Chicago Blackhawks vs. Vegas Golden KnightsDec 10, 2019

FinalTuesday, Dec 10, 2019· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CHI	0	0	1	1		CHI	12	8	9	29
VGK	0	3	2	5		VGK	12	16	9	37

: CHI 54VGK 56
: CHI 3.30VGK 3.56
PP goals: CHI 1VGK 1
Hits: CHI 19VGK 31
Blocks: CHI 11VGK 12
PIM: CHI 4VGK 8
: CHI 49%VGK 51%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Vegas Golden Knights rout Chicago Blackhawks 5–1

Vegas Golden Knights beat Chicago Blackhawks 5–1 at home. Reilly Smith (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Calvin de Haan (CHI) played 7:35, −12:46 down on his 20:21 season average over 28 games.

Points
Reilly Smith had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:14.Smith
Usage
Calvin de Haan (CHI) played 7:35, −12:46 down on his 20:21 season average over 28 games.de Haan
New line
New look for VGK: Pacioretty–Stone–Stephenson skated 11:50 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (47.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pacioretty Stone Stephenson
Luck
CHI scored 1 goal on 3.30 expected goals (54 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Corey Crawford (CHI) faced 37 shots and stopped 32 (.865), +5 against a season average of 32.4; the loss.Crawford
New line
New look for CHI: Carpenter–Nylander–Dach skated 10:01 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (58.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Carpenter Nylander Dach
New line
New look for CHI: Smith–Sikura–Kampf skated 10:30 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Smith Sikura Kampf
New line
New look for VGK: Stastny–Zykov–Tuch skated 11:39 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (48.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Stastny Zykov Tuch

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← CHI attacks left (bottom on phones)VGK attacks right (top on phones) →

VGK
CHI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 110 of 110 attempts · VGK 56 · CHI 54

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

VGK
CHI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

VGK pressure
CHI pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: CHI 31% of the game, VGK 37%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

VGK

CHI

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	CHI	VGK
	58	56
	3.78	3.43
	3.58	3.27
	14	11
	5	7
	20	19
	−0.040	+0.040
	31%	37%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Kane – Strome – DeBrincat
12:4050% CF
L2Toews – Saad – Kubalik
12:3655% CF
L3Smith – Sikura – Kampf
10:3033% CF
L4Carpenter – Nylander – Dach
10:0159% CF
D1Murphy – Gustafsson
11:0857% CF
D2Gilbert – Boqvist
8:1250% CF
D3Seabrook – de Haan
5:0640% CF

PP1Toews – Kane – Gustafsson – Strome – DeBrincat
3:1150% CF
PP2Saad – Kubalik – Nylander – Boqvist – Dach
1:50100% CF
PK1FSaad – Kampf
0:47
PK2FSmith – Carpenter
0:41
PK1DMurphy – Gustafsson
0:36
PK2DSeabrook – Boqvist
0:29

Current CHI line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
13:2648% CF
L2Pacioretty – Stone – Stephenson
11:5048% CF
L3Stastny – Zykov – Tuch
11:3948% CF
L4Reaves – Carrier – Nosek
7:0071% CF
D1Theodore – Hague
15:2450% CF
D2Engelland – Holden
15:1954% CF
D3McNabb – Schmidt
15:1039% CF

PP1Stastny – Pacioretty – Stone – Theodore – Zykov
1:24100% CF
PP2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore – Tuch
0:45
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
1:56
PK2FStone – Stephenson
1:31
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
4:41
PK2DHolden – Schmidt
0:36

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

7:27
VGKReilly SmithPP (Nate Schmidt, Nicolas Hague)wrist0.22 xG
CHI: Seabrook, Toews, Murphy, KampfVGK: Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Schmidt, Hague
CHI 0 – 1 VGK
11:24
VGKDeryk Engelland (Alex Tuch)snap0.12 xG
CHI: Smith, Murphy, Sikura, Kampf, BoqvistVGK: Engelland, Stastny, Holden, Zykov, Tuch
CHI 0 – 2 VGK
19:16
VGKWilliam KarlssonSH (Reilly Smith)wrist0.09 xG
CHI: Toews, Kane, Gustafsson, Strome, DeBrincatVGK: Engelland, McNabb, Smith, Karlsson
CHI 0 – 3 VGK

3rd period

3:17
VGKMax Pacioretty (Mark Stone)wrist0.16 xG
CHI: Seabrook, Toews, Saad, Gustafsson, KubalikVGK: Pacioretty, McNabb, Stone, Stephenson, Theodore
CHI 0 – 4 VGK
12:59
VGKRyan Reaves (Paul Stastny, William Carrier)slap0.14 xG
CHI: Carpenter, Gilbert, Nylander, Boqvist, DachVGK: Engelland, Stastny, Reaves, Holden, Carrier
CHI 0 – 5 VGK
19:33
CHIDominik KubalikPP (Alex Nylander, Adam Boqvist)snap0.11 xG
CHI: Saad, Kubalik, Nylander, Boqvist, DachVGK: Engelland, McNabb, Stone, Nosek
CHI 1 – 5 VGK

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Patrick Kane R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.24	0	0	0	19:15	—	—	54	32
Dylan Strome C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.23	0	0	0	18:32	—	—	52	37
Alex DeBrincat R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.21	2	0	0	17:43	—	—	52	31
Jonathan Toews C	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.39	0	0	0	19:15	—	—	52	53
Brandon Saad L	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.47	1	1	2	17:52	—	—	56	65
Dominik Kubalik L	L2	1	0	1	-1	1	0.14	0	0	0	15:24	—	—	53	51
Zack Smith C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	4	0	0	12:18	—	—	39	72
David Kampf C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.54	1	2	0	11:56	—	—	41	74
Dylan Sikura R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:02	—	—	31	24
Alex Nylander L	L4	0	1	1	-1	2	0.04	0	0	0	13:32	—	—	50	59
Kirby Dach C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	0	1	0	13:00	—	—	56	64
Ryan Carpenter C	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.54	1	1	0	12:04	—	—	56	69
Erik Gustafsson D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.07	1	1	0	25:44	—	—	56	46
Connor Murphy D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	3	0	0	23:05	—	—	55	50
Dennis Gilbert D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	5	1	2	19:48	—	—	48	77
Adam Boqvist D	D2	0	1	1	-2	2	0.24	0	0	0	17:42	—	—	53	57
Brent Seabrook D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	4	0	20:21	—	—	40	28
Calvin de Haan D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	7:35	—	—	50	32

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Corey Crawford(start)	L	37	32	5	.865	3.56	59:50

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
William Karlsson C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.34	0	1	0	18:29	—	—	52	71
Reilly Smith R	L1	1	1	2	+1	4	0.53	0	1	0	17:14	—	—	48	68
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.28	1	0	0	15:48	—	—	46	67
Mark Stone R	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.33	1	0	2	17:59	—	—	48	46
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.18	3	1	2	16:33	—	—	42	41
Max Pacioretty L	L2	1	0	1	+1	5	0.40	2	0	0	15:22	—	—	54	51
Paul Stastny C	L3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.05	1	2	0	16:26	—	—	53	33
Valentin Zykov L	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.20	4	0	2	15:35	—	—	41	19
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	2	1	2	13:48	—	—	47	21
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.31	1	0	0	9:57	—	—	63	69
Ryan Reaves R	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.23	4	0	0	9:27	—	—	64	82
William Carrier L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	8:05	—	—	67	80
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.20	0	1	0	20:09	—	—	51	51
Nicolas Hague D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	2	0	0	17:38	—	—	51	49
Deryk Engelland D	D2	1	0	1	+3	4	0.20	2	0	0	20:59	—	—	53	36
Nick Holden D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	3	0	0	18:37	—	—	53	33
Brayden McNabb D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	3	4	0	21:48	—	—	43	61
Nate Schmidt D	D3	0	1	1	0	4	0.26	0	1	0	18:43	—	—	43	59

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	29	28	1	.966	3.30	60:00

Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.