Colorado Avalanche vs. Vegas Golden KnightsDec 23, 2019

FinalMonday, Dec 23, 2019· T-Mobile Arena

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Colorado AvalancheCOL

7

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

3

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	3	2	2	7		COL	12	13	13	38
VGK	1	1	1	3		VGK	18	10	4	32

: COL 66VGK 56
: COL 2.47VGK 2.17
PP goals: COL 2VGK 0
Hits: COL 27VGK 38
Blocks: COL 11VGK 15
PIM: COL 9VGK 15
: COL 52%VGK 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche rout Vegas Golden Knights 7–3

Colorado Avalanche beat Vegas Golden Knights 7–3 at VGK. Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (COL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. COL's first power-play unit (Kadri, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen and Girard) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 6:11 together.

Points
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 12:05.Bellemare
Points
Valeri Nichushkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:22.Nichushkin
Points
J.T. Compher had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 12:12.Compher
Points
Nathan MacKinnon had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 23:34.MacKinnon
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (Kadri, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen and Girard) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 6:11 together.Kadri Landeskog MacKinnon Rantanen Girard
Luck
COL scored 7 goals on 2.47 expected goals (66 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Goalie
Marc-Andre Fleury (VGK) faced 38 shots and stopped 31 (.816), +9 against a season average of 28.6; the loss.Fleury
Usage
Max Pacioretty (VGK) played 11:20, −6:40 down on his 18:00 season average over 70 games.Pacioretty

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 122 of 122 attempts · VGK 56 · COL 66

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 30% of the game, VGK 34%.

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
	55	55
	2.53	1.55
	2.49	1.46
	8	7
	9	8
	16	17
	−0.005	+0.005
	30%	34%

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
12:2538% CF
L2Kadri – Donskoi – Burakovsky
9:4259% CF
L3Calvert – Nichushkin – Bellemare
8:0750% CF
L4Nieto – Compher – Jost
7:4429% CF
D1Johnson – Graves
16:2946% CF
D2Zadorov – Girard
14:0825% CF
D3Cole – Lindholm
11:5067% CF

PP1Kadri – Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen – Girard
6:1157% CF
PP2Donskoi – MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Rantanen – Girard
0:33100% CF
PK1FNieto – Compher
1:21
PK2FCalvert – Bellemare
0:39
PK1DCole – Zadorov
1:04
PK2DJohnson – Graves
0:56

Current COL line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
10:1938% CF
L2Pacioretty – Stone – Stephenson
6:3171% CF
L3Reaves – Carrier – Nosek
6:0933% CF
L4Stastny – Zykov – Tuch
6:0064% CF
D1McNabb – Schmidt
17:3861% CF
D2Engelland – Holden
7:5867% CF
D3Theodore – Hague
7:3441% CF

PP1Stastny – Stone – Stephenson – Schmidt – Hague
1:02
PP2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore – Tuch
0:56
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
3:02
PK2FStone – Stephenson
2:08
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
5:39
PK2DHolden – Schmidt
0:35

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:37
COLPierre-Edouard BellemarePP (J.T. Compher, Ian Cole)backhand0.12 xG
COL: Cole, Nieto, Compher, Bellemare, GirardVGK: Stastny, Theodore, Zykov, Tuch, Hague
COL 1 – 0 VGK
10:23
VGKRyan Reaves (Tomas Nosek, Brayden McNabb)wrist0.04 xG
COL: Landeskog, MacKinnon, Zadorov, Rantanen, GirardVGK: Reaves, McNabb, Schmidt, Carrier, Nosek
COL 1 – 1 VGK
14:28
COLMatt Nieto (J.T. Compher)wrist0.13 xG
COL: Johnson, Nieto, Graves, CompherVGK: Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Theodore, Tuch
COL 2 – 1 VGK
17:35
COLNazem Kadrideflected0.07 xG
COL: Cole, Calvert, Kadri, Lindholm, JostVGK: Stone, Stephenson, Theodore, Zykov, Hague
COL 3 – 1 VGK

2nd period

11:57
VGKMax Pacioretty (Chandler Stephenson, Mark Stone)wrist0.05 xG
COL: Compher, MacKinnon, Zadorov, Jost, GirardVGK: Pacioretty, McNabb, Stone, Stephenson, Schmidt
COL 3 – 2 VGK
14:06
COLGabriel Landeskog (Nathan MacKinnon, Samuel Girard)wrist0.17 xG
COL: Kadri, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen, GirardVGK: Holden, McNabb, Stone, Stephenson
COL 4 – 2 VGK
16:58
COLPierre-Edouard Bellemare (Valeri Nichushkin)wrist0.06 xG
COL: Cole, Calvert, Nichushkin, Bellemare, LindholmVGK: Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Theodore, Hague
COL 5 – 2 VGK

3rd period

2:06
VGKWilliam Carrier (Nate Schmidt, Reilly Smith)wrist0.00 xG
COL: Cole, Kadri, Burakovsky, Lindholm, RantanenVGK: Smith, Stephenson, Schmidt, Carrier, Hague
COL 5 – 3 VGK
3:57
COLMikko RantanenPP (Nathan MacKinnon)wrist0.02 xG
COL: Kadri, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen, GirardVGK: Engelland, Smith, Stephenson, Schmidt
COL 6 – 3 VGK
16:53
COLValeri Nichushkindeflected0.00 xG
COL: Johnson, Donskoi, Graves, Nichushkin, JostVGK: Pacioretty, Holden, Marchessault, Schmidt, Nosek
COL 7 – 3 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	2	2	-2	2	0.20	0	0	0	23:34	—	—	45	52
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	1	0	1	-2	3	0.17	2	1	0	22:04	—	—	42	56
Gabriel Landeskog L	L1	1	0	1	-1	3	0.44	1	3	0	21:59	—	—	43	53
Nazem Kadri C	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.16	3	0	0	19:24	—	—	62	72
Joonas Donskoi R	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.14	1	0	2	14:57	—	—	62	47
Andre Burakovsky L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	2	0	0	11:25	—	—	58	62
Matt Calvert L	L3	0	0	0	+2	2	0.08	1	1	2	13:32	—	—	56	81
Valeri Nichushkin R	L3	1	1	2	+2	3	0.13	2	0	5	13:22	—	—	52	56
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L3	2	0	2	+2	4	0.29	1	0	0	12:05	—	—	52	86
J.T. Compher L	L4	0	2	2	+1	1	0.00	1	1	0	12:12	—	—	24	23
Matt Nieto L	L4	1	0	1	+2	3	0.74	0	1	0	11:30	—	—	60	93
Tyson Jost C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:20	—	—	46	23
Erik Johnson D	D1	0	0	0	+2	4	0.08	1	0	0	23:06	—	—	47	76
Ryan Graves D	D1	0	0	0	+2	5	0.02	5	1	0	19:56	—	—	49	44
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	24:18	—	—	45	65
Nikita Zadorov D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	0	0	17:55	—	—	30	11
Ian Cole D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.00	1	1	0	15:16	—	—	66	98
Anton Lindholm D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	12:02	—	—	64	92

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pavel Francouz(start)	W	32	29	3	.906	2.17	60:00

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.01	0	1	0	20:38	—	—	42	26
William Karlsson C	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.09	0	0	0	19:58	—	—	42	33
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	0	0	-3	1	0.24	1	0	0	15:36	—	—	38	29
Mark Stone R	L2	0	1	1	0	5	0.39	1	0	0	15:34	—	—	62	41
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.14	0	0	0	14:46	—	—	69	59
Max Pacioretty L	L2	1	0	1	0	6	0.28	2	0	2	11:20	—	—	62	45
Tomas Nosek L	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.23	7	2	0	13:14	—	—	28	37
William Carrier L	L3	1	0	1	+2	1	0.05	5	0	0	12:06	—	—	47	43
Ryan Reaves R	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.12	4	0	0	11:30	—	—	33	43
Paul Stastny C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	2	0	13:59	—	—	57	64
Alex Tuch R	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.04	0	0	0	12:19	—	—	56	37
Valentin Zykov L	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.31	1	0	0	11:38	—	—	53	47
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	6	2	0	24:47	—	—	57	37
Nate Schmidt D	D1	0	1	1	+2	4	0.03	0	0	2	23:31	—	—	65	46
Deryk Engelland D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	3	5	20:45	—	—	44	34
Nick Holden D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	2	2	2	18:48	—	—	46	44
Shea Theodore D	D3	0	0	0	-4	0	0.00	1	0	2	17:39	—	—	41	14
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.14	5	3	2	15:20	—	—	35	33

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	L	38	31	7	.816	2.47	60:00

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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.