Game Recap
Behind a 3-goal night from Martin Necas, the Colorado Avalanche beat the Vegas Golden Knights 6-5 on Saturday. At 5-on-5, COL carried the play with 11.33 expected goals and a 70.0% share of shot attempts. Nathan MacKinnon found the net 2 times. COL held a slight 15-12 edge in high-danger chances. Valeri Nichushkin generated the most offense at even strength with 2.36 ixG on 5 shots.
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- xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Colorado Avalanche vs Vegas Golden Knights progressed on Dec 27, 2025
- Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
- Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
- Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
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COL6 - 5VGK (SO)
Dec 27, 2025 · Regular Season
Overview
| Period | Corsi | Fenwick | Shots | SC | HDSC | xG | Goals | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | A | % | F | A | % | F | A | % | F | A | % | F | A | % | F | A | % | F | A | % | ||
| VGK | P1 | 12 | 24 | 33.3 | 9 | 16 | 36.0 | 7 | 9 | 43.8 | 7 | 16 | 30.4 | 2 | 3 | 40.0 | 1.92 | 3.06 | 38.5 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 |
| P2 | 20 | 29 | 40.8 | 16 | 21 | 43.2 | 12 | 11 | 52.2 | 13 | 18 | 41.9 | 8 | 6 | 57.1 | 4.41 | 3.69 | 54.4 | 3 | 2 | 60.0 | |
| P3 | 14 | 38 | 26.9 | 13 | 28 | 31.7 | 6 | 16 | 27.3 | 10 | 26 | 27.8 | 4 | 7 | 36.4 | 3.51 | 5.09 | 40.8 | 1 | 3 | 25.0 | |
| OT | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.00 | 0.99 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| SO | 4 | 4 | 50.0 | 4 | 4 | 50.0 | 2 | 4 | 33.3 | 4 | 4 | 50.0 | 4 | 3 | 57.1 | 2.43 | 2.04 | 54.4 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | |
| Total | 50 | 104 | 32.5 | 42 | 75 | 35.9 | 27 | 43 | 38.6 | 34 | 73 | 31.8 | 18 | 19 | 48.6 | 12.27 | 14.87 | 45.2 | 6 | 7 | 46.2 | |
| COL | P1 | 24 | 12 | 66.7 | 16 | 9 | 64.0 | 9 | 7 | 56.3 | 16 | 7 | 69.6 | 3 | 2 | 60.0 | 3.06 | 1.92 | 61.5 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| P2 | 29 | 20 | 59.2 | 21 | 16 | 56.8 | 11 | 12 | 47.8 | 18 | 13 | 58.1 | 6 | 8 | 42.9 | 3.69 | 4.41 | 45.6 | 2 | 3 | 40.0 | |
| P3 | 38 | 14 | 73.1 | 28 | 13 | 68.3 | 16 | 6 | 72.7 | 26 | 10 | 72.2 | 7 | 4 | 63.6 | 5.09 | 3.51 | 59.2 | 3 | 1 | 75.0 | |
| OT | 9 | 0 | 100.0 | 6 | 0 | 100.0 | 3 | 0 | 100.0 | 9 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.99 | 0.00 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| SO | 4 | 4 | 50.0 | 4 | 4 | 50.0 | 4 | 2 | 66.7 | 4 | 4 | 50.0 | 3 | 4 | 42.9 | 2.04 | 2.43 | 45.6 | 2 | 1 | 66.7 | |
| Total | 104 | 50 | 67.5 | 75 | 42 | 64.1 | 43 | 27 | 61.4 | 73 | 34 | 68.2 | 19 | 18 | 51.4 | 14.87 | 12.27 | 54.8 | 7 | 6 | 53.8 | |
Win Probability
VGK Favored
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Goal
Power Play
Gameflow — Cumulative xG
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Goal
Shot Density Heatmap
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VGK Attempts
Individual Event Map
COL ShootVGK Shoot
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Shot on Net
Missed Shot
Shot Blocked
Giveaway
Player Matchup Grid
This grid shows how every skater on the home team (VGK) performed against every skater on the away team (COL) when they were on the ice at the same time.
- Rows = VGK players, Columns = COL players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
- Green = the VGK player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
- Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
- Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.
| VGK ↓ / COL → | MacKinnon | Necas | Nelson | Drury | Kelly | Colton | Brindley | Landeskog | Lehkonen | Olofsson | Kiviranta | Nichushkin | Toews | Makar | Manson | Burns | Malinski | Girard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hertl | 43 | 33 | 34 | 64 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 30 | 0 | 100 | 35 | 67 | 58 | 59 | 41 | 12 | 13 |
| Howden | 30 | 40 | 33 | 36 | 40 | 50 | 50 | 32 | 36 | 44 | 29 | 40 | 27 | 23 | 64 | 73 | 32 | 38 |
| Sissons | 11 | 15 | 17 | 50 | 67 | 50 | 60 | 12 | 22 | 40 | 67 | 14 | 23 | 27 | 18 | 40 | 20 | 33 |
| Barbashev | 33 | 38 | 23 | 100 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 50 | 0 | 100 | 38 | 37 | 41 | 56 | 69 | 20 | 25 |
| Saad | 14 | 15 | 17 | 29 | 67 | 33 | 60 | 15 | 29 | 25 | 67 | 20 | 21 | 24 | 25 | 50 | 20 | 50 |
| Marner | 34 | 40 | 32 | 29 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 100 | 25 | 42 | 34 | 64 | 40 | 8 | 13 |
| Stone | 32 | 36 | 35 | 60 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 43 | 0 | 100 | 32 | 48 | 41 | 64 | 42 | 17 | 22 |
| Dorofeyev | 20 | 25 | 31 | 64 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 26 | 0 | 100 | 30 | 63 | 47 | 50 | 35 | 12 | 12 |
| Holtz | 20 | 33 | 15 | 70 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 20 | 0 | 100 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 38 | 48 | 22 | 21 |
| Bowman | 46 | 50 | 100 | 40 | 44 | 50 | 50 | 46 | 71 | 44 | 29 | 83 | 50 | 43 | 69 | 81 | 29 | 33 |
| Kolesar | 14 | 15 | 17 | 29 | 67 | 33 | 60 | 15 | 29 | 25 | 67 | 20 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 50 | 17 | 40 |
| Smith | 50 | 58 | 100 | 25 | 29 | 50 | 50 | 64 | 33 | 44 | 29 | 40 | 38 | 38 | 67 | 73 | 31 | 33 |
| Hanifin | 10 | 9 | 27 | 80 | 100 | 50 | 50 | 12 | 22 | 24 | 100 | 25 | 45 | 36 | 52 | 48 | 0 | 0 |
| Korczak | 37 | 42 | 23 | 40 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 29 | 0 | 50 | 23 | 33 | 36 | 71 | 64 | 17 | 27 |
| McNabb | 38 | 44 | 23 | 40 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 33 | 0 | 50 | 23 | 37 | 36 | 71 | 64 | 18 | 29 |
| Hutton | 13 | 10 | 14 | 90 | 100 | 50 | 56 | 13 | 21 | 25 | 100 | 29 | 35 | 35 | 48 | 61 | 13 | 12 |
| Whitecloud | 22 | 33 | 38 | 15 | 22 | 18 | 50 | 33 | 35 | 20 | 29 | 32 | 19 | 17 | 31 | 36 | 31 | 40 |
| Lauzon | 29 | 29 | 38 | 15 | 22 | 18 | 40 | 33 | 40 | 18 | 29 | 33 | 20 | 20 | 31 | 36 | 31 | 40 |
