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Vegas Golden Knights vs. New Jersey DevilsDec 14, 2018

Final / OT· Prudential Center
Goals123OTTShots123OTT
VGK31004VGK1065122
NJD02215NJD121613142
VGK 39NJD 69
VGK 2.94NJD 3.65
PP goals
VGK 1NJD 1
Hits
VGK 15NJD 12
Blocks
VGK 11NJD 8
PIM
VGK 10NJD 6
VGK 43%NJD 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils edge Vegas Golden Knights 5–4 (OT)

New Jersey Devils beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–4 in overtime at home. William Karlsson (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 0A. VGK's first power-play unit (Smith, Karlsson, Miller, Marchessault and Tuch) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:18 together.

  1. Points
    William Karlsson had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:09.Karlsson
  2. Points
    Travis Zajac had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:59.Zajac
  3. Points
    Jonathan Marchessault had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:14.Marchessault
  4. Points
    Marcus Johansson had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:06.Johansson
  5. PP1
    VGK's first power-play unit (Smith, Karlsson, Miller, Marchessault and Tuch) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:18 together.SmithKarlssonMillerMarchessaultTuch
  6. Goalie
    Marc-Andre Fleury (VGK) faced 42 shots and stopped 37 (.881), +13 against a season average of 28.6; the overtime loss.Fleury
  7. New line
    New look for VGK: Stastny–Lindberg–Tuch skated 11:02 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (45% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.StastnyLindbergTuch
  8. New line
    New look for NJD: Quenneville–Zacha–Bratt skated 7:39 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (81.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.QuennevilleZachaBratt

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.

Shot map, VGK at NJD: 108 attempts, 64 on goal, 9 goals, 6.59 expected goals; best chance Jonathan Marchessault at 0.62 xG.

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 69 · VGK 39

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, VGK at NJD: expected goals 3.65 to 2.94 (NJD led the chances), shot attempts 69 to 39, 9 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdOTNJDVGKTKCZKWPSHnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:41
  • NJD
  • VGK
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
NJDVGKcontrol2nd3rdOTTuch · 1st 1:19Karlsson · 1st 7:45Carrier · 1st 9:23Zajac · 2nd 2:59Karlsson · 2nd 3:57Wood · 2nd 10:21Palmieri · 3rd 6:24Seney · 3rd 14:55Hischier · OT 0:41
  • 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 25% of the game, NJD 55%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, VGK at NJD: 39 players over 60:41; most ice Keith Kinkaid (51:00) for NJD and Marc-Andre Fleury (60:41) for VGK, 9 goals.

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
StatVGKNJD
3766
2.982.58
2.822.40
84
24
147
−0.041+0.041
25%55%

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

Current VGK line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

3rd period

  1. 6:24
    VGK 4 – 3 NJD
  2. 14:55
    VGK 4 – 4 NJD

OT period

  1. 0:41
    VGK 4 – 5 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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Reilly Smith RL1011-200.2100020:52——3850
William Karlsson CL1202-220.1500219:09——3931
Jonathan Marchessault RL1022030.9100017:14——3752
Paul Stastny CL2000020.2301016:53——5072
Alex Tuch RL2101020.1810015:56——4463
Oscar Lindberg LL2011030.3000014:07——4461
Tomas Nosek LL3000-120.3110015:01——2953
Ryan Carpenter CL3000010.2010013:38——3572
Cody Eakin CL3000000.0000212:36——2658
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare LL4000+100.0021012:44——2059
Ryan Reaves RL4011+110.0820010:07——1813
William Carrier LL4101+110.021006:56——2514
Nate Schmidt DD1011020.1101024:16——3041
Brayden McNabb DD1011+300.0021221:47——3845
Shea Theodore DD2000010.1000019:08——4966
Deryk Engelland DD2000-200.0023218:10——4552
Nick Holden DD3000-110.0713017:38——2441
Colin Miller DD3000-110.0721217:20——2667
VGK goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)O42375.8813.6560:41

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Travis Zajac CL1112030.4320218:59——5737
Blake Coleman LL1011040.3041017:53——5637
Miles Wood LL1101030.3010013:27——5938
Marcus Johansson LL2022030.2500020:06——5650
Nico Hischier CL2101020.4010019:47——5946
Kyle Palmieri CL2101-150.4700216:36——7065
Pavel Zacha CL3000030.1710013:46——8474
Jesper Bratt LL3011030.3510012:42——8168
John Quenneville CL3000010.0901011:55——6851
Brian Boyle CL4000+110.2101014:56——7548
Brett Seney LL4101+130.190009:59——5843
Drew Stafford RL4011+110.030009:53——6738
Damon Severson DD1000+110.0200023:08——6765
Andy Greene DD1000+110.0512221:16——6561
Sami Vatanen DD2000+140.1501021:46——7776
Will Butcher DD2000020.2201020:02——6954
Mirco Mueller DD3000-110.0211016:25——5632
Ben Lovejoy DD3000-110.0000014:59——4619
NJD goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Keith KinkaidW15141.9332.4951:00
Cory Schneider(start)—743.5710.459:36