Vegas Golden Knights vs. Anaheim DucksApr 24, 2021

FinalSaturday, Apr 24, 2021· Honda Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	2	1	2	5		VGK	9	8	14	31
ANA	0	0	1	1		ANA	10	6	8	24

: VGK 47ANA 56
: VGK 2.79ANA 1.74
PP goals: VGK 0ANA 0
Hits: VGK 13ANA 26
Blocks: VGK 15ANA 6
PIM: VGK 4ANA 6
: VGK 40%ANA 60%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights rout Anaheim Ducks 5–1

Vegas Golden Knights beat Anaheim Ducks 5–1 at ANA. Chandler Stephenson (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for ANA: Backes–Grant–Deslauriers skated 9:06 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (64.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Chandler Stephenson had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 2 shots in 21:18.Stephenson
Points
Shea Theodore had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 21:01.Theodore
Points
Alex Pietrangelo had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:04.Pietrangelo
New line
New look for ANA: Backes–Grant–Deslauriers skated 9:06 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (64.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Backes Grant Deslauriers
Usage
Tomas Nosek (VGK) played 1:39, −11:39 down on his 13:18 season average over 37 games.Nosek
Usage
Ryan Getzlaf (ANA) played 6:48, −9:59 down on his 16:47 season average over 47 games.Getzlaf
Luck
VGK scored 5 goals on 2.79 expected goals (47 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for ANA: Heinen–Steel–Jones skated 4:35 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Heinen Steel Jones

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 103 of 103 attempts · ANA 56 · VGK 47

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 29% of the game, ANA 34%.

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
	48	58
	2.68	1.47
	2.52	1.44
	11	6
	1	5
	17	20
	−0.122	+0.122
	29%	34%

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
11:0039% CF
L2Karlsson – Marchessault – Tuch
6:2467% CF
L3Janmark – Carrier – Sikura
4:1811% CF
D1McNabb – Theodore
15:1544% CF
D2Hague – Whitecloud
13:5130% CF
D3Martinez – Pietrangelo
13:2554% CF

PP1Martinez – Pietrangelo – Karlsson – Marchessault – Tuch
2:45100% CF
PP2Pacioretty – Stone – Stephenson – Janmark – Theodore
2:1750% CF
PK1FStone – Stephenson
1:24
PK2FKarlsson – Janmark
1:17
PK1DMartinez – Pietrangelo
1:12
PK2DMcNabb – Whitecloud
0:54

Current VGK line combinations →

Anaheim Ducks

L1Backes – Grant – Deslauriers
9:0665% CF
L2Henrique – Rakell – Comtois
8:0236% CF
L3Getzlaf – Terry – Volkov
4:4167% CF
L4Heinen – Steel – Jones
4:3533% CF
D1Shattenkirk – Larsson
14:0870% CF
D2Fleury – Drysdale
13:4641% CF
D3Fowler – Welinski
13:3850% CF

PP1Getzlaf – Welinski – Terry – Volkov – Drysdale
1:57100% CF
PP2Shattenkirk – Henrique – Fowler – Rakell – Comtois
1:24100% CF
PK1FGrant – Jones
2:00
PK2FHenrique – Heinen
1:24
PK1DFleury – Drysdale
2:52
PK2DFowler – Larsson
2:32

Current ANA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:28
VGKChandler Stephenson (Max Pacioretty)snap0.19 xG
VGK: Pacioretty, Martinez, Pietrangelo, Stone, StephensonANA: Backes, Grant, Deslauriers, Fleury, Drysdale
VGK 1 – 0 ANA
14:44
VGKChandler Stephenson (Shea Theodore)wrist0.23 xG
VGK: McNabb, Marchessault, Stephenson, Janmark, TheodoreANA: Backes, Grant, Deslauriers, Fowler, Welinski
VGK 2 – 0 ANA

2nd period

6:12
VGKWilliam Carrier (Alex Pietrangelo)wrist0.00 xG
VGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Stephenson, Carrier, TuchANA: Fowler, Welinski, Heinen, Steel, Jones
VGK 3 – 0 ANA

3rd period

2:00
ANASam Steel (Troy Terry, Alexander Volkov)tip-in0.45 xG
VGK: Janmark, Carrier, Sikura, Hague, WhitecloudANA: Shattenkirk, Larsson, Terry, Steel, Volkov
VGK 3 – 1 ANA
5:39
VGKWilliam Karlsson (Jonathan Marchessault, Alex Pietrangelo)backhand0.20 xG
VGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Karlsson, Marchessault, TuchANA: Grant, Welinski, Rakell, Fleury, Volkov
VGK 4 – 1 ANA
7:17
VGKShea Theodore (Brayden McNabb, Chandler Stephenson)slap0.02 xG
VGK: Pacioretty, McNabb, Stone, Stephenson, TheodoreANA: Shattenkirk, Larsson, Terry, Steel, Volkov
VGK 5 – 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
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Chandler Stephenson C	L1	2	1	3	+4	2	0.55	0	0	0	21:18	—	—	41	71
Mark Stone R	L1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.12	0	1	0	19:46	—	—	40	72
Max Pacioretty L	L1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.11	1	1	0	19:00	—	—	38	72
William Karlsson C	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.63	1	1	0	20:41	—	—	63	82
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	0	1	1	+2	4	0.24	0	0	0	19:18	—	—	70	87
Alex Tuch R	L2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.14	1	0	2	16:38	—	—	58	78
Mattias Janmark C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	0	0	0	20:08	—	—	46	56
William Carrier L	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.00	2	1	0	13:55	—	—	32	17
Dylan Sikura R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	2	0	0	11:37	—	—	24	6
Shea Theodore D	D1	1	1	2	+2	4	0.15	0	1	0	21:01	—	—	50	80
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.05	0	2	0	18:59	—	—	44	61
Nicolas Hague D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	4	2	0	17:05	—	—	30	26
Zach Whitecloud D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	2	2	16:37	—	—	32	26
Alex Pietrangelo D	D3	0	2	2	+3	2	0.15	0	0	0	21:04	—	—	50	79
Alec Martinez D	D3	0	0	0	+3	2	0.33	0	2	0	20:50	—	—	58	93
Dylan Coghlan D	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	2	0	10:42	—	—	31	3
Nicolas Roy C	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	5:48	—	—	40	6
Tomas Nosek L	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	1:39	—	—	0	0

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Robin Lehner(start)	W	24	23	1	.958	1.74	60:00

Anaheim Ducks

ANA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Derek Grant C	L1	0	0	0	-3	2	0.04	1	0	0	18:55	—	—	53	9
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.04	3	0	2	12:32	—	—	65	12
David Backes R	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	1	2	12:02	—	—	60	20
Rickard Rakell R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	2	1	0	18:24	—	—	41	18
Adam Henrique C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	1	0	16:53	—	—	44	24
Maxime Comtois L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.33	4	1	0	16:48	—	—	52	25
Troy Terry R	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.05	0	0	0	16:28	—	—	72	74
Alexander Volkov R	L3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	15:59	—	—	60	51
Ryan Getzlaf C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	0	0	6:48	—	—	71	42
Sam Steel C	L4	1	0	1	-1	3	0.55	1	0	0	13:50	—	—	65	83
Max Jones L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	3	1	0	12:58	—	—	23	18
Danton Heinen L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	0	0	0	12:39	—	—	41	32
Kevin Shattenkirk D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	1	0	2	20:20	—	—	65	77
Jacob Larsson D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	0	0	20:04	—	—	71	85
Jamie Drysdale D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	1	0	0	21:21	—	—	44	6
Haydn Fleury D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.06	2	0	0	19:29	—	—	41	9
Cam Fowler D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	19:43	—	—	53	23
Andy Welinski D	D3	0	0	0	-3	4	0.04	2	1	0	19:03	—	—	53	24

ANA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
John Gibson(start)	L	31	26	5	.839	2.79	60:00

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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.