Vegas Golden Knights vs. New Jersey DevilsDec 16, 2021

FinalThursday, Dec 16, 2021· Prudential Center

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

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New Jersey DevilsNJD

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	1	1	3	5		VGK	13	7	10	30
NJD	1	0	2	3		NJD	6	15	5	26

: VGK 55NJD 57
: VGK 4.08NJD 3.31
PP goals: VGK 1NJD 1
Hits: VGK 6NJD 15
Blocks: VGK 16NJD 9
PIM: VGK 24NJD 18
: VGK 48%NJD 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat New Jersey Devils 5–3

Vegas Golden Knights beat New Jersey Devils 5–3 at NJD. Jonathan Marchessault (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. NJD's first power-play unit (Tatar, Severson, Smith, Sharangovich and Mercer) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:43 together.

Points
Dylan Coghlan had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 12:11.Coghlan
Points
Jonathan Marchessault had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 14:16.Marchessault
Points
Tomas Tatar had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:41.Tatar
Points
William Karlsson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:21.Karlsson
Points
Reilly Smith had 2 assists (2 points) in 14:03.Smith
PP1
NJD's first power-play unit (Tatar, Severson, Smith, Sharangovich and Mercer) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:43 together.Tatar Severson Smith Sharangovich Mercer
New line
New look for NJD: Vesey–Bastian–McLeod skated 9:39 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Vesey Bastian McLeod
New line
New look for VGK: Carrier–Kolesar–Howden skated 9:19 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Carrier Kolesar Howden

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 112 of 112 attempts · NJD 57 · VGK 55

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 36% of the game, NJD 32%.

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
	53	50
	2.58	2.49
	2.48	2.31
	5	12
	4	6
	14	8
	−0.027	+0.028
	36%	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

L1Pacioretty – Stone – Stephenson
11:0175% CF
L2Carrier – Kolesar – Howden
9:1950% CF
L3Dadonov – Janmark – Roy
9:0933% CF
L4Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
8:4843% CF
D1McNabb – Whitecloud
15:4947% CF
D2Pietrangelo – Hague
15:1952% CF
D3Hutton – Coghlan
9:0462% CF

PP1Dadonov – Pacioretty – Pietrangelo – Stone – Stephenson
3:56100% CF
PP2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Roy – Coghlan
2:4950% CF
PK1FStone – Stephenson
2:22
PK2FSmith – Karlsson
1:31
PK1DPietrangelo – McNabb
4:17
PK2DHague – Whitecloud
1:16

Current VGK line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Zacha – Bratt – Hughes
10:5956% CF
L2Vesey – Bastian – McLeod
9:3933% CF
L3Kuokkanen – Studenic – Sharangovich
7:5733% CF
L4Tatar – Johnsson – Mercer
7:4050% CF
D1Severson – Siegenthaler
15:4545% CF
D2Hamilton – Smith
14:0356% CF

PP1Tatar – Severson – Smith – Sharangovich – Mercer
2:4371% CF
PP2Hamilton – Johnsson – Zacha – Bratt – Hughes
1:51100% CF
PK1FVesey – McLeod
2:59
PK2FKuokkanen – Studenic
1:40
PK1DSeverson – Siegenthaler
4:21
PK2DHamilton – Bahl
0:00

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:41
NJDJack Hughes (Dougie Hamilton, Tomas Tatar)snap0.20 xG
VGK: McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, WhitecloudNJD: Tatar, Hamilton, Zacha, Smith, Hughes
VGK 0 – 1 NJD
10:27
VGKDylan CoghlanPP (Reilly Smith, Jonathan Marchessault)slap0.09 xG
VGK: Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Roy, CoghlanNJD: Vesey, Severson, Siegenthaler, Mercer
VGK 1 – 1 NJD

2nd period

3:47
VGKWilliam Carrier (Keegan Kolesar, Brett Howden)tip-in0.08 xG
VGK: McNabb, Carrier, Kolesar, Howden, WhitecloudNJD: Tatar, Johnsson, Geertsen, Bahl, Mercer
VGK 2 – 1 NJD

3rd period

7:37
VGKWilliam Karlsson (Reilly Smith, Dylan Coghlan)wrist0.02 xG
VGK: Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Hutton, CoghlanNJD: Tatar, Hamilton, Smith, Sharangovich, Mercer
VGK 3 – 1 NJD
8:10
VGKNicolas Roy (Mattias Janmark, Alex Pietrangelo)snap0.15 xG
VGK: Dadonov, Pietrangelo, Janmark, Roy, HagueNJD: Geertsen, Zacha, Bratt, Bahl, Hughes
VGK 4 – 1 NJD
10:03
NJDTomas TatarPP (Damon Severson, Ty Smith)snap0.15 xG
VGK: Kolesar, Howden, Hague, WhitecloudNJD: Tatar, Severson, Smith, Sharangovich, Mercer
VGK 4 – 2 NJD
12:29
NJDJimmy VeseySH (Jonas Siegenthaler, Michael McLeod)deflected0.25 xG
VGK: Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Roy, CoghlanNJD: Vesey, Severson, Siegenthaler, McLeod
VGK 4 – 3 NJD
18:53
VGKJonathan MarchessaultEN (William Karlsson, Brayden McNabb)snap0.92 xG
VGK: McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, HagueNJD: Hamilton, Vesey, Zacha, Bratt, Smith, Hughes
VGK 5 – 3 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
Chandler Stephenson C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	0	0	19:40	—	—	65	68
Mark Stone R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.64	0	0	0	19:02	—	—	71	64
Max Pacioretty L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.45	0	0	0	18:28	—	—	76	67
Keegan Kolesar R	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	13:27	—	—	50	47
William Carrier L	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.08	1	0	0	11:55	—	—	54	46
Brett Howden C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:29	—	—	50	43
Nicolas Roy C	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.15	0	0	0	14:21	—	—	36	31
Evgenii Dadonov L	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:19	—	—	35	29
Mattias Janmark C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.17	0	0	0	13:15	—	—	32	30
William Karlsson C	L4	1	1	2	0	1	0.08	0	0	0	16:21	—	—	50	56
Jonathan Marchessault R	L4	1	1	2	0	4	1.30	0	0	0	14:16	—	—	52	64
Reilly Smith R	L4	0	2	2	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:03	—	—	44	60
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.05	1	5	0	23:27	—	—	50	54
Zach Whitecloud D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.41	1	3	0	19:11	—	—	44	53
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.17	0	3	10	28:37	—	—	51	49
Nicolas Hague D	D2	0	0	0	+2	3	0.24	0	1	0	18:58	—	—	52	52
Dylan Coghlan D	D3	1	1	2	0	3	0.11	0	2	4	12:11	—	—	64	52
Ben Hutton D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.11	1	0	0	11:40	—	—	56	43

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Robin Lehner(start)	W	26	23	3	.885	3.31	59:32
Laurent Brossoit	—	0	0	0	—	0.00	0:15

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Hughes C	L1	1	0	1	-1	4	0.92	0	0	0	18:38	—	—	68	59
Pavel Zacha C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.29	1	0	0	16:34	—	—	57	43
Jesper Bratt L	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.17	0	0	0	16:24	—	—	61	52
Jimmy Vesey L	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.38	3	0	0	15:54	—	—	50	65
Michael McLeod C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	2	1	0	15:33	—	—	33	35
Nathan Bastian R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.16	4	0	2	12:13	—	—	38	42
Yegor Sharangovich C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.19	0	1	0	14:32	—	—	38	64
Marián Studenic R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	12:48	—	—	28	31
Janne Kuokkanen C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.11	0	0	2	11:51	—	—	29	38
Dawson Mercer C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	0	0	0	14:08	—	—	40	25
Tomas Tatar L	L4	1	1	2	-1	2	0.27	0	0	0	13:41	—	—	58	64
Andreas Johnsson L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.31	0	0	0	11:32	—	—	54	22
Damon Severson D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.17	0	1	2	28:18	—	—	39	27
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.06	0	1	0	26:32	—	—	52	41
Dougie Hamilton D	D2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.13	0	2	2	24:37	—	—	56	67
Ty Smith D	D2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.03	0	0	0	22:16	—	—	51	59
Kevin Bahl D	—	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	2	0	0	9:54	—	—	44	27
Mason Geertsen L	—	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	1	10	8:01	—	—	36	20

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	L	29	25	4	.862	3.15	58:55

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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.