Colorado Avalanche vs. Vegas Golden KnightsApr 14, 2024

Final / OTSunday, Apr 14, 2024· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
COL	2	1	0	0	3		COL	11	11	2	0	24
VGK	0	0	3	1	4		VGK	6	11	11	2	30

: COL 44VGK 64
: COL 1.64VGK 2.23
PP goals: COL 0VGK 2
Hits: COL 23VGK 29
Blocks: COL 17VGK 10
PIM: COL 8VGK 4
: COL 32%VGK 68%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge Colorado Avalanche 4–3 (OT)

Vegas Golden Knights beat Colorado Avalanche 4–3 in overtime at home. William Karlsson (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for COL: Parise–Cogliano–Trenin skated 5:56 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (45.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
William Karlsson had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:35.Karlsson
Points
Cale Makar had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 24:40.Makar
New line
New look for COL: Parise–Cogliano–Trenin skated 5:56 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (45.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Parise Cogliano Trenin
New line
New look for COL: Wood–Duhaime–Colton skated 8:34 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (47.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Wood Duhaime Colton
New line
New look for VGK: Barbashev–Kolesar–Roy skated 4:03 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Barbashev Kolesar Roy
New line
New look for VGK: Marchessault–Eichel–Cotter skated 6:14 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (87.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Marchessault Eichel Cotter
Luck
VGK scored 4 goals on 2.23 expected goals (64 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Pavel Dorofeyev (VGK) played 17:01, +3:49 up on his 13:12 season average over 46 games.Dorofeyev

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 108 of 108 attempts · VGK 64 · COL 44

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 28% of the game, VGK 40%.

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
	48	64
	1.70	1.90
	1.67	1.85
	10	5
	6	4
	23	17
	−0.144	+0.144
	28%	40%

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

L1Nichushkin – Rantanen – Mittelstadt
11:1157% CF
L2Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Drouin
10:5663% CF
L3Wood – Duhaime – Colton
8:3447% CF
L4Parise – Cogliano – Trenin
5:5645% CF
D1Toews – Makar
15:4631% CF
D2Manson – Walker
14:0556% CF
D3Johnson – Jones
9:5550% CF

PP1MacKinnon – Drouin – Nichushkin – Rantanen – Makar
2:00100% CF
PK1FCogliano – Trenin
0:55
PK2FWood – Lehkonen
0:34
PK1DToews – Makar
1:08
PK2DJohnson – Walker
0:44

Current COL line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Hertl – Stephenson – Dorofeyev
10:4048% CF
L2Karlsson – Mantha – Howden
8:3955% CF
L3Marchessault – Eichel – Cotter
6:1488% CF
L4Barbashev – Kolesar – Roy
4:0357% CF
D1McNabb – Theodore
17:3359% CF
D2Hanifin – Hague
16:5444% CF
D3Hutton – Whitecloud
13:2164% CF

PP1Marchessault – Hertl – Stephenson – Hanifin – Eichel
2:1267% CF
PP2Karlsson – Theodore – Barbashev – Roy – Dorofeyev
1:08100% CF
PK1FKarlsson – Eichel
1:10
PK2FStephenson – Roy
0:30
PK1DHanifin – Hague
1:10
PK2DMcNabb – Whitecloud
0:40

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
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	1	0	1	+1	6	0.41	0	1	0	20:17	—	—	44	59
Valeri Nichushkin R	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	4	0	2	19:12	—	—	50	49
Casey Mittelstadt C	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:38	—	—	55	73
Jonathan Drouin L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.23	0	1	0	19:49	—	—	42	51
Nathan MacKinnon C	L2	0	1	1	-1	4	0.18	1	0	0	19:48	—	—	41	55
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.00	0	0	0	16:42	—	—	53	61
Miles Wood L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:39	—	—	30	32
Brandon Duhaime L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	4	0	0	11:36	—	—	47	49
Ross Colton C	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.16	1	0	0	10:22	—	—	42	46
Yakov Trenin C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.17	2	1	0	12:33	—	—	36	21
Andrew Cogliano C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	10:11	—	—	42	15
Zach Parise L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	8:39	—	—	31	18
Cale Makar D	D1	1	1	2	+1	1	0.17	0	8	0	24:40	—	—	31	47
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.04	0	1	0	23:34	—	—	30	49
Josh Manson D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.10	1	1	6	21:26	—	—	52	50
Sean Walker D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	3	2	0	20:11	—	—	53	57
Caleb Jones D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	0	0	16:08	—	—	50	29
Jack Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	14:49	—	—	41	30

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	O	30	26	4	.867	2.23	61:23

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Chandler Stephenson C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:49	—	—	48	41
Tomas Hertl C	L1	1	0	1	0	5	0.45	0	0	0	17:44	—	—	54	58
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L1	0	1	1	0	4	0.37	0	0	2	17:01	—	—	43	52
William Karlsson C	L2	2	0	2	0	2	0.53	1	0	0	15:35	—	—	68	57
Brett Howden C	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	11:16	—	—	67	48
Anthony Mantha R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:41	—	—	50	40
Jack Eichel C	L3	0	1	1	-1	5	0.26	2	1	0	23:31	—	—	61	54
Jonathan Marchessault R	L3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	21:20	—	—	73	74
Paul Cotter L	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.08	2	0	0	11:27	—	—	62	47
Ivan Barbashev L	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.09	3	1	0	15:57	—	—	48	58
Nicolas Roy C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	0	0	11:56	—	—	52	45
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.03	4	2	0	9:04	—	—	53	28
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.15	0	1	0	22:05	—	—	63	59
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.04	2	1	0	20:39	—	—	61	60
Noah Hanifin D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.07	1	2	0	25:17	—	—	49	22
Nicolas Hague D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	19:59	—	—	47	38
Ben Hutton D	D3	0	0	0	0	4	0.06	2	2	0	15:23	—	—	62	73
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	2	0	0	14:48	—	—	63	73

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Adin Hill(start)	W	24	21	3	.875	1.64	61:23

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Ross Colton (COL) 1st 7:26 · assists Miles Wood, Cale Makar · Rush · carried in · 41.4 mph shot · 3.4 s from entry to goal.

Ross Colton · 1st 7:26 · COL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 41.4 mph
Distance: 27 ft
Entry to goal: 3.4 s

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Cale Makar · 1st 10:34 · COL

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Distance: 4 ft

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Mikko Rantanen · 2nd 12:50 · COL

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 22.9 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 5.7 s

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Ivan Barbashev · 3rd 2:56 · VGK

Play: cycle
Passes: 1
Shot: 9.8 mph
Distance: 13 ft

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William Karlsson · 3rd 6:35 · VGK PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 5
Shot: 45.9 mph
Distance: 20 ft

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William Karlsson · 3rd 16:23 · VGK

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 68.0 mph
Distance: 29 ft
Entry to goal: 2.1 s

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Tomas Hertl · OT 1:23 · VGK PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 2
Shot: 63.0 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Type: deflection

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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.

Colorado Avalanche vs. Vegas Golden KnightsApr 14, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Vegas Golden Knights edge Colorado Avalanche 4–3 (OT)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Colorado Avalanche

Vegas Golden Knights

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

OT period

Box score

Colorado Avalanche

Vegas Golden Knights

Goal anatomy

Ross Colton · 1st 7:26 · COL

Cale Makar · 1st 10:34 · COL

Mikko Rantanen · 2nd 12:50 · COL

Ivan Barbashev · 3rd 2:56 · VGK

William Karlsson · 3rd 6:35 · VGK PP

William Karlsson · 3rd 16:23 · VGK

Tomas Hertl · OT 1:23 · VGK PP