Vegas Golden Knights vs. Arizona CoyotesJan 22, 2021

FinalFriday, Jan 22, 2021· Gila River Arena

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

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Arizona CoyotesARI

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	0	1	1	2		VGK	11	9	11	31
ARI	1	2	2	5		ARI	10	11	5	26

: VGK 60ARI 55
: VGK 2.53ARI 3.00
PP goals: VGK 1ARI 1
Hits: VGK 24ARI 22
Blocks: VGK 21ARI 13
PIM: VGK 12ARI 8
: VGK 59%ARI 41%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Arizona Coyotes beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–2

Arizona Coyotes beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–2 at home. Conor Garland (ARI) led the scoring with 1G 2A. ARI's first power-play unit (Brassard, Schmaltz, Dvorak, Garland and Chychrun) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 4:28 together.

Points
Conor Garland had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 15:11.Garland
Points
Christian Dvorak had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:20.Dvorak
Points
Nick Schmaltz had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:02.Schmaltz
Points
Shea Theodore had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:21.Theodore
Points
Drake Caggiula had 2 assists (2 points) in 11:41.Caggiula
PP1
ARI's first power-play unit (Brassard, Schmaltz, Dvorak, Garland and Chychrun) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 4:28 together.Brassard Schmaltz Dvorak Garland Chychrun
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Pacioretty, Stone, Karlsson, Theodore and Glass) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 4:08 together.Pacioretty Stone Karlsson Theodore Glass
New line
New look for ARI: Kessel–Keller–Hayton skated 9:52 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kessel Keller Hayton

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 115 of 115 attempts · ARI 55 · VGK 60

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 28% of the game, ARI 34%.

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
	59	48
	2.24	2.32
	2.19	2.27
	14	8
	6	8
	11	12
	+0.057	−0.057
	28%	34%

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

L1Reaves – Carrier – Nosek
9:2465% CF
L2Pacioretty – Stone – Stephenson
8:3350% CF
L3Tuch – Roy – Glass
7:2317% CF
L4Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
5:5557% CF
D1Martinez – Whitecloud
9:5354% CF
D2Pietrangelo – Theodore
9:1565% CF

PP1Pacioretty – Stone – Karlsson – Theodore – Glass
4:08100% CF
PP2Martinez – Smith – Marchessault – Theodore – Tuch
2:51
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
3:48
PK2FNosek – Roy
2:00
PK1DPietrangelo – McNabb
4:26
PK2DMartinez – Whitecloud
2:26

Current VGK line combinations →

Arizona Coyotes

L1Larsson – Fischer – Crouse
10:5433% CF
L2Kessel – Keller – Hayton
9:5250% CF
L3Brassard – Pitlick – Dvorak
8:4853% CF
L4Schmaltz – Garland – Caggiula
7:5756% CF
D1Hjalmarsson – Demers
11:4543% CF
D2Oesterle – Soderstrom
11:0646% CF
D3Goligoski – Chychrun
11:0054% CF

PP1Brassard – Schmaltz – Dvorak – Garland – Chychrun
4:2891% CF
PP2Kessel – Pitlick – Keller – Hayton – Soderstrom
2:510% CF
PK1FLarsson – Crouse
3:28
PK2FDvorak – Caggiula
2:02
PK1DGoligoski – Hjalmarsson
4:36
PK2DOesterle – Chychrun
1:14

Current ARI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:22
ARIChristian DvorakPP (Conor Garland)snap0.28 xG
VGK: Pietrangelo, McNabb, Smith, KarlssonARI: Brassard, Schmaltz, Dvorak, Garland, Chychrun
VGK 0 – 1 ARI

2nd period

1:19
VGKShea Theodorewrist0.11 xG
VGK: Pacioretty, Martinez, Stone, Stephenson, TheodoreARI: Goligoski, Schmaltz, Garland, Chychrun, Caggiula
VGK 1 – 1 ARI
7:55
ARIDerick Brassard (Tyler Pitlick, Christian Dvorak)slap0.02 xG
VGK: Pietrangelo, Stone, Stephenson, Theodore, CarrierARI: Brassard, Demers, Pitlick, Dvorak, Chychrun
VGK 1 – 2 ARI
12:00
ARINick Schmaltz (Conor Garland, Drake Caggiula)wrist0.12 xG
VGK: Pietrangelo, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, TheodoreARI: Goligoski, Schmaltz, Garland, Chychrun, Caggiula
VGK 1 – 3 ARI

3rd period

1:25
ARIConor Garland (Drake Caggiula, Nick Schmaltz)backhand0.06 xG
VGK: Martinez, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, TheodoreARI: Oesterle, Schmaltz, Garland, Caggiula, Soderstrom
VGK 1 – 4 ARI
11:04
VGKCody GlassPP (Mark Stone, Shea Theodore)tip-in0.02 xG
VGK: Pacioretty, Stone, Karlsson, Theodore, GlassARI: Goligoski, Hjalmarsson, Pitlick, Fischer
VGK 2 – 4 ARI
19:01
ARIJordan OesterleEN (Lawson Crouse)wrist0.35 xG
VGK: Pacioretty, Pietrangelo, Stone, Karlsson, TheodoreARI: Hjalmarsson, Larsson, Oesterle, Crouse, Caggiula
VGK 2 – 5 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
Tomas Nosek L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	3	0	0	13:36	—	—	67	44
William Carrier L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.34	1	0	2	11:28	—	—	62	51
Ryan Reaves R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	5	0	0	10:43	—	—	67	50
Mark Stone R	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.36	0	1	2	17:17	—	—	54	62
Max Pacioretty L	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.55	1	0	0	14:54	—	—	55	52
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:47	—	—	48	59
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	2	2	15:28	—	—	37	36
Cody Glass C	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.03	1	1	0	14:39	—	—	40	34
Nicolas Roy C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	12:21	—	—	31	33
William Karlsson C	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.11	1	1	0	16:35	—	—	62	67
Reilly Smith R	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.06	2	1	0	15:11	—	—	58	51
Jonathan Marchessault R	L4	0	0	0	-2	3	0.10	2	0	0	13:52	—	—	65	41
Alec Martinez D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	5	2	24:02	—	—	52	58
Zach Whitecloud D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	1	1	0	22:35	—	—	52	41
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.15	1	1	0	26:23	—	—	60	40
Shea Theodore D	D2	1	1	2	-2	3	0.21	0	2	2	22:21	—	—	62	56
Brayden McNabb D	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	5	0	20:46	—	—	42	45
Keegan Kolesar R	—	0	0	0	0	2	0.28	2	0	0	3:47	—	—	67	77

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Robin Lehner(start)	L	25	21	4	.840	2.65	59:47

Arizona Coyotes

ARI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Lawson Crouse L	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.32	7	0	0	16:47	—	—	25	36
Johan Larsson L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	1	0	16:35	—	—	33	46
Christian Fischer R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	13:21	—	—	29	41
Phil Kessel R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.28	0	1	0	15:50	—	—	44	42
Clayton Keller R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	1	0	0	15:29	—	—	50	51
Barrett Hayton C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	13:20	—	—	48	41
Christian Dvorak C	L3	1	1	2	+1	2	0.36	3	0	0	16:20	—	—	50	38
Derick Brassard C	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.09	0	0	0	13:55	—	—	56	41
Tyler Pitlick C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	2	0	0	12:57	—	—	56	41
Nick Schmaltz C	L4	1	1	2	+1	4	0.45	0	0	0	16:02	—	—	52	70
Conor Garland R	L4	1	2	3	+1	5	0.70	0	0	0	15:11	—	—	56	70
Drake Caggiula L	L4	0	2	2	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:41	—	—	53	68
Niklas Hjalmarsson D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	3	0	21:17	—	—	42	41
Jason Demers D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	8	17:18	—	—	42	48
Jordan Oesterle D	D2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.40	4	1	0	20:03	—	—	41	49
Victor Soderstrom D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:18	—	—	46	64
Jakob Chychrun D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	20:50	—	—	52	55
Alex Goligoski D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	1	4	0	20:34	—	—	46	43

ARI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	W	31	29	2	.935	2.53	60:00

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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.