Philadelphia Flyers vs. Vegas Golden KnightsOct 4, 2018

FinalThursday, Oct 4, 2018· T-Mobile Arena

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Philadelphia FlyersPHI

5

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

2

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PHI	2	3	0	5		PHI	9	9	7	25
VGK	1	0	1	2		VGK	8	9	8	25

: PHI 41VGK 52
: PHI 2.75VGK 3.02
PP goals: PHI 1VGK 0
Hits: PHI 41VGK 31
Blocks: PHI 12VGK 10
PIM: PHI 8VGK 10
: PHI 52%VGK 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Philadelphia Flyers beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–2

Philadelphia Flyers beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–2 at VGK. Wayne Simmonds (PHI) led the scoring with 2G 0A. PHI's first power-play unit (Giroux, Voracek, Simmonds, Couturier and Gostisbehere) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 4:45 together.

Points
Wayne Simmonds had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 13:38.Simmonds
Points
Robert Hagg had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:51.Hagg
Points
Jakub Voracek had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:09.Voracek
PP1
PHI's first power-play unit (Giroux, Voracek, Simmonds, Couturier and Gostisbehere) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 4:45 together.Giroux Voracek Simmonds Couturier Gostisbehere
Luck
PHI scored 5 goals on 2.75 expected goals (41 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Mikhail Vorobyev (PHI) played 14:11, +5:12 up on his 8:59 season average over 14 games.Vorobyev
Usage
Travis Sanheim (PHI) played 14:47, −4:50 down on his 19:37 season average over 81 games.Sanheim
Usage
Claude Giroux (PHI) played 17:58, −3:32 down on his 21:30 season average over 81 games.Giroux

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

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

VGK
PHI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 93 of 93 attempts · VGK 52 · PHI 41

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

VGK
PHI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: PHI 26% 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

PHI

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	PHI	VGK
	35	47
	2.17	1.81
	2.12	1.76
	10	12
	6	1
	16	18
	+0.035	−0.034
	26%	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.

Philadelphia Flyers

L1Giroux – Couturier – Konecny
11:3750% CF
L2Voracek – Lindblom – Patrick
10:0218% CF
L3Lehtera – Laughton – Raffl
9:2444% CF
L4van Riemsdyk – Simmonds – Vorobyev
8:4254% CF
D1Gostisbehere – Provorov
15:4437% CF
D2MacDonald – Hagg
14:0438% CF
D3Gudas – Sanheim
12:2367% CF

PP1Giroux – Voracek – Simmonds – Couturier – Gostisbehere
4:45100% CF
PP2van Riemsdyk – Konecny – Provorov – Vorobyev – Patrick
2:230% CF
PK1FCouturier – Raffl
1:25
PK2FLaughton – Lindblom
0:48
PK1DGudas – Provorov
1:23
PK2DMacDonald – Hagg
0:37

Current PHI line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
13:1069% CF
L2Stastny – Pacioretty – Haula
12:3958% CF
L3Reaves – Carrier – Bellemare
9:0256% CF
L4Lindberg – Carpenter – Nosek
7:4940% CF
D1McNabb – Miller
14:5565% CF
D2Holden – Merrill
14:4156% CF
D3Engelland – Theodore
11:2950% CF

PP1Smith – Karlsson – Miller – Marchessault – Nosek
3:20100% CF
PP2Stastny – Pacioretty – Haula – Theodore – Carpenter
1:17
PK1FBellemare – Nosek
3:09
PK2FLindberg – Carpenter
2:07
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
3:58
PK2DHolden – Merrill
1:35

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

6:37
VGKJonathan Marchessault (Jon Merrill, Marc-Andre Fleury)wrist0.03 xG
PHI: MacDonald, Lehtera, Laughton, Gostisbehere, RafflVGK: Reaves, Holden, Merrill, Marchessault, Bellemare
PHI 0 – 1 VGK
11:24
PHIOskar Lindblom (Travis Sanheim, Jakub Voracek)backhand0.03 xG
PHI: MacDonald, Voracek, Sanheim, Lindblom, VorobyevVGK: Reaves, Holden, Merrill, Carrier, Bellemare
PHI 1 – 1 VGK
18:43
PHIWayne Simmonds (Robert Hagg)tip-in0.31 xG
PHI: MacDonald, van Riemsdyk, Simmonds, Hagg, VorobyevVGK: Holden, Lindberg, Merrill, Carpenter, Nosek
PHI 2 – 1 VGK

2nd period

2:58
PHIWayne SimmondsPP (Jakub Voracek, Claude Giroux)wrist0.17 xG
PHI: Giroux, Voracek, Simmonds, Couturier, GostisbehereVGK: Engelland, Theodore, Bellemare, Nosek
PHI 3 – 1 VGK
6:11
PHIRobert Hagg (James van Riemsdyk, Mikhail Vorobyev)wrist0.10 xG
PHI: MacDonald, van Riemsdyk, Simmonds, Hagg, VorobyevVGK: Holden, Lindberg, Merrill, Carpenter, Nosek
PHI 4 – 1 VGK
7:17
PHIScott Laughton (Radko Gudas, Michael Raffl)deflected0.10 xG
PHI: Lehtera, Gudas, Laughton, Raffl, SanheimVGK: Engelland, Stastny, Pacioretty, Haula, Theodore
PHI 5 – 1 VGK

3rd period

8:28
VGKPierre-Edouard BellemareSHwrist0.22 xG
PHI: van Riemsdyk, Konecny, Provorov, Vorobyev, PatrickVGK: Holden, Merrill, Bellemare, Nosek
PHI 5 – 2 VGK

Box score

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

Philadelphia Flyers

PHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sean Couturier C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	2	0	0	21:30	—	—	44	12
Claude Giroux R	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	17:58	—	—	50	17
Travis Konecny R	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.09	3	0	0	15:50	—	—	53	40
Jakub Voracek R	L2	0	2	2	+1	1	0.24	0	0	0	18:09	—	—	29	21
Nolan Patrick C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	4	1	0	15:03	—	—	31	47
Oskar Lindblom L	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.03	2	1	0	12:55	—	—	24	30
Michael Raffl L	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.58	2	2	0	13:46	—	—	44	65
Scott Laughton C	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.27	3	1	0	13:27	—	—	42	73
Jori Lehtera C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	10:55	—	—	44	70
Mikhail Vorobyev C	L4	0	1	1	+2	1	0.13	1	0	0	14:11	—	—	55	66
James van Riemsdyk L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.27	0	0	2	13:59	—	—	50	67
Wayne Simmonds R	L4	2	0	2	+2	4	0.63	7	0	0	13:38	—	—	50	64
Ivan Provorov D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	5	1	0	23:58	—	—	39	54
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	1	4	0	23:08	—	—	30	50
Andrew MacDonald D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	2	1	4	18:18	—	—	36	48
Robert Hagg D	D2	1	1	2	+2	3	0.12	6	0	0	16:51	—	—	38	50
Radko Gudas D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	1	0	2	16:16	—	—	59	58
Travis Sanheim D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.03	0	1	0	14:47	—	—	61	68

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Brian Elliott(start)	W	25	23	2	.920	3.02	59:21

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
William Karlsson C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	0	0	2	20:19	—	—	64	55
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.51	1	0	0	19:06	—	—	67	60
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.55	1	0	0	18:53	—	—	64	66
Erik Haula L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.21	2	0	4	16:33	—	—	52	30
Max Pacioretty L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.16	5	0	4	16:19	—	—	61	33
Paul Stastny C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.20	1	1	0	16:06	—	—	58	42
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.34	1	0	0	13:55	—	—	62	88
William Carrier L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.09	3	0	0	10:01	—	—	60	86
Ryan Reaves R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	9:56	—	—	60	84
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	1	1	0	12:56	—	—	46	28
Ryan Carpenter C	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.08	1	0	0	11:40	—	—	42	31
Oscar Lindberg L	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.19	0	1	0	10:17	—	—	40	26
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	3	3	0	21:46	—	—	58	52
Colin Miller D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	3	0	0	21:31	—	—	70	62
Jon Merrill D	D2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.01	0	2	0	18:47	—	—	55	31
Nick Holden D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	17:07	—	—	56	33
Deryk Engelland D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	2	0	19:02	—	—	44	35
Shea Theodore D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.23	1	0	0	18:21	—	—	59	73

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	L	16	11	5	.688	1.51	30:11
Malcolm Subban	—	9	9	0	.1000	1.24	29:49

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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.