Vegas Golden Knights vs. Columbus Blue JacketsMar 13, 2022

FinalSunday, Mar 13, 2022· Nationwide Arena

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

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Columbus Blue JacketsCBJ

6

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	2	1	1	4		VGK	8	7	12	27
CBJ	3	2	1	6		CBJ	16	14	8	38

: VGK 55CBJ 50
: VGK 3.20CBJ 4.87
PP goals: VGK 1CBJ 1
Hits: VGK 12CBJ 25
Blocks: VGK 6CBJ 16
PIM: VGK 8CBJ 10
: VGK 49%CBJ 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Vegas Golden Knights 6–4

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Vegas Golden Knights 6–4 at home. Oliver Bjorkstrand (CBJ) led the scoring with 1G 3A. CBJ's first power-play unit (Nyquist, Bjorkstrand, Roslovic, Werenski and Laine) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 2:43 together.

Points
Oliver Bjorkstrand had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 7 shots in 19:40.Bjorkstrand
Points
Cole Sillinger had a hat trick (3 points) on 6 shots in 16:58.Sillinger
Points
Jonathan Marchessault had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:33.Marchessault
Points
Chandler Stephenson had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:05.Stephenson
Points
Dean Kukan had 2 assists (2 points) in 12:29.Kukan
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Max Domi had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:21.Domi
PP1
CBJ's first power-play unit (Nyquist, Bjorkstrand, Roslovic, Werenski and Laine) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 2:43 together.Nyquist Bjorkstrand Roslovic Werenski Laine
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Dadonov, Marchessault, Stephenson, Theodore and Eichel) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:57 together.Dadonov Marchessault Stephenson Theodore Eichel

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 105 of 105 attempts · CBJ 50 · VGK 55

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 29%.

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
	54	46
	2.95	3.59
	2.76	3.44
	8	16
	2	5
	11	8
	−0.002	+0.002
	32%	29%

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

L1Karlsson – Marchessault – Eichel
12:1752% CF
L2Stephenson – Carrier – Roy
8:4967% CF
L3Amadio – Leschyshyn – Rondbjerg
7:0867% CF
L4Dadonov – Kolesar – Patrick
6:0438% CF
D1Theodore – Whitecloud
10:1044% CF
D2Pietrangelo – Hague
8:4280% CF
D3Coghlan – Miromanov
0:13

PP1Dadonov – Marchessault – Stephenson – Theodore – Eichel
3:57100% CF
PP2Pietrangelo – Karlsson – Carrier – Roy – Coghlan
1:4067% CF
PK1FStephenson – Roy
1:41
PK2FKarlsson – Kolesar
1:31
PK1DTheodore – Whitecloud
1:18
PK2DPietrangelo – Hague
1:00

Current VGK line combinations →

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Bjorkstrand – Domi – Sillinger
11:3460% CF
L2Nyquist – Roslovic – Laine
11:3152% CF
L3Kuraly – Robinson – Chinakhov
7:060% CF
L4Gaunce – Bemstrom – Fix-Wolansky
2:1920% CF
D1Werenski – Peeke
14:1755% CF
D2Gavrikov – Bean
11:5037% CF
D3Kukan – Bayreuther
7:1138% CF

PP1Nyquist – Bjorkstrand – Roslovic – Werenski – Laine
2:43100% CF
PP2Domi – Bean – Bemstrom – Chinakhov – Sillinger
0:55
PK1FNyquist – Roslovic
1:44
PK2FKuraly – Sillinger
0:45
PK1DWerenski – Peeke
1:28
PK2DGavrikov – Bean
0:46

Current CBJ line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:12
CBJPatrik LainePP (Gustav Nyquist, Jack Roslovic)slap0.10 xG
VGK: Pietrangelo, Stephenson, Roy, HagueCBJ: Nyquist, Bjorkstrand, Roslovic, Werenski, Laine
VGK 0 – 1 CBJ
3:13
VGKJonathan Marchessaultsnap0.14 xG
VGK: Karlsson, Marchessault, Theodore, Eichel, WhitecloudCBJ: Kuraly, Gavrikov, Bean, Robinson, Chinakhov
VGK 1 – 1 CBJ
7:23
VGKWilliam Carrier (Nicolas Roy, Chandler Stephenson)tip-in0.09 xG
VGK: Pietrangelo, Stephenson, Carrier, Roy, HagueCBJ: Kuraly, Gavrikov, Bean, Robinson, Chinakhov
VGK 2 – 1 CBJ
11:53
CBJCole Sillinger (Oliver Bjorkstrand, Dean Kukan)snap0.19 xG
VGK: Dadonov, Theodore, Kolesar, Patrick, HagueCBJ: Bjorkstrand, Domi, Kukan, Bayreuther, Sillinger
VGK 2 – 2 CBJ
12:23
CBJOliver Bjorkstrand (Max Domi, Dean Kukan)slap0.10 xG
VGK: Dadonov, Theodore, Kolesar, Coghlan, PatrickCBJ: Bjorkstrand, Domi, Kukan, Bayreuther, Sillinger
VGK 2 – 3 CBJ

2nd period

5:36
CBJCole Sillinger (Oliver Bjorkstrand, Andrew Peeke)tip-in0.11 xG
VGK: Karlsson, Marchessault, Eichel, Coghlan, HagueCBJ: Bjorkstrand, Domi, Werenski, Peeke, Sillinger
VGK 2 – 4 CBJ
7:26
CBJCole Sillinger (Max Domi, Oliver Bjorkstrand)slap0.07 xG
VGK: Pietrangelo, Karlsson, Marchessault, Stephenson, HagueCBJ: Bjorkstrand, Domi, Gavrikov, Bean, Sillinger
VGK 2 – 5 CBJ
8:28
VGKEvgenii Dadonov (Keegan Kolesar, Alex Pietrangelo)deflected0.08 xG
VGK: Dadonov, Pietrangelo, Kolesar, Patrick, WhitecloudCBJ: Bjorkstrand, Domi, Kukan, Bayreuther, Sillinger
VGK 3 – 5 CBJ

3rd period

2:40
VGKJack EichelPP (Chandler Stephenson, Jonathan Marchessault)wrist0.07 xG
VGK: Dadonov, Marchessault, Stephenson, Theodore, EichelCBJ: Nyquist, Roslovic, Gavrikov, Peeke
VGK 4 – 5 CBJ
19:49
CBJEric RobinsonEN (Zach Werenski)wrist0.95 xG
VGK: Karlsson, Stephenson, Theodore, Eichel, Kolesar, RoyCBJ: Kuraly, Bjorkstrand, Werenski, Gavrikov, Robinson
VGK 4 – 6 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
Jack Eichel C	L1	1	0	1	-1	4	0.28	1	1	2	21:22	—	—	52	37
William Karlsson C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.15	0	1	0	21:22	—	—	55	47
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	1	1	2	-1	2	0.54	2	0	0	20:33	—	—	46	33
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	0	2	2	-1	2	0.31	0	1	0	19:05	—	—	59	53
Nicolas Roy C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	17:52	—	—	57	38
William Carrier L	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.26	2	0	0	14:48	—	—	71	64
Jake Leschyshyn C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	0	1	0	10:30	—	—	54	43
Michael Amadio R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:26	—	—	77	86
Jonas Rondbjerg R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	0	0	0	8:10	—	—	60	58
Evgenii Dadonov L	L4	1	0	1	-1	2	0.32	1	0	0	15:29	—	—	45	39
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	1	1	-2	1	0.20	0	0	0	12:18	—	—	52	51
Nolan Patrick C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	2	11:06	—	—	42	40
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.07	0	0	0	27:43	—	—	38	20
Zach Whitecloud D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.12	0	0	0	19:28	—	—	57	55
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.25	2	1	2	23:39	—	—	61	48
Nicolas Hague D	D2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.25	0	1	2	21:07	—	—	70	57
Dylan Coghlan D	D3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.13	0	0	0	17:20	—	—	37	33
Daniil Miromanov D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	5:37	—	—	75	99

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	L	37	32	5	.865	3.92	57:56

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L1	1	3	4	+4	7	0.80	1	1	0	19:40	—	—	50	56
Cole Sillinger C	L1	3	0	3	+3	6	0.86	3	0	0	16:58	—	—	56	66
Max Domi C	L1	0	2	2	+3	3	0.19	1	0	2	14:21	—	—	62	70
Gustav Nyquist R	L2	0	1	1	0	5	0.62	1	1	0	22:12	—	—	48	65
Jack Roslovic C	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	20:54	—	—	48	60
Patrik Laine L	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.49	1	0	0	17:16	—	—	52	65
Sean Kuraly C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	2	2	4	19:10	—	—	26	27
Egor Chinakhov R	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.03	3	1	0	13:02	—	—	31	35
Eric Robinson L	L3	1	0	1	-1	1	0.95	1	0	0	12:54	—	—	17	25
Emil Bemstrom C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	0	0	0	9:19	—	—	58	83
Brendan Gaunce C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	2	1	0	6:02	—	—	40	72
Trey Fix-Wolansky R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	2	1	0	4:17	—	—	25	48
Zach Werenski D	D1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.14	0	2	0	29:14	—	—	61	68
Andrew Peeke D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.01	4	0	2	23:07	—	—	39	37
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	3	2	26:29	—	—	31	39
Jake Bean D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	18:53	—	—	56	76
Dean Kukan D	D3	0	2	2	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	12:29	—	—	41	45
Gavin Bayreuther D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	7:12	—	—	38	53

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Elvis Merzlikins(start)	W	27	23	4	.852	3.20	60:00

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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.