Philadelphia Flyers vs. Vegas Golden KnightsJan 2, 2020

FinalThursday, Jan 2, 2020· T-Mobile Arena

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Philadelphia FlyersPHI

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PHI	2	1	1	4		PHI	12	13	13	38
VGK	4	1	0	5		VGK	18	5	10	33

: PHI 56VGK 64
: PHI 2.88VGK 4.04
PP goals: PHI 1VGK 1
Hits: PHI 37VGK 34
Blocks: PHI 13VGK 11
PIM: PHI 2VGK 6
: PHI 53%VGK 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge Philadelphia Flyers 5–4

Vegas Golden Knights beat Philadelphia Flyers 5–4 at home. Sean Couturier (PHI) led the scoring with 2G 1A. Jon Merrill (VGK) played 9:11, −9:09 down on his 18:20 season average over 48 games.

Points
Sean Couturier had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 2 shots in 22:14.Couturier
Points
Max Pacioretty had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 17:02.Pacioretty
Points
Claude Giroux had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 8 shots in 21:02.Giroux
Points
Shea Theodore had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 8 shots in 19:09.Theodore
Points
Jakub Voracek had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 21:44.Voracek
Points
Paul Stastny had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:03.Stastny
Usage
Jon Merrill (VGK) played 9:11, −9:09 down on his 18:20 season average over 48 games.Merrill
New line
New look for VGK: Smith–Karlsson–Tuch skated 13:58 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (43.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Smith Karlsson Tuch

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 120 of 120 attempts · VGK 64 · PHI 56

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 29% of the game, VGK 43%.

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
	53	72
	2.36	3.99
	2.35	3.82
	10	18
	5	8
	14	18
	+0.016	−0.016
	29%	43%

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

L1van Riemsdyk – Hayes – Konecny
14:4749% CF
L2Giroux – Voracek – Couturier
14:3142% CF
L3Pitlick – Laughton – Farabee
7:2850% CF
L4Stewart – Raffl – Vorobyev
6:0438% CF
D1Niskanen – Provorov
16:2953% CF
D2Braun – Gostisbehere
15:3444% CF
D3Sanheim – Myers
12:4937% CF

PP1Giroux – Voracek – Couturier – Konecny – Provorov
2:40100% CF
PP2Niskanen – van Riemsdyk – Couturier – Gostisbehere – Konecny
0:120% CF
PK1FHayes – Laughton
0:16
PK1DNiskanen – Provorov
0:16

Current PHI line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Pacioretty – Stone – Stephenson
14:1766% CF
L2Smith – Karlsson – Tuch
13:5844% CF
L3Stastny – Carrier – Glass
9:1985% CF
D1McNabb – Schmidt
19:0443% CF
D2Holden – Theodore
18:3067% CF
D3Engelland – Hague
13:4661% CF

PP1Stastny – Pacioretty – Stone – Theodore – Glass
0:16100% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
1:12
PK2FStone – Stephenson
0:22
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
2:52

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

7:33
PHIClaude Giroux (Jakub Voracek, Sean Couturier)wrist0.14 xG
PHI: Giroux, Voracek, Couturier, Sanheim, MyersVGK: McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, Schmidt, Tuch
PHI 1 – 0 VGK
8:42
VGKShea Theodore (Paul Stastny)wrist0.07 xG
PHI: Braun, van Riemsdyk, Gostisbehere, Konecny, VorobyevVGK: Stastny, Holden, Theodore, Carrier, Glass
PHI 1 – 1 VGK
10:08
VGKMax PaciorettyPP (Paul Stastny, Shea Theodore)wrist0.38 xG
PHI: Niskanen, Hayes, Laughton, ProvorovVGK: Stastny, Pacioretty, Stone, Theodore, Glass
PHI 1 – 2 VGK
11:27
VGKJon Merrill (Nicolas Roy)backhand0.04 xG
PHI: Giroux, Voracek, Couturier, Sanheim, MyersVGK: Reaves, McNabb, Merrill, Schmidt, Roy
PHI 1 – 3 VGK
14:40
PHITravis Konecnywrist0.19 xG
PHI: Braun, van Riemsdyk, Hayes, Gostisbehere, KonecnyVGK: McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, Schmidt, Tuch
PHI 2 – 3 VGK
17:03
VGKMax Pacioretty (Mark Stone)backhand0.17 xG
PHI: Niskanen, Stewart, Raffl, Provorov, VorobyevVGK: Engelland, Pacioretty, Stone, Stephenson, Hague
PHI 2 – 4 VGK

2nd period

9:37
VGKCody Glass (William Carrier)wrist0.13 xG
PHI: Pitlick, Laughton, Sanheim, Myers, FarabeeVGK: Engelland, Stastny, Carrier, Hague, Glass
PHI 2 – 5 VGK
12:08
PHISean Couturier (Jakub Voracek, Matt Niskanen)wrist0.09 xG
PHI: Niskanen, Giroux, Voracek, Couturier, ProvorovVGK: Pacioretty, McNabb, Stone, Stephenson, Schmidt
PHI 3 – 5 VGK

3rd period

0:15
PHISean CouturierPP (Claude Giroux, Ivan Provorov)snap0.15 xG
PHI: Niskanen, Giroux, Voracek, Couturier, ProvorovVGK: Engelland, McNabb, Smith, Karlsson
PHI 4 – 5 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
Travis Konecny R	L1	1	0	1	0	5	0.36	2	0	0	23:14	—	—	42	41
Kevin Hayes R	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	4	2	0	16:39	—	—	45	44
James van Riemsdyk L	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.49	1	1	0	16:19	—	—	48	44
Sean Couturier C	L2	2	1	3	+1	2	0.24	2	1	2	22:14	—	—	42	36
Jakub Voracek R	L2	0	2	2	+1	1	0.04	0	0	0	21:44	—	—	39	36
Claude Giroux R	L2	1	1	2	+1	8	0.49	1	0	0	21:02	—	—	42	36
Joel Farabee L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.38	0	1	0	12:48	—	—	29	34
Tyler Pitlick C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	3	0	0	12:24	—	—	50	43
Scott Laughton C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.30	3	1	0	10:07	—	—	48	48
Michael Raffl L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	4	0	0	12:29	—	—	39	25
Mikhail Vorobyev C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:51	—	—	36	14
Chris Stewart R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	6	0	0	6:12	—	—	38	16
Ivan Provorov D	D1	0	1	1	0	5	0.12	1	2	0	26:39	—	—	46	36
Matt Niskanen D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.05	5	0	0	19:36	—	—	47	39
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.14	0	2	0	20:39	—	—	41	33
Justin Braun D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	2	0	18:24	—	—	44	32
Travis Sanheim D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:40	—	—	38	43
Philippe Myers D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	5	1	0	15:37	—	—	33	44

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hart(start)	L	33	28	5	.848	4.04	58:06

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mark Stone R	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.29	2	1	0	17:58	—	—	65	81
Chandler Stephenson C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.34	0	1	0	17:02	—	—	54	69
Max Pacioretty L	L1	2	0	2	0	5	0.84	1	0	0	17:02	—	—	61	71
William Karlsson C	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.33	1	2	0	20:31	—	—	44	43
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.18	1	1	2	17:50	—	—	39	39
Alex Tuch R	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	1	0	17:01	—	—	50	55
Paul Stastny C	L3	0	2	2	+2	2	0.41	2	0	0	15:03	—	—	86	89
Cody Glass C	L3	1	0	1	+2	1	0.31	0	0	0	12:35	—	—	86	87
William Carrier L	L3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.28	5	0	0	11:02	—	—	85	84
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	5	2	0	25:07	—	—	45	41
Nate Schmidt D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.00	0	1	0	20:41	—	—	48	46
Nick Holden D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	7	0	0	21:32	—	—	67	81
Shea Theodore D	D2	1	1	2	+1	8	0.61	0	0	0	19:09	—	—	68	80
Deryk Engelland D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.03	0	2	2	17:45	—	—	61	57
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.05	5	0	0	15:30	—	—	63	58
Ryan Reaves R	—	0	0	0	+1	1	0.13	1	0	2	10:22	—	—	46	30
Jon Merrill D	—	1	0	1	+1	1	0.10	0	0	0	9:11	—	—	50	36
Nicolas Roy C	—	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	3	0	0	9:11	—	—	55	31

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	38	34	4	.895	2.88	59:59

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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.