Vegas Golden Knights vs. St. Louis BluesNov 1, 2018

FinalThursday, Nov 1, 2018· Enterprise Center

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

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St. Louis BluesSTL

5

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	1	1	1	3		VGK	9	10	15	34
STL	1	3	1	5		STL	9	9	8	26

: VGK 72STL 45
: VGK 3.18STL 2.67
PP goals: VGK 1STL 1
Hits: VGK 21STL 15
Blocks: VGK 12STL 24
PIM: VGK 8STL 8
: VGK 42%STL 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–3

St. Louis Blues beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–3 at home. Oskar Sundqvist (STL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. VGK's first power-play unit (Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Theodore and Tuch) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 2:21 together.

Points
Oskar Sundqvist had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 11:29.Sundqvist
Points
Alex Tuch had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 18:16.Tuch
Points
Tyler Bozak had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:01.Bozak
Points
Robert Thomas had 2 assists (2 points) in 9:28.Thomas
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Theodore and Tuch) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 2:21 together.Smith Karlsson Marchessault Theodore Tuch
Luck
STL scored 5 goals on 2.67 expected goals (45 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for STL: Sundqvist–Fabbri–Thomas skated 7:26 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (58.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sundqvist Fabbri Thomas
Usage
Robby Fabbri (STL) played 8:45, −4:02 down on his 12:47 season average over 31 games.Fabbri

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)STL attacks right (top on phones) →

STL
VGK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 117 of 117 attempts · STL 45 · VGK 72

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

STL
VGK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

STL 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 33% of the game, STL 23%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

STL

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	STL
	50	44
	1.98	1.83
	1.92	1.82
	8	11
	8	11
	12	23
	−0.058	+0.058
	33%	23%

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
11:2250% CF
L2Haula – Hyka – Tuch
10:3452% CF
L3Reaves – Carrier – Bellemare
10:0658% CF
L4Eakin – Carpenter – Nosek
9:0543% CF
D1McNabb – Miller
15:2448% CF
D2Engelland – Theodore
12:5841% CF
D3Holden – Hunt
11:3656% CF

PP1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore – Tuch
2:21100% CF
PP2Reaves – Haula – Miller – Hyka – Hunt
1:2675% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
1:24
PK2FBellemare – Nosek
1:17
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
2:06
PK2DHolden – Miller
1:08

Current VGK line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Perron – O'Reilly – Sanford
11:3150% CF
L2Schenn – Tarasenko – Schwartz
11:0844% CF
L3Steen – Maroon – Bozak
8:5740% CF
L4Sundqvist – Fabbri – Thomas
7:2658% CF
D1Bouwmeester – Pietrangelo
15:3553% CF
D2Edmundson – Parayko
14:2941% CF
D3Gunnarsson – Dunn
11:5138% CF

PP1Pietrangelo – Bozak – O'Reilly – Tarasenko – Dunn
2:19100% CF
PP2Steen – Perron – Pietrangelo – Schenn – Schwartz
1:44
PK1FSchenn – Schwartz
0:59
PK2FSteen – O'Reilly
0:57
PK1DBouwmeester – Pietrangelo
2:25
PK2DEdmundson – Parayko
1:46

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:02
STLOskar Sundqvist (Robert Thomas, Robby Fabbri)wrist0.14 xG
VGK: Reaves, McNabb, Miller, Carrier, BellemareSTL: Bouwmeester, Pietrangelo, Sundqvist, Fabbri, Thomas
VGK 0 – 1 STL
6:29
VGKPierre-Edouard Bellemarewrist0.22 xG
VGK: Engelland, Reaves, Theodore, Carrier, BellemareSTL: Schenn, Tarasenko, Schwartz, Edmundson, Parayko
VGK 1 – 1 STL

2nd period

3:11
STLVladimir TarasenkoPP (Tyler Bozak, Patrick Maroon)backhand0.32 xG
VGK: Engelland, McNabb, Eakin, CarpenterSTL: Maroon, Bozak, O'Reilly, Tarasenko, Dunn
VGK 1 – 2 STL
3:34
VGKErik Haula (Shea Theodore, Alex Tuch)tip-in0.10 xG
VGK: Engelland, Haula, Hyka, Theodore, TuchSTL: Bouwmeester, Steen, Maroon, Pietrangelo, Bozak
VGK 2 – 2 STL
6:29
STLOskar Sundqvist (Robert Thomas)wrist0.01 xG
VGK: Engelland, Eakin, Theodore, Carpenter, NosekSTL: Bouwmeester, Pietrangelo, Sundqvist, Fabbri, Thomas
VGK 2 – 3 STL
14:49
STLColton Parayko (Ryan O'Reilly, Zachary Sanford)slap0.14 xG
VGK: McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, Miller, MarchessaultSTL: Perron, O'Reilly, Edmundson, Parayko, Sanford
VGK 2 – 4 STL

3rd period

8:02
VGKAlex TuchPP (Jonathan Marchessault, William Karlsson)wrist0.16 xG
VGK: Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Theodore, TuchSTL: Bouwmeester, Steen, Pietrangelo, Bozak
VGK 3 – 4 STL
11:47
STLTyler Bozak (Joel Edmundson)wrist0.07 xG
VGK: Holden, McNabb, Karlsson, Marchessault, TuchSTL: Steen, Maroon, Bozak, Edmundson, Parayko
VGK 3 – 5 STL

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
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	1	1	-2	7	0.52	1	1	0	19:11	—	—	52	42
William Karlsson C	L1	0	1	1	-2	3	0.23	0	0	0	19:08	—	—	52	39
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.26	0	0	0	18:37	—	—	52	42
Alex Tuch R	L2	1	1	2	0	6	0.64	0	0	0	18:16	—	—	55	60
Erik Haula L	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.38	0	1	0	17:41	—	—	54	62
Tomas Hyka R	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.06	0	1	0	14:14	—	—	50	56
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L3	1	0	1	0	4	0.36	0	0	0	13:56	—	—	62	56
Ryan Reaves R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	2	1	2	12:49	—	—	54	48
William Carrier L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	7	0	0	11:02	—	—	62	56
Cody Eakin C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	0	1	2	12:15	—	—	50	52
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	4	0	2	12:13	—	—	50	52
Ryan Carpenter C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	0	0	11:50	—	—	50	53
Colin Miller D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.13	0	2	0	23:32	—	—	48	47
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	-3	0	0.01	4	3	0	20:39	—	—	50	55
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	19:31	—	—	52	65
Deryk Engelland D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:48	—	—	50	54
Nick Holden D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	0	0	0	17:27	—	—	61	46
Brad Hunt D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.14	0	1	2	16:44	—	—	62	35

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	L	26	21	5	.808	2.10	56:59

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	0	0	0	19:52	—	—	53	78
David Perron L	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:33	—	—	43	42
Zachary Sanford L	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.21	1	0	2	13:10	—	—	63	82
Brayden Schenn C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.21	1	0	2	18:22	—	—	40	39
Jaden Schwartz L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.18	1	2	0	18:21	—	—	40	39
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L2	1	0	1	-1	4	0.43	2	1	0	16:01	—	—	42	39
Tyler Bozak C	L3	1	1	2	0	1	0.14	0	1	0	17:01	—	—	41	43
Alexander Steen L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.77	1	2	0	15:36	—	—	41	42
Patrick Maroon L	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.02	3	0	2	11:44	—	—	41	43
Oskar Sundqvist C	L4	2	0	2	+2	2	0.16	1	1	0	11:29	—	—	64	74
Robert Thomas C	L4	0	2	2	+2	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:28	—	—	59	57
Robby Fabbri C	L4	0	1	1	+2	1	0.08	1	0	0	8:45	—	—	53	56
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.15	0	5	0	25:10	—	—	50	51
Jay Bouwmeester D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	0	4	0	19:35	—	—	53	54
Colton Parayko D	D2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.14	0	1	0	23:20	—	—	41	44
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	2	4	0	20:20	—	—	44	43
Vince Dunn D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	0	2	2	16:03	—	—	42	37
Carl Gunnarsson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:52	—	—	47	55

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	W	34	31	3	.912	3.18	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.