Vegas Golden Knights vs. Colorado AvalancheMay 22, 2026

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	0	0	3	3		VGK	12	4	9	25
COL	1	0	0	1		COL	11	10	10	31

: VGK 52COL 64
: VGK 2.80COL 1.98
PP goals: VGK 0COL 0
Hits: VGK 33COL 27
Blocks: VGK 16COL 20
PIM: VGK 6COL 8
: VGK 41%COL 59%

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. Ivan Barbashev (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 1A. Brayden McNabb (VGK) played 12:13, −9:01 down on his 21:14 season average over 20 games.

Points
Ivan Barbashev had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 16:15.Barbashev
Points
Jack Eichel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:06.Eichel
Points
Pavel Dorofeyev had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:56.Dorofeyev
Usage
Brayden McNabb (VGK) played 12:13, −9:01 down on his 21:14 season average over 20 games.McNabb
Usage
Jack Eichel (VGK) played 19:06, −3:30 down on his 22:36 season average over 21 games.Eichel
Usage
Rasmus Andersson (VGK) played 26:41, +3:24 up on his 23:17 season average over 21 games.Andersson
Usage
Devon Toews (COL) played 28:59, +3:36 up on his 25:23 season average over 12 games.Toews
Luck
Mitch Marner (VGK) generated 1.22 xG on 5 attempts without scoring; the chances were there.Marner

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 116 of 116 attempts · COL 64 · VGK 52

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 29%.

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

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

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
Stat	VGK	COL
	50	61
	1.56	1.35
	1.50	1.32
	7	7
	13	8
	19	14
	−0.055	+0.055
	24%	29%

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

L1Barbashev – Eichel – Dorofeyev
10:4835% CF
L2Karlsson – Marner – Howden
10:2250% CF
L3Dowd – Kolesar – Smith
6:2755% CF
L4Saad – Hertl – Sissons
6:1847% CF
D1Hanifin – Andersson
13:1233% CF
D2McNabb – Theodore
8:3056% CF
D3Coghlan – Korczak
6:0269% CF

PP1Hertl – Theodore – Eichel – Marner – Dorofeyev
3:4180% CF
PP2Karlsson – Barbashev – Hanifin – Andersson – Howden
1:04
PK1FDowd – Sissons
0:54
PK2FMarner – Howden
0:49
PK1DHanifin – Andersson
1:15
PK2DMcNabb – Coghlan
0:00

Current VGK line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Landeskog – MacKinnon – Necas
6:3465% CF
L2Kelly – Drury – O'Connor
5:3467% CF
L3Nelson – Lehkonen – Roy
3:5736% CF
L4Kadri – Nichushkin – Colton
2:320% CF
D1Toews – Malinski
10:2262% CF
D2Manson – Kulak
7:4853% CF
D3Burns – Blankenburg
3:54100% CF

PP1Kadri – Landeskog – MacKinnon – Toews – Necas
2:0050% CF
PP2Burns – Nelson – Lehkonen – Nichushkin – Malinski
0:13100% CF
PK1FKelly – Drury
2:04
PK2FLehkonen – O'Connor
1:58
PK1DManson – Toews
3:00
PK2DBurns – Kulak
0:56

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

16:59
COLRoss Colton (Brent Burns, Nazem Kadri)wrist0.10 xG
VGK: Karlsson, Theodore, Howden, Korczak, DorofeyevCOL: Burns, Kadri, Toews, Colton, O'Connor
VGK 0 – 1 COL

3rd period

9:15
VGKJack Eichel (Pavel Dorofeyev, Ivan Barbashev)wrist0.02 xG
VGK: Barbashev, Eichel, Coghlan, Korczak, DorofeyevCOL: Toews, Kelly, Drury, O'Connor, Malinski
VGK 1 – 1 COL
11:22
VGKIvan Barbashev (Jack Eichel, Pavel Dorofeyev)wrist0.04 xG
VGK: Barbashev, Hanifin, Andersson, Eichel, DorofeyevCOL: Nelson, Nichushkin, Toews, Necas, Malinski
VGK 2 – 1 COL
18:57
VGKIvan BarbashevEN (Rasmus Andersson)wrist0.54 xG
VGK: Sissons, Barbashev, Hanifin, Andersson, EichelCOL: Kadri, Nelson, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Toews, Necas
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
Jack Eichel C	L1	1	1	2	+3	2	0.15	1	2	2	19:06	—	—	35	24
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L1	0	2	2	+1	2	0.04	0	1	0	17:56	—	—	31	21
Ivan Barbashev L	L1	2	1	3	+3	3	0.59	7	0	0	16:15	—	—	38	25
Mitch Marner R	L2	0	0	0	0	4	1.22	0	1	0	21:02	—	—	50	64
William Karlsson C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	1	0	0	17:42	—	—	52	63
Brett Howden C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	1	1	0	17:09	—	—	49	61
Nic Dowd C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	2	0	0	13:03	—	—	50	67
Cole Smith R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	3	1	0	9:48	—	—	54	73
Keegan Kolesar R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	8	0	0	9:13	—	—	54	74
Colton Sissons C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	2	0	0	13:43	—	—	47	65
Tomas Hertl C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	3	1	0	13:23	—	—	50	70
Brandon Saad L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	1	0	0	9:18	—	—	44	68
Rasmus Andersson D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.01	0	0	0	26:41	—	—	32	46
Noah Hanifin D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.02	0	3	0	24:01	—	—	35	41
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	0	4	25:32	—	—	43	38
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	2	2	0	12:13	—	—	62	58
Dylan Coghlan D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	0	2	0	16:42	—	—	53	65
Kaedan Korczak D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	11:13	—	—	58	74

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hart(start)	W	31	30	1	.968	1.98	60:00

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	1	2	0	22:30	—	—	65	80
Martin Necas C	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.20	3	0	4	21:05	—	—	64	73
Gabriel Landeskog L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.34	3	0	0	20:16	—	—	70	83
Jack Drury C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	9:56	—	—	56	43
Parker Kelly C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:52	—	—	56	64
Logan O'Connor R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	9:35	—	—	67	68
Brock Nelson C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.19	1	2	0	18:06	—	—	44	31
Artturi Lehkonen L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.23	3	2	0	16:23	—	—	48	40
Nicolas Roy C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	4	0	2	11:39	—	—	48	21
Nazem Kadri C	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.08	4	0	0	17:48	—	—	52	33
Valeri Nichushkin R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.19	1	0	0	15:07	—	—	36	21
Ross Colton C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.10	1	0	0	8:18	—	—	50	26
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.23	0	4	0	28:59	—	—	57	56
Sam Malinski D	D1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.05	0	1	0	20:40	—	—	61	64
Brett Kulak D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	4	0	20:07	—	—	40	36
Josh Manson D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	3	1	0	16:45	—	—	44	34
Brent Burns D	D3	0	1	1	+1	5	0.07	1	2	2	20:01	—	—	56	45
Nick Blankenburg D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	0	0	9:21	—	—	80	70

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Scott Wedgewood(start)	L	24	22	2	.917	1.52	55:32

Goal anatomy

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

Ross Colton (COL) 1st 16:59 · assists Brent Burns, Nazem Kadri · Forecheck turnover · 47.5 mph shot.

Ross Colton · 1st 16:59 · COL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 47.5 mph
Distance: 21 ft

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Jack Eichel · 3rd 9:15 · VGK

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 2
Shot: 80.4 mph
Distance: 33 ft
Entry to goal: 3.1 s

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Ivan Barbashev · 3rd 11:22 · VGK

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 60.0 mph
Distance: 44 ft
Entry to goal: 7.4 s

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Ivan Barbashev · 3rd 18:57 · VGK EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 53.6 mph
Distance: 101 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.