Vegas Golden Knights vs. Arizona CoyotesOct 7, 2017

Final / OTSaturday, Oct 7, 2017· Gila River Arena

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Arizona CoyotesARI

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
VGK	0	0	1	1	2		VGK	12	18	10	2	42
ARI	1	0	0	0	1		ARI	11	6	9	2	28

: VGK 85ARI 57
: VGK 4.62ARI 4.08
PP goals: VGK 0ARI 0
Hits: VGK 27ARI 23
Blocks: VGK 16ARI 24
PIM: VGK 6ARI 8
: VGK 61%ARI 39%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge Arizona Coyotes 2–1 (OT)

Vegas Golden Knights beat Arizona Coyotes 2–1 in overtime at ARI. Nate Schmidt (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Antti Raanta (ARI) faced 42 shots and stopped 40 (.952), +12 against a season average of 29.5; the overtime loss.

Points
Nate Schmidt had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 25:18.Schmidt
Goalie
Antti Raanta (ARI) faced 42 shots and stopped 40 (.952), +12 against a season average of 29.5; the overtime loss.Raanta
Luck
ARI scored 1 goal on 4.08 expected goals (57 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for ARI: Cousins–Duclair–Dvorak skated 8:05 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (58.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Cousins Duclair Dvorak
Luck
VGK scored 2 goals on 4.62 expected goals (85 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Cody Eakin (VGK) played 22:05, +7:39 up on his 14:26 season average over 79 games.Eakin
New line
New look for ARI: Richardson–Rieder–Martinook skated 5:52 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Richardson Rieder Martinook
Usage
Luke Schenn (ARI) played 12:18, −4:09 down on his 16:27 season average over 63 games.Schenn

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)ARI attacks right (top on phones) →

ARI
VGK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 142 of 142 attempts · ARI 57 · VGK 85

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

ARI
VGK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

ARI 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 32% of the game, ARI 37%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

ARI

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	ARI
	67	52
	2.92	3.54
	2.87	3.44
	13	10
	6	6
	12	18
	+0.066	−0.067
	32%	37%

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 – Lindberg – Marchessault
10:4167% CF
L2Neal – Perron – Eakin
10:0160% CF
L3Haula – Karlsson – Leipsic
8:2357% CF
L4Carrier – Bellemare – Nosek
5:2067% CF
D1Sbisa – Schmidt
14:4153% CF
D2Engelland – McNabb
13:0170% CF
D3Garrison – Miller
11:4050% CF

PP1Perron – Eakin – Haula – Karlsson – Schmidt
3:24100% CF
PP2Neal – Smith – Miller – Marchessault – Leipsic
2:5686% CF
PK1FSmith – Bellemare
1:12
PK2FEakin – Karlsson
0:58
PK1DGarrison – Sbisa
1:46
PK2DEngelland – McNabb
1:02

Current VGK line combinations →

Arizona Coyotes

L1Stepan – Domi – Keller
11:1553% CF
L2Cousins – Duclair – Dvorak
8:0559% CF
L3Perlini – Strome – Crouse
5:5527% CF
L4Richardson – Rieder – Martinook
5:5233% CF
D1Goligoski – Demers
16:1246% CF
D2Hjalmarsson – Ekman-Larsson
15:2337% CF
D3Schenn – Connauton
11:0948% CF

PP1Stepan – Ekman-Larsson – Domi – Dvorak – Keller
3:0586% CF
PP2Goligoski – Demers – Duclair – Perlini – Strome
2:4333% CF
PK1FRichardson – Martinook
1:24
PK2FRieder – Dvorak
1:17
PK1DGoligoski – Demers
1:57
PK2DHjalmarsson – Ekman-Larsson
1:40

Current ARI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

5:52
ARITobias Rieder (Jordan Martinook, Luke Schenn)wrist0.03 xG
VGK: Sbisa, Haula, Schmidt, Carrier, NosekARI: Richardson, Schenn, Connauton, Rieder, Martinook
VGK 0 – 1 ARI

3rd period

18:48
VGKNate Schmidtwrist0.05 xG
VGK: Neal, Perron, Eakin, Haula, Karlsson, SchmidtARI: Richardson, Hjalmarsson, Ekman-Larsson, Rieder, Domi
VGK 1 – 1 ARI

OT period

3:46
VGKJames Neal (David Perron, Nate Schmidt)wrist0.16 xG
VGK: Neal, Perron, GarrisonARI: Stepan, Ekman-Larsson, Duclair
VGK 2 – 1 ARI

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	0	0	0	3	0.26	1	0	2	18:53	—	—	60	53
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.77	1	0	0	18:38	—	—	59	53
Oscar Lindberg L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	2	1	0	13:02	—	—	63	53
Cody Eakin C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.30	1	0	0	22:05	—	—	60	47
David Perron L	L2	0	1	1	+2	5	0.54	1	0	0	19:04	—	—	57	43
James Neal L	L2	1	0	1	+2	4	0.35	1	0	0	17:01	—	—	58	48
Erik Haula L	L3	0	0	0	0	5	0.32	0	0	0	19:00	—	—	47	53
William Karlsson C	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.56	0	0	0	18:36	—	—	44	71
Brendan Leipsic L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.26	4	0	0	16:15	—	—	59	40
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	0	0	0	10:56	—	—	60	32
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	5	1	0	8:32	—	—	48	22
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.17	1	0	0	8:18	—	—	53	40
Nate Schmidt D	D1	1	1	2	0	3	0.31	0	5	0	25:18	—	—	54	44
Luca Sbisa D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	4	2	0	21:06	—	—	55	51
Deryk Engelland D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	0.20	3	0	2	17:32	—	—	67	53
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	2	16:31	—	—	70	61
Jason Garrison D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	1	6	0	19:57	—	—	50	29
Colin Miller D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	1	0	0	15:40	—	—	51	28

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	28	27	1	.964	4.08	62:40

Arizona Coyotes

ARI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Derek Stepan C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.31	0	2	0	23:45	—	—	46	39
Clayton Keller R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.39	1	1	0	22:36	—	—	41	28
Max Domi C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.21	1	1	0	21:25	—	—	48	46
Christian Dvorak C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.70	1	2	0	17:06	—	—	54	76
Anthony Duclair L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.83	2	1	0	15:00	—	—	59	82
Nick Cousins C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	1	0	2	13:09	—	—	56	81
Brendan Perlini L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	12:57	—	—	30	37
Dylan Strome C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.28	0	0	0	11:46	—	—	30	31
Lawson Crouse L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	3	0	11:12	—	—	24	26
Brad Richardson R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	12:23	—	—	33	36
Tobias Rieder L	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.13	2	0	2	11:45	—	—	41	54
Jordan Martinook L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.10	1	1	0	11:04	—	—	33	42
Jason Demers D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.67	0	3	0	24:28	—	—	44	65
Alex Goligoski D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	3	0	2	21:50	—	—	48	73
Niklas Hjalmarsson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	4	0	24:26	—	—	34	37
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.17	2	1	0	23:57	—	—	39	45
Luke Schenn D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	3	2	12:18	—	—	48	45
Kevin Connauton D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	2	0	0	12:11	—	—	50	46

ARI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Antti Raanta(start)	O	42	40	2	.952	4.62	63:46

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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.