Vegas Golden Knights vs. Columbus Blue JacketsDec 17, 2018

FinalMonday, Dec 17, 2018· Nationwide Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	0	0	0	0		VGK	7	7	14	28
CBJ	0	0	1	1		CBJ	8	13	10	31

: VGK 51CBJ 45
: VGK 2.54CBJ 2.83
PP goals: VGK 0CBJ 0
Hits: VGK 25CBJ 18
Blocks: VGK 5CBJ 15
PIM: VGK 4CBJ 2
: VGK 37%CBJ 63%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Columbus Blue Jackets edge Vegas Golden Knights 1–0

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Vegas Golden Knights 1–0 at home. Nick Foligno (CBJ) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for CBJ: Foligno–Anderson–Wennberg skated 15:09 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (46.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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New look for CBJ: Foligno–Anderson–Wennberg skated 15:09 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (46.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Foligno Anderson Wennberg
New line
New look for CBJ: Atkinson–Duclair–Dubois skated 13:11 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (56% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Atkinson Duclair Dubois
New line
New look for VGK: Eakin–Lindberg–Nosek skated 8:03 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eakin Lindberg Nosek
Usage
Max Pacioretty (VGK) played 7:35, −9:34 down on his 17:09 season average over 65 games.Pacioretty
Luck
VGK scored 0 goals on 2.54 expected goals (51 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for CBJ: Sedlak–Jenner–Bjorkstrand skated 11:18 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (35.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sedlak Jenner Bjorkstrand
Luck
CBJ scored 1 goal on 2.83 expected goals (45 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Markus Nutivaara (CBJ) played 11:53, −5:52 down on his 17:45 season average over 79 games.Nutivaara

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)CBJ attacks right (top on phones) →

CBJ
VGK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 96 of 96 attempts · CBJ 45 · VGK 51

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CBJ
VGK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

CBJ 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, CBJ 38%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

CBJ

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	CBJ
	55	49
	2.69	2.77
	2.59	2.70
	8	10
	5	4
	11	17
	−0.076	+0.077
	32%	38%

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
13:2638% CF
L2Eakin – Lindberg – Nosek
8:0371% CF
L3Stastny – Pacioretty – Tuch
6:5238% CF
L4Reaves – Carrier – Bellemare
6:3940% CF
D1McNabb – Schmidt
17:4139% CF
D2Engelland – Theodore
15:5952% CF
D3Holden – Miller
12:1856% CF

PP1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore – Tuch
1:08
PP2Stastny – Reaves – Eakin – Lindberg – Schmidt
0:43
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
1:46
PK2FBellemare – Nosek
1:31
PK1DHolden – Schmidt
1:10
PK2DEngelland – McNabb
1:05

Current VGK line combinations →

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Foligno – Anderson – Wennberg
15:0946% CF
L2Atkinson – Duclair – Dubois
13:1156% CF
L3Sedlak – Jenner – Bjorkstrand
11:1835% CF
L4Dubinsky – Nash – Hannikainen
9:2550% CF
D1Murray – Jones
19:4365% CF
D2Savard – Werenski
19:1032% CF
D3Harrington – Nutivaara
10:2143% CF

PP1Foligno – Atkinson – Duclair – Jones – Dubois
2:04100% CF
PP2Jenner – Anderson – Bjorkstrand – Wennberg – Werenski
1:45100% CF
PK1FJenner – Anderson
1:02
PK2FAtkinson – Wennberg
0:28
PK1DMurray – Jones
1:15
PK2DSavard – Werenski
0:38

Current CBJ line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

3rd period

0:40
CBJNick Foligno (Seth Jones, Josh Anderson)wrist0.02 xG
VGK: Engelland, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, TheodoreCBJ: Foligno, Murray, Anderson, Jones, Wennberg
VGK 0 – 1 CBJ

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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Reilly Smith R	L1	-1	1	0.14	0	0	0	20:03	—	—	40	27
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	-1	3	0.28	0	0	0	19:58	—	—	41	38
William Karlsson C	L1	-1	1	0.07	0	0	0	17:55	—	—	39	26
Cody Eakin C	L2	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:19	—	—	75	75
Oscar Lindberg L	L2	0	2	0.26	1	0	2	14:09	—	—	68	78
Tomas Nosek L	L2	0	3	0.52	2	0	0	13:21	—	—	73	63
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	3	0.20	2	1	0	16:47	—	—	52	63
Paul Stastny C	L3	0	3	0.66	0	0	0	16:41	—	—	55	67
Max Pacioretty L	L3	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	7:35	—	—	33	19
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	13:20	—	—	50	36
William Carrier L	L4	0	1	0.09	5	0	0	12:06	—	—	69	54
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	11:57	—	—	62	23
Nate Schmidt D	D1	0	2	0.00	0	0	0	25:11	—	—	42	34
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	20:28	—	—	42	17
Shea Theodore D	D2	-1	1	0.06	1	1	0	20:02	—	—	49	58
Deryk Engelland D	D2	-1	2	0.06	3	0	2	19:22	—	—	61	64
Nick Holden D	D3	0	2	0.12	3	0	0	18:04	—	—	66	64
Colin Miller D	D3	0	2	0.06	2	0	0	14:42	—	—	53	44

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Malcolm Subban(start)	L	31	30	1	.968	2.63	59:00

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Josh Anderson R	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.21	2	0	0	19:12	—	—	50	60
Alexander Wennberg C	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.52	0	0	0	18:42	—	—	50	56
Nick Foligno L	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.22	3	0	0	18:40	—	—	48	58
Cam Atkinson R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.36	0	2	0	18:05	—	—	52	45
Anthony Duclair L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	0	1	0	16:36	—	—	52	45
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.27	2	1	0	16:23	—	—	58	55
Boone Jenner C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	0	0	0	15:34	—	—	35	41
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	1	0	14:17	—	—	37	46
Lukas Sedlak C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	0	2	0	11:58	—	—	35	41
Brandon Dubinsky C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	12:03	—	—	36	39
Markus Hannikainen L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	2	0	0	10:24	—	—	46	50
Riley Nash C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	0	0	0	9:38	—	—	50	50
Seth Jones D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.34	1	2	0	26:22	—	—	63	73
Ryan Murray D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.03	1	0	0	23:16	—	—	60	65
Zach Werenski D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	1	0	21:55	—	—	36	36
David Savard D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	21:42	—	—	29	29
Markus Nutivaara D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	11:53	—	—	40	36
Scott Harrington D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	2	11:20	—	—	43	35

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Sergei Bobrovsky(start)	W	28	28	0	.1000	2.54	60:00

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.