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St. Louis Blues vs. Vegas Golden KnightsDec 23, 2022

Final / SO· T-Mobile Arena
away
STL
4
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VGK
5
Goals123OTSOTShots123OTT
STL031004STL6148129
VGK121015VGK8146432
STL 57VGK 53
STL 2.39VGK 3.73
PP goals
STL 1VGK 0
Hits
STL 23VGK 23
Blocks
STL 13VGK 17
PIM
STL 4VGK 6
STL 46%VGK 54%

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 (SO)

Vegas Golden Knights beat St. Louis Blues 5–4 in a shootout at home. Chandler Stephenson (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 3A. STL's first power-play unit (Tarasenko, Krug, Buchnevich, Barbashev and Thomas) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:48 together.

  1. Points
    Chandler Stephenson had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 3 shots in 22:30.Stephenson
  2. Points
    Michael Amadio had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 17:12.Amadio
  3. Points
    Vladimir Tarasenko had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 6 shots in 17:34.Tarasenko
  4. Points
    Alex Pietrangelo had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 28:29.Pietrangelo
  5. Points
    Mark Stone had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 21:59.Stone
  6. Points
    Pavel Buchnevich had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:19.Buchnevich
  7. Points
    Torey Krug had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 22:57.Krug
  8. PP1
    STL's first power-play unit (Tarasenko, Krug, Buchnevich, Barbashev and Thomas) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:48 together.TarasenkoKrugBuchnevichBarbashevThomas

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: 110 attempts, 61 on goal, 8 goals, 6.12 expected goals; best chance Mark Stone at 0.32 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 110 of 110 attempts · VGK 53 · STL 57

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 3.73 to 2.39 (VGK led the chances), shot attempts 53 to 57, 8 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdOTVGKSTLPBSTFAASnet xGcumulative expected goals · 64:58
  • VGK
  • STL
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
VGKSTLcontrol2nd3rdOTPietrangelo · 1st 5:22Buchnevich · 2nd 0:39Stone · 2nd 4:29Tarasenko · 2nd 6:17Faulk · 2nd 8:17Amadio · 2nd 18:34Acciari · 3rd 10:45Stephenson · 3rd 18:24
  • 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 28% of the game, VGK 38%.

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 64:58; most ice Logan Thompson (64:44) for VGK and Jordan Binnington (65:00) for STL, 8 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
5042
1.792.51
1.622.24
713
87
2229
−0.017+0.017
28%38%

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. 5:22
    VGKAlex Pietrangelo (Chandler Stephenson, Michael Amadio)backhand0.13 xG
    STL: Bortuzzo, Tarasenko, Buchnevich, Mikkola, ThomasVGK: Pietrangelo, Stone, Stephenson, Amadio, Hague
    STL 0 – 1 VGK

2nd period

  1. 0:39
    STLPavel Buchnevich (Robert Thomas, Vladimir Tarasenko)wrist0.16 xG
    STL: Faulk, Tarasenko, Krug, Buchnevich, ThomasVGK: Pietrangelo, Amadio, Kolesar, Roy, Hague
    STL 1 – 1 VGK
  2. 4:29
    VGKMark Stone (Michael Amadio, Chandler Stephenson)wrist0.26 xG
    STL: O'Reilly, Leddy, Tarasenko, Parayko, BuchnevichVGK: Martinez, Stone, Karlsson, Amadio, Pachal
    STL 1 – 2 VGK
  3. 6:17
    STLVladimir TarasenkoPP (Pavel Buchnevich, Torey Krug)snap0.16 xG
    STL: Tarasenko, Krug, Buchnevich, Barbashev, ThomasVGK: Pietrangelo, McNabb, Stone, Stephenson
    STL 2 – 2 VGK
  4. 8:17
    STLJustin Faulk (Vladimir Tarasenko, Torey Krug)wrist0.03 xG
    STL: Faulk, Tarasenko, Krug, Buchnevich, ThomasVGK: Pietrangelo, Carrier, Kolesar, Roy, Pachal
    STL 3 – 2 VGK
  5. 18:34
    VGKMichael Amadio (Mark Stone, Chandler Stephenson)wrist0.08 xG
    STL: O'Reilly, Leddy, Leivo, Saad, ParaykoVGK: Pietrangelo, Stone, Stephenson, Amadio, Hague
    STL 3 – 3 VGK

3rd period

  1. 10:45
    STLNoel Acciari (Brandon Saad, Brayden Schenn)tip-in0.10 xG
    STL: Bortuzzo, Leivo, Saad, Acciari, MikkolaVGK: Kessel, Pietrangelo, McNabb, Leschyshyn, Rondbjerg
    STL 4 – 3 VGK
  2. 18:24
    VGKChandler Stephenson (Alex Pietrangelo, William Karlsson)snap0.09 xG
    STL: Leddy, Parayko, Barbashev, AcciariVGK: Pietrangelo, Smith, Stone, Karlsson, Stephenson, Amadio
    STL 4 – 4 VGK

Decided in the shootout: 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
Pavel Buchnevich LL1112020.2900020:19——5850
Robert Thomas CL1011+100.0001019:01——6474
Vladimir Tarasenko RL1123060.6621017:34——5549
Ryan O'Reilly CL2000-220.0401021:15——5223
Brandon Saad LL2011030.1300220:28——5437
Josh Leivo LL2000020.2410015:48——5843
Brayden Schenn CL3011030.1310021:24——6546
Ivan Barbashev LL3000020.2840018:24——6759
Noel Acciari CL3101+120.1540016:20——5040
Alexey Toropchenko RL4000000.002008:32——3014
Tyler Pitlick CL4000000.000106:30——2915
Logan Brown CL4000000.000106:10——206
Colton Parayko DD1000-220.1022025:55——4927
Nick Leddy DD1000-200.0000022:53——5219
Justin Faulk DD2101+230.1732023:53——5359
Torey Krug DD2022+210.1813022:57——4442
Niko Mikkola DD3000010.0111013:07——7872
Robert Bortuzzo DD3000000.0020211:43——6768
STL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jordan Binnington(start)O32284.8753.7365:00

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Chandler Stephenson CL1134+230.4122022:30——5056
Mark Stone RL1112+350.8910021:59——5875
Michael Amadio RL1123+230.2120017:12——5566
William Karlsson CL2011+130.3120021:00——5291
Reilly Smith RL2000010.5900019:14——4785
Phil Kessel RL2000-110.0700213:19——5082
Nicolas Roy CL3000-200.2200017:48——2627
William Carrier LL3000-110.1120013:56——3335
Keegan Kolesar RL3000-220.0810012:18——3033
Pavel Dorofeyev RL4000000.0001011:14——5529
Jake Leschyshyn CL4000-110.012029:33——589
Jonas Rondbjerg RL4000-100.000008:06——554
Alex Pietrangelo DD1112-140.5325028:29——4749
Nicolas Hague DD1000+120.0521020:56——5346
Brayden McNabb DD2000-100.0002021:06——4058
Daniil Miromanov DD2000010.0211018:24——4480
Alec Martinez DD3000+130.1725018:30——4262
Brayden Pachal DD3000020.0840214:44——4156
VGK goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Logan Thompson(start)W29254.8622.3964:44