Vegas Golden Knights vs. Arizona CoyotesFeb 25, 2022

FinalFriday, Feb 25, 2022· Gila River Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	0	1	0	1		VGK	16	12	16	44
ARI	0	1	2	3		ARI	9	13	10	32

: VGK 81ARI 57
: VGK 3.94ARI 3.83
PP goals: VGK 0ARI 0
Hits: VGK 17ARI 41
Blocks: VGK 16ARI 16
PIM: VGK 6ARI 4
: VGK 60%ARI 40%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Arizona Coyotes beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–1

Arizona Coyotes beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–1 at home. Nick Schmaltz (ARI) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for VGK: Dadonov–Smith–Karlsson skated 11:06 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (69.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Nick Schmaltz had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 21:18.Schmaltz
Points
Jakob Chychrun had 2 assists (2 points) in 21:11.Chychrun
New line
New look for VGK: Dadonov–Smith–Karlsson skated 11:06 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (69.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dadonov Smith Karlsson
Goalie
Scott Wedgewood (ARI) faced 44 shots and stopped 43 (.977), +11 against a season average of 32.9; the win.Wedgewood
Luck
VGK scored 1 goal on 3.94 expected goals (81 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for ARI: Eriksson–Ritchie–Hayton skated 7:36 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (52.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eriksson Ritchie Hayton
New line
New look for VGK: Janmark–Amadio–Roy skated 6:47 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Janmark Amadio Roy
Usage
Max Pacioretty (VGK) played 10:42, −6:51 down on his 17:33 season average over 38 games.Pacioretty

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 138 of 138 attempts · ARI 57 · VGK 81

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 17%.

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
	83	54
	3.93	2.45
	3.71	2.21
	25	11
	4	5
	13	20
	+0.100	−0.099
	32%	17%

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 – Smith – Karlsson
11:0670% CF
L2Carrier – Kolesar – Howden
7:4076% CF
L3Pacioretty – Stephenson – Eichel
6:5038% CF
L4Janmark – Amadio – Roy
6:4756% CF
D1McNabb – Theodore
13:5765% CF
D2Hague – Whitecloud
13:0362% CF
D3Pietrangelo – Hutton
10:2437% CF

PP1Pacioretty – Stephenson – Theodore – Eichel – Roy
2:05100% CF
PP2Dadonov – Pietrangelo – Smith – Karlsson – Hague
1:47100% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
2:45
PK2FKolesar – Howden
1:13
PK1DPietrangelo – McNabb
3:50
PK2DHague – Whitecloud
1:31

Current VGK line combinations →

Arizona Coyotes

L1Boyd – Schmaltz – Keller
14:0331% CF
L2Kessel – Galchenyuk – Crouse
10:2340% CF
L3Roussel – O'Brien – Fischer
9:4538% CF
L4Eriksson – Ritchie – Hayton
7:3652% CF
D1Gostisbehere – Mayo
15:3237% CF
D2Stralman – Moser
13:1123% CF
D3Chychrun – Kolyachonok
12:4343% CF

PP1Kessel – Gostisbehere – Schmaltz – Crouse – Keller
3:4090% CF
PP2Boyd – Galchenyuk – Ritchie – Chychrun – Moser
1:4433% CF
PK1FSchmaltz – Fischer
0:53
PK2FEriksson – Roussel
0:51
PK1DStralman – Mayo
1:51
PK2DChychrun – Moser
1:25

Current ARI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

11:03
VGKWilliam Carrier (Zach Whitecloud, Brayden McNabb)wrist0.08 xG
VGK: Carrier, Kolesar, Howden, Hague, WhitecloudARI: Kessel, Boyd, Gostisbehere, Mayo, Crouse
VGK 1 – 0 ARI
14:16
ARIShayne Gostisbehere (Jakob Chychrun, Alex Galchenyuk)slap0.03 xG
VGK: McNabb, Janmark, Theodore, Amadio, RoyARI: Kessel, Galchenyuk, Gostisbehere, Crouse, Chychrun
VGK 1 – 1 ARI

3rd period

3:16
ARINick Schmaltz (Anton Stralman, Travis Boyd)tip-in0.05 xG
VGK: Dadonov, Pietrangelo, Smith, Karlsson, HuttonARI: Stralman, Boyd, Schmaltz, Keller, Moser
VGK 1 – 2 ARI
19:29
ARINick SchmaltzEN (Clayton Keller, Jakob Chychrun)wrist0.77 xG
VGK: Pietrangelo, Stephenson, Theodore, Carrier, Eichel, RoyARI: Stralman, Schmaltz, Keller, Chychrun, Hayton
VGK 1 – 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	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.17	1	1	0	18:46	—	—	63	72
William Karlsson C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.07	0	1	0	18:24	—	—	62	76
Evgenii Dadonov L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.28	2	0	0	14:20	—	—	62	77
Keegan Kolesar R	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.19	2	0	0	14:18	—	—	67	67
Brett Howden C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.26	0	0	0	12:49	—	—	67	54
William Carrier L	L2	1	0	1	0	6	0.87	2	0	0	11:45	—	—	75	76
Chandler Stephenson C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.25	0	0	2	19:07	—	—	54	53
Jack Eichel C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.39	1	2	0	17:56	—	—	56	53
Max Pacioretty L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	10:42	—	—	31	29
Nicolas Roy C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.18	1	0	0	17:54	—	—	66	57
Michael Amadio R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	1	0	2	11:42	—	—	59	67
Mattias Janmark C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.23	0	1	0	8:39	—	—	50	49
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	0	0	-2	7	0.24	0	1	0	21:57	—	—	64	57
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.12	2	2	0	20:19	—	—	68	64
Nicolas Hague D	D2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.39	1	0	0	20:20	—	—	64	89
Zach Whitecloud D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	1	2	2	17:48	—	—	61	80
Alex Pietrangelo D	D3	0	0	0	-2	5	0.23	1	3	0	23:21	—	—	58	51
Ben Hutton D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	2	2	0	14:33	—	—	41	26

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Laurent Brossoit(start)	L	31	29	2	.935	2.42	59:17

Arizona Coyotes

ARI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Schmaltz C	L1	2	0	2	+2	4	1.74	0	0	0	21:18	—	—	34	50
Clayton Keller R	L1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.16	0	1	0	20:22	—	—	33	53
Travis Boyd C	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.18	1	0	0	18:33	—	—	28	43
Lawson Crouse L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.24	7	0	2	17:54	—	—	39	25
Phil Kessel R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	15:07	—	—	37	22
Alex Galchenyuk C	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.13	1	1	0	14:10	—	—	46	33
Antoine Roussel L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	4	0	0	13:19	—	—	37	48
Christian Fischer R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	6	1	0	13:18	—	—	39	48
Liam O'Brien C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.41	6	2	0	12:19	—	—	38	48
Barrett Hayton C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.07	4	2	0	12:24	—	—	50	25
Nick Ritchie L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	4	1	2	11:14	—	—	50	25
Loui Eriksson L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	9:55	—	—	55	30
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D1	1	0	1	0	3	0.23	1	1	0	21:11	—	—	41	42
Dysin Mayo D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	1	2	0	20:24	—	—	40	35
Anton Stralman D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	1	2	0	20:01	—	—	28	35
J.J. Moser D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	2	1	0	18:32	—	—	32	31
Jakob Chychrun D	D3	0	2	2	+2	0	0.00	0	2	0	21:11	—	—	46	47
Vladislav Kolyachonok D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	3	0	0	14:48	—	—	49	41

ARI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Scott Wedgewood(start)	W	44	43	1	.977	3.94	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.