Vegas Golden Knights vs. Colorado AvalancheFeb 22, 2021

FinalMonday, Feb 22, 2021· Ball Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	0	3	0	3		VGK	10	12	6	28
COL	0	0	0	0		COL	8	11	15	34

: VGK 45COL 57
: VGK 2.37COL 2.46
PP goals: VGK 1COL 0
Hits: VGK 14COL 12
Blocks: VGK 17COL 11
PIM: VGK 4COL 8
: VGK 44%COL 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Colorado Avalanche 3–0

Vegas Golden Knights beat Colorado Avalanche 3–0 at COL. Alex Tuch (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 0A. VGK's first power-play unit (Pietrangelo, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault and Tuch) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:38 together.

Points
Alex Tuch had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:48.Tuch
Points
William Karlsson had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:09.Karlsson
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Pietrangelo, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault and Tuch) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:38 together.Pietrangelo Smith Karlsson Marchessault Tuch
New line
New look for VGK: Stone–Stephenson–Tuch skated 12:09 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Stone Stephenson Tuch
New line
New look for VGK: Karlsson–Marchessault–Roy skated 9:56 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Karlsson Marchessault Roy
Luck
COL scored 0 goals on 2.46 expected goals (57 attempts), well short of its chances.
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New look for VGK: Pacioretty–Smith–Glass skated 8:31 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (58.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pacioretty Smith Glass
New line
New look for VGK: Reaves–Carrier–Kolesar skated 6:31 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Reaves Carrier Kolesar

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

← VGK attacks left (bottom on phones)COL attacks right (top on phones) →

COL
VGK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 102 of 102 attempts · COL 57 · VGK 45

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

COL
VGK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

COL pressure
VGK pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: VGK 30% of the game, COL 36%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

COL

VGK

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	VGK	COL
	44	60
	2.14	2.30
	2.08	2.05
	8	11
	1	7
	17	12
	−0.053	+0.053
	30%	36%

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.

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Stone – Stephenson – Tuch
12:0925% CF
L2Karlsson – Marchessault – Roy
9:5644% CF
L3Pacioretty – Smith – Glass
8:3159% CF
L4Reaves – Carrier – Kolesar
6:3155% CF
D1Pietrangelo – Theodore
19:2747% CF
D2Martinez – Whitecloud
15:3527% CF
D3Coghlan – Hague
12:5048% CF

PP1Pietrangelo – Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Tuch
2:3867% CF
PP2Pacioretty – Stone – Stephenson – Theodore – Glass
1:33100% CF
PK1FStone – Stephenson
1:04
PK2FSmith – Karlsson
0:37
PK1DPietrangelo – Hague
1:04
PK2DMartinez – Coghlan
0:16

Current VGK line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen
7:5267% CF
L2Calvert – Nichushkin – Bellemare
7:0470% CF
L3Kadri – Donskoi – Saad
5:1845% CF
L4Burakovsky – Compher – Jost
1:3375% CF
D1Toews – Makar
12:0829% CF
D2Graves – Timmins
6:2075% CF
D3Girard – Byram
5:2675% CF

PP1Kadri – Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen – Makar
1:44100% CF
PP2Donskoi – Saad – Burakovsky – Toews – Girard
0:16
PK1FCalvert – Bellemare
0:55
PK2FCompher – Nichushkin
0:41
PK1DGraves – Toews
2:05
PK2DGirard – Makar
0:31

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

2:53
VGKAlex TuchPP (William Karlsson, Alex Pietrangelo)wrist0.20 xG
VGK: Pietrangelo, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, TuchCOL: Graves, Compher, Toews, Jost
VGK 1 – 0 COL
6:14
VGKAlex Tuch (Mark Stone)backhand0.11 xG
VGK: Pietrangelo, Stone, Stephenson, Theodore, TuchCOL: Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen, Makar, Byram
VGK 2 – 0 COL
11:06
VGKJonathan Marchessault (William Karlsson, Nicolas Hague)wrist0.14 xG
VGK: Karlsson, Marchessault, Roy, Coghlan, HagueCOL: Calvert, Bellemare, Rantanen, Makar, Byram
VGK 3 – 0 COL

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Tuch R	L1	2	0	2	+1	2	0.31	2	0	0	18:48	—	—	22	29
Chandler Stephenson C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.13	0	0	0	18:25	—	—	30	49
Mark Stone R	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:31	—	—	26	48
William Karlsson C	L2	0	2	2	+1	2	0.07	0	1	0	18:09	—	—	52	69
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.24	0	0	0	17:17	—	—	50	73
Nicolas Roy C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.30	0	0	0	14:23	—	—	52	65
Max Pacioretty L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.13	0	0	0	16:35	—	—	45	27
Cody Glass C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	1	0	15:11	—	—	44	32
Reilly Smith R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	0	0	0	14:42	—	—	61	40
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	0	0	11:09	—	—	41	48
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	10:00	—	—	50	71
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.27	3	1	2	8:05	—	—	46	61
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.12	0	1	0	25:22	—	—	49	59
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	1	2	23:02	—	—	47	56
Alec Martinez D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	0	5	0	19:19	—	—	31	42
Zach Whitecloud D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	3	3	0	18:47	—	—	32	48
Dylan Coghlan D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.13	0	2	0	14:50	—	—	50	41
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.18	1	2	0	14:45	—	—	48	42

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	34	34	0	.1000	2.46	60:00

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	-2	1	0.08	0	0	0	18:31	—	—	58	44
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	-1	3	0.22	0	0	0	18:21	—	—	59	55
Gabriel Landeskog L	L1	-1	4	0.24	1	0	0	17:29	—	—	54	62
Matt Calvert L	L2	-1	1	0.34	1	0	2	14:05	—	—	68	70
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L2	-1	3	0.23	1	1	0	11:36	—	—	67	67
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	0	1	0.05	0	1	0	11:26	—	—	57	75
Nazem Kadri C	L3	0	2	0.37	1	0	0	17:04	—	—	59	49
Brandon Saad L	L3	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	13:46	—	—	65	56
Joonas Donskoi R	L3	0	2	0.25	1	0	0	13:38	—	—	57	53
Andre Burakovsky L	L4	0	2	0.02	0	0	0	14:34	—	—	52	9
Tyson Jost C	L4	0	2	0.09	1	0	0	14:02	—	—	48	29
J.T. Compher L	L4	0	0	0.00	0	3	2	11:07	—	—	47	28
Cale Makar D	D1	-2	1	0.10	0	1	0	25:02	—	—	47	33
Devon Toews D	D1	0	4	0.33	1	4	0	23:43	—	—	42	49
Ryan Graves D	D2	0	5	0.06	1	0	0	18:48	—	—	62	51
Conor Timmins D	D2	0	1	0.02	0	0	2	13:23	—	—	77	65
Samuel Girard D	D3	0	1	0.04	0	1	0	21:19	—	—	61	72
Bowen Byram D	D3	-2	0	0.00	4	0	2	16:05	—	—	63	44

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Philipp Grubauer(start)	L	28	25	3	.893	2.37	60:00

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.