Honda West Division

Colorado Avalanche

2020–21·39–13–4·82 points·1st in the Honda West·Presidents' Trophy

Seasons

Points: 82#1
Goal differential: +65#2
xGF% (5v5, adj.): 59.9%#1
Power play: 22.7%#9
Penalty kill: 83.1%#7
GSAx: −5.3#21

Forward lines

Trios of forwards together at 5-on-5. Raise the minimum to see only the regular lines. A defenceman who played forward still counts as a defenceman.

Minimum 5v5 time together

25 of 25 lines


Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen	430:53	36	64.4%	65.9%	27	13
Kadri – Saad – Burakovsky	209:42	30	61.2%	60.5%	12	9
Donskoi – Nichushkin – Jost	123:29	23	71.3%	63.6%	8	2
Donskoi – Compher – Nichushkin	51:17	11	58.4%	60.0%	3	1
Landeskog – Rantanen – Jost	50:06	21	77.8%	69.3%	4	0
Kadri – Donskoi – Burakovsky	45:10	17	63.4%	59.8%	2	2
O'Brien – Compher – Bellemare	40:11	9	59.6%	50.0%	2	2
Calvert – Bellemare – O'Connor	39:29	6	83.0%	62.3%	0	0
Kadri – Donskoi – Saad	39:21	28	36.2%	43.6%	4	1
Landeskog – Burakovsky – MacKinnon	37:49	21	41.2%	52.5%	2	5

Defence pairs

Model-based

Pairs of defencemen together at 5-on-5.

Minimum 5v5 time together

24 of 24 pairs


Toews – Makar	328:25	36	62.5%	61.2%	21	12
Toews – Girard	233:46	39	60.7%	60.4%	15	7
Graves – Girard	139:32	41	58.3%	55.1%	3	9
Girard – MacDonald	133:14	23	64.8%	63.3%	7	1
Graves – Toews	128:16	45	66.1%	60.0%	6	2
Graves – Makar	128:16	34	57.5%	63.1%	3	4
Girard – Makar	110:35	32	48.8%	56.7%	7	5
Graves – Timmins	98:11	23	53.5%	56.3%	4	3

Who plays with whom

Model-based

Linemates pull together. Drag the handles to watch combinations form and break up during the season; click a player to open their page.

Games 1–56 · Jan 13 to May 13

Forward Defence Pair xGF%: red below 50, blue aboveThicker lines, more time together. Showing pairs with 20+ shared minutes.

With or without you

Model-based

Every pair of regulars. Some players lift everyone they play with; others depend on a particular partner.

	Byram	Girard	Makar	Toews	MacKinnon	Landeskog	Rantanen	Graves	Saad	Kadri	Burakovsky	MacDonald	Donskoi	Jost	Nichushkin	Timmins	Compher	Bellemare
Byram D		50	70	44	61	59	56	66	51	46	56	60	41	53	71	39	53	56
Girard D	50		47	58	61	58	63	57	50	52	56	63	59	62	64	48	56	55
Makar D	70	47		62	63	60	63	56	57	55	52	63	57	57	67	86	58	69
Toews D	44	58	62		62	61	62	66	63	51	54	59	61	67	69	70	63	67
MacKinnon F	61	61	63	62		62	62	55	62	58	49	62	67	61	68	64	80	100
Landeskog F	59	58	60	61	62		65	52	39	55	36	56	38	54	56	69	59	24
Rantanen F	56	63	63	62	62	65		59	57	66	43	56	35	69	59	70	58	35
Graves D	66	57	56	66	55	52	59		53	53	55	56	50	58	59	54	51	61
Saad F	51	50	57	63	62	39	57	53		54	60	47	43	51	52	38	27	54
Kadri F	46	52	55	51	58	55	66	53	54		58	56	53	58	56	48	31	33
Burakovsky F	56	56	52	54	49	36	43	55	60	58		67	69	56	59	64	54	74
MacDonald D	60	63	63	59	62	56	56	56	47	56	67		63	62	64	53	48	61
Donskoi F	41	59	57	61	67	38	35	50	43	53	69	63		64	68	53	56	25
Jost F	53	62	57	67	61	54	69	58	51	58	56	62	64		65	57	51	50
Nichushkin F	71	64	67	69	68	56	59	59	52	56	59	64	68	65		61	61	71
Timmins D	39	48	86	70	64	69	70	54	38	48	64	53	53	57	61		52	72
Compher F	53	56	58	63	80	59	58	51	27	31	54	48	56	51	61	52		67
Bellemare F	56	55	69	67	100	24	35	61	54	33	74	61	25	50	71	72	67

Hover a cell to compare each player with and without the other. Numbers are the pair's 5-on-5 xGF%; blue above 50, red below. Cells are grey until the pair has 100 minutes together.

Line blender

Model-based

How much the forward trios changed each game. Low values mean settled lines; high values mean a coach searching for a spark.

Line-blender index by game