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Wed, Nov 27, 2024·Ball Arena, Denver

Vegas Golden Knights 1, Colorado Avalanche 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 89% of the time.

COL winsVGK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
VGK0101405000119
COL06111014031234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P2 13:09VGKPavel DorofeyevAssists: Ivan Barbashev, Alex Pietrangelo · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P2 13:42COLValeri NichushkinUnassisted · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. VGK Pavel Dorofeyev stopped
  2. 2. COL Mikko Rantanen stopped
  3. 3. VGK Jack Eichel stopped
  4. 4. COL Nathan MacKinnon stopped
  5. 5. VGK Shea Theodore stopped
  6. 6. COL Cale Makar stopped
  7. 7. VGK Nicolas Roy stopped
  8. 8. COL Casey Mittelstadt stopped
  9. 9. VGK Alexander Holtz stopped
  10. 10. COL Valeri Nichushkin scored
Penalties (3)
  1. P3 3:37COLCale Makar: Interference2 min
  2. P3 11:10VGKAlex Pietrangelo: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 19:52VGKPavel Dorofeyev: Hooking2 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.

VGK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0COL
43% to win57% to win
← VGK attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Karlsson won the faceoff against Mittelstadt
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VGKCOL
19Shots on goal34
1.8Expected goals4.8
41Shot attempts88
24Faceoffs won26
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
10Hits10
28Blocked shots11
23Giveaways23
3Takeaways0

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Vegas Golden Knights

Forward lines

  1. bestPearson – Schwindt – Holtz2:45

    xG 0.24–0.13 (65%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Hertl – Kolesar – Roy10:38

    xG 0.36–0.34 (51%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  3. Barbashev – Eichel – Burke6:19

    xG 0.23–0.30 (44%)attempts 2–10goals 0–0

  4. Barbashev – Eichel – Dorofeyev7:43

    xG 0.32–0.56 (37%)attempts 6–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. McNabb – Theodore19:46

    xG 0.51–0.71 (42%)attempts 15–22goals 0–1

  2. Pietrangelo – Hanifin19:44

    xG 0.72–1.08 (40%)attempts 12–29goals 1–0

  3. Hague – Korczak12:40

    xG 0.17–0.72 (19%)attempts 6–14goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestWood – Kiviranta – Ivan6:37

    xG 0.53–0.09 (86%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  2. Rantanen – Mittelstadt – Kovalenko11:39

    xG 0.61–0.25 (71%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  3. Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Nichushkin14:50

    xG 0.85–0.64 (57%)attempts 20–13goals 1–0

  4. MacKinnon – Rantanen – Mittelstadt3:20

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestToews – Makar16:33

    xG 0.84–0.25 (77%)attempts 23–13goals 1–0

  2. Kylington – Girard2:02

    xG 0.43–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  3. Manson – Toews2:49

    xG 0.34–0.00 (99%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

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.

COL 4.8 xGVGK 1.8 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLVGK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

COL's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line COL is favoured, below it VGK. Dots are goals.

Excitement 33/100 · #871 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.18 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
VGK 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +25 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 89% of the time.

COL winsVGK wins

Simulated goal difference (COL − VGK), 10,000 replays

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).