Vegas Golden Knights vs. Columbus Blue JacketsMar 4, 2024

FinalMonday, Mar 4, 2024· Nationwide Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	2	0	1	3		VGK	11	13	15	39
CBJ	2	1	3	6		CBJ	11	13	9	33

: VGK 69CBJ 60
: VGK 2.50CBJ 3.06
PP goals: VGK 0CBJ 0
Hits: VGK 14CBJ 25
Blocks: VGK 16CBJ 16
PIM: VGK 4CBJ 2
: VGK 55%CBJ 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Vegas Golden Knights 6–3

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Vegas Golden Knights 6–3 at home. Alex Nylander (CBJ) led the scoring with 3G 0A. New look for VGK: Karlsson–Stephenson–Amadio skated 14:12 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (59.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Alex Nylander had a hat trick (3 points) on 4 shots in 16:08.Nylander
Points
Chandler Stephenson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:16.Stephenson
Points
Alexandre Texier had 2 assists (2 points) in 13:20.Texier
New line
New look for VGK: Karlsson–Stephenson–Amadio skated 14:12 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (59.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Karlsson Stephenson Amadio
Luck
CBJ scored 6 goals on 3.06 expected goals (60 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for VGK: Marchessault–Barbashev–Eichel skated 12:46 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (52.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Marchessault Barbashev Eichel
Goalie
Daniil Tarasov (CBJ) faced 39 shots and stopped 36 (.923), +6 against a season average of 33.2; the win.Tarasov
New line
New look for VGK: Froese–Kolesar–Morelli skated 7:27 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (65% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Froese Kolesar Morelli

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 129 of 129 attempts · CBJ 60 · VGK 69

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 34%.

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
	76	59
	2.76	2.16
	2.65	2.10
	12	10
	4	2
	6	12
	+0.033	−0.033
	32%	34%

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 – Stephenson – Amadio
14:1259% CF
L2Marchessault – Barbashev – Eichel
12:4653% CF
L3Roy – Denisenko – Cotter
10:2971% CF
L4Froese – Kolesar – Morelli
7:2765% CF
D1McNabb – Theodore
13:4757% CF
D2Pietrangelo – Hague
13:1055% CF
D3Martinez – Whitecloud
11:1067% CF

PP1Karlsson – Marchessault – Stephenson – Theodore – Eichel
1:0967% CF
PP2Pietrangelo – Barbashev – Amadio – Roy – Cotter
0:43100% CF
PK1FKarlsson – Eichel
1:07
PK2FStephenson – Roy
0:37
PK1DPietrangelo – McNabb
1:07
PK2DHague – Whitecloud
0:37

Current VGK line combinations →

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Gaudreau – Jenner – Roslovic
14:1553% CF
L2Nylander – Texier – Sillinger
11:1050% CF
L3Marchenko – Voronkov – Chinakhov
9:2147% CF
L4Kuraly – Olivier – Danforth
8:3330% CF
D1Severson – Provorov
15:4240% CF
D2Werenski – Boqvist
15:3554% CF
D3Gudbranson – Bean
14:0726% CF

PP1Gaudreau – Jenner – Werenski – Nylander – Boqvist
2:09100% CF
PP2Severson – Provorov – Marchenko – Voronkov – Chinakhov
1:46100% CF
PK1FJenner – Roslovic
1:06
PK2FKuraly – Chinakhov
0:48
PK1DGudbranson – Bean
0:45
PK2DSeverson – Werenski
0:45

Current CBJ line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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 Karlsson C	L1	1	0	1	-2	4	0.21	0	2	0	20:41	—	—	50	53
Chandler Stephenson C	L1	1	1	2	-1	2	0.15	0	0	0	20:16	—	—	57	72
Michael Amadio R	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.17	0	2	2	16:55	—	—	52	54
Jack Eichel C	L2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.26	0	0	0	19:55	—	—	53	48
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.21	0	0	0	17:24	—	—	51	47
Ivan Barbashev L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	16:44	—	—	50	47
Nicolas Roy C	L3	0	0	0	-2	4	0.35	2	0	0	16:01	—	—	63	63
Paul Cotter L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	1	0	2	13:01	—	—	59	51
Grigori Denisenko L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	3	0	0	12:23	—	—	62	66
Byron Froese C	L4	0	1	1	0	3	0.08	1	0	0	9:48	—	—	65	79
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.21	0	0	0	9:24	—	—	65	76
Mason Morelli L	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.11	2	0	0	8:39	—	—	67	78
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.18	0	1	0	18:53	—	—	62	57
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.23	1	1	0	18:09	—	—	57	52
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	1	1	0	21:51	—	—	42	29
Nicolas Hague D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.05	1	2	0	20:59	—	—	59	59
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	2	0	0	19:12	—	—	68	80
Alec Martinez D	D3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.15	0	5	0	17:22	—	—	51	60

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Adin Hill(start)	L	32	27	5	.844	2.31	58:23

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Boone Jenner C	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.26	2	1	0	21:04	—	—	57	55
Johnny Gaudreau L	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.06	0	0	0	19:55	—	—	50	49
Jack Roslovic C	L1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.28	0	1	0	17:26	—	—	53	60
Alex Nylander L	L2	3	0	3	+1	4	1.06	0	1	0	16:08	—	—	52	37
Alexandre Texier L	L2	0	2	2	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	13:20	—	—	47	34
Cole Sillinger C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.06	5	0	2	12:48	—	—	47	37
Kirill Marchenko R	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	15:33	—	—	39	47
Egor Chinakhov R	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.07	0	2	0	14:15	—	—	48	52
Dmitri Voronkov L	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.37	1	0	0	11:38	—	—	44	61
Sean Kuraly C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	4	1	0	14:30	—	—	26	30
Justin Danforth R	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.25	0	1	0	10:47	—	—	29	45
Mathieu Olivier R	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.11	8	0	0	10:35	—	—	25	35
Damon Severson D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.11	1	0	0	20:23	—	—	43	37
Ivan Provorov D	D1	0	1	1	+3	0	0.00	0	1	0	19:53	—	—	44	32
Zach Werenski D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.19	0	2	0	23:20	—	—	54	55
Adam Boqvist D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.17	0	1	0	19:32	—	—	52	59
Jake Bean D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	18:32	—	—	31	41
Erik Gudbranson D	D3	1	0	1	0	3	0.06	0	1	0	18:26	—	—	28	40

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Daniil Tarasov(start)	W	39	36	3	.923	2.50	59:55

Goal anatomy

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

Justin Danforth (CBJ) 1st 6:16 · assists Sean Kuraly, Zach Werenski · Cycle · 11.7 mph shot.

Justin Danforth · 1st 6:16 · CBJ

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 11.7 mph
Distance: 4 ft

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Mason Morelli · 1st 17:19 · VGK

Play: rebound
Passes: 2
Shot: 2.5 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Type: rebound

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Erik Gudbranson · 2nd 17:21 · CBJ

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 24.6 mph
Distance: 69 ft

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Alex Nylander · 1st 13:11 · CBJ

Play: rebound
Passes: 2
Shot: 4.9 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Type: rebound

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William Karlsson · 1st 18:01 · VGK

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2
Shot: 67.9 mph
Distance: 37 ft

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Alex Nylander · 3rd 3:23 · CBJ

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 63.7 mph
Distance: 36 ft
Entry to goal: 2.0 s

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Chandler Stephenson · 3rd 10:16 · VGK

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 51.6 mph
Distance: 29 ft
Type: one-timer

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Egor Chinakhov · 3rd 11:20 · CBJ

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 63.1 mph
Distance: 36 ft
Entry to goal: 7.9 s

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Alex Nylander · 3rd 18:49 · CBJ EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 53.6 mph
Distance: 29 ft
Entry to goal: 1.7 s

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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.

Vegas Golden Knights vs. Columbus Blue JacketsMar 4, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Vegas Golden Knights 6–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Vegas Golden Knights

Columbus Blue Jackets

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Vegas Golden Knights

Columbus Blue Jackets

Goal anatomy

Justin Danforth · 1st 6:16 · CBJ

Mason Morelli · 1st 17:19 · VGK

Erik Gudbranson · 2nd 17:21 · CBJ

Alex Nylander · 1st 13:11 · CBJ

William Karlsson · 1st 18:01 · VGK

Alex Nylander · 3rd 3:23 · CBJ

Chandler Stephenson · 3rd 10:16 · VGK

Egor Chinakhov · 3rd 11:20 · CBJ

Alex Nylander · 3rd 18:49 · CBJ EN