Vegas Golden Knights vs. Boston BruinsDec 5, 2022

Final / SOMonday, Dec 5, 2022· TD Garden

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

4

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Boston BruinsBOS

3

Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
VGK	2	1	0	0	1	4		VGK	8	6	9	1	24
BOS	0	2	1	0	0	3		BOS	8	15	14	6	43

: VGK 49BOS 73
: VGK 2.32BOS 4.28
PP goals: VGK 0BOS 1
Hits: VGK 28BOS 35
Blocks: VGK 13BOS 13
PIM: VGK 8BOS 6
: VGK 54%BOS 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge Boston Bruins 4–3 (SO)

Vegas Golden Knights beat Boston Bruins 4–3 in a shootout at BOS. Paul Cotter (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for VGK: Stone–Stephenson–Cotter skated 12:37 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (60.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Paul Cotter had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:49.Cotter
Points
Brad Marchand had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 22:02.Marchand
Points
Shea Theodore had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 24:30.Theodore
New line
New look for VGK: Stone–Stephenson–Cotter skated 12:37 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (60.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Stone Stephenson Cotter
Goalie
Logan Thompson (VGK) faced 43 shots and stopped 40 (.930), +12 against a season average of 30.6; the win.Thompson
New line
New look for VGK: Kessel–Amadio–Roy skated 5:14 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (11.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kessel Amadio Roy
Usage
Brad Marchand (BOS) played 22:02, +3:33 up on his 18:29 season average over 72 games.Marchand
Usage
Charlie McAvoy (BOS) played 25:50, +3:35 up on his 22:15 season average over 66 games.McAvoy

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 122 of 122 attempts · BOS 73 · VGK 49

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 15% of the game, BOS 39%.

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
	50	60
	1.99	2.98
	1.97	2.86
	16	16
	12	6
	26	22
	+0.045	−0.045
	15%	39%

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

L1Stone – Stephenson – Cotter
12:3761% CF
L2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
11:3063% CF
L3Carrier – Kolesar – Leschyshyn
7:0327% CF
L4Kessel – Amadio – Roy
5:1411% CF
D1Martinez – Whitecloud
16:3439% CF
D2McNabb – Theodore
16:3453% CF
D3Hague – Miromanov
11:3138% CF

PP1Kessel – Stone – Marchessault – Stephenson – Theodore
2:17
PP2Smith – Karlsson – Theodore – Amadio – Roy
1:50
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
1:18
PK2FStone – Stephenson
0:54
PK1DMcNabb – Whitecloud
1:18
PK2DMartinez – Hague
0:18

Current VGK line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Bergeron – Marchand – DeBrusk
7:5067% CF
L2Coyle – Hall – Frederic
6:1677% CF
L3Foligno – Nosek – Greer
6:1033% CF
L4Krejci – Pastrnak – Zacha
5:3536% CF
D1Lindholm – Carlo
8:1657% CF
D2Grzelcyk – McAvoy
8:1562% CF
D3Forbort – Clifton
7:3047% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak – DeBrusk – McAvoy
2:08100% CF
PP2Bergeron – Krejci – Marchand – Hall – Pastrnak
0:53100% CF
PK1FBergeron – Marchand
1:10
PK2FCoyle – Nosek
1:02
PK1DLindholm – McAvoy
2:58
PK2DForbort – Carlo
2:32

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:36
VGKPaul Cotter (William Karlsson, Shea Theodore)snap0.18 xG
VGK: McNabb, Karlsson, Marchessault, Theodore, CotterBOS: Krejci, Marchand, Lindholm, Carlo, DeBrusk
VGK 1 – 0 BOS
5:04
VGKJonathan Marchessaultwrist0.01 xG
VGK: Martinez, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, WhitecloudBOS: Krejci, Forbort, Pastrnak, Zacha, McAvoy
VGK 2 – 0 BOS

2nd period

0:51
VGKPaul Cotter (Mark Stone, Shea Theodore)wrist0.05 xG
VGK: McNabb, Stone, Stephenson, Theodore, CotterBOS: Coyle, Forbort, Hall, Clifton, Pastrnak
VGK 3 – 0 BOS
13:46
BOSBrad Marchand (Patrice Bergeron, Brandon Carlo)snap0.18 xG
VGK: Kessel, McNabb, Amadio, Roy, MiromanovBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Lindholm, Carlo, DeBrusk
VGK 3 – 1 BOS
19:35
BOSDavid Pastrnak (Charlie McAvoy, Hampus Lindholm)wrist0.04 xG
VGK: McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, TheodoreBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Lindholm, Pastrnak, McAvoy
VGK 3 – 2 BOS

3rd period

3:08
BOSTaylor HallPP (Brad Marchand)wrist0.32 xG
VGK: Martinez, McNabb, Stephenson, KolesarBOS: Bergeron, Krejci, Marchand, Hall, Pastrnak
VGK 3 – 3 BOS

Decided in the shootout: VGK 4 – 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
Chandler Stephenson C	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.13	2	1	0	21:57	—	—	56	71
Mark Stone R	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.38	0	0	0	21:05	—	—	56	66
Paul Cotter L	L1	2	0	2	+2	3	0.38	3	1	0	15:49	—	—	59	68
William Karlsson C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.10	2	0	0	20:58	—	—	61	49
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.33	1	0	0	19:57	—	—	53	44
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.27	1	0	0	17:08	—	—	66	67
William Carrier L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	0	0	13:53	—	—	30	8
Keegan Kolesar R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	6	1	2	13:17	—	—	27	7
Jake Leschyshyn C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	8:58	—	—	23	0
Nicolas Roy C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	4	17:07	—	—	25	18
Phil Kessel R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	0	0	0	9:13	—	—	15	22
Michael Amadio R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	7:38	—	—	11	2
Alec Martinez D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	0	2	0	24:53	—	—	43	48
Zach Whitecloud D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	1	2	21:39	—	—	43	58
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	2	2	+1	4	0.38	0	1	0	24:30	—	—	53	44
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	3	0	23:23	—	—	51	40
Daniil Miromanov D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	15:39	—	—	43	30
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	0	1	0	13:23	—	—	36	23

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	W	43	40	3	.930	4.28	64:57

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brad Marchand L	L1	1	1	2	+1	2	0.54	6	0	2	22:02	—	—	57	70
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.58	2	0	0	20:31	—	—	61	94
Jake DeBrusk L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	0	1	0	18:10	—	—	54	56
Charlie Coyle C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.08	1	1	0	17:16	—	—	56	76
Taylor Hall L	L2	1	0	1	-1	4	0.57	0	1	0	16:29	—	—	65	79
Trent Frederic C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.31	2	0	2	13:36	—	—	72	82
Tomas Nosek L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	1	2	9:31	—	—	50	62
Nick Foligno L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:14	—	—	25	45
A.J. Greer L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:16	—	—	38	60
David Pastrnak R	L4	1	0	1	-1	5	0.47	3	1	0	22:30	—	—	50	55
David Krejci C	L4	0	0	0	-2	6	0.46	1	0	0	20:32	—	—	48	33
Pavel Zacha C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	2	0	0	15:34	—	—	44	28
Hampus Lindholm D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.50	0	1	0	25:33	—	—	56	65
Brandon Carlo D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3	3	0	18:58	—	—	56	69
Charlie McAvoy D	D2	0	1	1	0	5	0.18	2	3	0	25:50	—	—	47	48
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	4	1	0	17:34	—	—	67	73
Derek Forbort D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.14	4	0	0	16:22	—	—	36	38
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	2	0	0	14:39	—	—	62	70

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	O	24	21	3	.875	2.32	64:25

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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.