Vegas Golden Knights vs. Boston BruinsDec 14, 2021
| Goals | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | Shots | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VGK | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | VGK | 10 | 8 | 7 | 25 | |
| BOS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | BOS | 7 | 9 | 8 | 24 |
- VGK 51BOS 51
- VGK 2.54BOS 1.44
- PP goals
- VGK 1BOS 0
- Hits
- VGK 20BOS 38
- Blocks
- VGK 14BOS 12
- PIM
- VGK 2BOS 2
- VGK 40%BOS 60%
Fantasy takeaways
Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.
Vegas Golden Knights beat Boston Bruins 4–1
Vegas Golden Knights beat Boston Bruins 4–1 at BOS. Chandler Stephenson (VGK) led the scoring with 0G 3A. New look for BOS: Haula–Coyle–DeBrusk skated 7:29 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (38.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
- PointsChandler Stephenson had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 16:50.Stephenson
- PointsMax Pacioretty had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:21.Pacioretty
- PointsMark Stone had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:37.Stone
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- UsageShea Theodore (VGK) played 16:47, −6:26 down on his 23:13 season average over 77 games.Theodore
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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.
Shot map, VGK at BOS: 102 attempts, 49 on goal, 5 goals, 3.98 expected goals; best chance Reilly Smith at 0.62 xG.
- BOS
- VGK
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Showing 102 of 102 attempts · BOS 51 · VGK 51
Game flow
Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.
Cumulative shot attempts
Game flow, VGK at BOS: expected goals 1.44 to 2.54 (VGK led the chances), shot attempts 51 to 51, 5 goals.
- BOS
- VGK
- Goal
- Power play (shaded)
- 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 32% of the game, BOS 35%.
Shift chart
Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.
Shifts
Shift chart, VGK at BOS: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Jeremy Swayman (57:17) for BOS and Robin Lehner (60:00) for VGK, 5 goals.
- 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).
| Stat | VGK | BOS |
|---|---|---|
| 54 | 54 | |
| 2.14 | 1.24 | |
| 2.06 | 1.22 | |
| 8 | 6 | |
| 5 | 2 | |
| 17 | 19 | |
| −0.117 | +0.117 | |
| 32% | 35% |
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
- L1Pacioretty – Stone – Stephenson13:0259% CF
- L2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault11:5950% CF
- 10:4847% CF
- 10:3550% CF
- D1Pietrangelo – Hague18:3242% CF
- D2McNabb – Whitecloud16:1733% CF
- 13:4071% CF
- PP1Pietrangelo – Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Kolesar0:18100% CF
- 0:35
- 0:30
- PK1DPietrangelo – Hague1:18
- PK2DMcNabb – Whitecloud0:42
Boston Bruins
- 13:3958% CF
- 7:2939% CF
- 7:0780% CF
- 4:1940% CF
- 11:4662% CF
- 10:4039% CF
- 9:3282% CF
- 0:510% CF
- 0:48100% CF
- 0:18
- 0:18
Scoring summary
Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.
1st period
- 13:04VGK: Pacioretty, Stone, Stephenson, Hutton, TheodoreBOS: Forbort, Nosek, DeBrusk, McAvoy, KuhlmanVGK 1 – 0 BOS
- 15:19VGK: Pacioretty, Stone, Stephenson, Hutton, TheodoreBOS: Foligno, Haula, Coyle, Forbort, McAvoyVGK 2 – 0 BOS
- 19:59VGK: Pietrangelo, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, KolesarBOS: Coyle, Forbort, Nosek, CarloVGK 3 – 0 BOS
2nd period
- 5:06VGK: Pacioretty, Stone, Stephenson, Theodore, WhitecloudBOS: Foligno, Haula, Coyle, Grzelcyk, McAvoyVGK 4 – 0 BOS
3rd period
- 0:21VGK: McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, WhitecloudBOS: Bergeron, Hall, Grzelcyk, Pastrnak, McAvoyVGK 4 – 1 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
| Skater | Line | G | A | P | +/- | Hits | Blk | PIM | PP | SH | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chandler Stephenson C | L1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 1 | 0.10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16:50 | — | — | 59 | 93 |
| Mark Stone R | L1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | 0.11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:37 | — | — | 54 | 84 |
| Max Pacioretty L | L1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 0.31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:21 | — | — | 59 | 93 |
| William Karlsson C | L2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:02 | — | — | 46 | 34 |
| Jonathan Marchessault R | L2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 0.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:13 | — | — | 50 | 38 |
| Reilly Smith R | L2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0.72 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:57 | — | — | 50 | 37 |
| Mattias Janmark C | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14:34 | — | — | 44 | 51 |
| Keegan Kolesar R | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.01 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13:45 | — | — | 45 | 57 |
| Evgenii Dadonov L | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11:58 | — | — | 47 | 67 |
| Michael Amadio R | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.56 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15:14 | — | — | 50 | 72 |
| Brett Howden C | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12:55 | — | — | 48 | 69 |
| William Carrier L | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12:53 | — | — | 48 | 70 |
| Alex Pietrangelo D | D1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.04 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23:42 | — | — | 48 | 77 |
| Nicolas Hague D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.04 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 22:20 | — | — | 40 | 61 |
| Brayden McNabb D | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0.01 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20:47 | — | — | 35 | 32 |
| Zach Whitecloud D | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.02 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 20:33 | — | — | 31 | 32 |
| Shea Theodore D | D3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 3 | 0.12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:47 | — | — | 76 | 92 |
| Ben Hutton D | D3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 0.07 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15:32 | — | — | 64 | 81 |
| Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robin Lehner(start) | W | 24 | 23 | 1 | .958 | 1.44 | 60:00 |
Boston Bruins
| Skater | Line | G | A | P | +/- | Hits | Blk | PIM | PP | SH | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Pastrnak R | L1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0.08 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:22 | — | — | 55 | 48 |
| Taylor Hall L | L1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0.01 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:45 | — | — | 54 | 47 |
| Patrice Bergeron C | L1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0.43 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16:41 | — | — | 60 | 56 |
| Charlie Coyle C | L2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0.03 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18:28 | — | — | 41 | 19 |
| Jake DeBrusk L | L2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0.21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:28 | — | — | 44 | 21 |
| Erik Haula L | L2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 0.12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15:54 | — | — | 40 | 15 |
| Nick Foligno L | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 0.03 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16:11 | — | — | 61 | 29 |
| Curtis Lazar C | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.08 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14:18 | — | — | 67 | 58 |
| Trent Frederic C | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.04 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:38 | — | — | 65 | 38 |
| Tomas Nosek L | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0.22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:16 | — | — | 33 | 35 |
| Karson Kuhlman C | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10:54 | — | — | 38 | 46 |
| Anton Blidh L | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10:15 | — | — | 42 | 39 |
| Charlie McAvoy D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0.04 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:26 | — | — | 60 | 38 |
| Matt Grzelcyk D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:15 | — | — | 49 | 34 |
| John Moore D | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.02 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 21:58 | — | — | 42 | 26 |
| Brandon Carlo D | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19:31 | — | — | 33 | 22 |
| Connor Clifton D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.04 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16:56 | — | — | 59 | 45 |
| Derek Forbort D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0.01 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:09 | — | — | 71 | 65 |
| Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Swayman(start) | L | 25 | 21 | 4 | .840 | 1.92 | 57:17 |