Vegas Golden Knights vs. St. Louis BluesDec 6, 2023

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	1	4	1	6		VGK	13	16	20	49
STL	3	0	0	3		STL	11	10	8	29

: VGK 87STL 55
: VGK 6.17STL 2.42
PP goals: VGK 2STL 0
Hits: VGK 12STL 26
Blocks: VGK 20STL 17
PIM: VGK 6STL 12
: VGK 48%STL 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat St. Louis Blues 6–3

Vegas Golden Knights beat St. Louis Blues 6–3 at STL. Jack Eichel (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Jordan Binnington (STL) faced 48 shots and stopped 43 (.896), +17 against a season average of 31.3; the loss.

Points
Jack Eichel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 24:17.Eichel
Points
Jordan Kyrou had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:25.Kyrou
Points
Keegan Kolesar had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 10:10.Kolesar
Points
William Karlsson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:24.Karlsson
Points
Ivan Barbashev had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:49.Barbashev
Goalie
Jordan Binnington (STL) faced 48 shots and stopped 43 (.896), +17 against a season average of 31.3; the loss.Binnington
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Pietrangelo, Stone, Karlsson, Marchessault and Eichel) scored 1 power-play goal on 18 attempts in 7:19 together.Pietrangelo Stone Karlsson Marchessault Eichel
Usage
Jack Eichel (VGK) played 24:17, +3:49 up on his 20:28 season average over 62 games.Eichel

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 142 of 142 attempts · STL 55 · VGK 87

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 40% of the game, STL 17%.

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
	59	42
	3.12	1.78
	2.93	1.75
	19	8
	6	1
	17	13
	+0.001	−0.001
	40%	17%

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

L1Carrier – Kolesar – Roy
7:5177% CF
L2Stone – Barbashev – Eichel
7:3147% CF
L3Karlsson – Marchessault – Cotter
4:4356% CF
L4Stephenson – Amadio – Howden
3:0558% CF
D1Pietrangelo – Hutton
10:3345% CF
D2McNabb – Korczak
9:1779% CF
D3Hague – Whitecloud
7:3759% CF

PP1Pietrangelo – Stone – Karlsson – Marchessault – Eichel
7:1990% CF
PP2Stephenson – Hutton – Barbashev – Amadio – Roy
5:0086% CF
PK1FStone – Stephenson
2:04
PK2FKarlsson – Eichel
1:58
PK1DPietrangelo – McNabb
1:46
PK2DHague – Korczak
0:32

Current VGK line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Schenn – Hayes – Kyrou
8:0473% CF
L2Buchnevich – Thomas – Neighbours
7:4656% CF
L3Saad – Sundqvist – Kapanen
7:0417% CF
L4Blais – Toropchenko – Alexandrov
4:5630% CF
D1Faulk – Krug
11:5542% CF
D2Leddy – Parayko
11:2444% CF
D3Scandella – Perunovich
6:3950% CF

PP1Krug – Buchnevich – Kyrou – Thomas – Neighbours
3:35100% CF
PP2Faulk – Hayes – Saad – Kyrou – Perunovich
1:12100% CF
PK1FBuchnevich – Thomas
5:55
PK2FSundqvist – Kapanen
1:54
PK1DLeddy – Parayko
6:22
PK2DFaulk – Krug
4:33

Current STL 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
Nicolas Roy C	L1	0	1	1	+3	8	1.57	1	0	2	18:55	—	—	68	90
Keegan Kolesar R	L1	1	1	2	+2	4	0.36	0	1	0	10:10	—	—	68	93
William Carrier L	L1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	1	1	0	9:09	—	—	74	93
Jack Eichel C	L2	1	1	2	-1	6	0.86	0	2	0	24:17	—	—	43	54
Mark Stone R	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.70	0	0	0	21:34	—	—	45	54
Ivan Barbashev L	L2	0	2	2	-1	2	0.23	1	2	0	15:49	—	—	50	59
Jonathan Marchessault R	L3	1	0	1	0	6	0.53	0	0	2	19:29	—	—	57	42
William Karlsson C	L3	1	1	2	+1	2	0.69	0	1	0	17:24	—	—	58	58
Paul Cotter L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	0	0	8:47	—	—	57	65
Chandler Stephenson C	L4	0	1	1	-1	3	0.30	0	0	0	18:35	—	—	65	36
Michael Amadio R	L4	1	0	1	-1	5	0.55	0	1	0	11:40	—	—	63	43
Brett Howden C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	0	0	10:57	—	—	52	35
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.14	1	2	0	26:58	—	—	36	36
Ben Hutton D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	1	2	0	18:36	—	—	50	55
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.02	1	3	0	18:59	—	—	74	90
Kaedan Korczak D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	12:51	—	—	77	81
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.03	3	2	2	15:30	—	—	46	52
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	2	0	14:36	—	—	55	62

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	W	29	26	3	.897	2.42	59:44

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jordan Kyrou R	L1	1	1	2	0	3	0.33	0	0	0	16:25	—	—	63	61
Brayden Schenn C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.25	2	0	2	15:57	—	—	67	56
Kevin Hayes R	L1	1	0	1	+2	1	0.06	2	0	0	13:09	—	—	79	73
Pavel Buchnevich L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.25	0	1	0	24:03	—	—	50	54
Robert Thomas C	L2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.14	1	1	2	22:51	—	—	50	52
Jake Neighbours L	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.52	0	0	0	17:07	—	—	46	47
Oskar Sundqvist C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	6	3	2	16:08	—	—	14	13
Kasperi Kapanen R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.15	0	0	0	13:40	—	—	19	15
Brandon Saad L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	0	2	12:44	—	—	28	17
Alexey Toropchenko R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	2	9:19	—	—	23	0
Sammy Blais L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	1	0	7:30	—	—	36	18
Nikita Alexandrov C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	5	0	0	7:02	—	—	46	24
Justin Faulk D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.03	1	1	0	24:21	—	—	40	23
Torey Krug D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.13	0	1	2	23:39	—	—	39	34
Colton Parayko D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.04	3	5	0	22:44	—	—	43	52
Nick Leddy D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.33	1	0	0	21:16	—	—	43	46
Scott Perunovich D	D3	0	0	0	-3	2	0.06	1	2	0	12:13	—	—	40	29
Marco Scandella D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	2	1	0	9:30	—	—	47	51

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	L	48	43	5	.896	5.06	56:21

Goal anatomy

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

Zach Whitecloud (VGK) 1st 8:03 · assists Nicolas Roy, Keegan Kolesar · Odd-man rush · carried in · 4-on-2 at the blue line · 53.5 mph shot · 3.5 s from entry to goal.

Zach Whitecloud · 1st 8:03 · VGK

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 53.5 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Entry to goal: 3.5 s

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Jake Neighbours · 1st 9:20 · STL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 35.3 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 3.0 s

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Jordan Kyrou · 1st 17:11 · STL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 26.3 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 s

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Kevin Hayes · 1st 10:33 · STL

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 3
Shot: 22.1 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Entry to goal: 4.1 s

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William Karlsson · 3rd 19:48 · VGK EN

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 0.0 mph
Distance: 30 ft

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Jack Eichel · 2nd 9:42 · VGK

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 55.8 mph
Distance: 23 ft

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Jonathan Marchessault · 2nd 11:51 · VGK PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 1
Shot: 10.0 mph
Distance: 6 ft

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Keegan Kolesar · 2nd 12:18 · VGK

Play: deflection
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 15.5 mph
Distance: 7 ft

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Michael Amadio · 2nd 19:42 · VGK PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 32.3 mph
Distance: 17 ft
Type: rebound

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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. St. Louis BluesDec 6, 2023

Fantasy takeaways

Vegas Golden Knights beat St. Louis Blues 6–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Vegas Golden Knights

St. Louis Blues

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Vegas Golden Knights

St. Louis Blues

Goal anatomy

Zach Whitecloud · 1st 8:03 · VGK

Jake Neighbours · 1st 9:20 · STL

Jordan Kyrou · 1st 17:11 · STL

Kevin Hayes · 1st 10:33 · STL

William Karlsson · 3rd 19:48 · VGK EN

Jack Eichel · 2nd 9:42 · VGK

Jonathan Marchessault · 2nd 11:51 · VGK PP

Keegan Kolesar · 2nd 12:18 · VGK

Michael Amadio · 2nd 19:42 · VGK PP