Vegas Golden Knights vs. New Jersey DevilsMar 4, 2018

FinalSunday, Mar 4, 2018· Prudential Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	0	3	0	3		VGK	8	15	4	27
NJD	0	2	0	2		NJD	11	15	9	35

: VGK 51NJD 57
: VGK 2.27NJD 3.45
PP goals: VGK 1NJD 1
Hits: VGK 31NJD 29
Blocks: VGK 9NJD 8
PIM: VGK 6NJD 2
: VGK 54%NJD 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge New Jersey Devils 3–2

Vegas Golden Knights beat New Jersey Devils 3–2 at NJD. Taylor Hall (NJD) led the scoring with 1G 1A. VGK's first power-play unit (Perron, Tatar, Haula, Miller and Hunt) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:08 together.

Points
David Perron had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:08.Perron
Points
Taylor Hall had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 20:05.Hall
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Perron, Tatar, Haula, Miller and Hunt) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:08 together.Perron Tatar Haula Miller Hunt
New line
New look for NJD: Zajac–Grabner–Maroon skated 12:19 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (65% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Zajac Grabner Maroon
New line
New look for VGK: Tatar–Eakin–Tuch skated 10:13 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (35% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Tatar Eakin Tuch
Goalie
Marc-Andre Fleury (VGK) faced 35 shots and stopped 33 (.943), +5 against a season average of 29.9; the win.Fleury
New line
New look for NJD: Noesen–Wood–Zacha skated 10:23 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (52.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Noesen Wood Zacha
New line
New look for VGK: Perron–Haula–Hyka skated 9:16 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Perron Haula Hyka

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)NJD attacks right (top on phones) →

NJD
VGK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 108 of 108 attempts · NJD 57 · VGK 51

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

NJD
VGK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NJD 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 22% of the game, NJD 36%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

NJD

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	NJD
	50	55
	1.90	3.28
	1.88	3.16
	6	7
	5	2
	20	17
	+0.022	−0.021
	22%	36%

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

L1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
14:1850% CF
L2Tatar – Eakin – Tuch
10:1335% CF
L3Reaves – Carpenter – Nosek
9:3457% CF
L4Perron – Haula – Hyka
9:1656% CF
D1McNabb – Miller
18:0548% CF
D2Engelland – Theodore
18:0258% CF
D3Merrill – Hunt
11:5529% CF

PP1Perron – Tatar – Haula – Miller – Hunt
1:08100% CF
PP2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore – Tuch
0:50100% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
1:42
PK2FEakin – Nosek
0:40
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
2:27
PK2DMiller – Theodore
0:40

Current VGK line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Zajac – Grabner – Maroon
12:1965% CF
L2Palmieri – Hall – Hischier
12:0943% CF
L3Noesen – Wood – Zacha
10:2353% CF
L4Boyle – Stafford – Coleman
6:1345% CF
D1Moore – Severson
17:5562% CF
D2Greene – Vatanen
16:4040% CF
D3Lovejoy – Butcher
10:4559% CF

PP1Zajac – Maroon – Palmieri – Vatanen – Hall
2:1375% CF
PP2Noesen – Severson – Butcher – Wood – Hischier
1:000% CF
PK1FZajac – Coleman
1:24
PK2FGrabner – Zacha
0:40
PK1DGreene – Lovejoy
1:30
PK2DMoore – Vatanen
0:34

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

4:39
VGKDavid Perron (Tomas Hyka, Jon Merrill)snap0.02 xG
VGK: Perron, Haula, Merrill, Hyka, HuntNJD: Boyle, Stafford, Lovejoy, Coleman, Butcher
VGK 1 – 0 NJD
8:44
NJDSami VatanenPP (Taylor Hall, Patrick Maroon)slap0.09 xG
VGK: Engelland, McNabb, Smith, KarlssonNJD: Zajac, Maroon, Vatanen, Hall, Severson
VGK 1 – 1 NJD
11:17
VGKDeryk Engelland (Shea Theodore, Ryan Reaves)slap0.03 xG
VGK: Engelland, Reaves, Theodore, Carpenter, NosekNJD: Zajac, Greene, Maroon, Vatanen, Coleman
VGK 2 – 1 NJD
17:43
VGKTomas TatarPP (David Perron, Brad Hunt)wrist0.03 xG
VGK: Perron, Tatar, Haula, Miller, HuntNJD: Zajac, Greene, Lovejoy, Coleman
VGK 3 – 1 NJD
17:55
NJDTaylor Hallwrist0.15 xG
VGK: Perron, McNabb, Haula, Miller, HykaNJD: Palmieri, Moore, Hall, Severson, Hischier
VGK 3 – 2 NJD

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
William Karlsson C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.54	2	0	0	18:51	—	—	48	45
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	1	0	0	18:24	—	—	50	45
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	2	1	2	17:45	—	—	46	44
Cody Eakin C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	1	0	15:37	—	—	39	28
Alex Tuch R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.12	1	1	0	14:45	—	—	36	26
Tomas Tatar L	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.13	1	0	0	11:56	—	—	35	27
Ryan Carpenter C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.15	1	0	0	16:00	—	—	55	37
Tomas Nosek L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	0	0	0	11:05	—	—	57	62
Ryan Reaves R	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:43	—	—	57	62
David Perron L	L4	1	1	2	0	3	0.12	1	3	0	16:08	—	—	52	26
Erik Haula L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.23	1	0	0	14:06	—	—	55	55
Tomas Hyka R	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.06	0	0	0	12:11	—	—	50	13
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	11	1	2	24:55	—	—	45	32
Colin Miller D	D1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.30	3	1	0	21:46	—	—	53	34
Deryk Engelland D	D2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.08	3	1	0	24:27	—	—	59	59
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	0	0	0	20:43	—	—	55	56
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	2	0	2	13:57	—	—	30	21
Brad Hunt D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:24	—	—	35	24

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	35	33	2	.943	3.45	60:00

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Travis Zajac C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.41	1	2	0	20:42	—	—	56	77
Patrick Maroon L	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.05	4	0	0	18:41	—	—	63	74
Michael Grabner L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	1	0	15:20	—	—	58	70
Taylor Hall L	L2	1	1	2	+1	7	1.19	0	1	0	20:05	—	—	50	65
Kyle Palmieri C	L2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.50	4	1	0	17:24	—	—	44	37
Nico Hischier C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	2	0	0	15:03	—	—	46	60
Miles Wood L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	0	0	14:37	—	—	48	59
Stefan Noesen R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	0	0	14:18	—	—	52	81
Pavel Zacha C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	2	0	0	13:30	—	—	50	63
Blake Coleman L	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.18	5	0	0	10:55	—	—	47	59
Brian Boyle C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	1	0	0	10:41	—	—	59	59
Drew Stafford R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	0	0	0	10:10	—	—	59	58
Damon Severson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.09	0	0	2	23:09	—	—	57	70
John Moore D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.13	2	0	0	19:27	—	—	63	82
Sami Vatanen D	D2	1	0	1	-1	5	0.33	1	1	0	23:51	—	—	41	34
Andy Greene D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	20:51	—	—	41	33
Will Butcher D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:44	—	—	57	59
Ben Lovejoy D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	1	0	15:12	—	—	56	75

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cory Schneider(start)	L	27	24	3	.889	2.27	58:10

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.