Vegas Golden Knights vs. St. Louis BluesMar 13, 2021

FinalSaturday, Mar 13, 2021· Enterprise Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	1	0	4	5		VGK	9	5	12	26
STL	0	0	1	1		STL	9	11	15	35

: VGK 58STL 54
: VGK 2.77STL 2.69
PP goals: VGK 0STL 0
Hits: VGK 11STL 18
Blocks: VGK 16STL 17
PIM: VGK 13STL 9
: VGK 51%STL 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights rout St. Louis Blues 5–1

Vegas Golden Knights beat St. Louis Blues 5–1 at STL. Max Pacioretty (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 2A. VGK scored 5 goals on 2.77 expected goals (58 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

Points
Max Pacioretty had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 16:51.Pacioretty
Points
Mark Stone had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 16:24.Stone
Points
Shea Theodore had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:36.Theodore
Points
Chandler Stephenson had 2 assists (2 points) in 16:29.Stephenson
Luck
VGK scored 5 goals on 2.77 expected goals (58 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Goalie
Marc-Andre Fleury (VGK) faced 35 shots and stopped 34 (.971), +8 against a season average of 27.5; the win.Fleury
New line
New look for VGK: Reaves–Brown–Kolesar skated 6:55 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (91.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Reaves Brown Kolesar
Luck
STL scored 1 goal on 2.69 expected goals (54 attempts), well short of its chances.

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 54 · VGK 58

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 27% of the game, STL 27%.

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
	61	36
	2.09	1.98
	2.02	1.95
	6	8
	1	2
	6	5
	+0.027	−0.027
	27%	27%

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

L1Nosek – Tuch – Roy
11:2163% CF
L2Pacioretty – Stone – Stephenson
10:4176% CF
L3Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
9:2856% CF
L4Reaves – Brown – Kolesar
6:5592% CF
D1Martinez – Theodore
15:3661% CF
D2McNabb – Coghlan
14:3371% CF
D3Hague – Whitecloud
13:0663% CF

PP1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Roy – Coghlan
1:07100% CF
PP2Pacioretty – Stone – Stephenson – Theodore – Tuch
0:52100% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
2:49
PK2FStone – Stephenson
0:45
PK1DMartinez – McNabb
3:58
PK2DHague – Whitecloud
0:16

Current VGK line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Perron – O'Reilly – Sanford
10:4940% CF
L2Hoffman – Sundqvist – Kyrou
9:5436% CF
L3Schenn – Tarasenko – Blais
9:5440% CF
L4Clifford – MacEachern – Joshua
5:1833% CF
D1Faulk – Krug
15:5933% CF
D2Scandella – Dunn
11:4350% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Mikkola
9:2343% CF

PP1Perron – O'Reilly – Schenn – Tarasenko – Krug
4:26100% CF
PP2Hoffman – Faulk – Sanford – Dunn – Kyrou
0:41
PK1FSchenn – Sundqvist
0:27
PK2FClifford – Sanford
0:27
PK1DScandella – Faulk
1:09

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:01
VGKShea Theodore (Jonathan Marchessault, William Karlsson)wrist0.15 xG
VGK: Martinez, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, TheodoreSTL: Scandella, Schenn, Tarasenko, Krug, Blais
VGK 1 – 0 STL

3rd period

1:32
VGKMark Stone (Max Pacioretty, Shea Theodore)slap0.01 xG
VGK: Pacioretty, Stone, Stephenson, Theodore, HagueSTL: Scandella, Hoffman, Faulk, Sundqvist, Kyrou
VGK 2 – 0 STL
4:39
STLSammy Blais (Vladimir Tarasenko, Justin Faulk)wrist0.17 xG
VGK: Pacioretty, Martinez, Stone, Stephenson, TheodoreSTL: Schenn, Faulk, Tarasenko, Blais, Dunn
VGK 2 – 1 STL
7:25
VGKMax Pacioretty (Chandler Stephenson, Brayden McNabb)wrist0.05 xG
VGK: Pacioretty, McNabb, Stone, Stephenson, CoghlanSTL: Scandella, Schenn, Tarasenko, Blais, Dunn
VGK 3 – 1 STL
12:09
VGKMark Stone (Max Pacioretty, Chandler Stephenson)wrap-around0.06 xG
VGK: Pacioretty, Martinez, Stone, Stephenson, TheodoreSTL: Perron, O'Reilly, Faulk, Krug, Sanford
VGK 4 – 1 STL
19:30
VGKAlex TuchENwrist0.52 xG
VGK: Martinez, McNabb, Nosek, Tuch, RoySTL: Faulk, Sundqvist, Sanford, Blais, Dunn, Kyrou
VGK 5 – 1 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
Alex Tuch R	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.76	0	0	2	15:30	—	—	50	68
Nicolas Roy C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.19	0	0	0	14:56	—	—	58	66
Tomas Nosek L	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	1	0	0	14:49	—	—	55	64
Max Pacioretty L	L2	1	2	3	+2	4	0.29	0	0	0	16:51	—	—	64	45
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	0	2	2	+2	0	0.04	0	0	2	16:29	—	—	71	50
Mark Stone R	L2	2	0	2	+2	5	0.52	0	1	0	16:24	—	—	76	61
William Karlsson C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	19:15	—	—	55	32
Reilly Smith R	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	1	0	0	18:49	—	—	52	26
Jonathan Marchessault R	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.14	0	0	0	16:35	—	—	60	32
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	8:37	—	—	69	70
Patrick Brown C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	2	8:36	—	—	73	70
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	5	7:19	—	—	92	100
Alec Martinez D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.04	0	6	0	24:34	—	—	54	46
Shea Theodore D	D1	1	1	2	+2	1	0.15	0	0	0	19:36	—	—	70	62
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.20	0	3	0	22:33	—	—	68	47
Dylan Coghlan D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.08	2	0	0	16:55	—	—	67	47
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.13	1	1	0	17:19	—	—	59	53
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.09	1	3	2	17:01	—	—	58	51

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	35	34	1	.971	2.69	59:52

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.20	1	0	0	23:40	—	—	45	44
David Perron L	L1	0	0	0	-1	6	0.44	0	1	0	22:11	—	—	39	46
Zachary Sanford L	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.34	0	1	0	15:29	—	—	46	51
Mike Hoffman C	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.09	2	0	0	17:58	—	—	35	46
Jordan Kyrou R	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.46	0	0	0	14:25	—	—	38	51
Oskar Sundqvist C	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	2	0	13:57	—	—	36	48
Brayden Schenn C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	1	0	22:21	—	—	38	60
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L3	0	1	1	-1	5	0.55	0	1	0	20:37	—	—	36	55
Sammy Blais L	L3	1	0	1	-2	2	0.21	4	0	0	12:36	—	—	36	55
Kyle Clifford L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:00	—	—	23	11
Mackenzie MacEachern L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	1	0	0	8:26	—	—	33	15
Dakota Joshua C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	0	5	7:01	—	—	25	1
Torey Krug D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.08	1	2	0	27:51	—	—	30	44
Justin Faulk D	D1	0	1	1	-2	0	0.00	1	4	0	24:19	—	—	30	43
Marco Scandella D	D2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.03	0	0	0	17:46	—	—	41	42
Vince Dunn D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	0	4	0	17:44	—	—	45	74
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	3	1	2	12:29	—	—	29	36
Niko Mikkola D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	0	0	12:13	—	—	50	47

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ville Husso(start)	L	25	21	4	.840	1.89	55:57

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.