St. Louis Blues vs. Vegas Golden KnightsOct 21, 2017

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
STL	1	0	1	0	2		STL	18	11	15	5	49
VGK	0	2	0	1	3		VGK	4	8	7	3	22

: STL 79VGK 47
: STL 5.54VGK 2.05
PP goals: STL 0VGK 2
Hits: STL 26VGK 18
Blocks: STL 9VGK 18
PIM: STL 6VGK 10
: STL 54%VGK 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge St. Louis Blues 3–2 (OT)

Vegas Golden Knights beat St. Louis Blues 3–2 in overtime at home. Reilly Smith (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 2A. VGK's first power-play unit (Smith, Karlsson, Miller, Hunt and Tuch) scored 2 power-play goals on 5 attempts in 2:01 together.

Points
Reilly Smith had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 21:53.Smith
Points
Colin Miller had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:54.Miller
Points
William Karlsson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 20:42.Karlsson
Points
Brad Hunt had 2 assists (2 points) in 18:52.Hunt
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Smith, Karlsson, Miller, Hunt and Tuch) scored 2 power-play goals on 5 attempts in 2:01 together.Smith Karlsson Miller Hunt Tuch
Luck
STL scored 2 goals on 5.54 expected goals (79 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Malcolm Subban (VGK) faced 38 shots and stopped 37 (.974), +10 against a season average of 27.9.Subban
Usage
Alex Tuch (VGK) played 8:49, −6:31 down on his 15:20 season average over 77 games.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

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

VGK
STL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 126 of 126 attempts · VGK 47 · STL 79

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

VGK
STL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: STL 52% of the game, VGK 14%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

VGK

STL

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	STL	VGK
	71	38
	4.30	1.56
	4.23	1.55
	12	1
	4	2
	10	13
	+0.006	−0.006
	52%	14%

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.

St. Louis Blues

L1Upshall – Brodziak – Sundqvist
7:5767% CF
L2Steen – Stastny – Tarasenko
6:2777% CF
L3Schenn – Schwartz – Blais
5:5650% CF
L4Sobotka – Paajarvi – Barbashev
4:2733% CF
D1Pietrangelo – Edmundson
8:5565% CF
D2Parayko – Dunn
8:1492% CF
D3Gunnarsson – Bortuzzo
3:1067% CF

PP1Stastny – Pietrangelo – Schenn – Tarasenko – Schwartz
4:08100% CF
PP2Sobotka – Schenn – Tarasenko – Parayko – Dunn
1:5250% CF
PK1FUpshall – Brodziak
1:14
PK2FSteen – Stastny
0:54
PK1DGunnarsson – Pietrangelo
2:13
PK2DBortuzzo – Edmundson
1:38

Current STL line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Neal – Perron – Eakin
14:0839% CF
L2Smith – Lindberg – Karlsson
12:5725% CF
L3Carrier – Bellemare – Nosek
8:2144% CF
L4Leipsic – Tuch – Shipachyov
5:3618% CF
D1Engelland – McNabb
14:5032% CF
D2Sbisa – Schmidt
13:2628% CF
D3Miller – Hunt
11:4148% CF

PP1Smith – Karlsson – Miller – Hunt – Tuch
2:0183% CF
PP2Neal – Perron – Leipsic – Schmidt – Shipachyov
1:50100% CF
PK1FEakin – Karlsson
3:46
PK2FSmith – Bellemare
2:28
PK1DSbisa – Schmidt
3:32
PK2DEngelland – McNabb
2:54

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

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

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Scottie Upshall R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.54	4	2	4	11:03	—	—	65	89
Kyle Brodziak C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	1	0	0	10:59	—	—	68	92
Oskar Sundqvist C	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.85	2	0	0	10:35	—	—	68	93
Paul Stastny C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.86	1	0	0	22:32	—	—	63	72
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L2	0	0	0	+1	8	0.49	0	0	0	20:46	—	—	72	69
Alexander Steen L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.09	2	1	0	19:42	—	—	67	66
Jaden Schwartz L	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.20	0	0	0	22:26	—	—	74	69
Brayden Schenn C	L3	0	1	1	+1	5	0.68	4	0	0	21:58	—	—	72	64
Sammy Blais L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	4	0	0	12:17	—	—	50	48
Vladimir Sobotka C	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.40	1	0	0	19:59	—	—	67	60
Magnus Paajarvi L	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.51	0	0	2	10:09	—	—	40	68
Ivan Barbashev L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	0	0	7:54	—	—	36	13
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	1	0	1	0	2	0.14	0	1	0	27:47	—	—	62	55
Joel Edmundson D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.34	2	2	0	20:30	—	—	60	73
Colton Parayko D	D2	0	0	0	0	5	0.14	1	0	0	21:56	—	—	79	70
Vince Dunn D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.08	0	1	0	19:10	—	—	76	69
Carl Gunnarsson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.06	1	1	0	15:35	—	—	61	78
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	2	1	0	14:28	—	—	57	83

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	O	22	19	3	.864	2.05	64:36

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Cody Eakin C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.09	0	1	0	20:55	—	—	41	21
David Perron L	L1	0	0	0	-2	5	0.37	0	0	0	20:09	—	—	39	21
James Neal L	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.06	0	0	0	18:34	—	—	42	29
Reilly Smith R	L2	1	2	3	+1	1	0.17	1	0	0	21:53	—	—	24	40
William Karlsson C	L2	1	1	2	+1	5	0.47	0	3	0	20:42	—	—	25	53
Oscar Lindberg L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	16:23	—	—	25	40
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	1	0	13:04	—	—	42	32
Tomas Nosek L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	0	0	11:31	—	—	48	32
William Carrier L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	3	0	4	9:14	—	—	47	33
Brendan Leipsic L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	0	1	0	11:29	—	—	28	15
Vadim Shipachyov C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	0	0	2	10:22	—	—	33	23
Alex Tuch R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	8:49	—	—	18	6
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	21:48	—	—	32	64
Deryk Engelland D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	4	4	2	21:04	—	—	27	37
Nate Schmidt D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.24	0	2	0	23:17	—	—	30	31
Luca Sbisa D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	2	0	18:48	—	—	28	32
Colin Miller D	D3	1	1	2	-1	2	0.06	2	0	2	18:54	—	—	48	17
Brad Hunt D	D3	0	2	2	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	18:52	—	—	43	15

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Malcolm Subban(start)	—	38	37	1	.974	4.30	50:50
Oscar Dansk	W	11	10	1	.909	1.23	13:46

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.

St. Louis Blues vs. Vegas Golden KnightsOct 21, 2017

Fantasy takeaways

Vegas Golden Knights edge St. Louis Blues 3–2 (OT)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

St. Louis Blues

Vegas Golden Knights

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

OT period

Box score

St. Louis Blues

Vegas Golden Knights