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Vegas Golden Knights vs. Chicago BlackhawksOct 21, 2023

Final· United Center
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VGK
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CHI
3
Goals123TShots123T
VGK1135VGK96924
CHI1113CHI681024
VGK 49CHI 52
VGK 2.96CHI 2.29
PP goals
VGK 2CHI 1
Hits
VGK 27CHI 23
Blocks
VGK 16CHI 18
PIM
VGK 8CHI 10
VGK 58%CHI 42%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Chicago Blackhawks 5–3

Vegas Golden Knights beat Chicago Blackhawks 5–3 at CHI. Paul Cotter (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. CHI's first power-play unit (Perry, Hall, Jones, Donato and Bedard) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 5:09 together.

  1. Points
    Paul Cotter had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:23.Cotter
  2. Points
    Michael Amadio had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 10:24.Amadio
  3. PP1
    CHI's first power-play unit (Perry, Hall, Jones, Donato and Bedard) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 5:09 together.PerryHallJonesDonatoBedard
  4. New line
    New look for CHI: Hall–Raddysh–Bedard skated 7:49 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (61.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.HallRaddyshBedard
  5. New line
    New look for CHI: Donato–Katchouk–Johnson skated 6:21 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.DonatoKatchoukJohnson
  6. Luck
    VGK scored 5 goals on 2.96 expected goals (49 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
  7. Usage
    Taylor Hall (CHI) played 12:39, −4:05 down on his 16:44 season average over 9 games.Hall
  8. Usage
    Michael Amadio (VGK) played 10:24, −3:02 down on his 13:26 season average over 72 games.Amadio

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.

Shot map, VGK at CHI: 101 attempts, 48 on goal, 8 goals, 5.25 expected goals; best chance William Karlsson at 0.32 xG.

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 52 · VGK 49

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, VGK at CHI: expected goals 2.29 to 2.96 (VGK led the chances), shot attempts 52 to 49, 8 goals.

0.01.02.03.01st2nd3rdCHIVGKBKMJRSCPnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • CHI
  • VGK
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
CHIVGKcontrol2nd3rdBedard · 1st 1:30Karlsson · 1st 4:05Marchessault · 2nd 7:30Johnson · 2nd 8:50Roy · 3rd 0:13Stone · 3rd 13:47Cotter · 3rd 16:09Perry · 3rd 19:45
  • 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 25%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, VGK at CHI: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Arvid Soderblom (60:00) for CHI and Adin Hill (59:27) for VGK, 8 goals.

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
StatVGKCHI
3841
2.371.34
2.331.33
102
61
2416
+0.065−0.065
38%25%

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

Current VGK line combinations →

Chicago Blackhawks

Current CHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 1:30
    CHIConnor BedardPP (Taylor Hall)wrist0.10 xG
    VGK: McNabb, Karlsson, Roy, PachalCHI: Perry, Hall, Jones, Donato, Bedard
    VGK 0 – 1 CHI
  2. 4:05
    VGKWilliam KarlssonPP (Paul Cotter, Kaedan Korczak)backhand0.32 xG
    VGK: Karlsson, Barbashev, Roy, Cotter, KorczakCHI: Tinordi, Dickinson, Jones, Johnson
    VGK 1 – 1 CHI

2nd period

  1. 7:30
    VGKJonathan Marchessault (Jack Eichel, Shea Theodore)wrist0.16 xG
    VGK: Marchessault, Barbashev, Eichel, Hague, KorczakCHI: Foligno, Jones, Raddysh, Korchinski, Bedard
    VGK 2 – 1 CHI
  2. 8:50
    CHIReese Johnson (Connor Murphy, Ryan Donato)tip-in0.06 xG
    VGK: Carrier, Kolesar, Roy, Hague, PachalCHI: Murphy, Donato, Katchouk, Johnson, Vlasic
    VGK 2 – 2 CHI

3rd period

  1. 0:13
    VGKNicolas Roy (Keegan Kolesar, Brayden McNabb)snap0.15 xG
    VGK: McNabb, Theodore, Carrier, Kolesar, RoyCHI: Hall, Jones, Raddysh, Korchinski, Bedard
    VGK 3 – 2 CHI
  2. 13:47
    VGKMark Stone (Michael Amadio, Chandler Stephenson)wrist0.31 xG
    VGK: McNabb, Stone, Theodore, Amadio, EichelCHI: Johnson, Murphy, Athanasiou, Reichel, Korchinski
    VGK 4 – 2 CHI
  3. 16:09
    VGKPaul CotterPP (Michael Amadio, Alec Martinez)snap0.18 xG
    VGK: Martinez, Karlsson, Amadio, Cotter, KorczakCHI: Foligno, Murphy, Dickinson, Kaiser
    VGK 5 – 2 CHI
  4. 19:45
    CHICorey Perry (Nick Foligno, Kevin Korchinski)slap0.16 xG
    VGK: Carrier, Kolesar, Roy, Hague, KorczakCHI: Perry, Foligno, Donato, Vlasic, Korchinski
    VGK 5 – 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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Chandler Stephenson CL1011000.0010020:07——363
Mark Stone RL1101+110.4100219:41——5377
Brett Howden CL1000000.0011015:10——5049
Jack Eichel CL2011+240.3600019:24——4872
Jonathan Marchessault RL2101+140.5820016:12——3555
Ivan Barbashev LL2000+100.0010013:34——5065
William Karlsson CL3101020.4600216:02——3360
Paul Cotter LL3112020.4640214:23——5074
Michael Amadio RL3022+110.0400010:24——5874
Nicolas Roy CL4101-120.3110014:13——6058
William Carrier LL4000-100.0030011:06——5056
Keegan Kolesar RL4011-120.0940010:58——5358
Shea Theodore DD1011+220.0702021:32——5672
Brayden McNabb DD1011+210.0114020:14——5466
Alec Martinez DD2011010.0204018:06——4355
Brayden Pachal DD2000-110.0151017:27——3735
Nicolas Hague DD3000-100.0202218:02——5364
Kaedan Korczak DD3011010.1342015:54——4462
VGK goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Adin Hill(start)W24213.8752.2959:27

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Lukas Reichel LL1000-110.0911216:14——3021
Tyler Johnson CL1000-110.0220016:13——4026
Andreas Athanasiou CL1000-120.2300013:55——3524
Connor Bedard CL2101-220.2420017:26——5636
Taylor Raddysh RL2000-240.2902415:33——5331
Taylor Hall LL2011-120.1100012:39——5746
Nick Foligno LL3011030.2640014:50——6740
Jason Dickinson CL3000010.0213214:33——5833
Corey Perry RL3101+110.1600014:09——7756
Ryan Donato CL4011+210.4210016:37——6273
Boris Katchouk LL4000+100.2410013:12——3333
Reese Johnson CL4101+120.0722212:09——5661
Seth Jones DD1000-210.0522026:49——6745
Kevin Korchinski DD1011-200.0301019:58——6240
Connor Murphy DD2011010.0124018:20——3924
Alex Vlasic DD2000+210.0312017:45——5046
Wyatt Kaiser DD3000010.0101015:52——5019
Jarred Tinordi DD3000000.0040014:17——3110
CHI goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Arvid Soderblom(start)L24195.7922.9660:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Connor Bedard (CHI PP) 1st 1:30 · assists Taylor Hall · Off the faceoff · 71.5 mph shot.

Mark Stone · 3rd 13:47 · VGK

Play
rebound
Entry
loose
Odd man
No
Passes
0
Shot
11.4 mph
Distance
8 ft
Entry to goal
4.5 s
Type
rebound

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Nicolas Roy · 3rd 0:13 · VGK

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
pass
Odd man
3-on-1
Passes
2
Shot
21.2 mph
Distance
19 ft
Entry to goal
2.7 s

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Corey Perry · 3rd 19:45 · CHI

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
3-on-2
Passes
3 (royal road)
Shot
57.0 mph
Distance
24 ft
Entry to goal
3.4 s

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