Vancouver Canucks vs. Vegas Golden KnightsMar 20, 2018

FinalTuesday, Mar 20, 2018· T-Mobile Arena

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	0	0	1	1		VAN	7	11	12	30
VGK	3	1	0	4		VGK	15	7	6	28

: VAN 67VGK 57
: VAN 2.40VGK 3.55
PP goals: VAN 0VGK 0
Hits: VAN 43VGK 27
Blocks: VAN 13VGK 17
PIM: VAN 6VGK 2
: VAN 63%VGK 37%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Vancouver Canucks 4–1

Vegas Golden Knights beat Vancouver Canucks 4–1 at home. Jonathan Marchessault (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Nate Schmidt (VGK) played 18:20, −3:58 down on his 22:18 season average over 75 games.

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Nate Schmidt (VGK) played 18:20, −3:58 down on his 22:18 season average over 75 games.Schmidt
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Ryan Reaves (VGK) played 11:31, +3:58 up on his 7:33 season average over 78 games.Reaves
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Jussi Jokinen (VAN) played 16:19, +4:49 up on his 11:30 season average over 59 games.Jokinen
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Troy Stecher (VAN) played 22:08, +3:22 up on his 18:46 season average over 67 games.Stecher
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Darren Archibald (VAN) played 17:45, +3:00 up on his 14:45 season average over 26 games.Archibald
PP1
VGK's PP1 (Tatar, Karlsson, Marchessault, Theodore and Tuch) went scoreless in 3:16 of 5v4 time with 1 attempt.Tatar Karlsson Marchessault Theodore Tuch
Cats
Troy Stecher (VAN) threw 7 hits and blocked 1 shot, a night for hits leagues.Stecher
Cats
Alexander Edler (VAN) blocked 5 shots in 23:56.Edler

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 124 of 124 attempts · VGK 57 · VAN 67

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 23% of the game, VGK 39%.

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
	76	61
	2.60	3.49
	2.50	3.37
	13	8
	11	4
	17	17
	+0.081	−0.081
	23%	39%

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

L1Sutter – Archibald – Virtanen
6:2164% CF
L2Sedin – Sedin – Jokinen
6:0662% CF
L3Leipsic – Horvat – Goldobin
5:2143% CF
L4Gagner – Dowd – Boucher
2:2550% CF
D1Edler – Tanev
16:3655% CF
D2Del Zotto – Stecher
16:0567% CF
D3Biega – Pouliot
12:4568% CF

PP1Sedin – Sedin – Edler – Gagner – Horvat
1:12100% CF
PK1FSutter – Archibald
3:04
PK2FJokinen – Horvat
1:07
PK1DEdler – Tanev
2:09
PK2DDel Zotto – Stecher
1:25

Current VAN line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Tatar – Karlsson – Marchessault
12:2860% CF
L2Neal – Perron – Haula
12:0856% CF
L3Eakin – Carpenter – Tuch
12:0743% CF
L4Reaves – Bellemare – Nosek
8:1432% CF
D1Engelland – Theodore
16:1432% CF
D2Merrill – Miller
13:5257% CF
D3McNabb – Schmidt
13:3257% CF

PP1Tatar – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore – Tuch
3:1650% CF
PP2Neal – Perron – Haula – Miller – Schmidt
1:35100% CF
PK1FEakin – Karlsson
0:58
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
0:58

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:56
VGKJonathan Marchessault (William Karlsson, Brayden McNabb)snap0.18 xG
VAN: Tanev, Leipsic, Horvat, Goldobin, StecherVGK: McNabb, Tatar, Karlsson, Marchessault, Schmidt
VAN 0 – 1 VGK
4:53
VGKCody Eakin (Shea Theodore, Alex Tuch)deflected0.06 xG
VAN: Sedin, Sedin, Biega, Boucher, PouliotVGK: Engelland, Eakin, Theodore, Carpenter, Tuch
VAN 0 – 2 VGK
19:27
VGKPierre-Edouard Bellemare (Tomas Nosek, Ryan Reaves)wrist0.14 xG
VAN: Sedin, Sedin, Boucher, Pouliot, StecherVGK: Engelland, Reaves, McNabb, Bellemare, Nosek
VAN 0 – 3 VGK

2nd period

14:21
VGKTomas Tatar (Erik Haula, Nate Schmidt)wrist0.14 xG
VAN: Edler, Gagner, Leipsic, Horvat, StecherVGK: Engelland, Tatar, Haula, Marchessault, Schmidt
VAN 0 – 4 VGK

3rd period

8:27
VANBrandon Sutter (Derrick Pouliot, Alex Biega)wrist0.04 xG
VAN: Sutter, Del Zotto, Archibald, Virtanen, StecherVGK: Engelland, Neal, Perron, Haula, Theodore
VAN 1 – 4 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	1	0	1	+1	3	0.21	2	0	0	19:18	—	—	49	32
Darren Archibald R	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.14	3	0	0	17:45	—	—	49	32
Jake Virtanen R	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.23	6	0	2	14:19	—	—	74	57
Jussi Jokinen L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	2	1	0	16:19	—	—	61	46
Henrik Sedin C	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:42	—	—	54	39
Daniel Sedin L	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.33	2	0	0	14:12	—	—	56	41
Bo Horvat C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.16	1	0	0	16:54	—	—	52	38
Brendan Leipsic L	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.17	0	0	0	14:43	—	—	42	30
Nikolay Goldobin R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	0	0	0	10:58	—	—	58	68
Sam Gagner C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	1	0	0	13:46	—	—	41	39
Reid Boucher C	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.38	1	0	0	11:08	—	—	67	52
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	1	0	0	10:29	—	—	76	70
Alexander Edler D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	2	5	2	23:56	—	—	47	43
Chris Tanev D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	2	2	0	20:17	—	—	50	63
Troy Stecher D	D2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.05	7	1	0	22:08	—	—	53	35
Michael Del Zotto D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.06	4	2	2	21:40	—	—	60	40
Alex Biega D	D3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.03	4	0	0	15:45	—	—	68	47
Derrick Pouliot D	D3	0	1	1	-2	1	0.04	4	2	0	15:41	—	—	55	33

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	L	28	24	4	.857	3.55	60:00

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	1	0	1	+2	4	0.41	0	0	0	17:38	—	—	55	67
William Karlsson C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.13	0	0	0	17:27	—	—	57	76
Tomas Tatar L	L1	1	0	1	+2	2	0.30	0	0	0	16:56	—	—	61	71
David Perron L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.39	3	0	0	16:23	—	—	56	60
Erik Haula L	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.18	1	1	0	16:15	—	—	53	58
James Neal L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.24	2	0	0	15:53	—	—	56	61
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.26	1	0	0	18:08	—	—	38	51
Cody Eakin C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.18	1	2	0	16:15	—	—	43	57
Ryan Carpenter C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	14:13	—	—	41	59
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	6	1	0	11:31	—	—	23	41
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.24	0	0	2	10:59	—	—	25	42
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.24	1	0	0	9:49	—	—	27	43
Deryk Engelland D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.03	1	5	0	21:41	—	—	36	60
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.73	3	2	0	21:34	—	—	32	54
Jon Merrill D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	3	0	18:58	—	—	41	34
Colin Miller D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	0.16	5	0	0	18:39	—	—	59	76
Nate Schmidt D	D3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:20	—	—	55	58
Brayden McNabb D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.04	1	2	0	17:21	—	—	55	65

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Malcolm Subban	—	23	22	1	.957	2.03	40:00
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	7	7	0	.1000	0.37	20:00

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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.