Vegas Golden Knights vs. Montreal CanadiensNov 16, 2023

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	0	4	2	6		VGK	18	11	13	42
MTL	2	2	1	5		MTL	6	10	12	28

: VGK 96MTL 51
: VGK 5.25MTL 2.65
PP goals: VGK 3MTL 0
Hits: VGK 29MTL 23
Blocks: VGK 13MTL 26
PIM: VGK 6MTL 14
: VGK 49%MTL 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge Montreal Canadiens 6–5

Vegas Golden Knights beat Montreal Canadiens 6–5 at MTL. Shea Theodore (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 3A. VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Karlsson, Marchessault, Theodore and Eichel) scored 2 power-play goals on 23 attempts in 9:00 together.

Points
Shea Theodore had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 2 shots in 25:13.Theodore
Points
Jack Eichel had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 25:26.Eichel
Points
Mark Stone had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 21:40.Stone
Points
Jesse Ylonen had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 7:22.Ylonen
Points
Alex Newhook had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:43.Newhook
Points
Mike Matheson had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 28:08.Matheson
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Nick Suzuki had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:55.Suzuki
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Karlsson, Marchessault, Theodore and Eichel) scored 2 power-play goals on 23 attempts in 9:00 together.Stone Karlsson Marchessault Theodore Eichel

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 147 of 147 attempts · MTL 51 · VGK 96

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 48% of the game, MTL 12%.

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
	77	42
	3.40	2.13
	3.12	2.02
	25	7
	8	7
	23	13
	−0.014	+0.015
	48%	12%

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

L1Marchessault – Barbashev – Eichel
8:2055% CF
L2Stone – Amadio – Howden
8:1764% CF
L3Karlsson – Cotter – Dorofeyev
7:1071% CF
L4Carrier – Kolesar – Roy
6:2754% CF
D1Martinez – Pietrangelo
13:0273% CF
D2McNabb – Theodore
12:0450% CF
D3Hutton – Whitecloud
10:2970% CF

PP1Stone – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore – Eichel
9:0092% CF
PP2Pietrangelo – Barbashev – Amadio – Roy – Cotter
0:59100% CF
PK1FKarlsson – Eichel
2:31
PK2FRoy – Howden
0:46
PK1DPietrangelo – McNabb
3:23
PK2DMartinez – Whitecloud
2:02

Current VGK line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Dvorak – Caufield – Slafkovský
8:4627% CF
L2Anderson – Suzuki – Newhook
8:2850% CF
L3Gallagher – Pearson – Monahan
8:0232% CF
L4Evans – Pezzetta – Ylonen
5:5333% CF
D1Matheson – Barron
13:0652% CF
D2Kovacevic – Guhle
11:0936% CF
D3Lindstrom – Xhekaj
7:2933% CF

PP1Matheson – Anderson – Monahan – Suzuki – Caufield
3:2188% CF
PP2Gallagher – Dvorak – Newhook – Barron – Slafkovský
1:38100% CF
PK1FDvorak – Evans
4:52
PK2FPearson – Monahan
2:16
PK1DKovacevic – Guhle
3:23
PK2DMatheson – Barron
1:36

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
Jack Eichel C	L1	1	2	3	-1	5	0.35	0	0	0	25:26	—	—	62	47
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.96	0	0	0	22:02	—	—	59	49
Ivan Barbashev L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.12	2	0	0	13:19	—	—	57	44
Mark Stone R	L2	1	2	3	-1	3	0.20	0	0	4	21:40	—	—	72	75
Michael Amadio R	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.21	0	1	0	13:52	—	—	65	76
Brett Howden C	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.11	3	0	0	13:42	—	—	64	57
William Karlsson C	L3	0	1	1	-1	9	1.12	0	1	0	21:44	—	—	73	75
Paul Cotter L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.83	7	0	0	10:58	—	—	71	74
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.36	0	0	0	10:38	—	—	69	71
Nicolas Roy C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	1	1	0	12:04	—	—	57	41
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.04	7	0	2	10:00	—	—	57	37
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	6	0	0	7:58	—	—	67	51
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	0	4	0	23:51	—	—	72	76
Alec Martinez D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	1	3	0	16:37	—	—	70	86
Shea Theodore D	D2	1	3	4	0	2	0.09	0	1	0	25:13	—	—	55	50
Brayden McNabb D	D2	1	0	1	0	3	0.34	1	1	0	17:49	—	—	50	46
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.05	1	0	0	14:56	—	—	68	53
Ben Hutton D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	12:11	—	—	65	45

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Adin Hill(start)	W	28	23	5	.821	2.65	60:00

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Christian Dvorak C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.40	1	2	0	19:25	—	—	33	64
Cole Caufield R	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.28	1	0	0	15:52	—	—	38	78
Juraj Slafkovský L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	2	13:39	—	—	32	64
Nick Suzuki C	L2	0	2	2	+2	2	0.15	0	1	0	19:55	—	—	40	42
Josh Anderson R	L2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	5	0	0	16:44	—	—	38	34
Alex Newhook C	L2	1	1	2	+2	1	0.04	0	1	0	13:43	—	—	39	57
Sean Monahan C	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.25	0	3	0	18:43	—	—	31	28
Tanner Pearson L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.29	1	1	0	15:40	—	—	27	11
Brendan Gallagher R	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	1	0	4	11:20	—	—	33	28
Jake Evans C	L4	0	0	0	+2	1	0.00	1	1	0	14:53	—	—	42	41
Jesse Ylonen R	L4	2	0	2	+2	4	0.30	1	0	0	7:22	—	—	43	43
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	2	0	7:17	—	—	33	32
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	2	2	+1	4	0.38	2	3	2	28:08	—	—	42	15
Justin Barron D	D1	1	0	1	+2	2	0.17	2	3	2	22:12	—	—	42	22
Kaiden Guhle D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.09	0	5	4	21:37	—	—	31	43
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D2	1	0	1	-1	1	0.14	1	1	0	21:27	—	—	36	40
Gustav Lindstrom D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.10	0	2	0	12:04	—	—	24	56
Arber Xhekaj D	D3	0	0	0	+3	0	0.01	4	0	0	10:19	—	—	30	55

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cayden Primeau(start)	L	42	36	6	.857	5.25	59:04

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Alex Newhook (MTL) 1st 6:43 · assists Nick Suzuki, Mike Matheson · Forecheck turnover · 4.2 mph shot.

Alex Newhook · 1st 6:43 · MTL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 4.2 mph
Distance: 14 ft

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Johnathan Kovacevic · 1st 10:03 · MTL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 56.5 mph
Distance: 23 ft

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Brett Howden · 2nd 2:33 · VGK SH

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 54.4 mph
Distance: 31 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s

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Jesse Ylonen · 2nd 8:28 · MTL

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 38.9 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s

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Brayden McNabb · 2nd 8:46 · VGK

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 38.6 mph
Distance: 19 ft

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Jonathan Marchessault · 2nd 11:20 · VGK

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 71.9 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 s

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Jesse Ylonen · 2nd 11:53 · MTL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2
Shot: 48.0 mph
Distance: 18 ft
Type: one-timer

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Shea Theodore · 2nd 16:07 · VGK PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2
Shot: 68.0 mph
Distance: 49 ft

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Jack Eichel · 3rd 18:04 · VGK PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 2
Shot: 72.6 mph
Distance: 31 ft

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Mark Stone · 3rd 18:48 · VGK PP

Play: cycle
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 22.5 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Entry to goal: 6.9 s

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Justin Barron · 3rd 19:06 · MTL

Play: cycle
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 31.3 mph
Distance: 27 ft
Type: one-timer

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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.

Vegas Golden Knights vs. Montreal CanadiensNov 16, 2023

Fantasy takeaways

Vegas Golden Knights edge Montreal Canadiens 6–5

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Vegas Golden Knights

Montreal Canadiens

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Vegas Golden Knights

Montreal Canadiens

Goal anatomy

Alex Newhook · 1st 6:43 · MTL

Johnathan Kovacevic · 1st 10:03 · MTL

Brett Howden · 2nd 2:33 · VGK SH

Jesse Ylonen · 2nd 8:28 · MTL

Brayden McNabb · 2nd 8:46 · VGK

Jonathan Marchessault · 2nd 11:20 · VGK

Jesse Ylonen · 2nd 11:53 · MTL

Shea Theodore · 2nd 16:07 · VGK PP

Jack Eichel · 3rd 18:04 · VGK PP

Mark Stone · 3rd 18:48 · VGK PP

Justin Barron · 3rd 19:06 · MTL