Vegas Golden Knights vs. Washington CapitalsFeb 4, 2018

FinalSunday, Feb 4, 2018· Capital One Arena

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

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Washington CapitalsWSH

3

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	1	1	2	4		VGK	11	9	11	31
WSH	1	1	1	3		WSH	8	9	6	23

: VGK 66WSH 43
: VGK 2.65WSH 1.61
PP goals: VGK 1WSH 0
Hits: VGK 16WSH 28
Blocks: VGK 12WSH 17
PIM: VGK 4WSH 2
: VGK 58%WSH 42%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge Washington Capitals 4–3

Vegas Golden Knights beat Washington Capitals 4–3 at WSH. Reilly Smith (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 0A. William Carrier (VGK) played 1:03, −8:00 down on his 9:03 season average over 36 games.

Points
Reilly Smith had two goals (2 points) on 8 shots in 18:08.Smith
Points
Alex Tuch had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:24.Tuch
Points
Matt Niskanen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 22:01.Niskanen
Points
Ryan Carpenter had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 12:27.Carpenter
Points
Jonathan Marchessault had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:14.Marchessault
Points
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 11:27.Bellemare
Usage
William Carrier (VGK) played 1:03, −8:00 down on his 9:03 season average over 36 games.Carrier
New line
New look for WSH: Beagle–Smith-Pelly–Stephenson skated 9:26 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (35.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Beagle Smith-Pelly Stephenson

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)WSH attacks right (top on phones) →

WSH
VGK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 109 of 109 attempts · WSH 43 · VGK 66

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

WSH
VGK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

WSH 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 35% of the game, WSH 18%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

WSH

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	WSH
	70	37
	1.83	1.11
	1.79	1.09
	10	4
	0	2
	23	20
	+0.043	−0.043
	35%	18%

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

L1Neal – Perron – Haula
15:1844% CF
L2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
14:1391% CF
L3Eakin – Lindberg – Tuch
8:2971% CF
D1McNabb – Schmidt
19:1470% CF
D2Miller – Hunt
15:3167% CF
D3Engelland – Theodore
14:2657% CF

PP1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore – Tuch
0:37100% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
1:33
PK2FCarpenter – Bellemare
1:12
PK1DEngelland – Schmidt
2:00
PK2DMcNabb – Miller
0:00

Current VGK line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson
14:4840% CF
L2Oshie – Backstrom – Burakovsky
11:4437% CF
L3Eller – Connolly – Vrana
9:2646% CF
L4Beagle – Smith-Pelly – Stephenson
9:2636% CF
D1Niskanen – Orlov
19:4631% CF
D2Carlson – Djoos
15:4630% CF
D3Orpik – Bowey
15:1550% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
3:11100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Eller – Orlov – Connolly – Burakovsky
0:49100% CF
PK1FBeagle – Stephenson
0:37
PK1DNiskanen – Carlson
0:37

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

7:22
WSHChandler Stephenson (Jay Beagle, Matt Niskanen)snap0.08 xG
VGK: Engelland, Marchessault, Theodore, Carpenter, BellemareWSH: Niskanen, Beagle, Orlov, Smith-Pelly, Stephenson
VGK 0 – 1 WSH
16:06
VGKRyan Carpenter (Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, Nate Schmidt)tip-in0.05 xG
VGK: McNabb, Schmidt, Carpenter, Bellemare, TuchWSH: Ovechkin, Niskanen, Orlov, Kuznetsov, Connolly
VGK 1 – 1 WSH

2nd period

8:38
WSHMatt Niskanen (Evgeny Kuznetsov, Dmitry Orlov)wrist0.07 xG
VGK: Neal, Perron, McNabb, Haula, SchmidtWSH: Ovechkin, Niskanen, Orlov, Kuznetsov, Wilson
VGK 1 – 2 WSH
18:53
VGKReilly SmithPP (Alex Tuch, Jonathan Marchessault)backhand0.05 xG
VGK: Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Theodore, TuchWSH: Niskanen, Beagle, Carlson, Stephenson
VGK 2 – 2 WSH

3rd period

0:52
WSHNicklas Backstrom (Christian Djoos, Andre Burakovsky)wrist0.15 xG
VGK: Engelland, Neal, Perron, Haula, SchmidtWSH: Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, Djoos, Burakovsky
VGK 2 – 3 WSH
9:21
VGKReilly Smith (Jonathan Marchessault, William Karlsson)wrist0.04 xG
VGK: Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Schmidt, TheodoreWSH: Orpik, Eller, Connolly, Bowey, Vrana
VGK 3 – 3 WSH
14:48
VGKAlex Tuch (Ryan Carpenter, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare)wrist0.08 xG
VGK: Engelland, Theodore, Carpenter, Bellemare, TuchWSH: Oshie, Niskanen, Backstrom, Orlov, Burakovsky
VGK 4 – 3 WSH

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
David Perron L	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.03	1	0	0	19:27	—	—	40	41
James Neal L	L1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.15	0	1	0	18:31	—	—	42	40
Erik Haula L	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.19	1	0	0	16:58	—	—	48	40
William Karlsson C	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.13	1	0	0	19:52	—	—	83	92
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	0	2	2	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	18:14	—	—	84	84
Reilly Smith R	L2	2	0	2	+1	8	0.77	0	0	0	18:08	—	—	89	92
Alex Tuch R	L3	1	1	2	+2	2	0.18	0	0	2	16:24	—	—	86	85
Oscar Lindberg L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	12:22	—	—	78	63
Cody Eakin C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	11:35	—	—	75	64
Nate Schmidt D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.06	0	3	0	24:54	—	—	68	68
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	2	1	2	23:23	—	—	72	73
Colin Miller D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	1	0	17:25	—	—	63	75
Brad Hunt D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	0	17:06	—	—	63	84
Deryk Engelland D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	3	0	19:54	—	—	54	30
Shea Theodore D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.06	1	0	0	16:50	—	—	64	57
Ryan Carpenter C	—	1	1	2	+1	2	0.16	3	0	0	12:27	—	—	64	70
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	—	0	2	2	+1	2	0.74	0	1	0	11:27	—	—	64	66
William Carrier L	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1:03	—	—	0	0

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	23	20	3	.870	1.61	60:00

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.12	1	0	0	22:19	—	—	34	34
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.24	3	0	0	21:14	—	—	38	34
Tom Wilson R	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	5	3	0	16:54	—	—	32	33
T.J. Oshie R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	3	0	0	18:14	—	—	33	47
Nicklas Backstrom C	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.15	0	0	0	17:22	—	—	35	47
Andre Burakovsky L	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.17	2	0	0	15:26	—	—	33	47
Brett Connolly R	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.18	2	0	0	14:04	—	—	44	23
Lars Eller C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:40	—	—	40	19
Jakub Vrana L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	0	0	0	11:25	—	—	39	25
Jay Beagle C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.06	4	2	0	13:40	—	—	29	60
Devante Smith-Pelly R	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	3	2	0	11:29	—	—	33	74
Chandler Stephenson C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.08	0	1	0	11:26	—	—	31	57
Matt Niskanen D	D1	1	1	2	0	2	0.08	4	1	0	22:01	—	—	30	27
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	1	2	0	21:57	—	—	29	28
John Carlson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	5	0.15	0	1	0	22:59	—	—	28	47
Christian Djoos D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:46	—	—	30	50
Brooks Orpik D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	2	16:05	—	—	50	39
Madison Bowey D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	0	4	0	15:49	—	—	48	39

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Philipp Grubauer(start)	L	31	27	4	.871	1.93	58:33

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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.