Vegas Golden Knights vs. Washington CapitalsJan 24, 2022

FinalMonday, Jan 24, 2022· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	0	1	0	1		VGK	9	14	6	29
WSH	0	0	0	0		WSH	7	13	14	34

: VGK 57WSH 59
: VGK 2.44WSH 3.63
PP goals: VGK 0WSH 0
Hits: VGK 22WSH 31
Blocks: VGK 14WSH 14
PIM: VGK 10WSH 6
: VGK 51%WSH 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge Washington Capitals 1–0

Vegas Golden Knights beat Washington Capitals 1–0 at WSH. Michael Amadio (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for VGK: Karlsson–Marchessault–Janmark skated 12:06 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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New look for VGK: Karlsson–Marchessault–Janmark skated 12:06 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Karlsson Marchessault Janmark
Luck
WSH scored 0 goals on 3.63 expected goals (59 attempts), well short of its chances.
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New look for VGK: Kolesar–Roy–Rondbjerg skated 7:49 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kolesar Roy Rondbjerg
New line
New look for WSH: Eller–Leason–Protas skated 4:00 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eller Leason Protas
New line
New look for WSH: Kuznetsov–Wilson–McMichael skated 6:35 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kuznetsov Wilson McMichael
Usage
Ben Hutton (VGK) played 8:25, −7:10 down on his 15:35 season average over 57 games.Hutton
Usage
Aliaksei Protas (WSH) played 5:53, −6:08 down on his 12:01 season average over 32 games.Protas
Usage
Mattias Janmark (VGK) played 19:09, +4:53 up on his 14:16 season average over 66 games.Janmark

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 116 of 116 attempts · WSH 59 · VGK 57

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 30% of the game, WSH 42%.

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
	47	43
	1.53	2.15
	1.43	2.09
	6	14
	2	2
	17	12
	+0.032	−0.033
	30%	42%

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

L1Karlsson – Marchessault – Janmark
12:0655% CF
L2Kolesar – Roy – Rondbjerg
7:4956% CF
L3Dadonov – Stephenson – Carrier
6:0231% CF
L4Amadio – Howden – Patrick
5:3663% CF
D1McNabb – Theodore
16:5758% CF
D2Pietrangelo – Hague
11:4233% CF
D3Hutton – Coghlan
7:1753% CF

PP1Dadonov – Pietrangelo – Stephenson – Coghlan – Patrick
4:1285% CF
PP2Karlsson – Marchessault – Janmark – Theodore – Roy
3:06100% CF
PK1FStephenson – Roy
1:42
PK2FKarlsson – Janmark
1:15
PK1DPietrangelo – McNabb
3:47
PK2DCoghlan – Hague
1:28

Current VGK line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Ovechkin – Backstrom – Sheary
9:0133% CF
L2Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway
8:5964% CF
L3Kuznetsov – Wilson – McMichael
6:3563% CF
L4Eller – Leason – Protas
4:0038% CF
D1van Riemsdyk – Kempny
10:5259% CF
D2Schultz – Orlov
9:3650% CF
D3Carlson – Fehérváry
7:3047% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov – Wilson
6:19100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Eller – Schultz – Orlov – Sheary
1:44100% CF
PK1FEller – Wilson
2:36
PK2FHagelin – Dowd
2:21
PK1DCarlson – Fehérváry
3:56
PK2DOrlov – van Riemsdyk
3:52

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

5:29
VGKMichael Amadio (Brett Howden)backhand0.04 xG
VGK: McNabb, Amadio, Roy, Howden, HagueWSH: Ovechkin, Backstrom, Schultz, Orlov, Sheary
VGK 1 – 0 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
William Karlsson C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.19	2	0	0	21:15	—	—	61	57
Mattias Janmark C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.35	1	1	0	19:09	—	—	54	55
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.27	1	0	0	17:55	—	—	62	63
Nicolas Roy C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.12	0	0	2	16:08	—	—	63	63
Keegan Kolesar R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	4	1	2	13:31	—	—	50	34
Jonas Rondbjerg R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	10:50	—	—	46	22
Chandler Stephenson C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	0	0	19:02	—	—	32	21
Evgenii Dadonov L	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.54	1	0	2	15:30	—	—	50	33
William Carrier L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	6	1	0	9:12	—	—	35	28
Nolan Patrick C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	1	0	2	10:48	—	—	60	75
Brett Howden C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.13	0	0	0	9:38	—	—	58	41
Michael Amadio R	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.04	0	0	0	9:19	—	—	50	40
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	1	0	25:20	—	—	56	51
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	2	2	23:26	—	—	61	56
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	0	0	0	6	0.29	0	4	0	27:16	—	—	46	14
Nicolas Hague D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	1	0	17:54	—	—	39	16
Dylan Coghlan D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	1	0	15:22	—	—	52	55
Ben Hutton D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	1	0	8:25	—	—	56	72

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Robin Lehner(start)	W	34	34	0	.1000	3.63	60:00

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	-1	4	0.37	6	1	0	24:44	—	—	37	50
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	-1	3	0.18	1	1	0	20:23	—	—	39	36
Conor Sheary L	L1	-1	1	0.12	0	0	0	15:37	—	—	58	62
Nic Dowd C	L2	0	2	0.18	0	1	0	13:54	—	—	65	86
Carl Hagelin L	L2	0	2	0.03	1	0	0	13:45	—	—	61	68
Garnet Hathaway R	L2	0	4	0.49	4	0	2	12:38	—	—	53	83
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L3	0	5	0.49	1	1	0	22:05	—	—	44	58
Tom Wilson R	L3	0	2	0.54	2	0	0	21:27	—	—	43	25
Connor McMichael L	L3	0	1	0.13	0	0	0	6:55	—	—	67	93
Lars Eller C	L4	0	2	0.31	6	0	0	17:11	—	—	50	59
Aliaksei Protas L	L4	0	2	0.24	1	0	0	5:53	—	—	43	57
Brett Leason R	L4	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	5:02	—	—	27	27
Michal Kempny D	D1	0	0	0.00	1	1	4	15:17	—	—	48	51
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D1	0	1	0.01	1	3	0	14:49	—	—	61	65
Dmitry Orlov D	D2	-1	1	0.23	4	1	0	23:24	—	—	41	46
Justin Schultz D	D2	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:32	—	—	48	67
John Carlson D	D3	0	3	0.32	2	1	0	24:20	—	—	43	49
Martin Fehérváry D	D3	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	18:19	—	—	48	70

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Vitek Vanecek(start)	L	29	28	1	.966	2.44	58:45

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.