Vancouver Canucks vs. Vegas Golden KnightsMar 7, 2024

FinalThursday, Mar 7, 2024· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	2	1	0	3		VAN	16	15	4	35
VGK	0	1	0	1		VGK	7	10	11	28

: VAN 62VGK 64
: VAN 3.19VGK 1.89
PP goals: VAN 1VGK 0
Hits: VAN 25VGK 28
Blocks: VAN 16VGK 11
PIM: VAN 4VGK 8
: VAN 51%VGK 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–1

Vancouver Canucks beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–1 at VGK. Quinn Hughes (VAN) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for VGK: Amadio–Roy–Cotter skated 11:06 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (60.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for VGK: Amadio–Roy–Cotter skated 11:06 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (60.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Amadio Roy Cotter
Goalie
Adin Hill (VGK) faced 35 shots and stopped 32 (.914), +7 against a season average of 28.0; the loss.Hill
New line
New look for VGK: Karlsson–Stephenson–Mantha skated 10:21 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (52.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Karlsson Stephenson Mantha
Usage
Elias Lindholm (VAN) played 15:16, −4:29 down on his 19:45 season average over 74 games.Lindholm
Luck
Brock Boeser (VAN) generated 1.21 xG on 6 attempts without scoring; the chances were there.Boeser
Usage
Keegan Kolesar (VGK) played 7:29, −3:25 down on his 10:54 season average over 78 games.Kolesar
Usage
Byron Froese (VGK) played 7:39, −3:13 down on his 10:52 season average over 15 games.Froese
Cats
Ivan Barbashev (VGK) threw 8 hits, a night for hits leagues.Barbashev

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 126 of 126 attempts · VGK 64 · VAN 62

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 32% of the game, VGK 28%.

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
	61	66
	1.85	1.63
	1.81	1.58
	10	5
	11	6
	8	5
	+0.017	−0.017
	32%	28%

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

L1Miller – Boeser – Mikheyev
11:2359% CF
L2Pettersson – Suter – Hoglander
10:0245% CF
L3Di Giuseppe – Blueger – Lafferty
8:2950% CF
L4Lindholm – Garland – Podkolzin
7:0553% CF
D1Hronek – Hughes
17:2153% CF
D2Cole – Soucy
15:3144% CF
D3Zadorov – Juulsen
12:0141% CF

PP1Miller – Boeser – Garland – Pettersson – Hughes
2:20100% CF
PP2Lindholm – Hronek – Suter – Hoglander – Podkolzin
1:24100% CF
PK1FDi Giuseppe – Suter
0:53
PK2FBlueger – Lindholm
0:20
PK1DSoucy – Juulsen
0:49
PK2DZadorov – Hronek
0:20

Current VAN line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Marchessault – Barbashev – Eichel
14:5564% CF
L2Amadio – Roy – Cotter
11:0661% CF
L3Karlsson – Stephenson – Mantha
10:2152% CF
L4Froese – Kolesar – Morelli
5:4618% CF
D1Pietrangelo – Hanifin
16:1556% CF
D2McNabb – Theodore
15:4754% CF
D3Hague – Whitecloud
15:0940% CF

PP1Karlsson – Marchessault – Stephenson – Theodore – Eichel
1:13100% CF
PP2Pietrangelo – Mantha – Barbashev – Hanifin – Roy
0:31
PK1FEichel – Kolesar
1:26
PK2FStephenson – Roy
1:14
PK1DPietrangelo – Hanifin
2:00
PK2DMcNabb – Hague
1:37

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

6:01
VANQuinn HughesPP (Elias Pettersson, Brock Boeser)wrist0.11 xG
VAN: Miller, Boeser, Hronek, Pettersson, HughesVGK: McNabb, Karlsson, Mantha, Hanifin
VAN 1 – 0 VGK
6:56
VANPhillip Di Giuseppe (Nils Hoglander, Noah Juulsen)wrist0.11 xG
VAN: Di Giuseppe, Zadorov, Juulsen, Pettersson, HoglanderVGK: McNabb, Marchessault, Theodore, Barbashev, Eichel
VAN 2 – 0 VGK

2nd period

3:50
VGKMichael Amadio (Alex Pietrangelo, Nicolas Roy)wrist0.02 xG
VAN: Cole, Di Giuseppe, Blueger, Soucy, LaffertyVGK: Pietrangelo, Amadio, Hanifin, Roy, Cotter
VAN 2 – 1 VGK
15:58
VANConor Garland (Elias Lindholm)backhand0.20 xG
VAN: Cole, Soucy, Lindholm, Garland, MikheyevVGK: Pietrangelo, Froese, Hanifin, Kolesar, Morelli
VAN 3 – 1 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
Brock Boeser R	L1	0	1	1	0	5	1.21	0	0	0	20:48	—	—	47	55
J.T. Miller C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	5	2	0	20:15	—	—	53	64
Ilya Mikheyev R	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.12	0	0	0	13:03	—	—	56	82
Elias Pettersson C	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.15	0	1	0	19:38	—	—	44	44
Pius Suter C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	0	0	2	14:54	—	—	44	42
Nils Hoglander L	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.02	0	0	0	13:20	—	—	48	50
Phillip Di Giuseppe L	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.16	2	0	0	13:43	—	—	44	51
Teddy Blueger C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	2	1	0	13:05	—	—	46	45
Sam Lafferty C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	3	0	0	11:39	—	—	45	41
Elias Lindholm C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.20	0	0	0	15:16	—	—	50	50
Conor Garland R	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.20	1	1	2	14:32	—	—	59	65
Vasily Podkolzin R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.13	5	0	0	11:24	—	—	43	31
Quinn Hughes D	D1	1	0	1	0	5	0.46	0	1	0	23:51	—	—	56	50
Filip Hronek D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	1	1	0	23:30	—	—	50	48
Ian Cole D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	4	0	18:58	—	—	49	58
Carson Soucy D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	1	0	17:55	—	—	43	57
Nikita Zadorov D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	1	0	0	16:29	—	—	45	52
Noah Juulsen D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.02	2	4	0	15:40	—	—	42	50

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thatcher Demko(start)	W	28	27	1	.964	1.89	60:00

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	0	0	-1	6	0.33	0	0	0	22:13	—	—	60	40
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.27	1	0	0	20:38	—	—	57	38
Ivan Barbashev L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.18	8	0	0	19:00	—	—	58	41
Nicolas Roy C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.01	4	1	0	16:22	—	—	62	85
Michael Amadio R	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.16	0	0	0	15:31	—	—	62	89
Paul Cotter L	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.05	5	0	0	14:47	—	—	59	67
William Karlsson C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	0	0	0	17:29	—	—	48	63
Chandler Stephenson C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.22	0	0	0	17:06	—	—	46	70
Anthony Mantha R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	1	4	15:14	—	—	50	66
Mason Morelli L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:13	—	—	25	12
Byron Froese C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	7:39	—	—	17	11
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	1	1	2	7:29	—	—	18	11
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	1	2	2	22:03	—	—	56	41
Noah Hanifin D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	2	1	0	21:33	—	—	57	46
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	0	0	-1	6	0.34	0	1	0	20:48	—	—	59	52
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	18:06	—	—	54	47
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	3	0	18:01	—	—	38	43
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	1	0	16:07	—	—	44	52

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Adin Hill(start)	L	35	32	3	.914	2.96	57:25

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Quinn Hughes (VAN PP) 1st 6:01 · assists Elias Pettersson, Brock Boeser · Forecheck turnover · 54.6 mph shot.

Quinn Hughes · 1st 6:01 · VAN PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 54.6 mph
Distance: 30 ft

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Phillip Di Giuseppe · 1st 6:56 · VAN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 39.1 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Entry to goal: 4.4 s

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Michael Amadio · 2nd 3:50 · VGK

Play: point-shot
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 57.4 mph
Distance: 56 ft

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Conor Garland · 2nd 15:58 · VAN

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1
Shot: 12.4 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 3.1 s
Type: rebound

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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.