Vegas Golden Knights vs. Chicago BlackhawksOct 22, 2019

Final / SOTuesday, Oct 22, 2019· United Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
VGK	0	0	1	0	1	2		VGK	8	9	15	2	34
CHI	1	0	0	0	0	1		CHI	12	12	8	0	32

: VGK 66CHI 47
: VGK 2.76CHI 2.06
PP goals: VGK 0CHI 0
Hits: VGK 30CHI 35
Blocks: VGK 9CHI 21
PIM: VGK 8CHI 10
: VGK 46%CHI 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge Chicago Blackhawks 2–1 (SO)

Vegas Golden Knights beat Chicago Blackhawks 2–1 in a shootout at CHI. Nick Holden (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Dylan Strome (CHI) played 9:01, −7:03 down on his 16:04 season average over 57 games.

Usage
Dylan Strome (CHI) played 9:01, −7:03 down on his 16:04 season average over 57 games.Strome
Usage
Connor Murphy (CHI) played 12:24, −9:00 down on his 21:24 season average over 57 games.Murphy
Usage
Kirby Dach (CHI) played 8:22, −6:00 down on his 14:22 season average over 63 games.Dach
New line
New look for VGK: Eakin–Carrier–Glass skated 5:12 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eakin Carrier Glass
Usage
Mark Stone (VGK) played 23:59, +4:40 up on his 19:19 season average over 64 games.Stone
Luck
VGK scored 1 goal on 2.76 expected goals (66 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
David Kampf (CHI) played 19:29, +5:54 up on his 13:35 season average over 69 games.Kampf
Usage
Shea Theodore (VGK) played 26:57, +4:47 up on his 22:10 season average over 70 games.Theodore

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 113 of 113 attempts · CHI 47 · VGK 66

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 43% of the game, CHI 14%.

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
	53	35
	2.16	1.03
	2.01	1.01
	4	4
	1	5
	29	18
	−0.022	+0.022
	43%	14%

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
8:4450% CF
L2Stastny – Pacioretty – Stone
8:2193% CF
L3Eakin – Carrier – Glass
5:1255% CF
L4Reaves – Pirri – Nosek
3:2483% CF
D1McNabb – Theodore
13:3471% CF
D2Engelland – Bischoff
11:3753% CF
D3Holden – Merrill
10:2663% CF

PP1Stastny – Pacioretty – Stone – Theodore – Glass
2:5867% CF
PP2Smith – Pirri – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore
2:29100% CF
PK1FEakin – Stone
2:58
PK2FSmith – Karlsson
1:56
PK1DEngelland – Holden
2:17
PK2DMerrill – Bischoff
1:20

Current VGK line combinations →

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Saad – Kubalik – Kampf
9:5142% CF
L2Toews – Shaw – DeBrincat
8:3540% CF
L3Carpenter – Nylander – Caggiula
5:5456% CF
L4Kane – Strome – Dach
5:5055% CF
D1Seabrook – Maatta
9:4833% CF
D2Keith – Murphy
9:0164% CF
D3de Haan – Gustafsson
6:1044% CF

PP1Toews – Kane – Gustafsson – DeBrincat – Nylander
4:55100% CF
PP2Seabrook – Shaw – Saad – Kubalik – Strome
1:00100% CF
PK1FToews – Kampf
1:49
PK2FSaad – Caggiula
0:49
PK1DSeabrook – Maatta
1:57
PK2DKeith – Murphy
1:26

Current CHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

16:15
CHIKirby Dach (Olli Maatta, Dylan Strome)deflected0.07 xG
VGK: Engelland, Pacioretty, Smith, Karlsson, BischoffCHI: Maatta, Gustafsson, Kubalik, Strome, Dach
VGK 0 – 1 CHI

3rd period

18:27
VGKNick Holden (Mark Stone, Paul Stastny)slap0.05 xG
VGK: Stastny, Pacioretty, Holden, Pirri, Stone, BischoffCHI: Seabrook, Toews, Saad, Maatta, Kampf
VGK 1 – 1 CHI

Decided in the shootout: VGK 2 – 1 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	-1	2	0.14	1	0	0	21:20	—	—	45	39
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.28	1	0	0	20:52	—	—	50	68
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.21	1	0	0	20:34	—	—	42	50
Mark Stone R	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.48	1	1	0	23:59	—	—	80	80
Max Pacioretty L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.17	2	0	0	20:59	—	—	71	72
Paul Stastny C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.05	2	0	0	17:41	—	—	88	88
Cody Eakin C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.38	0	0	0	17:06	—	—	54	72
Cody Glass C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:30	—	—	50	74
William Carrier L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.28	2	0	0	8:49	—	—	50	72
Brandon Pirri C	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.22	1	0	0	11:47	—	—	59	55
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	2	0	0	7:46	—	—	70	78
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	3	0	0	6:48	—	—	58	48
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.14	1	1	0	26:57	—	—	71	70
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	1	4	17:45	—	—	68	69
Deryk Engelland D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	5	2	2	18:25	—	—	48	67
Jake Bischoff D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	2	13:47	—	—	58	79
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	1	2	0	20:50	—	—	58	54
Nick Holden D	D3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.14	3	1	0	20:44	—	—	57	62

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	32	31	1	.969	2.06	64:39

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
David Kampf C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	2	1	0	19:29	—	—	39	48
Brandon Saad L	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.43	0	1	0	17:34	—	—	39	43
Dominik Kubalik L	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.14	3	2	0	13:55	—	—	44	64
Jonathan Toews C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	3	1	6	21:19	—	—	38	34
Alex DeBrincat R	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.58	2	2	0	17:18	—	—	41	53
Andrew Shaw R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	11:36	—	—	44	39
Ryan Carpenter C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	3	0	17:50	—	—	33	13
Drake Caggiula L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	0	2	15:36	—	—	32	10
Alex Nylander L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	0	0	12:20	—	—	42	8
Patrick Kane R	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.35	1	0	0	22:36	—	—	36	33
Dylan Strome C	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.23	1	1	0	9:01	—	—	50	37
Kirby Dach C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.07	0	0	0	8:22	—	—	47	40
Olli Maatta D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	19:57	—	—	35	17
Brent Seabrook D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.05	5	3	0	19:37	—	—	32	14
Duncan Keith D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	0	4	0	28:03	—	—	47	38
Connor Murphy D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	2	0	0	12:24	—	—	56	43
Calvin de Haan D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	7	3	0	21:05	—	—	25	25
Erik Gustafsson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	2	19:05	—	—	50	44

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Robin Lehner(start)	O	34	33	1	.971	2.76	64:52

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.