St. Louis Blues vs. Vegas Golden KnightsMay 8, 2021

FinalSaturday, May 8, 2021· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	0	1	0	1		STL	3	5	13	21
VGK	2	0	2	4		VGK	10	11	8	29

: STL 51VGK 64
: STL 2.64VGK 3.42
PP goals: STL 0VGK 1
Hits: STL 42VGK 25
Blocks: STL 18VGK 17
PIM: STL 12VGK 10
: STL 57%VGK 43%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat St. Louis Blues 4–1

Vegas Golden Knights beat St. Louis Blues 4–1 at home. Reilly Smith (VGK) led the scoring with 3G 0A. VGK's first power-play unit (Martinez, Pietrangelo, Smith, Karlsson and Tuch) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:20 together.

Points
Reilly Smith had a hat trick (3 points) on 7 shots in 17:07.Smith
Points
Alex Pietrangelo had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:42.Pietrangelo
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Martinez, Pietrangelo, Smith, Karlsson and Tuch) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:20 together.Martinez Pietrangelo Smith Karlsson Tuch
New line
New look for STL: Hoffman–Bozak–Schenn skated 5:50 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (16.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hoffman Bozak Schenn
Usage
Alex Pietrangelo (VGK) played 20:42, −3:50 down on his 24:32 season average over 40 games.Pietrangelo
Luck
STL scored 1 goal on 2.64 expected goals (51 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Robert Bortuzzo (STL) played 19:07, +5:05 up on his 14:02 season average over 39 games.Bortuzzo
Usage
Jaden Schwartz (STL) played 14:14, −3:34 down on his 17:48 season average over 39 games.Schwartz

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 115 of 115 attempts · VGK 64 · STL 51

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 35% of the game, VGK 41%.

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
	40	56
	1.83	2.81
	1.82	2.71
	4	13
	0	6
	11	16
	+0.086	−0.086
	35%	41%

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

L1Perron – O'Reilly – Sanford
9:2141% CF
L2Clifford – MacEachern – Barbashev
8:0943% CF
L3Hoffman – Bozak – Schenn
5:5017% CF
L4Schwartz – Kyrou – Thomas
3:350% CF
D1Bortuzzo – Walman
12:0653% CF
D2Faulk – Mikkola
7:5821% CF
D3Scandella – Parayko
7:4458% CF

PP1Bozak – Schwartz – Parayko – Kyrou – Thomas
2:020% CF
PP2Perron – Hoffman – O'Reilly – Schenn – Faulk
1:4189% CF
PK1FClifford – MacEachern
1:08
PK2FSanford – Barbashev
0:45
PK1DScandella – Faulk
1:55
PK2DBortuzzo – Parayko
1:08

Current STL line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
9:2853% CF
L2Stone – Stephenson – Krebs
6:5667% CF
L3Janmark – Tuch – Roy
5:3742% CF
D1Martinez – Pietrangelo
14:0856% CF
D2McNabb – Theodore
12:2163% CF
D3Hague – Whitecloud
11:4854% CF

PP1Martinez – Pietrangelo – Smith – Karlsson – Tuch
2:2080% CF
PP2Stone – Marchessault – Stephenson – Janmark – Theodore
2:12100% CF
PK1FTuch – Roy
1:04
PK2FSmith – Karlsson
1:03
PK1DMartinez – McNabb
1:29
PK2DPietrangelo – Hague
0:49

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	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	0	-1	5	0.54	0	1	2	19:36	—	—	54	60
David Perron L	L1	0	0	-1	3	0.23	4	1	2	18:46	—	—	54	60
Zachary Sanford L	L1	0	0	0	1	0.31	4	3	0	13:49	—	—	33	37
Kyle Clifford L	L2	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	3	0	12:21	—	—	40	20
Ivan Barbashev L	L2	0	0	0	0	0.02	3	0	0	11:33	—	—	47	13
Mackenzie MacEachern L	L2	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	9:57	—	—	44	27
Brayden Schenn C	L3	0	0	-2	3	0.26	4	1	0	18:03	—	—	36	30
Mike Hoffman C	L3	0	0	-2	2	0.32	1	0	0	16:03	—	—	40	33
Tyler Bozak C	L3	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:13	—	—	24	15
Jordan Kyrou R	L4	0	0	-1	0	0.28	1	1	0	15:21	—	—	50	50
Jaden Schwartz L	L4	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	1	2	14:14	—	—	25	34
Robert Thomas C	L4	0	0	-2	1	0.24	0	0	0	12:07	—	—	44	53
Robert Bortuzzo D	D1	0	0	+1	0	0.00	4	1	0	19:07	—	—	52	54
Jake Walman D	D1	0	0	0	1	0.18	1	0	2	17:20	—	—	46	46
Justin Faulk D	D2	0	0	-2	2	0.05	6	3	2	24:06	—	—	31	35
Niko Mikkola D	D2	0	0	-1	0	0.02	2	2	0	15:01	—	—	25	27
Colton Parayko D	D3	1	1	0	2	0.19	1	0	0	21:43	—	—	50	45
Marco Scandella D	D3	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	1	0	16:32	—	—	46	24

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ville Husso(start)	L	28	25	3	.893	3.06	58:57

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
William Karlsson C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:25	—	—	50	59
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	0	0	+1	5	0.45	1	1	0	17:14	—	—	61	67
Reilly Smith R	L1	3	0	3	+1	7	1.03	0	1	0	17:07	—	—	60	71
Mark Stone R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	1	0	2	19:28	—	—	60	42
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.28	0	0	0	19:11	—	—	62	55
Peyton Krebs C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	1	0	0	7:46	—	—	67	68
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	0	0	0	5	0.46	2	2	0	17:50	—	—	64	75
Mattias Janmark C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.11	0	0	0	17:11	—	—	48	54
Nicolas Roy C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	1	0	0	14:57	—	—	52	43
Alec Martinez D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.03	3	9	0	23:42	—	—	62	69
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	2	2	+1	2	0.10	1	0	4	20:42	—	—	59	66
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	3	1	0	21:26	—	—	59	58
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	20:43	—	—	61	53
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.21	2	2	2	17:39	—	—	58	58
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	13:39	—	—	50	55
William Carrier L	—	0	1	1	+1	1	0.25	3	0	2	12:24	—	—	67	66
Keegan Kolesar R	—	0	1	1	+1	0	0.07	6	1	0	11:36	—	—	67	71

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	21	20	1	.952	2.64	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.

St. Louis Blues vs. Vegas Golden KnightsMay 8, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

Vegas Golden Knights beat St. Louis Blues 4–1

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

Box score

St. Louis Blues

Vegas Golden Knights