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St. Louis Blues vs. Vegas Golden KnightsJan 4, 2020

Final / OT· T-Mobile Arena
away
STL
4
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VGK
5
Goals123OTTShots123OTT
STL30104STL11136131
VGK02215VGK81211233
STL 48VGK 64
STL 2.57VGK 3.00
PP goals
STL 2VGK 0
Hits
STL 29VGK 37
Blocks
STL 19VGK 10
PIM
STL 10VGK 12
STL 63%VGK 37%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge St. Louis Blues 5–4 (OT)

Vegas Golden Knights beat St. Louis Blues 5–4 in overtime at home. David Perron (STL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. STL's first power-play unit (Perron, Pietrangelo, O'Reilly, Schenn and Schwartz) scored 2 power-play goals on 5 attempts in 2:23 together.

  1. Points
    David Perron had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 19:27.Perron
  2. Points
    Ryan O'Reilly had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 22:02.O'Reilly
  3. Points
    Alex Pietrangelo had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 24:58.Pietrangelo
  4. Points
    Chandler Stephenson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:13.Stephenson
  5. Points
    Nicolas Hague had 2 assists (2 points) on 6 shots in 16:28.Hague
  6. PP1
    STL's first power-play unit (Perron, Pietrangelo, O'Reilly, Schenn and Schwartz) scored 2 power-play goals on 5 attempts in 2:23 together.PerronPietrangeloO'ReillySchennSchwartz
  7. New line
    New look for STL: Perron–O'Reilly–Schwartz skated 13:32 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (57.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.PerronO'ReillySchwartz
  8. New line
    New look for VGK: Reaves–Nosek–Roy skated 7:41 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.ReavesNosekRoy

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: 112 attempts, 64 on goal, 9 goals, 5.58 expected goals; best chance Tyler Bozak at 0.58 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 112 of 112 attempts · VGK 64 · STL 48

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 3.00 to 2.57 (VGK led the chances), shot attempts 64 to 48, 9 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdOTVGKSTLPSSRSRSPSnet xGcumulative expected goals · 63:01
  • VGK
  • STL
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
VGKSTLcontrol2nd3rdOTPietrangelo · 1st 7:05Schwartz · 1st 12:41Sundqvist · 1st 16:16Reaves · 2nd 13:10Stastny · 2nd 15:32Roy · 3rd 3:02Smith · 3rd 9:50Perron · 3rd 12:50Stephenson · OT 3:01
  • 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 27% of the game, VGK 44%.

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 63:01; most ice Marc-Andre Fleury (62:38) for VGK and Jake Allen (63:01) for STL, 9 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
4365
1.903.17
1.883.08
117
52
1411
+0.130−0.130
27%44%

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. 7:05
    STLAlex PietrangeloPP (David Perron, Ryan O'Reilly)wrist0.08 xG
    STL: Perron, Pietrangelo, O'Reilly, Schenn, SchwartzVGK: Holden, McNabb, Smith, Karlsson
    STL 1 – 0 VGK
  2. 12:41
    STLJaden Schwartz (David Perron, Ryan O'Reilly)wrist0.07 xG
    STL: Perron, Pietrangelo, O'Reilly, Faulk, SchwartzVGK: McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, Schmidt, Tuch
    STL 2 – 0 VGK
  3. 16:16
    STLOskar Sundqvist (Ivan Barbashev, Alexander Steen)backhand0.09 xG
    STL: Steen, Bortuzzo, Sundqvist, Barbashev, WalmanVGK: Engelland, Stastny, Carrier, Hague, Glass
    STL 3 – 0 VGK

2nd period

  1. 13:10
    VGKRyan Reavessnap0.43 xG
    STL: Steen, Pietrangelo, Sundqvist, Barbashev, DunnVGK: Engelland, Reaves, Nosek, Roy, Hague
    STL 3 – 1 VGK
  2. 15:32
    VGKPaul Stastny (William Carrier, Nicolas Hague)wrist0.19 xG
    STL: Bouwmeester, Faulk, MacEachern, de la Rose, SanfordVGK: Engelland, Stastny, Carrier, Tuch, Hague
    STL 3 – 2 VGK

3rd period

  1. 3:02
    VGKNicolas Roy (Nicolas Hague, Tomas Nosek)wrist0.35 xG
    STL: Bouwmeester, Faulk, MacEachern, de la Rose, SanfordVGK: Engelland, Reaves, Nosek, Roy, Hague
    STL 3 – 3 VGK
  2. 9:50
    VGKReilly Smith (Chandler Stephenson)wrist0.14 xG
    STL: Pietrangelo, Bozak, Schenn, Dunn, ThomasVGK: Holden, McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, Stephenson
    STL 3 – 4 VGK
  3. 12:50
    STLDavid PerronPP (Alex Pietrangelo, Ryan O'Reilly)slap0.04 xG
    STL: Perron, Pietrangelo, O'Reilly, Schenn, SchwartzVGK: Engelland, McNabb, Smith, Karlsson
    STL 4 – 4 VGK

OT period

  1. 3:01
    VGKChandler Stephensonbackhand0.25 xG
    STL: Pietrangelo, Schenn, ThomasVGK: Stephenson, Schmidt, Tuch
    STL 4 – 5 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
Ryan O'Reilly CL1033+130.2911022:02——6067
David Perron LL1123+130.1451219:27——5853
Jaden Schwartz LL1101+130.2800017:29——5966
Brayden Schenn CL2000-220.0930019:55——3534
Robert Thomas CL2000-210.2410217:03——3837
Tyler Bozak CL2000-130.6012015:28——3738
Oskar Sundqvist CL3101030.1450016:25——2922
Ivan Barbashev LL3011000.0021015:57——2521
Alexander Steen LL3011010.1411015:39——2728
Zachary Sanford LL4000-200.002028:27——3630
Jacob de la Rose LL4000-210.281007:48——3934
Mackenzie MacEachern LL4000-210.051027:15——5035
Jay Bouwmeester DD1000-200.0116026:13——2926
Justin Faulk DD1000-120.1712225:51——3028
Alex Pietrangelo DD2112-230.1023024:58——4022
Vince Dunn DD2000-230.0210018:53——4421
Robert Bortuzzo DD3000+110.0111014:33——5984
Jake Walman DD3000+110.0401011:04——5584
STL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jake Allen(start)O33285.8483.0063:01

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Tomas Nosek LL1011+210.0920011:23——6368
Ryan Reaves RL1101+220.4551011:12——6167
Nicolas Roy CL1101+220.492009:55——5361
Mark Stone RL2000020.1730021:26——6655
Max Pacioretty LL2000040.3021420:09——7156
Cody Glass CL2000-110.0810012:11——6739
William Karlsson CL3000000.0011019:35——4851
Chandler Stephenson CL3112+210.2630219:13——4453
Reilly Smith RL3101030.2540018:07——4443
Alex Tuch RL4000+100.0401016:40——6771
Paul Stastny CL4101040.5001015:30——6576
William Carrier LL4011000.0021010:59——6387
Nicolas Hague DD1022+260.1510216:28——5664
Deryk Engelland DD1000+200.0260414:26——5868
Shea Theodore DD2000030.0701022:41——6568
Nick Holden DD2000+140.0910020:42——7493
Nate Schmidt DD3000000.0323022:47——5038
Brayden McNabb DD3000000.0120022:08——5853
VGK goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)W31274.8712.5762:38