Chicago Blackhawks vs. Vegas Golden KnightsOct 13, 2022

FinalThursday, Oct 13, 2022· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CHI	0	0	0	0		CHI	10	8	9	27
VGK	0	1	0	1		VGK	9	18	10	37

: CHI 53VGK 74
: CHI 1.68VGK 4.49
PP goals: CHI 0VGK 0
Hits: CHI 41VGK 20
Blocks: CHI 22VGK 19
PIM: CHI 6VGK 4
: CHI 51%VGK 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge Chicago Blackhawks 1–0

Vegas Golden Knights beat Chicago Blackhawks 1–0 at home. Paul Cotter (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 0A. VGK scored 1 goal on 4.49 expected goals (74 attempts), well short of its chances.

Luck
VGK scored 1 goal on 4.49 expected goals (74 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for VGK: Karlsson–Marchessault–Cotter skated 9:26 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (46.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Karlsson Marchessault Cotter
Goalie
Alex Stalock (CHI) faced 37 shots and stopped 36 (.973), +7 against a season average of 29.8; the loss.Stalock
New line
New look for CHI: Blackwell–Khaira–Johnson skated 6:47 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Blackwell Khaira Johnson
New line
New look for VGK: Carrier–Kolesar–Roy skated 9:04 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (57.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Carrier Kolesar Roy
Luck
CHI scored 0 goals on 1.68 expected goals (53 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Nicolas Hague (VGK) played 13:51, −4:18 down on his 18:09 season average over 80 games.Hague
Usage
Andreas Athanasiou (CHI) played 19:17, +3:19 up on his 15:58 season average over 80 games.Athanasiou

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 127 of 127 attempts · VGK 74 · CHI 53

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 13% of the game, VGK 40%.

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
	52	67
	1.33	2.68
	1.31	2.60
	7	14
	4	7
	20	22
	+0.016	−0.016
	13%	40%

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 – Athanasiou – Domi
12:4843% CF
L2Lafferty – Entwistle – Kurashev
9:4833% CF
L3Toews – Johnson – Raddysh
9:1648% CF
L4Blackwell – Khaira – Johnson
6:4736% CF
D1Johnson – Jones
13:5345% CF
D2Tinordi – Murphy
11:5336% CF
D3Jones – Roos
10:2844% CF

PP1Kane – Johnson – Jones – Domi – Raddysh
2:2480% CF
PP2Toews – Athanasiou – Entwistle – Kurashev – Roos
1:0275% CF
PK1FBlackwell – Khaira
1:32
PK2FLafferty – Entwistle
0:46
PK1DJohnson – Jones
3:00
PK2DTinordi – Murphy
2:07

Current CHI line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Stone – Stephenson – Howden
11:5667% CF
L2Karlsson – Marchessault – Cotter
9:2647% CF
L3Carrier – Kolesar – Roy
9:0458% CF
L4Kessel – Smith – Eichel
8:0053% CF
D1McNabb – Theodore
14:3852% CF
D2Martinez – Pietrangelo
14:2855% CF
D3Hague – Whitecloud
11:1758% CF

PP1Smith – Stone – Stephenson – Theodore – Eichel
2:38100% CF
PP2Kessel – Pietrangelo – Karlsson – Marchessault – Roy
2:34100% CF
PK1FStone – Stephenson
1:53
PK2FSmith – Karlsson
1:15
PK1DMartinez – Pietrangelo
1:42
PK2DMcNabb – Whitecloud
1:29

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

8:44
VGKPaul Cotter (Zach Whitecloud)wrist0.09 xG
CHI: Toews, Athanasiou, Jones, Entwistle, KurashevVGK: Smith, Theodore, Eichel, Hague, Cotter
CHI 0 – 1 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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Patrick Kane R	L1	0	3	0.14	1	1	0	21:04	—	—	50	39
Max Domi C	L1	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	19:37	—	—	41	44
Andreas Athanasiou C	L1	-1	3	0.17	1	0	0	19:17	—	—	48	32
Philipp Kurashev C	L2	-1	3	0.21	3	1	0	16:25	—	—	40	15
MacKenzie Entwistle R	L2	-1	0	0.00	3	1	0	13:52	—	—	31	9
Sam Lafferty C	L2	0	1	0.01	1	1	2	13:24	—	—	37	17
Jonathan Toews C	L3	-1	1	0.02	0	3	2	16:03	—	—	43	31
Taylor Raddysh R	L3	0	2	0.09	2	1	0	15:19	—	—	48	46
Tyler Johnson C	L3	0	2	0.39	3	0	0	14:46	—	—	46	49
Jujhar Khaira L	L4	0	1	0.14	4	0	0	11:02	—	—	44	44
Reese Johnson C	L4	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	10:22	—	—	53	45
Colin Blackwell C	L4	0	2	0.10	1	1	0	10:01	—	—	36	44
Seth Jones D	D1	0	2	0.15	1	3	0	27:05	—	—	44	40
Jack Johnson D	D1	0	3	0.11	1	2	0	20:53	—	—	42	33
Connor Murphy D	D2	0	2	0.06	3	4	0	18:30	—	—	43	32
Jarred Tinordi D	D2	0	0	0.00	5	2	0	15:19	—	—	40	31
Filip Roos D	D3	0	2	0.09	3	1	0	17:03	—	—	48	35
Caleb Jones D	D3	-1	0	0.00	3	1	2	15:44	—	—	47	29

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Stalock(start)	L	37	36	1	.973	3.26	58:14

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mark Stone R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.35	0	1	0	20:40	—	—	64	84
Chandler Stephenson C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	1.07	1	1	0	18:34	—	—	66	84
Brett Howden C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	3	1	2	13:23	—	—	63	78
William Karlsson C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.29	0	0	0	18:22	—	—	42	49
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.30	2	0	0	16:27	—	—	55	67
Paul Cotter L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.19	4	0	2	12:19	—	—	44	59
Nicolas Roy C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.36	0	0	0	15:40	—	—	57	62
Keegan Kolesar R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	5	0	0	10:22	—	—	50	47
William Carrier L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	3	2	0	9:52	—	—	58	58
Reilly Smith R	L4	0	0	0	+1	4	0.16	0	0	0	17:26	—	—	62	69
Jack Eichel C	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.69	2	1	0	16:23	—	—	56	57
Phil Kessel R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	0	1	0	12:37	—	—	52	51
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	0	0	0	21:03	—	—	55	47
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	0	4	0	19:38	—	—	53	67
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	2	0	23:21	—	—	57	72
Alec Martinez D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	3	0	21:23	—	—	55	64
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	0	1	0	14:45	—	—	56	71
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.09	0	2	0	13:51	—	—	64	74

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	W	27	27	0	.1000	1.68	59:54

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.