Colorado Avalanche vs. Vegas Golden KnightsFeb 26, 2022

FinalSaturday, Feb 26, 2022· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	1	0	2	3		COL	6	12	3	21
VGK	2	0	0	2		VGK	15	10	11	36

: COL 38VGK 66
: COL 2.12VGK 2.93
PP goals: COL 0VGK 0
Hits: COL 29VGK 13
Blocks: COL 15VGK 12
PIM: COL 4VGK 6
: COL 42%VGK 58%

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. Jonathan Marchessault (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for VGK: Dadonov–Stephenson–Eichel skated 13:34 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (52% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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New look for VGK: Dadonov–Stephenson–Eichel skated 13:34 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (52% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dadonov Stephenson Eichel
Goalie
Darcy Kuemper (COL) faced 36 shots and stopped 34 (.944), +5 against a season average of 30.8; the win.Kuemper
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New look for VGK: Carrier–Amadio–Roy skated 10:43 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (61.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Carrier Amadio Roy
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New look for VGK: Kolesar–Howden–Rondbjerg skated 6:28 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (16.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kolesar Howden Rondbjerg
Usage
Erik Johnson (COL) played 12:24, −4:57 down on his 17:21 season average over 76 games.Johnson
Usage
Kurtis MacDermid (COL) played 3:16, −4:12 down on his 7:28 season average over 57 games.MacDermid
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Alex Pietrangelo (VGK) played 21:22, −3:19 down on his 24:41 season average over 79 games.Pietrangelo
Usage
Devon Toews (COL) played 28:30, +3:11 up on his 25:19 season average over 65 games.Toews

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 104 of 104 attempts · VGK 66 · COL 38

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 16% of the game, VGK 41%.

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
	40	70
	2.06	2.90
	1.89	2.57
	10	11
	1	8
	10	19
	−0.029	+0.029
	16%	41%

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
10:5820% CF
L2Kadri – Landeskog – Nichushkin
10:4754% CF
L3Compher – O'Connor – Newhook
6:0923% CF
D1Toews – Makar
18:3723% CF
D2Johnson – Girard
12:1143% CF
D3Johnson – Murray
8:0141% CF

PP1Kadri – Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen – Makar
2:2550% CF
PP2Burakovsky – Nichushkin – Toews – Girard – Newhook
1:28100% CF
PK1FCompher – Nichushkin
2:03
PK2FHelm – Kadri
0:49
PK1DJohnson – Toews
2:42
PK2DJohnson – Makar
1:11

Current COL line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Dadonov – Stephenson – Eichel
13:3452% CF
L2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
10:5481% CF
L3Carrier – Amadio – Roy
10:4362% CF
L4Kolesar – Howden – Rondbjerg
6:2817% CF
D1Hague – Whitecloud
16:0865% CF
D2McNabb – Theodore
15:0764% CF
D3Pietrangelo – Hutton
11:2450% CF

PP1Dadonov – Stephenson – Theodore – Eichel – Kolesar
2:10100% CF
PP2Pietrangelo – Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Roy
1:43100% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
1:49
PK2FHowden – Rondbjerg
0:49
PK1DPietrangelo – McNabb
1:51
PK2DHague – Whitecloud
1:45

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:07
VGKChandler Stephenson (Jack Eichel, Shea Theodore)wrist0.09 xG
COL: Johnson, Kadri, Landeskog, Nichushkin, ToewsVGK: Dadonov, McNabb, Stephenson, Theodore, Eichel
COL 0 – 1 VGK
7:10
COLAndre Burakovsky (Alex Newhook, Samuel Girard)wrist0.11 xG
COL: Burakovsky, Nichushkin, Toews, Girard, NewhookVGK: Kolesar, Howden, Hague, Rondbjerg, Whitecloud
COL 1 – 1 VGK
8:31
VGKJonathan Marchessault (Reilly Smith)slap0.03 xG
COL: Burakovsky, MacKinnon, Toews, Rantanen, MakarVGK: McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Theodore
COL 1 – 2 VGK

3rd period

5:40
COLJ.T. Compher (Jack Johnson, Logan O'Connor)deflected0.13 xG
COL: Johnson, Compher, Girard, O'Connor, NewhookVGK: Pietrangelo, Hutton, Carrier, Amadio, Roy
COL 2 – 2 VGK
6:06
COLNathan MacKinnon (Cale Makar, Mikko Rantanen)slap0.07 xG
COL: Burakovsky, MacKinnon, Toews, Rantanen, MakarVGK: McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Theodore
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
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.07	1	0	2	20:29	—	—	22	16
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	1	0	1	0	1	0.15	0	1	0	19:25	—	—	19	13
Andre Burakovsky L	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.11	0	0	0	15:19	—	—	38	34
Nazem Kadri C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.62	2	1	0	19:10	—	—	46	61
Gabriel Landeskog L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.27	4	0	2	18:14	—	—	49	64
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	2	2	0	17:11	—	—	59	70
J.T. Compher L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.23	0	0	0	16:43	—	—	33	49
Alex Newhook C	L3	0	1	1	+2	3	0.35	1	0	0	15:14	—	—	43	56
Logan O'Connor R	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	3	0	14:09	—	—	19	22
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	28:30	—	—	32	35
Cale Makar D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.10	3	1	0	27:32	—	—	23	20
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	1	2	0	20:15	—	—	42	48
Jack Johnson D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	2	1	0	16:20	—	—	41	45
Ryan Murray D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	1	0	0	12:27	—	—	41	57
Erik Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	2	0	12:24	—	—	39	48
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:50	—	—	30	36
Darren Helm C	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	1	0	8:32	—	—	25	23
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	3:16	—	—	20	12

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	W	36	34	2	.944	2.93	60:00

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Chandler Stephenson C	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.09	0	1	0	20:32	—	—	53	43
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.33	4	1	0	19:48	—	—	59	61
Evgenii Dadonov L	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.28	0	0	0	18:10	—	—	55	48
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	1	1	0	6	1.07	0	0	0	17:00	—	—	85	75
William Karlsson C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	0	0	0	16:35	—	—	79	66
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.10	0	0	0	15:12	—	—	85	75
Nicolas Roy C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.23	0	0	2	17:00	—	—	58	31
Michael Amadio R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	0	0	14:25	—	—	64	46
William Carrier L	L3	0	0	0	-1	5	0.13	2	0	0	13:07	—	—	69	57
Brett Howden C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	1	0	0	10:27	—	—	57	75
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	2	10:18	—	—	33	51
Jonas Rondbjerg R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.16	1	0	0	9:13	—	—	13	42
Nicolas Hague D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	0	3	0	20:17	—	—	67	52
Zach Whitecloud D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	0	0	0	19:43	—	—	67	52
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.03	2	2	0	23:31	—	—	71	71
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.10	2	3	0	18:29	—	—	64	60
Alex Pietrangelo D	D3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.19	1	1	2	21:22	—	—	58	60
Ben Hutton D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	0	0	12:37	—	—	52	56

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Laurent Brossoit(start)	L	21	18	3	.857	1.78	58:14

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.