Calgary Flames vs. Vegas Golden KnightsMar 18, 2018

FinalSunday, Mar 18, 2018· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CGY	0	0	0	0		CGY	20	13	9	42
VGK	0	4	0	4		VGK	6	12	13	31

: CGY 67VGK 50
: CGY 3.85VGK 2.43
PP goals: CGY 0VGK 1
Hits: CGY 45VGK 39
Blocks: CGY 10VGK 11
PIM: CGY 6VGK 8
: CGY 44%VGK 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights rout Calgary Flames 4–0

Vegas Golden Knights beat Calgary Flames 4–0 at home. William Karlsson (VGK) led the scoring with 3G 0A. New look for CGY: Versteeg–Jankowski–Bennett skated 10:16 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (73.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
William Karlsson had a hat trick (3 points) on 4 shots in 18:26.Karlsson
Points
Nate Schmidt had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:01.Schmidt
New line
New look for CGY: Versteeg–Jankowski–Bennett skated 10:16 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (73.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Versteeg Jankowski Bennett
Luck
CGY scored 0 goals on 3.85 expected goals (67 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Marc-Andre Fleury (VGK) faced 42 shots and stopped 42 (.1000), +12 against a season average of 29.9; the win.Fleury
Usage
TJ Brodie (CGY) played 14:36, −9:12 down on his 23:48 season average over 72 games.Brodie
New line
New look for CGY: Brouwer–Frolik–Backlund skated 5:49 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (53.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Brouwer Frolik Backlund
Luck
VGK scored 4 goals on 2.43 expected goals (50 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

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

VGK
CGY
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 117 of 117 attempts · VGK 50 · CGY 67

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

VGK
CGY
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: CGY 39% of the game, VGK 25%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

VGK

CGY

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	CGY	VGK
	65	48
	2.77	2.12
	2.61	2.05
	7	7
	7	7
	22	20
	−0.042	+0.042
	39%	25%

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.

Calgary Flames

L1Versteeg – Jankowski – Bennett
10:1674% CF
L2Ferland – Gaudreau – Monahan
7:3050% CF
L3Brouwer – Frolik – Backlund
5:4953% CF
L4Stajan – Lazar – Hathaway
2:0767% CF
D1Giordano – Hamilton
13:1367% CF
D2Hamonic – Brodie
10:1940% CF
D3Stone – Kulak
7:4670% CF

PP1Giordano – Versteeg – Brouwer – Gaudreau – Monahan
1:53100% CF
PP2Giordano – Frolik – Backlund – Ferland – Hamilton
1:28100% CF
PK1FStajan – Frolik
0:45
PK2FBrouwer – Backlund
0:40
PK1DStone – Brodie
1:06
PK2DGiordano – Hamonic
0:55

Current CGY line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Eakin – Carpenter – Tuch
9:4240% CF
L2Reaves – Bellemare – Nosek
8:3033% CF
L3Neal – Karlsson – Marchessault
7:0655% CF
L4Perron – Tatar – Haula
5:340% CF
D1Merrill – Miller
15:3341% CF
D2Engelland – Theodore
14:2429% CF
D3McNabb – Schmidt
14:1542% CF

PP1Perron – Tatar – Haula – Miller – Schmidt
1:09100% CF
PP2Neal – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore – Tuch
0:59
PK1FEakin – Karlsson
1:35
PK2FBellemare – Nosek
1:19
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
3:08
PK2DMiller – Schmidt
0:49

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

5:33
VGKColin MillerPP (David Perron, Nate Schmidt)slap0.06 xG
CGY: Stajan, Brouwer, Stone, BrodieVGK: Neal, Perron, Haula, Miller, Schmidt
CGY 0 – 1 VGK
6:26
VGKWilliam Karlsson (James Neal)snap0.13 xG
CGY: Hamonic, Brodie, Ferland, Monahan, BennettVGK: Neal, McNabb, Karlsson, Marchessault, Schmidt
CGY 0 – 2 VGK
13:01
VGKWilliam Karlsson (Jonathan Marchessault)snap0.11 xG
CGY: Hamonic, Brodie, Ferland, Gaudreau, MonahanVGK: Reaves, McNabb, Karlsson, Marchessault, Schmidt
CGY 0 – 3 VGK
14:49
VGKWilliam Karlsson (Nate Schmidt)wrist0.10 xG
CGY: Giordano, Hamonic, Gaudreau, MonahanVGK: McNabb, Karlsson, Marchessault, Schmidt
CGY 0 – 4 VGK

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Calgary Flames

CGY skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kris Versteeg R	L1	0	3	0.21	0	0	0	16:22	—	—	69	64
Sam Bennett C	L1	-1	3	0.39	2	1	0	15:00	—	—	70	63
Mark Jankowski L	L1	0	3	0.20	3	1	0	13:39	—	—	68	65
Johnny Gaudreau L	L2	-2	4	0.38	1	0	0	19:12	—	—	52	51
Sean Monahan C	L2	-3	1	0.31	2	0	0	18:00	—	—	57	54
Micheal Ferland L	L2	-2	3	0.40	0	0	0	14:50	—	—	44	41
Mikael Backlund C	L3	0	4	0.21	6	1	0	16:55	—	—	46	55
Michael Frolik R	L3	0	3	0.07	1	0	0	14:50	—	—	56	66
Troy Brouwer R	L3	0	2	0.69	5	1	0	14:16	—	—	50	61
Curtis Lazar C	L4	0	1	0.03	3	1	0	11:43	—	—	55	61
Matt Stajan C	L4	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	11:19	—	—	58	41
Garnet Hathaway R	L4	0	1	0.16	3	0	4	9:11	—	—	58	51
Mark Giordano D	D1	-1	2	0.15	4	3	0	24:44	—	—	71	71
Dougie Hamilton D	D1	0	5	0.47	3	0	2	23:26	—	—	61	72
Travis Hamonic D	D2	-3	2	0.05	4	1	0	22:48	—	—	37	30
TJ Brodie D	D2	-2	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:36	—	—	47	40
Michael Stone D	D3	0	4	0.09	4	0	0	17:27	—	—	62	54
Brett Kulak D	D3	0	1	0.04	1	0	0	14:40	—	—	54	48

CGY goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mike Smith(start)	L	31	27	4	.871	2.43	60:00

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Cody Eakin C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	2	0	0	14:17	—	—	33	29
Ryan Carpenter C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	3	0	0	12:27	—	—	37	42
Alex Tuch R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	3	0	0	12:05	—	—	35	37
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	4	0	0	12:31	—	—	33	46
Ryan Reaves R	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	4	0	4	12:06	—	—	30	35
Tomas Nosek L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	1	0	0	11:09	—	—	33	34
William Karlsson C	L3	3	0	3	+3	4	0.58	1	0	0	18:26	—	—	58	52
Jonathan Marchessault R	L3	0	1	1	+3	3	0.37	5	0	2	16:30	—	—	56	51
James Neal L	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.08	3	1	0	15:53	—	—	49	47
David Perron L	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.19	2	0	0	18:20	—	—	33	44
Erik Haula L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	16:29	—	—	30	31
Tomas Tatar L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	0	1	0	12:42	—	—	46	40
Colin Miller D	D1	1	0	1	0	5	0.19	2	0	0	19:59	—	—	46	46
Jon Merrill D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	2	16:38	—	—	40	41
Deryk Engelland D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	1	0	20:36	—	—	26	12
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	1	2	0	20:27	—	—	41	35
Brayden McNabb D	D3	0	0	0	+3	2	0.03	2	3	0	21:24	—	—	45	52
Nate Schmidt D	D3	0	2	2	+3	2	0.21	0	3	0	20:01	—	—	49	55

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	42	42	0	.1000	3.85	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.