Colorado Avalanche vs. Vegas Golden KnightsFeb 16, 2022

FinalWednesday, Feb 16, 2022· T-Mobile Arena

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

: COL 62VGK 61
: COL 2.87VGK 3.14
PP goals: COL 1VGK 0
Hits: COL 31VGK 15
Blocks: COL 18VGK 25
PIM: COL 4VGK 6
: COL 39%VGK 61%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche beat Vegas Golden Knights 2–0

Colorado Avalanche beat Vegas Golden Knights 2–0 at VGK. Cale Makar (COL) led the scoring with 0G 2A. COL's first power-play unit (Kadri, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 3:37 together.

Points
Cale Makar had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 26:10.Makar
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (Kadri, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 3:37 together.Kadri Landeskog MacKinnon Rantanen Makar
New line
New look for VGK: Dadonov–Pacioretty–Eichel skated 11:42 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (48.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dadonov Pacioretty Eichel
Usage
Nolan Patrick (VGK) played 0:14, −11:45 down on his 11:59 season average over 24 games.Patrick
Luck
VGK scored 0 goals on 3.14 expected goals (61 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for VGK: Marchessault–Stephenson–Roy skated 7:04 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Marchessault Stephenson Roy
New line
New look for COL: Compher–Aube-Kubel–Jost skated 6:42 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Compher Aube-Kubel Jost
New line
New look for VGK: Smith–Karlsson–Janmark skated 6:16 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (0% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Smith Karlsson Janmark

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 123 of 123 attempts · VGK 61 · COL 62

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 31%.

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
	59	59
	2.81	2.94
	2.65	2.63
	13	11
	4	1
	11	12
	−0.099	+0.099
	31%	31%

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
13:3269% CF
L2Kadri – Burakovsky – Nichushkin
12:1963% CF
L3Compher – Aube-Kubel – Jost
6:4233% CF
L4Helm – O'Connor – Newhook
3:4340% CF
D1Toews – Makar
11:1181% CF
D2Johnson – Girard
8:1628% CF

PP1Kadri – Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen – Makar
3:37100% CF
PP2Burakovsky – Nichushkin – Toews – Girard – Newhook
1:0550% CF
PK1FKadri – O'Connor
0:57
PK2FHelm – Nichushkin
0:42
PK1DJohnson – Toews
1:25
PK2DJohnson – Makar
1:17

Current COL line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Dadonov – Pacioretty – Eichel
11:4248% CF
L2Marchessault – Stephenson – Roy
7:0467% CF
L3Smith – Karlsson – Janmark
6:160% CF
D1McNabb – Theodore
14:2136% CF
D2Pietrangelo – Hutton
11:5270% CF
D3Coghlan – Hague
7:0453% CF

PP1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Stephenson – Theodore
2:00100% CF
PP2Dadonov – Pacioretty – Theodore – Eichel – Roy
1:50100% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
2:35
PK2FJanmark – Roy
1:40
PK1DPietrangelo – McNabb
1:49
PK2DHutton – Coghlan
0:38

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

3rd period

0:41
COLGabriel Landeskog (Cale Makar, Devon Toews)slap0.03 xG
COL: Landeskog, MacKinnon, Toews, Rantanen, MakarVGK: Dadonov, Pacioretty, McNabb, Theodore, Eichel
COL 1 – 0 VGK
15:45
COLMikko RantanenPP (Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar)wrist0.09 xG
COL: Kadri, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen, MakarVGK: McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, Coghlan
COL 2 – 0 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
Gabriel Landeskog L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.70	4	1	0	22:53	—	—	64	76
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.68	0	0	0	22:50	—	—	68	74
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.51	0	0	2	21:21	—	—	60	55
Nazem Kadri C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.27	0	0	0	20:05	—	—	64	50
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	4	1	0	18:20	—	—	63	39
Andre Burakovsky L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	15:24	—	—	64	40
J.T. Compher L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	0	0	0	12:44	—	—	19	12
Tyson Jost C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	10:19	—	—	27	20
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	2	2	0	8:07	—	—	38	27
Logan O'Connor R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	5	0	0	10:34	—	—	29	9
Alex Newhook C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	9:02	—	—	44	71
Darren Helm C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	7:54	—	—	35	17
Cale Makar D	D1	0	2	2	+1	2	0.03	1	0	0	26:10	—	—	60	83
Devon Toews D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.20	2	1	2	22:21	—	—	70	61
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	5	0	22:51	—	—	37	38
Jack Johnson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	1	0	19:10	—	—	41	39
Erik Johnson D	—	0	0	0	0	3	0.05	4	2	0	18:18	—	—	38	17
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	7:38	—	—	50	40

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	W	29	29	0	.1000	3.14	59:59

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Max Pacioretty L	L1	-1	2	0.34	1	1	0	18:30	—	—	59	65
Jack Eichel C	L1	-1	1	0.02	1	0	4	17:32	—	—	47	50
Evgenii Dadonov L	L1	-1	3	0.60	1	0	0	17:18	—	—	52	55
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	0	3	0.39	0	1	0	21:32	—	—	59	50
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	0	6	0.50	0	0	0	18:36	—	—	86	75
Nicolas Roy C	L2	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:48	—	—	63	12
William Karlsson C	L3	0	1	0.31	0	1	0	18:54	—	—	45	64
Reilly Smith R	L3	0	4	0.50	1	0	0	18:31	—	—	36	49
Mattias Janmark C	L3	0	0	0.00	1	3	0	13:02	—	—	26	30
Shea Theodore D	D1	-1	2	0.14	0	1	0	22:46	—	—	46	34
Brayden McNabb D	D1	-1	0	0.08	1	5	0	20:41	—	—	36	31
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	4	0.19	2	3	2	28:17	—	—	63	74
Ben Hutton D	D2	0	2	0.03	0	1	0	16:35	—	—	64	71
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	1	0.03	2	6	0	15:09	—	—	43	65
Dylan Coghlan D	D3	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	12:13	—	—	45	68
William Carrier L	—	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	10:07	—	—	31	10
Brett Howden C	—	0	0	0.00	1	3	0	9:57	—	—	50	53
Nolan Patrick C	—	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0:14	—	—	—	—

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Laurent Brossoit(start)	L	25	23	2	.920	2.87	57:32

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.