Vegas Golden Knights vs. Colorado AvalancheNov 27, 2024

Final / SOWednesday, Nov 27, 2024· Ball Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
VGK	0	1	0	0	0	1		VGK	10	4	5	0	19
COL	0	1	0	0	1	2		COL	6	11	14	3	34

: VGK 41COL 88
: VGK 1.51COL 4.60
PP goals: VGK 0COL 0
Hits: VGK 10COL 10
Blocks: VGK 28COL 11
PIM: VGK 4COL 2
: VGK 48%COL 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche edge Vegas Golden Knights 2–1 (SO)

Colorado Avalanche beat Vegas Golden Knights 2–1 in a shootout at home. Valeri Nichushkin (COL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for COL: Lehkonen–MacKinnon–Nichushkin skated 14:50 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (60.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for COL: Lehkonen–MacKinnon–Nichushkin skated 14:50 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (60.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lehkonen MacKinnon Nichushkin
Luck
COL scored 1 goal on 4.60 expected goals (88 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for COL: Rantanen–Mittelstadt–Kovalenko skated 11:39 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Rantanen Mittelstadt Kovalenko
New line
New look for COL: Kelly–O'Connor–Bradley skated 5:10 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kelly O'Connor Bradley
New line
New look for COL: Wood–Kiviranta–Ivan skated 6:37 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (61.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Wood Kiviranta Ivan
Goalie
Adin Hill (VGK) faced 34 shots and stopped 33 (.971), +8 against a season average of 25.9; the overtime loss.Hill
Usage
Alex Pietrangelo (VGK) played 25:40, +3:19 up on his 22:21 season average over 70 games.Pietrangelo
Usage
Valeri Nichushkin (COL) played 22:47, +3:07 up on his 19:40 season average over 42 games.Nichushkin

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 129 of 129 attempts · COL 88 · VGK 41

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 10% of the game, COL 62%.

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	86
	1.33	3.49
	1.33	3.36
	6	19
	1	1
	29	26
	−0.013	+0.013
	10%	62%

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

L1Hertl – Kolesar – Roy
10:3855% CF
L2Barbashev – Eichel – Dorofeyev
7:4335% CF
L3Karlsson – Howden – Holtz
6:4217% CF
L4Pearson – Schwindt – Burke
6:270% CF
D1Pietrangelo – Hanifin
19:5729% CF
D2McNabb – Theodore
19:5141% CF
D3Hague – Korczak
12:4130% CF

PP1Hertl – Theodore – Eichel – Roy – Dorofeyev
1:1875% CF
PP2Pietrangelo – Karlsson – Barbashev – Hanifin – Howden
0:37
PK1FKarlsson – Eichel
1:28
PK2FRoy – Howden
0:30
PK1DMcNabb – Hague
1:28
PK2DHanifin – Korczak
0:30

Current VGK line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Nichushkin
14:5061% CF
L2Rantanen – Mittelstadt – Kovalenko
11:3957% CF
L3Wood – Kiviranta – Ivan
6:3762% CF
L4Kelly – O'Connor – Bradley
5:1063% CF
D1Toews – Makar
16:4264% CF
D2Manson – Girard
12:4665% CF
D3Kylington – Malinski
8:3781% CF

PP1MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Rantanen – Mittelstadt – Makar
1:36100% CF
PP2Lehkonen – Toews – Girard – Kovalenko – Ivan
0:28
PK1FKelly – O'Connor
0:55
PK2FLehkonen – Nichushkin
0:39
PK1DManson – Toews
1:06
PK2DKylington – Girard
0:00

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

13:09
VGKPavel Dorofeyev (Ivan Barbashev, Alex Pietrangelo)wrist0.06 xG
VGK: Pietrangelo, Barbashev, Hanifin, Eichel, DorofeyevCOL: Manson, Wood, Rantanen, Girard, Ivan
VGK 1 – 0 COL
13:42
COLValeri Nichushkinwrist0.14 xG
VGK: McNabb, Karlsson, Theodore, Howden, HoltzCOL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Toews, Makar
VGK 1 – 1 COL

Decided in the shootout: VGK 1 – 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
Tomas Hertl C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.40	0	0	0	15:58	—	—	52	36
Nicolas Roy C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	1	0	15:36	—	—	57	48
Keegan Kolesar R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	1	1	0	14:08	—	—	50	45
Jack Eichel C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	23:06	—	—	26	37
Ivan Barbashev L	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	18:16	—	—	28	37
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.24	0	1	2	17:16	—	—	39	19
William Karlsson C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	0	2	0	20:28	—	—	31	5
Brett Howden C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.01	1	4	0	15:30	—	—	29	9
Alexander Holtz R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	2	0	0	11:37	—	—	32	25
Callahan Burke C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	0	1	0	13:29	—	—	9	31
Cole Schwindt R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	0	0	10:56	—	—	28	33
Tanner Pearson L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	2	0	10:55	—	—	29	33
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	1	0	2	25:40	—	—	33	37
Noah Hanifin D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.15	1	3	0	23:06	—	—	29	34
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	3	0	24:42	—	—	44	33
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	0	6	0	24:12	—	—	38	26
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:36	—	—	27	7
Kaedan Korczak D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	13:50	—	—	30	11

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Adin Hill(start)	O	34	33	1	.971	4.60	65:00

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	0	+1	10	1.08	0	1	0	27:05	—	—	69	73
Valeri Nichushkin R	L1	1	1	+1	4	0.56	1	1	0	22:47	—	—	63	59
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	0	+1	1	0.21	0	1	0	20:15	—	—	64	64
Mikko Rantanen R	L2	0	0	-1	2	0.48	1	2	0	23:13	—	—	66	79
Casey Mittelstadt C	L2	0	0	0	2	0.21	1	0	0	20:23	—	—	62	69
Nikolai Kovalenko R	L2	0	0	0	2	0.36	0	1	0	15:05	—	—	62	73
Ivan Ivan C	L3	0	0	-1	0	0.02	1	0	0	11:29	—	—	65	85
Joel Kiviranta L	L3	0	0	0	2	0.32	1	0	0	11:25	—	—	74	91
Miles Wood L	L3	0	0	-1	1	0.12	1	0	0	10:43	—	—	63	80
Parker Kelly C	L4	0	0	0	1	0.17	0	0	0	11:31	—	—	75	68
Logan O'Connor R	L4	0	0	0	0	0.08	1	0	0	10:10	—	—	69	53
Chase Bradley L	L4	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	7:02	—	—	70	51
Cale Makar D	D1	0	0	+1	4	0.32	2	1	2	26:21	—	—	59	60
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	+1	0	0.03	0	2	0	26:21	—	—	69	83
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	0	-1	1	0.19	0	0	0	22:42	—	—	68	66
Josh Manson D	D2	0	0	-1	3	0.41	0	1	0	20:50	—	—	64	73
Sam Malinski D	D3	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	15:23	—	—	58	69
Oliver Kylington D	D3	0	0	0	0	0.04	0	0	0	13:43	—	—	80	93

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	W	19	18	1	.947	1.51	64:53

Goal anatomy

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

Pavel Dorofeyev (VGK) 2nd 13:09 · assists Ivan Barbashev, Alex Pietrangelo · Rush · carried in · 24.9 mph shot · 4.9 s from entry to goal.

Pavel Dorofeyev · 2nd 13:09 · VGK

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 24.9 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 4.9 s

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Valeri Nichushkin · 2nd 13:42 · COL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 53.9 mph
Distance: 22 ft
Entry to goal: 3.9 s

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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.