Vegas Golden Knights vs. Anaheim DucksDec 27, 2023

FinalWednesday, Dec 27, 2023· Honda Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	0	2	0	2		VGK	10	13	9	32
ANA	4	1	0	5		ANA	11	7	8	26

: VGK 80ANA 46
: VGK 3.82ANA 2.57
PP goals: VGK 1ANA 0
Hits: VGK 19ANA 24
Blocks: VGK 9ANA 29
PIM: VGK 2ANA 10
: VGK 54%ANA 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Anaheim Ducks beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–2

Anaheim Ducks beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–2 at home. Mason McTavish (ANA) led the scoring with 0G 3A. VGK's first power-play unit (Pietrangelo, Stone, Karlsson, Marchessault and Eichel) scored 1 power-play goal on 18 attempts in 5:45 together.

Points
Mason McTavish had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 16:35.McTavish
Points
Brett Leason had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:51.Leason
Points
Cam Fowler had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 25:30.Fowler
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Pietrangelo, Stone, Karlsson, Marchessault and Eichel) scored 1 power-play goal on 18 attempts in 5:45 together.Pietrangelo Stone Karlsson Marchessault Eichel
Luck
ANA scored 5 goals on 2.57 expected goals (46 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Luck
VGK scored 2 goals on 3.82 expected goals (80 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Alec Martinez (VGK) played 15:37, −3:29 down on his 19:06 season average over 54 games.Martinez
Usage
Jakob Silfverberg (ANA) played 7:19, −5:48 down on his 13:07 season average over 80 games.Silfverberg

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 126 of 126 attempts · ANA 46 · VGK 80

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 46% of the game, ANA 23%.

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
	64	49
	2.82	2.20
	2.59	2.11
	12	17
	4	10
	18	14
	+0.029	−0.029
	46%	23%

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

L1Stone – Barbashev – Eichel
12:0958% CF
L2Marchessault – Stephenson – Dorofeyev
7:4665% CF
L3Karlsson – Amadio – Cotter
7:2746% CF
L4Kolesar – Roy – Howden
6:5475% CF
D1Pietrangelo – Hutton
10:3665% CF
D2Martinez – Hague
9:5153% CF
D3McNabb – Whitecloud
9:0255% CF

PP1Pietrangelo – Stone – Karlsson – Marchessault – Eichel
5:45100% CF
PP2Stephenson – Hutton – Barbashev – Amadio – Roy
1:50100% CF
PK1FRoy – Howden
1:18
PK2FStephenson – Kolesar
0:41
PK1DHague – Whitecloud
1:29
PK2DMartinez – McNabb
0:30

Current VGK line combinations →

Anaheim Ducks

L1Killorn – Terry – Zegras
11:3853% CF
L2Strome – Vatrano – McTavish
11:1050% CF
L3Henrique – Jones – Leason
10:4731% CF
L4Silfverberg – Carrick – Johnston
4:4155% CF
D1Fowler – Vaakanainen
13:4942% CF
D2LaCombe – Drysdale
13:3145% CF
D3Lyubushkin – Mintyukov
11:2042% CF

PP1Killorn – Terry – Zegras – Drysdale – McTavish
1:10100% CF
PP2Henrique – Silfverberg – Fowler – Strome – Vatrano
0:38
PK1FCarrick – Leason
3:03
PK2FHenrique – Vatrano
3:00
PK1DFowler – Lyubushkin
5:10
PK2DVaakanainen – LaCombe
2:23

Current ANA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:23
ANABrett Leason (Cam Fowler, Adam Henrique)tip-in0.07 xG
VGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Stone, Barbashev, EichelANA: Henrique, Fowler, Jones, Vaakanainen, Leason
VGK 0 – 1 ANA
8:23
ANAJamie Drysdale (Mason McTavish, Ryan Strome)snap0.08 xG
VGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Marchessault, Stephenson, DorofeyevANA: Strome, Vatrano, Lyubushkin, Drysdale, McTavish
VGK 0 – 2 ANA
11:38
ANAFrank Vatrano (Mason McTavish, Ilya Lyubushkin)snap0.20 xG
VGK: Martinez, Marchessault, Stephenson, Barbashev, HagueANA: Strome, Vatrano, Lyubushkin, McTavish, Mintyukov
VGK 0 – 3 ANA
12:18
ANATroy Terry (Alex Killorn, Trevor Zegras)wrist0.09 xG
VGK: McNabb, Karlsson, Amadio, Hague, DorofeyevANA: Killorn, Terry, Zegras, LaCombe, Drysdale
VGK 0 – 4 ANA

2nd period

7:23
VGKAlec Martinez (Paul Cotter)snap0.21 xG
VGK: Martinez, Karlsson, Amadio, Hague, CotterANA: Strome, Vatrano, LaCombe, Drysdale, McTavish
VGK 1 – 4 ANA
12:34
VGKMark StonePP (William Karlsson, Jonathan Marchessault)wrist0.15 xG
VGK: Pietrangelo, Stone, Karlsson, Marchessault, EichelANA: Fowler, Carrick, Lyubushkin, Leason
VGK 2 – 4 ANA
17:45
ANABrett Leason (Mason McTavish, Cam Fowler)snap0.20 xG
VGK: Pietrangelo, Stone, Stephenson, Hutton, DorofeyevANA: Jones, Lyubushkin, Leason, McTavish, Mintyukov
VGK 2 – 5 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
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.42	0	1	2	23:55	—	—	61	75
Mark Stone R	L1	1	0	1	-2	3	0.43	1	0	0	22:52	—	—	57	55
Ivan Barbashev L	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.16	3	0	0	17:04	—	—	53	40
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	0	1	1	-2	5	0.36	2	0	0	18:06	—	—	53	51
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	0	0	0	-3	2	0.29	0	0	0	17:10	—	—	47	43
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L2	0	0	0	-3	5	0.75	0	1	0	11:30	—	—	61	55
William Karlsson C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	16:17	—	—	47	63
Paul Cotter L	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.23	0	0	0	13:31	—	—	50	73
Michael Amadio R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	2	0	0	12:46	—	—	47	60
Nicolas Roy C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	13:53	—	—	77	97
Brett Howden C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	2	1	0	11:58	—	—	71	74
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	3	1	0	11:08	—	—	71	74
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	0	0	-3	1	0.25	1	0	0	23:35	—	—	59	54
Ben Hutton D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	20:16	—	—	65	63
Nicolas Hague D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	0	0	17:37	—	—	50	39
Alec Martinez D	D2	1	0	1	-2	3	0.31	1	1	0	15:37	—	—	50	40
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	18:06	—	—	59	68
Brayden McNabb D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	15:43	—	—	52	63

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	L	26	21	5	.808	2.01	56:57

Anaheim Ducks

ANA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Killorn L	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	17:45	—	—	56	68
Troy Terry R	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.13	0	0	0	15:46	—	—	50	49
Trevor Zegras C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.30	0	0	2	15:41	—	—	50	49
Frank Vatrano R	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.20	5	2	2	18:01	—	—	52	63
Mason McTavish C	L2	0	3	3	+2	3	0.03	1	2	2	16:35	—	—	50	65
Ryan Strome C	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.16	0	1	0	16:20	—	—	49	58
Adam Henrique C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.79	0	1	0	17:37	—	—	29	18
Brett Leason R	L3	2	0	2	+2	2	0.27	1	4	0	15:51	—	—	30	28
Max Jones L	L3	0	0	0	+2	2	0.01	3	1	0	13:18	—	—	32	27
Sam Carrick C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	2	0	11:39	—	—	50	64
Jakob Silfverberg R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	0	2	2	7:19	—	—	50	47
Ross Johnston L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.15	4	0	0	6:43	—	—	47	55
Cam Fowler D	D1	0	2	2	+1	1	0.01	0	1	0	25:30	—	—	42	42
Urho Vaakanainen D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	1	2	19:05	—	—	40	39
Jackson LaCombe D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	1	2	0	20:31	—	—	47	30
Jamie Drysdale D	D2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.16	2	3	0	19:19	—	—	42	31
Ilya Lyubushkin D	D3	0	1	1	+3	1	0.17	1	2	0	18:20	—	—	44	61
Pavel Mintyukov D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	2	3	0	15:39	—	—	45	60

ANA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
John Gibson(start)	W	32	30	2	.938	3.82	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Brett Leason (ANA) 1st 3:23 · assists Cam Fowler, Adam Henrique · Deflection · passed in · 57.6 mph shot · 7.9 s from entry to goal.

Brett Leason · 1st 3:23 · ANA

Play: deflection
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 57.6 mph
Distance: 65 ft
Entry to goal: 7.9 s

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Jamie Drysdale · 1st 8:23 · ANA

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 68.8 mph
Distance: 31 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s

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Frank Vatrano · 1st 11:38 · ANA

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 52.9 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Entry to goal: 6.9 s
Type: one-timer, rebound

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Troy Terry · 1st 12:18 · ANA

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 41.1 mph
Distance: 23 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s

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Alec Martinez · 2nd 7:23 · VGK

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 58.8 mph
Distance: 17 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 s
Type: one-timer

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Mark Stone · 2nd 12:34 · VGK PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 1
Shot: 58.5 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Type: one-timer, rebound

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Brett Leason · 2nd 17:45 · ANA

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-3
Passes: 0
Shot: 44.6 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Entry to goal: 2.7 s
Type: rebound

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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.