Arizona Coyotes vs. Vegas Golden KnightsDec 21, 2022

FinalWednesday, Dec 21, 2022· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
ARI	0	1	1	2		ARI	4	8	11	23
VGK	0	1	4	5		VGK	13	10	11	34

: ARI 49VGK 71
: ARI 2.53VGK 3.20
PP goals: ARI 0VGK 2
Hits: ARI 29VGK 17
Blocks: ARI 23VGK 14
PIM: ARI 6VGK 4
: ARI 46%VGK 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Arizona Coyotes 5–2

Vegas Golden Knights beat Arizona Coyotes 5–2 at home. Mark Stone (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 1A. VGK's first power-play unit (Pietrangelo, Smith, Stone, Marchessault and Stephenson) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 3:58 together.

Points
Mark Stone had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 8 shots in 23:39.Stone
Points
Christian Fischer had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:31.Fischer
Points
Chandler Stephenson had 2 assists (2 points) in 20:35.Stephenson
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Pietrangelo, Smith, Stone, Marchessault and Stephenson) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 3:58 together.Pietrangelo Smith Stone Marchessault Stephenson
Usage
Juuso Välimäki (ARI) played 12:21, −5:54 down on his 18:15 season average over 77 games.Välimäki
New line
New look for VGK: Kessel–Leschyshyn–Rondbjerg skated 7:46 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kessel Leschyshyn Rondbjerg
Usage
Mark Stone (VGK) played 23:39, +4:23 up on his 19:17 season average over 42 games.Stone
Luck
VGK scored 5 goals on 3.20 expected goals (71 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

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 71 · ARI 49

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 29% of the game, VGK 31%.

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
	53	59
	2.77	1.45
	2.67	1.40
	16	13
	8	5
	24	18
	−0.049	+0.049
	29%	31%

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

L1Boyd – Schmaltz – Keller
14:4345% CF
L2Bjugstad – Crouse – Maccelli
11:2163% CF
L3Ritchie – Fischer – Hayton
8:5656% CF
D1Gostisbehere – Chychrun
18:2051% CF
D2Brown – Moser
8:360% CF
D3Nemeth – Stecher
8:3660% CF

PP1Bjugstad – Gostisbehere – Ritchie – Schmaltz – Chychrun
1:5450% CF
PP2Boyd – Crouse – Keller – Välimäki – Maccelli
1:300% CF
PK1FBjugstad – Crouse
2:36
PK2FHayton – Maccelli
1:07
PK1DBrown – Moser
2:51
PK2DNemeth – Stecher
2:10

Current ARI line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Stone – Stephenson – Amadio
12:1183% CF
L2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
9:2241% CF
L3Carrier – Kolesar – Roy
8:0733% CF
L4Kessel – Leschyshyn – Rondbjerg
7:4650% CF
D1Martinez – Pietrangelo
16:1650% CF
D2McNabb – Miromanov
14:3854% CF
D3Hutton – Hague
10:5447% CF

PP1Pietrangelo – Smith – Stone – Marchessault – Stephenson
3:5890% CF
PP2Kessel – Karlsson – Carrier – Roy – Miromanov
1:01100% CF
PK1FStone – Stephenson
1:51
PK2FSmith – Karlsson
1:14
PK1DPietrangelo – McNabb
2:10
PK2DMartinez – Hague
0:44

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

3:27
VGKDaniil MiromanovPP (William Karlsson, Phil Kessel)wrist0.03 xG
ARI: Bjugstad, Brown, Crouse, MoserVGK: Kessel, Karlsson, Carrier, Roy, Miromanov
ARI 0 – 1 VGK
4:45
ARIJuuso Välimäki (Christian Fischer, Nick Ritchie)wrist0.07 xG
ARI: Nemeth, Fischer, Välimäki, Hayton, MaccelliVGK: Stone, Stephenson, Hutton, Amadio, Hague
ARI 1 – 1 VGK

3rd period

8:56
VGKMark StonePP (Alex Pietrangelo, Jonathan Marchessault)tip-in0.11 xG
ARI: Nemeth, Bjugstad, Crouse, StecherVGK: Pietrangelo, Smith, Stone, Marchessault, Stephenson
ARI 1 – 2 VGK
9:50
VGKWilliam Carrier (Chandler Stephenson, Mark Stone)snap0.13 xG
ARI: Boyd, Gostisbehere, Schmaltz, Keller, ChychrunVGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Stone, Stephenson, Carrier
ARI 1 – 3 VGK
11:42
ARIChristian Fischer (Travis Boyd, Nick Schmaltz)wrist0.08 xG
ARI: Boyd, Gostisbehere, Schmaltz, Fischer, ChychrunVGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault
ARI 2 – 3 VGK
12:34
VGKMark StoneSH (Chandler Stephenson)wrist0.09 xG
ARI: Boyd, Crouse, Keller, Välimäki, MaccelliVGK: Pietrangelo, McNabb, Stone, Stephenson
ARI 2 – 4 VGK
17:19
VGKMichael Amadio (Nicolas Hague, Reilly Smith)tip-in0.08 xG
ARI: Bjugstad, Schmaltz, Chychrun, Välimäki, MaccelliVGK: Martinez, Smith, Karlsson, Amadio, Hague
ARI 2 – 5 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
Travis Boyd C	L1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.40	0	2	0	20:34	—	—	44	76
Clayton Keller R	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.28	1	1	4	20:02	—	—	39	59
Nick Schmaltz C	L1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.39	0	2	0	19:37	—	—	46	64
Nick Bjugstad C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	3	0	0	18:25	—	—	57	55
Lawson Crouse L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.18	1	2	0	18:16	—	—	57	67
Matias Maccelli L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	17:27	—	—	60	78
Christian Fischer R	L3	1	1	2	+2	2	0.09	3	0	0	15:31	—	—	54	60
Barrett Hayton C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.17	2	2	0	15:05	—	—	44	58
Nick Ritchie L	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.39	1	2	2	14:09	—	—	42	73
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.09	1	1	0	22:39	—	—	51	66
Jakob Chychrun D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	0	4	0	22:24	—	—	51	66
J.J. Moser D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	4	2	0	20:32	—	—	28	72
Joshua Brown D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6	1	0	15:20	—	—	13	0
Troy Stecher D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	1	0	13:23	—	—	59	66
Patrik Nemeth D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:59	—	—	61	61
Juuso Välimäki D	—	1	0	1	-1	1	0.20	1	2	0	12:21	—	—	63	79
Jack McBain C	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	8:34	—	—	40	67
Zack Kassian R	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	8:12	—	—	36	59

ARI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Karel Vejmelka(start)	L	34	29	5	.853	3.20	60:00

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mark Stone R	L1	2	1	3	+1	8	1.52	1	0	0	23:39	—	—	68	56
Chandler Stephenson C	L1	0	2	2	+1	0	0.01	0	0	0	20:35	—	—	83	67
Michael Amadio R	L1	1	0	1	0	5	0.38	1	0	0	15:51	—	—	70	51
William Karlsson C	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	17:25	—	—	39	30
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	1	1	0	5	0.30	1	0	0	16:48	—	—	36	30
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.32	0	0	0	15:11	—	—	44	35
Nicolas Roy C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	14:48	—	—	52	26
William Carrier L	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.21	3	1	0	14:21	—	—	50	26
Keegan Kolesar R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	3	0	2	9:37	—	—	36	15
Phil Kessel R	L4	0	1	1	0	3	0.15	0	0	0	10:56	—	—	36	10
Jonas Rondbjerg R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	10:46	—	—	31	11
Jake Leschyshyn C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	3	1	0	10:43	—	—	42	22
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.07	1	3	0	25:39	—	—	54	35
Alec Martinez D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	1	2	0	21:39	—	—	48	34
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	1	3	0	21:50	—	—	61	24
Daniil Miromanov D	D2	1	0	1	0	2	0.06	0	0	0	17:45	—	—	52	23
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	1	1	0	2	0.04	0	1	0	16:23	—	—	52	50
Ben Hutton D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	1	1	0	12:04	—	—	50	48

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	W	23	21	2	.913	2.53	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.