Vancouver Canucks vs. Vegas Golden KnightsOct 24, 2018

Final / SOWednesday, Oct 24, 2018· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
VAN	0	2	0	0	1	3		VAN	8	8	5	5	26
VGK	0	2	0	0	0	2		VGK	9	13	9	4	35

: VAN 47VGK 68
: VAN 1.99VGK 2.79
PP goals: VAN 0VGK 0
Hits: VAN 39VGK 31
Blocks: VAN 20VGK 13
PIM: VAN 8VGK 4
: VAN 49%VGK 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks edge Vegas Golden Knights 3–2 (SO)

Vancouver Canucks beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–2 in a shootout at VGK. Bo Horvat (VAN) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Alexander Edler (VAN) played 3:10, −21:48 down on his 24:58 season average over 55 games.

Points
Bo Horvat had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:47.Horvat
Usage
Alexander Edler (VAN) played 3:10, −21:48 down on his 24:58 season average over 55 games.Edler
New line
New look for VAN: Eriksson–Leipsic–Horvat skated 10:46 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (73.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eriksson Leipsic Horvat
New line
New look for VGK: Pacioretty–Haula–Tuch skated 9:54 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (58.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pacioretty Haula Tuch
Usage
Sven Baertschi (VAN) played 6:34, −8:55 down on his 15:29 season average over 25 games.Baertschi
Usage
Tim Schaller (VAN) played 16:51, +6:19 up on his 10:32 season average over 46 games.Schaller
Usage
Derrick Pouliot (VAN) played 24:25, +7:23 up on his 17:02 season average over 61 games.Pouliot
Goalie
Jacob Markstrom (VAN) faced 35 shots and stopped 33 (.943), +3 against a season average of 31.6; the win.Markstrom

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 115 of 115 attempts · VGK 68 · VAN 47

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 19% 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

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
	47	55
	1.74	2.08
	1.72	2.06
	10	14
	7	6
	34	28
	−0.002	+0.002
	19%	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.

Vancouver Canucks

L1Sutter – Roussel – Virtanen
11:1643% CF
L2Eriksson – Leipsic – Horvat
10:4674% CF
L3Granlund – Schaller – Motte
7:3127% CF
L4Baertschi – Goldobin – Gaudette
4:160% CF
D1Pouliot – Stecher
12:0947% CF
D2Gudbranson – Hutton
10:4535% CF

PP1Edler – Baertschi – Leipsic – Horvat – Goldobin
2:06
PP2Eriksson – Granlund – Pouliot – Virtanen – Gaudette
0:55
PK1FSutter – Motte
4:24
PK2FGranlund – Schaller
2:32
PK1DTanev – Gudbranson
2:08
PK2DHutton – Stecher
1:03

Current VAN line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
14:4657% CF
L2Pacioretty – Haula – Tuch
9:5459% CF
L3Eakin – Hyka – Nosek
8:2453% CF
L4Reaves – Carrier – Bellemare
7:5757% CF
D1McNabb – Miller
18:0151% CF
D2Merrill – Hunt
13:1365% CF
D3Holden – Theodore
13:0046% CF

PP1Pacioretty – Haula – Miller – Hyka – Theodore
3:3988% CF
PP2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Hunt – Tuch
2:43100% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
1:35
PK2FPacioretty – Eakin
1:04
PK1DHolden – Merrill
1:06
PK2DMcNabb – Miller
0:50

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

1:18
VGKMax Pacioretty (Erik Haula)wrist0.22 xG
VAN: Eriksson, Tanev, Pouliot, Leipsic, HorvatVGK: Pacioretty, McNabb, Haula, Miller, Tuch
VAN 0 – 1 VGK
4:22
VANBo Horvat (Loui Eriksson, Brendan Leipsic)tip-in0.06 xG
VAN: Eriksson, Leipsic, Hutton, Horvat, StecherVGK: Pacioretty, McNabb, Haula, Miller, Tuch
VAN 1 – 1 VGK
5:26
VANBo Horvat (Tim Schaller, Troy Stecher)wrist0.04 xG
VAN: Pouliot, Schaller, Motte, Horvat, StecherVGK: Holden, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Theodore
VAN 2 – 1 VGK
17:39
VGKRyan Reaves (William Carrier, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare)wrist0.03 xG
VAN: Eriksson, Pouliot, Leipsic, Horvat, StecherVGK: Reaves, McNabb, Miller, Carrier, Bellemare
VAN 2 – 2 VGK

Decided in the shootout: VAN 3 – 2 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	2	0.14	3	2	0	22:32	—	—	44	43
Jake Virtanen R	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.52	4	2	2	17:25	—	—	48	46
Antoine Roussel L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	1	2	0	13:25	—	—	46	47
Bo Horvat C	L2	2	0	2	0	3	0.10	4	1	2	21:47	—	—	56	59
Brendan Leipsic L	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.23	1	1	0	16:10	—	—	70	63
Loui Eriksson L	L2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.59	0	0	0	15:51	—	—	68	68
Tyler Motte C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	7	0	0	19:30	—	—	31	18
Tim Schaller L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	16:51	—	—	37	27
Markus Granlund C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	1	0	14:58	—	—	39	43
Nikolay Goldobin R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	1	0	0	11:32	—	—	25	2
Adam Gaudette R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:13	—	—	30	18
Sven Baertschi L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	6:34	—	—	0	0
Derrick Pouliot D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	2	0	24:25	—	—	46	35
Troy Stecher D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	22:47	—	—	56	58
Ben Hutton D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.13	2	6	0	29:25	—	—	50	57
Erik Gudbranson D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	1	0	0	23:15	—	—	35	14
Chris Tanev D	—	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	2	2	2	18:10	—	—	36	41
Alexander Edler D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	3:10	—	—	100	100

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	W	35	33	2	.943	2.79	65:00

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
William Karlsson C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.39	1	1	0	23:46	—	—	53	56
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.37	1	0	0	21:56	—	—	57	66
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.46	2	0	0	21:49	—	—	55	62
Max Pacioretty L	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.27	3	1	0	18:48	—	—	56	49
Erik Haula L	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	18:05	—	—	55	55
Alex Tuch R	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.45	1	0	0	17:39	—	—	57	52
Tomas Hyka R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.35	1	2	0	12:30	—	—	56	79
Cody Eakin C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:27	—	—	56	78
Tomas Nosek L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	10:44	—	—	50	48
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	2	0	0	11:17	—	—	47	39
William Carrier L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	4	0	0	10:08	—	—	60	58
Ryan Reaves R	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.27	7	0	0	9:43	—	—	50	40
Colin Miller D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.06	2	3	2	26:43	—	—	53	49
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	3	1	0	20:51	—	—	51	49
Brad Hunt D	D2	0	0	0	0	5	0.07	0	1	0	18:15	—	—	67	80
Jon Merrill D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	17:46	—	—	64	70
Shea Theodore D	D3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.03	0	0	2	23:00	—	—	44	51
Nick Holden D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	3	0	16:39	—	—	48	55

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	O	26	24	2	.923	1.99	64:54

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.