Arizona Coyotes vs. Vegas Golden KnightsDec 28, 2019

FinalSaturday, Dec 28, 2019· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
ARI	1	0	0	1		ARI	11	9	8	28
VGK	2	2	0	4		VGK	13	12	11	36

: ARI 60VGK 60
: ARI 2.82VGK 3.71
PP goals: ARI 0VGK 2
Hits: ARI 17VGK 36
Blocks: ARI 12VGK 20
PIM: ARI 11VGK 15
: ARI 49%VGK 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Arizona Coyotes 4–1

Vegas Golden Knights beat Arizona Coyotes 4–1 at home. Shea Theodore (VGK) led the scoring with 0G 3A. New look for ARI: Richardson–Grabner–Hinostroza skated 5:16 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Shea Theodore had 3 assists (3 points) in 17:35.Theodore
Points
Mark Stone had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 19:32.Stone
Points
Max Pacioretty had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 13:14.Pacioretty
New line
New look for ARI: Richardson–Grabner–Hinostroza skated 5:16 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Richardson Grabner Hinostroza
New line
New look for ARI: Hall–Dvorak–Garland skated 5:15 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (70% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hall Dvorak Garland
Luck
ARI scored 1 goal on 2.82 expected goals (60 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Max Pacioretty (VGK) played 13:14, −4:45 down on his 17:59 season average over 70 games.Pacioretty
Usage
Shea Theodore (VGK) played 17:35, −4:43 down on his 22:18 season average over 70 games.Theodore

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

← ARI attacks left (bottom on phones)VGK attacks right (top on phones) →

VGK
ARI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 120 of 120 attempts · VGK 60 · ARI 60

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

VGK
ARI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

VGK pressure
ARI pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: ARI 18% of the game, VGK 41%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

VGK

ARI

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	ARI	VGK
	55	60
	2.25	3.24
	2.05	3.11
	8	12
	2	5
	11	12
	−0.021	+0.021
	18%	41%

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.

Arizona Coyotes

L1Soderberg – Schmaltz – Keller
10:2025% CF
L2Richardson – Grabner – Hinostroza
5:1650% CF
L3Hall – Dvorak – Garland
5:1570% CF
L4Kessel – Stepan – Crouse
2:2640% CF
D1Oesterle – Lyubushkin
15:2334% CF
D2Demers – Ekman-Larsson
14:2148% CF
D3Goligoski – Chychrun
13:4157% CF

PP1Soderberg – Goligoski – Schmaltz – Garland – Chychrun
4:32100% CF
PP2Kessel – Ekman-Larsson – Hall – Dvorak – Keller
3:3083% CF
PK1FRichardson – Grabner
1:48
PK2FHinostroza – Crouse
0:37
PK1DDemers – Ekman-Larsson
1:39
PK2DGoligoski – Chychrun
1:35

Current ARI line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
11:4550% CF
L2Pacioretty – Stone – Stephenson
9:4573% CF
L3Stastny – Tuch – Glass
8:1550% CF
L4Reaves – Carrier – Nosek
6:2236% CF
D1Engelland – Merrill
15:1355% CF
D2McNabb – Schmidt
14:4840% CF
D3Holden – Theodore
12:2564% CF

PP1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore – Glass
1:57100% CF
PP2Stastny – Pacioretty – Stone – Schmidt – Tuch
1:21100% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
4:19
PK2FStone – Stephenson
2:12
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
5:52
PK2DHolden – Schmidt
1:29

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

9:05
VGKMark StonePP (Alex Tuch, Max Pacioretty)wrist0.19 xG
ARI: Richardson, Goligoski, Grabner, DemersVGK: Stastny, Pacioretty, Stone, Schmidt, Tuch
ARI 0 – 1 VGK
13:31
ARIMichael Grabner (Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Conor Garland)wrist0.17 xG
ARI: Richardson, Grabner, Demers, Ekman-Larsson, GarlandVGK: Engelland, Smith, Merrill, Karlsson, Marchessault
ARI 1 – 1 VGK
15:06
VGKMark Stone (Max Pacioretty, Shea Theodore)backhand0.12 xG
ARI: Goligoski, Stepan, Hinostroza, Crouse, ChychrunVGK: Pacioretty, Holden, Stone, Stephenson, Theodore
ARI 1 – 2 VGK

2nd period

0:12
VGKChandler StephensonPP (Shea Theodore)wrist0.21 xG
ARI: Richardson, Goligoski, Grabner, ChychrunVGK: Stone, Stephenson, Schmidt, Theodore, Carrier
ARI 1 – 3 VGK
1:54
VGKPaul Stastny (Jonathan Marchessault, Shea Theodore)wrist0.14 xG
ARI: Goligoski, Stepan, Hinostroza, Crouse, ChychrunVGK: Engelland, Stastny, Merrill, Marchessault, Glass
ARI 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.

Arizona Coyotes

ARI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Schmaltz C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	0	0	0	19:04	—	—	42	35
Carl Soderberg C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.48	1	0	0	17:05	—	—	38	32
Clayton Keller R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	1	0	16:50	—	—	29	24
Brad Richardson R	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	2	0	0	14:20	—	—	32	36
Michael Grabner L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.33	0	0	0	12:42	—	—	43	48
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.01	1	1	0	12:00	—	—	40	7
Taylor Hall L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	0	0	2	16:39	—	—	68	70
Christian Dvorak C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.27	0	1	2	15:50	—	—	63	56
Conor Garland R	L3	0	1	1	+1	4	0.44	0	0	0	14:02	—	—	65	76
Phil Kessel R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.45	0	0	0	15:22	—	—	71	74
Derek Stepan C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:23	—	—	53	30
Lawson Crouse L	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.19	2	0	5	11:06	—	—	32	20
Ilya Lyubushkin D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	4	1	0	17:14	—	—	36	26
Jordan Oesterle D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	1	0	15:43	—	—	37	20
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.14	3	0	2	20:22	—	—	50	53
Jason Demers D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	2	2	0	17:27	—	—	46	45
Alex Goligoski D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	3	0	23:28	—	—	56	46
Jakob Chychrun D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.14	1	1	0	22:30	—	—	60	53

ARI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Adin Hill	—	20	20	0	.1000	1.69	38:06
Antti Raanta(start)	L	16	12	4	.750	2.02	21:36

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
William Karlsson C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.41	0	2	0	20:11	—	—	48	45
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.22	1	1	0	19:25	—	—	44	43
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	1	1	0	4	0.33	2	1	0	15:50	—	—	48	49
Mark Stone R	L2	2	0	2	+1	6	0.61	2	1	0	19:32	—	—	68	88
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.22	1	1	0	16:50	—	—	63	88
Max Pacioretty L	L2	0	2	2	+1	5	0.56	1	1	7	13:14	—	—	65	84
Paul Stastny C	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.24	2	0	0	14:51	—	—	56	68
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.22	2	0	0	13:25	—	—	46	43
Cody Glass C	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.24	2	1	0	11:23	—	—	53	53
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	3	1	0	10:11	—	—	33	37
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	8	0	4	10:10	—	—	31	44
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	5	0	2	8:03	—	—	36	69
Deryk Engelland D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	23:10	—	—	51	65
Jon Merrill D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	4	0	17:54	—	—	54	68
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	4	3	0	21:40	—	—	41	40
Nate Schmidt D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	0	0	21:06	—	—	46	44
Shea Theodore D	D3	0	3	3	+1	0	0.08	0	2	0	17:35	—	—	63	75
Nick Holden D	D3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.06	0	0	2	15:32	—	—	63	81

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	28	27	1	.964	2.82	59:58

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.