Vegas Golden Knights vs. Vancouver CanucksMar 9, 2019

FinalSaturday, Mar 9, 2019· Rogers Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	5	1	0	6		VGK	16	8	9	33
VAN	1	1	0	2		VAN	10	12	9	31

: VGK 58VAN 49
: VGK 3.13VAN 1.61
PP goals: VGK 0VAN 0
Hits: VGK 15VAN 34
Blocks: VGK 10VAN 18
PIM: VGK 2VAN 4
: VGK 51%VAN 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights rout Vancouver Canucks 6–2

Vegas Golden Knights beat Vancouver Canucks 6–2 at VAN. Alex Tuch (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 2A. New look for VAN: Eriksson–Roussel–Horvat skated 4:37 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Alex Tuch had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 16:31.Tuch
Points
Mark Stone had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:05.Stone
Points
Paul Stastny had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:22.Stastny
Points
Tomas Nosek had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 11:02.Nosek
Points
Alex Biega had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:23.Biega
Points
Colin Miller had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:49.Miller
New line
New look for VAN: Eriksson–Roussel–Horvat skated 4:37 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eriksson Roussel Horvat
Luck
VGK scored 6 goals on 3.13 expected goals (58 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

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 107 of 107 attempts · VAN 49 · VGK 58

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 41% of the game, VAN 14%.

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
	65	55
	3.34	1.71
	3.30	1.67
	14	8
	6	4
	11	6
	−0.004	+0.004
	41%	14%

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

L1Stastny – Pacioretty – Stone
11:3952% CF
L2Reaves – Carpenter – Bellemare
11:3954% CF
L3Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
11:2743% CF
L4Eakin – Nosek – Tuch
9:3454% CF
D1Merrill – Miller
17:5280% CF
D2McNabb – Theodore
16:0054% CF
D3Engelland – Schmidt
15:4432% CF

PP1Stastny – Pacioretty – Miller – Schmidt – Tuch
1:06
PP2Smith – Stone – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore
0:47100% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
0:43
PK2FEakin – Carpenter
0:15
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
0:58

Current VGK line combinations →

Vancouver Canucks

L1Leivo – Boeser – Pettersson
11:4563% CF
L2Eriksson – Roussel – Horvat
4:3775% CF
L3Pearson – Virtanen – Gaudette
3:2367% CF
L4Beagle – Motte – Goldobin
2:2333% CF
D1Edler – Biega
12:2865% CF
D2Schenn – Sautner
11:3630% CF
D3Pouliot – Stecher
11:1267% CF

PP1Edler – Leivo – Horvat – Boeser – Pettersson
0:58100% CF
PK1FBeagle – Pearson
1:32
PK2FRoussel – Motte
0:47
PK1DEdler – Stecher
2:18

Current VAN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:32
VGKMark Stone (Paul Stastny, Max Pacioretty)backhand0.01 xG
VGK: Engelland, Stastny, Pacioretty, Stone, SchmidtVAN: Biega, Roussel, Pouliot, Horvat, Virtanen
VGK 1 – 0 VAN
5:03
VGKAlex Tuch (Jon Merrill)deflected0.02 xG
VGK: Eakin, Merrill, Miller, Nosek, TuchVAN: Edler, Pearson, Goldobin, Gaudette, Stecher
VGK 2 – 0 VAN
8:33
VGKCody Eakin (Tomas Nosek, Alex Tuch)wrist0.03 xG
VGK: Eakin, Merrill, Miller, Nosek, TuchVAN: Edler, Pearson, Goldobin, Gaudette, Stecher
VGK 3 – 0 VAN
10:58
VANBrock Boeser (Alex Biega, Elias Pettersson)deflected0.08 xG
VGK: Engelland, Stastny, Pacioretty, Stone, SchmidtVAN: Biega, Leivo, Pouliot, Boeser, Pettersson
VGK 3 – 1 VAN
11:52
VGKTomas Nosek (Colin Miller, Alex Tuch)deflected0.12 xG
VGK: Eakin, Merrill, Miller, Nosek, TuchVAN: Beagle, Schenn, Pearson, Sautner, Gaudette
VGK 4 – 1 VAN
14:17
VGKPaul Stastny (Colin Miller, Mark Stone)wrist0.16 xG
VGK: Stastny, Pacioretty, Merrill, Miller, TuchVAN: Edler, Leivo, Boeser, Stecher, Pettersson
VGK 5 – 1 VAN

2nd period

3:56
VANBo Horvat (Antoine Roussel, Alex Biega)wrist0.03 xG
VGK: Reaves, McNabb, Theodore, Carpenter, BellemareVAN: Edler, Biega, Roussel, Horvat, Goldobin
VGK 5 – 2 VAN
4:56
VGKNate Schmidt (Jonathan Marchessault, Reilly Smith)wrist0.04 xG
VGK: Engelland, Stastny, Smith, Marchessault, SchmidtVAN: Biega, Leivo, Pouliot, Boeser, Pettersson
VGK 6 – 2 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
Max Pacioretty L	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.25	2	0	0	16:40	—	—	59	72
Paul Stastny C	L1	1	1	2	+2	1	0.29	0	0	0	16:22	—	—	57	68
Mark Stone R	L1	1	1	2	0	2	0.34	0	1	0	15:05	—	—	54	65
Ryan Carpenter C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	1	0	0	15:56	—	—	52	35
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	0	0	14:11	—	—	63	13
Ryan Reaves R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	0	0	12:57	—	—	53	8
William Karlsson C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.18	1	1	0	16:11	—	—	50	75
Reilly Smith R	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.75	1	0	0	15:04	—	—	52	73
Jonathan Marchessault R	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.17	0	1	0	14:32	—	—	50	74
Alex Tuch R	L4	1	2	3	+4	5	0.38	1	2	0	16:31	—	—	56	71
Cody Eakin C	L4	1	0	1	+3	1	0.03	1	0	0	14:19	—	—	52	65
Tomas Nosek L	L4	1	1	2	+3	2	0.18	0	0	0	11:02	—	—	52	65
Colin Miller D	D1	0	2	2	+4	3	0.06	0	0	0	21:49	—	—	82	90
Jon Merrill D	D1	0	1	1	+4	1	0.05	0	0	2	19:38	—	—	78	89
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.27	0	0	0	19:58	—	—	58	70
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	0	0	17:55	—	—	53	68
Nate Schmidt D	D3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.04	1	3	0	20:20	—	—	34	36
Deryk Engelland D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	1	2	0	19:40	—	—	38	36

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	31	29	2	.935	1.61	59:50

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brock Boeser R	L1	1	0	1	-1	7	0.37	0	0	2	17:38	—	—	65	52
Elias Pettersson C	L1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.06	0	0	0	17:14	—	—	60	50
Josh Leivo L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	1	0	0	16:45	—	—	63	41
Bo Horvat C	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.14	0	4	0	17:38	—	—	55	64
Antoine Roussel L	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.10	1	0	0	14:30	—	—	52	51
Loui Eriksson L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	0	0	2	12:58	—	—	39	36
Jake Virtanen R	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.16	5	2	0	16:04	—	—	58	35
Tanner Pearson L	L3	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	4	2	0	15:03	—	—	21	18
Adam Gaudette R	L3	0	0	0	-3	2	0.26	0	1	0	11:34	—	—	41	34
Jay Beagle C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	3	0	0	15:05	—	—	25	10
Tyler Motte C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	4	1	0	12:37	—	—	35	13
Nikolay Goldobin R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:52	—	—	30	26
Alexander Edler D	D1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.04	5	2	0	26:12	—	—	47	22
Alex Biega D	D1	0	2	2	0	3	0.06	3	0	0	22:23	—	—	58	30
Ashton Sautner D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	3	0	13:11	—	—	27	44
Luke Schenn D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	5	1	0	12:41	—	—	26	31
Troy Stecher D	D3	0	0	0	-3	2	0.03	1	1	0	24:32	—	—	46	40
Derrick Pouliot D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	1	0	20:03	—	—	58	51

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thatcher Demko	—	17	16	1	.941	1.92	45:43
Jacob Markstrom(start)	L	16	11	5	.688	1.21	14:17

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.