Calgary Flames vs. Vegas Golden KnightsDec 29, 2024

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CGY	0	0	0	0		CGY	12	9	10	31
VGK	0	1	2	3		VGK	15	11	11	37

: CGY 65VGK 70
: CGY 2.57VGK 4.26
PP goals: CGY 0VGK 1
Hits: CGY 20VGK 12
Blocks: CGY 17VGK 17
PIM: CGY 8VGK 8
: CGY 51%VGK 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Calgary Flames 3–0

Vegas Golden Knights beat Calgary Flames 3–0 at home. Tanner Pearson (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Hertl, Theodore, Olofsson and Eichel) scored 1 power-play goal on 12 attempts in 4:32 together.

Points
Tanner Pearson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 10:59.Pearson
Points
Shea Theodore had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:08.Theodore
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Hertl, Theodore, Olofsson and Eichel) scored 1 power-play goal on 12 attempts in 4:32 together.Stone Hertl Theodore Olofsson Eichel
Luck
CGY scored 0 goals on 2.57 expected goals (65 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Dan Vladar (CGY) faced 36 shots and stopped 34 (.944), +9 against a season average of 27.0; the loss.Vladar
Usage
Jack Eichel (VGK) played 25:31, +5:03 up on his 20:28 season average over 76 games.Eichel
New line
New look for CGY: Sharangovich–Zary–Kuzmenko skated 6:56 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sharangovich Zary Kuzmenko
Usage
Victor Olofsson (VGK) played 19:15, +4:50 up on his 14:25 season average over 55 games.Olofsson

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 135 of 135 attempts · VGK 70 · CGY 65

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 27% of the game, VGK 38%.

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
	55	64
	1.95	2.57
	1.88	2.55
	10	11
	2	0
	17	20
	+0.011	−0.011
	27%	38%

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

L1Kadri – Huberdeau – Pospisil
11:4443% CF
L2Backlund – Coleman – Coronato
10:3159% CF
L3Sharangovich – Zary – Kuzmenko
6:5657% CF
L4Lomberg – Rooney – Pelletier
3:5163% CF
D1Weegar – Miromanov
16:2450% CF
D2Andersson – Bahl
13:4544% CF
D3Bean – Pachal
10:5332% CF

PP1Huberdeau – Weegar – Sharangovich – Zary – Coronato
2:33100% CF
PP2Kadri – Huberdeau – Andersson – Sharangovich – Coronato
1:56100% CF
PK1FBacklund – Rooney
2:47
PK2FColeman – Pelletier
1:42
PK1DAndersson – Bahl
2:32
PK2DWeegar – Bean
0:55

Current CGY line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Stone – Olofsson – Eichel
12:2556% CF
L2Karlsson – Hertl – Kolesar
9:3359% CF
L3Howden – Dorofeyev – Schwindt
6:0050% CF
L4Pearson – Laczynski – Holtz
4:5242% CF
D1Pietrangelo – Hanifin
16:1658% CF
D2McNabb – Theodore
13:2752% CF
D3Hague – Whitecloud
12:5047% CF

PP1Stone – Hertl – Theodore – Olofsson – Eichel
4:3292% CF
PP2Pietrangelo – Karlsson – Hanifin – Dorofeyev – Holtz
1:3575% CF
PK1FStone – Eichel
1:30
PK2FKarlsson – Kolesar
1:07
PK1DPietrangelo – McNabb
3:11
PK2DHague – Whitecloud
0:53

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

15:59
VGKBrett Howden (Alex Pietrangelo, Tanner Pearson)tip-in0.10 xG
CGY: Huberdeau, Weegar, Rooney, Pelletier, MiromanovVGK: Pietrangelo, Pearson, Theodore, Howden, Dorofeyev
CGY 0 – 1 VGK

3rd period

14:41
VGKVictor OlofssonPP (Shea Theodore, Jack Eichel)slap0.10 xG
CGY: Backlund, Weegar, Rooney, BahlVGK: Stone, Hertl, Theodore, Olofsson, Eichel
CGY 0 – 2 VGK
19:53
VGKTanner PearsonEN (Pavel Dorofeyev, Shea Theodore)wrist0.50 xG
CGY: Backlund, Coleman, Andersson, Sharangovich, Zary, MiromanovVGK: McNabb, Pearson, Theodore, Howden, Dorofeyev
CGY 0 – 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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jonathan Huberdeau L	L1	-1	1	0.00	1	1	0	20:00	—	—	44	40
Nazem Kadri C	L1	0	5	0.38	0	1	0	19:53	—	—	42	35
Martin Pospisil C	L1	0	3	0.14	1	0	0	18:48	—	—	38	34
Mikael Backlund C	L2	-1	5	0.34	0	0	0	18:43	—	—	58	61
Blake Coleman L	L2	-1	6	0.46	4	1	0	18:01	—	—	53	57
Matt Coronato R	L2	0	5	0.64	0	1	0	17:03	—	—	60	76
Yegor Sharangovich C	L3	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:54	—	—	33	38
Connor Zary C	L3	-1	2	0.18	1	0	0	15:18	—	—	33	39
Andrei Kuzmenko L	L3	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	9:49	—	—	47	33
Kevin Rooney C	L4	-1	1	0.03	2	0	0	10:16	—	—	44	10
Jakob Pelletier L	L4	-1	0	0.01	2	0	0	9:47	—	—	41	14
Ryan Lomberg L	L4	0	1	0.01	4	0	2	7:57	—	—	48	8
MacKenzie Weegar D	D1	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	25:09	—	—	50	53
Daniil Miromanov D	D1	-2	1	0.16	0	1	0	17:55	—	—	51	53
Rasmus Andersson D	D2	-1	1	0.16	0	3	4	23:31	—	—	48	40
Kevin Bahl D	D2	0	0	0.04	0	5	0	20:01	—	—	44	37
Brayden Pachal D	D3	0	0	0.00	3	1	2	13:53	—	—	38	31
Jake Bean D	D3	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:00	—	—	41	25

CGY goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Dan Vladar(start)	L	36	34	2	.944	3.25	57:38

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	1	1	0	4	1.05	0	0	0	25:31	—	—	51	62
Mark Stone R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	1	2	0	22:09	—	—	55	70
Victor Olofsson L	L1	1	0	1	0	5	0.48	0	4	0	19:15	—	—	53	64
William Karlsson C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.14	0	1	0	18:33	—	—	59	49
Tomas Hertl C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.35	1	0	0	15:53	—	—	61	46
Keegan Kolesar R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:20	—	—	61	38
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.18	0	0	0	14:44	—	—	52	51
Brett Howden C	L3	1	0	1	+2	3	0.29	0	0	4	12:37	—	—	52	50
Cole Schwindt R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	1	0	0	6:47	—	—	47	59
Tanner Pearson L	L4	1	1	2	+2	1	0.61	2	0	0	10:59	—	—	43	46
Alexander Holtz R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.34	0	0	0	9:00	—	—	56	75
Tanner Laczynski C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	0	0	2	6:26	—	—	50	69
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	0	4	0	24:54	—	—	60	56
Noah Hanifin D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	2	0	21:59	—	—	61	60
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	0	1	2	19:38	—	—	53	60
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	2	2	+2	2	0.07	0	1	0	19:08	—	—	54	58
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	4	1	0	15:02	—	—	46	53
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	3	1	0	14:05	—	—	47	54

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Samsonov(start)	W	31	31	0	.1000	2.57	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Brett Howden (VGK) 2nd 15:59 · assists Alex Pietrangelo, Tanner Pearson · Deflection · carried in · 60.8 mph shot · 4.0 s from entry to goal.

Brett Howden · 2nd 15:59 · VGK

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 60.8 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 4.0 s
Type: deflection

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Victor Olofsson · 3rd 14:41 · VGK PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 77.2 mph
Distance: 32 ft
Type: one-timer

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Tanner Pearson · 3rd 19:53 · VGK EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 67.7 mph
Distance: 87 ft

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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.