Vegas Golden Knights vs. Arizona CoyotesJan 24, 2021

FinalSunday, Jan 24, 2021· Gila River Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	0	0	1	1		VGK	10	9	8	27
ARI	0	0	0	0		ARI	4	7	5	16

: VGK 65ARI 42
: VGK 3.03ARI 1.11
PP goals: VGK 0ARI 0
Hits: VGK 34ARI 27
Blocks: VGK 15ARI 16
PIM: VGK 2ARI 4
: 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 1–0

Vegas Golden Knights beat Arizona Coyotes 1–0 at ARI. William Karlsson (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 0A. VGK scored 1 goal on 3.03 expected goals (65 attempts), well short of its chances.

Luck
VGK scored 1 goal on 3.03 expected goals (65 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Jason Demers (ARI) played 21:37, +4:29 up on his 17:08 season average over 40 games.Demers
Usage
Drake Caggiula (ARI) played 16:03, +3:45 up on his 12:18 season average over 37 games.Caggiula
Usage
Jordan Oesterle (ARI) played 14:34, −3:25 down on his 17:59 season average over 42 games.Oesterle
Usage
Niklas Hjalmarsson (ARI) played 20:43, +3:26 up on his 17:17 season average over 40 games.Hjalmarsson
Cats
Lawson Crouse (ARI) threw 8 hits and blocked 1 shot, a night for hits leagues.Crouse
Cats
Alex Goligoski (ARI) blocked 5 shots in 23:28.Goligoski

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 107 of 107 attempts · ARI 42 · VGK 65

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 47% of the game, ARI 8%.

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
	73	44
	3.37	1.02
	3.11	1.02
	13	6
	4	4
	8	8
	+0.048	−0.048
	47%	8%

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

L1Pacioretty – Stone – Stephenson
13:4352% CF
L2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
12:0070% CF
L3Reaves – Carrier – Nosek
7:2159% CF
L4Tuch – Kolesar – Roy
6:3785% CF
D1Martinez – Theodore
15:5365% CF
D2Pietrangelo – McNabb
14:5270% CF
D3Hague – Whitecloud
13:1373% CF

PP1Pacioretty – Stone – Karlsson – Theodore – Roy
2:10100% CF
PP2Martinez – Pietrangelo – Smith – Marchessault – Tuch
1:41100% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
1:45
PK2FNosek – Roy
1:08
PK1DPietrangelo – McNabb
2:05
PK2DMartinez – Whitecloud
1:55

Current VGK line combinations →

Arizona Coyotes

L1Schmaltz – Garland – Caggiula
12:1428% CF
L2Brassard – Pitlick – Dvorak
10:4824% CF
L3Larsson – Fischer – Crouse
10:2448% CF
L4Kessel – Keller – Hayton
9:0235% CF
D1Goligoski – Chychrun
18:2633% CF
D2Hjalmarsson – Demers
15:4738% CF
D3Oesterle – Soderstrom
9:0247% CF

PP1Brassard – Schmaltz – Dvorak – Garland – Chychrun
1:48100% CF
PP2Kessel – Pitlick – Keller – Hayton – Soderstrom
1:27100% CF
PK1FLarsson – Crouse
1:19
PK2FFischer – Caggiula
1:03
PK1DGoligoski – Hjalmarsson
2:15
PK2DDemers – Oesterle
1:45

Current ARI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

3rd period

19:17
VGKWilliam Karlsson (Jonathan Marchessault, Alex Tuch)wrist0.16 xG
VGK: Martinez, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, TheodoreARI: Goligoski, Kessel, Dvorak, Keller, Chychrun
VGK 1 – 0 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
Mark Stone R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	1	0	20:50	—	—	49	65
Max Pacioretty L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	6	1	0	17:47	—	—	56	82
Chandler Stephenson C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	17:36	—	—	48	59
William Karlsson C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.61	0	0	0	19:12	—	—	61	83
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.11	1	0	0	16:42	—	—	70	88
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.53	0	1	0	16:21	—	—	68	89
Tomas Nosek L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	0	1	0	12:41	—	—	64	57
William Carrier L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	10:01	—	—	59	53
Ryan Reaves R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	4	0	0	9:53	—	—	60	46
Alex Tuch R	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	1	0	2	14:10	—	—	75	90
Nicolas Roy C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.29	1	0	0	13:47	—	—	84	96
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	4	0	0	9:30	—	—	72	92
Alec Martinez D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.24	5	2	0	23:17	—	—	57	82
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.21	0	1	0	21:48	—	—	63	83
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	0.21	0	2	0	21:59	—	—	68	76
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	5	1	0	18:04	—	—	64	77
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	1	0	17:13	—	—	59	57
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	2	0	15:09	—	—	65	71

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	16	16	0	.1000	1.11	60:00

Arizona Coyotes

ARI skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Conor Garland R	L1	0	1	0.05	0	0	2	17:47	—	—	42	25
Nick Schmaltz C	L1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:38	—	—	48	27
Drake Caggiula L	L1	0	1	0.06	6	0	0	16:03	—	—	30	17
Christian Dvorak C	L2	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:49	—	—	27	16
Derick Brassard C	L2	0	0	0.05	1	0	0	15:33	—	—	33	18
Tyler Pitlick C	L2	0	2	0.32	1	2	2	14:39	—	—	25	18
Johan Larsson L	L3	0	1	0.09	0	1	0	14:21	—	—	41	26
Christian Fischer R	L3	0	1	0.01	4	0	0	13:18	—	—	44	26
Lawson Crouse L	L3	0	0	0.00	8	1	0	12:44	—	—	44	27
Phil Kessel R	L4	-1	1	0.19	0	0	0	14:59	—	—	42	26
Clayton Keller R	L4	-1	1	0.02	0	0	0	14:53	—	—	42	30
Barrett Hayton C	L4	0	0	0.01	1	0	0	11:37	—	—	33	24
Jakob Chychrun D	D1	-1	4	0.19	2	2	0	23:45	—	—	36	25
Alex Goligoski D	D1	-1	0	0.00	0	5	0	23:28	—	—	31	26
Jason Demers D	D2	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	21:37	—	—	37	15
Niklas Hjalmarsson D	D2	0	2	0.06	0	1	0	20:43	—	—	38	30
Jordan Oesterle D	D3	0	0	0.03	2	4	0	14:34	—	—	45	27
Victor Soderstrom D	D3	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	12:04	—	—	50	21

ARI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	L	27	26	1	.963	3.03	59:28

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.