Vegas Golden Knights vs. Colorado AvalancheJan 10, 2024

FinalWednesday, Jan 10, 2024· Ball Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	0	0	0	0		VGK	11	5	9	25
COL	1	1	1	3		COL	10	14	11	35

: VGK 56COL 69
: VGK 2.29COL 3.12
PP goals: VGK 0COL 2
Hits: VGK 16COL 20
Blocks: VGK 22COL 16
PIM: VGK 8COL 8
: VGK 56%COL 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–0

Colorado Avalanche beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–0 at home. Valeri Nichushkin (COL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. COL's first power-play unit (MacKinnon, Drouin, Nichushkin, Rantanen and Makar) scored 2 power-play goals on 9 attempts in 3:57 together.

Points
Valeri Nichushkin had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 22:23.Nichushkin
Points
Mikko Rantanen had 2 assists (2 points) on 6 shots in 24:05.Rantanen
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (MacKinnon, Drouin, Nichushkin, Rantanen and Makar) scored 2 power-play goals on 9 attempts in 3:57 together.MacKinnon Drouin Nichushkin Rantanen Makar
Luck
VGK scored 0 goals on 2.29 expected goals (56 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Jiri Patera (VGK) faced 35 shots and stopped 32 (.914), +2 against a season average of 32.7; the loss.Patera
Usage
Jonathan Drouin (COL) played 21:51, +3:43 up on his 18:08 season average over 78 games.Drouin
Usage
Mark Stone (VGK) played 23:15, +3:55 up on his 19:20 season average over 55 games.Stone
Usage
Nicolas Hague (VGK) played 14:30, −4:07 down on his 18:37 season average over 72 games.Hague

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 125 of 125 attempts · COL 69 · VGK 56

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 24% of the game, COL 44%.

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
	52	68
	2.19	2.79
	2.07	2.70
	10	10
	8	10
	17	23
	+0.013	−0.013
	24%	44%

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 – Barbashev – Eichel
9:5259% CF
L2Kolesar – Howden – Cotter
3:5927% CF
L3Marchessault – Stephenson – Dorofeyev
3:5440% CF
D1Martinez – Pietrangelo
15:3644% CF
D2Hague – Whitecloud
6:4233% CF
D3McNabb – Cormier
6:3543% CF

PP1Stone – Marchessault – Stephenson – Eichel – Cormier
4:1489% CF
PP2Pietrangelo – Barbashev – Roy – Denisenko – Dorofeyev
2:4333% CF
PK1FStone – Stephenson
1:47
PK2FEichel – Howden
1:05
PK1DPietrangelo – McNabb
1:19
PK2DHague – Whitecloud
0:43

Current VGK line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1MacKinnon – Drouin – Rantanen
15:4568% CF
L2Nichushkin – Colton – O'Connor
9:0847% CF
L3Cogliano – Johansen – Kiviranta
5:3475% CF
D1Toews – Makar
14:2556% CF
D2Johnson – Girard
9:5350% CF
D3Jones – Malinski
7:4665% CF

PP1MacKinnon – Drouin – Nichushkin – Rantanen – Makar
3:5790% CF
PP2Johansen – Toews – Girard – Colton – Malinski
0:31
PK1FCogliano – O'Connor
2:31
PK2FNichushkin – Kiviranta
1:48
PK1DToews – Makar
2:01
PK2DJones – Girard
0:33

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mark Stone R	L1	0	4	0.43	0	1	0	23:15	—	—	50	48
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	4	0.12	0	0	0	21:55	—	—	68	68
Ivan Barbashev L	L1	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	19:17	—	—	57	65
Paul Cotter L	L2	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:57	—	—	29	33
Brett Howden C	L2	-1	1	0.32	1	1	0	12:48	—	—	33	33
Keegan Kolesar R	L2	-1	1	0.03	1	0	0	10:04	—	—	38	44
Chandler Stephenson C	L3	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	21:22	—	—	33	16
Jonathan Marchessault R	L3	0	1	0.03	2	1	0	18:06	—	—	57	60
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L3	0	1	0.05	0	1	0	17:02	—	—	34	23
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	3	0.13	1	1	0	22:58	—	—	47	47
Alec Martinez D	D1	0	1	0.06	1	3	0	17:26	—	—	49	56
Zach Whitecloud D	D2	0	1	0.02	0	1	2	17:29	—	—	29	15
Nicolas Hague D	D2	-1	0	0.00	2	2	2	14:30	—	—	50	68
Brayden McNabb D	D3	0	0	0.00	2	4	2	16:00	—	—	35	8
Lukas Cormier D	D3	0	2	0.13	1	1	0	14:48	—	—	46	40
Nicolas Roy C	—	-1	4	0.67	0	1	2	15:40	—	—	36	55
Tobias Bjornfot D	—	-1	0	0.01	0	2	0	9:23	—	—	46	70
Grigori Denisenko L	—	0	1	0.28	2	1	0	9:17	—	—	33	48

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jiri Patera(start)	L	35	32	3	.914	3.12	60:00

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	0	2	2	0	6	0.65	0	0	2	24:05	—	—	64	73
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	1	1	0	7	0.40	0	1	0	22:31	—	—	70	90
Jonathan Drouin L	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.21	1	0	0	21:51	—	—	68	90
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	2	0	2	+1	5	0.60	1	0	0	22:23	—	—	52	39
Logan O'Connor R	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.17	0	1	0	17:49	—	—	44	46
Ross Colton C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.26	2	0	0	13:31	—	—	45	32
Joel Kiviranta L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	0	0	0	12:13	—	—	50	15
Andrew Cogliano C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	0	2	11:06	—	—	50	15
Ryan Johansen C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:34	—	—	59	72
Cale Makar D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	3	3	0	26:52	—	—	53	69
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	1	3	2	24:55	—	—	57	53
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	3	4	0	22:37	—	—	50	59
Jack Johnson D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	1	3	2	18:07	—	—	58	83
Sam Malinski D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	2	0	0	12:51	—	—	67	42
Caleb Jones D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.05	1	1	0	11:34	—	—	59	39
Fredrik Olofsson L	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	0	0	9:19	—	—	53	48
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.19	2	0	0	5:22	—	—	70	94
Jason Polin R	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	0	0	5:20	—	—	56	83

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	W	25	25	0	.1000	2.29	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Valeri Nichushkin (COL PP) 1st 19:46 · assists Mikko Rantanen, Jonathan Drouin · Rebound · 39.1 mph shot.

Valeri Nichushkin · 1st 19:46 · COL PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 39.1 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Type: rebound

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Logan O'Connor · 3rd 9:20 · COL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 54.1 mph
Distance: 53 ft

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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.

Vegas Golden Knights vs. Colorado AvalancheJan 10, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Colorado Avalanche beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–0

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Vegas Golden Knights

Colorado Avalanche

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Vegas Golden Knights

Colorado Avalanche

Goal anatomy

Valeri Nichushkin · 1st 19:46 · COL PP

Logan O'Connor · 3rd 9:20 · COL