Vegas Golden Knights vs. Arizona CoyotesDec 3, 2021

FinalFriday, Dec 3, 2021· Gila River Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	2	4	1	7		VGK	9	14	9	32
ARI	1	0	0	1		ARI	11	9	10	30

: VGK 52ARI 56
: VGK 3.08ARI 2.27
PP goals: VGK 1ARI 0
Hits: VGK 13ARI 27
Blocks: VGK 12ARI 10
PIM: VGK 13ARI 11
: VGK 42%ARI 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights rout Arizona Coyotes 7–1

Vegas Golden Knights beat Arizona Coyotes 7–1 at ARI. Max Pacioretty (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 0A. VGK's first power-play unit (Dadonov, Pacioretty, Stone, Stephenson and Theodore) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:54 together.

Points
Max Pacioretty had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 15:01.Pacioretty
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Evgenii Dadonov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:33.Dadonov
Points
Michael Amadio had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 12:36.Amadio
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Nicolas Roy had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 15:37.Roy
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Reilly Smith had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:09.Smith
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Shea Theodore had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:58.Theodore
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Dadonov, Pacioretty, Stone, Stephenson and Theodore) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:54 together.Dadonov Pacioretty Stone Stephenson Theodore
Luck
VGK scored 7 goals on 3.08 expected goals (52 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

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 108 of 108 attempts · ARI 56 · VGK 52

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 26%.

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
	48	55
	2.44	2.07
	2.32	1.97
	6	8
	7	4
	18	12
	−0.059	+0.060
	32%	26%

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

L1Dadonov – Janmark – Kolesar
10:3430% CF
L2Smith – Marchessault – Roy
10:0447% CF
L3Pacioretty – Stone – Stephenson
10:0363% CF
L4Carrier – Amadio – Brooks
9:3541% CF
D1Pietrangelo – Hague
14:0550% CF
D2Theodore – Whitecloud
12:2846% CF
D3McNabb – Coghlan
11:5629% CF

PP1Dadonov – Pacioretty – Stone – Stephenson – Theodore
2:54100% CF
PP2Pietrangelo – Smith – Marchessault – Roy – Hague
0:30100% CF
PK1FStone – Stephenson
2:00
PK2FCarrier – Roy
1:05
PK1DMcNabb – Whitecloud
2:58
PK2DPietrangelo – Hague
0:56

Current VGK line combinations →

Arizona Coyotes

L1Eriksson – Roussel – Dzingel
9:5265% CF
L2Kessel – Boyd – Keller
8:5044% CF
L3Ladd – Galchenyuk – O'Brien
8:2370% CF
L4Fischer – Crouse – Hayton
8:0762% CF
D1Gostisbehere – Mayo
12:1171% CF
D2Capobianco – Chychrun
8:3538% CF
D3Stralman – Lyubushkin
8:0546% CF

PP1Kessel – Gostisbehere – Keller – Chychrun – Hayton
5:3590% CF
PP2Boyd – Galchenyuk – Fischer – Crouse – Capobianco
0:150% CF
PK1FCrouse – Hayton
1:06
PK2FEriksson – Roussel
0:28
PK1DMayo – Lyubushkin
2:32
PK2DStralman – Chychrun
0:14

Current ARI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

6:58
VGKJonathan Marchessault (Nicolas Roy, Reilly Smith)backhand0.17 xG
VGK: Smith, Marchessault, Theodore, Roy, WhitecloudARI: Eriksson, Crouse, Capobianco, Chychrun, Hayton
VGK 1 – 0 ARI
7:51
ARITravis Boyd (Clayton Keller, Phil Kessel)wrist0.19 xG
VGK: Pacioretty, Pietrangelo, Stone, Stephenson, HagueARI: Kessel, Boyd, Capobianco, Keller, Chychrun
VGK 1 – 1 ARI
13:53
VGKMax PaciorettyPP (Shea Theodore, Evgenii Dadonov)snap0.06 xG
VGK: Dadonov, Pacioretty, Stone, Stephenson, TheodoreARI: Stralman, Roussel, Boyd, Mayo
VGK 2 – 1 ARI

2nd period

7:17
VGKChandler StephensonSH (Reilly Smith, Alex Pietrangelo)wrist0.12 xG
VGK: Pietrangelo, Smith, Stephenson, HagueARI: Boyd, Galchenyuk, Fischer, Crouse, Capobianco
VGK 3 – 1 ARI
8:12
VGKMax Pacioretty (Mark Stone)wrist0.11 xG
VGK: Pacioretty, Stone, Stephenson, Theodore, WhitecloudARI: Ladd, Galchenyuk, Gostisbehere, Keller, Chychrun
VGK 4 – 1 ARI
12:47
VGKMichael Amadio (William Carrier, Nicolas Hague)snap0.06 xG
VGK: Pietrangelo, Carrier, Amadio, Brooks, HagueARI: Kessel, Boyd, Capobianco, Keller, Chychrun
VGK 5 – 1 ARI
15:08
VGKEvgenii Dadonov (Mattias Janmark, Dylan Coghlan)wrist0.13 xG
VGK: Dadonov, McNabb, Janmark, Kolesar, CoghlanARI: Kessel, Boyd, Capobianco, Keller, Chychrun
VGK 6 – 1 ARI

3rd period

17:54
VGKNicolas Roy (Shea Theodore, Michael Amadio)wrist0.13 xG
VGK: Dadonov, Janmark, Theodore, Roy, HagueARI: Kessel, Boyd, Mayo, Capobianco, Keller
VGK 7 – 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
Evgenii Dadonov L	L1	1	1	2	+2	2	0.29	0	0	0	16:33	—	—	33	55
Mattias Janmark C	L1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:14	—	—	31	51
Keegan Kolesar R	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.13	2	1	5	12:07	—	—	39	54
Nicolas Roy C	L2	1	1	2	+2	5	0.46	0	0	2	15:37	—	—	46	50
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.32	0	0	0	13:42	—	—	52	57
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	2	2	+2	1	0.29	0	0	0	13:09	—	—	50	52
Chandler Stephenson C	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.25	1	0	0	17:28	—	—	58	43
Mark Stone R	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:43	—	—	58	35
Max Pacioretty L	L3	2	0	2	0	6	0.41	0	0	2	15:01	—	—	67	45
Adam Brooks C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:50	—	—	48	75
William Carrier L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	1	1	0	12:36	—	—	41	62
Michael Amadio R	L4	1	1	2	+1	1	0.40	1	0	0	12:36	—	—	48	70
Nicolas Hague D	D1	0	1	1	+2	5	0.25	2	1	2	20:42	—	—	50	51
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.05	1	0	2	19:44	—	—	59	43
Zach Whitecloud D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	2	0	0	20:33	—	—	41	67
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	2	2	+3	3	0.15	0	1	0	19:58	—	—	56	77
Dylan Coghlan D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.05	0	3	0	18:50	—	—	30	46
Brayden McNabb D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	3	0	17:37	—	—	33	21

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Laurent Brossoit(start)	W	30	29	1	.967	2.27	60:00

Arizona Coyotes

ARI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan Dzingel C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	0	0	13:22	—	—	52	36
Antoine Roussel L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	4	0	0	12:46	—	—	61	61
Loui Eriksson L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:19	—	—	58	35
Clayton Keller R	L2	0	1	1	-3	1	0.15	0	0	0	20:02	—	—	44	31
Phil Kessel R	L2	0	1	1	-2	3	0.18	0	1	0	19:09	—	—	48	42
Travis Boyd C	L2	1	0	1	-3	1	0.19	0	1	0	13:49	—	—	35	21
Alex Galchenyuk C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.09	2	0	0	13:38	—	—	63	44
Andrew Ladd L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	12:51	—	—	56	37
Liam O'Brien C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	7	0	7	9:56	—	—	50	54
Barrett Hayton C	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.29	1	1	2	18:01	—	—	63	72
Lawson Crouse L	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.39	4	2	0	16:15	—	—	59	62
Christian Fischer R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	1	1	2	12:43	—	—	56	74
Dysin Mayo D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.04	0	0	0	21:26	—	—	60	57
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.18	0	0	0	20:12	—	—	71	75
Jakob Chychrun D	D2	0	0	0	-3	4	0.22	0	3	0	26:01	—	—	42	43
Kyle Capobianco D	D2	0	0	0	-4	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:14	—	—	44	44
Anton Stralman D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	1	0	0	18:01	—	—	54	24
Ilya Lyubushkin D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	16:21	—	—	48	21

ARI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Karel Vejmelka(start)	L	32	25	7	.781	3.08	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.