Edgehalla

Vegas Golden Knights vs. Anaheim DucksDec 27, 2017

Final· Honda Center
Goals123TShots123T
VGK1124VGK814628
ANA1001ANA157628
VGK 56ANA 64
VGK 3.65ANA 2.97
PP goals
VGK 0ANA 0
Hits
VGK 21ANA 26
Blocks
VGK 18ANA 13
PIM
VGK 4ANA 4
VGK 49%ANA 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Anaheim Ducks 4–1

Vegas Golden Knights beat Anaheim Ducks 4–1 at ANA. Rickard Rakell (ANA) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for ANA: Kesler–Cogliano–Wagner skated 9:27 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

  1. New line
    New look for ANA: Kesler–Cogliano–Wagner skated 9:27 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.KeslerCoglianoWagner
  2. Luck
    ANA scored 1 goal on 2.97 expected goals (64 attempts), well short of its chances.
  3. New line
    New look for ANA: Henrique–Silfverberg–Roy skated 7:08 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (17.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.HenriqueSilfverbergRoy
  4. New line
    New look for ANA: Vermette–Shaw–Ritchie skated 4:40 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (88.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.VermetteShawRitchie
  5. Usage
    Brandon Montour (ANA) played 17:20, −3:11 down on his 20:31 season average over 79 games.Montour
  6. Usage
    Kevin Bieksa (ANA) played 21:49, +3:52 up on his 17:57 season average over 58 games.Bieksa
  7. Usage
    Antoine Vermette (ANA) played 10:30, −3:18 down on his 13:48 season average over 63 games.Vermette
  8. Usage
    Brayden McNabb (VGK) played 23:46, +3:40 up on his 20:06 season average over 75 games.McNabb

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 ANA: 120 attempts, 56 on goal, 5 goals, 6.62 expected goals; best chance David Perron at 0.67 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← VGK attacks left (bottom on phones)ANA attacks right (top on phones) →
  • ANA
  • VGK
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 120 of 120 attempts · ANA 64 · VGK 56

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, VGK at ANA: expected goals 2.97 to 3.65 (VGK led the chances), shot attempts 64 to 56, 5 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdANAVGKRTEKPnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • ANA
  • VGK
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
ANAVGKcontrol2nd3rdRakell · 1st 1:40Theodore · 1st 17:50Eakin · 2nd 15:12Karlsson · 3rd 0:28Perron · 3rd 18:47
  • ANA 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 33% of the game, ANA 29%.

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 ANA: 38 players over 60:00; most ice John Gibson (57:42) for ANA and Malcolm Subban (60:00) for VGK, 5 goals.

ANA
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
StatVGKANA
4964
2.102.79
2.002.69
1014
58
2624
+0.016−0.016
33%29%

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 →

Anaheim Ducks

Current ANA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

  1. 15:12
    VGK 2 – 1 ANA

3rd period

  1. 0:28
    VGK 3 – 1 ANA
  2. 18:47
    VGK 4 – 1 ANA

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
Erik Haula LL1011+110.0023017:42——2720
David Perron LL1101020.9020017:08——245
James Neal LL1000010.1910216:29——2610
William Karlsson CL2101+120.2900016:40——5052
Reilly Smith RL2000+120.2000016:34——5254
Jonathan Marchessault RL2011+120.4710015:31——5054
Alex Tuch RL3000020.4611013:49——4623
Cody Eakin CL3101+120.1510213:10——4832
Brendan Leipsic LL3000010.0300013:05——4218
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare LL4011+230.3401013:58——5073
Tomas Nosek LL4011+110.1000012:53——5060
Oscar Lindberg LL4011+110.0710011:23——5570
Brayden McNabb DD1000010.0186023:46——3337
Nate Schmidt DD1011+110.0303022:53——3345
Deryk Engelland DD2000+200.0021019:47——5251
Shea Theodore DD2101+230.1001017:45——5050
Colin Miller DD3000+130.3022017:56——4836
Jon Merrill DD3000000.0100015:31——5038
VGK goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Malcolm Subban(start)W28271.9642.9760:00

Anaheim Ducks

ANA skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Ryan Getzlaf CL1000010.0810020:20——7786
Rickard Rakell RL1101030.3730019:27——7995
Ondrej Kase RL1000-120.7010016:58——6976
Ryan Kesler CL2000-330.2220016:27——4833
Chris Wagner RL2000-100.0640014:31——5441
Andrew Cogliano CL2000-100.0400213:03——4534
Adam Henrique CL3000020.1703017:17——3217
Jakob Silfverberg RL3011010.2111015:21——3242
Kevin Roy CL3000-120.0400013:39——3334
Logan Shaw RL4000-110.0120012:11——7473
Nick Ritchie LL4000-120.3720010:44——8191
Antoine Vermette CL4000-140.4000010:30——8086
Cam Fowler DD1000-220.2000022:04——7080
Kevin Bieksa DD1000-120.0424221:49——5168
Hampus Lindholm DD2000-220.0533021:40——6653
Josh Manson DD2000-100.0131018:56——6462
Brandon Montour DD3011-110.0021017:20——5422
Francois Beauchemin DD3000+100.0100016:01——4038
ANA goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
John Gibson(start)L27243.8892.9857:42