Anaheim Ducks vs. Vegas Golden KnightsDec 23, 2024

FinalMonday, Dec 23, 2024· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
ANA	0	0	1	1		ANA	7	7	18	32
VGK	1	0	2	3		VGK	12	10	11	33

: ANA 65VGK 66
: ANA 2.74VGK 5.46
PP goals: ANA 0VGK 0
Hits: ANA 18VGK 13
Blocks: ANA 10VGK 16
PIM: ANA 6VGK 8
: ANA 50%VGK 50%

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. Tomas Hertl (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Brock McGinn (ANA) played 1:15, −10:53 down on his 12:08 season average over 25 games.

Points
Keegan Kolesar had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:46.Kolesar
Points
Tomas Hertl had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 16:38.Hertl
Usage
Brock McGinn (ANA) played 1:15, −10:53 down on his 12:08 season average over 25 games.McGinn
Luck
VGK scored 3 goals on 5.46 expected goals (66 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for VGK: Howden–Laczynski–Dorofeyev skated 4:17 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Howden Laczynski Dorofeyev
Luck
ANA scored 1 goal on 2.74 expected goals (65 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Robby Fabbri (ANA) played 20:06, +3:59 up on his 16:07 season average over 43 games.Fabbri
Usage
Keegan Kolesar (VGK) played 16:46, +3:37 up on his 13:09 season average over 81 games.Kolesar

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 131 of 131 attempts · VGK 66 · ANA 65

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 18% of the game, VGK 43%.

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
	55	64
	2.12	4.66
	2.06	4.35
	11	22
	2	6
	10	5
	−0.025	+0.025
	18%	43%

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

L1Strome – Vatrano – Terry
10:1046% CF
L2Fabbri – McTavish – Gauthier
9:5633% CF
L3Killorn – Leason – Carlsson
6:4056% CF
D1Dumoulin – Helleson
13:3837% CF
D2Trouba – Zellweger
11:5553% CF
D3Gudas – LaCombe
11:3041% CF

PP1Strome – Vatrano – Terry – LaCombe – Carlsson
3:58100% CF
PP2Killorn – Fabbri – McTavish – Zellweger – Gauthier
3:2967% CF
PK1FKillorn – Lundeström
2:14
PK2FHarkins – Leason
1:41
PK1DDumoulin – Trouba
2:38
PK2DGudas – LaCombe
1:44

Current ANA line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Karlsson – Hertl – Kolesar
9:3881% CF
L2Stone – Olofsson – Eichel
9:2530% CF
L3Howden – Laczynski – Dorofeyev
4:1750% CF
L4Pearson – Schwindt – Holtz
2:5725% CF
D1Pietrangelo – Hanifin
14:0741% CF
D2McNabb – Theodore
13:3764% CF
D3Hague – Whitecloud
9:4365% CF

PP1Stone – Hertl – Theodore – Olofsson – Eichel
3:11100% CF
PP2Karlsson – Hanifin – Eichel – Dorofeyev – Holtz
1:48100% CF
PK1FKarlsson – Eichel
1:39
PK2FStone – Howden
1:29
PK1DPietrangelo – Hanifin
2:18
PK2DHague – Whitecloud
1:31

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

19:19
VGKTanner PearsonSH (Keegan Kolesar)snap0.15 xG
ANA: Killorn, Fabbri, McTavish, Zellweger, GauthierVGK: Pietrangelo, McNabb, Pearson, Kolesar
ANA 0 – 1 VGK

3rd period

1:13
ANAMason McTavish (Radko Gudas, Robby Fabbri)snap0.28 xG
ANA: Gudas, Fabbri, LaCombe, McTavish, GauthierVGK: Pietrangelo, Karlsson, Hertl, Hanifin, Kolesar
ANA 1 – 1 VGK
9:36
VGKTomas Hertl (Jack Eichel, Shea Theodore)backhand0.14 xG
ANA: Strome, Trouba, Harkins, Leason, ZellwegerVGK: Hertl, Theodore, Hanifin, Eichel, Kolesar
ANA 1 – 2 VGK
15:50
VGKKeegan Kolesar (William Karlsson, Tomas Hertl)tip-in0.12 xG
ANA: Dumoulin, Strome, Vatrano, Terry, HellesonVGK: McNabb, Karlsson, Hertl, Theodore, Kolesar
ANA 1 – 3 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
Troy Terry R	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.45	0	0	0	21:14	—	—	49	26
Frank Vatrano R	L1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.46	2	0	0	18:50	—	—	46	18
Ryan Strome C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	0	1	2	17:22	—	—	45	17
Robby Fabbri C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.20	1	0	0	20:06	—	—	31	23
Mason McTavish C	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.33	1	0	0	17:22	—	—	40	28
Cutter Gauthier L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.09	0	0	0	16:21	—	—	37	27
Alex Killorn L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.05	1	0	0	19:42	—	—	50	44
Leo Carlsson C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.43	0	0	2	16:28	—	—	52	46
Brett Leason R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.38	1	0	0	15:11	—	—	64	51
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	1	0	18:37	—	—	40	11
Drew Helleson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	2	1	0	18:15	—	—	41	11
Olen Zellweger D	D2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.13	0	0	0	18:52	—	—	55	64
Jacob Trouba D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	3	0	16:47	—	—	52	63
Jackson LaCombe D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	2	2	0	20:27	—	—	43	23
Radko Gudas D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	4	1	2	16:23	—	—	46	23
Isac Lundeström C	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	1	0	0	13:48	—	—	53	44
Jansen Harkins C	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	9:31	—	—	70	52
Brock McGinn L	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	1:15	—	—	33	0

ANA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Lukas Dostal	L	22	19	3	.864	3.53	39:57
John Gibson(start)	—	11	11	0	.1000	1.39	17:32

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
William Karlsson C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	1.00	0	0	0	20:27	—	—	77	73
Keegan Kolesar R	L1	1	1	2	+2	3	0.23	0	1	2	16:46	—	—	71	68
Tomas Hertl C	L1	1	1	2	+1	5	0.56	1	1	0	16:38	—	—	75	64
Jack Eichel C	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	1.57	0	1	0	20:35	—	—	46	84
Mark Stone R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	19:30	—	—	44	81
Victor Olofsson L	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.30	1	0	0	14:53	—	—	28	67
Brett Howden C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.60	5	0	0	15:52	—	—	54	64
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.28	0	1	0	14:40	—	—	50	70
Tanner Laczynski C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	8:27	—	—	36	8
Tanner Pearson L	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.15	0	0	0	11:55	—	—	55	74
Alexander Holtz R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.24	2	0	0	10:17	—	—	40	33
Cole Schwindt R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	1	0	0	6:22	—	—	40	45
Noah Hanifin D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	4	0	24:32	—	—	42	51
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	3	0	22:08	—	—	41	46
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	0	0	4	19:31	—	—	62	91
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.07	0	1	0	18:46	—	—	65	90
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	0	0	0	4	0.09	1	3	0	15:23	—	—	63	72
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	0	0	15:18	—	—	66	78

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Adin Hill(start)	W	32	31	1	.969	2.74	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Tanner Pearson (VGK SH) 1st 19:19 · assists Keegan Kolesar · Cycle · 14.4 mph shot.

Tanner Pearson · 1st 19:19 · VGK SH

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 14.4 mph
Distance: 12 ft

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Mason McTavish · 3rd 1:13 · ANA

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 31.4 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 3.0 s

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Tomas Hertl · 3rd 9:36 · VGK

Play: cycle
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 26.0 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Entry to goal: 6.3 s

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Keegan Kolesar · 3rd 15:50 · VGK

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 31.7 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Entry to goal: 3.3 s
Type: one-timer

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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.