Vegas Golden Knights at Colorado Avalanche

Mar 24, 2018 · Pepsi Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Vegas Golden Knights	1	40
Colorado Avalanche	2	30

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
13:52	COL	Carl Soderberg (16) PP	J.T. Compher (10), Alexander Kerfoot (22)	0 - 1
3rd Period
01:15	VGK	Jonathan Marchessault (24)	Shea Theodore (19)	1 - 1
Shootout
	COL	Gabriel Landeskog	Shootout winner	1 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
09:01	VGK	Jon Merrill	Holding	2
12:21	VGK	Erik Haula	Tripping	2
16:34	COL	Blake Comeau	Slashing	2
2nd Period
02:10	VGK	Jonathan Marchessault	Tripping	2
3rd Period
02:27	VGK	Ryan Carpenter	Tripping	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Vegas Golden Knights	61	47	40	1	2.5	49.0
Colorado Avalanche	60	42	30	1	3.0	51.0

How the game went

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Colorado Avalanche had taken more, and below it and blue while Vegas Golden Knights had.

Expected goals

Vegas Golden Knights: 2.5 expected, 1 scored · Colorado Avalanche: 3.0 expected, 1 scored

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

Where the attempts came from

Vegas Golden Knights

Colorado Avalanche

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Vegas Golden Knights

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
James Neal · David Perron · Erik Haula	13:12	61.9	31.7	0-0
Tomas Tatar · William Karlsson · Jonathan Marchessault	9:20	38.1	32.3	1-0
Cody Eakin · Ryan Carpenter · Alex Tuch	7:46	66.7	60.0	0-0
Ryan Reaves · Pierre-Edouard Bellemare · Tomas Nosek	5:44	22.2	10.3	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Colin Miller · Shea Theodore	18:44	64.0	72.1	1-0
Brayden McNabb · Nate Schmidt	15:26	50.0	30.9	0-0
Jon Merrill · Brad Hunt	10:45	43.5	59.8	0-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
81	Jonathan Marchessault	R	1	0	1	1	2	4	3	17:49	0.14	12-20	0.46-1.06
27	Shea Theodore	D	0	1	1	1	0	8	1	26:38	0.47	18-10	0.46-0.19
3	Brayden McNabb	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	22:10	0.05	19-22	0.54-1.24
4	Jon Merrill	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	11:27	0.02	10-16	0.58-0.45
6	Colin Miller	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	25:46	0.03	16-13	0.41-0.65
17	Brad Hunt	D	0	0	0	0	0	7	3	14:28	0.51	12-19	0.64-1.06
20	Cody Eakin	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	13:02	0.16	13-9	0.24-0.39
22	Ryan Carpenter	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	12:49		14-11	0.27-0.29
41	Pierre-Edouard Bellemare	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11:40		3-8	0.05-0.30
56	Erik Haula	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	20:35	0.08	19-12	0.83-0.71
57	David Perron	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	19:30		16-10	0.41-0.60
71	William Karlsson	C	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	21:09	0.05	12-20	0.46-0.97
75	Ryan Reaves	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	09:15		4-12	0.06-0.53
81	James Neal	L	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	20:03	0.45	16-12	0.69-0.67
88	Nate Schmidt	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	24:00	0.06	19-19	0.53-1.15
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13:21	0.03	16-9	0.68-0.41
90	Tomas Tatar	L	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	13:16	0.45	12-15	0.56-0.88
92	Tomas Nosek	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10:31		4-8	0.03-0.30

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
29	Marc-Andre Fleury	OTL	30	29	1	65:00	3.06	+2.06

Colorado Avalanche

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Gabriel Landeskog · Nathan MacKinnon · Mikko Rantanen	14:04	53.1	77.6	0-0
Blake Comeau · Carl Soderberg · Matt Nieto	13:28	24.0	6.0	0-0
Alexander Kerfoot · J.T. Compher · Tyson Jost	5:57	60.0	55.0	0-1
Blake Comeau · Matt Nieto · Dominic Toninato	2:45	75.0	0.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Tyson Barrie · Nikita Zadorov	10:00	61.5	38.5	0-0
Erik Johnson · Patrik Nemeth	7:09	38.9	75.2	0-1
Erik Johnson · Mark Alt	3:16	83.3	95.5	0-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
34	Carl Soderberg	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	22:59	0.12	9-21	0.19-0.81
14	Alexander Kerfoot	C	0	1	1	-1	0	3	1	12:56	0.16	10-4	0.50-0.17
37	J.T. Compher	L	0	1	1	-1	0	1	1	18:48	0.36	15-8	0.32-0.27
2	Patrik Nemeth	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	18:21		11-16	0.74-0.29
5	Mark Alt	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10:58	0.01	8-9	0.32-0.25
6	Erik Johnson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	24:37	0.14	18-22	1.13-0.48
8	Tyson Barrie	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	24:21	0.09	20-18	0.61-1.04
15	Blake Comeau	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	19:48		10-22	0.19-0.84
15	Duncan Siemens	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	03:42		5-1	0.64-0.00
17	Tyson Jost	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	17:48	0.11	20-6	0.59-0.24
25	Dominic Toninato	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	04:21	0.14	4-2	0.14-0.00
29	Nathan MacKinnon	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	23:24	0.22	22-17	1.75-0.50
49	Samuel Girard	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	17:15	0.03	10-8	0.28-0.15
57	Gabriel Bourque	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	06:21	0.05	6-2	0.05-0.05
83	Matt Nieto	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	19:20	0.03	9-20	0.05-0.79
91	Nikita Zadorov	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	21:32	0.08	26-20	1.03-0.95
92	Gabriel Landeskog	L	0	0	0	0	0	8	2	23:14	0.92	18-20	1.55-0.55
96	Mikko Rantanen	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	23:15	0.53	24-19	1.77-0.52

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
40	Semyon Varlamov	W	40	39	1	65:00	2.56	+1.56