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Vegas Golden Knights at Colorado Avalanche

Western Conference Finals, Game 2 · May 22, 2026 · Ball Arena

Team Goals Shots
Vegas Golden Knights 3 25
Colorado Avalanche 1 31

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
16:59 COL Ross Colton (2) Brent Burns (4), Nazem Kadri (5) 0 - 1
3rd Period
09:15 VGK Jack Eichel (2) Pavel Dorofeyev (3), Ivan Barbashev (7) 1 - 1
11:22 VGK Ivan Barbashev (4) Jack Eichel (16), Pavel Dorofeyev (4) 2 - 1
18:57 VGK Ivan Barbashev (5) Rasmus Andersson (5) 3 - 1

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
2nd Period
01:33 COL Martin Necas Slashing 2
01:33 COL Martin Necas Tripping 2
02:19 VGK Jack Eichel Interference 2
13:31 COL Nicolas Roy Hooking 2
18:42 VGK Shea Theodore Slashing 2
3rd Period
01:58 VGK Shea Theodore Hooking 2
04:48 COL Brent Burns High sticking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Vegas Golden Knights 53 32 25 3 2.4 45.2
Colorado Avalanche 63 47 31 1 2.6 54.8

How the game went

50510Start2nd3rdColorado 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: 2.4 expected, 3 scored · Colorado Avalanche: 2.6 expected, 1 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndVGK goal, 9:15 of 3rd, a 3% chanceVGK goal, 11:22 of 3rd, a 4% chanceVGK goal, 18:57 of 3rd, a 39% chanceCOL goal, 16:59 of 1st, a 16% chanceCOL 2.6VGK 2.4

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
Ivan Barbashev · Jack Eichel · Pavel Dorofeyev10:4834.830.52-0
William Karlsson · Mitch Marner · Brett Howden10:2250.068.50-0
Nic Dowd · Keegan Kolesar · Cole Smith6:2754.546.50-0
Brandon Saad · Tomas Hertl · Colton Sissons6:1846.776.40-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Noah Hanifin · Rasmus Andersson13:0433.344.91-0
Brayden McNabb · Shea Theodore8:2455.636.40-0
Shea Theodore · Dylan Coghlan5:5836.447.00-0

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
49 Ivan Barbashev L 2 1 3 3 0 3 7 16:15 0.04 11-18 0.26-0.61
9 Jack Eichel C 1 1 2 3 2 2 1 19:06 0.17 9-17 0.24-0.56
16 Pavel Dorofeyev R 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 17:56 0.13 9-20 0.25-0.72
4 Rasmus Andersson D 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 26:41 0.00 12-25 0.41-0.54
3 Brayden McNabb D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12:13 0.24 13-8 0.45-0.29
6 Kaedan Korczak D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:13 14-10 0.89-0.45
15 Colton Sissons C 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 13:43 0.02 9-10 0.45-0.19
15 Noah Hanifin D 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 24:01 0.02 12-22 0.31-0.59
20 Brandon Saad L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 09:18 0.29 8-10 0.43-0.13
21 Brett Howden C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 17:09 0.06 16-17 0.80-0.54
22 Cole Smith R 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 09:48 0.04 7-6 0.21-0.22
26 Nic Dowd C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13:03 0.09 8-8 0.25-0.27
27 Shea Theodore D 0 0 0 -1 4 1 1 25:32 0.05 17-23 0.63-0.83
48 Tomas Hertl C 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 13:23 0.12 10-10 0.47-0.13
52 Dylan Coghlan D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 16:42 0.01 17-15 0.71-0.34
55 Keegan Kolesar R 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 09:13 7-6 0.21-0.22
71 William Karlsson C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 17:42 0.02 16-15 0.80-0.49
93 Mitch Marner R 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 21:02 0.73 15-15 0.73-0.38
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
79 Carter Hart W 31 30 1 60:00 2.42 +1.42

Colorado Avalanche

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Gabriel Landeskog · Nathan MacKinnon · Martin Necas6:3464.781.00-0
Parker Kelly · Jack Drury · Logan O'Connor5:3466.753.00-1
Gabriel Landeskog · Artturi Lehkonen · Nathan MacKinnon4:3172.786.90-0
Brock Nelson · Valeri Nichushkin · Martin Necas4:2871.469.00-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Devon Toews · Sam Malinski10:2261.954.30-2
Josh Manson · Brett Kulak7:4752.937.30-0
Brent Burns · Brett Kulak6:0120.018.80-0

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
79 Ross Colton C 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 08:18 0.16 10-10 0.40-0.62
84 Brent Burns D 0 1 1 1 2 5 1 20:01 0.10 18-14 0.67-0.63
91 Nazem Kadri C 0 1 1 0 0 2 4 17:48 0.22 14-13 0.57-0.82
7 Devon Toews D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 28:59 0.26 24-18 0.67-0.54
10 Nicolas Roy C 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 11:39 0.06 12-13 0.27-0.53
11 Brock Nelson C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 18:06 0.22 12-15 0.30-0.80
17 Parker Kelly C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:52 5-4 0.10-0.06
18 Jack Drury C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:56 5-4 0.04-0.08
25 Logan O'Connor R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:35 0.09 8-4 0.26-0.11
27 Brett Kulak D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20:07 0.04 14-21 0.48-1.08
29 Nathan MacKinnon C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 22:30 0.22 24-13 0.73-0.17
37 Nick Blankenburg D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:21 0.01 12-3 0.37-0.08
42 Josh Manson D 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 16:45 0.01 12-15 0.30-0.74
43 Valeri Nichushkin R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 15:07 0.25 8-14 0.23-0.97
62 Artturi Lehkonen L 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 16:23 0.29 14-15 0.32-0.62
70 Sam Malinski D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 20:40 0.09 22-14 0.51-0.34
88 Martin Necas C 0 0 0 -2 4 2 3 21:05 0.22 18-10 0.58-0.19
92 Gabriel Landeskog L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 20:16 0.41 23-10 0.70-0.13
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
41 Scott Wedgewood L 24 22 2 55:32 1.84 -0.16