Colorado Avalanche vs. Vegas Golden KnightsJun 4, 2021

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	0	1	1	2		COL	3	9	8	20
VGK	0	1	2	3		VGK	14	10	19	43

: COL 50VGK 87
: COL 1.72VGK 3.84
PP goals: COL 1VGK 0
Hits: COL 50VGK 50
Blocks: COL 22VGK 19
PIM: COL 4VGK 4
: COL 50%VGK 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge Colorado Avalanche 3–2

Vegas Golden Knights beat Colorado Avalanche 3–2 at home. Max Pacioretty (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 0A. COL's first power-play unit (Donskoi, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:26 together.

PP1
COL's first power-play unit (Donskoi, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:26 together.Donskoi Landeskog MacKinnon Rantanen Makar
Goalie
Philipp Grubauer (COL) faced 43 shots and stopped 40 (.930), +13 against a season average of 30.1; the loss.Grubauer
New line
New look for COL: Soderberg–Bellemare–Sherwood skated 5:11 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Soderberg Bellemare Sherwood
Usage
Conor Timmins (COL) played 7:56, −3:09 down on his 11:05 season average over 9 games.Timmins
Shots
Max Pacioretty (VGK) led everyone with 8 shot on goals, scoring once.Pacioretty
Cats
Gabriel Landeskog (COL) threw 7 hits and blocked 1 shot, a night for hits leagues.Landeskog
Cats
Ryan Graves (COL) blocked 5 shots in 18:45.Graves

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 137 of 137 attempts · VGK 87 · COL 50

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 17% of the game, VGK 53%.

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
	48	92
	1.34	4.06
	1.30	3.84
	5	18
	7	5
	30	20
	−0.012	+0.012
	17%	53%

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
11:0942% CF
L2Saad – Nichushkin – Jost
5:3737% CF
L3Soderberg – Bellemare – Sherwood
5:1143% CF
L4Donskoi – Burakovsky – Compher
3:5044% CF
D1Toews – Makar
11:4750% CF
D2Graves – Girard
6:0921% CF
D3Nemeth – Timmins
4:2711% CF

PP1Donskoi – Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen – Makar
1:2680% CF
PP2Saad – Burakovsky – Nichushkin – Toews – Girard
0:42
PK1FCompher – Bellemare
2:00
PK2FNichushkin – Jost
1:11
PK1DGraves – Toews
1:33
PK2DNemeth – Makar
0:00

Current COL line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Pacioretty – Stone – Stephenson
14:0763% CF
L2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
11:3446% CF
L3Tuch – Sikura – Roy
9:0678% CF
L4Carrier – Brown – Kolesar
7:1481% CF
D1Martinez – Pietrangelo
11:4866% CF
D2Holden – Theodore
11:1162% CF
D3Hague – Whitecloud
9:4873% CF

PP1Pacioretty – Martinez – Stone – Stephenson – Theodore
2:38100% CF
PP2Pietrangelo – Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Tuch
1:22100% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
1:07
PK2FStone – Stephenson
1:01
PK1DMartinez – Whitecloud
1:01
PK2DPietrangelo – Hague
0:42

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

4:38
VGKWilliam Karlsson (Alex Pietrangelo, Alec Martinez)backhand0.19 xG
COL: Saad, Graves, Compher, Nichushkin, GirardVGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault
COL 0 – 1 VGK
6:07
COLCarl Soderberg (Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, Kiefer Sherwood)wrist0.05 xG
COL: Soderberg, Bellemare, Girard, Makar, SherwoodVGK: Pacioretty, Martinez, Stone, Stephenson, Whitecloud
COL 1 – 1 VGK

3rd period

5:04
COLMikko RantanenPP (Cale Makar, Gabriel Landeskog)slap0.08 xG
COL: Donskoi, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen, MakarVGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Smith, Karlsson
COL 2 – 1 VGK
14:42
VGKJonathan Marchessault (Reilly Smith, Nicolas Hague)wrist0.10 xG
COL: Soderberg, Landeskog, Graves, Nichushkin, ToewsVGK: Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Hague, Whitecloud
COL 2 – 2 VGK
15:27
VGKMax Pacioretty (Nick Holden, Mark Stone)tip-in0.09 xG
COL: Burakovsky, MacKinnon, Rantanen, Girard, MakarVGK: Pacioretty, Holden, Stone, Stephenson, Theodore
COL 2 – 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
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	1	0	1	-1	3	0.21	3	0	0	21:39	—	—	44	17
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.25	1	0	0	21:11	—	—	43	17
Gabriel Landeskog L	L1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	7	1	2	19:31	—	—	39	4
Brandon Saad L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	3	0	0	15:56	—	—	23	29
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.26	5	0	0	14:32	—	—	33	25
Tyson Jost C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	1	1	0	13:42	—	—	32	32
Carl Soderberg C	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.21	2	0	0	11:37	—	—	35	31
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.04	2	1	0	11:14	—	—	39	18
Kiefer Sherwood L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	4	0	0	10:08	—	—	30	33
Andre Burakovsky L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	0	1	0	14:49	—	—	37	38
J.T. Compher L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	1	4	0	14:00	—	—	23	30
Joonas Donskoi R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	12:52	—	—	38	48
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	2	1	0	27:38	—	—	41	33
Cale Makar D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.04	5	3	0	26:34	—	—	40	16
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	2	2	0	21:55	—	—	36	32
Ryan Graves D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	5	0	18:45	—	—	29	23
Patrik Nemeth D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	4	1	2	13:54	—	—	24	31
Conor Timmins D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	1	0	7:56	—	—	13	2

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Philipp Grubauer(start)	L	43	40	3	.930	3.84	58:07

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mark Stone R	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.24	3	1	0	22:37	—	—	64	74
Chandler Stephenson C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	3	2	0	20:07	—	—	59	71
Max Pacioretty L	L1	1	0	1	0	8	0.73	5	0	0	18:49	—	—	67	74
William Karlsson C	L2	1	0	1	+2	3	0.43	1	0	0	17:32	—	—	53	74
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	1	0	1	+2	1	0.12	6	0	0	17:16	—	—	50	74
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.21	1	0	0	15:26	—	—	46	68
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.11	2	0	0	13:54	—	—	77	84
Nicolas Roy C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.37	4	0	2	13:24	—	—	79	84
Dylan Sikura R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.27	0	0	0	10:59	—	—	74	82
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.13	5	0	0	9:44	—	—	78	71
Patrick Brown C	L4	0	0	0	0	5	0.17	3	0	0	9:42	—	—	78	71
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	2	0	0	9:34	—	—	78	73
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.26	2	4	0	25:47	—	—	67	79
Alec Martinez D	D1	0	1	1	0	4	0.26	4	4	0	22:53	—	—	67	74
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.24	0	3	2	24:55	—	—	67	82
Nick Holden D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	3	0	16:21	—	—	57	89
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	2	1	0	14:57	—	—	69	64
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.06	4	1	0	13:55	—	—	66	44

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	20	18	2	.900	1.72	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.