Mon, Mar 26, 2018·T-Mobile Arena, Paradise
Colorado Avalanche 1, Vegas Golden Knights 4
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 95% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COL | 013 | 112 | 04 | 129 |
| VGK | 06 | 29 | 215 | 430 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P2 4:14VGKAlex TuchPPAssists: William Karlsson, Jonathan Marchessault · Snap, 0.48 xG0–1
- P2 13:41COLErik JohnsonAssists: Blake Comeau, Matt Nieto · Snap, 0.22 xG1–1
- P2 14:16VGKJonathan MarchessaultPPGWGAssists: Shea Theodore, William Karlsson · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–2
- P3 1:31VGKShea TheodoreAssists: Erik Haula, James Neal · Snap, 0.07 xG1–3
- P3 19:44VGKWilliam KarlssonENAssists: Jonathan Marchessault · Wrist, 0.73 xG1–4
Penalties (6)
- P1 9:25VGKJames Neal: Tripping2 min
- P1 11:38COLTyson Jost: Roughing2 min
- P2 4:06COLTyson Jost: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
- P2 8:38VGKBrayden McNabb: Holding2 min
- P2 13:43COLTyson Jost: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
- P3 10:31VGKDavid Perron: High sticking2 min
Replay
Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Marchessault won the faceoff against MacKinnon
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.
Colorado Avalanche
Forward lines
- bestComeau – Soderberg – Nieto8:18
xG 0.79–0.20 (80%)attempts 12–7goals 1–1
- Kerfoot – Compher – Jost9:44
xG 0.15–0.48 (23%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0
- Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen13:56
xG 0.27–0.98 (22%)attempts 11–18goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestJohnson – Barrie5:39
xG 0.47–0.09 (84%)attempts 7–4goals 1–0
- Nemeth – Zadorov4:16
xG 0.16–0.12 (57%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0
- Alt – Nemeth2:16
xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0
Vegas Golden Knights
Forward lines
- bestKarlsson – Marchessault – Tuch7:59
xG 0.98–0.02 (98%)attempts 14–1goals 0–0
- Neal – Perron – Haula11:28
xG 0.70–0.18 (79%)attempts 15–6goals 1–0
- Eakin – Carpenter – Tuch2:14
xG 0.04–0.10 (29%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0
- Tatar – Karlsson – Marchessault3:42
xG 0.04–0.17 (18%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestMcNabb – Schmidt19:07
xG 0.94–0.59 (62%)attempts 19–19goals 0–0
- Merrill – Hunt10:40
xG 0.49–0.51 (49%)attempts 7–9goals 0–1
- Miller – Theodore12:09
xG 0.26–0.37 (41%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
VGK's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line VGK is favoured, below it COL. Dots are goals.
Did the better team win?
Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.
Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 95% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (VGK − COL), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).