Edgehalla

Colorado Avalanche vs. Vegas Golden KnightsJun 6, 2021

FinalPlayoffs· T-Mobile Arena
Goals123TShots123T
COL1001COL95418
VGK1225VGK1591135
COL 46VGK 59
COL 1.37VGK 3.92
PP goals
COL 0VGK 1
Hits
COL 48VGK 44
Blocks
COL 18VGK 18
PIM
COL 8VGK 6
COL 52%VGK 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights rout Colorado Avalanche 5–1

Vegas Golden Knights beat Colorado Avalanche 5–1 at home. Jonathan Marchessault (VGK) led the scoring with 3G 0A. New look for COL: Donskoi–Nichushkin–Jost skated 10:54 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (22.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

  1. Points
    Jonathan Marchessault had a hat trick (3 points) on 7 shots in 14:40.Marchessault
  2. Points
    William Karlsson had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 15:13.Karlsson
  3. New line
    New look for COL: Donskoi–Nichushkin–Jost skated 10:54 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (22.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.DonskoiNichushkinJost
  4. Usage
    Conor Timmins (COL) played 17:59, +8:01 up on his 9:58 season average over 9 games.Timmins
  5. New line
    New look for COL: Saad–Burakovsky–Compher skated 8:59 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.SaadBurakovskyCompher
  6. New line
    New look for VGK: Tuch–Kolesar–Roy skated 7:41 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.TuchKolesarRoy
  7. Goalie
    Philipp Grubauer (COL) faced 35 shots and stopped 30 (.857), +5 against a season average of 30.1; the loss.Grubauer
  8. Usage
    William Karlsson (VGK) played 15:13, −3:22 down on his 18:35 season average over 18 games.Karlsson

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.

Shot map, COL at VGK: 105 attempts, 53 on goal, 6 goals, 5.29 expected goals; best chance Jonathan Marchessault at 0.47 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← COL attacks left (bottom on phones)VGK attacks right (top on phones) →
  • VGK
  • COL
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 105 of 105 attempts · VGK 59 · COL 46

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, COL at VGK: expected goals 3.92 to 1.37 (VGK led the chances), shot attempts 59 to 46, 6 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdVGKCOLSMPMMBnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • VGK
  • COL
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
VGKCOLcontrol2nd3rdSaad · 1st 1:50Marchessault · 1st 7:07Pacioretty · 2nd 1:11Marchessault · 2nd 11:28Marchessault · 3rd 6:01Brown · 3rd 13:13
  • 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 19% of the game, VGK 52%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, COL at VGK: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Marc-Andre Fleury (59:37) for VGK and Philipp Grubauer (60:00) for COL, 6 goals.

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
StatCOLVGK
4653
1.143.61
1.133.35
520
06
1322
−0.018+0.018
19%52%

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

Current COL line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Mikko Rantanen RL1000-220.1621017:59——5928
Gabriel Landeskog LL1000-200.0031016:58——5627
Nathan MacKinnon CL1000-230.2421016:43——5928
Tyson Jost CL2000-100.1830017:50——3313
Valeri Nichushkin RL2000-100.0752017:44——3316
Joonas Donskoi RL2000-100.0912015:01——2613
J.T. Compher LL3011+130.1611216:39——4552
Andre Burakovsky LL3011+100.0020214:05——4751
Brandon Saad LL3101+120.2140013:51——5355
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare LL4000-100.0010011:01——252
Kiefer Sherwood LL4000-110.028008:04——5011
Carl Soderberg CL4000-100.001007:18——292
Devon Toews DD1000030.0231023:22——5323
Cale Makar DD1000-210.1601221:37——6135
Ryan Graves DD2000-100.0042020:46——167
Samuel Girard DD2000-310.0322020:16——4128
Conor Timmins DD3000+110.0232017:59——5236
Patrik Nemeth DD3000-110.0132214:54——3118
COL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Philipp Grubauer(start)L35305.8573.9260:00

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Chandler Stephenson CL1000+120.2631018:53——3559
Mark Stone RL1011+130.1810017:53——3560
Max Pacioretty LL1101+130.1901017:40——3360
Reilly Smith RL2011+230.5510017:11——7191
William Karlsson CL2033+230.4200015:13——7992
Jonathan Marchessault RL2303+270.9900214:40——8393
Alex Tuch RL3000-110.0141215:04——2912
Nicolas Roy CL3000-130.2620014:38——5054
Keegan Kolesar RL3000-100.0020014:33——5555
William Carrier LL4011+120.0820011:28——6993
Patrick Brown CL4101+110.2050011:14——6791
Ryan Reaves RL4011+110.2770010:18——6291
Alex Pietrangelo DD1011+120.0335025:42——5790
Alec Martinez DD1000+110.2013024:08——5685
Shea Theodore DD2000+110.0814021:34——5368
Brayden McNabb DD2000+120.2141017:00——5171
Zach Whitecloud DD3011+100.0032215:04——5067
Nicolas Hague DD3000+100.0050014:10——5570
VGK goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)W18171.9441.3759:37