Vegas Golden Knights vs. Arizona CoyotesApr 30, 2021

FinalFriday, Apr 30, 2021· Gila River Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	0	0	0	0		VGK	11	6	8	25
ARI	1	0	2	3		ARI	9	11	12	32

: VGK 60ARI 54
: VGK 2.46ARI 3.63
PP goals: VGK 0ARI 0
Hits: VGK 21ARI 46
Blocks: VGK 11ARI 15
PIM: VGK 4ARI 4
: VGK 43%ARI 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Arizona Coyotes beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–0

Arizona Coyotes beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–0 at home. Christian Fischer (ARI) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for VGK: Smith–Karlsson–Tuch skated 8:40 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for VGK: Smith–Karlsson–Tuch skated 8:40 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Smith Karlsson Tuch
Luck
VGK scored 0 goals on 2.45 expected goals (60 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Christian Fischer (ARI) played 16:54, +4:14 up on his 12:40 season average over 51 games.Fischer
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Keegan Kolesar (VGK) played 14:14, +4:48 up on his 9:26 season average over 43 games.Kolesar
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Ilya Lyubushkin (ARI) played 19:44, +4:08 up on his 15:36 season average over 41 games.Lyubushkin
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Chandler Stephenson (VGK) played 21:44, +3:43 up on his 18:01 season average over 50 games.Stephenson
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Dryden Hunt (ARI) played 15:30, +3:40 up on his 11:50 season average over 25 games.Hunt
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Mark Stone (VGK) played 22:32, +3:32 up on his 19:00 season average over 54 games.Stone

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 114 of 114 attempts · ARI 54 · 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 29%.

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
	68	54
	2.70	2.84
	2.49	2.74
	8	17
	2	7
	23	19
	−0.031	+0.031
	28%	29%

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
16:3341% CF
L2Smith – Karlsson – Tuch
8:4067% CF
L3Jurco – Carrier – Kolesar
3:2143% CF
D1Martinez – Pietrangelo
14:0051% CF
D2McNabb – Theodore
11:5560% CF
D3Hague – Whitecloud
9:5467% CF

PP1Pacioretty – Stone – Stephenson – Janmark – Theodore
1:49100% CF
PP2Martinez – Pietrangelo – Smith – Karlsson – Tuch
0:30
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
1:28
PK2FJanmark – Tuch
0:32
PK1DMartinez – Pietrangelo
1:15
PK2DMcNabb – Whitecloud
1:11

Current VGK line combinations →

Arizona Coyotes

L1Kessel – Larsson – Hunt
13:1836% CF
L2Dvorak – Fischer – Crouse
11:4248% CF
L3Schmaltz – Bunting – Keller
11:1840% CF
L4Brassard – Hayden – Pederson
7:1963% CF
D1Ekman-Larsson – Lyubushkin
18:0532% CF
D2Goligoski – Chychrun
16:5532% CF
D3Hjalmarsson – Demers
15:0664% CF

PP1Goligoski – Brassard – Schmaltz – Bunting – Chychrun
1:38100% CF
PP2Kessel – Ekman-Larsson – Dvorak – Pederson – Keller
0:48100% CF
PK1FDvorak – Fischer
1:01
PK2FLarsson – Crouse
0:56
PK1DGoligoski – Hjalmarsson
1:58
PK2DEkman-Larsson – Chychrun
0:28

Current ARI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

9:13
ARIJohn Hayden (Derick Brassard, Jason Demers)wrist0.09 xG
VGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Jurco, Carrier, KolesarARI: Hjalmarsson, Brassard, Demers, Hayden, Pederson
VGK 0 – 1 ARI

3rd period

1:30
ARIMichael Bunting (Nick Schmaltz)wrist0.04 xG
VGK: Martinez, Stone, Carrier, Kolesar, WhitecloudARI: Hjalmarsson, Demers, Schmaltz, Bunting, Keller
VGK 0 – 2 ARI
17:23
ARIChristian FischerEN (Christian Dvorak, Lawson Crouse)wrist0.94 xG
VGK: Pacioretty, Pietrangelo, Smith, Stone, Stephenson, TheodoreARI: Goligoski, Dvorak, Fischer, Crouse, Chychrun
VGK 0 – 3 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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mark Stone R	L1	-2	0	0.14	1	2	0	22:32	—	—	37	22
Chandler Stephenson C	L1	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	21:44	—	—	47	36
Max Pacioretty L	L1	-1	2	0.26	0	0	2	20:27	—	—	45	25
Alex Tuch R	L2	0	4	0.15	1	0	0	17:28	—	—	68	73
William Karlsson C	L2	0	4	0.46	0	0	0	16:29	—	—	65	59
Reilly Smith R	L2	-1	2	0.26	1	0	0	16:28	—	—	65	59
Keegan Kolesar R	L3	-2	1	0.08	5	1	0	14:14	—	—	52	44
William Carrier L	L3	-2	2	0.39	5	0	2	11:38	—	—	57	59
Tomas Jurco R	L3	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	9:33	—	—	54	62
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	-2	2	0.24	0	1	0	21:26	—	—	54	44
Alec Martinez D	D1	-2	2	0.05	0	1	0	19:29	—	—	50	45
Shea Theodore D	D2	-1	2	0.07	0	0	0	25:25	—	—	57	28
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0.02	3	2	0	17:23	—	—	58	64
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	3	0.27	0	1	0	17:26	—	—	65	69
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	-1	0	0.01	4	3	0	17:21	—	—	55	56
Mattias Janmark C	—	0	0	0.04	0	0	0	17:52	—	—	63	47
Dylan Sikura R	—	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:23	—	—	60	30

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Robin Lehner(start)	L	31	29	2	.935	2.68	59:42

Arizona Coyotes

ARI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Phil Kessel R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	0	0	17:08	—	—	37	57
Johan Larsson L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	4	0	15:37	—	—	39	52
Dryden Hunt L	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.23	4	0	0	15:30	—	—	32	41
Christian Fischer R	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	1.43	4	1	0	16:54	—	—	48	73
Christian Dvorak C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.15	1	2	0	16:26	—	—	50	77
Lawson Crouse L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.15	9	0	0	15:36	—	—	48	72
Nick Schmaltz C	L3	0	1	1	+1	5	0.39	0	0	0	17:11	—	—	39	39
Clayton Keller R	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.29	0	0	0	16:23	—	—	41	40
Michael Bunting L	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.04	1	0	0	14:45	—	—	43	44
Derick Brassard C	L4	0	1	1	+1	3	0.24	1	0	2	12:30	—	—	58	44
Lane Pederson C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:09	—	—	53	39
John Hayden C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.22	7	0	0	8:30	—	—	56	41
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	1	0	21:20	—	—	36	35
Ilya Lyubushkin D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	5	1	0	19:44	—	—	35	45
Alex Goligoski D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	5	2	0	22:40	—	—	33	30
Jakob Chychrun D	D2	0	0	0	+1	5	0.35	0	1	2	20:43	—	—	36	30
Niklas Hjalmarsson D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	0	2	0	17:53	—	—	63	77
Jason Demers D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.01	5	1	0	17:01	—	—	58	65

ARI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Adin Hill(start)	W	25	25	0	.1000	2.46	60:00

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.