Colorado Avalanche vs Vegas Golden Knights — December 27, 2025 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Colorado Avalanche defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 6-5 in a shootout on December 27, 2025. The Colorado Avalanche controlled play with 70.0% Corsi and generated 11.33 expected goals compared to 7.80 from the Vegas Golden Knights at 5-on-5, suggesting the result was well-earned. The Colorado Avalanche created 15 high-danger scoring chances compared to 12 from the Vegas Golden Knights at 5-on-5. Martin Necas recorded a hat trick with 3 goals. Nathan MacKinnon scored 2 goals. Valeri Nichushkin was the most dangerous skater with 2.36 individual expected goals on 5 shots at 5-on-5. The Colorado Avalanche outshot the Vegas Golden Knights 43-27 in total shots on goal.

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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
Strength filter — 5v5 by default, with options for power play, penalty kill, and all situations

COL6 - 5VGK (SO)

Dec 27, 2025 · Regular Season

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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

COL Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

VGK

COL

Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

COL Attempts

VGK Attempts

Individual Event Map

Player:

COL ShootVGK Shoot

Goal

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.

Stat:

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