COL @ VGK 6–5 · 2025-12-27

Team	1	2	3	OT	SOG
COL	0	2	3	0	39
VGK	1	3	1	0	25

Story

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Result COL 6–5 SOCall No lean · COL 58%xG 4.13–3.31 · deserved COL 62%Swing Lehkonen +49 3rd 18:03Method

Goals and penalties with VGK win probability
Time	Event	VGK win before	VGK win after
1st 2:43	Goal VGK · A. Holtz	42%	59%
1st 11:30	COL penalty · C. Makar · delaying game puck over glass · 2 min
1st 14:58	VGK penalty · Z. Whitecloud · hooking · 2 min
2nd 0:34	Goal VGK · I. Barbashev	64%	81%
2nd 5:19	Goal COL · S. Girard	83%	66%
2nd 10:27	Goal COL · M. Necas	68%	44%
2nd 11:36	Goal VGK · B. Hutton	44%	68%
2nd 12:05	Goal VGK · B. Howden	68%	86%
3rd 3:52	Goal COL · M. Necas	93%	76%
3rd 5:52	COL penalty · G. Brindley · too many men on the ice · 2 min
3rd 8:21	Goal COL · N. MacKinnon	80%	45%
3rd 10:36	COL penalty · J. Manson · interference · 2 min
3rd 16:00	Goal VGK · C. Sissons	46%	91%
3rd 18:03	Goal COL · A. Lehkonen	95%	46%

On ice · final horn

COL3 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
11B. NelsonC	0:09	23:40	28	0	1	1	3	9	0	0	2	5-13
29N. MacKinnonC	0:09	25:16	30	1	2	3	9	17	0	1	0	8-4
8C. MakarD	0:09	24:27	31	0	0	0	0	7	2	1	1	–
41S. WedgewoodG		63:58	SA25GA5SV%.800xGA3.31GSAx−1.69

VGK3 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
21B. HowdenC	0:23	16:17	22	1	0	1	2	3	0	1	1	7-10
93M. MarnerR	0:23	20:32	27	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	2	3-8
15N. HanifinD	1:04	25:49	27	0	2	2	3	3	0	0	1	–
79C. HartG		64:48	SA39GA5SV%.872xGA4.13GSAx−0.87

Goals

1st
Alexander Holtz(1)
N. Hanifin (1), T. Hertl (1)
xG 0.09tip-inClip(opens nhl.com)
0–1 VGK1st 02:43+17.459%
2nd
Ivan Barbashev(1)
M. Marner (1)
xG 0.19wristClip(opens nhl.com)
0–2 VGK2nd 00:34+17.081%
Samuel Girard(1)
S. Malinski (1), V. Nichushkin (1)
xG 0.02wristClip(opens nhl.com)
1–2 VGK2nd 05:19+17.334%
Martin Necas(1)
S. Malinski (2), S. Girard (1)
xG 0.03wristClip(opens nhl.com)
2–2 Tied2nd 10:27+23.956%
Ben Hutton(1)
A. Holtz (1), N. Hanifin (2)
xG 0.04slapClip(opens nhl.com)
2–3 VGK2nd 11:36+24.368%
Brett Howden(1)
R. Smith (1), J. Lauzon (1)
xG 0.07tip-inClip(opens nhl.com)
2–4 VGK2nd 12:05+17.686%
3rd
Martin Necas(2)
N. MacKinnon (1)
xG 0.06wristClip(opens nhl.com)
3–4 VGK3rd 03:52+16.824%
Nathan MacKinnon(1)
S. Malinski (3), G. Landeskog (1)
xG 0.22wristClip(opens nhl.com)
4–4 Tied3rd 08:21+34.655%
Colton Sissons(1)
K. Kolesar (1), K. Korczak (1)
xG 0.17backhandClip(opens nhl.com)
4–5 VGK3rd 16:00+44.891%
Artturi Lehkonen(1)6v5
N. MacKinnon (2), B. Nelson (1)
xG 0.16snapClip(opens nhl.com)
5–5 Tied3rd 18:03+48.854%

ShootoutCOL R. Colton –VGK P. Dorofeyev –COL M. Necas GVGK M. Marner GCOL V. Nichushkin –VGK R. Smith –COL N. MacKinnon GVGK A. Holtz –

Shots

COL4.13 xG71 unblocked · 29 blocked71 unblocked · 29 blocked

VGK3.31 xG38 unblocked · 8 blocked38 unblocked · 8 blocked

GoalSavedMissedBlockedSize = xG

xG breakdown

GoalIronSaveMissEVPPEASHSize = pony xG · blocked attempts carry none

Team stats

COLVGK5Goals54.13xG3.3139Shots2571Unblocked38100Attempts466High danger50/1Power play0/333Faceoffs2916Hits218Blocks295Takeaways515Giveaways196PIM2

Skaters

Player

Player
7D. ToewsDevon ToewsD	25:39	0	0	0	3	11	0.20	−0.20	0	1	0	0	—	0	-1
29N. MacKinnonNathan MacKinnonC	25:28	1	2	3	9	17	1.13	−0.13	1	0	0	3	67%	0	+2
8C. MakarCale MakarD	24:39	0	0	0	0	7	0.05	−0.05	1	1	0	1	—	2	0
11B. NelsonBrock NelsonC	23:52	0	1	1	3	10	0.47	−0.47	0	1	1	1	28%	0	0
88M. NecasMartin NecasC	21:09	2	0	2	4	6	0.37	+1.63	1	0	0	2	—	0	+3
62A. LehkonenArtturi LehkonenL	20:36	1	0	1	2	7	0.71	+0.29	0	0	0	1	100%	0	+1
92G. LandeskogGabriel LandeskogL	20:04	0	1	1	3	5	0.20	−0.20	1	1	0	1	85%	0	+2
13V. NichushkinValeri NichushkinR	20:03	0	1	1	7	10	0.54	−0.54	0	0	1	0	—	0	-1
70S. MalinskiSam MalinskiD	19:11	0	3	3	3	10	0.10	−0.10	0	1	0	1	—	0	+3
42J. MansonJosh MansonD	18:37	0	0	0	0	2	0.00	0.00	4	1	0	1	—	2	-1
84B. BurnsBrent BurnsD	17:53	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0.00	1	0	2	1	—	0	-3
49S. GirardSamuel GirardD	16:41	1	1	2	2	5	0.04	+0.96	0	0	0	1	—	0	+1
95V. OlofssonVictor OlofssonL	11:40	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	−0.02	1	0	0	0	—	0	0
18J. DruryJack DruryC	11:38	0	0	0	1	3	0.14	−0.14	1	1	0	0	55%	0	-2
20R. ColtonRoss ColtonC	9:51	0	0	0	2	3	0.09	−0.09	2	0	1	0	50%	0	+1
17P. KellyParker KellyC	9:01	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	−0.08	1	0	0	1	0%	0	-2
54G. BrindleyGavin BrindleyC	8:14	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	33%	0	0
94J. KivirantaJoel KivirantaL	5:34	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	1	0	0	1	—	0	-2
COL total		5	9	14	39	100	4.13	+0.87	16	8	5	15	53%	4

Pony score

Cool = offence · warm = defenceProductionPlay drivingSpecial teamsUsageMethod

Forwards

MacKinnon+1.58

Necas+1.01

Lehkonen+0.57

Nelson+0.17

Landeskog−0.11

Nichushkin−0.14

Kiviranta−0.17

Drury−0.22

Olofsson−0.26

Colton−0.27

Kelly−0.31

Brindley−0.47

Defence

Malinski+1.18

Girard+0.64

Toews−0.07

Manson−0.32

Makar−0.36

Burns−0.37

Goalie

Wedgewood−1.66

Units

5v5

Lines

Lines
Landeskog·MacKinnon·Necas	15:23	23	26	14	65.0%	13	8	3	1	1.25	1.01	55.3%	+0.24	3	1	75%
Lehkonen·Nelson·Nichushkin	10:43	14	17	5	77.3%	6	2	0	1	0.79	0.18	81.6%	+0.61	1	2	33%
Olofsson·Colton·Brindley	5:08	8	3	6	33.3%	1	3	0	0	0.03	0.64	4.3%	−0.61	1	0	100%
Kiviranta·Kelly·Drury	4:49	8	6	8	42.9%	0	4	0	2	0.15	0.35	30.3%	−0.20	1	4	20%
Occasional · 8 groups
Olofsson·Drury·Colton	2:06	3	3	0	100.0%	1	0	0	0	0.12	0.00	100.0%	+0.12	0	0	—
Lehkonen·Nelson·MacKinnon	1:33	2	1	0	100.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	2	0	100%
Lehkonen·Olofsson·Nelson	1:10	1	8	0	100.0%	4	0	0	0	0.29	0.00	100.0%	+0.29	0	0	—
Nelson·MacKinnon·Nichushkin	0:55	1	5	0	100.0%	3	0	0	0	0.27	0.00	100.0%	+0.27	1	0	100%
Olofsson·Nelson·Colton	0:55	3	3	0	100.0%	2	0	0	0	0.09	0.00	100.0%	+0.09	0	0	—
Lehkonen·MacKinnon·Nichushkin	0:41	3	3	0	100.0%	1	0	0	0	0.10	0.00	100.0%	+0.10	0	0	—
Lehkonen·Landeskog·MacKinnon	0:39	2	2	0	100.0%	0	0	0	0	0.01	0.00	100.0%	+0.01	1	0	100%
Kelly·Drury·Nichushkin	0:31	1	1	0	100.0%	0	0	0	0	0.02	0.00	100.0%	+0.02	0	0	—
COL 5v5	51:10		84	36	70.0%	33	19	4	5	3.31	2.42	57.8%	+0.89

Goalies

Scott Wedgewood

COL · 64:10

Saves: 20/25
SV%: .800
xGA: 3.31
GSAx: −1.69

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	14/19	.737	2.42	−2.58
Power play	6/6	1.000	0.89	+0.89
Shorthanded	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
High danger	2/4	.500	1.15	−0.85

Carter Hart

VGK · 65:00

Saves: 34/39
SV%: .872
xGA: 4.13
GSAx: −0.87

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	32/37	.865	4.11	−0.89
Power play	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
Shorthanded	2/2	1.000	0.03	+0.03
High danger	2/4	.500	1.21	−0.79

Lines

His goal Primary assist Goal for Goal against Time together ES PP PK minutes

Colorado Avalanche

Minutes

25:39Toews
24:39Makar
19:11Malinski
18:37Manson
17:53Burns
16:41Girard

25:28MacKinnon
23:52Nelson
21:09Necas
20:36Lehkonen
20:04Landeskog
20:03Nichushkin
11:40Olofsson
11:38Drury
9:51Colton
9:01Kelly
8:14Brindley
5:34Kiviranta

Matchups

5v5Size = time head to headSplit = xG shareCOLVGK

Zone starts

DZD zoneNZ · flyNeutral · flyOZO zone

ToewsD3 O7
MakarD3 O7
BurnsD1 O2
MansonD2 O2
MalinskiD5 O1
GirardD5 O0
LandeskogD1 O6
MacKinnonD1 O6
NecasD1 O4
LehkonenD4 O6
ColtonD0 O2
OlofssonD0 O1
BrindleyD1 O2
NelsonD5 O5
NichushkinD4 O3
KellyD5 O2
DruryD4 O1
KivirantaD5 O1

Shift starts · darker = later period