Vegas Golden Knights vs. Anaheim DucksJan 4, 2019

FinalFriday, Jan 4, 2019· Honda Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	1	2	0	3		VGK	17	17	8	42
ANA	0	2	0	2		ANA	6	10	11	27

: VGK 77ANA 50
: VGK 6.26ANA 2.69
PP goals: VGK 0ANA 1
Hits: VGK 25ANA 33
Blocks: VGK 13ANA 13
PIM: VGK 6ANA 6
: VGK 56%ANA 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge Anaheim Ducks 3–2

Vegas Golden Knights beat Anaheim Ducks 3–2 at ANA. Tomas Nosek (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. ANA's first power-play unit (Henrique, Silfverberg, Ritchie, Sprong and Mahura) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:38 together.

Points
Tomas Nosek had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 14:42.Nosek
PP1
ANA's first power-play unit (Henrique, Silfverberg, Ritchie, Sprong and Mahura) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:38 together.Henrique Silfverberg Ritchie Sprong Mahura
Goalie
John Gibson (ANA) faced 42 shots and stopped 39 (.929), +10 against a season average of 31.7; the loss.Gibson
Luck
VGK scored 3 goals on 6.26 expected goals (77 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for VGK: Stastny–Pacioretty–Tuch skated 13:05 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (59.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Stastny Pacioretty Tuch
New line
New look for ANA: Gibbons–Rowney–Sprong skated 5:56 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (35.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gibbons Rowney Sprong
Usage
Brian Gibbons (ANA) played 15:05, +4:14 up on his 10:51 season average over 63 games.Gibbons
Usage
Ryan Getzlaf (ANA) played 23:19, +3:55 up on his 19:24 season average over 66 games.Getzlaf

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)ANA attacks right (top on phones) →

ANA
VGK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 127 of 127 attempts · ANA 50 · VGK 77

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

ANA
VGK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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 52% of the game, ANA 22%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

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
Stat	VGK	ANA
	70	50
	4.77	2.84
	4.66	2.71
	22	12
	5	2
	23	28
	+0.074	−0.073
	52%	22%

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
13:2865% CF
L2Stastny – Pacioretty – Tuch
13:0559% CF
L3Eakin – Carpenter – Nosek
9:4463% CF
L4Reaves – Carrier – Bellemare
7:2860% CF
D1McNabb – Schmidt
15:2646% CF
D2Holden – Merrill
11:5771% CF
D3Engelland – Hunt
10:5452% CF

PP1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Hunt – Tuch
2:16100% CF
PP2Stastny – Pacioretty – Eakin – Schmidt – Nosek
1:33100% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
2:29
PK2FBellemare – Nosek
1:13
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
2:18
PK2DHolden – Schmidt
1:07

Current VGK line combinations →

Anaheim Ducks

L1Kesler – Cogliano – Silfverberg
8:0160% CF
L2Henrique – Ritchie – Kase
7:5113% CF
L3Getzlaf – Aberg – Sherwood
7:1427% CF
L4Gibbons – Rowney – Sprong
5:5635% CF
D1Manson – Larsson
14:2148% CF
D2Lindholm – Montour
13:3758% CF
D3Welinski – Mahura
7:1129% CF

PP1Henrique – Silfverberg – Ritchie – Sprong – Mahura
2:3875% CF
PP2Getzlaf – Kesler – Welinski – Montour – Kase
1:530% CF
PK1FGetzlaf – Henrique
1:08
PK2FSilfverberg – Rowney
0:59
PK1DManson – Lindholm
1:44
PK2DMontour – Larsson
0:33

Current ANA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

6:52
VGKNate Schmidt (Brad Hunt, Tomas Nosek)slap0.05 xG
VGK: Reaves, Marchessault, Hunt, Schmidt, Bellemare, NosekANA: Henrique, Gibbons, Welinski, Montour, Kase
VGK 1 – 0 ANA

2nd period

1:57
ANADaniel SprongPP (Josh Mahura, Adam Henrique)snap0.05 xG
VGK: Engelland, McNabb, Bellemare, NosekANA: Henrique, Silfverberg, Ritchie, Sprong, Mahura
VGK 1 – 1 ANA
2:15
ANACarter Rowney (Hampus Lindholm, Brian Gibbons)tip-in0.07 xG
VGK: Engelland, Eakin, Hunt, Carpenter, NosekANA: Gibbons, Welinski, Lindholm, Rowney, Sprong
VGK 1 – 2 ANA
10:15
VGKTomas Nosek (Brayden McNabb)tip-in0.04 xG
VGK: McNabb, Eakin, Schmidt, Carpenter, NosekANA: Getzlaf, Welinski, Aberg, Mahura, Sherwood
VGK 2 – 2 ANA
10:46
VGKMax Pacioretty (Paul Stastny, Alex Tuch)tip-in0.08 xG
VGK: Engelland, Stastny, Pacioretty, Holden, TuchANA: Henrique, Manson, Ritchie, Kase, Larsson
VGK 3 – 2 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
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
William Karlsson C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.27	1	0	0	20:10	—	—	63	67
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.21	1	1	0	19:01	—	—	65	61
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.33	0	0	0	18:30	—	—	62	67
Max Pacioretty L	L2	1	0	1	+1	6	0.89	2	0	2	18:00	—	—	48	34
Paul Stastny C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	17:23	—	—	52	36
Alex Tuch R	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.18	1	1	0	16:52	—	—	58	60
Tomas Nosek L	L3	1	1	2	+1	5	0.55	1	0	0	14:42	—	—	58	70
Cody Eakin C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.89	0	0	0	13:35	—	—	63	74
Ryan Carpenter C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	1.23	4	0	0	11:49	—	—	63	74
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	0	0	0	+1	3	0.34	0	2	0	11:03	—	—	52	80
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.21	1	0	0	9:42	—	—	61	84
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	0	5	0.79	3	0	0	8:02	—	—	62	86
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.05	4	4	0	21:32	—	—	43	40
Nate Schmidt D	D1	1	0	1	+2	2	0.10	1	2	0	20:59	—	—	46	56
Nick Holden D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.14	2	0	2	20:53	—	—	74	80
Jon Merrill D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	1	2	17:37	—	—	62	52
Deryk Engelland D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	0	1	0	19:44	—	—	56	60
Brad Hunt D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	16:35	—	—	52	65

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	27	25	2	.926	2.69	59:16

Anaheim Ducks

ANA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan Kesler C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	4	13:56	—	—	63	75
Jakob Silfverberg R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.24	2	0	0	13:37	—	—	57	74
Andrew Cogliano C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.24	5	0	0	9:53	—	—	60	69
Adam Henrique C	L2	0	1	1	-2	1	0.07	2	0	2	17:36	—	—	26	27
Nick Ritchie L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.31	0	0	0	16:30	—	—	26	28
Ondrej Kase R	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:00	—	—	38	18
Ryan Getzlaf C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	3	0	23:19	—	—	35	27
Pontus Aberg L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.09	1	0	0	14:16	—	—	39	27
Kiefer Sherwood L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	1	0	0	14:00	—	—	44	41
Brian Gibbons C	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:05	—	—	38	41
Daniel Sprong R	L4	1	0	1	+1	4	0.32	0	0	0	14:02	—	—	46	31
Carter Rowney C	L4	1	0	1	+1	4	0.64	4	0	0	11:07	—	—	52	45
Josh Manson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	5	0	0	22:26	—	—	46	29
Jacob Larsson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	3	0	19:22	—	—	35	28
Hampus Lindholm D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.06	5	5	0	26:25	—	—	46	67
Brandon Montour D	D2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.43	1	0	0	21:33	—	—	50	57
Andy Welinski D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	0	0	0	15:49	—	—	43	21
Josh Mahura D	D3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:31	—	—	27	13

ANA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
John Gibson(start)	L	42	39	3	.929	5.35	58:33

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.