Vegas Golden Knights vs. Chicago BlackhawksDec 15, 2022

FinalThursday, Dec 15, 2022· United Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	1	1	2	4		VGK	12	4	9	25
CHI	0	0	1	1		CHI	7	7	11	25

: VGK 46CHI 46
: VGK 3.70CHI 1.84
PP goals: VGK 1CHI 0
Hits: VGK 20CHI 23
Blocks: VGK 16CHI 10
PIM: VGK 4CHI 2
: VGK 46%CHI 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–1

Vegas Golden Knights beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–1 at CHI. Reilly Smith (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for CHI: Blackwell–Khaira–Entwistle skated 6:37 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Reilly Smith had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:49.Smith
Points
Jonathan Marchessault had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:39.Marchessault
Points
William Karlsson had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:30.Karlsson
New line
New look for CHI: Blackwell–Khaira–Entwistle skated 6:37 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Blackwell Khaira Entwistle
New line
New look for CHI: Johnson–Athanasiou–Dickinson skated 7:58 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Johnson Athanasiou Dickinson
Usage
Tyler Johnson (CHI) played 11:43, −4:56 down on his 16:39 season average over 55 games.Johnson
Usage
William Carrier (VGK) played 16:51, +4:21 up on his 12:30 season average over 55 games.Carrier
Usage
Jujhar Khaira (CHI) played 9:57, −4:00 down on his 13:57 season average over 50 games.Khaira

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 92 of 92 attempts · CHI 46 · VGK 46

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 22%.

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
	49	44
	2.36	1.56
	2.28	1.43
	8	6
	7	4
	23	11
	−0.023	+0.023
	38%	22%

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

L1Carrier – Kolesar – Roy
9:5533% CF
L2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
9:1873% CF
L3Stone – Stephenson – Cotter
7:3860% CF
L4Kessel – Amadio – Leschyshyn
6:5157% CF
D1Martinez – Hague
18:2242% CF
D2McNabb – Miromanov
17:5450% CF
D3Hutton – Pachal
14:0969% CF

PP1Stone – Marchessault – Stephenson – Cotter – Miromanov
0:56100% CF
PK1FStone – Stephenson
1:15
PK2FCarrier – Roy
1:00
PK1DMartinez – McNabb
2:36
PK2DHague – Pachal
1:03

Current VGK line combinations →

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Kane – Domi – Lafferty
14:0569% CF
L2Toews – Raddysh – Kurashev
10:3724% CF
L3Johnson – Athanasiou – Dickinson
7:5825% CF
L4Blackwell – Khaira – Entwistle
6:3767% CF
D1McCabe – Jones
16:4855% CF
D2Johnson – Jones
14:2435% CF
D3Tinordi – Murphy
12:5759% CF

PP1Toews – Kane – Johnson – Domi – Raddysh
2:0567% CF
PP2Athanasiou – Jones – Jones – Entwistle – Kurashev
1:5267% CF
PK1FBlackwell – Khaira
0:34
PK2FToews – Kurashev
0:20
PK1DTinordi – Murphy
0:34
PK2DJohnson – McCabe
0:20

Current CHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

14:41
VGKChandler StephensonPP (Mark Stone, Jonathan Marchessault)snap0.19 xG
VGK: Stone, Marchessault, Stephenson, Cotter, MiromanovCHI: Johnson, Toews, McCabe, Kurashev
VGK 1 – 0 CHI

2nd period

3:56
VGKReilly SmithSH (William Karlsson)slap0.24 xG
VGK: Martinez, McNabb, Smith, KarlssonCHI: Toews, Kane, Johnson, Domi, Raddysh
VGK 2 – 0 CHI

3rd period

8:08
VGKPhil Kessel (Daniil Miromanov, William Karlsson)wrist0.08 xG
VGK: Kessel, Martinez, Karlsson, Amadio, MiromanovCHI: Toews, Tinordi, Murphy, Raddysh, Kurashev
VGK 3 – 0 CHI
16:06
CHITaylor Raddysh (Jonathan Toews, Seth Jones)snap0.04 xG
VGK: Martinez, Smith, Stone, Hague, LeschyshynCHI: Toews, McCabe, Jones, Raddysh, Kurashev
VGK 3 – 1 CHI
19:30
VGKReilly SmithEN (Jonathan Marchessault, Brayden Pachal)wrist0.97 xG
VGK: McNabb, Smith, Marchessault, Roy, PachalCHI: Johnson, Kane, Athanasiou, Domi, Lafferty, Jones
VGK 4 – 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 Carrier L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	3	0	0	16:51	—	—	42	43
Nicolas Roy C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	3	1	0	16:07	—	—	39	45
Keegan Kolesar R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	13:33	—	—	31	20
Reilly Smith R	L2	2	0	2	+1	2	1.35	1	2	0	16:49	—	—	54	69
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	0	2	2	+1	1	0.17	0	0	0	15:39	—	—	65	68
William Karlsson C	L2	0	2	2	+2	1	0.58	1	0	0	15:30	—	—	64	72
Chandler Stephenson C	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.43	1	0	0	18:53	—	—	56	40
Mark Stone R	L3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.03	1	0	0	17:50	—	—	35	43
Paul Cotter L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	2	0	0	9:16	—	—	60	62
Phil Kessel R	L4	1	0	1	+1	4	0.30	0	0	0	13:22	—	—	64	75
Michael Amadio R	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	0	2	12:37	—	—	58	63
Jake Leschyshyn C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.19	0	1	0	10:17	—	—	46	61
Alec Martinez D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.05	0	2	0	22:05	—	—	46	49
Nicolas Hague D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.10	1	4	0	21:53	—	—	41	43
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.05	1	2	0	22:48	—	—	52	52
Daniil Miromanov D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.19	0	2	2	19:22	—	—	53	56
Brayden Pachal D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.05	1	1	0	17:25	—	—	72	82
Ben Hutton D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:43	—	—	65	81

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	W	25	24	1	.960	1.84	60:00

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Patrick Kane R	L1	0	0	0	-2	5	0.21	1	0	0	21:05	—	—	65	42
Max Domi C	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.14	0	0	0	18:20	—	—	68	45
Sam Lafferty C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	2	0	0	17:02	—	—	67	43
Philipp Kurashev C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.26	0	1	0	17:26	—	—	32	43
Jonathan Toews C	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.19	0	0	0	17:23	—	—	31	35
Taylor Raddysh R	L2	1	0	1	-1	1	0.04	0	0	0	16:40	—	—	24	31
Andreas Athanasiou C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	2	1	0	18:34	—	—	17	11
Jason Dickinson C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	2	2	14:34	—	—	17	10
Tyler Johnson C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	1	0	0	11:43	—	—	20	3
MacKenzie Entwistle R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:41	—	—	46	14
Jujhar Khaira L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.30	3	0	0	9:57	—	—	75	82
Colin Blackwell C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	0	0	9:24	—	—	75	82
Seth Jones D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.19	1	0	0	24:42	—	—	53	57
Jake McCabe D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.18	4	2	0	20:34	—	—	56	59
Caleb Jones D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	2	0	20:28	—	—	46	33
Jack Johnson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	0	1	0	18:25	—	—	33	25
Jarred Tinordi D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	0	0	15:46	—	—	48	44
Connor Murphy D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	1	0	15:44	—	—	50	42

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Arvid Soderblom(start)	L	24	21	3	.875	2.73	58:36

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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.