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St. Louis Blues vs. Vegas Golden KnightsMar 30, 2018

Final / OT· T-Mobile Arena
away
STL
3
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VGK
4
Goals123OTTShots123OTT
STL20103STL978024
VGK21014VGK6109126
STL 53VGK 49
STL 2.06VGK 2.28
PP goals
STL 0VGK 0
Hits
STL 44VGK 44
Blocks
STL 16VGK 19
PIM
STL 2VGK 4
STL 60%VGK 40%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge St. Louis Blues 4–3 (OT)

Vegas Golden Knights beat St. Louis Blues 4–3 in overtime at home. William Karlsson (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 2A. Jordan Schmaltz (STL) played 2:42, −8:58 down on his 11:40 season average over 12 games.

  1. Points
    William Karlsson had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 22:19.Karlsson
  2. Points
    Jonathan Marchessault had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:20.Marchessault
  3. Usage
    Jordan Schmaltz (STL) played 2:42, −8:58 down on his 11:40 season average over 12 games.Schmaltz
  4. Usage
    Alex Tuch (VGK) played 21:05, +5:54 up on his 15:11 season average over 77 games.Tuch
  5. Usage
    Jonathan Marchessault (VGK) played 22:20, +4:54 up on his 17:26 season average over 76 games.Marchessault
  6. New line
    New look for STL: Thorburn–Upshall–Sundqvist skated 5:25 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (87.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.ThorburnUpshallSundqvist
  7. Luck
    VGK scored 4 goals on 2.28 expected goals (49 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
  8. Usage
    Joel Edmundson (STL) played 26:28, +5:49 up on his 20:39 season average over 68 games.Edmundson

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.

Shot map, STL at VGK: 102 attempts, 50 on goal, 7 goals, 4.34 expected goals; best chance Joel Edmundson at 0.44 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← STL attacks left (bottom on phones)VGK attacks right (top on phones) →
  • VGK
  • STL
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 102 of 102 attempts · VGK 49 · STL 53

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, STL at VGK: expected goals 2.28 to 2.06 (VGK led the chances), shot attempts 49 to 53, 7 goals.

0.00.51.01.52.02.51st2nd3rdOTVGKSTLBKMSNTMnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:22
  • VGK
  • STL
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
VGKSTLcontrol2nd3rdOTBerglund · 1st 2:54Karlsson · 1st 6:18Marchessault · 1st 13:31Schenn · 1st 16:09Neal · 2nd 16:35Thorburn · 3rd 6:14Marchessault · OT 0:22
  • 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 32% of the game, VGK 27%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, STL at VGK: 38 players over 60:22; most ice Malcolm Subban (60:07) for VGK and Jake Allen (60:22) for STL, 7 goals.

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
StatSTLVGK
5652
1.552.31
1.542.27
25
48
2820
+0.025−0.025
32%27%

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

Current STL line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 2:54
    STLPatrik Berglund (Alexander Steen, Kyle Brodziak)wrist0.11 xG
    STL: Steen, Brodziak, Berglund, Pietrangelo, EdmundsonVGK: Engelland, Theodore, Carpenter, Bellemare, Nosek
    STL 1 – 0 VGK
  2. 6:18
    VGKWilliam KarlssonSH (Cody Eakin)wrist0.18 xG
    STL: Steen, Pietrangelo, Schenn, Tarasenko, SchwartzVGK: Engelland, McNabb, Eakin, Karlsson
    STL 1 – 1 VGK
  3. 13:31
    VGKJonathan Marchessault (Alex Tuch, William Karlsson)wrist0.05 xG
    STL: Thorburn, Bortuzzo, Schenn, Schwartz, DunnVGK: McNabb, Karlsson, Marchessault, Schmidt, Tuch
    STL 1 – 2 VGK
  4. 16:09
    STLBrayden Schenn (Jaden Schwartz, Vladimir Tarasenko)wrist0.09 xG
    STL: Schenn, Tarasenko, Schwartz, Parayko, DunnVGK: Neal, McNabb, Tatar, Haula, Schmidt
    STL 2 – 2 VGK

2nd period

  1. 16:35
    VGKJames Neal (Erik Haula, Tomas Tatar)snap0.05 xG
    STL: Schenn, Tarasenko, Schwartz, Edmundson, DunnVGK: Neal, McNabb, Tatar, Haula, Schmidt
    STL 2 – 3 VGK

3rd period

  1. 6:14
    STLChris Thorburn (Scottie Upshall, Oskar Sundqvist)wrist0.19 xG
    STL: Thorburn, Upshall, Bortuzzo, Parayko, SundqvistVGK: Miller, Hunt, Carpenter, Bellemare, Nosek
    STL 3 – 3 VGK

OT period

  1. 0:22
    VGKJonathan Marchessault (Nate Schmidt, William Karlsson)wrist0.02 xG
    STL: Schenn, Schwartz, ParaykoVGK: Karlsson, Marchessault, Schmidt
    STL 3 – 4 VGK

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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Brayden Schenn CL1101-320.2410020:31——5238
Jaden Schwartz LL1011-330.2920020:28——5647
Vladimir Tarasenko RL1011-110.0340018:45——6153
Patrik Berglund CL2101+120.1832217:07——5632
Alexander Steen LL2011010.0710017:07——4827
Kyle Brodziak CL2011+100.0110016:47——5431
Vladimir Sobotka CL3000010.1722016:09——3941
Dmitrij Jaskin RL3000000.0050014:56——2931
Ivan Barbashev LL3000020.1650014:52——3943
Scottie Upshall RL4011+120.052008:37——6452
Oskar Sundqvist CL4011+110.020008:03——7162
Chris Thorburn RL4101020.224007:42——5744
Alex Pietrangelo DD1000000.0023028:39——5239
Joel Edmundson DD1000+130.5055026:28——5039
Colton Parayko DD2000040.1262025:59——6364
Vince Dunn DD2000-100.0010021:23——5528
Robert Bortuzzo DD3000000.0002012:51——2738
Jordan Schmaltz DD3000000.000002:42——00
STL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jake Allen(start)O26224.8462.2860:22

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Jonathan Marchessault RL1202+230.2341022:20——5468
William Karlsson CL1123+340.7041022:19——5572
Alex Tuch RL1011+100.0041021:05——5667
Erik Haula LL2011010.1111216:47——4863
James Neal LL2101030.4530015:50——4863
Tomas Tatar LL2011000.0001014:35——4658
Cody Eakin CL3011+110.0120013:24——4453
Ryan Reaves RL3000020.176109:56——3657
Oscar Lindberg LL3000000.001008:01——3338
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare LL4000-210.2030012:20——4755
Ryan Carpenter CL4000-210.0930011:58——3342
Tomas Nosek LL4000-200.001009:17——2535
Shea Theodore DD1000-120.0210023:41——6476
Deryk Engelland DD1000010.1531022:35——5368
Brayden McNabb DD2000+220.0423019:36——4254
Nate Schmidt DD2011+200.0023019:31——4152
Colin Miller DD3000-130.0732018:58——4148
Brad Hunt DD3000-120.0314015:08——4052
VGK goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Malcolm Subban(start)W24213.8751.6260:07