Colorado Avalanche vs. Vegas Golden KnightsOct 27, 2017

FinalFriday, Oct 27, 2017· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	0	0	0	0		COL	8	13	11	32
VGK	0	4	3	7		VGK	6	7	8	21

: COL 56VGK 51
: COL 2.71VGK 2.13
PP goals: COL 0VGK 1
Hits: COL 18VGK 11
Blocks: COL 13VGK 14
PIM: COL 23VGK 13
: COL 42%VGK 58%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Vegas Golden Knights rout Colorado Avalanche 7–0

Vegas Golden Knights beat Colorado Avalanche 7–0 at home. Cody Eakin (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. VGK scored 7 goals on 2.14 expected goals (51 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

Points
Cody Eakin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:26.Eakin
Points
David Perron had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:35.Perron
Points
James Neal had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:42.Neal
Points
Jonathan Marchessault had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:38.Marchessault
Points
Nate Schmidt had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:38.Schmidt
Luck
VGK scored 7 goals on 2.14 expected goals (51 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for VGK: Haula–Lindberg–Tuch skated 9:30 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (43.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Haula Lindberg Tuch
Luck
COL scored 0 goals on 2.71 expected goals (56 attempts), well short of its chances.

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← COL attacks left (bottom on phones)VGK attacks right (top on phones) →

VGK
COL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 107 of 107 attempts · VGK 51 · COL 56

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

VGK
COL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

VGK pressure
COL pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: COL 27% of the game, VGK 29%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

VGK

COL

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	COL	VGK
	53	50
	2.35	2.01
	2.00	1.97
	6	8
	5	6
	14	25
	−0.031	+0.031
	27%	29%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Colorado Avalanche

L1Comeau – Soderberg – Nieto
9:4650% CF
L2Andrighetto – MacKinnon – Rantanen
8:1260% CF
L3Duchene – Landeskog – Yakupov
7:4647% CF
D1Barrie – Nemeth
10:4460% CF
D2Barberio – Bigras
9:2645% CF
D3Johnson – Lindholm
9:2053% CF

PP1Johnson – Kerfoot – Andrighetto – MacKinnon – Rantanen
2:59100% CF
PP2Soderberg – Duchene – Barrie – Landeskog – Yakupov
2:46100% CF
PK1FComeau – Soderberg
1:50
PK2FNieto – MacKinnon
1:46
PK1DJohnson – Lindholm
2:31
PK2DBarberio – Nemeth
1:51

Current COL line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Neal – Perron – Eakin
11:3852% CF
L2Haula – Lindberg – Tuch
9:3044% CF
L3Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
8:3963% CF
L4Carrier – Bellemare – Nosek
7:4133% CF
D1Engelland – McNabb
13:4163% CF
D2Miller – Hunt
13:0138% CF
D3Sbisa – Schmidt
12:4943% CF

PP1Smith – Karlsson – Miller – Hunt – Tuch
2:50100% CF
PP2Perron – Eakin – Haula – Marchessault – Schmidt
1:2450% CF
PK1FEakin – Karlsson
2:38
PK2FSmith – Bellemare
2:22
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
2:24
PK2DSbisa – Schmidt
1:36

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

8:50
VGKDavid Perronbackhand0.09 xG
COL: Johnson, Duchene, Yakupov, Lindholm, GreerVGK: Engelland, Neal, Perron, McNabb, Eakin
COL 0 – 1 VGK
12:19
VGKOscar Lindbergwrist0.10 xG
COL: Barrie, Andrighetto, Bigras, MacKinnon, RantanenVGK: Engelland, Sbisa, McNabb, Lindberg, Nosek
COL 0 – 2 VGK
15:33
VGKCody Eakin (James Neal, David Perron)wrist0.05 xG
COL: Johnson, Duchene, Barrie, Landeskog, KerfootVGK: Engelland, Neal, Perron, McNabb, Eakin
COL 0 – 3 VGK
18:16
VGKJames Neal (Colin Miller, Cody Eakin)deflected0.01 xG
COL: Johnson, Landeskog, Kerfoot, Lindholm, GreerVGK: Neal, Perron, Eakin, Miller, Hunt
COL 0 – 4 VGK

3rd period

5:26
VGKJonathan Marchessault (Luca Sbisa, Nate Schmidt)wrist0.02 xG
COL: Barberio, Barrie, Andrighetto, MacKinnon, RantanenVGK: Sbisa, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Schmidt
COL 0 – 5 VGK
7:29
VGKErik HaulaPP (Jonathan Marchessault, Nate Schmidt)wrist0.11 xG
COL: Comeau, Soderberg, Johnson, LindholmVGK: Neal, Perron, Haula, Marchessault, Schmidt
COL 0 – 6 VGK
13:31
VGKWilliam Carrier (Brad Hunt)wrist0.11 xG
COL: Comeau, Barrie, Nemeth, Nieto, AndrighettoVGK: Engelland, Hunt, Carrier, Bellemare, Nosek
COL 0 – 7 VGK

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Carl Soderberg C	L1	0	4	0.39	1	3	0	19:11	—	—	44	38
Blake Comeau L	L1	-1	2	0.04	1	0	0	18:01	—	—	61	43
Matt Nieto L	L1	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:46	—	—	47	34
Nathan MacKinnon C	L2	-2	1	0.17	1	1	5	18:50	—	—	57	69
Sven Andrighetto R	L2	-3	1	0.32	0	1	0	15:28	—	—	55	55
Mikko Rantanen R	L2	-2	0	0.01	2	0	0	14:59	—	—	59	62
Matt Duchene C	L3	-2	1	0.13	0	1	0	19:54	—	—	54	59
Gabriel Landeskog L	L3	-2	4	0.22	4	2	0	19:05	—	—	55	60
Nail Yakupov R	L3	-1	1	0.22	2	0	0	15:29	—	—	40	47
Tyson Barrie D	D1	-4	3	0.21	0	0	0	20:27	—	—	50	59
Patrik Nemeth D	D1	-1	2	0.03	1	1	4	20:11	—	—	57	63
Mark Barberio D	D2	-1	1	0.02	0	1	0	20:18	—	—	41	45
Chris Bigras D	D2	-1	1	0.00	0	1	0	14:04	—	—	39	27
Erik Johnson D	D3	-3	6	0.40	2	2	0	20:20	—	—	56	62
Anton Lindholm D	D3	-2	2	0.14	1	0	0	19:24	—	—	60	57
Alexander Kerfoot C	—	-2	1	0.16	0	0	0	10:32	—	—	36	62
A.J. Greer L	—	-2	2	0.23	2	0	14	5:59	—	—	40	67
Gabriel Bourque L	—	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1:58	—	—	0	0

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Semyon Varlamov(start)	L	21	14	7	.667	2.13	59:57

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Cody Eakin C	L1	1	1	2	+3	2	0.14	0	1	0	19:26	—	—	54	59
David Perron L	L1	1	1	2	+3	2	0.16	2	0	0	18:35	—	—	52	61
James Neal L	L1	1	1	2	+3	2	0.18	2	1	2	14:42	—	—	52	55
Erik Haula L	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.36	0	0	0	16:43	—	—	45	37
Alex Tuch R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:23	—	—	35	31
Oscar Lindberg L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.10	0	1	0	13:48	—	—	40	46
William Karlsson C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	0	1	0	16:32	—	—	56	54
Reilly Smith R	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.29	1	0	0	14:52	—	—	63	64
Jonathan Marchessault R	L3	1	1	2	+1	2	0.17	0	0	2	14:38	—	—	54	61
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	2	2	11:28	—	—	39	23
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:47	—	—	44	34
William Carrier L	L4	1	0	1	+1	4	0.19	2	0	0	8:49	—	—	31	20
Deryk Engelland D	D1	0	0	0	+4	2	0.04	0	1	0	21:53	—	—	61	51
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	+3	0	0.03	2	1	7	17:52	—	—	64	49
Brad Hunt D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.14	0	1	0	20:21	—	—	33	40
Colin Miller D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.14	0	1	0	19:35	—	—	38	42
Luca Sbisa D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.10	0	3	0	18:57	—	—	40	47
Nate Schmidt D	D3	0	2	2	+1	1	0.09	0	1	0	18:38	—	—	44	49

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Oscar Dansk(start)	W	32	32	0	.1000	2.71	60:00

Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.