Arizona Coyotes vs. Vegas Golden KnightsJan 18, 2021

FinalMonday, Jan 18, 2021· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
ARI	1	1	0	2		ARI	12	15	5	32
VGK	0	1	3	4		VGK	8	7	13	28

: ARI 61VGK 56
: ARI 2.59VGK 4.16
PP goals: ARI 1VGK 0
Hits: ARI 30VGK 21
Blocks: ARI 13VGK 20
PIM: ARI 10VGK 10
: ARI 51%VGK 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Arizona Coyotes 4–2

Vegas Golden Knights beat Arizona Coyotes 4–2 at home. Reilly Smith (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for VGK: Nosek–Tuch–Roy skated 4:04 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (27.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Reilly Smith had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:38.Smith
Points
Chandler Stephenson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:16.Stephenson
New line
New look for VGK: Nosek–Tuch–Roy skated 4:04 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (27.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nosek Tuch Roy
Usage
Chandler Stephenson (VGK) played 14:16, −3:54 down on his 18:10 season average over 50 games.Stephenson
Usage
Brayden McNabb (VGK) played 16:19, −3:03 down on his 19:22 season average over 40 games.McNabb
PP1
ARI's PP1 (Kessel, Pitlick, Capobianco, Keller and Hayton) went scoreless in 3:42 of 5v4 time with 1 attempt.Kessel Pitlick Capobianco Keller Hayton
PP1
VGK's PP1 (Pacioretty, Pietrangelo, Stone, Karlsson and Tuch) went scoreless in 5:27 of 5v4 time with 10 attempts.Pacioretty Pietrangelo Stone Karlsson Tuch
Cats
Alec Martinez (VGK) blocked 7 shots in 21:18.Martinez

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 117 of 117 attempts · VGK 56 · ARI 61

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 30% of the game, VGK 37%.

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
	49	36
	1.79	2.29
	1.75	2.13
	5	11
	4	2
	11	6
	−0.007	+0.007
	30%	37%

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

L1Kessel – Dvorak – Caggiula
8:1140% CF
L2Brassard – Pitlick – Keller
8:1067% CF
L3Larsson – Fischer – Crouse
6:3538% CF
L4Schmaltz – Garland – Hayton
6:2369% CF
D1Goligoski – Chychrun
14:0559% CF
D2Hjalmarsson – Oesterle
12:2648% CF
D3Demers – Capobianco
9:0270% CF

PP1Kessel – Pitlick – Capobianco – Keller – Hayton
3:4250% CF
PP2Brassard – Schmaltz – Dvorak – Garland – Chychrun
1:54100% CF
PK1FLarsson – Crouse
1:36
PK2FPitlick – Caggiula
0:47
PK1DGoligoski – Hjalmarsson
4:13
PK2DDemers – Oesterle
1:28

Current ARI line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Pacioretty – Stone – Stephenson
8:5177% CF
L2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
8:3047% CF
L3Nosek – Tuch – Roy
4:0427% CF
L4Reaves – Carrier – Kolesar
3:430% CF
D1Martinez – Theodore
13:3235% CF
D2Pietrangelo – McNabb
10:5840% CF
D3Hague – Whitecloud
10:3767% CF

PP1Pacioretty – Pietrangelo – Stone – Karlsson – Tuch
5:2777% CF
PP2Smith – Marchessault – Theodore – Roy – Hague
1:41100% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
2:12
PK2FNosek – Roy
1:36
PK1DPietrangelo – McNabb
3:56
PK2DMartinez – Whitecloud
2:27

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.

Arizona Coyotes

ARI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Christian Dvorak C	L1	0	0	0	-3	2	0.15	0	0	2	18:13	—	—	50	22
Phil Kessel R	L1	0	0	0	-3	3	0.22	0	0	0	16:40	—	—	44	24
Drake Caggiula L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	1	1	0	14:31	—	—	50	21
Tyler Pitlick C	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.05	2	1	2	17:03	—	—	78	66
Clayton Keller R	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.27	0	1	0	16:48	—	—	62	59
Derick Brassard C	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.15	2	0	0	15:55	—	—	82	85
Johan Larsson L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	0	1	2	12:20	—	—	50	46
Lawson Crouse L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	0	0	11:36	—	—	30	0
Christian Fischer R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	6	0	0	10:19	—	—	42	43
Conor Garland R	L4	0	0	0	-1	4	0.51	1	0	0	16:35	—	—	75	69
Nick Schmaltz C	L4	1	0	1	-1	6	0.51	1	0	0	14:42	—	—	65	58
Barrett Hayton C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	1	0	0	11:39	—	—	75	70
Alex Goligoski D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	1	0	22:37	—	—	58	26
Jakob Chychrun D	D1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.21	4	0	2	22:31	—	—	58	41
Jordan Oesterle D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.02	2	3	2	20:25	—	—	45	42
Niklas Hjalmarsson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	20:08	—	—	46	44
Jason Demers D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	14:33	—	—	56	36
Kyle Capobianco D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	1	2	0	14:23	—	—	76	64

ARI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	L	27	24	3	.889	3.97	58:51

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mark Stone R	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.21	1	0	0	18:24	—	—	75	95
Max Pacioretty L	L1	1	0	1	+1	6	0.83	0	0	2	17:55	—	—	71	86
Chandler Stephenson C	L1	1	1	2	+2	1	0.15	0	0	0	14:16	—	—	71	97
William Karlsson C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.60	0	2	0	20:54	—	—	50	49
Reilly Smith R	L2	2	0	2	+2	3	0.59	0	0	0	19:38	—	—	44	49
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.16	2	1	4	15:28	—	—	50	62
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.35	0	0	0	17:59	—	—	42	51
Nicolas Roy C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	2	13:09	—	—	20	38
Tomas Nosek L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	3	0	0	10:59	—	—	38	46
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	2	0	2	10:18	—	—	6	21
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	1	0	8:38	—	—	15	4
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	3	0	8:37	—	—	23	40
Alec Martinez D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.01	1	7	0	21:18	—	—	34	49
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	1	1	+2	5	0.41	0	0	0	21:03	—	—	32	57
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.43	0	4	0	24:03	—	—	46	57
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:19	—	—	40	48
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.06	1	0	0	17:09	—	—	53	61
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.05	1	0	0	15:45	—	—	56	66

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Robin Lehner(start)	W	32	30	2	.938	2.59	59:32

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.

Arizona Coyotes vs. Vegas Golden KnightsJan 18, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

Vegas Golden Knights beat Arizona Coyotes 4–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Arizona Coyotes

Vegas Golden Knights

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Arizona Coyotes

Vegas Golden Knights