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Vegas Golden Knights vs. Colorado AvalancheJun 2, 2021

Final / OTPlayoffs· Ball Arena
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VGK
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Goals1231OTTShots1231OTT
VGK11002VGK91615141
COL20013COL1166225
VGK 71COL 63
VGK 2.94COL 3.44
PP goals
VGK 1COL 2
Hits
VGK 21COL 22
Blocks
VGK 28COL 17
PIM
VGK 12COL 6
VGK 56%COL 44%

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 (OT)

Colorado Avalanche beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–2 in overtime at home. Shea Theodore (VGK) led the scoring with 0G 2A. COL's first power-play unit (Donskoi, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 13 attempts in 7:25 together.

  1. Points
    Samuel Girard had 2 assists (2 points) in 22:02.Girard
  2. Points
    Shea Theodore had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:53.Theodore
  3. PP1
    COL's first power-play unit (Donskoi, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 13 attempts in 7:25 together.DonskoiLandeskogMacKinnonRantanenMakar
  4. PP1
    VGK's first power-play unit (Pacioretty, Martinez, Stone, Stephenson and Theodore) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:47 together.PaciorettyMartinezStoneStephensonTheodore
  5. Goalie
    Philipp Grubauer (COL) faced 41 shots and stopped 39 (.951), +11 against a season average of 30.1; the win.Grubauer
  6. Usage
    Cale Makar (COL) played 28:45, +4:50 up on his 23:55 season average over 9 games.Makar
  7. New line
    New look for VGK: Tuch–Sikura–Roy skated 8:05 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (52.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.TuchSikuraRoy
  8. Usage
    Gabriel Landeskog (COL) played 26:12, +6:22 up on his 19:50 season average over 9 games.Landeskog

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.

Shot map, VGK at COL: 134 attempts, 66 on goal, 5 goals, 6.37 expected goals; best chance Brandon Saad at 0.53 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← VGK attacks left (bottom on phones)COL attacks right (top on phones) →
  • COL
  • VGK
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 134 of 134 attempts · COL 63 · VGK 71

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, VGK at COL: expected goals 3.44 to 2.94 (COL led the chances), shot attempts 63 to 71, 5 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdOTCOLVGKSMJSRnet xGcumulative expected goals · 62:07
  • COL
  • VGK
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
COLVGKcontrol2nd3rdOTSaad · 1st 3:39Martinez · 1st 9:32Jost · 1st 17:08Smith · 2nd 10:28Rantanen · OT 2:07
  • 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 22% of the game, COL 31%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, VGK at COL: 38 players over 62:07; most ice Philipp Grubauer (62:07) for COL and Marc-Andre Fleury (62:07) for VGK, 5 goals.

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
StatVGKCOL
7244
2.531.56
2.421.51
118
57
147
+0.060−0.060
22%31%

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

Current VGK line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 3:39
    COLBrandon Saad (Samuel Girard, Ryan Graves)wrist0.12 xG
    VGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Smith, Karlsson, MarchessaultCOL: Saad, Graves, Nichushkin, Jost, Girard
    VGK 0 – 1 COL
  2. 9:32
    VGKAlec MartinezPP (Max Pacioretty, Shea Theodore)snap0.13 xG
    VGK: Pacioretty, Martinez, Stone, Stephenson, TheodoreCOL: Nemeth, Graves, Bellemare, Jost
    VGK 1 – 1 COL
  3. 17:08
    COLTyson JostPP (Samuel Girard, Devon Toews)snap0.10 xG
    VGK: Tuch, Roy, Hague, WhitecloudCOL: Saad, Burakovsky, Toews, Jost, Girard
    VGK 1 – 2 COL

2nd period

  1. 10:28
    VGKReilly Smith (Jonathan Marchessault, Shea Theodore)backhand0.10 xG
    VGK: Holden, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, TheodoreCOL: Saad, Graves, Nichushkin, Jost, Girard
    VGK 2 – 2 COL

OT period

  1. 2:07
    COLMikko RantanenPP (Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar)wrist0.07 xG
    VGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Karlsson, RoyCOL: Donskoi, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen, Makar
    VGK 2 – 3 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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Mark Stone RL1000020.2200022:05——6265
Chandler Stephenson CL1000030.2010021:45——5959
Max Pacioretty LL1011040.2901219:09——6159
William Karlsson CL2000010.2122018:44——5964
Reilly Smith RL2101020.3032217:45——6369
Jonathan Marchessault RL2011040.3320214:56——6461
Nicolas Roy CL3000000.0031014:58——5965
Alex Tuch RL3000010.2401214:23——5460
Dylan Sikura RL3000010.061209:08——5758
Keegan Kolesar RL4000020.170008:52——7760
William Carrier LL4000020.091007:36——7160
Patrick Brown CL4000010.011007:34——7962
Alex Pietrangelo DD1000-160.1707027:16——5047
Alec Martinez DD1101-120.2724023:51——4139
Shea Theodore DD2022+130.1012222:53——6255
Nick Holden DD2000+120.0532016:39——5952
Zach Whitecloud DD3000030.1003017:52——8392
Nicolas Hague DD3000020.1611214:16——8792
VGK goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)L25223.8803.4462:07

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Gabriel Landeskog LL1000020.5321026:12——5054
Mikko Rantanen RL1101050.5020025:05——5154
Nathan MacKinnon CL1011030.5121024:06——5654
Tyson Jost CL2101020.3212016:45——2230
Valeri Nichushkin RL2000030.2823015:09——3242
Brandon Saad LL2101030.7411014:43——2130
Joonas Donskoi RL3000010.1201018:12——2930
J.T. Compher LL3000010.0702015:02——4245
Andre Burakovsky LL3000020.2500012:22——4439
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare LL4000000.001009:00——180
Alex Newhook CL4000000.002126:08——336
Sampo Ranta LL4000000.002005:56——250
Cale Makar DD1011010.0731028:45——5148
Devon Toews DD1011000.0001227:21——4735
Samuel Girard DD2022000.0012022:02——2628
Ryan Graves DD2011010.0420015:30——2139
Patrik Nemeth DD3000010.0201213:38——2719
Conor Timmins DD3000000.001009:43——5074
COL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Philipp Grubauer(start)W41392.9512.9462:07