Vegas Golden Knights vs. Chicago BlackhawksJan 12, 2019

Final / OTSaturday, Jan 12, 2019· United Center

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Chicago BlackhawksCHI

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
VGK	0	2	1	1	4		VGK	11	10	12	1	34
CHI	2	1	0	0	3		CHI	10	8	5	0	23

: VGK 62CHI 39
: VGK 2.42CHI 1.52
PP goals: VGK 0CHI 2
Hits: VGK 30CHI 30
Blocks: VGK 10CHI 19
PIM: VGK 8CHI 4
: VGK 52%CHI 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge Chicago Blackhawks 4–3 (OT)

Vegas Golden Knights beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–3 in overtime at CHI. Alex DeBrincat (CHI) led the scoring with 2G 0A. CHI's first power-play unit (Toews, Kane, Gustafsson, Strome and DeBrincat) scored 2 power-play goals on 7 attempts in 4:13 together.

Points
Alex DeBrincat had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:06.DeBrincat
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Alex Tuch had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 16:14.Tuch
Points
Patrick Kane had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:19.Kane
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Paul Stastny had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:29.Stastny
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Erik Gustafsson had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 25:41.Gustafsson
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Max Pacioretty had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:04.Pacioretty
PP1
CHI's first power-play unit (Toews, Kane, Gustafsson, Strome and DeBrincat) scored 2 power-play goals on 7 attempts in 4:13 together.Toews Kane Gustafsson Strome DeBrincat
New line
New look for VGK: Pirri–Karlsson–Marchessault skated 12:56 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pirri Karlsson Marchessault

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 101 of 101 attempts · CHI 39 · VGK 62

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 38% of the game, CHI 21%.

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
	64	35
	1.50	1.16
	1.45	1.10
	10	7
	1	4
	19	17
	−0.026	+0.026
	38%	21%

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

L1Pirri – Karlsson – Marchessault
12:5667% CF
L2Stastny – Pacioretty – Tuch
12:0374% CF
L3Eakin – Lindberg – Carpenter
10:5371% CF
L4Reaves – Bellemare – Nosek
5:3943% CF
D1Holden – Merrill
16:5858% CF
D2McNabb – Schmidt
16:0268% CF
D3Engelland – Theodore
13:5766% CF

PP1Stastny – Pacioretty – Pirri – Schmidt – Tuch
1:51100% CF
PP2Eakin – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore – Nosek
1:50100% CF
PK1FStastny – Karlsson
1:56
PK2FBellemare – Nosek
1:54
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
4:15
PK2DHolden – Schmidt
0:38

Current VGK line combinations →

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Toews – DeBrincat – Kahun
12:5837% CF
L2Anisimov – Kane – Strome
11:1827% CF
L3Saad – Caggiula – Kampf
11:1430% CF
L4Kunitz – Kruger – Hayden
6:1943% CF
D1Keith – Gustafsson
18:5242% CF
D2Murphy – Dahlstrom
16:1129% CF
D3Seabrook – Jokiharju
10:3036% CF

PP1Toews – Kane – Gustafsson – Strome – DeBrincat
4:13100% CF
PP2Keith – Seabrook – Anisimov – Saad – Kahun
0:59100% CF
PK1FToews – Kampf
2:06
PK2FKruger – Saad
0:53
PK1DKeith – Seabrook
1:46
PK2DMurphy – Dahlstrom
1:16

Current CHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:36
CHIAlex DeBrincat (Dominik Kahun)backhand0.05 xG
VGK: Engelland, Stastny, Pacioretty, Theodore, TuchCHI: Keith, Toews, Gustafsson, DeBrincat, Kahun
VGK 0 – 1 CHI
15:20
CHIPatrick KanePP (Erik Gustafsson, Jonathan Toews)wrist0.14 xG
VGK: Engelland, Stastny, McNabb, KarlssonCHI: Toews, Kane, Gustafsson, Strome, DeBrincat
VGK 0 – 2 CHI

2nd period

1:34
VGKAlex Tuch (Max Pacioretty, Nate Schmidt)wrist0.02 xG
VGK: Stastny, Pacioretty, McNabb, Schmidt, TuchCHI: Seabrook, Toews, DeBrincat, Jokiharju, Kahun
VGK 1 – 2 CHI
7:22
CHIAlex DeBrincatPP (Patrick Kane, Erik Gustafsson)snap0.17 xG
VGK: Engelland, Stastny, McNabb, KarlssonCHI: Toews, Kane, Gustafsson, Strome, DeBrincat
VGK 1 – 3 CHI
19:06
VGKRyan Carpenter (Oscar Lindberg, Jon Merrill)wrist0.04 xG
VGK: Holden, Eakin, Lindberg, Merrill, CarpenterCHI: Saad, Murphy, Dahlstrom, Caggiula, Kampf
VGK 2 – 3 CHI

3rd period

15:56
VGKPaul Stastny (Max Pacioretty, Alex Tuch)wrist0.01 xG
VGK: Stastny, Pacioretty, Schmidt, Theodore, TuchCHI: Saad, Murphy, Dahlstrom, Caggiula, Kampf
VGK 3 – 3 CHI

OT period

1:19
VGKShea Theodore (Brandon Pirri, Paul Stastny)deflected0.07 xG
VGK: Stastny, Pirri, TheodoreCHI: Dahlstrom, Kampf, Kahun
VGK 4 – 3 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	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	19:45	—	—	71	84
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	0	0	0	6	0.19	1	1	0	19:15	—	—	67	74
Brandon Pirri C	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.42	3	0	0	18:02	—	—	68	79
Paul Stastny C	L2	1	1	2	+2	3	0.06	0	0	0	18:29	—	—	64	31
Alex Tuch R	L2	1	1	2	+1	7	0.21	2	0	0	16:14	—	—	65	35
Max Pacioretty L	L2	0	2	2	+1	1	0.35	6	0	0	16:04	—	—	71	46
Cody Eakin C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.56	0	0	0	17:51	—	—	60	47
Ryan Carpenter C	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.08	1	0	0	14:29	—	—	60	47
Oscar Lindberg L	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.17	2	1	2	13:37	—	—	65	40
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	1	0	0	10:25	—	—	60	95
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:57	—	—	60	91
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	1	0	7:11	—	—	60	91
Jon Merrill D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.02	0	1	4	18:58	—	—	59	41
Nick Holden D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	18:31	—	—	56	40
Nate Schmidt D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.00	0	1	0	21:37	—	—	70	74
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	5	3	0	20:17	—	—	68	70
Deryk Engelland D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	19:09	—	—	66	63
Shea Theodore D	D3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.17	0	1	2	18:38	—	—	65	63

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	23	20	3	.870	1.52	61:19

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jonathan Toews C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.05	0	0	0	22:24	—	—	39	72
Alex DeBrincat R	L1	2	0	2	0	5	0.59	1	2	0	19:06	—	—	37	71
Dominik Kahun C	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	16:49	—	—	41	73
Patrick Kane R	L2	1	1	2	0	3	0.31	1	0	0	21:19	—	—	32	11
Artem Anisimov C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	1	2	17:25	—	—	36	23
Dylan Strome C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:22	—	—	25	6
Brandon Saad L	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.09	4	0	0	15:57	—	—	38	48
David Kampf C	L3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.13	1	1	0	14:31	—	—	29	35
Drake Caggiula L	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.06	5	1	0	13:29	—	—	30	41
Marcus Kruger C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	10:35	—	—	42	36
John Hayden C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	4	0	0	7:22	—	—	33	26
Chris Kunitz L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	7:02	—	—	38	26
Duncan Keith D	D1	0	0	0	+1	5	0.07	1	2	0	25:47	—	—	43	33
Erik Gustafsson D	D1	0	2	2	+1	1	0.02	3	1	0	25:41	—	—	39	27
Carl Dahlstrom D	D2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.02	1	2	0	18:54	—	—	29	55
Connor Murphy D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	3	2	18:42	—	—	29	55
Brent Seabrook D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	15:20	—	—	41	55
Henri Jokiharju D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	2	0	12:39	—	—	32	46

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Collin Delia(start)	O	34	30	4	.882	2.42	60:52

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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.