Fri, Jan 16, 2026·Ball Arena, Denver
Nashville Predators 7, Colorado Avalanche 3
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 65% of the time.
27%
8%
8%
57%
COL winsNSH wins
Who was on the ice
Model-basedLine matchups and every shift of the game.
COL forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against NSH's (columns) at 5-on-5. Darker cells shared more ice; the second number is xG for–against in that time. Click a cell to highlight it below.
| O'Reilly–Forsberg–Evangelista | Stamkos–Haula–Bunting | Jost–Svechkov–Wood | McCarron–Smith–Schaefer | Josi–Skjei | Hague–Perbix | Barron–Blankenburg | Josi–Hague | Hague–Barron | Josi–Perbix | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lehkonen–MacKinnon–Necas | 7:490.26–0.25 | 1:340.00–0.11 | 1:360.18–0.03 | 1:090.09–0.00 | 4:200.02–0.31 | 5:290.32–0.07 | 2:140.18–0.02 | 0:370.00–0.00 | ||
| Nelson–Nichushkin–Colton | 2:370.18–0.07 | 4:370.24–0.02 | 0:450.07–0.08 | 1:360.26–0.00 | 6:000.46–0.08 | 3:220.16–0.10 | 1:220.14–0.00 | |||
| Olofsson–Kelly–Drury | 0:330.00–0.00 | 1:020.15–0.00 | 2:180.16–0.00 | 3:180.00–0.11 | 2:050.01–0.00 | 3:500.32–0.00 | 2:030.11–0.11 | |||
| Bardakov–Ivan–Brindley | 1:560.07–0.01 | 1:490.00–0.13 | 0:560.02–0.02 | 2:400.06–0.14 | 0:440.03–0.02 | 2:590.04–0.01 | ||||
| Necas–Kelly–Drury | 1:050.08–0.04 | 0:350.00–0.04 | ||||||||
| MacKinnon–Olofsson–Kelly | ||||||||||
| Nelson–Nichushkin–Kelly | 0:300.00–0.18 | |||||||||
| Burns–Manson | 2:010.18–0.06 | 2:430.21–0.02 | 2:060.05–0.04 | 1:470.01–0.00 | 4:000.02–0.16 | 4:100.27–0.04 | 1:360.18–0.00 | |||
| Makar–Malinski | 4:370.07–0.28 | 0:300.00–0.10 | 1:010.18–0.00 | 2:420.10–0.02 | 4:370.05–0.34 | 3:520.25–0.15 | 0:570.18–0.00 | |||
| Girard–Solovyov | 0:440.00–0.18 | 1:410.00–0.01 | 2:080.14–0.24 | 1:260.00–0.00 | 1:380.02–0.31 | 2:250.10–0.08 | 2:470.00–0.04 | |||
| Girard–Malinski | 0:540.18–0.00 | 2:000.09–0.00 | 1:290.16–0.00 | 1:300.21–0.00 | 2:000.06–0.00 | 1:340.16–0.00 | ||||
| Burns–Makar | 1:200.00–0.03 | 0:490.15–0.00 | 1:240.00–0.03 | 1:330.15–0.03 | 0:420.00–0.02 | |||||
| Manson–Girard | 0:400.00–0.00 | 0:550.04–0.08 | 0:360.00–0.11 | 2:130.00–0.09 | 0:540.00–0.11 | |||||
| Manson–Makar | 1:170.00–0.12 | 0:350.00–0.00 | 1:010.00–0.12 | 0:430.00–0.00 | 0:340.00–0.00 | 0:510.04–0.00 | ||||
| Burns–Malinski | 0:310.00–0.00 | 0:560.00–0.08 | 0:540.00–0.00 | 0:320.00–0.00 | ||||||
| Girard–Makar | 0:550.00–0.02 | 0:330.00–0.00 | 0:410.00–0.02 | 0:580.00–0.02 | ||||||
| Solovyov–Malinski | 0:300.00–0.00 | |||||||||
| Manson–Malinski | 0:410.25–0.00 |
Every shift, one row per player.
COLNSHFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.
Shift totals
 Roman JosiNSH | 31 | 26:16 | 0:51 | 2:18 | 3 | 4 |
 Brady SkjeiNSH | 32 | 23:58 | 0:45 | 1:20 | 3 | 4 |
 Cale MakarCOL | 28 | 23:26 | 0:50 | 1:39 | 6 | 3 |
 Sam MalinskiCOL | 27 | 22:33 | 0:50 | 1:29 | 2 | 1 |
 Nicolas HagueNSH | 27 | 22:08 | 0:49 | 1:19 | 1 | 1 |
 Josh MansonCOL | 23 | 21:11 | 0:55 | 2:20 | 1 | 3 |
 Nick PerbixNSH | 26 | 20:55 | 0:48 | 1:36 | 1 | 2 |
 Nathan MacKinnonCOL | 24 | 20:37 | 0:52 | 1:47 | 7 | 2 |
 Martin NecasCOL | 23 | 20:07 | 0:52 | 1:38 | 6 | 2 |
 Samuel GirardCOL | 23 | 20:04 | 0:52 | 1:28 | 1 | 2 |
 Ryan O'ReillyNSH | 25 | 19:44 | 0:47 | 1:47 | 2 | 3 |
 Brent BurnsCOL | 25 | 18:53 | 0:45 | 1:23 | 2 | 5 |
 Filip ForsbergNSH | 22 | 18:35 | 0:51 | 1:35 | 2 | 3 |
 Artturi LehkonenCOL | 23 | 18:30 | 0:48 | 1:23 | 5 | 2 |
 Luke EvangelistaNSH | 22 | 18:11 | 0:50 | 1:29 | 2 | 2 |
 Steven StamkosNSH | 20 | 16:55 | 0:51 | 2:09 | 1 | 0 |
 Parker KellyCOL | 19 | 16:52 | 0:53 | 2:16 | 0 | 1 |
 Brock NelsonCOL | 21 | 16:13 | 0:46 | 1:48 | 6 | 3 |
 Michael BuntingNSH | 20 | 15:19 | 0:46 | 1:25 | 2 | 0 |
 Valeri NichushkinCOL | 21 | 15:18 | 0:44 | 1:28 | 5 | 4 |
 Erik HaulaNSH | 20 | 15:07 | 0:45 | 1:33 | 1 | 0 |
 Jack DruryCOL | 18 | 14:35 | 0:49 | 1:40 | 0 | 1 |
 Nick BlankenburgNSH | 18 | 14:18 | 0:48 | 1:52 | 0 | 1 |
 Victor OlofssonCOL | 17 | 13:33 | 0:48 | 1:05 | 0 | 1 |
 Ross ColtonCOL | 18 | 13:31 | 0:45 | 1:32 | 3 | 4 |
 Justin BarronNSH | 15 | 13:12 | 0:53 | 1:35 | 0 | 1 |
 Fedor SvechkovNSH | 19 | 12:26 | 0:39 | 1:28 | 2 | 0 |
 Michael McCarronNSH | 20 | 12:23 | 0:37 | 1:03 | 1 | 6 |
 Gavin BrindleyCOL | 13 | 12:13 | 0:56 | 1:55 | 1 | 0 |
 Cole SmithNSH | 19 | 12:13 | 0:39 | 1:03 | 1 | 5 |
 Tyson JostNSH | 17 | 12:05 | 0:43 | 1:25 | 3 | 0 |
 Ilya SolovyovCOL | 15 | 11:35 | 0:46 | 1:34 | 1 | 1 |
 Matthew WoodNSH | 16 | 11:11 | 0:42 | 1:22 | 3 | 0 |
 Reid SchaeferNSH | 16 | 11:04 | 0:42 | 1:04 | 1 | 4 |
 Zakhar BardakovCOL | 12 | 10:24 | 0:52 | 1:15 | 1 | 0 |
 Ivan IvanCOL | 12 | 9:36 | 0:48 | 1:20 | 1 | 0 |