Vegas Golden Knights vs. Arizona CoyotesJan 22, 2023

FinalSunday, Jan 22, 2023· Mullett Arena

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Arizona CoyotesARI

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	0	1	0	1		VGK	7	16	13	36
ARI	1	1	2	4		ARI	7	10	6	23

: VGK 71ARI 46
: VGK 4.15ARI 3.89
PP goals: VGK 1ARI 0
Hits: VGK 25ARI 31
Blocks: VGK 11ARI 18
PIM: VGK 2ARI 8
: VGK 63%ARI 38%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Arizona Coyotes beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–1

Arizona Coyotes beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–1 at home. Clayton Keller (ARI) led the scoring with 3G 0A. VGK scored 1 goal on 4.15 expected goals (71 attempts), well short of its chances.

Points
Clayton Keller had a hat trick (3 points) on 4 shots in 23:26.Keller
Points
Nick Schmaltz had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:14.Schmaltz
Luck
VGK scored 1 goal on 4.15 expected goals (71 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for ARI: Bjugstad–Carcone–Guenther skated 11:33 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (41.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bjugstad Carcone Guenther
Goalie
Karel Vejmelka (ARI) faced 36 shots and stopped 35 (.972), +3 against a season average of 33.4; the win.Vejmelka
Usage
Joshua Brown (ARI) played 10:05, −5:46 down on his 15:51 season average over 67 games.Brown
Usage
Juuso Välimäki (ARI) played 14:50, −3:23 down on his 18:13 season average over 77 games.Välimäki
Usage
Paul Cotter (VGK) played 17:34, +4:50 up on his 12:44 season average over 54 games.Cotter

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 117 of 117 attempts · ARI 46 · VGK 71

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 40% of the game, ARI 24%.

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	44
	3.64	1.88
	3.47	1.82
	13	7
	8	5
	26	11
	+0.101	−0.101
	40%	24%

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

L1Stephenson – Amadio – Eichel
13:0961% CF
L2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
8:5054% CF
L3Kessel – Roy – Cotter
6:1642% CF
L4Froese – Kolesar – Rondbjerg
4:5079% CF
D1McNabb – Korczak
18:0568% CF
D2Hutton – Hague
14:1354% CF
D3Martinez – Pietrangelo
13:5569% CF

PP1Pietrangelo – Smith – Stephenson – Eichel – Roy
3:1160% CF
PP2Kessel – Karlsson – Marchessault – Hutton – Cotter
1:32100% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
0:29
PK2FStephenson – Roy
0:14
PK1DPietrangelo – McNabb
0:29
PK2DMartinez – Hague
0:14

Current VGK line combinations →

Arizona Coyotes

L1Schmaltz – Keller – Hayton
12:4847% CF
L2Bjugstad – Carcone – Guenther
11:3341% CF
L3Boyd – Ritchie – Fischer
9:2444% CF
D1Gostisbehere – Chychrun
15:2636% CF
D2Nemeth – Moser
13:5250% CF
D3Stecher – Välimäki
8:4628% CF

PP1Gostisbehere – Schmaltz – Keller – Chychrun – Hayton
0:47
PK1FBoyd – Schmaltz
1:35
PK2FBjugstad – Hayton
0:34
PK1DBrown – Moser
1:49
PK2DNemeth – Stecher
1:45

Current ARI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:59
ARIDylan Guenther (Nick Bjugstad, Michael Carcone)snap0.17 xG
VGK: Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Hutton, HagueARI: Nemeth, Bjugstad, Carcone, Moser, Guenther
VGK 0 – 1 ARI

2nd period

1:39
ARIClayton Keller (Shayne Gostisbehere, Jakob Chychrun)wrist0.09 xG
VGK: McNabb, Stephenson, Amadio, Eichel, KorczakARI: Gostisbehere, Schmaltz, Keller, Chychrun, Hayton
VGK 0 – 2 ARI
9:03
VGKPhil KesselPP (Jonathan Marchessault, William Karlsson)wrist0.06 xG
VGK: Kessel, Pietrangelo, Smith, Karlsson, MarchessaultARI: Boyd, Gostisbehere, Fischer, Stecher
VGK 1 – 2 ARI

3rd period

8:50
ARIClayton Keller (Nick Schmaltz, Juuso Välimäki)wrist0.13 xG
VGK: Kessel, Martinez, Pietrangelo, Roy, CotterARI: Brown, Schmaltz, Keller, Välimäki, Hayton
VGK 1 – 3 ARI
15:52
ARIClayton KellerEN (Nick Schmaltz)wrist0.95 xG
VGK: Pietrangelo, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Stephenson, EichelARI: Gostisbehere, Schmaltz, Keller, Chychrun, Hayton
VGK 1 – 4 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
Chandler Stephenson C	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	0	0	21:20	—	—	59	70
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	0	0	-2	5	0.52	1	1	0	20:00	—	—	63	79
Michael Amadio R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.28	0	1	0	14:59	—	—	61	76
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	0	1	1	-2	1	0.17	1	0	0	15:50	—	—	56	44
William Karlsson C	L2	0	1	1	-2	1	0.25	0	0	0	15:35	—	—	56	34
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.13	0	0	0	15:21	—	—	60	48
Nicolas Roy C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	0	0	18:59	—	—	48	39
Paul Cotter L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	5	0	2	17:34	—	—	48	41
Phil Kessel R	L3	1	0	1	-1	1	0.20	0	0	0	14:16	—	—	56	43
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.48	7	0	0	12:05	—	—	65	91
Byron Froese C	L4	0	0	0	0	5	0.61	1	0	0	10:42	—	—	80	94
Jonas Rondbjerg R	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.41	1	0	0	10:13	—	—	80	94
Kaedan Korczak D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	2	2	0	20:10	—	—	61	82
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	3	3	0	20:07	—	—	66	84
Ben Hutton D	D2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.35	0	1	0	17:51	—	—	50	46
Nicolas Hague D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.23	0	0	0	17:02	—	—	54	45
Alex Pietrangelo D	D3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.14	0	2	0	20:33	—	—	67	77
Alec Martinez D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	17:05	—	—	63	71

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	L	22	19	3	.864	2.44	58:18

Arizona Coyotes

ARI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Clayton Keller R	L1	3	0	3	+3	4	1.24	0	0	0	23:26	—	—	35	28
Nick Schmaltz C	L1	0	2	2	+3	2	0.19	0	1	0	20:14	—	—	45	42
Barrett Hayton C	L1	0	0	0	+3	1	0.11	2	1	0	18:46	—	—	41	34
Nick Bjugstad C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.27	4	0	4	18:22	—	—	38	31
Dylan Guenther R	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.25	0	0	0	15:41	—	—	41	36
Michael Carcone L	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.07	3	0	0	13:42	—	—	48	57
Travis Boyd C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	1	0	15:41	—	—	50	48
Christian Fischer R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	1	0	13:16	—	—	43	51
Nick Ritchie L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.36	4	0	0	11:21	—	—	47	55
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.05	1	2	0	22:02	—	—	36	29
Jakob Chychrun D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.59	2	3	0	20:28	—	—	33	24
J.J. Moser D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.07	1	2	0	18:51	—	—	58	66
Patrik Nemeth D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	1	3	2	17:17	—	—	50	63
Troy Stecher D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	1	0	17:42	—	—	26	18
Juuso Välimäki D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.16	1	1	0	14:50	—	—	39	30
Jack McBain C	—	0	0	0	0	2	0.33	5	0	2	11:03	—	—	24	5
Joshua Brown D	—	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	4	1	0	10:05	—	—	39	22
Zack Kassian R	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	9:48	—	—	22	5

ARI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Karel Vejmelka(start)	W	36	35	1	.972	4.15	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.