Vegas Golden Knights vs. Anaheim DucksDec 27, 2019

FinalFriday, Dec 27, 2019· Honda Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	0	1	2	3		VGK	8	9	12	29
ANA	0	3	1	4		ANA	4	9	5	18

: VGK 58ANA 40
: VGK 3.31ANA 2.58
PP goals: VGK 0ANA 2
Hits: VGK 25ANA 24
Blocks: VGK 10ANA 11
PIM: VGK 10ANA 8
: VGK 40%ANA 60%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Anaheim Ducks edge Vegas Golden Knights 4–3

Anaheim Ducks beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–3 at home. Nate Schmidt (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for ANA: Getzlaf–Henrique–Carrick skated 11:11 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (35.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Nate Schmidt had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 22:42.Schmidt
Points
Cam Fowler had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:13.Fowler
Points
Devin Shore had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 9:54.Shore
Points
Mark Stone had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:12.Stone
New line
New look for ANA: Getzlaf–Henrique–Carrick skated 11:11 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (35.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Getzlaf Henrique Carrick
New line
New look for ANA: Deslauriers–Shore–Rowney skated 8:16 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (22.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Deslauriers Shore Rowney
New line
New look for ANA: Silfverberg–Comtois–Lundeström skated 7:33 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Silfverberg Comtois Lundeström
New line
New look for VGK: Stastny–Tuch–Glass skated 8:59 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Stastny Tuch Glass

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 98 of 98 attempts · ANA 40 · VGK 58

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 47% 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
	56	30
	2.60	1.61
	2.48	1.54
	7	11
	1	2
	16	20
	−0.077	+0.077
	47%	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

L1Pacioretty – Stone – Stephenson
13:5967% CF
L2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
12:1370% CF
L3Stastny – Tuch – Glass
8:5950% CF
L4Reaves – Carrier – Nosek
7:4465% CF
D1McNabb – Schmidt
14:3269% CF
D2Theodore – Hague
12:1263% CF
D3Engelland – Holden
11:5876% CF

PP1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore – Glass
1:56100% CF
PP2Stastny – Pacioretty – Stone – Theodore – Tuch
1:33100% CF
PK1FStone – Stephenson
1:16
PK2FSmith – Karlsson
0:58
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
1:34
PK2DHolden – Schmidt
0:40

Current VGK line combinations →

Anaheim Ducks

L1Kase – Steel – Jones
13:3535% CF
L2Getzlaf – Henrique – Carrick
11:1136% CF
L3Deslauriers – Shore – Rowney
8:1623% CF
L4Silfverberg – Comtois – Lundeström
7:3340% CF
D1Fowler – Gudbranson
15:5938% CF
D2Manson – Lindholm
15:5323% CF
D3Holzer – Larsson
12:1653% CF

PP1Silfverberg – Lindholm – Kase – Comtois – Lundeström
1:4767% CF
PP2Henrique – Silfverberg – Fowler – Carrick – Kase
0:44100% CF
PK1FSilfverberg – Rowney
1:35
PK2FHenrique – Jones
0:42
PK1DManson – Lindholm
1:29
PK2DFowler – Gudbranson
1:17

Current ANA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

4:55
VGKJonathan Marchessault (William Karlsson, Reilly Smith)wrist0.12 xG
VGK: Engelland, Holden, Smith, Karlsson, MarchessaultANA: Manson, Lindholm, Kase, Steel, Jones
VGK 1 – 0 ANA
9:00
ANAAdam HenriquePP (Jakob Silfverberg, Cam Fowler)slap0.12 xG
VGK: Engelland, McNabb, KarlssonANA: Henrique, Silfverberg, Fowler, Carrick, Kase
VGK 1 – 1 ANA
10:23
ANACam FowlerPP (Sam Steel, Devin Shore)snap0.11 xG
VGK: Engelland, McNabb, Smith, KarlssonANA: Henrique, Fowler, Carrick, Shore, Steel
VGK 1 – 2 ANA
10:37
ANAMaxime Comtois (Jacob Larsson, Isac Lundeström)tip-in0.06 xG
VGK: Stastny, Theodore, Tuch, Hague, GlassANA: Holzer, Silfverberg, Larsson, Comtois, Lundeström
VGK 1 – 3 ANA

3rd period

9:46
ANADevin Shore (Carter Rowney)wrist0.10 xG
VGK: Engelland, Reaves, Holden, Carrier, NosekANA: Deslauriers, Manson, Lindholm, Shore, Rowney
VGK 1 – 4 ANA
18:08
VGKNate Schmidt (Mark Stone)wrist0.04 xG
VGK: Pacioretty, McNabb, Stone, Stephenson, SchmidtANA: Getzlaf, Holzer, Henrique, Carrick, Larsson
VGK 2 – 4 ANA
19:54
VGKNate Schmidt (Mark Stone, Max Pacioretty)wrist0.21 xG
VGK: Pacioretty, Smith, Stone, Karlsson, Marchessault, SchmidtANA: Getzlaf, Silfverberg, Fowler, Gudbranson, Comtois
VGK 3 – 4 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
Mark Stone R	L1	0	2	2	+2	1	0.03	0	0	2	20:12	—	—	62	56
Max Pacioretty L	L1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.23	2	0	0	19:59	—	—	65	67
Chandler Stephenson C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.08	1	0	0	17:33	—	—	67	60
William Karlsson C	L2	0	1	1	+2	3	0.35	0	0	0	19:09	—	—	64	54
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.25	0	0	0	17:26	—	—	68	61
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	1	0	1	+2	3	0.29	1	0	0	17:09	—	—	67	54
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	3	0	0	13:36	—	—	64	64
Paul Stastny C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	0	0	0	13:01	—	—	56	62
Cody Glass C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.34	0	0	0	12:09	—	—	57	53
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.34	2	0	6	9:43	—	—	65	76
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.25	3	0	0	9:19	—	—	70	74
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	3	0	0	7:52	—	—	65	71
Nate Schmidt D	D1	2	0	2	+2	2	0.26	0	2	2	22:42	—	—	62	40
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.23	4	3	0	21:26	—	—	70	50
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.36	0	1	0	23:30	—	—	59	68
Nicolas Hague D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	3	1	0	17:42	—	—	60	63
Nick Holden D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	2	0	16:08	—	—	72	79
Deryk Engelland D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	1	0	14:39	—	—	77	79

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Malcolm Subban(start)	L	18	14	4	.778	2.19	58:39

Anaheim Ducks

ANA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ondrej Kase R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.24	0	1	0	20:00	—	—	38	45
Max Jones L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.22	1	1	0	16:55	—	—	38	50
Sam Steel C	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.07	1	2	2	16:02	—	—	38	47
Ryan Getzlaf C	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.22	3	0	2	17:39	—	—	36	53
Adam Henrique C	L2	1	0	1	-1	1	0.88	0	0	0	16:17	—	—	38	59
Sam Carrick C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.20	0	1	0	14:08	—	—	33	54
Carter Rowney C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	2	0	0	12:26	—	—	25	16
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:33	—	—	25	18
Devin Shore C	L3	1	1	2	+1	3	0.18	0	1	0	9:54	—	—	26	18
Jakob Silfverberg R	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:11	—	—	50	31
Isac Lundeström C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:19	—	—	57	83
Maxime Comtois L	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.06	3	1	0	11:40	—	—	43	24
Cam Fowler D	D1	1	1	2	-1	2	0.14	2	1	0	21:13	—	—	38	37
Erik Gudbranson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	3	2	0	21:10	—	—	39	45
Hampus Lindholm D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	0	1	0	23:26	—	—	28	39
Josh Manson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	0	2	22:33	—	—	24	28
Jacob Larsson D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	14:39	—	—	53	46
Korbinian Holzer D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	4	0	2	13:55	—	—	44	39

ANA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
John Gibson(start)	W	29	26	3	.897	3.31	60:00

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.