Vegas Golden Knights vs. Colorado AvalancheMar 27, 2021

Final / OTSaturday, Mar 27, 2021· Ball Arena

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

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Colorado AvalancheCOL

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
VGK	1	1	0	1	3		VGK	12	10	10	2	34
COL	2	0	0	0	2		COL	10	9	4	1	24

: VGK 57COL 54
: VGK 3.70COL 2.53
PP goals: VGK 1COL 0
Hits: VGK 18COL 8
Blocks: VGK 18COL 11
PIM: VGK 9COL 13
: VGK 37%COL 63%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge Colorado Avalanche 3–2 (OT)

Vegas Golden Knights beat Colorado Avalanche 3–2 in overtime at COL. Max Pacioretty (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Philipp Grubauer (COL) faced 34 shots and stopped 31 (.912), +9 against a season average of 24.8; the overtime loss.

Points
Max Pacioretty had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:26.Pacioretty
Goalie
Philipp Grubauer (COL) faced 34 shots and stopped 31 (.912), +9 against a season average of 24.8; the overtime loss.Grubauer
Usage
Shea Theodore (VGK) played 26:49, +4:21 up on his 22:28 season average over 52 games.Theodore
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Alec Martinez (VGK) played 25:55, +3:25 up on his 22:30 season average over 52 games.Martinez
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Devon Toews (COL) played 28:20, +3:38 up on his 24:42 season average over 52 games.Toews
Usage
J.T. Compher (COL) played 8:59, −5:21 down on his 14:20 season average over 47 games.Compher
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Dan Renouf (COL) played 5:22, −5:05 down on his 10:27 season average over 17 games.Renouf
Usage
Keegan Kolesar (VGK) played 5:47, −3:51 down on his 9:38 season average over 43 games.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 111 of 111 attempts · COL 54 · VGK 57

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 36% of the game, COL 33%.

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	44
	2.25	1.50
	2.08	1.39
	8	4
	5	0
	8	7
	−0.104	+0.104
	36%	33%

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

L1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
11:4640% CF
L2Pacioretty – Stone – Stephenson
11:3931% CF
L3Reaves – Carrier – Nosek
5:2575% CF
L4Tuch – Kolesar – Roy
3:1957% CF
D1Martinez – Theodore
14:5640% CF
D2Hague – Whitecloud
12:2155% CF
D3McNabb – Coghlan
11:0957% CF

PP1Smith – Stone – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore
4:0292% CF
PP2Pacioretty – Martinez – Stephenson – Tuch – Coghlan
3:45100% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
1:30
PK2FStone – Stephenson
1:22
PK1DMartinez – McNabb
1:54
PK2DTheodore – Hague
1:03

Current VGK line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen
15:4946% CF
L2Donskoi – Nichushkin – Jost
8:5456% CF
L3Kadri – Saad – Burakovsky
8:2464% CF
L4Compher – Bellemare – O'Connor
4:0040% CF
D1Toews – Makar
11:3838% CF
D2Girard – MacDonald
5:4244% CF
D3Graves – Renouf
2:4150% CF

PP1Kadri – Saad – Burakovsky – Toews – Girard
2:07100% CF
PP2Donskoi – Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen – Makar
1:51100% CF
PK1FJost – O'Connor
1:58
PK2FDonskoi – Nichushkin
1:53
PK1DToews – Girard
2:35
PK2DMacDonald – Makar
0:32

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:16
COLJoonas Donskoi (Samuel Girard)wrist0.06 xG
VGK: Pacioretty, McNabb, Stone, Stephenson, CoghlanCOL: Donskoi, Nichushkin, Jost, Girard, MacDonald
VGK 0 – 1 COL
16:32
VGKAlec MartinezPP (Chandler Stephenson, Max Pacioretty)slap0.09 xG
VGK: Pacioretty, Martinez, Stephenson, Tuch, CoghlanCOL: Donskoi, Graves, Compher, MacDonald
VGK 1 – 1 COL
17:35
COLDevon Toews (Nathan MacKinnon)slap0.09 xG
VGK: Pacioretty, Stone, Stephenson, Hague, WhitecloudCOL: Landeskog, MacKinnon, Toews, Rantanen, Girard
VGK 1 – 2 COL

2nd period

3:40
VGKWilliam Carrier (Shea Theodore, Tomas Nosek)tip-in0.06 xG
VGK: Reaves, Martinez, Theodore, Carrier, NosekCOL: Landeskog, MacKinnon, Toews, Rantanen, Makar
VGK 2 – 2 COL

OT period

1:56
VGKMax Pacioretty (Alex Tuch)wrist0.28 xG
VGK: Pacioretty, Tuch, CoghlanCOL: Donskoi, Landeskog, Toews
VGK 3 – 2 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
William Karlsson C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.28	1	0	0	22:10	—	—	44	50
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.45	1	1	0	20:44	—	—	53	49
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	1	0	0	19:03	—	—	50	57
Mark Stone R	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.10	0	1	0	20:54	—	—	33	49
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	0	1	1	-2	5	0.76	4	0	0	19:48	—	—	31	52
Max Pacioretty L	L2	1	1	2	-1	3	0.52	0	2	0	19:26	—	—	29	53
Tomas Nosek L	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.25	0	2	0	13:59	—	—	79	98
William Carrier L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.09	0	0	0	9:12	—	—	71	88
Ryan Reaves R	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	7:12	—	—	73	88
Alex Tuch R	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.16	1	0	0	15:59	—	—	71	67
Nicolas Roy C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	1	0	8:54	—	—	53	40
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	0	0	5	5:47	—	—	73	56
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.27	0	3	0	26:49	—	—	43	48
Alec Martinez D	D1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.31	0	4	0	25:55	—	—	38	56
Zach Whitecloud D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	2	0	2	17:47	—	—	54	59
Nicolas Hague D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	1	2	2	15:02	—	—	58	55
Brayden McNabb D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	2	2	0	17:21	—	—	61	74
Dylan Coghlan D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	3	0	0	15:46	—	—	53	78

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	24	22	2	.917	2.53	61:56

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.34	0	2	2	22:39	—	—	41	41
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	20:18	—	—	41	32
Gabriel Landeskog L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.24	0	1	2	19:35	—	—	42	39
Joonas Donskoi R	L2	1	0	1	0	5	0.49	2	1	0	17:05	—	—	57	57
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	0	0	0	15:16	—	—	50	36
Tyson Jost C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	0	1	0	15:15	—	—	61	48
Brandon Saad L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.31	1	0	0	16:02	—	—	62	52
Nazem Kadri C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	0	0	13:57	—	—	61	45
Andre Burakovsky L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	0	0	0	12:41	—	—	65	58
J.T. Compher L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:59	—	—	30	4
Logan O'Connor R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.31	1	0	0	7:58	—	—	50	75
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	7:34	—	—	33	3
Devon Toews D	D1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.16	1	0	0	28:20	—	—	47	44
Cale Makar D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.19	0	1	0	25:38	—	—	41	37
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.11	1	1	0	25:57	—	—	63	50
Jacob MacDonald D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	15:07	—	—	45	31
Ryan Graves D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	1	2	4	20:11	—	—	52	42
Dan Renouf D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	5	5:22	—	—	43	3

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Philipp Grubauer(start)	O	34	31	3	.912	3.70	61:56

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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.