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Avalanche lines

The Colorado Avalanche's lines as deployed against the Penguins (W 5-2) — forward trios, defense pairs, power-play units and who started in net, measured from the league's shift chart.

Next game

Mon, Oct 19, 7:00 PM ET — at the Flyers.

Projected starter: Mackenzie Blackwood, 38% · Scott Wedgewood 34% · Trent Miner 28%. That's a projection, not an announcement. Clubs name a starter around the morning skate; until then this is our read of who the books are pricing a saves line on and how the Avalanche have split their starts. It's the same number the saves board and the lineup optimizer use, and every club's is on tonight's starting goalies.

Lines, last two games

Colorado Avalanche logo

Avalanche

vs Penguins · Oct 16 · W 5-2

Forward lines5v5 together
  1. L1LehkonenLWMacKinnonCNecasC10:24
  2. L2LandeskogLWKadriCNelsonC8:38
  3. L3SchwartzLWSvechkovCHughesRW6:20
Defense pairs5v5 together
  1. D1ToewsDMakarD10:39
  2. D2KulakDMalinskiD6:34
  3. D3MansonDBurnsD5:04
Power playPP together
  1. PP1SchwartzLWMacKinnonCKadriCHughesRWMakarD3:17
  2. PP2LehkonenLWLandeskogLWNecasCNelsonCToewsD1:16
In netTOI
  1. G1BlackwoodG60:00
  2. G2WedgewoodGDNP

Also dressed: Kelly (C), Brindley (C), Juulsen (D).

Colorado Avalanche logo

Avalanche

vs Stars · Oct 14 · L 2-3 SO

Forward lines5v5 together
  1. L1SchwartzLWSvechkovCHughesRW7:34
  2. L2LehkonenLWMacKinnonCKadriC6:21
  3. L3LandeskogLWNelsonCNecasC4:38
Defense pairs5v5 together
  1. D1BurnsDMansonD9:11
  2. D2ToewsDMakarD9:00
  3. D3KulakDMalinskiD8:46
Power playPP together
  1. PP1MacKinnonCKadriCNecasCHughesRWMakarD3:50
  2. PP2LehkonenLWLandeskogLWSchwartzLWNelsonCToewsD1:38
In netTOI
  1. G1WedgewoodG65:00
  2. G2BlackwoodGDNP

Also dressed: Kelly (C), Juulsen (D), Brindley (C). Hughes also took 1:07 with L2. Lehkonen also took 1:04 with L3. Kadri also took 3:32 with L3. Landeskog also took 1:12 with L2. Necas also took 5:01 with L2.

What changed since Wed, Oct 14

New top line: Lehkonen, MacKinnon and Necas. Moved: Lehkonen (L2 → L1), MacKinnon (L2 → L1), Necas (L3 → L1), Landeskog (L3 → L2), Nelson (L3 → L2), Hughes (L1 → L3) and 8 more.

In net this season

Mackenzie Blackwood has started 6 of the Avalanche's 8 games, Scott Wedgewood 2. Mackenzie Blackwood started the last one.

GoalieGSGPSV%Last start
Mackenzie Blackwood68.890Fri, Oct 16
Scott Wedgewood28.902Wed, Oct 14

How these lines are built

Every unit above is the group that shared the most five-on-five ice in that game, rebuilt from the NHL's own shift chart. Power plays, penalty kills, four-on-four and empty-net time are cut out, so a top power-play unit can't pass itself off as the first line. Power-play units are measured from power-play time only. The number beside each unit is how long that exact group was on the ice together.

Read it as what the coach did, not as a forecast. A blowout shortens the bench and an injury scrambles everything after it. The full method, and every other club's lines, are on the all-clubs page. Player projections for the Avalanche live on the shots on goal, points and anytime goal boards.

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