Calgary Flames vs. Vegas Golden KnightsNov 23, 2018

FinalFriday, Nov 23, 2018· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CGY	0	0	0	0		CGY	8	8	13	29
VGK	0	1	1	2		VGK	8	10	10	28

: CGY 58VGK 54
: CGY 2.81VGK 1.70
PP goals: CGY 0VGK 1
Hits: CGY 20VGK 36
Blocks: CGY 12VGK 19
PIM: CGY 8VGK 4
: CGY 55%VGK 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Calgary Flames 2–0

Vegas Golden Knights beat Calgary Flames 2–0 at home. Alex Tuch (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. VGK's first power-play unit (Pacioretty, Smith, Miller, Marchessault and Tuch) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:43 together.

Points
Alex Tuch had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:00.Tuch
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Pacioretty, Smith, Miller, Marchessault and Tuch) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:43 together.Pacioretty Smith Miller Marchessault Tuch
Luck
CGY scored 0 goals on 2.81 expected goals (58 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for VGK: Carpenter–Carr–Nosek skated 9:52 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (72.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Carpenter Carr Nosek
Usage
Sam Bennett (CGY) played 16:46, +3:32 up on his 13:14 season average over 70 games.Bennett
Cats
William Carrier (VGK) threw 6 hits, a night for hits leagues.Carrier
Cats
Deryk Engelland (VGK) blocked 5 shots in 19:44.Engelland

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 112 of 112 attempts · VGK 54 · CGY 58

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 32% of the game, VGK 35%.

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
	58	58
	2.42	1.43
	2.35	1.40
	4	6
	4	1
	23	18
	+0.023	−0.023
	32%	35%

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

L1Gaudreau – Lindholm – Monahan
9:3435% CF
L2Backlund – Bennett – Tkachuk
9:0347% CF
L3Jankowski – Hathaway – Dube
7:5638% CF
L4Neal – Czarnik – Ryan
7:0864% CF
D1Giordano – Brodie
17:5352% CF
D2Hamonic – Hanifin
15:3258% CF
D3Andersson – Välimäki
14:3129% CF

PP1Neal – Backlund – Bennett – Hanifin – Ryan
1:02
PP2Giordano – Gaudreau – Lindholm – Monahan – Tkachuk
0:58100% CF
PK1FBacklund – Lindholm
1:35
PK2FHathaway – Ryan
1:30
PK1DGiordano – Hamonic
1:51
PK2DBrodie – Välimäki
1:35

Current CGY line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
15:0848% CF
L2Pacioretty – Eakin – Tuch
11:2944% CF
L3Carpenter – Carr – Nosek
9:5272% CF
L4Reaves – Carrier – Bellemare
8:0367% CF
D1McNabb – Schmidt
17:3650% CF
D2Engelland – Theodore
17:1647% CF
D3Holden – Miller
15:2253% CF

PP1Pacioretty – Smith – Miller – Marchessault – Tuch
1:43100% CF
PP2Reaves – Eakin – Karlsson – Schmidt – Theodore
1:2775% CF
PK1FBellemare – Nosek
0:54
PK2FSmith – Karlsson
0:47
PK1DHolden – Miller
0:54
PK2DEngelland – McNabb
0:47

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

16:09
VGKAlex Tuch (Cody Eakin, Max Pacioretty)deflected0.06 xG
CGY: Hamonic, Gaudreau, Monahan, Hanifin, CzarnikVGK: Engelland, Pacioretty, Eakin, Theodore, Tuch
CGY 0 – 1 VGK

3rd period

2:34
VGKColin MillerPP (Reilly Smith, Alex Tuch)slap0.03 xG
CGY: Backlund, Brodie, Lindholm, VälimäkiVGK: Pacioretty, Smith, Miller, Marchessault, Tuch
CGY 0 – 2 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
Elias Lindholm C	L1	0	3	0.37	0	0	0	19:19	—	—	52	56
Sean Monahan C	L1	-1	2	0.22	1	0	0	18:10	—	—	48	57
Johnny Gaudreau L	L1	-1	4	0.30	0	0	4	18:07	—	—	52	56
Matthew Tkachuk L	L2	0	1	0.21	2	0	2	17:39	—	—	54	56
Sam Bennett C	L2	0	0	0.09	1	0	0	16:46	—	—	44	48
Mikael Backlund C	L2	0	2	0.26	0	1	0	16:39	—	—	48	54
Dillon Dube C	L3	0	2	0.20	0	0	0	12:47	—	—	45	68
Garnet Hathaway R	L3	0	3	0.66	3	0	0	10:46	—	—	41	92
Mark Jankowski L	L3	0	1	0.09	0	2	0	10:41	—	—	37	86
James Neal L	L4	0	3	0.08	4	0	2	15:56	—	—	60	44
Derek Ryan C	L4	0	0	0.13	0	0	0	14:51	—	—	54	46
Austin Czarnik C	L4	-1	0	0.02	1	1	0	8:49	—	—	57	74
Mark Giordano D	D1	0	1	0.02	2	0	0	23:27	—	—	52	75
TJ Brodie D	D1	0	3	0.03	0	2	0	22:26	—	—	49	66
Travis Hamonic D	D2	-1	3	0.12	1	2	0	18:48	—	—	58	59
Noah Hanifin D	D2	-1	1	0.02	2	1	0	18:46	—	—	59	61
Juuso Välimäki D	D3	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	17:47	—	—	29	33
Rasmus Andersson D	D3	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	16:56	—	—	37	58

CGY goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
David Rittich(start)	L	28	26	2	.929	1.70	57:48

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
William Karlsson C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.15	1	0	0	21:41	—	—	41	42
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.14	5	0	0	20:03	—	—	48	44
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.26	1	1	0	19:43	—	—	47	39
Cody Eakin C	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.21	2	0	2	16:12	—	—	37	31
Max Pacioretty L	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	15:56	—	—	48	61
Alex Tuch R	L2	1	1	2	+1	2	0.25	0	1	0	15:00	—	—	40	52
Ryan Carpenter C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.09	0	0	0	13:55	—	—	60	28
Tomas Nosek L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.13	4	1	0	12:15	—	—	74	26
Daniel Carr L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	1	0	12:06	—	—	59	17
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	11:34	—	—	70	58
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:29	—	—	58	46
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	6	0	0	9:49	—	—	55	24
Nate Schmidt D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	0	2	0	20:59	—	—	50	25
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	3	0	0	20:17	—	—	48	25
Deryk Engelland D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	2	5	2	19:44	—	—	49	56
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.15	0	2	0	19:19	—	—	47	55
Colin Miller D	D3	1	0	1	0	3	0.11	3	3	0	19:44	—	—	55	40
Nick Holden D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	2	0	18:14	—	—	52	38

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	29	29	0	.1000	2.81	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.