Vegas Golden Knights vs. Colorado AvalancheJan 2, 2023

FinalMonday, Jan 2, 2023· Ball Arena

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

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Colorado AvalancheCOL

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	1	2	0	3		VGK	7	15	6	28
COL	1	0	1	2		COL	9	9	11	29

: VGK 49COL 51
: VGK 3.47COL 3.08
PP goals: VGK 0COL 0
Hits: VGK 24COL 29
Blocks: VGK 11COL 7
PIM: VGK 17COL 9
: VGK 55%COL 45%

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Colorado Avalanche 3–2 at COL. Nicolas Roy (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for COL: Compher–Malgin–Newhook skated 6:50 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Nicolas Roy had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:50.Roy
Points
Mikko Rantanen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 27:13.Rantanen
Points
Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 8 shots in 27:07.MacKinnon
Points
Artturi Lehkonen had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 23:57.Lehkonen
New line
New look for COL: Compher–Malgin–Newhook skated 6:50 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Compher Malgin Newhook
Usage
Mikko Rantanen (COL) played 27:13, +5:03 up on his 22:10 season average over 81 games.Rantanen
Usage
Nathan MacKinnon (COL) played 27:07, +4:52 up on his 22:15 season average over 70 games.MacKinnon
New line
New look for VGK: Froese–Leschyshyn–Rondbjerg skated 5:55 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Froese Leschyshyn Rondbjerg

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 100 of 100 attempts · COL 51 · VGK 49

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 28%.

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
	50	36
	3.34	1.85
	3.07	1.76
	22	5
	1	1
	22	8
	+0.000	+0.000
	30%	28%

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 – Amadio
11:0275% CF
L2Kessel – Smith – Karlsson
9:4139% CF
L3Carrier – Kolesar – Roy
7:1260% CF
L4Froese – Leschyshyn – Rondbjerg
5:5550% CF
D1Pietrangelo – Hague
14:0548% CF
D2McNabb – Korczak
11:0469% CF
D3Hutton – Pachal
9:5583% CF

PP1Pietrangelo – Smith – Stone – Stephenson – Amadio
1:09
PP2Kessel – Karlsson – Hutton – Carrier – Roy
0:45100% CF
PK1FStone – Stephenson
4:03
PK2FSmith – Karlsson
1:38
PK1DPietrangelo – McNabb
5:37
PK2DHague – Pachal
2:46

Current VGK line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Rantanen
12:4068% CF
L2Compher – Malgin – Newhook
6:5025% CF
L3Cogliano – O'Connor – Meyers
5:4429% CF
D1Toews – Makar
16:0250% CF
D2Johnson – Girard
9:2213% CF
D3Hunt – Englund
3:19100% CF

PP1Compher – Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Rantanen – Makar
6:2590% CF
PP2Toews – Malgin – Girard – Newhook – Meyers
2:5775% CF
PK1FCompher – O'Connor
1:04
PK2FHelm – Lehkonen
0:39
PK1DJohnson – Toews
1:04
PK2DGirard – Makar
0:41

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:25
COLNathan MacKinnon (Mikko Rantanen, Artturi Lehkonen)wrist0.03 xG
VGK: Pietrangelo, Carrier, Kolesar, Roy, HagueCOL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Toews, Rantanen, Makar
VGK 0 – 1 COL
17:02
VGKMichael Amadio (Nicolas Hague, Mark Stone)tip-in0.06 xG
VGK: Pietrangelo, Stone, Stephenson, Amadio, HagueCOL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Rantanen, Girard, Makar
VGK 1 – 1 COL

2nd period

7:14
VGKNicolas Roy (Keegan Kolesar, Kaedan Korczak)wrist0.07 xG
VGK: McNabb, Carrier, Kolesar, Roy, KorczakCOL: Cogliano, Johnson, Hunt, O'Connor, Meyers
VGK 2 – 1 COL
14:46
VGKNicolas Roy (William Carrier, Alex Pietrangelo)tip-in0.13 xG
VGK: Pietrangelo, Carrier, Kolesar, Roy, HagueCOL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Toews, Rantanen, Makar
VGK 3 – 1 COL

3rd period

11:07
COLMikko Rantanen (Artturi Lehkonen, Nathan MacKinnon)backhand0.20 xG
VGK: Pietrangelo, Froese, Hague, Leschyshyn, RondbjergCOL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Toews, Rantanen, Makar
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
Chandler Stephenson C	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.94	0	2	0	21:32	—	—	69	73
Mark Stone R	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.32	0	0	0	20:59	—	—	76	69
Michael Amadio R	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.17	0	0	0	14:02	—	—	78	69
William Karlsson C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.29	1	1	0	19:20	—	—	42	62
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	2	17:32	—	—	41	60
Phil Kessel R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.17	0	1	2	12:46	—	—	42	67
Nicolas Roy C	L3	2	0	2	+1	2	0.20	1	0	0	15:50	—	—	60	73
William Carrier L	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.21	4	0	4	12:58	—	—	53	84
Keegan Kolesar R	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.21	5	0	5	8:56	—	—	62	75
Jonas Rondbjerg R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	1	0	10:04	—	—	40	27
Jake Leschyshyn C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.17	0	0	0	8:21	—	—	67	35
Byron Froese C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	2	7:22	—	—	40	0
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.12	2	0	0	28:29	—	—	49	51
Nicolas Hague D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	2	2	0	21:44	—	—	43	42
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	2	4	0	24:29	—	—	63	89
Kaedan Korczak D	D2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.06	3	0	0	15:30	—	—	64	93
Brayden Pachal D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	2	15:40	—	—	73	62
Ben Hutton D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.52	0	0	0	12:32	—	—	77	74

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	W	29	27	2	.931	3.08	59:54

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	1	1	2	0	3	0.51	0	0	0	27:13	—	—	56	51
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	1	1	2	0	8	0.72	1	0	0	27:07	—	—	57	51
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	2	2	0	1	0.13	5	0	0	23:57	—	—	63	62
J.T. Compher L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.31	0	1	0	22:39	—	—	21	17
Alex Newhook C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	1	0	0	17:12	—	—	50	25
Denis Malgin C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	1	0	0	15:20	—	—	25	21
Ben Meyers C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	0	0	0	11:53	—	—	29	25
Andrew Cogliano C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.22	0	0	2	11:16	—	—	30	17
Logan O'Connor R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	0	0	0	10:19	—	—	31	24
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	0	1	0	27:55	—	—	51	39
Cale Makar D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.33	2	0	2	27:54	—	—	56	52
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	2	3	0	20:58	—	—	25	30
Erik Johnson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.19	3	0	0	17:07	—	—	16	12
Brad Hunt D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	0	0	0	9:07	—	—	58	36
Andreas Englund D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	2	1	5	7:47	—	—	33	57
Darren Helm C	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	8:55	—	—	30	11
Martin Kaut R	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	7:00	—	—	22	5
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	1	0	4:31	—	—	0	0

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	L	28	25	3	.893	3.47	57:50

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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.