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Vegas Golden Knights vs. Colorado AvalancheApr 11, 2026

Final / OT· Ball Arena
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VGK
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COL
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Goals123OTTShots123OTT
VGK11013VGK71011129
COL11002COL15116032
VGK 73COL 65
VGK 3.67COL 3.45
PP goals
VGK 1COL 1
Hits
VGK 18COL 13
Blocks
VGK 12COL 20
PIM
VGK 6COL 6
VGK 54%COL 46%

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 (OT)

Vegas Golden Knights beat Colorado Avalanche 3–2 in overtime at COL. Jack Eichel (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 0A. COL's first power-play unit (Nelson, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Toews and Necas) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 4:56 together.

  1. PP1
    COL's first power-play unit (Nelson, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Toews and Necas) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 4:56 together.NelsonLandeskogMacKinnonToewsNecas
  2. PP1
    VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Hertl, Eichel, Marner and Dorofeyev) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 3:59 together.StoneHertlEichelMarnerDorofeyev
  3. New line
    New look for COL: Nelson–Nichushkin–Necas skated 10:01 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (46.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.NelsonNichushkinNecas
  4. Usage
    Devon Toews (COL) played 26:54, +4:36 up on his 22:18 season average over 67 games.Toews
  5. Usage
    Kaedan Korczak (VGK) played 11:49, −4:12 down on his 16:01 season average over 77 games.Korczak
  6. Goalie
    Carter Hart (VGK) faced 32 shots and stopped 30 (.938), +9 against a season average of 23.4; the win.Hart
  7. Usage
    Josh Manson (COL) played 11:46, −6:06 down on his 17:52 season average over 78 games.Manson
  8. Usage
    Sam Malinski (COL) played 21:46, +4:12 up on his 17:34 season average over 81 games.Malinski

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: 138 attempts, 61 on goal, 5 goals, 7.12 expected goals; best chance Mark Stone at 0.26 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 138 of 138 attempts · COL 65 · VGK 73

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 3.45 to 3.67 (VGK led the chances), shot attempts 65 to 73, 5 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdOTCOLVGKTSDBEnet xGcumulative expected goals · 61:19
  • COL
  • VGK
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
COLVGKcontrol2nd3rdOTToews · 1st 9:17Stone · 1st 13:47Dorofeyev · 2nd 2:09Blankenburg · 2nd 10:56Eichel · OT 1:19
  • 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 32% 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

Shift chart, VGK at COL: 38 players over 61:19; most ice Mackenzie Blackwood (61:19) for COL and Carter Hart (61:19) for VGK, 5 goals.

COL
VGK
goals / penalties
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

COL skaters (rows) against VGK skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the COL side.

Matchup matrix

Head-to-head matrix, COL rows versus VGK columns: 250 matchups; most common Toews vs Andersson, 9:50 at 28% xGF.

COL ↓ · VGK →HertlSissonsSaadDowdSmithKolesarEichelMarnerStoneDorofeyevHowdenBarbashevAnderssonHanifinTheodoreMcNabbLauzonKorczakL1 MacKinnonL1 LandeskogL1 LehkonenL2 NecasL2 NelsonL2 NichushkinL3 RoyL3 ColtonL3 KivirantaL4 DruryL4 KellyL4 O'ConnorD1 ToewsD1 MalinskiD2 KulakD2 MansonD3 BurnsD3 Blankenburg
COL xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
StatVGKCOL
7262
3.182.87
2.952.73
1711
85
2817
+0.047−0.047
32%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

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. 9:17
    COLDevon ToewsPP (Brock Nelson, Martin Necas)wrist0.05 xG
    VGK: Andersson, Lauzon, Marner, SmithCOL: Nelson, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Toews, Necas
    VGK 0 – 1 COL
  2. 13:47
    VGKMark StonePP (Tomas Hertl, Mitch Marner)backhand0.26 xG
    VGK: Stone, Hertl, Eichel, Marner, DorofeyevCOL: Manson, Toews, Kelly, Drury
    VGK 1 – 1 COL

2nd period

  1. 2:09
    VGKPavel Dorofeyev (Ivan Barbashev, Kaedan Korczak)snap0.10 xG
    VGK: Barbashev, Lauzon, Howden, Korczak, DorofeyevCOL: Burns, Nichushkin, Kelly, Drury, Malinski
    VGK 2 – 1 COL
  2. 10:56
    COLNick Blankenburg (Nicolas Roy)wrist0.02 xG
    VGK: Dowd, Kolesar, Lauzon, Korczak, SmithCOL: Burns, Roy, Colton, Kiviranta, Blankenburg
    VGK 2 – 2 COL

OT period

  1. 1:19
    VGKJack Eichelwrist0.13 xG
    VGK: Stone, Hanifin, Andersson, Eichel, KorczakCOL: MacKinnon, Toews, Necas
    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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Tomas Hertl CL1011030.4310015:14——6659
Colton Sissons CL1000000.0210213:45——5953
Brandon Saad LL1000010.3600010:41——6354
Nic Dowd CL2000-120.4420212:09——5262
Cole Smith RL2000-110.0411011:47——5669
Keegan Kolesar RL2000-110.2421010:12——5670
Jack Eichel CL3101+140.4100020:44——4648
Mitch Marner RL3011010.2301020:30——5248
Mark Stone RL3101+120.5911019:19——5250
Pavel Dorofeyev RL4101+140.5800017:11——4640
Brett Howden CL4000+100.0910017:11——5053
Ivan Barbashev LL4011+100.0612016:32——4638
Rasmus Andersson DD1000030.0701025:51——5355
Noah Hanifin DD1000+110.0210021:25——5862
Shea Theodore DD2000020.0400220:08——4751
Brayden McNabb DD2000010.0414018:43——5052
Jeremy Lauzon DD3000020.0050015:17——5948
Kaedan Korczak DD3011010.0111011:49——5235
VGK goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Carter Hart(start)W32302.9383.4561:19

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Nathan MacKinnon CL1000-160.7400021:38——5658
Gabriel Landeskog LL1000020.4020218:13——5450
Artturi Lehkonen LL1000010.0900015:39——6267
Martin Necas CL2011-120.3000021:51——4761
Brock Nelson CL2011020.3405219:59——4646
Valeri Nichushkin RL2000-120.5500016:52——4861
Nicolas Roy CL3011+100.0101013:38——3924
Ross Colton CL3000+110.1720010:13——3227
Joel Kiviranta LL3000+100.001009:50——3718
Jack Drury CL4000-130.0810012:19——4131
Parker Kelly CL4000-110.0800011:38——3629
Logan O'Connor RL4000020.131009:54——5347
Devon Toews DD1101-120.2103026:54——4864
Sam Malinski DD1000-100.0213021:46——5459
Brett Kulak DD2000010.0412022:37——5347
Josh Manson DD2000030.0241011:46——5441
Brent Burns DD3000020.0302218:52——3741
Nick Blankenburg DD3101+120.2503014:06——3542
COL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)O29263.8973.6761:19

Goal anatomy

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

Devon Toews (COL PP) 1st 9:17 · assists Brock Nelson, Martin Necas · Point shot · 44.8 mph shot.

Jack Eichel · OT 1:19 · VGK

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
3-on-1
Passes
0
Shot
84.4 mph
Distance
22 ft
Entry to goal
1.9 s

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