Vegas Golden Knights vs. Boston BruinsJan 21, 2020

FinalTuesday, Jan 21, 2020· TD Garden

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

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Boston BruinsBOS

3

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	1	1	0	2		VGK	8	8	13	29
BOS	1	0	2	3		BOS	14	9	14	37

: VGK 41BOS 55
: VGK 1.68BOS 2.76
PP goals: VGK 1BOS 0
Hits: VGK 27BOS 27
Blocks: VGK 9BOS 5
PIM: VGK 8BOS 4
: VGK 45%BOS 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins edge Vegas Golden Knights 3–2

Boston Bruins beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–2 at home. David Krejci (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for BOS: Krejci–Heinen–Kuhlman skated 8:45 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
David Krejci had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:04.Krejci
Points
Nate Schmidt had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 24:03.Schmidt
New line
New look for BOS: Krejci–Heinen–Kuhlman skated 8:45 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Krejci Heinen Kuhlman
Goalie
Marc-Andre Fleury (VGK) faced 37 shots and stopped 34 (.919), +8 against a season average of 28.6; the loss.Fleury
New line
New look for BOS: Wagner–Kuraly–Blidh skated 8:04 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Wagner Kuraly Blidh
Usage
Danton Heinen (BOS) played 10:38, −3:54 down on his 14:32 season average over 66 games.Heinen
Usage
Chris Wagner (BOS) played 8:28, −4:02 down on his 12:30 season average over 66 games.Wagner
Usage
Paul Stastny (VGK) played 20:55, +3:51 up on his 17:04 season average over 70 games.Stastny

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 96 of 96 attempts · BOS 55 · VGK 41

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 12% of the game, BOS 53%.

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
	40	53
	1.55	2.70
	1.51	2.59
	5	11
	6	4
	25	18
	−0.012	+0.012
	12%	53%

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

L1Stastny – Pacioretty – Stone
11:4356% CF
L2Smith – Marchessault – Stephenson
9:1732% CF
L3Eakin – Carrier – Tuch
8:2255% CF
L4Reaves – Nosek – Roy
5:4027% CF
D1McNabb – Schmidt
13:3759% CF
D2Holden – Theodore
12:0620% CF
D3Engelland – Hague
8:1947% CF

PP1Stastny – Pacioretty – Stone – Theodore – Tuch
2:0975% CF
PP2Smith – Marchessault – Stephenson – Schmidt – Hague
1:30100% CF
PK1FEakin – Nosek
2:16
PK2FStastny – Stone
2:14
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
4:49
PK2DHolden – Schmidt
3:53

Current VGK line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak
10:4458% CF
L2Krejci – Heinen – Kuhlman
8:4563% CF
L3Coyle – Bjork – DeBrusk
8:1778% CF
L4Wagner – Kuraly – Blidh
8:0450% CF
D1Krug – Carlo
10:3463% CF
D2Chara – McAvoy
7:5250% CF
D3Grzelcyk – Lauzon
7:2450% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Krug – Pastrnak – DeBrusk
5:35100% CF
PP2Krejci – Coyle – Grzelcyk – Bjork – McAvoy
2:17100% CF
PK1FBergeron – Marchand
1:21
PK2FKuraly – Blidh
1:07
PK1DCarlo – Lauzon
1:10
PK2DGrzelcyk – McAvoy
0:52

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:24
VGKMark Stone (Nate Schmidt)backhand0.06 xG
VGK: Engelland, Stastny, Pacioretty, Stone, HagueBOS: Chara, Krejci, DeBrusk, McAvoy, Kuhlman
VGK 1 – 0 BOS
11:40
BOSJeremy Lauzon (David Krejci, Karson Kuhlman)slap0.02 xG
VGK: McNabb, Eakin, Schmidt, Carrier, TuchBOS: Krejci, Grzelcyk, Heinen, Lauzon, Kuhlman
VGK 1 – 1 BOS

2nd period

10:59
VGKNicolas HaguePP (Nate Schmidt, Jonathan Marchessault)slap0.07 xG
VGK: Smith, Marchessault, Stephenson, Schmidt, HagueBOS: Kuraly, Grzelcyk, Blidh, McAvoy
VGK 2 – 1 BOS

3rd period

4:26
BOSJake DeBrusk (Charlie Coyle, Jaroslav Halak)wrist0.07 xG
VGK: Engelland, Eakin, Carrier, Tuch, HagueBOS: Coyle, Grzelcyk, Bjork, Lauzon, DeBrusk
VGK 2 – 2 BOS
12:18
BOSDavid Krejci (Brandon Carlo, Danton Heinen)wrist0.10 xG
VGK: Holden, Smith, Marchessault, Stephenson, TheodoreBOS: Krejci, Krug, Heinen, Carlo, Kuhlman
VGK 2 – 3 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
Paul Stastny C	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	20:55	—	—	52	56
Mark Stone R	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.12	0	0	2	19:22	—	—	48	51
Max Pacioretty L	L1	0	0	0	+1	7	0.44	1	0	0	16:53	—	—	58	63
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.16	0	0	0	16:42	—	—	41	41
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.15	0	0	0	14:26	—	—	37	40
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	2	13:52	—	—	30	26
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.01	3	0	0	15:43	—	—	43	17
Cody Eakin C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.06	4	0	0	14:29	—	—	57	44
William Carrier L	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.15	3	0	2	12:47	—	—	56	43
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	0	1	0	10:31	—	—	25	19
Nicolas Roy C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	2	0	0	10:09	—	—	33	23
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	8:56	—	—	31	19
Nate Schmidt D	D1	0	2	2	-1	1	0.02	1	0	0	24:03	—	—	52	38
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	5	3	0	20:11	—	—	52	37
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.17	0	0	0	21:11	—	—	38	37
Nick Holden D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	2	0	21:03	—	—	23	30
Deryk Engelland D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	2	0	16:01	—	—	48	42
Nicolas Hague D	D3	1	0	1	0	4	0.12	0	1	2	14:10	—	—	44	31

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	L	37	34	3	.919	2.76	58:18

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brad Marchand L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.38	1	2	0	22:53	—	—	59	61
David Pastrnak R	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.25	1	0	0	21:38	—	—	58	66
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.11	1	0	0	20:39	—	—	58	56
David Krejci C	L2	1	1	2	+1	1	0.10	0	1	0	18:04	—	—	60	69
Danton Heinen L	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.09	1	0	0	10:38	—	—	60	67
Karson Kuhlman C	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.27	1	0	0	10:16	—	—	56	61
Jake DeBrusk L	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.34	0	0	0	18:17	—	—	56	74
Charlie Coyle C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.14	1	0	0	16:28	—	—	76	91
Anders Bjork L	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.07	0	0	0	15:18	—	—	60	72
Sean Kuraly C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	3	0	0	11:14	—	—	41	52
Anton Blidh L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	3	0	0	9:45	—	—	47	53
Chris Wagner R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	1	0	0	8:28	—	—	47	53
Brandon Carlo D	D1	0	1	1	+1	5	0.22	4	0	2	21:23	—	—	58	61
Torey Krug D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.07	1	0	0	20:38	—	—	61	63
Charlie McAvoy D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.06	3	1	0	20:49	—	—	63	68
Zdeno Chara D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	1	0	2	18:32	—	—	46	42
Matt Grzelcyk D	D3	0	0	0	+2	2	0.21	1	0	0	15:38	—	—	63	87
Jeremy Lauzon D	D3	1	0	1	+2	2	0.02	4	1	0	15:38	—	—	50	68

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jaroslav Halak(start)	W	29	27	2	.931	1.68	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.