Anaheim Ducks vs. Vegas Golden KnightsJan 14, 2021

FinalThursday, Jan 14, 2021· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
ANA	2	0	0	2		ANA	7	8	7	22
VGK	2	0	3	5		VGK	12	6	11	29

: ANA 54VGK 47
: ANA 2.14VGK 3.29
PP goals: ANA 0VGK 0
Hits: ANA 29VGK 30
Blocks: ANA 13VGK 21
PIM: ANA 2VGK 2
: ANA 58%VGK 42%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Anaheim Ducks 5–2

Vegas Golden Knights beat Anaheim Ducks 5–2 at home. Maxime Comtois (ANA) led the scoring with 2G 0A. VGK scored 5 goals on 3.29 expected goals (47 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

Points
Maxime Comtois had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:16.Comtois
Points
Mark Stone had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:08.Stone
Points
Alec Martinez had 2 assists (2 points) in 24:51.Martinez
Luck
VGK scored 5 goals on 3.29 expected goals (47 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Max Pacioretty (VGK) played 14:41, −3:20 down on his 18:01 season average over 47 games.Pacioretty
Usage
Keegan Kolesar (VGK) played 4:36, −5:04 down on his 9:40 season average over 43 games.Kolesar
Usage
Zach Whitecloud (VGK) played 22:47, +5:04 up on his 17:43 season average over 50 games.Whitecloud
Usage
Brayden McNabb (VGK) played 23:49, +4:38 up on his 19:11 season average over 40 games.McNabb

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

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

VGK
ANA
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 101 of 101 attempts · VGK 47 · ANA 54

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

VGK
ANA
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: ANA 37% of the game, VGK 30%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

VGK

ANA

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	ANA	VGK
	53	52
	2.19	2.73
	2.15	2.65
	7	14
	6	1
	18	10
	+0.069	−0.068
	37%	30%

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.

Anaheim Ducks

L1Henrique – Silfverberg – Rakell
12:2368% CF
L2Terry – Steel – Comtois
11:5338% CF
L3Grant – Deslauriers – Rowney
10:3550% CF
L4Getzlaf – Heinen – Lundeström
10:1140% CF
D1Shattenkirk – Lindholm
20:0759% CF
D2Fowler – Manson
18:1348% CF
D3Hakanpää – Larsson
12:1948% CF

PP1Shattenkirk – Henrique – Grant – Silfverberg – Rakell
1:02100% CF
PP2Getzlaf – Fowler – Heinen – Terry – Steel
0:57100% CF
PK1FGrant – Rowney
0:53
PK2FHeinen – Lundeström
0:39
PK1DFowler – Manson
1:24
PK2DShattenkirk – Lindholm
0:36

Current ANA line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
12:5841% CF
L2Pacioretty – Stone – Stephenson
11:3671% CF
L3Reaves – Carrier – Nosek
9:1440% CF
L4Tuch – Roy – Glass
7:2446% CF
D1Pietrangelo – McNabb
12:2242% CF
D2Martinez – Theodore
11:0745% CF

PP1Pacioretty – Pietrangelo – Stone – Karlsson – Glass
1:15100% CF
PP2Martinez – Smith – Marchessault – Theodore – Tuch
0:45
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
0:59
PK2FNosek – Roy
0:33
PK1DMartinez – Whitecloud
1:01
PK2DPietrangelo – Theodore
0:59

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:07
VGKJonathan Marchessault (Alec Martinez, Shea Theodore)slap0.09 xG
ANA: Grant, Deslauriers, Manson, Rowney, LarssonVGK: Martinez, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Theodore
ANA 0 – 1 VGK
2:13
VGKTomas Nosek (Ryan Reaves)wrist0.05 xG
ANA: Getzlaf, Shattenkirk, Lindholm, Heinen, LundeströmVGK: Reaves, Pietrangelo, Theodore, Carrier, Nosek
ANA 0 – 2 VGK
4:22
ANAMaxime Comtois (Sam Steel)snap0.28 xG
ANA: Fowler, Manson, Terry, Steel, ComtoisVGK: Pietrangelo, McNabb, Tuch, Kolesar, Glass
ANA 1 – 2 VGK
7:58
ANAMaxime Comtois (Ryan Getzlaf)wrist0.14 xG
ANA: Getzlaf, Shattenkirk, Rakell, Lindholm, ComtoisVGK: Pacioretty, McNabb, Stephenson, Kolesar, Whitecloud
ANA 2 – 2 VGK

3rd period

0:49
VGKMark Stone (Chandler Stephenson, Alex Pietrangelo)snap0.03 xG
ANA: Shattenkirk, Henrique, Silfverberg, Rakell, LindholmVGK: Pacioretty, Pietrangelo, McNabb, Stone, Stephenson
ANA 2 – 3 VGK
10:59
VGKMax Pacioretty (Mark Stone, Alec Martinez)wrist0.18 xG
ANA: Henrique, Silfverberg, Fowler, Manson, RakellVGK: Pacioretty, Martinez, Stone, Stephenson, Theodore
ANA 2 – 4 VGK
19:46
VGKAlex TuchEN (Nicolas Roy, Cody Glass)wrist0.96 xG
ANA: Getzlaf, Fowler, Rakell, Terry, Steel, ComtoisVGK: Pietrangelo, McNabb, Tuch, Roy, Glass
ANA 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.

Anaheim Ducks

ANA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jakob Silfverberg R	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	2	1	0	18:01	—	—	68	36
Rickard Rakell R	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.14	1	1	0	16:48	—	—	67	48
Adam Henrique C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.06	3	0	0	16:04	—	—	67	33
Sam Steel C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.14	0	0	0	17:06	—	—	42	52
Troy Terry R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	0	0	0	16:24	—	—	36	43
Maxime Comtois L	L2	2	0	2	+1	2	0.45	1	0	0	15:16	—	—	46	59
Derek Grant C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	1	2	0	14:59	—	—	50	53
Carter Rowney C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	5	0	0	13:14	—	—	50	53
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.30	5	0	0	11:49	—	—	50	50
Ryan Getzlaf C	L4	0	1	1	-1	0	0.05	7	1	0	16:26	—	—	47	38
Danton Heinen L	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.33	0	0	0	14:48	—	—	47	37
Isac Lundeström C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	0	1	0	12:34	—	—	33	27
Kevin Shattenkirk D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.15	1	0	0	23:55	—	—	59	61
Hampus Lindholm D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	3	0	22:43	—	—	59	61
Cam Fowler D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	1	0	22:45	—	—	48	41
Josh Manson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	0	0	20:22	—	—	46	39
Jani Hakanpää D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	2	14:09	—	—	46	42
Jacob Larsson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:45	—	—	46	39

ANA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
John Gibson(start)	L	28	24	4	.857	2.32	57:29

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
William Karlsson C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.11	0	0	0	18:30	—	—	45	66
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.09	1	0	0	17:24	—	—	41	61
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.35	2	1	0	16:47	—	—	35	61
Mark Stone R	L2	1	1	2	+2	2	0.08	5	1	0	17:08	—	—	75	89
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	16:05	—	—	64	75
Max Pacioretty L	L2	1	0	1	+1	5	0.60	0	1	0	14:41	—	—	70	76
Tomas Nosek L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.08	0	1	0	12:44	—	—	41	25
William Carrier L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	3	2	0	11:26	—	—	38	21
Ryan Reaves R	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	6	1	0	11:11	—	—	36	19
Alex Tuch R	L4	1	0	1	0	2	1.08	0	1	0	14:06	—	—	53	48
Nicolas Roy C	L4	0	1	1	+1	3	0.42	2	1	0	12:19	—	—	56	64
Cody Glass C	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:01	—	—	43	40
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.07	0	3	0	25:30	—	—	45	32
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	6	3	2	23:49	—	—	54	41
Alec Martinez D	D2	0	2	2	+2	0	0.00	2	5	0	24:51	—	—	44	62
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	1	1	+3	4	0.23	0	0	0	22:05	—	—	49	75
Zach Whitecloud D	—	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	0	1	0	22:47	—	—	57	54
Keegan Kolesar R	—	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	4:36	—	—	33	33

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Robin Lehner(start)	W	22	20	2	.909	2.14	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.