Colorado Avalanche vs. Vegas Golden KnightsFeb 16, 2021

FinalTuesday, Feb 16, 2021· T-Mobile Arena

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Colorado AvalancheCOL

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

2

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	1	1	1	3		COL	9	8	8	25
VGK	0	1	1	2		VGK	7	12	10	29

: COL 55VGK 65
: COL 2.06VGK 3.31
PP goals: COL 0VGK 1
Hits: COL 10VGK 17
Blocks: COL 22VGK 21
PIM: COL 9VGK 11
: COL 49%VGK 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche edge Vegas Golden Knights 3–2

Colorado Avalanche beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–2 at VGK. Brandon Saad (COL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. VGK's first power-play unit (Pacioretty, Stone, Karlsson, Theodore and Glass) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 1:20 together.

Points
Brandon Saad had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:19.Saad
Points
Joonas Donskoi had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:57.Donskoi
Points
William Karlsson had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:30.Karlsson
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Pacioretty, Stone, Karlsson, Theodore and Glass) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 1:20 together.Pacioretty Stone Karlsson Theodore Glass
New line
New look for COL: Burakovsky–MacKinnon–Rantanen skated 8:26 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Burakovsky MacKinnon Rantanen
Usage
Bowen Byram (COL) played 25:03, +7:57 up on his 17:06 season average over 18 games.Byram
Usage
Ryan Graves (COL) played 24:48, +5:51 up on his 18:57 season average over 53 games.Graves
New line
New look for COL: Kadri–Donskoi–Saad skated 7:03 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (41.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kadri Donskoi Saad

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 120 of 120 attempts · VGK 65 · COL 55

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 26% of the game, VGK 35%.

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
	61	67
	2.46	3.35
	2.42	3.02
	7	18
	5	4
	4	14
	−0.020	+0.020
	26%	35%

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

L1Burakovsky – MacKinnon – Rantanen
8:2671% CF
L2Compher – Nichushkin – O'Connor
7:4333% CF
L3Kadri – Donskoi – Saad
7:0342% CF
L4Megna – Bellemare – Dries
5:2843% CF
D1Toews – Byram
13:4536% CF
D2Graves – Timmins
8:0938% CF

PP1Kadri – Burakovsky – MacKinnon – Toews – Rantanen
3:2775% CF
PP2Donskoi – Saad – Compher – Nichushkin – Timmins
2:170% CF
PK1FNichushkin – O'Connor
1:07
PK2FDonskoi – Compher
1:00
PK1DGraves – Toews
1:21

Current COL line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Pacioretty – Stone – Stephenson
12:1958% CF
L2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
10:3250% CF
L3Tuch – Kolesar – Glass
9:2457% CF
L4Reaves – Carrier – Roy
6:2170% CF
D1Martinez – Pietrangelo
17:5345% CF
D2Holden – Theodore
14:2042% CF
D3Hague – Whitecloud
13:1372% CF

PP1Pacioretty – Stone – Karlsson – Theodore – Glass
1:2050% CF
PP2Smith – Marchessault – Stephenson – Theodore – Tuch
1:05100% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
2:17
PK2FTuch – Roy
2:02
PK1DHague – Whitecloud
2:38
PK2DMartinez – Pietrangelo
2:24

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

7:08
COLNathan MacKinnon (Mikko Rantanen, Brandon Saad)snap0.06 xG
COL: Saad, MacKinnon, Rantanen, MacDonald, ByramVGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault
COL 1 – 0 VGK

2nd period

16:36
VGKMax PaciorettyPP (Shea Theodore, William Karlsson)snap0.09 xG
COL: Donskoi, Graves, Compher, ToewsVGK: Pacioretty, Stone, Karlsson, Theodore, Glass
COL 1 – 1 VGK
17:39
COLBrandon Saad (Joonas Donskoi, Ryan Graves)backhand0.17 xG
COL: Kadri, Donskoi, Saad, Graves, TimminsVGK: Pacioretty, Martinez, Pietrangelo, Stone, Stephenson
COL 2 – 1 VGK

3rd period

6:52
VGKJonathan Marchessault (William Karlsson, Reilly Smith)backhand0.27 xG
COL: Burakovsky, Compher, Toews, Rantanen, ByramVGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault
COL 2 – 2 VGK
19:19
COLNazem Kadri (Joonas Donskoi, Bowen Byram)wrist0.07 xG
COL: Kadri, Donskoi, Saad, Graves, ByramVGK: Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Theodore, Whitecloud
COL 3 – 2 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	1	0	1	+1	4	0.38	0	1	0	21:24	—	—	56	61
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.10	0	2	0	19:26	—	—	54	39
Andre Burakovsky L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.20	0	0	0	18:49	—	—	56	41
J.T. Compher L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	0	0	0	17:39	—	—	39	33
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	2	1	0	15:56	—	—	43	42
Logan O'Connor R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.30	0	1	0	13:53	—	—	41	48
Nazem Kadri C	L3	1	0	1	+2	3	0.22	3	0	0	17:12	—	—	46	36
Brandon Saad L	L3	1	1	2	+3	3	0.23	0	2	0	16:19	—	—	53	49
Joonas Donskoi R	L3	0	2	2	+2	1	0.05	0	0	0	14:57	—	—	43	41
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	3	0	10:42	—	—	45	43
Jayson Megna C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	9:21	—	—	40	42
Sheldon Dries C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	7:25	—	—	41	45
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	1	6	0	26:48	—	—	36	30
Bowen Byram D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	0	2	0	25:03	—	—	49	49
Ryan Graves D	D2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.09	1	2	0	24:48	—	—	56	47
Conor Timmins D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	1	0	20:15	—	—	43	34
Jacob MacDonald D	—	0	0	0	+1	1	0.23	0	1	2	15:32	—	—	55	56
Dennis Gilbert D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	5	1:59	—	—	50	0

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Philipp Grubauer(start)	W	29	27	2	.931	3.31	60:00

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Max Pacioretty L	L1	1	0	1	-1	4	0.26	0	1	0	19:07	—	—	50	50
Mark Stone R	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	18:40	—	—	54	47
Chandler Stephenson C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	2	0	0	16:54	—	—	57	46
William Karlsson C	L2	0	2	2	-1	2	0.29	0	2	0	17:30	—	—	53	75
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	1	0	1	-1	4	0.44	2	0	0	17:11	—	—	46	68
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.19	1	0	0	16:45	—	—	48	72
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.55	0	0	0	16:27	—	—	50	69
Cody Glass C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	2	14:42	—	—	52	58
Keegan Kolesar R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.25	1	1	5	10:28	—	—	57	64
Nicolas Roy C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.25	0	0	0	12:30	—	—	45	52
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	2	0	0	8:46	—	—	72	65
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	7:28	—	—	69	49
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	1	4	0	24:33	—	—	47	50
Alec Martinez D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	5	2	22:58	—	—	43	44
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.08	0	0	2	19:16	—	—	38	45
Nick Holden D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.32	1	4	0	16:24	—	—	43	47
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	2	1	0	17:27	—	—	73	74
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	0	1	0	17:20	—	—	69	73

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	L	25	22	3	.880	2.06	59:35

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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.