Vegas Golden Knights vs. Colorado AvalancheOct 26, 2021

FinalTuesday, Oct 26, 2021· Ball Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	2	0	1	3		VGK	10	9	10	29
COL	0	1	0	1		COL	10	8	9	27

: VGK 55COL 60
: VGK 3.43COL 2.50
PP goals: VGK 0COL 0
Hits: VGK 18COL 25
Blocks: VGK 22COL 16
PIM: VGK 21COL 24
: VGK 40%COL 60%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Colorado Avalanche 3–1

Vegas Golden Knights beat Colorado Avalanche 3–1 at COL. Chandler Stephenson (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Bowen Byram (COL) played 26:07, +7:34 up on his 18:33 season average over 29 games.

Points
Chandler Stephenson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:59.Stephenson
Usage
Bowen Byram (COL) played 26:07, +7:34 up on his 18:33 season average over 29 games.Byram
New line
New look for VGK: Stephenson–Carrier–Krebs skated 10:45 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (68.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Stephenson Carrier Krebs
Usage
Daniil Miromanov (VGK) played 15:37, +6:25 up on his 9:12 season average over 10 games.Miromanov
Usage
Mattias Janmark (VGK) played 7:01, −7:26 down on his 14:27 season average over 66 games.Janmark
New line
New look for COL: Jost–Ranta–O'Connor skated 5:45 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Jost Ranta O'Connor
Usage
Erik Johnson (COL) played 23:45, +6:33 up on his 17:12 season average over 76 games.Johnson
Usage
Reilly Smith (VGK) played 21:24, +3:41 up on his 17:43 season average over 55 games.Smith

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 115 of 115 attempts · COL 60 · VGK 55

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 37% of the game, COL 43%.

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
	46	61
	1.49	2.33
	1.31	2.25
	6	10
	5	6
	16	8
	−0.057	+0.057
	37%	43%

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
12:3725% CF
L2Stephenson – Carrier – Krebs
10:4568% CF
L3Dadonov – Kolesar – Roy
7:5639% CF
L4Janmark – Howden – Leschyshyn
3:4140% CF
D1Pietrangelo – Hague
10:4032% CF
D2McNabb – Miromanov
10:1759% CF
D3Theodore – Coghlan
5:5457% CF

PP1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Stephenson – Theodore
2:54100% CF
PP2Dadonov – Pietrangelo – Roy – Coghlan – Krebs
1:54100% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
1:26
PK2FStephenson – Carrier
1:13
PK1DPietrangelo – McNabb
2:04
PK2DTheodore – Miromanov
1:42

Current VGK line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen
14:5270% CF
L2Kadri – Burakovsky – Compher
10:0150% CF
L3Jost – Ranta – O'Connor
5:4544% CF
L4Helm – Megna – Kaut
2:2675% CF
D1Makar – Byram
14:0867% CF
D2Johnson – Johnson
8:2946% CF

PP1Landeskog – Compher – MacKinnon – Rantanen – Makar
1:5480% CF
PP2Kadri – Burakovsky – Kaut – Ranta – Byram
1:52100% CF
PK1FHelm – Jost
1:43
PK2FCompher – O'Connor
1:09
PK1DJohnson – Johnson
2:01
PK2DMakar – Byram
1:09

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:00
VGKChandler Stephenson (Brayden McNabb, Daniil Miromanov)wrist0.11 xG
VGK: McNabb, Stephenson, Carrier, Krebs, MiromanovCOL: Murray, MacDermid, Jost, Ranta, O'Connor
VGK 1 – 0 COL
9:37
VGKReilly SmithSHbackhand0.19 xG
VGK: Smith, Karlsson, Theodore, MiromanovCOL: Landeskog, Compher, MacKinnon, Rantanen, Makar
VGK 2 – 0 COL

2nd period

19:23
COLCale Makar (Nathan MacKinnon, Bowen Byram)wrist0.02 xG
VGK: Pietrangelo, Smith, Karlsson, TheodoreCOL: MacKinnon, Rantanen, Makar, Byram
VGK 2 – 1 COL

3rd period

19:30
VGKEvgenii DadonovEN (Keegan Kolesar, Chandler Stephenson)wrist0.91 xG
VGK: Dadonov, Pietrangelo, Stephenson, Kolesar, HagueCOL: Kadri, Landeskog, Compher, MacKinnon, Rantanen, Makar
VGK 3 – 1 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
Reilly Smith R	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.76	0	0	0	21:24	—	—	22	19
William Karlsson C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	1	1	0	21:13	—	—	21	20
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.11	0	1	0	19:49	—	—	24	19
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	1	1	2	+2	2	0.12	0	0	0	20:59	—	—	68	83
Peyton Krebs C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.29	2	0	0	15:49	—	—	71	85
William Carrier L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	1	0	0	12:36	—	—	68	84
Evgenii Dadonov L	L3	1	0	1	+1	5	1.24	1	0	0	16:27	—	—	47	62
Keegan Kolesar R	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.17	2	2	0	13:44	—	—	45	56
Nicolas Roy C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	17	11:50	—	—	40	41
Jake Leschyshyn C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	8:58	—	—	50	40
Mattias Janmark C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	0	0	0	7:01	—	—	42	25
Brett Howden C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:01	—	—	20	6
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	0	0	0	5	0.18	1	3	0	27:43	—	—	35	16
Nicolas Hague D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	1	4	4	16:56	—	—	29	17
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.08	5	4	0	19:23	—	—	56	65
Daniil Miromanov D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.01	1	1	0	15:37	—	—	46	73
Shea Theodore D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.09	0	2	0	25:39	—	—	46	39
Dylan Coghlan D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	1	0	10:40	—	—	46	100

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Robin Lehner(start)	W	27	26	1	.963	2.50	60:00

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Gabriel Landeskog L	L1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.52	2	0	0	22:06	—	—	64	64
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	1	1	-1	5	0.49	0	4	0	21:21	—	—	70	80
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.34	3	0	2	21:07	—	—	74	82
J.T. Compher L	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:51	—	—	50	30
Nazem Kadri C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	18:00	—	—	41	30
Andre Burakovsky L	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.15	0	0	0	15:51	—	—	39	33
Tyson Jost C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.30	3	0	0	14:54	—	—	63	70
Logan O'Connor R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	0	2	12:55	—	—	56	71
Sampo Ranta L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	0	1	0	7:48	—	—	44	78
Darren Helm C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	1	0	8:42	—	—	89	85
Martin Kaut R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	7:48	—	—	33	15
Jayson Megna C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	7:46	—	—	64	30
Cale Makar D	D1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.10	3	1	0	26:07	—	—	58	56
Bowen Byram D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.21	1	1	0	26:07	—	—	71	74
Erik Johnson D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	1	1	0	23:45	—	—	54	71
Jack Johnson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	2	20	14:25	—	—	48	39
Ryan Murray D	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	2	0	17:15	—	—	54	64
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	2	0	7:33	—	—	42	57

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	L	28	26	2	.929	2.52	58:39

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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.