Calgary Flames vs. Vegas Golden KnightsDec 5, 2021

FinalSunday, Dec 5, 2021· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CGY	0	0	2	2		CGY	8	9	8	25
VGK	1	0	2	3		VGK	10	9	9	28

: CGY 54VGK 55
: CGY 2.18VGK 3.27
PP goals: CGY 0VGK 0
Hits: CGY 33VGK 14
Blocks: CGY 14VGK 18
PIM: CGY 8VGK 6
: 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 3–2

Vegas Golden Knights beat Calgary Flames 3–2 at home. Nicolas Roy (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for VGK: Smith–Karlsson–Marchessault skated 9:36 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (61.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Nicolas Roy had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:06.Roy
New line
New look for VGK: Smith–Karlsson–Marchessault skated 9:36 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (61.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Smith Karlsson Marchessault
New line
New look for CGY: Richardson–Dube–Ruzicka skated 5:58 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (20% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Richardson Dube Ruzicka
New line
New look for VGK: Carrier–Amadio–Kolesar skated 9:24 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (69.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Carrier Amadio Kolesar
Usage
Andrew Mangiapane (CGY) played 19:46, +4:05 up on his 15:41 season average over 81 games.Mangiapane
Usage
Shea Theodore (VGK) played 20:05, −3:06 down on his 23:11 season average over 77 games.Theodore
Usage
William Karlsson (VGK) played 15:19, −3:01 down on his 18:20 season average over 66 games.Karlsson
Cats
Milan Lucic (CGY) threw 6 hits and blocked 2 shots, a night for hits leagues.Lucic

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 109 of 109 attempts · VGK 55 · CGY 54

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 24% of the game, VGK 48%.

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
	47	58
	1.38	2.89
	1.34	2.82
	2	13
	1	7
	12	19
	+0.047	−0.047
	24%	48%

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 – Tkachuk
12:0752% CF
L2Lucic – Backlund – Mangiapane
11:0028% CF
L3Lewis – Coleman – Monahan
9:2250% CF
L4Richardson – Dube – Ruzicka
5:5820% CF
D1Tanev – Kylington
16:0937% CF
D2Hanifin – Andersson
14:1548% CF
D3Stone – Gudbranson
12:4946% CF

PP1Gaudreau – Lindholm – Monahan – Andersson – Tkachuk
1:51100% CF
PP2Lucic – Backlund – Mangiapane – Hanifin – Kylington
0:51100% CF
PK1FBacklund – Lindholm
1:53
PK2FMangiapane – Dube
0:56
PK1DTanev – Gudbranson
2:03
PK2DHanifin – Andersson
1:26

Current CGY line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Pacioretty – Stone – Stephenson
12:5350% CF
L2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
9:3662% CF
L3Carrier – Amadio – Kolesar
9:2469% CF
L4Dadonov – Janmark – Roy
8:5953% CF
D1Theodore – Whitecloud
14:3357% CF
D2Pietrangelo – Hague
13:2938% CF
D3McNabb – Coghlan
9:4271% CF

PP1Pietrangelo – Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Roy
2:3375% CF
PP2Dadonov – Pacioretty – Stone – Stephenson – Theodore
2:12100% CF
PK1FStone – Stephenson
1:28
PK2FJanmark – Roy
0:48
PK1DPietrangelo – McNabb
1:07
PK2DHague – Whitecloud
0:48

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

17:06
VGKMax Pacioretty (Chandler Stephenson, Mark Stone)wrist0.09 xG
CGY: Gaudreau, Lindholm, Hanifin, Andersson, TkachukVGK: Pacioretty, Pietrangelo, Stone, Stephenson, Hague
CGY 0 – 1 VGK

3rd period

1:49
VGKNicolas Roy (Shea Theodore, Reilly Smith)wrist0.10 xG
CGY: Lewis, Backlund, Tanev, Coleman, KylingtonVGK: Smith, Marchessault, Theodore, Roy, Whitecloud
CGY 0 – 2 VGK
9:19
CGYElias Lindholm (Rasmus Andersson)tip-in0.03 xG
CGY: Gaudreau, Lindholm, Hanifin, Andersson, TkachukVGK: Pacioretty, Pietrangelo, Stone, Stephenson, Hague
CGY 1 – 2 VGK
10:45
VGKEvgenii Dadonov (Nicolas Roy, Mattias Janmark)backhand0.03 xG
CGY: Lewis, Tanev, Coleman, Monahan, KylingtonVGK: Dadonov, McNabb, Janmark, Roy, Coghlan
CGY 1 – 3 VGK
17:19
CGYAndrew Mangiapane (Johnny Gaudreau, Matthew Tkachuk)snap0.15 xG
CGY: Gaudreau, Lindholm, Mangiapane, Hanifin, Andersson, TkachukVGK: Pietrangelo, McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault
CGY 2 – 3 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	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Elias Lindholm C	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.28	0	0	0	21:08	—	—	52	51
Johnny Gaudreau L	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.19	0	1	0	19:18	—	—	53	50
Matthew Tkachuk L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.60	1	0	4	18:13	—	—	48	35
Andrew Mangiapane L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.25	1	2	0	19:46	—	—	33	38
Mikael Backlund C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	2	0	0	18:15	—	—	29	40
Milan Lucic L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6	2	0	14:26	—	—	35	56
Blake Coleman L	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.06	2	3	2	13:58	—	—	54	28
Trevor Lewis C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.06	4	0	0	13:24	—	—	52	26
Sean Monahan C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	3	0	0	12:47	—	—	55	38
Dillon Dube C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	10:18	—	—	44	3
Adam Ruzicka C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	8:54	—	—	43	5
Brad Richardson R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	8:31	—	—	22	2
Oliver Kylington D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.05	0	0	0	20:53	—	—	36	21
Chris Tanev D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.00	2	1	2	20:36	—	—	38	7
Rasmus Andersson D	D2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.47	0	1	0	21:34	—	—	52	43
Noah Hanifin D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	2	0	0	20:55	—	—	50	36
Erik Gudbranson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	2	0	18:40	—	—	46	31
Michael Stone D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	3	2	0	15:19	—	—	44	37

CGY goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	L	28	25	3	.893	2.76	57:05

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mark Stone R	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.10	0	2	0	18:47	—	—	47	44
Chandler Stephenson C	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.09	0	1	0	18:40	—	—	48	44
Max Pacioretty L	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.30	0	0	0	17:08	—	—	50	49
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.35	0	0	0	15:32	—	—	70	79
William Karlsson C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	1	0	0	15:19	—	—	59	71
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	1	0	0	15:16	—	—	70	80
Michael Amadio R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	11:53	—	—	56	93
Keegan Kolesar R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	0	0	11:30	—	—	60	93
William Carrier L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.43	4	0	0	10:20	—	—	69	97
Nicolas Roy C	L4	1	1	2	+2	2	0.23	1	1	0	17:06	—	—	60	87
Mattias Janmark C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.24	0	0	0	14:39	—	—	46	80
Evgenii Dadonov L	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.66	0	1	0	14:02	—	—	53	82
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	0	2	2	20:05	—	—	58	67
Zach Whitecloud D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.14	1	3	0	19:55	—	—	57	73
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	0	1	0	24:43	—	—	40	50
Nicolas Hague D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	2	2	17:20	—	—	44	47
Brayden McNabb D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	5	3	0	21:34	—	—	61	73
Dylan Coghlan D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	0	2	2	12:11	—	—	69	86

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Robin Lehner(start)	W	25	23	2	.920	2.18	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.