COL
Colorado Avalanche
52-16-11 · OT1 · L10: 6-3-1
W
W
W
W
W
W
SO
W
W
L
Final/SO
6—5
2025-12-27 · T-Mobile Arena
VGK
Vegas Golden Knights
37-26-17 · W1 · L10: 6-1-3
W
L
L
SO
W
W
SO
W
W
W
COL dominated expected goals 4.3 to 3.0 · COL controlled 70% of 5v5 shot attempts · Decided in a shootout
xG Flow
CUMULATIVECOL xG
4.28
ACTUAL
6 — 5
VGK xG
2.97
Scoring Timeline
0.19
HIGH xG
1P 02:43Even Strength
26
Alexander Holtz(1)
R · VGK · #26
Noah Hanifin (10), Tomas Hertl (14)COL 0 - 1 VGK
0.13
HIGH xG
2P 00:34Even Strength
49
Ivan Barbashev(12)
C · VGK · #49
Mitch Marner (30)COL 0 - 2 VGK
0.02
LOW xG
2P 05:19Even Strength
49
Samuel Girard(3)
D · COL · #49
Sam Malinski (16), Valeri Nichushkin (14)COL 1 - 2 VGK
0.03
LOW xG
2P 10:27Even Strength
88
Martin Necas(17)
C · COL · #88
Sam Malinski (17), Samuel Girard (7)COL 2 - 2 VGK
0.05
MED xG
2P 11:36Even Strength
17
Ben Hutton(5)
D · VGK · #17
Alexander Holtz (1), Noah Hanifin (11)COL 2 - 3 VGK
0.07
MED xG
2P 12:05Even Strength
21
Brett Howden(7)
C · VGK · #21
Reilly Smith (5), Jeremy Lauzon (5)COL 2 - 4 VGK
0.02
LOW xG
3P 03:52Even Strength88
Martin Necas(18)
C · COL · #88
Nathan MacKinnon (32)COL 3 - 4 VGK
0.34
HIGH xG
3P 08:21Even Strength
29
Nathan MacKinnon(31)
C · COL · #29
Sam Malinski (18), Gabriel Landeskog (13)COL 4 - 4 VGK
0.14
HIGH xG
3P 16:00Even Strength
10
Colton Sissons(3)
C · VGK · #10
Keegan Kolesar (6), Kaedan Korczak (6)COL 4 - 5 VGK
0.21
HIGH xG
3P 18:03Power Play
62
Artturi Lehkonen(14)
L · COL · #62
Nathan MacKinnon (33), Brock Nelson (12)COL 5 - 5 VGK
Three Stars
PUCKLAB PICKS★1
79
Carter Hart
G · VGK · #79
34/39 saves, .871 SV%, -0.5 GSAx
★2
29
Nathan MacKinnon
C · COL · #29
1G, 2A, 9 SOG, 1 HIT
★3
88
Martin Necas
C · COL · #88
2G, 4 SOG, 1 HIT
Team Stats
COLVGK
39Shots25
4.27xGF2.97
70CF%30
53.2FO%46.8
0/1PP0/3
16Hits21
8Blocks27
15Giveaways19
5Takeaways5
6PIM2
Period Breakdown
| Period | COL SOG | VGK SOG | COL xG | VGK xG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 9 | 6 | 0.93 | 0.61 |
| 2nd | 9 | 9 | 1.02 | 1.36 |
| 3rd | 13 | 5 | 1.75 | 1.00 |
| OT | 3 | 0 | 0.58 | 0.00 |
| Total | 34 | 20 | 4.28 | 2.97 |
Penalties
4 TOTAL1P 11:30
Cale Makardelaying-game-puck-over-glass (2 min)
1P 14:58
Zach Whitecloudhooking (2 min)
Drawn by Brock Nelson3P 05:52
Teamtoo-many-men-on-the-ice (2 min)
3P 10:36
Josh Mansoninterference (2 min)
Drawn by Tomas Hertl