Anaheim Ducks vs. Vegas Golden KnightsDec 31, 2021

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
ANA	0	0	1	1		ANA	4	6	6	16
VGK	2	1	0	3		VGK	16	18	11	45

: ANA 32VGK 78
: ANA 1.05VGK 5.11
PP goals: ANA 1VGK 0
Hits: ANA 32VGK 14
Blocks: ANA 15VGK 10
PIM: ANA 41VGK 21
: ANA 49%VGK 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Anaheim Ducks 3–1

Vegas Golden Knights beat Anaheim Ducks 3–1 at home. Ryan Getzlaf (ANA) led the scoring with 1G 0A. ANA's first power-play unit (Getzlaf, Rakell, Milano, Lettieri and Drysdale) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 1:10 together.

PP1
ANA's first power-play unit (Getzlaf, Rakell, Milano, Lettieri and Drysdale) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 1:10 together.Getzlaf Rakell Milano Lettieri Drysdale
Goalie
John Gibson (ANA) faced 45 shots and stopped 42 (.933), +13 against a season average of 31.9; the loss.Gibson
New line
New look for ANA: Getzlaf–Rakell–Terry skated 7:50 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (38.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Getzlaf Rakell Terry
New line
New look for VGK: Dadonov–Stephenson–Janmark skated 8:35 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (41.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dadonov Stephenson Janmark
Luck
VGK scored 3 goals on 5.10 expected goals (78 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for ANA: Milano–Steel–Lettieri skated 5:53 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (53.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Milano Steel Lettieri
New line
New look for VGK: Amadio–Brooks–Patrick skated 6:36 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (41.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Amadio Brooks Patrick
Usage
Brayden McNabb (VGK) played 13:03, −6:45 down on his 19:48 season average over 68 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 110 of 110 attempts · VGK 78 · ANA 32

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 1% of the game, VGK 65%.

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
	37	67
	1.14	3.54
	1.13	3.30
	7	16
	5	5
	11	26
	−0.063	+0.063
	1%	65%

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

L1Getzlaf – Rakell – Terry
7:5038% CF
L2Grant – Silfverberg – Lundeström
6:288% CF
L3Milano – Steel – Lettieri
5:5353% CF
L4Deslauriers – Carrick – Robinson
4:5750% CF
D1Lindholm – Drysdale
15:5738% CF
D2Shattenkirk – Benoit
11:3429% CF
D3Manson – Larsson
11:1545% CF

PP1Getzlaf – Rakell – Milano – Lettieri – Drysdale
1:10100% CF
PK1FGrant – Silfverberg
3:33
PK2FDeslauriers – Lundeström
1:46
PK1DManson – Lindholm
3:28
PK2DShattenkirk – Benoit
2:41

Current ANA line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
12:0065% CF
L2Dadonov – Stephenson – Janmark
8:3541% CF
L3Carrier – Kolesar – Roy
8:1979% CF
L4Amadio – Brooks – Patrick
6:3642% CF
D1Theodore – Whitecloud
17:2857% CF
D2Pietrangelo – Hutton
11:3261% CF
D3McNabb – Coghlan
9:0063% CF

PP1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore – Roy
6:14100% CF
PP2Dadonov – Pietrangelo – Stephenson – Coghlan – Patrick
5:37100% CF
PK1FJanmark – Roy
0:40
PK2FCarrier – Kolesar
0:30
PK1DHutton – Whitecloud
1:10

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.

Anaheim Ducks

ANA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Rickard Rakell R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	0	0	17:29	—	—	38	31
Ryan Getzlaf C	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.17	3	0	7	15:48	—	—	41	22
Troy Terry R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	14:57	—	—	46	30
Isac Lundeström C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	18:28	—	—	16	24
Jakob Silfverberg R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	3	0	17:36	—	—	16	16
Derek Grant C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	1	2	7	14:30	—	—	14	9
Sonny Milano L	L3	0	1	1	-2	2	0.15	0	1	0	13:08	—	—	50	32
Sam Steel C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.25	1	1	0	11:51	—	—	46	39
Vinni Lettieri C	L3	0	1	1	-2	0	0.00	1	2	0	11:10	—	—	44	28
Sam Carrick C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	9	12:24	—	—	32	5
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	6	0	14	11:11	—	—	47	33
Buddy Robinson R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.18	1	0	0	9:48	—	—	36	31
Hampus Lindholm D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	1	2	25:42	—	—	34	21
Jamie Drysdale D	D1	0	0	0	-3	1	0.00	3	0	2	18:28	—	—	40	20
Kevin Shattenkirk D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	2	0	22:39	—	—	25	20
Simon Benoit D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	18:00	—	—	28	26
Josh Manson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6	1	0	20:25	—	—	37	31
Jacob Larsson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	1	0	14:20	—	—	42	27

ANA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
John Gibson(start)	L	45	42	3	.933	5.11	60:00

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
William Karlsson C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.19	0	2	0	20:36	—	—	68	83
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.53	1	1	0	19:31	—	—	68	86
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	0	0	0	8	0.93	0	0	0	19:05	—	—	70	86
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	0	0	0	18:36	—	—	48	48
Evgenii Dadonov L	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.14	2	0	0	17:05	—	—	50	59
Mattias Janmark C	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.51	0	0	0	14:09	—	—	58	82
Nicolas Roy C	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.90	3	0	0	17:29	—	—	84	97
William Carrier L	L3	0	0	0	+2	4	0.17	0	0	0	12:21	—	—	86	97
Keegan Kolesar R	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.29	2	0	5	11:31	—	—	85	97
Nolan Patrick C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	0	0	0	14:10	—	—	53	34
Adam Brooks C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.06	0	0	0	10:54	—	—	55	63
Michael Amadio R	L4	0	0	0	+1	4	0.27	1	0	2	10:20	—	—	55	63
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.41	1	0	0	25:57	—	—	61	76
Zach Whitecloud D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.09	1	0	0	21:49	—	—	63	78
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	2	0	21:37	—	—	63	74
Ben Hutton D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	1	2	0	13:30	—	—	63	78
Dylan Coghlan D	D3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.34	0	3	0	17:08	—	—	68	64
Brayden McNabb D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.01	2	0	14	13:03	—	—	69	83

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Laurent Brossoit(start)	W	16	15	1	.938	1.05	59:59

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.

Anaheim Ducks vs. Vegas Golden KnightsDec 31, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

Vegas Golden Knights beat Anaheim Ducks 3–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Anaheim Ducks

Vegas Golden Knights

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Anaheim Ducks

Vegas Golden Knights