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Vegas Golden Knights at Colorado Avalanche

Western Conference Finals, Game 1 · May 20, 2026 · Ball Arena

Team Goals Shots
Vegas Golden Knights 4 28
Colorado Avalanche 2 38

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
2nd Period
12:29 VGK Dylan Coghlan (1) Brandon Saad (2), Colton Sissons (4) 1 - 0
15:02 VGK Pavel Dorofeyev (10) PP Mitch Marner (12), Tomas Hertl (5) 2 - 0
3rd Period
01:34 VGK Brett Howden (9) Ben Hutton (1) 3 - 0
05:53 COL Valeri Nichushkin (2) Ross Colton (3) 3 - 1
17:39 COL Gabriel Landeskog (4) PP Nathan MacKinnon (7), Devon Toews (7) 3 - 2
19:15 VGK Nic Dowd (3) Jack Eichel (15), Rasmus Andersson (4) 4 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
09:02 COL Brent Burns Hooking 2
19:09 VGK Ivan Barbashev Holding 2
2nd Period
14:16 COL Ross Colton Roughing 2
19:24 VGK Ben Hutton Tripping 2
3rd Period
16:52 VGK Shea Theodore High sticking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Vegas Golden Knights 52 40 28 4 3.7 39.8
Colorado Avalanche 80 56 38 2 3.1 60.2

How the game went

50510152025Start2nd3rdColorado Avalanche aheadVegas Golden Knights ahead

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: 3.7 expected, 4 scored · Colorado Avalanche: 3.1 expected, 2 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndVGK goal, 12:29 of 2nd, a 7% chanceVGK goal, 15:02 of 2nd, a 16% chanceVGK goal, 1:34 of 3rd, a 28% chanceVGK goal, 19:15 of 3rd, a 57% chanceCOL goal, 5:53 of 3rd, a 12% chanceCOL goal, 17:39 of 3rd, a 14% chanceVGK 3.7COL 3.1

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.

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 lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
William Karlsson · Mitch Marner · Brett Howden12:3731.343.20-0
Ivan Barbashev · Jack Eichel · Pavel Dorofeyev9:1052.456.30-1
Nic Dowd · Keegan Kolesar · Cole Smith7:4446.234.10-0
Brandon Saad · Tomas Hertl · Colton Sissons7:0366.764.21-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brayden McNabb · Shea Theodore19:1641.246.10-0
Noah Hanifin · Rasmus Andersson17:5542.954.20-0
Ben Hutton · Dylan Coghlan7:4840.912.20-1

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
16 Pavel Dorofeyev R 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 14:21 0.41 12-15 0.74-0.74
21 Brett Howden C 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 18:11 0.48 14-30 0.85-0.86
26 Nic Dowd C 1 0 1 1 0 1 4 13:18 9-14 0.17-0.55
52 Dylan Coghlan D 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 08:13 0.13 11-13 0.42-0.51
4 Rasmus Andersson D 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 23:32 0.05 20-29 1.30-1.27
9 Jack Eichel C 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 19:32 0.27 11-19 0.74-0.95
15 Colton Sissons C 0 1 1 1 0 1 5 11:28 0.00 10-11 0.38-0.46
17 Ben Hutton D 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 10:01 0.08 11-18 0.43-0.69
20 Brandon Saad L 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 08:10 12-5 0.40-0.21
48 Tomas Hertl C 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 10:45 0.29 11-6 0.38-0.21
93 Mitch Marner R 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 21:35 0.11 14-32 0.87-1.01
3 Brayden McNabb D 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 25:42 0.07 14-21 0.44-0.60
15 Noah Hanifin D 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 23:29 0.00 20-31 1.58-1.29
22 Cole Smith R 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 11:56 6-16 0.16-0.67
27 Shea Theodore D 0 0 0 1 2 5 0 27:22 0.08 16-25 0.51-0.76
49 Ivan Barbashev L 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 16:25 0.12 13-18 0.75-0.82
55 Keegan Kolesar R 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 10:02 0.15 9-10 0.17-0.35
71 William Karlsson C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 21:11 0.12 12-27 0.50-0.83
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
79 Carter Hart W 38 36 2 60:00 2.89 +0.89

Colorado Avalanche

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Gabriel Landeskog · Nathan MacKinnon · Martin Necas11:1850.021.30-0
Brock Nelson · Artturi Lehkonen · Nicolas Roy7:4069.274.20-1
Nazem Kadri · Valeri Nichushkin · Ross Colton6:4866.751.81-0
Parker Kelly · Jack Drury · Logan O'Connor6:4758.349.80-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Devon Toews · Sam Malinski12:3161.343.40-0
Brent Burns · Brett Kulak8:1672.757.51-0
Josh Manson · Brett Kulak8:0180.097.40-0

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
43 Valeri Nichushkin R 1 0 1 1 0 3 3 13:39 0.25 18-12 0.61-0.48
92 Gabriel Landeskog L 1 0 1 -1 0 3 1 21:21 0.29 18-15 0.55-0.71
7 Devon Toews D 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 27:32 0.17 27-17 1.12-1.04
29 Nathan MacKinnon C 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 21:32 0.28 20-16 0.74-0.83
79 Ross Colton C 0 1 1 1 2 3 6 09:55 0.32 18-9 0.71-0.46
10 Nicolas Roy C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 12:40 0.05 16-8 0.57-0.49
11 Brock Nelson C 0 0 0 -3 0 4 1 18:15 0.33 17-7 0.62-0.48
17 Parker Kelly C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 08:57 0.16 8-8 0.40-0.35
18 Jack Drury C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:55 0.05 9-11 0.41-0.38
25 Logan O'Connor R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:16 0.24 11-10 0.47-0.37
27 Brett Kulak D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 23:06 0.04 38-15 1.68-0.60
42 Josh Manson D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 5 19:02 0.06 25-16 0.80-0.35
47 Jack Ahcan D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 07:34 4-9 0.10-0.24
62 Artturi Lehkonen L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 5 15:42 0.29 18-10 0.87-0.25
70 Sam Malinski D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 20:31 0.03 25-20 0.85-1.29
84 Brent Burns D 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 16:55 0.06 22-14 0.70-0.93
88 Martin Necas C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 2 23:41 0.27 25-18 0.71-1.10
91 Nazem Kadri C 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 19:26 0.29 26-11 1.00-0.60
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
41 Scott Wedgewood L 27 24 3 57:15 2.13 -0.87