Vegas Golden Knights vs. Vancouver CanucksNov 29, 2018

FinalThursday, Nov 29, 2018· Rogers Arena

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

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Vancouver CanucksVAN

3

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	1	1	2	4		VGK	8	12	11	31
VAN	1	0	2	3		VAN	10	14	12	36

: VGK 52VAN 54
: VGK 2.78VAN 2.68
PP goals: VGK 1VAN 0
Hits: VGK 25VAN 25
Blocks: VGK 13VAN 9
PIM: VGK 6VAN 4
: VGK 53%VAN 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge Vancouver Canucks 4–3

Vegas Golden Knights beat Vancouver Canucks 4–3 at VAN. Brock Boeser (VAN) led the scoring with 2G 0A. VGK's first power-play unit (Pacioretty, Smith, Miller, Marchessault and Tuch) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:30 together.

Points
Brock Boeser had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 19:59.Boeser
Points
Max Pacioretty had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:24.Pacioretty
Points
Bo Horvat had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 23:41.Horvat
Points
Reilly Smith had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:48.Smith
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Pacioretty, Smith, Miller, Marchessault and Tuch) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:30 together.Pacioretty Smith Miller Marchessault Tuch
Goalie
Marc-Andre Fleury (VGK) faced 36 shots and stopped 33 (.917), +7 against a season average of 28.6; the win.Fleury
New line
New look for VAN: Gagner–Leipsic–Horvat skated 4:57 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gagner Leipsic Horvat
Usage
Alexander Edler (VAN) played 20:19, −4:20 down on his 24:39 season average over 55 games.Edler

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)VAN attacks right (top on phones) →

VAN
VGK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 106 of 106 attempts · VAN 54 · VGK 52

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

VAN
VGK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

VAN 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 38% of the game, VAN 32%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

VAN

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	VAN
	56	53
	2.94	2.41
	2.74	2.30
	13	6
	6	7
	10	7
	−0.003	+0.003
	38%	32%

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

L1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
12:2050% CF
L2Pacioretty – Eakin – Tuch
11:0150% CF
L3Reaves – Carrier – Bellemare
8:4563% CF
L4Carpenter – Carr – Nosek
7:5183% CF
D1Engelland – Theodore
16:3543% CF
D2McNabb – Schmidt
15:5064% CF
D3Holden – Miller
11:4071% CF

PP1Pacioretty – Smith – Miller – Marchessault – Tuch
2:30100% CF
PK1FBellemare – Nosek
2:09
PK2FEakin – Carpenter
1:41
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
2:09
PK2DHolden – Schmidt
1:17

Current VGK line combinations →

Vancouver Canucks

L1Goldobin – Boeser – Pettersson
11:4850% CF
L2Eriksson – Granlund – Virtanen
4:5967% CF
L3Gagner – Leipsic – Horvat
4:5725% CF
L4Schaller – Motte – Gaudette
2:3575% CF
D1Hutton – Stecher
16:5941% CF
D2Del Zotto – Tanev
14:4848% CF
D3Edler – Biega
12:5945% CF

PP1Edler – Gagner – Horvat – Boeser – Pettersson
3:22100% CF
PP2Eriksson – Granlund – Leipsic – Hutton – Goldobin
1:2850% CF
PK1FGranlund – Schaller
1:10
PK2FEriksson – Motte
0:48
PK1DDel Zotto – Tanev
1:31
PK2DEdler – Hutton
0:48

Current VAN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

9:46
VANBrock Boeser (Elias Pettersson)wrist0.15 xG
VGK: Pacioretty, McNabb, Eakin, Schmidt, CarpenterVAN: Del Zotto, Goldobin, Boeser, Stecher, Pettersson
VGK 0 – 1 VAN
14:00
VGKWilliam Carrier (Ryan Reaves, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare)wrist0.02 xG
VGK: Reaves, Holden, Miller, Carrier, BellemareVAN: Edler, Biega, Gagner, Leipsic, Horvat
VGK 1 – 1 VAN

2nd period

3:05
VGKMax PaciorettyPP (Reilly Smith, Jonathan Marchessault)wrist0.11 xG
VGK: Pacioretty, Smith, Miller, Marchessault, TuchVAN: Del Zotto, Tanev, Granlund, Schaller
VGK 2 – 1 VAN

3rd period

1:13
VGKMax Pacioretty (Cody Eakin, Alex Tuch)wrist0.10 xG
VGK: Pacioretty, McNabb, Eakin, Schmidt, TuchVAN: Leipsic, Hutton, Virtanen, Stecher, Pettersson
VGK 3 – 1 VAN
2:50
VANAlexander Edler (Bo Horvat, Tim Schaller)wrist0.12 xG
VGK: Engelland, Holden, Carpenter, Carr, NosekVAN: Edler, Gagner, Schaller, Horvat, Stecher
VGK 3 – 2 VAN
8:48
VANBrock Boeser (Sam Gagner, Bo Horvat)wrist0.13 xG
VGK: Holden, Smith, Karlsson, Miller, MarchessaultVAN: Gagner, Hutton, Horvat, Boeser, Stecher
VGK 3 – 3 VAN
13:35
VGKWilliam KarlssonSH (Reilly Smith)wrist0.12 xG
VGK: Smith, Karlsson, Miller, SchmidtVAN: Eriksson, Granlund, Leipsic, Hutton, Goldobin
VGK 4 – 3 VAN

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
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	2	2	0	1	0.16	2	0	0	18:48	—	—	45	37
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.02	2	0	0	16:53	—	—	50	51
William Karlsson C	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.23	0	1	2	16:43	—	—	46	46
Max Pacioretty L	L2	2	0	2	0	3	0.39	1	0	0	18:24	—	—	37	54
Cody Eakin C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	17:43	—	—	39	55
Alex Tuch R	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.46	2	2	2	16:02	—	—	52	79
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.16	0	0	0	14:13	—	—	52	44
Ryan Reaves R	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.19	4	0	0	13:24	—	—	41	37
William Carrier L	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.02	6	0	0	10:04	—	—	54	42
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:35	—	—	74	71
Ryan Carpenter C	L4	0	0	0	-2	3	0.20	1	0	0	12:24	—	—	71	61
Daniel Carr L	L4	0	0	0	-1	6	0.55	1	0	0	9:15	—	—	77	71
Deryk Engelland D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.19	1	4	0	22:10	—	—	34	36
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	17:13	—	—	43	45
Nate Schmidt D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.08	1	2	0	23:52	—	—	58	68
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	1	0	21:13	—	—	60	78
Colin Miller D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	2	17:30	—	—	70	51
Nick Holden D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	0	2	0	15:34	—	—	54	49

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	36	33	3	.917	2.68	60:00

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brock Boeser R	L1	2	0	2	+2	6	0.70	0	1	0	19:59	—	—	50	59
Elias Pettersson C	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	18:21	—	—	46	49
Nikolay Goldobin R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.34	0	0	0	17:58	—	—	37	43
Jake Virtanen R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	5	0	0	17:23	—	—	57	32
Markus Granlund C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	15:51	—	—	47	57
Loui Eriksson L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	0	1	0	13:06	—	—	50	63
Bo Horvat C	L3	0	2	2	+1	4	0.30	0	1	0	23:41	—	—	43	32
Sam Gagner C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.31	0	0	0	17:45	—	—	48	53
Brendan Leipsic L	L3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.11	1	1	0	11:38	—	—	41	27
Tyler Motte C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	1	0	0	10:07	—	—	47	17
Tim Schaller L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:42	—	—	67	56
Adam Gaudette R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	2	0	0	7:50	—	—	63	57
Ben Hutton D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	1	0	21:03	—	—	42	44
Troy Stecher D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.02	0	0	2	18:43	—	—	48	59
Chris Tanev D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	0	19:47	—	—	50	45
Michael Del Zotto D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.25	5	2	0	19:33	—	—	53	61
Alexander Edler D	D3	1	0	1	0	4	0.26	2	1	0	20:19	—	—	49	29
Alex Biega D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.06	5	0	2	15:25	—	—	47	27

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	L	31	27	4	.871	2.78	58:51

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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.