Vancouver Canucks vs. Vegas Golden KnightsFeb 23, 2018

FinalFriday, Feb 23, 2018· T-Mobile Arena

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Vancouver CanucksVAN

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

6

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	2	0	1	3		VAN	16	6	11	33
VGK	2	3	1	6		VGK	10	15	9	34

: VAN 61VGK 61
: VAN 2.76VGK 3.09
PP goals: VAN 1VGK 1
Hits: VAN 23VGK 20
Blocks: VAN 15VGK 14
PIM: VAN 4VGK 6
: VAN 44%VGK 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Vancouver Canucks 6–3

Vegas Golden Knights beat Vancouver Canucks 6–3 at home. William Karlsson (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 1A. VAN's first power-play unit (Sedin, Sedin, Edler, Horvat and Boeser) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:41 together.

Points
William Karlsson had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 17:16.Karlsson
Points
Reilly Smith had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 16:29.Smith
Points
Daniel Sedin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:28.Sedin
Points
David Perron had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:42.Perron
Points
Jonathan Marchessault had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:47.Marchessault
PP1
VAN's first power-play unit (Sedin, Sedin, Edler, Horvat and Boeser) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:41 together.Sedin Sedin Edler Horvat Boeser
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Schmidt and Tuch) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 1:23 together.Smith Karlsson Marchessault Schmidt Tuch
Luck
VGK scored 6 goals on 3.09 expected goals (61 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

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

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

VGK
VAN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 122 of 122 attempts · VGK 61 · VAN 61

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

VGK
VAN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: VAN 26% of the game, VGK 26%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

VGK

VAN

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	VAN	VGK
	66	67
	2.96	2.94
	2.86	2.87
	16	16
	7	10
	18	23
	−0.025	+0.025
	26%	26%

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.

Vancouver Canucks

L1Eriksson – Sutter – Archibald
12:0829% CF
L2Sedin – Sedin – Vanek
10:4270% CF
L3Gagner – Baertschi – Virtanen
9:2850% CF
L4Horvat – Goldobin – Boeser
9:0665% CF
D1Edler – Gudbranson
16:1338% CF
D2Del Zotto – Stecher
15:4553% CF
D3Pouliot – Holm
13:5253% CF

PP1Sedin – Sedin – Edler – Horvat – Boeser
1:4175% CF
PP2Vanek – Gagner – Baertschi – Pouliot – Goldobin
1:21
PK1FSutter – Archibald
1:08
PK2FEriksson – Horvat
1:00
PK1DDel Zotto – Gudbranson
1:00
PK2DPouliot – Stecher
0:53

Current VAN line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
12:4456% CF
L2Eakin – Hyka – Carpenter
10:0547% CF
L3Haula – Lindberg – Matteau
8:1360% CF
L4Perron – Nosek – Tuch
7:4352% CF
D1Merrill – Miller
17:0969% CF
D2McNabb – Schmidt
16:0741% CF
D3Engelland – Sbisa
14:5342% CF

PP1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Schmidt – Tuch
1:23100% CF
PP2Perron – Haula – Miller – Hyka – Carpenter
0:30100% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
1:22
PK2FEakin – Nosek
1:02
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
2:07
PK2DMiller – Schmidt
0:49

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:29
VGKTomas Hyka (Deryk Engelland, Ryan Carpenter)tip-in0.05 xG
VAN: Gagner, Gudbranson, Baertschi, Virtanen, HolmVGK: Engelland, Sbisa, Eakin, Hyka, Carpenter
VAN 0 – 1 VGK
11:30
VANSven Baertschi (Sam Gagner)tip-in0.02 xG
VAN: Edler, Gagner, Gudbranson, Baertschi, BoeserVGK: Sbisa, McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault
VAN 1 – 1 VGK
13:48
VANThomas Vanek (Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin)wrist0.13 xG
VAN: Sedin, Sedin, Vanek, Del Zotto, StecherVGK: Engelland, Perron, Sbisa, Haula, Tuch
VAN 2 – 1 VGK
14:39
VGKWilliam Karlsson (Reilly Smith, Brayden McNabb)wrist0.08 xG
VAN: Edler, Gudbranson, Horvat, Goldobin, BoeserVGK: McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Schmidt
VAN 2 – 2 VGK

2nd period

5:36
VGKWilliam Karlsson (Jonathan Marchessault, Reilly Smith)wrist0.03 xG
VAN: Edler, Gudbranson, Horvat, Goldobin, BoeserVGK: McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Schmidt
VAN 2 – 3 VGK
6:39
VGKJonathan MarchessaultPP (William Karlsson, Reilly Smith)wrist0.12 xG
VAN: Edler, Sutter, Archibald, GudbransonVGK: Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Schmidt, Tuch
VAN 2 – 4 VGK
18:58
VGKTomas Nosek (David Perron, Marc-Andre Fleury)wrist0.04 xG
VAN: Sedin, Eriksson, Archibald, Pouliot, HolmVGK: Perron, Merrill, Miller, Nosek, Tuch
VAN 2 – 5 VGK

3rd period

4:28
VANDaniel SedinPP (Alexander Edler, Brock Boeser)wrist0.06 xG
VAN: Sedin, Sedin, Edler, Horvat, BoeserVGK: Engelland, McNabb, Smith, Carpenter
VAN 3 – 5 VGK
18:09
VGKDavid PerronENwrist0.39 xG
VAN: Edler, Baertschi, Horvat, Virtanen, Boeser, StecherVGK: Perron, McNabb, Schmidt, Nosek, Tuch
VAN 3 – 6 VGK

Box score

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

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brandon Sutter C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	3	1	0	15:37	—	—	30	18
Loui Eriksson L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	0	1	0	14:38	—	—	30	18
Darren Archibald R	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	1	0	14:35	—	—	27	16
Henrik Sedin C	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.01	0	1	0	16:07	—	—	62	72
Daniel Sedin L	L2	1	1	2	+1	3	0.45	0	0	0	14:28	—	—	58	55
Thomas Vanek L	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.27	2	0	2	14:04	—	—	65	61
Sven Baertschi L	L3	1	0	1	-1	2	0.40	0	1	0	15:35	—	—	52	64
Jake Virtanen R	L3	0	0	0	-2	5	0.35	2	0	0	14:33	—	—	52	64
Sam Gagner C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.12	2	1	0	14:09	—	—	45	52
Bo Horvat C	L4	0	0	0	-3	5	0.20	1	0	0	16:38	—	—	61	62
Nikolay Goldobin R	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.16	0	0	0	15:26	—	—	60	67
Brock Boeser R	L4	0	1	1	-2	5	0.56	0	0	0	15:20	—	—	59	63
Alexander Edler D	D1	0	1	1	-2	0	0.00	3	4	2	22:12	—	—	42	27
Erik Gudbranson D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	21:37	—	—	42	25
Michael Del Zotto D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	19:37	—	—	54	72
Troy Stecher D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	2	3	0	19:06	—	—	54	74
Derrick Pouliot D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	1	0	19:01	—	—	58	53
Philip Holm D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.01	1	0	0	15:12	—	—	49	50

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anders Nilsson(start)	L	25	20	5	.800	1.80	40:00
Jacob Markstrom	—	8	8	0	.1000	0.90	19:37

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
William Karlsson C	L1	2	1	3	+1	3	0.25	0	0	0	17:16	—	—	55	66
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	1	1	2	+1	4	0.38	0	1	0	16:47	—	—	58	72
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	3	3	+1	3	0.13	0	0	0	16:29	—	—	54	67
Ryan Carpenter C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.17	1	0	0	15:25	—	—	44	53
Cody Eakin C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	0	0	0	14:04	—	—	46	53
Tomas Hyka R	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.10	1	0	0	11:09	—	—	50	56
Erik Haula L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	0	0	15:27	—	—	50	38
Oscar Lindberg L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	1	0	0	13:13	—	—	63	69
Stefan Matteau C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	1	0	0	11:28	—	—	57	72
David Perron L	L4	1	1	2	+1	2	0.57	1	2	0	16:42	—	—	40	31
Alex Tuch R	L4	0	0	0	+1	3	0.37	6	1	0	16:01	—	—	47	39
Tomas Nosek L	L4	1	0	1	+2	2	0.31	1	0	2	13:43	—	—	50	48
Colin Miller D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.22	1	4	0	20:34	—	—	65	61
Jon Merrill D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	19:41	—	—	70	62
Nate Schmidt D	D2	0	0	0	+3	0	0.02	0	2	0	22:23	—	—	43	32
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	1	1	+2	3	0.04	3	1	0	19:50	—	—	43	35
Deryk Engelland D	D3	0	1	1	0	2	0.08	2	0	0	18:42	—	—	45	51
Luca Sbisa D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	0	2	2	16:59	—	—	43	54

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	33	30	3	.909	2.76	60:00

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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.