Vegas Golden Knights vs. Columbus Blue JacketsNov 5, 2019

FinalTuesday, Nov 5, 2019· Nationwide Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	1	1	0	2		VGK	9	9	7	25
CBJ	0	1	0	1		CBJ	9	11	10	30

: VGK 49CBJ 51
: VGK 1.69CBJ 2.91
PP goals: VGK 0CBJ 0
Hits: VGK 10CBJ 19
Blocks: VGK 9CBJ 13
PIM: VGK 8CBJ 4
: VGK 43%CBJ 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge Columbus Blue Jackets 2–1

Vegas Golden Knights beat Columbus Blue Jackets 2–1 at CBJ. Reilly Smith (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Markus Nutivaara (CBJ) played 5:20, −10:53 down on his 16:13 season average over 36 games.

Points
Reilly Smith had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:19.Smith
Points
William Karlsson had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:15.Karlsson
Usage
Markus Nutivaara (CBJ) played 5:20, −10:53 down on his 16:13 season average over 36 games.Nutivaara
New line
New look for CBJ: Atkinson–Wennberg–Milano skated 5:51 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Atkinson Wennberg Milano
Luck
CBJ scored 1 goal on 2.91 expected goals (51 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Nick Foligno (CBJ) played 14:43, −4:01 down on his 18:44 season average over 66 games.Foligno
Usage
Nicolas Hague (VGK) played 12:02, −4:10 down on his 16:12 season average over 37 games.Hague
Usage
Shea Theodore (VGK) played 18:05, −4:13 down on his 22:18 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)CBJ attacks right (top on phones) →

CBJ
VGK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 100 of 100 attempts · CBJ 51 · VGK 49

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 29% of the game, CBJ 44%.

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
	47	46
	1.48	2.39
	1.43	2.26
	10	11
	5	1
	7	1
	−0.081	+0.081
	29%	44%

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
12:2153% CF
L2Stastny – Pacioretty – Stone
10:5268% CF
L3Eakin – Nosek – Glass
7:2143% CF
L4Reaves – Carrier – Roy
6:4040% CF
D1Holden – Merrill
15:2161% CF
D2McNabb – Schmidt
14:0435% CF
D3Theodore – Hague
11:0360% CF

PP1Stastny – Pacioretty – Stone – Theodore – Glass
3:28100% CF
PP2Smith – Eakin – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore
1:58100% CF
PK1FEakin – Stone
2:53
PK2FSmith – Karlsson
2:49
PK1DMcNabb – Schmidt
5:48
PK2DHolden – Merrill
1:37

Current VGK line combinations →

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Nyquist – Bjorkstrand – Dubois
8:1254% CF
L2Atkinson – Wennberg – Milano
5:5125% CF
L3Foligno – Jenner – Anderson
4:4738% CF
L4Nash – Sherwood – Bemstrom
1:06100% CF
D1Jones – Werenski
13:3568% CF
D2Savard – Gavrikov
9:1533% CF
D3Kukan – Nutivaara
4:380% CF

PP1Foligno – Bjorkstrand – Wennberg – Werenski – Dubois
4:2167% CF
PP2Nyquist – Atkinson – Jenner – Jones – Bemstrom
3:26100% CF
PK1FAtkinson – Wennberg
3:25
PK2FJenner – Anderson
0:58
PK1DJones – Werenski
3:17
PK2DSavard – Gavrikov
2:10

Current CBJ line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

19:15
VGKReilly Smith (William Karlsson, Jonathan Marchessault)backhand0.03 xG
VGK: McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, SchmidtCBJ: Nyquist, Bjorkstrand, Werenski, Nutivaara, Dubois
VGK 1 – 0 CBJ

2nd period

5:37
CBJBoone Jenner (Dean Kukan, Nick Foligno)wrist0.12 xG
VGK: Stastny, Pacioretty, Holden, Merrill, StoneCBJ: Foligno, Savard, Jenner, Anderson, Kukan
VGK 1 – 1 CBJ
7:36
VGKReilly SmithSH (William Karlsson, Nick Holden)wrist0.07 xG
VGK: Holden, Smith, Merrill, KarlssonCBJ: Foligno, Bjorkstrand, Wennberg, Werenski, Dubois
VGK 2 – 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	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Reilly Smith R	L1	2	0	2	+2	3	0.11	1	0	0	19:19	—	—	55	46
William Karlsson C	L1	0	2	2	+2	4	0.30	1	0	0	19:15	—	—	54	35
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.12	0	1	0	17:21	—	—	46	31
Mark Stone R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.19	0	0	0	19:54	—	—	58	51
Paul Stastny C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.27	0	1	0	17:39	—	—	64	58
Max Pacioretty L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.24	0	2	0	17:27	—	—	58	57
Cody Glass C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:12	—	—	21	6
Cody Eakin C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:01	—	—	44	15
Tomas Nosek L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	11:05	—	—	40	21
Nicolas Roy C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	0	1	2	8:53	—	—	31	28
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	4	0	0	8:27	—	—	50	39
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	7:45	—	—	50	39
Jon Merrill D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	2	18:48	—	—	56	39
Nick Holden D	D1	0	1	1	0	4	0.13	0	0	0	18:01	—	—	63	58
Nate Schmidt D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	3	0	24:18	—	—	36	19
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	1	0	0	23:28	—	—	35	22
Shea Theodore D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	18:05	—	—	53	42
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	0	0	12:02	—	—	63	58

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	30	29	1	.967	2.91	60:00

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L1	0	0	0	-2	5	0.90	1	0	0	20:20	—	—	56	78
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.22	2	2	0	19:50	—	—	68	91
Gustav Nyquist R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	0	0	2	18:50	—	—	52	67
Alexander Wennberg C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	19:59	—	—	48	67
Cam Atkinson R	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.34	0	0	0	18:22	—	—	41	26
Sonny Milano L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	0	1	0	14:36	—	—	46	40
Boone Jenner C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.12	0	1	0	17:14	—	—	27	42
Nick Foligno L	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.25	4	0	0	14:43	—	—	45	78
Josh Anderson R	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.16	1	0	2	14:20	—	—	42	46
Emil Bemstrom C	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.24	1	0	0	10:59	—	—	58	77
Riley Nash C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	1	0	9:28	—	—	57	40
Kole Sherwood R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	0	0	5:23	—	—	75	77
Seth Jones D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	2	2	0	28:50	—	—	47	59
Zach Werenski D	D1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.21	1	0	0	28:02	—	—	71	84
David Savard D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	5	0	19:11	—	—	50	53
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	15:36	—	—	37	30
Dean Kukan D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.03	0	0	0	14:28	—	—	44	65
Markus Nutivaara D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	5:20	—	—	0	0

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joonas Korpisalo(start)	L	25	23	2	.920	1.69	58:29

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.