Colorado Avalanche vs. Vegas Golden KnightsMar 26, 2018

FinalMonday, Mar 26, 2018· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	0	1	0	1		COL	13	12	4	29
VGK	0	2	2	4		VGK	6	9	15	30

: COL 54VGK 62
: COL 2.58VGK 4.77
PP goals: COL 0VGK 2
Hits: COL 34VGK 27
Blocks: COL 20VGK 13
PIM: COL 6VGK 6
: COL 42%VGK 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Colorado Avalanche 4–1

Vegas Golden Knights beat Colorado Avalanche 4–1 at home. Jonathan Marchessault (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 2A. VGK's first power-play unit (Tatar, Karlsson, Marchessault, Theodore and Tuch) scored 2 power-play goals on 7 attempts in 2:27 together.

Points
Jonathan Marchessault had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 19:03.Marchessault
Points
William Karlsson had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 18:30.Karlsson
Points
Shea Theodore had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:18.Theodore
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Tatar, Karlsson, Marchessault, Theodore and Tuch) scored 2 power-play goals on 7 attempts in 2:27 together.Tatar Karlsson Marchessault Theodore Tuch
New line
New look for VGK: Karlsson–Marchessault–Tuch skated 7:59 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (93.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Karlsson Marchessault Tuch
Usage
Anton Lindholm (COL) played 5:57, −7:22 down on his 13:19 season average over 47 games.Lindholm
New line
New look for VGK: Carpenter–Bellemare–Nosek skated 5:48 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (18.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Carpenter Bellemare Nosek
New line
New look for VGK: Reaves–Tatar–Eakin skated 5:09 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Reaves Tatar Eakin

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 116 of 116 attempts · VGK 62 · COL 54

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 34% of the game, VGK 32%.

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
	49	55
	2.55	1.90
	2.37	1.73
	7	8
	8	10
	12	11
	−0.015	+0.015
	34%	32%

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

L1Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen
13:5638% CF
L2Kerfoot – Compher – Jost
9:4447% CF
L3Comeau – Soderberg – Nieto
8:1863% CF
D1Barrie – Zadorov
8:5741% CF
D2Johnson – Nemeth
4:2756% CF
D3Alt – Girard
1:2450% CF

PP1Barrie – Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen – Jost
4:20100% CF
PP2Soderberg – Johnson – Kerfoot – Compher – Girard
1:2550% CF
PK1FComeau – Soderberg
2:26
PK2FBourque – Nieto
1:04
PK1DNemeth – Zadorov
1:20
PK2DJohnson – Lindholm
1:17

Current COL line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Neal – Perron – Haula
11:2871% CF
L2Karlsson – Marchessault – Tuch
7:5993% CF
L3Carpenter – Bellemare – Nosek
5:4818% CF
L4Reaves – Tatar – Eakin
5:0925% CF
D1McNabb – Schmidt
19:0750% CF
D2Miller – Theodore
12:0967% CF
D3Merrill – Hunt
10:4044% CF

PP1Tatar – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore – Tuch
2:27100% CF
PP2Neal – Perron – Haula – Miller – Hunt
2:09100% CF
PK1FBellemare – Nosek
3:50
PK2FHaula – Carpenter
1:05
PK1DMcNabb – Schmidt
1:59
PK2DMiller – Theodore
1:53

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

4:14
VGKAlex TuchPP (William Karlsson, Jonathan Marchessault)snap0.11 xG
COL: Comeau, Soderberg, Johnson, NemethVGK: Tatar, Karlsson, Marchessault, Theodore, Tuch
COL 0 – 1 VGK
13:41
COLErik Johnson (Blake Comeau, Matt Nieto)snap0.36 xG
COL: Comeau, Soderberg, Johnson, Barrie, NietoVGK: Reaves, Tatar, Eakin, Merrill, Hunt
COL 1 – 1 VGK
14:16
VGKJonathan MarchessaultPP (Shea Theodore, William Karlsson)wrist0.04 xG
COL: Comeau, Soderberg, Johnson, NemethVGK: Tatar, Karlsson, Marchessault, Theodore, Tuch
COL 1 – 2 VGK

3rd period

1:31
VGKShea Theodore (Erik Haula, James Neal)snap0.12 xG
COL: Comeau, Soderberg, Barrie, Nieto, GirardVGK: Neal, Perron, Haula, Merrill, Theodore
COL 1 – 3 VGK
19:44
VGKWilliam KarlssonEN (Jonathan Marchessault)wrist0.97 xG
COL: Comeau, Soderberg, Johnson, Barrie, Zadorov, JostVGK: McNabb, Karlsson, Marchessault, Schmidt, Tuch
COL 1 – 4 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	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.25	0	0	0	23:45	—	—	43	46
Gabriel Landeskog L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	3	1	0	23:26	—	—	42	31
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	0	0	0	22:25	—	—	39	31
J.T. Compher L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	0	3	0	19:47	—	—	41	16
Tyson Jost C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	1	0	6	18:38	—	—	46	18
Alexander Kerfoot C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	2	0	14:41	—	—	39	16
Carl Soderberg C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.25	1	1	0	17:09	—	—	54	80
Blake Comeau L	L3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.14	4	0	0	14:31	—	—	65	85
Matt Nieto L	L3	0	1	1	0	4	0.48	0	1	0	13:13	—	—	50	73
Tyson Barrie D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	3	2	0	24:46	—	—	47	63
Nikita Zadorov D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	5	2	0	19:41	—	—	49	74
Erik Johnson D	D2	1	0	1	0	4	0.39	2	3	0	22:10	—	—	41	49
Patrik Nemeth D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	17:57	—	—	42	61
Samuel Girard D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	0	0	14:40	—	—	43	28
Mark Alt D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	3	0	10:25	—	—	59	68
Gabriel Bourque L	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.41	1	0	0	7:31	—	—	64	90
Dominic Toninato C	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	4	0	0	7:04	—	—	64	92
Anton Lindholm D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	5:57	—	—	60	97

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Semyon Varlamov(start)	L	29	26	3	.897	2.26	57:33

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Erik Haula L	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.71	0	1	0	16:46	—	—	67	68
David Perron L	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	1	0	2	16:20	—	—	63	68
James Neal L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.12	0	1	2	16:08	—	—	68	85
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	1	2	3	+1	3	0.20	1	1	0	19:03	—	—	63	53
William Karlsson C	L2	1	2	3	+1	3	1.33	0	0	0	18:30	—	—	71	56
Alex Tuch R	L2	1	0	1	+1	5	0.40	4	0	0	15:38	—	—	82	74
Tomas Nosek L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	1	1	0	13:19	—	—	31	9
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.28	3	2	0	13:16	—	—	27	9
Ryan Carpenter C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	3	0	0	13:06	—	—	30	10
Tomas Tatar L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	2	0	0	12:40	—	—	29	3
Cody Eakin C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	0	1	0	12:22	—	—	30	5
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	2	0	0	9:12	—	—	33	2
Nate Schmidt D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.03	0	0	0	25:29	—	—	49	44
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	4	1	2	24:04	—	—	50	37
Colin Miller D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.57	3	2	0	20:42	—	—	64	47
Shea Theodore D	D2	1	1	2	+1	2	0.83	0	1	0	20:18	—	—	64	40
Brad Hunt D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	2	2	0	13:56	—	—	39	39
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	13:11	—	—	47	50

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	29	28	1	.966	2.58	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.