Vancouver Canucks vs. Vegas Golden KnightsDec 19, 2024

FinalThursday, Dec 19, 2024· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	1	0	0	1		VAN	11	2	7	20
VGK	0	1	2	3		VGK	5	9	7	21

: VAN 52VGK 51
: VAN 2.76VGK 2.99
PP goals: VAN 0VGK 0
Hits: VAN 21VGK 16
Blocks: VAN 16VGK 20
PIM: VAN 2VGK 4
: VAN 49%VGK 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Vancouver Canucks 3–1

Vegas Golden Knights beat Vancouver Canucks 3–1 at home. Brett Howden (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for VGK: Stone–Eichel–Dorofeyev skated 14:02 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (77.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Brett Howden had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:59.Howden
New line
New look for VGK: Stone–Eichel–Dorofeyev skated 14:02 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (77.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Stone Eichel Dorofeyev
New line
New look for VAN: Blueger–Heinen–Sherwood skated 9:07 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (64.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Blueger Heinen Sherwood
New line
New look for VAN: DeBrusk–Pettersson–Karlsson skated 7:20 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.DeBrusk Pettersson Karlsson
New line
New look for VAN: Miller–Di Giuseppe–Boeser skated 8:41 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Miller Di Giuseppe Boeser
Luck
VAN scored 1 goal on 2.76 expected goals (52 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Tomas Hertl (VGK) played 13:53, −3:17 down on his 17:10 season average over 72 games.Hertl
Usage
Zach Whitecloud (VGK) played 14:18, −3:15 down on his 17:33 season average over 73 games.Whitecloud

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 103 of 103 attempts · VGK 51 · VAN 52

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 39% of the game, VGK 34%.

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
	55	55
	2.40	2.40
	2.18	2.27
	8	11
	4	4
	28	20
	+0.002	−0.002
	39%	34%

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

L1Joshua – Garland – Suter
9:4344% CF
L2Blueger – Heinen – Sherwood
9:0765% CF
L3Miller – Di Giuseppe – Boeser
8:4144% CF
L4DeBrusk – Pettersson – Karlsson
7:2040% CF
D1Myers – Hughes
19:0456% CF
D2Forbort – Desharnais
14:5952% CF
D3Soucy – Juulsen
12:3738% CF

PP1Boeser – DeBrusk – Garland – Pettersson – Hughes
2:3667% CF
PP2Myers – Soucy – Heinen – Suter – Sherwood
0:44
PK1FHeinen – Sherwood
0:43
PK2FDi Giuseppe – Garland
0:42
PK1DSoucy – Juulsen
1:11
PK2DMyers – Desharnais
0:43

Current VAN line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Stone – Eichel – Dorofeyev
14:0278% CF
L2Karlsson – Olofsson – Howden
9:3859% CF
L3Pearson – Hertl – Kolesar
8:5463% CF
L4Laczynski – Schwindt – Holtz
3:35100% CF
D1Pietrangelo – Hanifin
18:0977% CF
D2McNabb – Theodore
16:1050% CF
D3Hague – Whitecloud
12:3026% CF

PP1Stone – Hertl – Theodore – Olofsson – Eichel
1:1533% CF
PP2Pietrangelo – Karlsson – Hanifin – Dorofeyev – Holtz
0:41100% CF
PK1FKolesar – Schwindt
1:15
PK2FKarlsson – Eichel
1:14
PK1DPietrangelo – McNabb
2:26
PK2DHanifin – Hague
1:25

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
Conor Garland R	L1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.34	1	1	0	20:37	—	—	61	57
Pius Suter C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.26	0	0	0	14:22	—	—	44	48
Dakota Joshua C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	12:04	—	—	33	32
Kiefer Sherwood L	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.46	3	0	0	16:06	—	—	62	68
Danton Heinen L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.20	1	1	0	15:08	—	—	64	68
Teddy Blueger C	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.78	0	1	0	14:15	—	—	52	69
Brock Boeser R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	0	0	0	16:51	—	—	30	13
J.T. Miller C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	2	0	0	15:36	—	—	59	40
Phillip Di Giuseppe L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	12:58	—	—	44	33
Elias Pettersson C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.10	0	1	0	17:20	—	—	54	29
Jake DeBrusk L	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.28	0	2	0	15:15	—	—	50	31
Linus Karlsson C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:45	—	—	33	2
Quinn Hughes D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	0	3	0	26:11	—	—	51	61
Tyler Myers D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	22:24	—	—	58	65
Vincent Desharnais D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	2	0	17:52	—	—	52	49
Derek Forbort D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	3	0	2	16:38	—	—	52	47
Carson Soucy D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	4	0	17:19	—	—	45	26
Noah Juulsen D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	1	0	16:38	—	—	40	6

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kevin Lankinen(start)	L	20	18	2	.900	2.06	59:41

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.26	0	1	2	19:31	—	—	54	70
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.40	0	1	0	19:28	—	—	75	80
Mark Stone R	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.16	3	0	0	18:17	—	—	71	76
William Karlsson C	L2	1	0	1	+2	2	0.25	0	1	0	18:48	—	—	39	34
Brett Howden C	L2	1	1	2	+1	1	0.95	1	1	0	16:59	—	—	32	17
Victor Olofsson L	L2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.01	0	0	0	16:52	—	—	52	34
Keegan Kolesar R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	2	2	0	15:30	—	—	48	84
Tomas Hertl C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.44	1	2	0	13:53	—	—	43	46
Tanner Pearson L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	1	1	0	12:48	—	—	60	95
Alexander Holtz R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	2	10:07	—	—	38	22
Tanner Laczynski C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	7:31	—	—	33	24
Cole Schwindt R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	0	0	7:29	—	—	78	59
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	1	0	1	+3	3	0.07	1	0	0	24:13	—	—	68	78
Noah Hanifin D	D1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.01	1	2	0	24:10	—	—	73	72
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	2	0	21:28	—	—	46	54
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	0	1	0	19:08	—	—	58	62
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	15:30	—	—	23	19
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	14:18	—	—	25	16

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Adin Hill(start)	W	20	19	1	.950	2.76	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

William Karlsson (VGK) 3rd 3:44 · assists Brett Howden · Rebound · 41.4 mph shot.

William Karlsson · 3rd 3:44 · VGK

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 41.4 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Type: rebound

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Teddy Blueger · 1st 8:15 · VAN

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 11.8 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Type: rebound

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Alex Pietrangelo · 2nd 17:35 · VGK

Play: point-shot
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 68.6 mph
Distance: 48 ft
Entry to goal: 7.2 s

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Brett Howden · 3rd 19:10 · VGK EN

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 19.4 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s

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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.

Vancouver Canucks vs. Vegas Golden KnightsDec 19, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Vegas Golden Knights beat Vancouver Canucks 3–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Vancouver Canucks

Vegas Golden Knights

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Vancouver Canucks

Vegas Golden Knights

Goal anatomy

William Karlsson · 3rd 3:44 · VGK

Teddy Blueger · 1st 8:15 · VAN

Alex Pietrangelo · 2nd 17:35 · VGK

Brett Howden · 3rd 19:10 · VGK EN