Colorado Avalanche vs. Vegas Golden KnightsOct 22, 2022

FinalSaturday, Oct 22, 2022· T-Mobile Arena

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Colorado AvalancheCOL

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

2

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	1	1	1	3		COL	10	11	4	25
VGK	1	0	1	2		VGK	5	16	14	35

: COL 66VGK 62
: COL 2.36VGK 2.72
PP goals: COL 2VGK 1
Hits: COL 38VGK 41
Blocks: COL 16VGK 27
PIM: COL 8VGK 4
: COL 39%VGK 61%

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. Jack Eichel (VGK) led the scoring with 0G 2A. COL's first power-play unit (Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Rantanen and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:46 together.

Points
Jack Eichel had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:10.Eichel
Points
Mark Stone had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 21:03.Stone
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Rantanen and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:46 together.Lehkonen MacKinnon Nichushkin Rantanen Makar
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Pietrangelo, Stone, Marchessault, Stephenson and Eichel) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:35 together.Pietrangelo Stone Marchessault Stephenson Eichel
Goalie
Alexandar Georgiev (COL) faced 35 shots and stopped 33 (.943), +4 against a season average of 30.7; the win.Georgiev
Usage
J.T. Compher (COL) played 14:51, −5:46 down on his 20:37 season average over 81 games.Compher
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Jayson Megna (COL) played 5:49, −4:16 down on his 10:05 season average over 54 games.Megna
Usage
Martin Kaut (COL) played 6:36, −3:55 down on his 10:31 season average over 35 games.Kaut

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 128 of 128 attempts · VGK 62 · COL 66

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 32% of the game, VGK 34%.

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
	68	55
	1.82	2.37
	1.75	2.31
	7	11
	2	5
	20	13
	−0.057	+0.057
	32%	34%

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

L1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Rantanen
11:5159% CF
L2Cogliano – Compher – O'Connor
9:1644% CF
L3Nichushkin – Rodrigues – Newhook
6:2278% CF
L4Megna – Hunt – Kaut
4:1329% CF
D1Makar – Byram
13:5559% CF
D2Manson – Girard
12:4167% CF
D3Johnson – MacDonald
6:3240% CF

PP1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Rantanen – Makar
1:46100% CF
PP2Compher – Rodrigues – Girard – Byram – Newhook
0:18100% CF
PK1FCogliano – Compher
1:13
PK2FNichushkin – Rodrigues
0:56
PK1DMakar – Byram
2:31
PK2DJohnson – Manson
2:18

Current COL line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Stone – Stephenson – Howden
9:0845% CF
L2Karlsson – Marchessault – Amadio
8:4243% CF
L3Kessel – Smith – Eichel
6:3521% CF
L4Carrier – Kolesar – Roy
6:1250% CF
D1Martinez – Pietrangelo
16:4839% CF
D2McNabb – Theodore
13:4943% CF
D3Hague – Whitecloud
9:4243% CF

PP1Pietrangelo – Stone – Marchessault – Stephenson – Eichel
3:35100% CF
PP2Kessel – Smith – Karlsson – Theodore – Roy
1:57100% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
1:07
PK2FStone – Stephenson
0:58
PK1DMcNabb – Whitecloud
1:23
PK2DMartinez – Pietrangelo
0:42

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

5:38
COLNathan MacKinnonPP (Cale Makar, Artturi Lehkonen)slap0.05 xG
COL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Rantanen, MakarVGK: McNabb, Stone, Stephenson, Whitecloud
COL 1 – 0 VGK
19:16
VGKJonathan MarchessaultPP (Mark Stone, Jack Eichel)snap0.08 xG
COL: Cogliano, Johnson, Manson, CompherVGK: Pietrangelo, Stone, Marchessault, Stephenson, Eichel
COL 1 – 1 VGK

2nd period

6:20
COLEvan RodriguesPP (Samuel Girard, Bowen Byram)slap0.09 xG
COL: Compher, Rodrigues, Girard, Byram, NewhookVGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Stone, Stephenson
COL 2 – 1 VGK

3rd period

8:10
COLValeri Nichushkin (Erik Johnson)wrist0.15 xG
COL: Johnson, Nichushkin, Rodrigues, MacDonald, NewhookVGK: Kessel, McNabb, Smith, Theodore, Eichel
COL 3 – 1 VGK
10:32
VGKChandler Stephenson (Jack Eichel, Mark Stone)snap0.19 xG
COL: Manson, Nichushkin, Rodrigues, Girard, NewhookVGK: Stone, Stephenson, Theodore, Eichel, Hague
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
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	1	0	1	0	7	0.51	2	1	2	22:34	—	—	59	43
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.23	1	1	2	22:33	—	—	51	49
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.06	3	2	0	20:47	—	—	47	41
Logan O'Connor R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	0	0	16:10	—	—	41	19
Andrew Cogliano C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	2	0	14:57	—	—	44	24
J.T. Compher L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	0	1	2	14:51	—	—	50	35
Valeri Nichushkin R	L3	1	0	1	0	6	0.45	2	0	0	18:19	—	—	77	66
Evan Rodrigues C	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.10	0	1	0	15:06	—	—	76	68
Alex Newhook C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	11:43	—	—	70	64
Martin Kaut R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	0	0	0	6:36	—	—	54	35
Dryden Hunt L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	6:15	—	—	50	34
Jayson Megna C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	5:49	—	—	18	1
Cale Makar D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.13	2	1	0	25:46	—	—	57	45
Bowen Byram D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	4	1	0	23:25	—	—	51	39
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	21:44	—	—	61	42
Josh Manson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.50	4	2	2	20:33	—	—	61	39
Erik Johnson D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.05	3	4	0	16:03	—	—	36	39
Jacob MacDonald D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:52	—	—	58	61

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	W	35	33	2	.943	2.72	59:33

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mark Stone R	L1	0	2	2	+1	1	0.29	3	0	0	21:03	—	—	58	67
Chandler Stephenson C	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.48	4	1	0	19:36	—	—	50	60
Brett Howden C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	2	1	2	16:02	—	—	33	47
William Karlsson C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.35	0	1	0	19:10	—	—	47	75
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.17	3	0	0	17:30	—	—	48	77
Michael Amadio R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	2	4	0	12:16	—	—	41	55
Jack Eichel C	L3	0	2	2	0	3	0.08	1	0	0	17:10	—	—	35	59
Reilly Smith R	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.25	4	1	0	16:13	—	—	50	63
Phil Kessel R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	0	0	0	12:45	—	—	28	34
Nicolas Roy C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	3	0	0	14:59	—	—	53	48
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	2	0	0	10:05	—	—	50	34
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	4	0	0	9:46	—	—	40	42
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.14	3	3	0	25:18	—	—	40	51
Alec Martinez D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	7	0	20:07	—	—	40	52
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.22	1	1	2	22:10	—	—	47	54
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	5	5	0	18:12	—	—	47	62
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.08	2	1	0	14:30	—	—	45	71
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	2	2	0	13:19	—	—	53	80

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	L	25	22	3	.880	1.86	57:41

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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.