Calgary Flames vs. Vegas Golden KnightsMar 6, 2019

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CGY	0	1	0	1		CGY	14	9	11	34
VGK	1	0	1	2		VGK	9	14	15	38

: CGY 56VGK 66
: CGY 2.06VGK 2.60
PP goals: CGY 0VGK 1
Hits: CGY 26VGK 26
Blocks: CGY 18VGK 17
PIM: CGY 12VGK 10
: CGY 53%VGK 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge Calgary Flames 2–1

Vegas Golden Knights beat Calgary Flames 2–1 at home. William Karlsson (VGK) led the scoring with 0G 2A. VGK's first power-play unit (Smith, Stone, Karlsson, Marchessault and Theodore) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:43 together.

Points
William Karlsson had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 17:15.Karlsson
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Smith, Stone, Karlsson, Marchessault and Theodore) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:43 together.Smith Stone Karlsson Marchessault Theodore
New line
New look for CGY: Gaudreau–Monahan–Tkachuk skated 9:51 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (56% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gaudreau Monahan Tkachuk
Goalie
David Rittich (CGY) faced 38 shots and stopped 36 (.947), +11 against a season average of 27.3; the loss.Rittich
New line
New look for CGY: Backlund–Lindholm–Mangiapane skated 6:29 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Backlund Lindholm Mangiapane
New line
New look for CGY: Frolik–Hathaway–Ryan skated 5:35 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (78.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Frolik Hathaway Ryan
Usage
Ryan Reaves (VGK) played 7:08, −3:47 down on his 10:55 season average over 79 games.Reaves
Usage
Elias Lindholm (CGY) played 23:38, +3:38 up on his 20:00 season average over 80 games.Lindholm

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 122 of 122 attempts · VGK 66 · CGY 56

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 20% of the game, VGK 42%.

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
	56	55
	1.87	1.84
	1.79	1.80
	8	7
	6	7
	13	18
	−0.009	+0.010
	20%	42%

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 – Monahan – Tkachuk
9:5156% CF
L2Jankowski – Bennett – Czarnik
6:4542% CF
L3Backlund – Lindholm – Mangiapane
6:2975% CF
L4Frolik – Hathaway – Ryan
5:3579% CF
D1Hamonic – Hanifin
12:5542% CF
D2Giordano – Andersson
12:3054% CF
D3Brodie – Prout
10:2141% CF

PP1Backlund – Bennett – Andersson – Czarnik – Ryan
3:080% CF
PP2Giordano – Gaudreau – Lindholm – Monahan – Tkachuk
2:49100% CF
PK1FJankowski – Lindholm
3:34
PK2FHathaway – Ryan
1:39
PK1DGiordano – Hamonic
3:02
PK2DBrodie – Hanifin
1:59

Current CGY line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Stastny – Pacioretty – Stone
10:2964% CF
L2Pirri – Eakin – Tuch
8:5458% CF
L3Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
8:2557% CF
L4Reaves – Carpenter – Bellemare
6:2518% CF
D1Merrill – Miller
13:3247% CF
D2McNabb – Theodore
13:0064% CF
D3Engelland – Schmidt
9:4152% CF

PP1Smith – Stone – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore
3:43100% CF
PP2Stastny – Pacioretty – Miller – Schmidt – Tuch
2:03100% CF
PK1FStastny – Bellemare
2:22
PK2FSmith – Karlsson
1:40
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
3:27
PK2DMerrill – Schmidt
2:18

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.

Calgary Flames

CGY skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Johnny Gaudreau L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.27	1	0	0	18:31	—	—	50	68
Sean Monahan C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.25	0	1	0	17:47	—	—	56	71
Matthew Tkachuk L	L1	0	1	1	0	5	0.44	2	0	4	16:29	—	—	54	76
Mark Jankowski L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	0	0	13:54	—	—	36	13
Sam Bennett C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	0	0	11:31	—	—	33	12
Austin Czarnik C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	11:24	—	—	29	11
Elias Lindholm C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	0	0	23:38	—	—	60	48
Mikael Backlund C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	17:28	—	—	50	37
Andrew Mangiapane L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	2	1	2	10:21	—	—	50	68
Derek Ryan C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	15:04	—	—	52	48
Garnet Hathaway R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	2	0	2	11:42	—	—	54	54
Michael Frolik R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	1	0	0	11:27	—	—	67	43
Noah Hanifin D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	1	3	0	20:50	—	—	47	53
Travis Hamonic D	D1	1	0	1	0	2	0.03	1	4	2	19:09	—	—	47	47
Mark Giordano D	D2	0	0	0	0	6	0.21	1	4	0	24:18	—	—	58	39
Rasmus Andersson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	17:57	—	—	57	51
TJ Brodie D	D3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.14	2	2	0	18:33	—	—	47	54
Dalton Prout D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	6	1	0	13:49	—	—	44	51

CGY goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
David Rittich(start)	L	38	36	2	.947	2.60	57:26

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Paul Stastny C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	0	2	19:13	—	—	53	64
Mark Stone R	L1	0	1	1	0	5	0.46	1	3	0	18:20	—	—	56	68
Max Pacioretty L	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.50	1	0	2	15:19	—	—	62	66
Cody Eakin C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	2	1	0	15:50	—	—	50	56
Alex Tuch R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	13:36	—	—	55	71
Brandon Pirri C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.28	2	0	2	11:22	—	—	52	68
Reilly Smith R	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.16	0	1	0	17:39	—	—	52	30
William Karlsson C	L3	0	2	2	0	5	0.26	0	0	0	17:15	—	—	57	39
Jonathan Marchessault R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	2	15:48	—	—	43	28
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.21	4	0	0	13:42	—	—	27	25
Ryan Carpenter C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	2	0	0	11:16	—	—	36	32
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	7:08	—	—	17	15
Jon Merrill D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	20:03	—	—	47	65
Colin Miller D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	1	2	2	17:50	—	—	46	68
Shea Theodore D	D2	1	0	1	0	3	0.23	0	3	0	21:11	—	—	58	61
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	3	0	0	17:23	—	—	61	51
Nate Schmidt D	D3	0	0	0	0	6	0.13	1	2	0	20:51	—	—	41	31
Deryk Engelland D	D3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.01	1	3	0	18:21	—	—	44	22

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	34	33	1	.971	2.06	59:53

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.

Calgary Flames vs. Vegas Golden KnightsMar 6, 2019

Fantasy takeaways

Vegas Golden Knights edge Calgary Flames 2–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Calgary Flames

Vegas Golden Knights

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Calgary Flames

Vegas Golden Knights