Colorado Avalanche Lines

The most-used Colorado Avalanche forward line in the Oct 19 game vs PHI was Artturi Lehkonen – Nazem Kadri – Nathan MacKinnon (6:32 together at 5-on-5).

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Tue, Oct 20, 7:00 PM ET · at New Jersey Devils

Lines, pairs and special teams

In the last game, the team played 51:24 at 5-on-5, 4:00 on the power play and 2:34 on the penalty kill.

Forward lines

Line	Players	Together	Share of 5v5
L1	Artturi Lehkonen – Nazem Kadri(moved up) – Nathan MacKinnon	6:32	12.7%
L2	Gavin Brindley(new to the top lines and pairs) – Parker Kelly(new to the top lines and pairs) – Fedor Svechkov(moved up)	5:33	10.8%
L3	Gabriel Landeskog(moved down) – Martin Necas(moved down) – Brock Nelson(moved down)	4:46	9.3%

Defense pairs

Pair	Players	Together	Share of 5v5
D1	Devon Toews – Cale Makar	13:46	26.8%
D2	Brett Kulak – Sam Malinski	8:42	16.9%
D3	Brent Burns – Josh Manson	7:07	13.8%

Power play

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PP
PP1	Jaden Schwartz – Nazem Kadri – Nathan MacKinnon – T.J. Hughes – Cale Makar	2:38	65.8%
PP2	Gabriel Landeskog – Artturi Lehkonen – Martin Necas – Brock Nelson – Devon Toews	0:37	15.4%

Penalty kill

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PK
PK1	Artturi Lehkonen – Brock Nelson – Brent Burns – Josh Manson	0:34	22.1%
PK2	Parker Kelly – Fedor Svechkov – Cale Makar – Devon Toews	0:34	22.1%

NEW: not in the previous game's top four lines or three pairs. ▲ ▼: moved up or down from the previous game.

Over 5 games, the team played 237:08 at 5-on-5, 32:18 on the power play and 18:06 on the penalty kill.

Forward lines

Line	Players	Together	Share of 5v5	GP
L1	Artturi Lehkonen – Nathan MacKinnon – Martin Necas	43:47	18.5%	5
L2	Gabriel Landeskog – Nazem Kadri – Brock Nelson	35:07	14.8%	5
L3	Jaden Schwartz – Fedor Svechkov – T.J. Hughes	29:36	12.5%	5

Defense pairs

Pair	Players	Together	Share of 5v5	GP
D1	Devon Toews – Cale Makar	44:13	18.6%	4
D2	Brent Burns – Josh Manson	43:58	18.5%	5
D3	Brett Kulak – Sam Malinski	37:42	15.9%	5

Power play

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PP	GP
PP1	Nazem Kadri – Nathan MacKinnon – Martin Necas – T.J. Hughes – Cale Makar	10:23	32.1%	3
PP2	Gabriel Landeskog – Artturi Lehkonen – Jaden Schwartz – Brock Nelson – Devon Toews	3:08	9.7%	2

Penalty kill

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PK	GP
PK1	Artturi Lehkonen – Brock Nelson – Cale Makar – Devon Toews	2:52	15.8%	2
PK2	Parker Kelly – Fedor Svechkov – Brent Burns – Josh Manson	0:45	4.1%	1

Over 9 games, the team played 435:22 at 5-on-5, 52:42 on the power play and 35:55 on the penalty kill.

Forward lines

Line	Players	Together	Share of 5v5	GP
L1	Artturi Lehkonen – Nathan MacKinnon – Martin Necas	69:04	15.9%	9
L2	Gabriel Landeskog – Nazem Kadri – Brock Nelson	55:15	12.7%	8
L3	Jaden Schwartz – Fedor Svechkov – T.J. Hughes	54:58	12.6%	9
L4	Zachary L'Heureux – Parker Kelly – Nicolas Roy	21:27	4.9%	3

Defense pairs

Pair	Players	Together	Share of 5v5	GP
D1	Devon Toews – Cale Makar	93:33	21.5%	8
D2	Brent Burns – Josh Manson	87:45	20.2%	9
D3	Brett Kulak – Sam Malinski	62:32	14.4%	8

Power play

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PP	GP
PP1	Nazem Kadri – Nathan MacKinnon – Martin Necas – T.J. Hughes – Cale Makar	14:24	27.3%	5
PP2	Gabriel Landeskog – Artturi Lehkonen – Jaden Schwartz – Brock Nelson – Devon Toews	4:14	8.0%	4

Penalty kill

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PK	GP
PK1	Artturi Lehkonen – Brock Nelson – Cale Makar – Devon Toews	4:25	12.3%	5
PK2	Parker Kelly – Brock Nelson – Brent Burns – Brett Kulak	1:09	3.2%	3

Goalies

Started the last game (Oct 19 vs PHI): Mackenzie Blackwood

Goalie	Starts this season
Mackenzie Blackwood	7
Scott Wedgewood	2

Not in the last game

May be injured or a healthy scratch

#68 Zachary L'Heureux, Left wing
#25 Logan O'Connor, Right wing
#10 Nicolas Roy, Center

How these lines are calculated

Lines are rebuilt second by second from the NHL's official shift records. A trio or pair counts only at 5-on-5, and each window shows at most four lines and three pairs that played at least 3% of the team's 5-on-5 time. Read the full method.