Vegas Golden Knights vs. Montreal CanadiensNov 10, 2018

FinalSaturday, Nov 10, 2018· Centre Bell

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	2	1	1	4		VGK	15	9	14	38
MTL	0	3	2	5		MTL	4	12	11	27

: VGK 58MTL 59
: VGK 3.50MTL 2.58
PP goals: VGK 2MTL 0
Hits: VGK 31MTL 25
Blocks: VGK 23MTL 11
PIM: VGK 4MTL 6
: VGK 61%MTL 39%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens edge Vegas Golden Knights 5–4

Montreal Canadiens beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–4 at home. William Karlsson (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 2A. VGK's first power-play unit (Reaves, Karlsson, Hyka, Hunt and Theodore) scored 2 power-play goals on 7 attempts in 2:34 together.

Points
William Karlsson had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 19:11.Karlsson
Points
Andrew Shaw had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:11.Shaw
Points
Brad Hunt had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 12:55.Hunt
Points
Jesperi Kotkaniemi had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:25.Kotkaniemi
Points
Max Domi had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:01.Domi
Points
Tomas Hyka had 2 assists (2 points) in 9:24.Hyka
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Reaves, Karlsson, Hyka, Hunt and Theodore) scored 2 power-play goals on 7 attempts in 2:34 together.Reaves Karlsson Hyka Hunt Theodore
Goalie
Antti Niemi (MTL) faced 38 shots and stopped 34 (.895), +6 against a season average of 31.7; the win.Niemi

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)MTL attacks right (top on phones) →

MTL
VGK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 117 of 117 attempts · MTL 59 · VGK 58

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MTL
VGK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

MTL 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 27% of the game, MTL 24%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

MTL

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	MTL
	53	62
	2.36	2.75
	2.31	2.70
	8	10
	4	4
	26	23
	+0.079	−0.079
	27%	24%

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 – Eakin – Tuch
14:3053% CF
L2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
12:1041% CF
L3Reaves – Carrier – Bellemare
10:4250% CF
L4Hyka – Carpenter – Nosek
6:3654% CF
D1Holden – Theodore
19:2051% CF
D2McNabb – Miller
17:4239% CF
D3Merrill – Hunt
10:1347% CF

PP1Reaves – Karlsson – Hyka – Hunt – Theodore
2:34100% CF
PP2Pacioretty – Smith – Miller – Marchessault – Tuch
1:51100% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
1:39
PK2FBellemare – Nosek
1:23
PK1DHolden – McNabb
3:02
PK2DMerrill – Theodore
0:50

Current VGK line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Tatar – Gallagher – Danault
12:3476% CF
L2Shaw – Drouin – Domi
12:2940% CF
L3Agostino – Lehkonen – Kotkaniemi
10:3869% CF
L4Deslauriers – Peca – Hudon
7:1380% CF
D1Alzner – Reilly
15:4950% CF
D2Schlemko – Mete
10:4667% CF
D3Petry – Benn
10:0355% CF

PP1Tatar – Gallagher – Reilly – Drouin – Domi
3:0963% CF
PP2Petry – Schlemko – Hudon – Lehkonen – Kotkaniemi
0:27100% CF
PK1FDanault – Lehkonen
1:51
PK2FPeca – Shaw
1:07
PK1DPetry – Benn
2:58
PK2DSchlemko – Alzner
1:44

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

17:40
VGKBrad HuntPP (William Karlsson, Tomas Hyka)wrist0.12 xG
VGK: Reaves, Karlsson, Hyka, Hunt, TheodoreMTL: Schlemko, Alzner, Deslauriers, Peca
VGK 1 – 0 MTL
18:37
VGKJonathan Marchessault (Reilly Smith, William Karlsson)deflected0.09 xG
VGK: McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, Miller, MarchessaultMTL: Petry, Alzner, Gallagher, Drouin, Domi
VGK 2 – 0 MTL

2nd period

6:04
MTLCharles Hudon (Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Victor Mete)backhand0.08 xG
VGK: McNabb, Miller, Hyka, Carpenter, NosekMTL: Schlemko, Agostino, Hudon, Mete, Kotkaniemi
VGK 2 – 1 MTL
7:09
MTLAndrew Shaw (Jonathan Drouin, Max Domi)wrist0.30 xG
VGK: Pacioretty, Merrill, Hunt, Bellemare, TuchMTL: Petry, Benn, Shaw, Drouin, Domi
VGK 2 – 2 MTL
9:57
MTLJesperi Kotkaniemi (Artturi Lehkonen, Kenny Agostino)wrist0.13 xG
VGK: Pacioretty, Holden, Eakin, Theodore, TuchMTL: Petry, Benn, Agostino, Lehkonen, Kotkaniemi
VGK 2 – 3 MTL
14:34
VGKAlex Tuch (Colin Miller, Cody Eakin)snap0.01 xG
VGK: McNabb, Eakin, Miller, Marchessault, TuchMTL: Petry, Benn, Tatar, Gallagher, Peca
VGK 3 – 3 MTL

3rd period

3:27
VGKWilliam KarlssonPP (Tomas Hyka, Brad Hunt)wrist0.04 xG
VGK: Reaves, Karlsson, Hyka, Hunt, TheodoreMTL: Petry, Benn, Deslauriers, Peca
VGK 4 – 3 MTL
9:20
MTLAndrew Shaw (Max Domi, Jeff Petry)backhand0.19 xG
VGK: McNabb, Eakin, Miller, Carpenter, NosekMTL: Petry, Schlemko, Shaw, Drouin, Domi
VGK 4 – 4 MTL
12:17
MTLTomas Tatar (Phillip Danault)backhand0.17 xG
VGK: Holden, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, TheodoreMTL: Alzner, Tatar, Gallagher, Reilly, Danault
VGK 4 – 5 MTL

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
Max Pacioretty L	L1	0	0	0	-2	9	1.20	0	0	0	20:46	—	—	47	64
Alex Tuch R	L1	1	0	1	-1	4	0.28	1	0	0	19:16	—	—	49	66
Cody Eakin C	L1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	2	2	0	17:27	—	—	47	65
William Karlsson C	L2	1	2	3	0	2	0.07	0	0	0	19:11	—	—	40	18
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.65	3	0	0	17:49	—	—	41	18
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.11	0	0	0	17:16	—	—	48	20
Ryan Reaves R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	4	1	0	15:40	—	—	40	13
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:35	—	—	43	9
William Carrier L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	9	0	0	11:04	—	—	46	15
Tomas Hyka R	L4	0	2	2	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:24	—	—	54	68
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	1	0	0	9:21	—	—	47	38
Ryan Carpenter C	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.12	5	0	0	8:50	—	—	47	35
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	0	0	-2	6	0.26	0	5	0	24:41	—	—	48	51
Nick Holden D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.05	0	5	0	23:10	—	—	52	52
Colin Miller D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.07	3	2	4	22:14	—	—	39	39
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	4	0	21:22	—	—	41	43
Brad Hunt D	D3	1	1	2	-1	4	0.52	0	0	0	12:55	—	—	47	51
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	4	0	12:51	—	—	47	51

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	L	27	22	5	.815	2.58	59:08

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brendan Gallagher R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.24	1	0	0	17:15	—	—	67	68
Phillip Danault C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:02	—	—	73	80
Tomas Tatar L	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.31	2	0	0	16:40	—	—	70	79
Andrew Shaw R	L2	2	0	2	+2	3	0.55	5	2	0	19:11	—	—	41	36
Max Domi C	L2	0	2	2	+1	3	0.13	0	2	0	18:01	—	—	40	33
Jonathan Drouin L	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.18	0	0	0	17:09	—	—	40	34
Artturi Lehkonen L	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.16	2	0	2	16:23	—	—	58	85
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L3	1	1	2	+2	2	0.53	0	1	0	13:25	—	—	70	89
Kenny Agostino L	L3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.04	6	0	0	13:00	—	—	72	95
Matthew Peca C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	0	0	11:53	—	—	40	62
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	2	1	0	9:37	—	—	57	88
Charles Hudon L	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.09	1	0	2	9:23	—	—	89	93
Mike Reilly D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.06	1	0	2	21:17	—	—	56	53
Karl Alzner D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:09	—	—	47	42
David Schlemko D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	2	3	0	20:00	—	—	60	50
Victor Mete D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	0	0	0	16:37	—	—	54	55
Jordie Benn D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	0	0	0	20:09	—	—	40	63
Jeff Petry D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.12	2	1	0	20:03	—	—	61	55

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Antti Niemi(start)	W	38	34	4	.895	3.50	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.