Vegas Golden Knights vs. Chicago BlackhawksJan 5, 2018

FinalFriday, Jan 5, 2018· United Center

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

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Chicago BlackhawksCHI

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	2	1	2	5		VGK	21	14	8	43
CHI	1	2	1	4		CHI	10	13	9	32

: VGK 59CHI 53
: VGK 3.62CHI 3.18
PP goals: VGK 0CHI 0
Hits: VGK 33CHI 28
Blocks: VGK 13CHI 4
PIM: VGK 9CHI 9
: VGK 45%CHI 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge Chicago Blackhawks 5–4

Vegas Golden Knights beat Chicago Blackhawks 5–4 at CHI. Vinnie Hinostroza (CHI) led the scoring with 1G 2A. Jeff Glass (CHI) faced 43 shots and stopped 38 (.884), +13 against a season average of 30.1; the loss.

Points
Reilly Smith had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 16:53.Smith
Points
Vinnie Hinostroza had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 14:48.Hinostroza
Points
Jonathan Marchessault had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:30.Marchessault
Points
Jonathan Toews had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:53.Toews
Points
William Karlsson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:00.Karlsson
Points
Brandon Saad had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:36.Saad
Points
Nate Schmidt had 2 assists (2 points) on 6 shots in 23:36.Schmidt
Goalie
Jeff Glass (CHI) faced 43 shots and stopped 38 (.884), +13 against a season average of 30.1; the loss.Glass

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

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

CHI
VGK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 112 of 112 attempts · CHI 53 · VGK 59

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CHI
VGK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: VGK 32% of the game, CHI 39%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

CHI

VGK

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	VGK	CHI
	65	50
	3.90	2.78
	3.49	2.62
	16	8
	10	4
	14	14
	+0.001	−0.001
	32%	39%

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.

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
11:5065% CF
L2Neal – Perron – Haula
8:4243% CF
L3Carrier – Carpenter – Nosek
8:1357% CF
L4Eakin – Leipsic – Tuch
7:5725% CF
D1Engelland – Theodore
15:0256% CF
D2McNabb – Schmidt
14:0857% CF
D3Sbisa – Miller
8:4144% CF

PP1Neal – Perron – Haula – Miller – Theodore
1:4367% CF
PP2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Schmidt – Tuch
1:41100% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
1:14
PK2FEakin – Carpenter
1:04
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
1:41
PK2DSbisa – Miller
0:49

Current VGK line combinations →

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Kane – Schmaltz – DeBrincat
14:2446% CF
L2Toews – Saad – Hinostroza
11:1756% CF
L3Sharp – Panik – Kampf
9:3947% CF
L4Bouma – Wingels – Hayden
4:3933% CF
D1Keith – Oesterle
17:2147% CF
D2Seabrook – Murphy
10:3427% CF
D3Franson – Forsling
7:4861% CF

PP1Keith – Toews – Kane – Schmaltz – DeBrincat
3:05100% CF
PP2Sharp – Franson – Saad – Hinostroza – Oesterle
0:51100% CF
PK1FToews – Saad
1:42
PK2FSchmaltz – Kampf
0:43
PK1DKeith – Oesterle
1:12
PK2DMurphy – Forsling
0:32

Current CHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:44
VGKAlex Tuch (William Karlsson, Jonathan Marchessault)tip-in0.07 xG
VGK: Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Schmidt, TuchCHI: Keith, Franson, Oesterle, Schmaltz, Kampf
VGK 1 – 0 CHI
15:49
VGKJonathan Marchessault (Reilly Smith, Nate Schmidt)slap0.09 xG
VGK: McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, SchmidtCHI: Keith, Toews, Saad, Hinostroza, Oesterle
VGK 2 – 0 CHI
18:01
CHIVinnie Hinostroza (Brandon Saad, Jonathan Toews)tip-in0.04 xG
VGK: Neal, Perron, McNabb, Haula, SchmidtCHI: Keith, Toews, Saad, Hinostroza, Oesterle
VGK 2 – 1 CHI

2nd period

5:54
VGKWilliam Karlsson (Reilly Smith, Nate Schmidt)wrist0.10 xG
VGK: McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, SchmidtCHI: Keith, Seabrook, Toews, Saad, Hinostroza
VGK 3 – 1 CHI
7:53
CHIPatrick Sharp (Richard Panik, Gustav Forsling)wrist0.10 xG
VGK: Engelland, Neal, Perron, Haula, TheodoreCHI: Sharp, Franson, Panik, Forsling, Kampf
VGK 3 – 2 CHI
19:07
CHINick Schmaltz (Vinnie Hinostroza, Brandon Saad)slap0.11 xG
VGK: Neal, McNabb, Schmidt, Carrier, CarpenterCHI: Keith, Saad, Hinostroza, Oesterle, Schmaltz
VGK 3 – 3 CHI

3rd period

0:30
CHIJonathan Toews (Vinnie Hinostroza, Duncan Keith)snap0.16 xG
VGK: Neal, Perron, McNabb, Haula, SchmidtCHI: Keith, Toews, Saad, Hinostroza, Oesterle
VGK 3 – 4 CHI
5:33
VGKCody Eakin (David Perron)slap0.05 xG
VGK: Engelland, Perron, Eakin, Theodore, TuchCHI: Hinostroza, Hayden, Oesterle, Forsling, Kampf
VGK 4 – 4 CHI
13:53
VGKReilly Smithwrist0.08 xG
VGK: McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, SchmidtCHI: Seabrook, Kane, Murphy, Schmaltz, DeBrincat
VGK 5 – 4 CHI

Box score

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

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
William Karlsson C	L1	1	1	2	+4	4	0.28	1	0	0	18:00	—	—	67	67
Reilly Smith R	L1	1	2	3	+4	1	0.22	0	0	0	16:53	—	—	64	67
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	1	1	2	+4	4	0.25	0	1	0	16:30	—	—	70	67
David Perron L	L2	0	1	1	-2	0	0.07	1	0	0	17:13	—	—	54	46
Erik Haula L	L2	0	0	0	-3	3	0.68	1	1	0	15:18	—	—	55	62
James Neal L	L2	0	0	0	-4	1	0.21	0	0	0	14:33	—	—	48	35
Ryan Carpenter C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	1	1	0	12:33	—	—	50	46
Tomas Nosek L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	1	0	2	12:15	—	—	53	63
William Carrier L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.25	4	0	0	9:27	—	—	58	64
Alex Tuch R	L4	1	0	1	+2	3	0.20	3	2	0	16:30	—	—	63	67
Cody Eakin C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.17	2	0	0	15:26	—	—	53	53
Brendan Leipsic L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	13:03	—	—	47	57
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	0	0	0	5	0.57	1	1	0	22:04	—	—	63	77
Deryk Engelland D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	3	2	2	22:00	—	—	50	73
Nate Schmidt D	D2	0	2	2	+1	6	0.24	4	0	0	23:36	—	—	60	58
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	5	0	0	20:23	—	—	53	52
Colin Miller D	D3	0	0	0	0	4	0.25	6	1	0	19:30	—	—	59	42
Luca Sbisa D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	4	5	10:49	—	—	44	34

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Malcolm Subban(start)	W	32	28	4	.875	3.18	59:57

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Patrick Kane R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.19	0	0	0	23:57	—	—	44	30
Nick Schmaltz C	L1	1	0	1	-1	1	0.24	2	0	2	22:24	—	—	47	42
Alex DeBrincat R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.42	1	0	0	21:27	—	—	42	35
Jonathan Toews C	L2	1	1	2	0	4	0.40	0	0	0	18:53	—	—	43	33
Brandon Saad L	L2	0	2	2	+1	2	0.27	0	0	0	16:36	—	—	57	49
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L2	1	2	3	0	2	0.05	0	0	0	14:48	—	—	42	42
Patrick Sharp L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.16	1	0	0	14:49	—	—	46	56
David Kampf C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.56	1	0	0	14:26	—	—	43	59
Richard Panik R	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.08	6	1	0	12:15	—	—	52	69
Tommy Wingels C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.23	3	0	0	7:30	—	—	30	27
Lance Bouma L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	7:25	—	—	27	27
John Hayden C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	1	0	5	6:07	—	—	30	30
Duncan Keith D	D1	0	1	1	0	4	0.19	2	0	0	28:33	—	—	48	47
Jordan Oesterle D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	2	2	0	24:18	—	—	40	42
Connor Murphy D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	1	0	18:18	—	—	25	23
Brent Seabrook D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.00	0	0	0	15:53	—	—	26	14
Gustav Forsling D	D3	0	1	1	0	5	0.22	2	0	0	16:57	—	—	46	45
Cody Franson D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.05	0	0	2	13:16	—	—	66	65

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeff Glass(start)	L	43	38	5	.884	3.62	58:08

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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.