Edmonton OilersEDM 4–3 Final Colorado AvalancheCOL

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Final 1st2nd3rd T SOG
Edmonton OilersEDM 211 4 24
Colorado AvalancheCOL 201 3 30
Playoff odds, % Change
EDM +8.3
COL +0.0
SEA -1.7
LAK -1.6
SJS -1.5
VGK -1.2
NSH -1.0

How the result moved each team's playoff odds, calculated Mar 10, 2026 9:17 PM EDT.

Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
0:32 COL Ross Colton (8) Brock Nelson (24) · wrist xG 0.02 0–1 ▶
8:13 EDM Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (16)PP Connor McDavid (74), Evan Bouchard (56) · snap xG 0.20 1–1 ▶
15:41 COL Martin Necas (29)PP Unassisted · wrist xG 0.08 1–2 ▶
19:35 EDM Jack Roslovic (17) Leon Draisaitl (59) · wrist xG 0.24 2–2 ▶
2nd Period
4:15 EDM Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (17) Darnell Nurse (14), Zach Hyman (17) · tip-in xG 0.09 3–2 ▶
3rd Period
7:04 COL Valeri Nichushkin (14) Sam Malinski (25) · tip-in xG 0.06 3–3 ▶
9:03 EDM Connor McDavid (36)PP Leon Draisaitl (60), Evan Bouchard (57) · snap xG 0.17 4–3 ▶

Score away–home after each goal; season totals in parentheses.

Shot quality

Expected goals (xG) rate every unblocked shot by how often shots like it go in, from where it was taken, the shot type, the strength and what happened just before it. How it works

EDM 58%Deserve to win42% COL
EDMCOL
3.52Expected goals2.71
4Goals (no shootout)3
2.11Expected goals, 5 on 51.18
46Shot attempts71
37Unblocked attempts45
24Shots on goal30

Game notes

What stood out as the game went on, from the play-by-play and the shifts. Time on the bench is counted in 5-on-5 play outside the penalty box; the note says the player sat, not why. Goals saved are against the shots' expected goals (xG).

2nd Period
0:20 COL No shift No shift · Brindley, 11:19 on the bench
No shift from 8:54 of the 1st to 1:37 of the 2nd; 3 shifts (2:29) before that
7:00 EDM No shift No shift · Emberson, 29:57 on the bench
No shift after 16:51 of the 1st; 8 shifts (5:35) before that
19:25 EDM Goalie change Goalie change · Jarry in for Ingram
19:25 of the 2nd; Ingram had allowed 2 goals on 18 shots (1.59 xG)
3rd Period
12:30 COL No shift No shift · Colton, 15:28 on the bench
No shift after 11:20 of the 2nd; 12 shifts (8:15) before that
17:50 COL Pulled goalie Pulled goalie · Pulled Blackwood, down 4–3
With 2:10 left

Shot map

EDM shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ COL shoots
Matt Savoie: wrist, 15 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 1:07) Sam Malinski: wrist, 42 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 1:41) Mattias Ekholm: slap, 49 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 3:19) Devon Toews: snap, 15 ft, xG 0.17 (P1 4:22) Sam Malinski: wrist, 54 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 4:46) Connor McDavid: snap, 25 ft, xG 0.06 (P1 6:54) Connor McDavid: backhand, 8 ft, xG 0.14 (P1 7:11) Leon Draisaitl: wrist, 43 ft, xG 0.06 (P1 7:33) Jason Dickinson: snap, 31 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 8:35) Leon Draisaitl: wrist, 17 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 9:39) Joel Kiviranta: wrist, 35 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 11:08) Brock Nelson: slap, 46 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 11:34) Brock Nelson: wrist, 53 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 11:41) Nazem Kadri: wrist, 36 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 15:08) Nazem Kadri: wrist, 24 ft, xG 0.09 (P1 15:30) Nathan MacKinnon: wrist, 8 ft, xG 0.13 (P1 15:37) Joel Kiviranta: tip-in, 16 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 16:19) Cale Makar: snap, 28 ft, xG 0.08 (P1 17:53) Sam Malinski: wrist, 60 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 18:43) Zach Hyman: wrist, 33 ft, xG 0.16 (P1 18:55) Darnell Nurse: wrist, 40 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 19:00) Leon Draisaitl: poke, 28 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 0:11) Nazem Kadri: slap, 34 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 1:16) Zakhar Bardakov: wrist, 12 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 2:46) Brock Nelson: tip-in, 34 ft, xG 0.08 (P2 3:00) Cale Makar: wrist, 39 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 3:25) Leon Draisaitl: backhand, 16 ft, xG 0.11 (P2 3:49) Nathan MacKinnon: wrist, 28 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 4:03) Zach Hyman: slap, 29 ft, xG 0.14 (P2 4:29) Trent Frederic: wrist, 50 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 5:16) Connor Murphy: snap, 33 ft, xG 0.18 (P2 6:27) Evan Bouchard: wrist, 50 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 7:05) Zach Hyman: backhand, 8 ft, xG 0.14 (P2 7:45) Martin Necas: wrist, 27 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 8:11) Vasily Podkolzin: wrist, 31 ft, xG 0.09 (P2 9:42) Vasily Podkolzin: backhand, 8 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 9:43) Ryan Nugent-Hopkins: wrist, 21 ft, xG 0.15 (P2 10:41) Evan Bouchard: wrist, 146 ft, xG 0.00 (P2 10:52) Martin Necas: wrist, 61 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 11:43) Nazem Kadri: wrist, 38 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 12:02) Valeri Nichushkin: wrist, 31 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 15:28) Valeri Nichushkin: snap, 14 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 15:29) Jack Roslovic: wrist, 22 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 17:53) Zakhar Bardakov: wrist, 23 ft, xG 0.14 (P2 18:10) Brock Nelson: wrist, 6 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 18:12) Martin Necas: slap, 37 ft, xG 0.06 (P2 18:32) Evan Bouchard: wrist, 160 ft, xG 0.00 (P2 18:37) Connor McDavid: wrist, 61 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 19:05) Jason Dickinson: wrist, 34 ft, xG 0.08 (P2 19:12) Nathan MacKinnon: tip-in, 7 ft, xG 0.12 (P2 19:22) Evan Bouchard: wrist, 34 ft, xG 0.07 (P2 19:28) Brock Nelson: slap, 38 ft, xG 0.07 (P2 19:44) Valeri Nichushkin: snap, 21 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 19:45) Devon Toews: tip-in, 17 ft, xG 0.09 (P2 19:50) Leon Draisaitl: snap, 29 ft, xG 0.09 (P3 0:34) Leon Draisaitl: snap, 24 ft, xG 0.10 (P3 0:45) Leon Draisaitl: slap, 35 ft, xG 0.09 (P3 1:27) Connor McDavid: wrist, 24 ft, xG 0.10 (P3 3:25) Connor McDavid: wrist, 25 ft, xG 0.06 (P3 3:43) Jack Roslovic: snap, 10 ft, xG 0.26 (P3 4:31) Jack Roslovic: wrist, 8 ft, xG 0.07 (P3 4:38) Nicolas Roy: tip-in, 16 ft, xG 0.08 (P3 8:03) Valeri Nichushkin: tip-in, 10 ft, xG 0.09 (P3 9:58) Martin Necas: wrist, 14 ft, xG 0.11 (P3 10:55) Nicolas Roy: deflected, 9 ft, xG 0.13 (P3 11:18) Nicolas Roy: snap, 7 ft, xG 0.07 (P3 11:19) Brett Kulak: wrist, 61 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 12:22) Brett Kulak: backhand, 30 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 12:51) Cale Makar: wrist, 62 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 14:13) Joel Kiviranta: wrist, 49 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 15:02) Sam Malinski: slap, 45 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 15:33) Nicolas Roy: tip-in, 33 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 17:14) Gavin Brindley: snap, 12 ft, xG 0.10 (P3 18:52) Valeri Nichushkin: snap, 13 ft, xG 0.19 (P3 19:02) Connor McDavid: wrist, 93 ft, xG 0.37 (P3 19:40) Ross Colton: GOAL, wrist, 52 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 0:32) Ryan Nugent-Hopkins: GOAL, snap, 10 ft, xG 0.20 (P1 8:13) Martin Necas: GOAL, wrist, 32 ft, xG 0.08 (P1 15:41) Jack Roslovic: GOAL, wrist, 11 ft, xG 0.24 (P1 19:35) Ryan Nugent-Hopkins: GOAL, tip-in, 8 ft, xG 0.09 (P2 4:15) Valeri Nichushkin: GOAL, tip-in, 24 ft, xG 0.06 (P3 7:04) Connor McDavid: GOAL, snap, 16 ft, xG 0.17 (P3 9:03)
About these numbers

xG comes from hockeystats.io's own model, a gradient-boosted tree model trained on every unblocked shot from the 2021-22 to 2025-26 regular seasons using the NHL's public play-by-play. Each shot's value is the share of similar shots that became goals. A team's xG is the sum over its shots; "deserve to win" asks how often the team would outscore its opponent if every shot went in at exactly that rate. Blocked shots count as attempts but have no xG (the NHL records where they were blocked, not where they were taken), so the map leaves them out.

Box score

Edmonton Oilers

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
97 Connor McDavid 112 +1 70.91 0023:57
29 Leon Draisaitl 022 -1 90.52 2022:51
18 Zach Hyman 011 +1 30.44 0121:02
93 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins 202 +1 30.45 0019:17
16 Jason Dickinson 000 0 20.11 4117:10
22 Matt Savoie 000 0 10.04 1115:36
96 Jack Roslovic 101 -1 60.62 0115:22
42 Kasperi Kapanen 000 0 00.00 0113:32
92 Vasily Podkolzin 000 -1 20.12 4113:16
10 Trent Frederic 000 0 10.01 4008:49
81 Josh Samanski 000 0 00.00 1008:11
34 Colton Dach 000 0 00.00 1001:35
Defense
2 Evan Bouchard 022 +2 40.10 0227:21
14 Mattias Ekholm 000 0 30.02 0222:22
5 Connor Murphy 000 -1 10.18 1421:42
25 Darnell Nurse 011 +1 40.01 2119:04
96 Jake Walman 000 -1 00.00 0718:21
49 Ty Emberson 000 -1 00.00 2005:35
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Connor Ingram 18216 .889 1.59 -0.41
Tristan Jarry 12111 .917 1.13 +0.13

Colorado Avalanche

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
88 Martin Necas 101 -2 90.29 1022:52
11 Brock Nelson 011 +2 70.26 0022:25
91 Nazem Kadri 000 -1 50.23 1122:06
43 Valeri Nichushkin 101 +2 60.48 0018:58
29 Nathan MacKinnon 000 -1 50.27 0014:17
22 Joel Kiviranta 000 0 30.11 1014:13
18 Jack Drury 000 0 20.00 1013:46
17 Parker Kelly 000 0 20.00 3013:29
10 Nicolas Roy 000 -1 40.29 0111:30
93 Zakhar Bardakov 000 +1 20.17 0009:36
54 Gavin Brindley 000 0 20.10 1008:15
79 Ross Colton 101 0 10.02 2008:15
Defense
8 Cale Makar 000 -1 40.09 0126:58
7 Devon Toews 000 0 40.26 0021:55
84 Brent Burns 000 -1 40.00 0016:59
27 Brett Kulak 000 +1 30.02 0016:06
42 Josh Manson 000 0 10.00 1216:06
70 Sam Malinski 011 +1 70.10 0316:02
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Mackenzie Blackwood 24420 .833 3.16 -0.84

Skaters by time on ice. Goalie lines count shots with the goalie in net, from the NHL play-by-play.

Player ratings

What each player added to the result, in goals, from most to least. Hover a number for what it's made of.

Edmonton Oilers

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
97 Connor McDavid C +2.64 +1.45 +0.59 +0.48 +0.15 -0.01 -0.02 — 23:57
2 Evan Bouchard D +2.48 +1.10 +0.07 +1.25 0.00 0.00 +0.06 — 27:21
25 Darnell Nurse D +2.11 +0.70 +0.01 +1.37 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 19:00
93 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins C +2.09 +1.50 +0.29 +0.27 0.00 +0.01 +0.02 — 19:17
29 Leon Draisaitl C +2.02 +1.40 +0.34 +0.34 0.00 +0.02 -0.08 — 22:51
28 Jack Roslovic C +1.78 +0.75 +0.40 +0.58 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 15:22
18 Zach Hyman L +1.37 +0.55 +0.29 +0.50 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 21:02
92 Vasily Podkolzin R +0.85 0.00 +0.08 +0.75 0.00 -0.01 +0.03 — 13:16
14 Mattias Ekholm D +0.79 0.00 +0.01 +0.57 +0.15 0.00 +0.06 — 22:22
22 Matt Savoie C +0.48 0.00 +0.03 +0.43 0.00 -0.01 +0.03 — 15:36
35 Tristan Jarry G +0.13 0.00 — — 0.00 — — +0.13 20:26
42 Kasperi Kapanen R -0.01 0.00 0.00 +0.09 -0.15 0.00 +0.05 — 13:33
81 Josh Samanski C -0.01 0.00 0.00 -0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 8:10
96 Jake Walman D -0.01 0.00 0.00 -0.49 +0.15 0.00 +0.33 — 18:21
39 Connor Ingram G -0.04 0.00 — — +0.38 — — -0.41 39:07
34 Colton Dach C -0.06 0.00 0.00 -0.04 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 1:35
10 Trent Frederic C -0.07 0.00 +0.01 -0.07 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 8:49
49 Ty Emberson D -0.10 0.00 0.00 -0.10 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 5:35
16 Jason Dickinson C -0.12 0.00 +0.07 -0.25 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 17:14
5 Connor Murphy D -0.56 0.00 +0.11 -0.55 -0.30 0.00 +0.18 — 21:42

Colorado Avalanche

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
11 Brock Nelson C +1.12 +0.70 +0.17 +0.20 0.00 +0.07 -0.02 — 22:25
93 Zakhar Bardakov C +1.01 0.00 +0.11 +0.73 +0.15 0.00 +0.02 — 9:36
13 Valeri Nichushkin R +0.61 +0.75 +0.31 -0.43 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 18:58
20 Ross Colton C +0.30 +0.75 +0.02 -0.49 0.00 0.00 +0.02 — 8:15
70 Sam Malinski D +0.25 +0.70 +0.06 -0.81 +0.15 0.00 +0.15 — 16:04
42 Josh Manson D +0.21 0.00 0.00 +0.11 0.00 0.00 +0.10 — 16:06
94 Joel Kiviranta L +0.14 0.00 +0.07 +0.07 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 14:13
88 Martin Necas C +0.13 +0.75 +0.19 -0.71 0.00 0.00 -0.10 — 22:52
18 Jack Drury C -0.04 0.00 0.00 -0.04 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 13:45
7 Devon Toews D -0.05 0.00 +0.17 -0.20 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 21:55
8 Cale Makar D -0.05 0.00 +0.06 -0.12 0.00 0.00 +0.01 — 26:58
54 Gavin Brindley C -0.27 0.00 +0.07 -0.34 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 8:15
17 Parker Kelly C -0.32 0.00 0.00 -0.33 0.00 +0.01 0.00 — 13:30
84 Brent Burns D -0.39 0.00 0.00 -0.37 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 16:59
91 Nazem Kadri C -0.46 0.00 +0.15 -0.58 0.00 -0.06 +0.03 — 22:06
10 Nicolas Roy C -0.49 0.00 +0.19 -0.56 -0.15 0.00 +0.03 — 11:30
29 Nathan MacKinnon C -0.79 0.00 +0.18 -0.60 -0.38 -0.02 +0.02 — 14:17
27 Brett Kulak D -0.81 0.00 +0.01 -0.65 -0.15 0.00 -0.02 — 16:04
39 Mackenzie Blackwood G -0.84 0.00 — — 0.00 — — -0.84 57:50

An expected-goals take on Dom Luszczyszyn's Game Score: goals and assists, the quality of a player's own shots, shot quality for and against while they were on the ice at 5v5, penalties, faceoffs and puck plays, all in goals; goalies by goals saved above expected. From the NHL play-by-play and shift charts.