7/11
SV%: .636
xGA: 1.54
GSAx: −2.46

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	6/9	.667	1.34	−1.66
Power play	1/2	.500	0.20	−0.80
Shorthanded	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
High danger	0/1	.000	0.30	−0.70

Jake Oettinger

DAL · 64:36

Saves: 25/29
SV%: .862
xGA: 3.03
GSAx: −0.97

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	18/20	.900	1.78	−0.22
Power play	6/8	.750	1.20	−0.80
Shorthanded	1/1	1.000	0.05	+0.05
High danger	3/3	1.000	0.61	+0.61

Lines

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

Colorado Avalanche

Minutes

27:46Makar
23:43Toews
17:12Burns
17:12Malinski
16:07Kulak
15:36Manson

27:21MacKinnon
26:55Necas
24:50Nelson
22:54Landeskog
19:15Nichushkin
13:46Colton
12:46Kelly
11:38Drury
10:54Kiviranta
8:46Roy
7:07Brindley
6:09Bardakov

Matchups

5v5Size = time head to headSplit = xG shareCOLDAL

Zone starts

DZD zoneNZ · flyNeutral · flyOZO zone

MakarD4 O8
ToewsD4 O6
MalinskiD1 O3
KulakD2 O2
BurnsD4 O1
MansonD3 O0
LandeskogD1 O8
MacKinnonD2 O9
NecasD3 O9
NelsonD4 O6
ColtonD1 O3
RoyD0 O0
KivirantaD1 O1
BrindleyD1 O1
NichushkinD4 O3
KellyD3 O1
BardakovD2 O0
DruryD6 O1

Shift starts · darker = later period