Vegas Golden Knights vs. Arizona CoyotesApr 5, 2024

FinalFriday, Apr 5, 2024· Mullett Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	0	4	0	4		VGK	3	16	5	24
ARI	0	1	6	7		ARI	14	8	10	32

: VGK 51ARI 62
: VGK 2.35ARI 2.71
PP goals: VGK 0ARI 0
Hits: VGK 36ARI 42
Blocks: VGK 20ARI 16
PIM: VGK 4ARI 8
: VGK 48%ARI 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Arizona Coyotes beat Vegas Golden Knights 7–4

Arizona Coyotes beat Vegas Golden Knights 7–4 at home. Michael Carcone (ARI) led the scoring with 2G 0A. ARI scored 7 goals on 2.71 expected goals (62 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

Points
Michael Carcone had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 11:47.Carcone
Points
Alexander Kerfoot had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:33.Kerfoot
Points
William Karlsson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:04.Karlsson
Points
Clayton Keller had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:28.Keller
Points
Nick Schmaltz had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:05.Schmaltz
Points
Shea Theodore had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:06.Theodore
Luck
ARI scored 7 goals on 2.71 expected goals (62 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Travis Dermott (ARI) played 22:40, +5:30 up on his 17:10 season average over 49 games.Dermott

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 113 of 113 attempts · ARI 62 · VGK 51

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 29% of the game, ARI 41%.

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	70
	2.48	2.51
	2.42	2.41
	10	11
	5	6
	16	18
	−0.032	+0.032
	29%	41%

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

L1Marchessault – Barbashev – Eichel
12:4343% CF
L2Stephenson – Amadio – Cotter
10:4252% CF
L3Kolesar – Howden – Brisson
10:1541% CF
L4Karlsson – Mantha – Dorofeyev
8:0724% CF
D1Hanifin – Hague
17:1237% CF
D2McNabb – Theodore
15:2835% CF
D3Martinez – Whitecloud
13:1944% CF

PP1Marchessault – Stephenson – Barbashev – Hanifin – Eichel
4:39100% CF
PP2Karlsson – Theodore – Mantha – Amadio – Dorofeyev
2:42100% CF
PK1FKarlsson – Eichel
1:27
PK2FAmadio – Howden
0:34
PK1DMcNabb – Whitecloud
1:34
PK2DHanifin – Hague
1:00

Current VGK line combinations →

Arizona Coyotes

L1Bjugstad – Schmaltz – Keller
12:2754% CF
L2Crouse – Guenther – Cooley
10:0371% CF
L3McBain – Maccelli – Doan
9:2564% CF
L4Kerfoot – O'Brien – Carcone
8:2858% CF
D1Välimäki – Kesselring
14:4162% CF
D2Brown – Dermott
14:2666% CF
D3Durzi – Moser
12:5752% CF

PP1Bjugstad – Crouse – Välimäki – Maccelli – Cooley
1:26100% CF
PP2Kerfoot – Schmaltz – Keller – Durzi – Guenther
1:08100% CF
PK1FBjugstad – Kerfoot
1:53
PK2FCrouse – Guenther
1:04
PK1DBrown – Dermott
3:11
PK2DVälimäki – Moser
1:03

Current ARI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

6:17
ARIAlexander Kerfoot (Michael Kesselring)wrist0.01 xG
VGK: Martinez, Stephenson, Amadio, Whitecloud, CotterARI: Kerfoot, O'Brien, Carcone, Välimäki, Kesselring
VGK 0 – 1 ARI
7:39
VGKJack Eichel (Brayden McNabb, Shea Theodore)wrist0.26 xG
VGK: McNabb, Theodore, Mantha, Barbashev, EichelARI: Bjugstad, Schmaltz, Keller, Durzi, Moser
VGK 1 – 1 ARI
11:08
VGKWilliam Karlsson (Brendan Brisson, Shea Theodore)wrist0.09 xG
VGK: Martinez, Karlsson, Theodore, Mantha, BrissonARI: Kerfoot, Dermott, Crouse, Moser, Cooley
VGK 2 – 1 ARI
14:37
VGKAnthony Mantha (William Karlsson, Pavel Dorofeyev)wrist0.19 xG
VGK: Karlsson, Mantha, Hanifin, Hague, DorofeyevARI: Bjugstad, Schmaltz, Dermott, Keller, Välimäki
VGK 3 – 1 ARI
18:08
VGKChandler Stephenson (Paul Cotter, Zach Whitecloud)backhand0.09 xG
VGK: Martinez, Stephenson, Amadio, Whitecloud, CotterARI: Durzi, McBain, Maccelli, Moser, Doan
VGK 4 – 1 ARI

3rd period

8:19
ARIJosh Doan (Jack McBain, Matias Maccelli)wrist0.05 xG
VGK: Karlsson, Mantha, Hanifin, Hague, DorofeyevARI: Brown, Dermott, McBain, Maccelli, Doan
VGK 4 – 2 ARI
9:16
ARINick Bjugstad (Clayton Keller, Nick Schmaltz)snap0.18 xG
VGK: McNabb, Theodore, Kolesar, Howden, BrissonARI: Bjugstad, Schmaltz, Keller, Durzi, Moser
VGK 4 – 3 ARI
9:26
ARIMichael Carcone (Liam O'Brien)slap0.01 xG
VGK: Hanifin, Kolesar, Howden, Hague, BrissonARI: Kerfoot, O'Brien, Carcone, Välimäki, Kesselring
VGK 4 – 4 ARI
14:47
ARIMichael Carcone (Alexander Kerfoot, Travis Dermott)wrist0.04 xG
VGK: Martinez, Marchessault, Barbashev, Eichel, WhitecloudARI: Kerfoot, Carcone, Välimäki, Moser, Guenther
VGK 4 – 5 ARI
15:48
ARIJoshua Brown (Clayton Keller, Nick Schmaltz)slap0.04 xG
VGK: McNabb, Karlsson, Theodore, Mantha, DorofeyevARI: Bjugstad, Brown, Schmaltz, Dermott, Keller
VGK 4 – 6 ARI
17:25
ARILogan CooleyEN (Lawson Crouse, Dylan Guenther)wrist0.51 xG
VGK: Martinez, Marchessault, Stephenson, Theodore, Barbashev, EichelARI: Brown, Dermott, Crouse, Guenther, Cooley
VGK 4 – 7 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
Jack Eichel C	L1	1	0	1	-1	3	0.35	1	1	0	21:30	—	—	44	45
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.17	1	0	2	20:36	—	—	40	29
Ivan Barbashev L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.11	2	1	0	18:48	—	—	47	44
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.18	1	1	0	17:46	—	—	50	89
Michael Amadio R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	1	0	0	14:54	—	—	44	75
Paul Cotter L	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.20	5	2	0	13:31	—	—	48	75
Brett Howden C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	0	0	13:52	—	—	35	33
Brendan Brisson C	L3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.16	1	1	0	11:40	—	—	40	43
Keegan Kolesar R	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.10	4	0	2	11:27	—	—	39	36
Anthony Mantha R	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.23	2	0	0	14:52	—	—	39	62
William Karlsson C	L4	1	1	2	0	1	0.11	3	0	0	14:04	—	—	30	51
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L4	0	1	1	-1	2	0.19	0	0	0	12:27	—	—	21	46
Noah Hanifin D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.07	0	5	0	23:53	—	—	37	47
Nicolas Hague D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	3	1	0	18:34	—	—	37	47
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	2	2	-1	2	0.12	2	0	0	20:06	—	—	43	46
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.05	3	4	0	18:34	—	—	36	38
Alec Martinez D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	15:40	—	—	52	62
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.17	3	2	0	15:18	—	—	44	57

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	L	31	25	6	.806	2.20	59:54

Arizona Coyotes

ARI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Bjugstad C	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.30	2	1	0	19:02	—	—	53	41
Nick Schmaltz C	L1	0	2	2	0	3	0.27	1	0	0	16:05	—	—	55	41
Clayton Keller R	L1	0	2	2	0	2	0.11	0	0	0	14:28	—	—	55	41
Lawson Crouse L	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.12	1	1	0	16:27	—	—	63	54
Dylan Guenther R	L2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.03	0	0	0	15:07	—	—	69	63
Logan Cooley C	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.66	1	0	0	14:49	—	—	65	54
Matias Maccelli L	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	14:11	—	—	59	55
Jack McBain C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.17	5	1	0	13:30	—	—	59	54
Josh Doan R	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.17	2	1	0	11:25	—	—	67	64
Alexander Kerfoot C	L4	1	1	2	+2	1	0.01	3	2	2	16:33	—	—	56	55
Michael Carcone L	L4	2	0	2	+3	5	0.39	0	0	0	11:47	—	—	56	54
Liam O'Brien C	L4	0	1	1	+2	0	0.01	10	1	0	10:38	—	—	57	60
Juuso Välimäki D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	2	2	2	20:58	—	—	61	55
Michael Kesselring D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.21	6	0	0	18:31	—	—	61	56
Travis Dermott D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	3	0	22:40	—	—	64	56
Joshua Brown D	D2	1	0	1	+3	3	0.04	8	1	2	18:57	—	—	68	61
Sean Durzi D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	0	2	2	19:10	—	—	50	42
J.J. Moser D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	1	1	0	17:42	—	—	52	41

ARI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Karel Vejmelka(start)	W	24	20	4	.833	2.35	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Logan Cooley (ARI EN) 3rd 17:25 · assists Lawson Crouse, Dylan Guenther · Deflection · 10.1 mph shot.

Logan Cooley · 3rd 17:25 · ARI EN

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 10.1 mph
Distance: 30 ft
Type: deflection

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Alexander Kerfoot · 2nd 6:17 · ARI

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 61.1 mph
Distance: 41 ft
Entry to goal: 4.1 s

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Jack Eichel · 2nd 7:39 · VGK

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 48.3 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Type: rebound

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William Karlsson · 2nd 11:08 · VGK

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 73.4 mph
Distance: 30 ft
Entry to goal: 2.5 s

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Anthony Mantha · 2nd 14:37 · VGK

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 60.9 mph
Distance: 15 ft
Entry to goal: 3.2 s
Type: one-timer

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Chandler Stephenson · 2nd 18:08 · VGK

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 23.2 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s

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Josh Doan · 3rd 8:19 · ARI

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 14.4 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 3.3 s
Type: rebound

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Nick Bjugstad · 3rd 9:16 · ARI

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 49.0 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Entry to goal: 3.2 s

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Michael Carcone · 3rd 9:26 · ARI

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 70.2 mph
Distance: 38 ft
Entry to goal: 7.3 s

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Michael Carcone · 3rd 14:47 · ARI

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 40.0 mph
Distance: 42 ft
Entry to goal: 3.2 s

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Joshua Brown · 3rd 15:48 · ARI

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 37.6 mph
Distance: 49 ft
Type: one-timer

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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.