Vegas Golden Knights vs. St. Louis BluesMar 12, 2021

Final / OTFriday, Mar 12, 2021· Enterprise Center

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

5

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St. Louis BluesSTL

4

Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
VGK	2	1	1	1	5		VGK	11	12	12	5	40
STL	0	2	2	0	4		STL	8	7	8	0	23

: VGK 71STL 41
: VGK 3.97STL 2.06
PP goals: VGK 1STL 2
Hits: VGK 16STL 23
Blocks: VGK 13STL 17
PIM: VGK 6STL 8
: VGK 51%STL 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge St. Louis Blues 5–4 (OT)

Vegas Golden Knights beat St. Louis Blues 5–4 in overtime at STL. Jonathan Marchessault (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. STL's first power-play unit (Perron, O'Reilly, Schenn, Tarasenko and Krug) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:22 together.

Points
Alec Martinez had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 22:20.Martinez
Points
Jonathan Marchessault had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 19:07.Marchessault
Points
Reilly Smith had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:56.Smith
Points
Tomas Nosek had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 13:37.Nosek
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Vladimir Tarasenko had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:45.Tarasenko
Points
Zachary Sanford had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:47.Sanford
PP1
STL's first power-play unit (Perron, O'Reilly, Schenn, Tarasenko and Krug) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:22 together.Perron O'Reilly Schenn Tarasenko Krug
New line
New look for STL: Schenn–Tarasenko–Blais skated 8:17 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (31.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Schenn Tarasenko Blais

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 112 of 112 attempts · STL 41 · VGK 71

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 49% of the game, STL 16%.

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
	70	38
	3.70	1.64
	3.63	1.63
	16	7
	5	5
	16	18
	−0.009	+0.009
	49%	16%

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

L1Pacioretty – Stone – Stephenson
11:4564% CF
L2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
11:3970% CF
L3Nosek – Tuch – Roy
9:0079% CF
L4Reaves – Kolesar – Glass
3:5967% CF
D1Martinez – Theodore
16:1665% CF
D2Hague – Whitecloud
14:5152% CF
D3McNabb – Coghlan
11:3871% CF

PP1Smith – Stone – Karlsson – Theodore – Tuch
2:00100% CF
PP2Pacioretty – Marchessault – Stephenson – Coghlan – Glass
1:540% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
2:14
PK2FStone – Stephenson
0:59
PK1DMcNabb – Whitecloud
1:50
PK2DMartinez – Hague
0:00

Current VGK line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Schenn – Tarasenko – Blais
8:1731% CF
L2Perron – O'Reilly – Sanford
7:3953% CF
L3Clifford – MacEachern – Joshua
6:1850% CF
L4Hoffman – Sundqvist – Kyrou
4:3520% CF
D1Scandella – Dunn
17:0032% CF
D2Faulk – Krug
14:5920% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Mikkola
11:5956% CF

PP1Perron – O'Reilly – Schenn – Tarasenko – Krug
3:22100% CF
PP2Hoffman – Faulk – Sanford – Dunn – Kyrou
0:18100% CF
PK1FSundqvist – Sanford
1:45
PK2FSchenn – MacEachern
1:15
PK1DScandella – Faulk
3:06
PK2DBortuzzo – Mikkola
1:31

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

14:48
VGKMark Stone (Chandler Stephenson, Max Pacioretty)tip-in0.07 xG
VGK: Pacioretty, Martinez, Stone, Stephenson, TheodoreSTL: O'Reilly, Faulk, Tarasenko, Krug, Kyrou
VGK 1 – 0 STL
15:29
VGKJonathan Marchessault (Reilly Smith)backhand0.07 xG
VGK: McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, CoghlanSTL: Perron, Scandella, Schenn, Sanford, Dunn
VGK 2 – 0 STL

2nd period

5:14
STLRyan O'Reilly (Justin Faulk, Zachary Sanford)snap0.06 xG
VGK: Reaves, Stephenson, Kolesar, Hague, WhitecloudSTL: Perron, O'Reilly, Faulk, Krug, Sanford
VGK 2 – 1 STL
10:12
VGKTomas Nosek (Dylan Coghlan, Nicolas Roy)tip-in0.06 xG
VGK: McNabb, Nosek, Tuch, Roy, CoghlanSTL: Schenn, Faulk, Tarasenko, Krug, Blais
VGK 3 – 1 STL
13:36
STLVladimir Tarasenko (Sammy Blais, Robert Bortuzzo)wrist0.13 xG
VGK: McNabb, Nosek, Tuch, Roy, CoghlanSTL: Bortuzzo, Schenn, Tarasenko, Blais, Mikkola
VGK 3 – 2 STL

3rd period

4:53
STLZachary SanfordPP (Mike Hoffman, Jordan Kyrou)backhand0.26 xG
VGK: Nosek, Tuch, Hague, WhitecloudSTL: Hoffman, Faulk, Sanford, Dunn, Kyrou
VGK 3 – 3 STL
10:40
STLDavid PerronPP (Brayden Schenn, Vladimir Tarasenko)snap0.16 xG
VGK: Martinez, Stephenson, Nosek, WhitecloudSTL: Perron, O'Reilly, Schenn, Tarasenko, Krug
VGK 3 – 4 STL
11:27
VGKAlec Martinez (Tomas Nosek, Shea Theodore)wrist0.04 xG
VGK: Martinez, Theodore, Nosek, Tuch, RoySTL: Scandella, Sundqvist, Blais, Dunn, Kyrou
VGK 4 – 4 STL

OT period

2:38
VGKReilly SmithPP (Jonathan Marchessault, Alec Martinez)slap0.17 xG
VGK: Martinez, Smith, Marchessault, TuchSTL: Bortuzzo, Sundqvist, Mikkola
VGK 5 – 4 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
Max Pacioretty L	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.36	1	0	0	18:45	—	—	52	49
Mark Stone R	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.29	0	1	2	18:36	—	—	67	57
Chandler Stephenson C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.22	0	2	0	18:28	—	—	53	56
William Karlsson C	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.42	0	0	0	21:15	—	—	74	87
Reilly Smith R	L2	1	1	2	+1	4	0.19	0	1	0	19:56	—	—	67	83
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	1	1	2	+1	7	1.14	0	0	0	19:07	—	—	71	86
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	0	0	+1	4	0.30	0	1	0	18:07	—	—	68	68
Nicolas Roy C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.13	1	0	0	13:51	—	—	62	76
Tomas Nosek L	L3	1	1	2	+1	4	0.32	1	0	0	13:37	—	—	78	76
Cody Glass C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:10	—	—	42	0
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	7	1	0	7:57	—	—	64	59
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	0	0	0	7:51	—	—	70	76
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.06	0	0	0	23:51	—	—	68	63
Alec Martinez D	D1	1	1	2	+2	1	0.06	1	1	2	22:20	—	—	69	67
Zach Whitecloud D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	0	2	0	21:02	—	—	52	69
Nicolas Hague D	D2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.13	2	2	0	17:20	—	—	59	71
Brayden McNabb D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	15:43	—	—	69	73
Dylan Coghlan D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.06	1	1	2	15:23	—	—	75	80

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	23	19	4	.826	2.06	61:52

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brayden Schenn C	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.60	7	2	0	22:01	—	—	26	39
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L1	1	1	2	-1	1	0.13	0	1	0	20:45	—	—	24	45
Sammy Blais L	L1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:20	—	—	31	51
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.27	0	2	2	20:40	—	—	35	26
Zachary Sanford L	L2	1	1	2	0	2	0.27	1	0	0	17:47	—	—	39	25
David Perron L	L2	1	0	1	0	5	0.38	0	0	0	17:18	—	—	38	28
Kyle Clifford L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	1	0	0	10:13	—	—	69	60
Mackenzie MacEachern L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	0	0	8:56	—	—	50	42
Dakota Joshua C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	8:24	—	—	50	36
Oskar Sundqvist C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	2	16:16	—	—	41	15
Jordan Kyrou R	L4	0	1	1	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:47	—	—	12	0
Mike Hoffman C	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	1	0	0	11:47	—	—	44	9
Marco Scandella D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.14	1	2	0	24:20	—	—	35	32
Vince Dunn D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	1	2	0	19:20	—	—	34	30
Justin Faulk D	D2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	0	5	0	24:25	—	—	23	21
Torey Krug D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	1	2	21:26	—	—	25	19
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	2	1	2	16:00	—	—	57	72
Niko Mikkola D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	1	1	0	15:27	—	—	55	53

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	O	40	35	5	.875	3.97	62:20

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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.