Colorado Avalanche vs. Vegas Golden KnightsJun 10, 2021

FinalPlayoffsThursday, Jun 10, 2021· T-Mobile Arena

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Colorado AvalancheCOL

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

6

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	1	2	0	3		COL	12	10	11	33
VGK	2	2	2	6		VGK	10	6	7	23

: COL 77VGK 55
: COL 2.29VGK 2.47
PP goals: COL 1VGK 0
Hits: COL 42VGK 46
Blocks: COL 18VGK 34
PIM: COL 2VGK 2
: COL 53%VGK 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Colorado Avalanche 6–3

Vegas Golden Knights beat Colorado Avalanche 6–3 at home. Max Pacioretty (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. COL's first power-play unit (Donskoi, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:24 together.

Points
Alex Pietrangelo had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 23:43.Pietrangelo
Points
Max Pacioretty had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:53.Pacioretty
Points
Nathan MacKinnon had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 22:48.MacKinnon
Points
Shea Theodore had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:45.Theodore
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (Donskoi, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:24 together.Donskoi Landeskog MacKinnon Rantanen Makar
Luck
VGK scored 6 goals on 2.47 expected goals (55 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Brayden McNabb (VGK) played 12:11, −5:26 down on his 17:37 season average over 12 games.McNabb
Usage
Shea Theodore (VGK) played 17:45, −5:40 down on his 23:25 season average over 18 games.Theodore

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 132 of 132 attempts · VGK 55 · COL 77

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 31% of the game, VGK 21%.

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
	73	58
	2.15	2.06
	2.07	2.02
	12	14
	4	5
	20	25
	−0.004	+0.004
	31%	21%

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

L1Saad – MacKinnon – Rantanen
10:4370% CF
L2Landeskog – Compher – Nichushkin
9:1364% CF
L3Burakovsky – Jost – O'Connor
5:4522% CF
L4Donskoi – Bellemare – Newhook
2:5157% CF
D1Toews – Makar
14:2754% CF
D2Graves – Girard
10:3239% CF
D3Nemeth – Timmins
3:0625% CF

PP1Donskoi – Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen – Makar
1:24100% CF
PK1FCompher – Bellemare
1:02
PK2FNichushkin – Jost
0:49
PK1DNemeth – Toews
1:02
PK2DGirard – Makar
0:39

Current COL line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Pacioretty – Stone – Stephenson
14:2531% CF
L2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
11:1622% CF
L3Janmark – Tuch – Roy
9:5850% CF
L4Reaves – Carrier – Kolesar
5:4843% CF
D1Martinez – Pietrangelo
18:4038% CF
D2Holden – Whitecloud
15:1238% CF
D3McNabb – Theodore
11:2355% CF

PP1Pacioretty – Martinez – Stone – Stephenson – Theodore
1:02100% CF
PP2Pietrangelo – Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Tuch
0:500% CF
PK1FStone – Stephenson
0:47
PK2FSmith – Karlsson
0:37
PK1DMartinez – Whitecloud
1:17

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:23
COLDevon Toews (Nathan MacKinnon, Brandon Saad)wrist0.04 xG
COL: Saad, MacKinnon, Toews, Rantanen, MakarVGK: Pacioretty, McNabb, Stone, Stephenson, Theodore
COL 1 – 0 VGK
1:15
VGKNick Holden (Reilly Smith, Nicolas Roy)wrist0.01 xG
COL: Graves, Burakovsky, Jost, Girard, O'ConnorVGK: Holden, Smith, Janmark, Roy, Whitecloud
COL 1 – 1 VGK
15:06
VGKWilliam Karlsson (Alec Martinez)snap0.12 xG
COL: Landeskog, Compher, Nichushkin, Girard, MakarVGK: Martinez, Stone, Karlsson, Marchessault, Whitecloud
COL 1 – 2 VGK

2nd period

3:47
COLMikko RantanenPP (Nathan MacKinnon, Gabriel Landeskog)wrist0.09 xG
COL: Donskoi, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen, MakarVGK: Holden, Stone, Stephenson, Whitecloud
COL 2 – 2 VGK
14:27
VGKKeegan Kolesar (Alex Pietrangelo, Shea Theodore)tip-in0.02 xG
COL: Toews, Jost, Makar, O'Connor, NewhookVGK: Reaves, Pietrangelo, Theodore, Carrier, Kolesar
COL 2 – 3 VGK
16:52
COLAndre Burakovsky (Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, Cale Makar)wrist0.06 xG
COL: Donskoi, Burakovsky, Bellemare, Toews, MakarVGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Janmark, Tuch, Roy
COL 3 – 3 VGK
19:42
VGKAlex Pietrangelo (Alex Tuch, Max Pacioretty)wrist0.03 xG
COL: Nemeth, Saad, Bellemare, Jost, GirardVGK: Pacioretty, Pietrangelo, Stephenson, Tuch, Whitecloud
COL 3 – 4 VGK

3rd period

11:46
VGKWilliam Carrier (Shea Theodore, Brayden McNabb)backhand0.03 xG
COL: Donskoi, Bellemare, Girard, Timmins, NewhookVGK: McNabb, Theodore, Carrier, Tuch, Kolesar
COL 3 – 5 VGK
16:50
VGKMax PaciorettyENwrist0.57 xG
COL: Donskoi, Saad, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen, MakarVGK: Pacioretty, Martinez, Pietrangelo, Stone, Stephenson
COL 3 – 6 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	0	2	0.36	5	0	0	23:14	—	—	63	50
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	2	2	0	2	0.08	2	0	0	22:48	—	—	64	59
Brandon Saad L	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.13	2	0	0	18:53	—	—	56	58
Gabriel Landeskog L	L2	0	1	1	-2	5	0.22	2	1	0	19:36	—	—	59	77
J.T. Compher L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	0	1	0	19:12	—	—	54	44
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.45	5	1	0	17:17	—	—	61	72
Tyson Jost C	L3	0	0	0	-3	2	0.37	1	1	0	15:53	—	—	38	29
Andre Burakovsky L	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.10	1	1	0	15:33	—	—	50	36
Logan O'Connor R	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	1	0	9:41	—	—	20	19
Joonas Donskoi R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	2	0	0	9:42	—	—	64	44
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	0	1	1	-1	3	0.05	5	0	0	7:59	—	—	60	68
Alex Newhook C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	1	0	5:29	—	—	60	18
Cale Makar D	D1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.15	4	4	0	28:10	—	—	58	44
Devon Toews D	D1	1	0	1	+1	5	0.12	2	3	0	26:09	—	—	57	49
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	0	0	-4	1	0.01	0	1	0	23:34	—	—	52	48
Ryan Graves D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	2	15:15	—	—	52	80
Patrik Nemeth D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	1	0	11:31	—	—	63	31
Conor Timmins D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	5	1	0	11:12	—	—	55	60

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Philipp Grubauer(start)	L	22	17	5	.773	1.90	56:52

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Max Pacioretty L	L1	1	1	2	+1	3	0.79	2	0	0	21:53	—	—	41	36
Chandler Stephenson C	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	20:49	—	—	35	21
Mark Stone R	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.20	1	2	0	20:11	—	—	37	25
William Karlsson C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.13	1	0	0	17:21	—	—	26	31
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	1	0	0	15:37	—	—	32	20
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	4	0	0	15:01	—	—	25	29
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.40	4	1	0	16:24	—	—	59	76
Mattias Janmark C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	3	1	0	13:14	—	—	54	69
Nicolas Roy C	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.38	5	3	0	12:35	—	—	61	76
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	1	0	1	+2	1	0.02	4	1	0	9:47	—	—	60	85
William Carrier L	L4	1	0	1	+2	2	0.14	1	0	0	8:35	—	—	60	85
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	8	1	0	8:09	—	—	43	82
Alec Martinez D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.14	2	9	0	24:36	—	—	40	42
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	1	1	2	+2	2	0.04	0	1	2	23:43	—	—	44	48
Zach Whitecloud D	D2	0	0	0	+3	2	0.03	2	7	0	23:10	—	—	43	48
Nick Holden D	D2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.03	4	3	0	17:45	—	—	35	36
Shea Theodore D	D3	0	2	2	+1	1	0.05	0	2	0	17:45	—	—	52	59
Brayden McNabb D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	4	1	0	12:11	—	—	57	69

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	33	30	3	.909	2.29	59:46

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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.