Vegas Golden Knights vs. Boston BruinsNov 2, 2017

FinalThursday, Nov 2, 2017· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	0	1	0	1		VGK	8	12	9	29
BOS	0	1	1	2		BOS	5	15	8	28

: VGK 51BOS 61
: VGK 2.78BOS 3.08
PP goals: VGK 0BOS 0
Hits: VGK 30BOS 28
Blocks: VGK 20BOS 13
PIM: VGK 2BOS 6
: VGK 49%BOS 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins edge Vegas Golden Knights 2–1

Boston Bruins beat Vegas Golden Knights 2–1 at home. Torey Krug (BOS) led the scoring with 0G 2A. New look for VGK: Neal–Perron–Haula skated 13:26 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (42.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Torey Krug had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:29.Krug
New line
New look for VGK: Neal–Perron–Haula skated 13:26 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (42.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Neal Perron Haula
New line
New look for BOS: Szwarz–Heinen–Bjork skated 8:00 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (63.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Szwarz Heinen Bjork
New line
New look for BOS: Beleskey–Nash–Czarnik skated 6:15 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (72.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Beleskey Nash Czarnik
New line
New look for BOS: Kuraly–Schaller–DeBrusk skated 6:30 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (57.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kuraly Schaller DeBrusk
New line
New look for VGK: Eakin–Lindberg–Tuch skated 8:26 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eakin Lindberg Tuch
Luck
VGK scored 1 goal on 2.78 expected goals (51 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Tim Schaller (BOS) played 17:45, +4:31 up on his 13:14 season average over 81 games.Schaller

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)BOS attacks right (top on phones) →

BOS
VGK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 112 of 112 attempts · BOS 61 · VGK 51

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

BOS
VGK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

BOS 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 26% of the game, BOS 31%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

BOS

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	BOS
	46	71
	2.47	3.62
	2.40	3.47
	10	14
	2	12
	30	30
	+0.026	−0.027
	26%	31%

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

L1Neal – Perron – Haula
13:2642% CF
L2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
11:4519% CF
L3Eakin – Lindberg – Tuch
8:2667% CF
L4Carrier – Bellemare – Nosek
7:2965% CF
D1Sbisa – Schmidt
17:5544% CF
D2Engelland – McNabb
14:4745% CF
D3Miller – Hunt
12:4727% CF

PP1Smith – Karlsson – Miller – Hunt – Tuch
3:43100% CF
PP2Neal – Perron – Haula – Marchessault – Schmidt
1:4450% CF
PK1FSmith – Bellemare
0:51
PK2FLindberg – Nosek
0:25
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
1:26
PK2DSbisa – Schmidt
0:34

Current VGK line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak
14:2760% CF
L2Szwarz – Heinen – Bjork
8:0064% CF
L3Kuraly – Schaller – DeBrusk
6:3058% CF
L4Beleskey – Nash – Czarnik
6:1573% CF
D1Chara – McAvoy
16:0372% CF
D2Krug – Carlo
12:1762% CF
D3Postma – Miller
10:5867% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Krug – Pastrnak – Heinen
1:20100% CF
PP2Postma – Szwarz – Bjork – DeBrusk – McAvoy
0:30
PK1FNash – Schaller
1:44
PK2FBergeron – Marchand
1:06
PK1DChara – Carlo
2:51
PK2DMiller – McAvoy
2:00

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

3:24
BOSRiley Nash (Austin Czarnik, Torey Krug)wrist0.02 xG
VGK: Smith, Karlsson, Miller, Marchessault, HuntBOS: Beleskey, Nash, Krug, Carlo, Czarnik
VGK 0 – 1 BOS
9:34
VGKCody Eakin (Nate Schmidt)wrist0.03 xG
VGK: Sbisa, Eakin, Lindberg, Schmidt, TuchBOS: Postma, Miller, Kuraly, Schaller, DeBrusk
VGK 1 – 1 BOS

3rd period

9:53
BOSSean Kuraly (Jake DeBrusk, Torey Krug)wrist0.02 xG
VGK: Engelland, McNabb, Smith, Marchessault, BellemareBOS: Kuraly, Krug, Schaller, Carlo, DeBrusk
VGK 1 – 2 BOS

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
James Neal L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.21	1	0	0	18:49	—	—	40	37
David Perron L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	6	2	0	18:16	—	—	40	39
Erik Haula L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.38	2	0	0	17:34	—	—	43	44
William Karlsson C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	2	0	19:21	—	—	22	18
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.28	3	0	0	18:33	—	—	14	13
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.13	0	0	0	18:17	—	—	16	14
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.30	2	0	0	14:08	—	—	62	85
Cody Eakin C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.03	0	0	0	13:31	—	—	50	77
Oscar Lindberg L	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.15	3	1	0	12:58	—	—	50	74
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.20	1	0	0	10:19	—	—	52	65
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	2	0	0	10:09	—	—	55	72
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.33	0	0	0	8:45	—	—	67	81
Nate Schmidt D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.06	1	1	0	23:21	—	—	45	53
Luca Sbisa D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.08	0	5	0	20:20	—	—	45	45
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	5	4	0	18:02	—	—	44	53
Deryk Engelland D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	2	2	0	17:37	—	—	42	45
Brad Hunt D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	1	2	0	19:43	—	—	31	32
Colin Miller D	D3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.19	1	1	2	19:00	—	—	22	18

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Maxime Lagace(start)	L	28	26	2	.929	3.08	59:17

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brad Marchand L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	0	0	0	21:59	—	—	63	62
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.45	0	3	2	19:43	—	—	58	58
David Pastrnak R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.26	2	1	0	19:30	—	—	59	65
Jordan Szwarz C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.39	0	0	0	12:13	—	—	68	56
Danton Heinen L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	3	1	0	11:55	—	—	63	55
Anders Bjork L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	1	0	0	10:56	—	—	74	72
Tim Schaller L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	0	2	0	17:45	—	—	52	41
Jake DeBrusk L	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.18	0	0	0	13:29	—	—	55	43
Sean Kuraly C	L3	1	0	1	0	4	0.44	0	0	0	11:40	—	—	64	66
Riley Nash C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.15	5	0	0	16:30	—	—	55	57
Matt Beleskey L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	2	0	2	10:06	—	—	60	60
Austin Czarnik C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:35	—	—	71	67
Zdeno Chara D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	3	2	0	25:17	—	—	58	56
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	7	1	2	23:12	—	—	64	46
Brandon Carlo D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.03	1	2	0	18:59	—	—	60	64
Torey Krug D	D2	0	2	2	+2	2	0.34	1	0	0	18:29	—	—	63	67
Kevan Miller D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	2	1	0	18:53	—	—	63	63
Paul Postma D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.18	0	0	0	13:49	—	—	57	59

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tuukka Rask(start)	W	29	28	1	.966	2.78	60:00

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.