Vegas Golden Knights vs. Anaheim DucksMar 1, 2019

FinalFriday, Mar 1, 2019· Honda Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	1	1	1	3		VGK	14	9	11	34
ANA	0	0	0	0		ANA	10	12	12	34

: VGK 56ANA 60
: VGK 3.96ANA 4.06
PP goals: VGK 1ANA 0
Hits: VGK 25ANA 28
Blocks: VGK 13ANA 8
PIM: VGK 4ANA 4
: VGK 58%ANA 42%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Anaheim Ducks 3–0

Vegas Golden Knights beat Anaheim Ducks 3–0 at ANA. William Karlsson (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 0A. VGK's first power-play unit (Smith, Stone, Karlsson, Marchessault and Theodore) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:32 together.

PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Smith, Stone, Karlsson, Marchessault and Theodore) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:32 together.Smith Stone Karlsson Marchessault Theodore
Luck
ANA scored 0 goals on 4.06 expected goals (60 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Brendan Guhle (ANA) played 24:13, +10:31 up on his 13:42 season average over 7 games.Guhle
New line
New look for VGK: Pirri–Eakin–Tuch skated 12:23 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pirri Eakin Tuch
New line
New look for VGK: Reaves–Carpenter–Bellemare skated 8:09 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Reaves Carpenter Bellemare
Usage
Jonathan Marchessault (VGK) played 13:50, −4:22 down on his 18:12 season average over 81 games.Marchessault
Usage
William Karlsson (VGK) played 14:24, −4:30 down on his 18:54 season average over 81 games.Karlsson
Usage
Reilly Smith (VGK) played 13:52, −4:28 down on his 18:20 season average over 73 games.Smith

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 116 of 116 attempts · ANA 60 · VGK 56

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 25% of the game, ANA 37%.

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
	56	67
	2.36	4.51
	2.34	4.35
	10	18
	1	4
	23	17
	+0.068	−0.068
	25%	37%

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.