Vancouver Canucks vs. Vegas Golden KnightsMar 3, 2019

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	0	0	0	0		VAN	6	8	5	19
VGK	0	3	0	3		VGK	16	22	10	48

: VAN 47VGK 89
: VAN 1.50VGK 4.49
PP goals: VAN 0VGK 0
Hits: VAN 41VGK 33
Blocks: VAN 21VGK 17
PIM: VAN 4VGK 0
: VAN 47%VGK 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Vancouver Canucks 3–0

Vegas Golden Knights beat Vancouver Canucks 3–0 at home. Reilly Smith (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Jacob Markstrom (VAN) faced 48 shots and stopped 45 (.938), +16 against a season average of 31.6; the loss.

Goalie
Jacob Markstrom (VAN) faced 48 shots and stopped 45 (.938), +16 against a season average of 31.6; the loss.Markstrom
New line
New look for VAN: Pearson–Goldobin–Pettersson skated 10:28 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (65.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pearson Goldobin Pettersson
New line
New look for VAN: Roussel–Boeser–Gaudette skated 4:21 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (22.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Roussel Boeser Gaudette
Usage
Troy Stecher (VAN) played 26:13, +6:23 up on his 19:50 season average over 77 games.Stecher
Usage
Ben Hutton (VAN) played 26:41, +4:23 up on his 22:18 season average over 68 games.Hutton
Usage
Brock Boeser (VAN) played 15:08, −4:05 down on his 19:13 season average over 68 games.Boeser
Usage
Ashton Sautner (VAN) played 11:25, −3:19 down on his 14:44 season average over 16 games.Sautner
Usage
Brayden McNabb (VGK) played 15:51, −3:40 down on his 19:31 season average over 80 games.McNabb

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 136 of 136 attempts · VGK 89 · 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 9% of the game, VGK 63%.

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
	56	100
	1.80	4.85
	1.77	4.65
	5	28
	6	10
	20	26
	−0.013	+0.013
	9%	63%

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

L1Pearson – Goldobin – Pettersson
10:2865% CF
L2Eriksson – Beagle – Motte
8:1442% CF
L3Spooner – Leivo – Horvat
6:2610% CF
L4Roussel – Boeser – Gaudette
4:2122% CF
D1Hutton – Stecher
23:3931% CF
D2Edler – Biega
18:1449% CF
D3Schenn – Sautner
11:1732% CF

PK1FBeagle – Pearson
0:58
PK2FEriksson – Motte
0:22
PK1DEdler – Schenn
2:15
PK2DHutton – Stecher
1:40

Current VAN line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Stastny – Pacioretty – Stone
13:5955% CF
L2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
13:0673% CF
L3Pirri – Eakin – Tuch
11:2847% CF
L4Reaves – Carpenter – Bellemare
8:1783% CF
D1Engelland – Schmidt
17:0846% CF
D2Merrill – Miller
14:5772% CF
D3McNabb – Theodore
14:3479% CF

PP1Stastny – Pacioretty – Miller – Schmidt – Tuch
2:35100% CF
PP2Smith – Stone – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore
1:18

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

5:42
VGKMax Pacioretty (Nate Schmidt, Paul Stastny)slap0.05 xG
VAN: Schenn, Pearson, Sautner, Boeser, PetterssonVGK: Stastny, Pacioretty, Stone, Miller, Schmidt
VAN 0 – 1 VGK
8:21
VGKRyan Carpenter (Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, Shea Theodore)snap0.39 xG
VAN: Beagle, Hutton, Horvat, Boeser, StecherVGK: Reaves, McNabb, Theodore, Carpenter, Bellemare
VAN 0 – 2 VGK
18:54
VGKReilly Smith (William Karlsson, Jonathan Marchessault)wrist0.02 xG
VAN: Beagle, Spooner, Hutton, Motte, StecherVGK: McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Theodore
VAN 0 – 3 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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Elias Pettersson C	L1	-1	1	0.08	1	2	0	16:41	—	—	49	30
Tanner Pearson L	L1	-1	2	0.25	3	0	0	15:30	—	—	53	32
Nikolay Goldobin R	L1	0	1	0.06	2	0	2	14:53	—	—	55	44
Jay Beagle C	L2	-2	1	0.00	3	0	0	17:18	—	—	28	38
Tyler Motte C	L2	-1	1	0.07	6	1	0	13:56	—	—	47	60
Loui Eriksson L	L2	0	1	0.54	1	2	0	12:26	—	—	38	55
Bo Horvat C	L3	-1	2	0.02	1	2	0	18:25	—	—	28	13
Josh Leivo L	L3	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	14:17	—	—	27	7
Ryan Spooner C	L3	-1	1	0.02	1	1	0	12:09	—	—	20	3
Brock Boeser R	L4	-2	2	0.21	0	0	0	15:08	—	—	27	16
Antoine Roussel L	L4	0	2	0.01	2	1	2	15:05	—	—	28	15
Adam Gaudette R	L4	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	10:12	—	—	39	14
Ben Hutton D	D1	-2	1	0.10	0	2	0	26:41	—	—	33	19
Troy Stecher D	D1	-2	1	0.02	4	0	0	26:13	—	—	30	17
Alexander Edler D	D2	0	1	0.01	3	5	0	21:57	—	—	44	47
Alex Biega D	D2	0	0	0.09	3	0	0	18:56	—	—	51	53
Luke Schenn D	D3	-1	1	0.01	8	2	0	14:48	—	—	31	19
Ashton Sautner D	D3	-1	1	0.01	1	3	0	11:25	—	—	32	20

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	L	48	45	3	.938	4.49	60:00

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk		PP	SH
Max Pacioretty L	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.19	3	0	19:31	—	—	53	74
Paul Stastny C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.19	0	0	19:17	—	—	57	74
Mark Stone R	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.17	1	1	17:00	—	—	53	71
William Karlsson C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.37	1	1	16:57	—	—	66	88
Reilly Smith R	L2	1	0	1	+1	6	0.63	0	0	16:26	—	—	73	91
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.26	1	0	16:04	—	—	72	90
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.19	3	0	16:17	—	—	53	42
Brandon Pirri C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.35	1	2	14:00	—	—	49	43
Cody Eakin C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.23	2	1	13:39	—	—	49	43
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.20	5	1	11:25	—	—	82	92
Ryan Carpenter C	L4	1	0	1	+1	4	0.61	1	0	10:25	—	—	87	92
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	0	1	1	+1	4	0.25	3	1	10:17	—	—	87	93
Nate Schmidt D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.26	1	5	21:48	—	—	50	54
Deryk Engelland D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	4	2	20:39	—	—	45	56
Colin Miller D	D2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.20	3	1	22:09	—	—	76	66
Jon Merrill D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	1	0	17:55	—	—	66	61
Shea Theodore D	D3	0	1	1	+2	6	0.18	1	1	20:20	—	—	76	92
Brayden McNabb D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.12	2	1	15:51	—	—	74	88

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	19	19	0	.1000	1.50	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.