Vegas Golden Knights vs. Arizona CoyotesFeb 8, 2024

FinalThursday, Feb 8, 2024· Mullett Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	3	0	0	3		VGK	12	14	8	34
ARI	1	0	1	2		ARI	5	11	6	22

: VGK 59ARI 71
: VGK 2.58ARI 2.60
PP goals: VGK 0ARI 0
Hits: VGK 28ARI 28
Blocks: VGK 20ARI 15
PIM: VGK 2ARI 2
: VGK 40%ARI 60%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge Arizona Coyotes 3–2

Vegas Golden Knights beat Arizona Coyotes 3–2 at ARI. Jonathan Marchessault (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for ARI: Hayton–Guenther–Cooley skated 9:39 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (63.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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New look for ARI: Hayton–Guenther–Cooley skated 9:39 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (63.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hayton Guenther Cooley
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New look for VGK: Karlsson–Amadio–Brisson skated 10:37 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Karlsson Amadio Brisson
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New look for VGK: Kolesar–Howden–Rondbjerg skated 10:16 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (48.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kolesar Howden Rondbjerg
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Daniil Miromanov (VGK) played 15:59, −4:57 down on his 20:56 season average over 23 games.Miromanov
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Alexander Kerfoot (ARI) played 13:08, −4:21 down on his 17:29 season average over 81 games.Kerfoot
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Alec Martinez (VGK) played 23:07, +4:09 up on his 18:58 season average over 54 games.Martinez
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Barrett Hayton (ARI) played 13:17, −3:51 down on his 17:08 season average over 32 games.Hayton
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Michael Kesselring (ARI) played 12:23, −3:28 down on his 15:51 season average over 64 games.Kesselring

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 130 of 130 attempts · ARI 71 · VGK 59

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 32%.

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
	67	78
	2.86	2.70
	2.76	2.59
	10	14
	4	6
	23	13
	−0.032	+0.032
	40%	32%

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

L1Stone – Stephenson – Cotter
12:0052% CF
L2Marchessault – Barbashev – Roy
11:0445% CF
L3Karlsson – Amadio – Brisson
10:3740% CF
L4Kolesar – Howden – Rondbjerg
10:1648% CF
D1Martinez – Pietrangelo
17:3330% CF
D2McNabb – Korczak
16:1757% CF
D3Hague – Miromanov
14:0452% CF

PP1Stone – Karlsson – Marchessault – Stephenson – Miromanov
1:05100% CF
PP2Pietrangelo – Barbashev – Roy – Cotter – Brisson
0:36100% CF
PK1FRoy – Howden
1:01
PK2FStone – Stephenson
0:27
PK1DPietrangelo – Hague
1:01
PK2DMartinez – McNabb
0:10

Current VGK line combinations →

Arizona Coyotes

L1Bjugstad – Crouse – Maccelli
11:5150% CF
L2Schmaltz – Keller – McBain
11:2355% CF
L3Hayton – Guenther – Cooley
9:3964% CF
L4Zucker – Kerfoot – Carcone
8:5775% CF
D1Dumba – Dermott
14:4541% CF
D2Välimäki – Moser
11:0354% CF
D3Durzi – Kesselring
7:3457% CF

PP1Zucker – Schmaltz – Keller – Durzi – Guenther
1:46100% CF
PK1FBjugstad – Kerfoot
0:56
PK2FCrouse – McBain
0:34
PK1DDumba – Dermott
0:39

Current ARI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:19
VGKJonathan Marchessault (Ivan Barbashev, Nicolas Roy)wrist0.14 xG
VGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Marchessault, Barbashev, RoyARI: Bjugstad, Crouse, Durzi, Maccelli, Moser
VGK 1 – 0 ARI
1:17
VGKNicolas Hague (Brendan Brisson, William Karlsson)wrist0.04 xG
VGK: Karlsson, Amadio, Hague, Brisson, MiromanovARI: Zucker, Kerfoot, Carcone, Välimäki, Kesselring
VGK 2 – 0 ARI
4:07
ARIJason Zucker (Juuso Välimäki, Matias Maccelli)tip-in0.09 xG
VGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Karlsson, Amadio, BrissonARI: Zucker, Bjugstad, Välimäki, Kesselring, Maccelli
VGK 2 – 1 ARI
6:17
VGKChandler Stephenson (Mark Stone, Paul Cotter)wrist0.16 xG
VGK: McNabb, Stone, Stephenson, Cotter, KorczakARI: Schmaltz, Keller, Durzi, McBain, Moser
VGK 3 – 1 ARI

3rd period

3:40
ARIClayton Keller (Nick Schmaltz)wrist0.15 xG
VGK: McNabb, Marchessault, Barbashev, Roy, KorczakARI: Dumba, Schmaltz, Dermott, Keller, McBain
VGK 3 – 2 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	1	0	1	+1	2	0.22	0	1	0	17:39	—	—	55	72
Mark Stone R	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.11	0	1	0	17:11	—	—	54	71
Paul Cotter L	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.21	5	0	0	14:27	—	—	54	73
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.22	3	0	0	16:52	—	—	37	28
Ivan Barbashev L	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.08	2	1	0	16:43	—	—	42	52
Nicolas Roy C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.23	1	0	0	15:03	—	—	52	58
William Karlsson C	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.27	2	0	2	15:21	—	—	42	34
Michael Amadio R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.23	0	0	0	14:19	—	—	44	44
Brendan Brisson C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.12	2	1	0	13:20	—	—	38	25
Brett Howden C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	2	0	0	15:03	—	—	38	38
Jonas Rondbjerg R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	0	0	0	12:28	—	—	50	55
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	4	0	0	11:12	—	—	52	67
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	1	2	0	24:01	—	—	30	30
Alec Martinez D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	8	0	23:07	—	—	33	34
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.32	1	2	0	19:52	—	—	56	63
Kaedan Korczak D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	3	2	0	18:29	—	—	53	57
Nicolas Hague D	D3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.07	1	0	0	16:54	—	—	59	73
Daniil Miromanov D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	0	2	0	15:59	—	—	56	68

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Adin Hill(start)	W	22	20	2	.909	2.60	60:00

Arizona Coyotes

ARI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Bjugstad C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	3	3	0	18:48	—	—	54	34
Matias Maccelli L	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.12	0	0	0	15:11	—	—	48	31
Lawson Crouse L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.16	3	1	0	14:33	—	—	47	30
Clayton Keller R	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.27	0	1	0	19:37	—	—	56	54
Nick Schmaltz C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.30	1	1	0	19:31	—	—	49	50
Jack McBain C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	3	0	0	13:43	—	—	48	60
Dylan Guenther R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.26	1	0	0	15:27	—	—	58	63
Logan Cooley C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	2	1	0	14:18	—	—	50	56
Barrett Hayton C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	0	0	0	13:17	—	—	56	64
Jason Zucker L	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.15	0	0	2	14:05	—	—	70	88
Alexander Kerfoot C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	4	0	0	13:08	—	—	58	46
Michael Carcone L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	0	0	12:16	—	—	63	58
Mathew Dumba D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	6	1	0	19:21	—	—	44	52
Travis Dermott D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	1	2	0	18:38	—	—	49	68
J.J. Moser D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.15	0	0	0	23:31	—	—	56	41
Juuso Välimäki D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.09	0	1	0	17:58	—	—	50	37
Sean Durzi D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.17	3	3	0	24:22	—	—	63	55
Michael Kesselring D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	12:23	—	—	56	54

ARI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Karel Vejmelka	—	28	28	0	.1000	2.16	45:33
Connor Ingram(start)	L	6	3	3	.500	0.42	12:20

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Jonathan Marchessault (VGK) 1st 0:19 · assists Ivan Barbashev, Nicolas Roy · Odd-man rush · passed in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 49.1 mph shot · 2.4 s from entry to goal.

Jonathan Marchessault · 1st 0:19 · VGK

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 49.1 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 s

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Nicolas Hague · 1st 1:17 · VGK

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 24.3 mph
Distance: 38 ft

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Jason Zucker · 1st 4:07 · ARI

Play: deflection
Passes: 1
Shot: 35.6 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Type: deflection

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Chandler Stephenson · 1st 6:17 · VGK

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 67.6 mph
Distance: 27 ft
Entry to goal: 2.0 s

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Clayton Keller · 3rd 3:40 · ARI

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 54.0 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s

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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.