COL 6 @ VGK 5 · Dec 27, 2025

Sat, Dec 27, 2025·T-Mobile Arena, Paradise

Away

Colorado Avalanche

Final

Shootout

Home

Vegas Golden Knights

Three stars

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 61% of the time.

31%

54%

VGK winsCOL wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

VGK forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against COL's (columns) at 5-on-5. Darker cells shared more ice; the second number is xG for–against in that time. Click a cell to highlight it below.

	Landeskog–MacKinnon–Necas	Nelson–Lehkonen–Nichushkin	Olofsson–Colton–Brindley	Kelly–Drury–Kiviranta	Olofsson–Colton–Drury	Nelson–Lehkonen–MacKinnon	Nelson–Lehkonen–Olofsson	Toews–Makar	Girard–Malinski	Burns–Manson	Toews–Malinski	Manson–Toews
Hertl–Dorofeyev–Holtz		6:560.00–0.42		2:080.40–0.00	0:350.00–0.00		1:100.00–0.26	1:280.00–0.02	4:380.00–0.37	5:090.40–0.41
Stone–Barbashev–Marner	7:090.13–0.32	1:060.00–0.14			0:390.00–0.00			5:010.32–0.34	3:070.00–0.23	2:230.00–0.10
Smith–Howden–Bowman	2:570.69–0.06	0:370.06–0.00	2:490.14–0.04	1:450.00–0.06				2:250.25–0.04	3:410.00–0.16	2:280.64–0.00
Saad–Sissons–Kolesar	2:260.19–0.75	0:460.00–0.10	1:490.28–0.00	0:530.02–0.05		1:330.00–0.00		4:190.30–0.43	1:120.02–0.27	1:050.02–0.10	0:480.00–0.00	0:470.00–0.10
Sissons–Dorofeyev–Holtz								0:360.00–0.01
Stone–Hertl–Barbashev		0:400.06–0.00								0:510.06–0.00
McNabb–Korczak	11:531.07–0.74		1:150.00–0.00	0:390.00–0.05		0:460.00–0.00		8:570.51–0.42	4:440.04–0.57	2:100.53–0.17	0:540.00–0.10
Hutton–Hanifin	2:420.00–0.40	4:530.06–0.41	2:340.37–0.04	2:030.42–0.00	0:360.00–0.00	0:470.00–0.00	1:100.00–0.26	3:590.30–0.42	5:070.00–0.28	6:540.56–0.38
Lauzon–Whitecloud		5:240.08–0.14	1:080.05–0.00	2:070.00–0.06	1:270.00–0.14			2:130.06–0.14	4:130.00–0.17	4:090.08–0.08		0:520.00–0.10

Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

VGKCOLFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals


Noah HanifinVGK	27	26:01	0:58	2:14	5	6
Devon ToewsCOL	31	25:39	0:50	1:49	7	3
Nathan MacKinnonCOL	30	25:28	0:51	1:32	6	1
Cale MakarCOL	31	24:39	0:48	1:42	7	3
Brock NelsonCOL	28	23:52	0:51	2:00	5	5
Kaedan KorczakVGK	29	23:13	0:48	1:47	2	3
Mark StoneVGK	24	21:31	0:54	2:08	3	2
Brayden McNabbVGK	27	21:21	0:47	1:50	2	3
Martin NecasCOL	26	21:09	0:49	1:33	4	1
Ben HuttonVGK	23	20:51	0:54	2:13	2	6
Mitch MarnerVGK	27	20:44	0:46	1:38	4	4
Artturi LehkonenCOL	25	20:36	0:49	2:26	6	4
Pavel DorofeyevVGK	22	20:21	0:56	2:26	8	3
Tomas HertlVGK	22	20:21	0:56	2:17	7	3
Gabriel LandeskogCOL	27	20:04	0:45	1:14	6	1
Valeri NichushkinCOL	25	20:03	0:48	1:40	3	4
Sam MalinskiCOL	23	19:11	0:50	1:52	1	5
Alexander HoltzVGK	21	18:55	0:54	2:19	4	4
Josh MansonCOL	24	18:37	0:47	1:15	2	2
Brent BurnsCOL	24	17:53	0:45	1:09	2	1
Samuel GirardCOL	22	16:41	0:46	1:42	0	5
Brett HowdenVGK	22	16:29	0:45	1:17	2	4
Ivan BarbashevVGK	24	16:11	0:40	1:12	2	1
Jeremy LauzonVGK	20	14:13	0:43	1:02	3	1
Zach WhitecloudVGK	20	13:47	0:41	1:08	3	1
Braeden BowmanVGK	18	12:43	0:42	1:04	1	2
Reilly SmithVGK	17	12:38	0:45	1:26	3	1
Victor OlofssonCOL	15	11:40	0:47	1:33	1	0
Jack DruryCOL	18	11:38	0:39	1:06	1	4
Colton SissonsVGK	16	11:37	0:44	1:16	2	5
Brandon SaadVGK	15	11:14	0:45	1:26	2	5
Keegan KolesarVGK	15	10:50	0:43	1:24	2	4
Ross ColtonCOL	14	9:51	0:42	1:01	2	0
Parker KellyCOL	16	9:01	0:34	1:06	2	5
Gavin BrindleyCOL	12	8:14	0:41	1:07	2	1
Joel KivirantaCOL	9	5:34	0:37	1:05	1	5

Colorado Avalanche 6, Vegas Golden Knights 5 (SO)

Who was on the ice

Shift totals