Vegas Golden Knights vs. Anaheim DucksDec 28, 2022

Final / SOWednesday, Dec 28, 2022· Honda Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
VGK	1	1	0	0	0	2		VGK	17	20	13	1	51
ANA	2	0	0	0	1	3		ANA	7	5	10	5	27

: VGK 85ANA 56
: VGK 4.99ANA 2.50
PP goals: VGK 0ANA 0
Hits: VGK 19ANA 18
Blocks: VGK 19ANA 19
PIM: VGK 10ANA 10
: VGK 58%ANA 42%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Anaheim Ducks edge Vegas Golden Knights 3–2 (SO)

Anaheim Ducks beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–2 in a shootout at home. Adam Henrique (ANA) led the scoring with 2G 0A. John Gibson (ANA) faced 51 shots and stopped 49 (.961), +14 against a season average of 37.4; the win.

Points
Adam Henrique had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 24:00.Henrique
Points
Trevor Zegras had 2 assists (2 points) on 7 shots in 22:26.Zegras
Points
Troy Terry had 2 assists (2 points) in 24:27.Terry
Goalie
John Gibson (ANA) faced 51 shots and stopped 49 (.961), +14 against a season average of 37.4; the win.Gibson
New line
New look for VGK: Smith–Karlsson–Rondbjerg skated 6:49 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (90.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Smith Karlsson Rondbjerg
Usage
Alex Pietrangelo (VGK) played 34:16, +10:26 up on his 23:50 season average over 72 games.Pietrangelo
Luck
VGK scored 2 goals on 4.99 expected goals (85 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Adam Henrique (ANA) played 24:00, +5:55 up on his 18:05 season average over 61 games.Henrique

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 141 of 141 attempts · ANA 56 · VGK 85

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 50% of the game, ANA 18%.

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	47
	3.10	1.58
	2.88	1.56
	14	7
	2	2
	8	7
	+0.065	−0.065
	50%	18%

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 – Rondbjerg
6:4991% CF
L2Carrier – Kolesar – Roy
6:1947% CF
L3Stone – Stephenson – Dorofeyev
5:5955% CF
L4Kessel – Amadio – Leschyshyn
3:2857% CF
D1Pietrangelo – Hague
16:4461% CF
D2McNabb – Miromanov
9:2129% CF
D3Hutton – Pachal
8:1674% CF

PP1Pietrangelo – Smith – Stone – Stephenson – Amadio
5:0080% CF
PP2Kessel – Karlsson – Roy – Dorofeyev – Miromanov
2:05100% CF
PK1FStone – Stephenson
3:02
PK2FSmith – Karlsson
2:16
PK1DPietrangelo – McNabb
4:40
PK2DHague – Pachal
1:51

Current VGK line combinations →

Anaheim Ducks

L1Henrique – Terry – Zegras
9:0156% CF
L2Vatrano – Leason – McTavish
4:4025% CF
L3Carrick – Megna – Kirkland
4:3250% CF
L4Silfverberg – Strome – Comtois
4:2020% CF
D1Kulikov – Fowler
12:2544% CF
D2Shattenkirk – Vaakanainen
10:1063% CF
D3Klingberg – Benoit
9:0733% CF

PP1Henrique – Fowler – Terry – Zegras – McTavish
4:30100% CF
PP2Shattenkirk – Silfverberg – Klingberg – Strome – Vatrano
3:0133% CF
PK1FHenrique – Silfverberg
2:33
PK2FMegna – Vatrano
2:16
PK1DKulikov – Benoit
1:41
PK2DShattenkirk – Fowler
1:16

Current ANA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:27
ANAAdam Henrique (Troy Terry, Trevor Zegras)tip-in0.15 xG
VGK: Kessel, McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, MiromanovANA: Henrique, Klingberg, Terry, Benoit, Zegras
VGK 0 – 1 ANA
12:26
ANAAdam Henrique (Trevor Zegras, Troy Terry)slap0.05 xG
VGK: Pietrangelo, Stone, Stephenson, Amadio, HagueANA: Henrique, Kulikov, Fowler, Terry, Zegras
VGK 0 – 2 ANA
13:15
VGKMark StoneSHwrist0.22 xG
VGK: Pietrangelo, McNabb, Stone, StephensonANA: Shattenkirk, Silfverberg, Klingberg, Strome, Vatrano
VGK 1 – 2 ANA

2nd period

13:32
VGKBen Hutton (Michael Amadio, Phil Kessel)tip-in0.09 xG
VGK: Kessel, Hutton, Amadio, Roy, MiromanovANA: Vatrano, Vaakanainen, Benoit, Leason, McTavish
VGK 2 – 2 ANA

Decided in the shootout: VGK 2 – 3 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
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	0	0	-1	7	1.08	2	0	0	22:44	—	—	72	77
William Karlsson C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	2	0	0	22:01	—	—	76	73
Jonas Rondbjerg R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	0	0	0	13:51	—	—	86	96
Nicolas Roy C	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.58	2	1	2	17:19	—	—	56	72
William Carrier L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	2	1	0	11:20	—	—	48	52
Keegan Kolesar R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	4	0	0	7:46	—	—	42	43
Chandler Stephenson C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	0	2	0	23:47	—	—	42	50
Mark Stone R	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.42	1	0	2	23:46	—	—	47	53
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.55	0	0	2	12:12	—	—	58	67
Michael Amadio R	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.10	0	0	0	14:19	—	—	61	69
Phil Kessel R	L4	0	1	1	0	3	0.40	0	0	2	12:23	—	—	71	68
Jake Leschyshyn C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	7:32	—	—	67	53
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	0	0	0	5	0.37	0	7	0	34:16	—	—	63	73
Nicolas Hague D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	3	1	0	21:51	—	—	60	69
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.15	2	4	0	21:58	—	—	42	50
Daniil Miromanov D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	0.19	0	0	0	13:33	—	—	50	53
Brayden Pachal D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	3	2	15:48	—	—	64	70
Ben Hutton D	D3	1	0	1	+1	7	0.28	0	0	0	11:08	—	—	72	79

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson	O	22	22	0	.1000	1.98	52:00
Adin Hill(start)	—	5	3	2	.600	0.51	12:26

Anaheim Ducks

ANA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Troy Terry R	L1	0	2	2	+2	0	0.04	1	0	0	24:27	—	—	56	46
Adam Henrique C	L1	2	0	2	+2	4	0.50	0	0	0	24:00	—	—	47	45
Trevor Zegras C	L1	0	2	2	+2	7	0.58	0	1	4	22:26	—	—	50	46
Mason McTavish C	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.40	0	1	2	16:38	—	—	30	20
Frank Vatrano R	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	0	3	0	16:06	—	—	38	25
Brett Leason R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:10	—	—	19	14
Jayson Megna C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:18	—	—	47	42
Sam Carrick C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	3	0	0	8:13	—	—	56	64
Justin Kirkland C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	5:51	—	—	40	74
Ryan Strome C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	0	2	0	19:00	—	—	36	15
Jakob Silfverberg R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.01	0	2	0	15:09	—	—	24	17
Maxime Comtois L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	12:21	—	—	24	6
Cam Fowler D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	0	4	0	31:41	—	—	42	48
Dmitry Kulikov D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.21	2	2	2	18:52	—	—	38	39
Kevin Shattenkirk D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.07	0	0	0	18:51	—	—	55	38
Urho Vaakanainen D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.18	3	2	0	15:13	—	—	46	30
John Klingberg D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	18:35	—	—	36	31
Simon Benoit D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	4	0	2	18:01	—	—	36	26

ANA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
John Gibson(start)	W	51	49	2	.961	4.99	64:55

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.