Vegas Golden Knights vs. St. Louis BluesNov 22, 2021

FinalMonday, Nov 22, 2021· 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	2	0	0	2		VGK	11	7	16	34
STL	3	1	1	5		STL	13	13	5	31

: VGK 55STL 48
: VGK 2.99STL 2.42
PP goals: VGK 0STL 1
Hits: VGK 16STL 24
Blocks: VGK 14STL 6
PIM: VGK 4STL 6
: VGK 44%STL 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–2

St. Louis Blues beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–2 at home. Justin Faulk (STL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. STL's first power-play unit (Perron, O'Reilly, Tarasenko, Saad and Krug) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:08 together.

Points
Justin Faulk had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:25.Faulk
Points
David Perron had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:34.Perron
Points
Vladimir Tarasenko had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:38.Tarasenko
PP1
STL's first power-play unit (Perron, O'Reilly, Tarasenko, Saad and Krug) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:08 together.Perron O'Reilly Tarasenko Saad Krug
Luck
STL scored 5 goals on 2.42 expected goals (48 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for VGK: Kolesar–Brooks–Rondbjerg skated 8:12 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (80% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kolesar Brooks Rondbjerg
New line
New look for VGK: Leschyshyn–Jones–Cotter skated 8:57 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Leschyshyn Jones Cotter
Usage
Alex Pietrangelo (VGK) played 21:33, −3:08 down on his 24:41 season average over 79 games.Pietrangelo

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 103 of 103 attempts · STL 48 · VGK 55

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 36% of the game, STL 28%.

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
	53	52
	2.80	2.75
	2.55	2.68
	12	8
	5	4
	17	23
	−0.045	+0.045
	36%	28%

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 – Janmark – Roy
13:4667% CF
L2Dadonov – Stone – Stephenson
12:3847% CF
L3Leschyshyn – Jones – Cotter
8:5733% CF
L4Kolesar – Brooks – Rondbjerg
8:1280% CF
D1Hutton – Whitecloud
16:2448% CF
D2McNabb – Theodore
13:5339% CF
D3Pietrangelo – Hague
13:1944% CF

PP1Dadonov – Stone – Stephenson – Theodore – Roy
3:20100% CF
PP2Pietrangelo – Smith – Kolesar – Brooks – Hague
1:16100% CF
PK1FSmith – Roy
0:58
PK2FKolesar – Leschyshyn
0:31
PK1DPietrangelo – Hague
0:59
PK2DMcNabb – Whitecloud
0:58

Current VGK line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Perron – O'Reilly – Kyrou
12:1477% CF
L2Saad – Sundqvist – Barbashev
10:1050% CF
L3Tarasenko – Buchnevich – Thomas
9:5644% CF
L4Neal – Bozak – Kostin
7:2669% CF
D1Faulk – Krug
13:2358% CF
D2Mikkola – Perunovich
10:1450% CF
D3Scandella – Parayko
9:4150% CF

PP1Perron – O'Reilly – Tarasenko – Saad – Krug
1:08100% CF
PP2Neal – Buchnevich – Kyrou – Thomas – Perunovich
0:43100% CF
PK1FBozak – Barbashev
1:44
PK2FO'Reilly – Buchnevich
0:57
PK1DScandella – Parayko
3:08
PK2DFaulk – Mikkola
1:41

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:36
VGKChandler Stephenson (Alex Pietrangelo)wrist0.14 xG
VGK: Dadonov, Pietrangelo, Stone, Stephenson, HagueSTL: Saad, Krug, Parayko, Sundqvist, Barbashev
VGK 1 – 0 STL
6:50
VGKReilly Smith (Ben Hutton)wrist0.18 xG
VGK: Smith, Hutton, Janmark, Roy, WhitecloudSTL: Faulk, Tarasenko, Krug, Buchnevich, Thomas
VGK 2 – 0 STL
10:15
STLRyan O'Reilly (David Perron, Colton Parayko)snap0.02 xG
VGK: Dadonov, McNabb, Stone, Stephenson, TheodoreSTL: Perron, Scandella, O'Reilly, Parayko, Kyrou
VGK 2 – 1 STL
11:57
STLTyler Bozak (Klim Kostin, Justin Faulk)wrist0.21 xG
VGK: Smith, Hutton, Janmark, Roy, WhitecloudSTL: Neal, Bozak, Faulk, Krug, Kostin
VGK 2 – 2 STL
12:30
STLJustin Faulkwrist0.07 xG
VGK: Dadonov, Pietrangelo, Smith, Roy, HagueSTL: Faulk, Saad, Krug, Sundqvist, Barbashev
VGK 2 – 3 STL

2nd period

1:28
STLBrandon SaadPP (Vladimir Tarasenko, David Perron)wrist0.06 xG
VGK: McNabb, Smith, Roy, WhitecloudSTL: Perron, O'Reilly, Tarasenko, Saad, Krug
VGK 2 – 4 STL

3rd period

9:37
STLNiko Mikkola (Robert Thomas, Vladimir Tarasenko)wrist0.06 xG
VGK: Hutton, Leschyshyn, Jones, Whitecloud, CotterSTL: Tarasenko, Buchnevich, Mikkola, Thomas, Perunovich
VGK 2 – 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
Nicolas Roy C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.21	0	1	0	20:00	—	—	63	50
Reilly Smith R	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.26	0	0	0	19:44	—	—	61	44
Mattias Janmark C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	0	0	2	16:25	—	—	67	54
Mark Stone R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.27	0	0	0	19:32	—	—	39	43
Evgenii Dadonov L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	1	0	0	18:25	—	—	41	46
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.38	0	0	0	18:21	—	—	41	56
Paul Cotter L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	4	0	0	10:40	—	—	33	45
Ben Jones C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	2	1	0	10:31	—	—	30	36
Jake Leschyshyn C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	0	2	0	10:08	—	—	31	32
Adam Brooks C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	0	0	13:56	—	—	71	67
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	13:43	—	—	69	67
Jonas Rondbjerg R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.41	0	0	0	9:44	—	—	73	85
Zach Whitecloud D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.06	3	2	0	18:22	—	—	47	43
Ben Hutton D	D1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.06	0	2	2	17:46	—	—	47	39
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.22	0	1	0	22:35	—	—	45	43
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	1	0	0	17:17	—	—	55	60
Alex Pietrangelo D	D3	0	1	1	0	4	0.14	1	1	0	21:33	—	—	52	55
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	0	0	0	4	0.25	1	3	0	19:09	—	—	59	64

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Robin Lehner(start)	L	31	26	5	.839	2.42	60:00

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.36	0	0	0	18:45	—	—	48	48
David Perron L	L1	0	2	2	+1	4	0.13	2	0	0	16:34	—	—	71	75
Jordan Kyrou R	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.14	0	0	0	16:34	—	—	44	36
Brandon Saad L	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.06	0	0	0	15:53	—	—	47	14
Ivan Barbashev L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.16	3	1	0	14:41	—	—	44	29
Oskar Sundqvist C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	12:38	—	—	47	28
Robert Thomas C	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.22	1	1	0	16:55	—	—	50	55
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L3	0	2	2	0	1	0.15	2	0	0	15:38	—	—	37	42
Pavel Buchnevich L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.27	1	0	2	15:31	—	—	42	55
Tyler Bozak C	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.44	0	0	0	11:53	—	—	64	81
James Neal L	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.08	0	0	0	10:43	—	—	56	67
Klim Kostin C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.08	4	0	0	10:04	—	—	50	45
Justin Faulk D	D1	1	1	2	+1	3	0.12	1	2	2	22:25	—	—	46	49
Torey Krug D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	18:52	—	—	50	54
Scott Perunovich D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	1	0	0	18:47	—	—	52	58
Niko Mikkola D	D2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.06	3	0	0	16:38	—	—	52	62
Colton Parayko D	D3	0	1	1	0	2	0.06	3	1	0	24:27	—	—	49	42
Marco Scandella D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.08	1	0	0	17:02	—	—	50	47

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	W	34	32	2	.941	2.99	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.