Vegas Golden Knights vs. Calgary FlamesMar 8, 2020

FinalSunday, Mar 8, 2020· Scotiabank Saddledome

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

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Calgary FlamesCGY

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	2	1	2	5		VGK	9	13	10	32
CGY	0	2	1	3		CGY	11	6	5	22

: VGK 71CGY 36
: VGK 4.10CGY 1.50
PP goals: VGK 1CGY 1
Hits: VGK 9CGY 26
Blocks: VGK 10CGY 26
PIM: VGK 2CGY 2
: VGK 51%CGY 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Calgary Flames 5–3

Vegas Golden Knights beat Calgary Flames 5–3 at CGY. Milan Lucic (CGY) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Noah Hanifin (CGY) played 2:00, −19:27 down on his 21:27 season average over 69 games.

Points
Milan Lucic had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:51.Lucic
Points
Nick Holden had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:05.Holden
Points
William Karlsson had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:28.Karlsson
Usage
Noah Hanifin (CGY) played 2:00, −19:27 down on his 21:27 season average over 69 games.Hanifin
Usage
Nick Holden (VGK) played 14:05, −4:51 down on his 18:56 season average over 60 games.Holden
Luck
CGY scored 3 goals on 1.50 expected goals (36 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Milan Lucic (CGY) played 16:51, +3:34 up on his 13:17 season average over 67 games.Lucic
Usage
Mark Jankowski (CGY) played 5:56, −5:16 down on his 11:12 season average over 55 games.Jankowski

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)CGY attacks right (top on phones) →

CGY
VGK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 107 of 107 attempts · CGY 36 · VGK 71

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

CGY
VGK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

CGY 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 44% of the game, CGY 6%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

CGY

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	CGY
	82	41
	4.19	1.66
	3.96	1.61
	13	8
	5	5
	17	20
	+0.021	−0.021
	44%	6%

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

L1Stastny – Smith – Marchessault
14:3064% CF
L2Pacioretty – Karlsson – Roy
14:0571% CF
L3Pirri – Cousins – Stephenson
12:1963% CF
L4Reaves – Carrier – Nosek
8:1775% CF
D1Martinez – Theodore
21:3356% CF
D2McNabb – Schmidt
20:3670% CF
D3Holden – Whitecloud
13:3675% CF

PP1Stastny – Pacioretty – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore
0:5767% CF
PK1FStephenson – Nosek
1:15
PK2FSmith – Roy
0:22
PK1DMcNabb – Whitecloud
1:34
PK2DHolden – Schmidt
0:22

Current VGK line combinations →

Calgary Flames

L1Gaudreau – Lindholm – Monahan
16:3441% CF
L2Backlund – Mangiapane – Tkachuk
14:1941% CF
L3Lucic – Ryan – Dube
10:4214% CF
L4Rinaldo – Jankowski – Bennett
2:1333% CF
D1Giordano – Brodie
14:1432% CF
D2Forbort – Gustafsson
9:5922% CF

PP1Gaudreau – Gustafsson – Lindholm – Monahan – Tkachuk
1:05
PP2Brodie – Gaudreau – Jankowski – Bennett – Andersson
0:29
PK1FJankowski – Lindholm
0:36
PK2FBacklund – Ryan
0:21
PK1DBrodie – Andersson
0:36

Current CGY line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

5:24
VGKTomas Nosek (Ryan Reaves, Nick Holden)snap0.26 xG
VGK: Reaves, Holden, Carrier, Nosek, WhitecloudCGY: Rinaldo, Forbort, Jankowski, Gustafsson, Bennett
VGK 1 – 0 CGY
11:49
VGKNick Holden (Nick Cousins, Brandon Pirri)snap0.22 xG
VGK: Holden, Pirri, Cousins, Stephenson, WhitecloudCGY: Giordano, Backlund, Brodie, Mangiapane, Tkachuk
VGK 2 – 0 CGY

2nd period

3:39
VGKMax PaciorettyPP (William Karlsson, Paul Stastny)snap0.13 xG
VGK: Stastny, Pacioretty, Karlsson, Marchessault, TheodoreCGY: Backlund, Brodie, Forbort, Ryan
VGK 3 – 0 CGY
8:23
CGYMilan Lucicwrist0.03 xG
VGK: Holden, Pirri, Cousins, Stephenson, WhitecloudCGY: Lucic, Forbort, Gustafsson, Ryan, Dube
VGK 3 – 1 CGY
16:32
CGYDillon DubePP (Mikael Backlund, Milan Lucic)wrist0.06 xG
VGK: Holden, Smith, Schmidt, RoyCGY: Giordano, Lucic, Backlund, Mangiapane, Dube
VGK 3 – 2 CGY

3rd period

17:00
CGYMatthew Tkachuk (Andrew Mangiapane, Erik Gustafsson)backhand0.04 xG
VGK: Martinez, Cousins, Stephenson, Theodore, NosekCGY: Backlund, Gustafsson, Mangiapane, Andersson, Tkachuk
VGK 3 – 3 CGY
18:50
VGKShea Theodore (Alec Martinez, Chandler Stephenson)wrist0.01 xG
VGK: Pacioretty, Martinez, Cousins, Stephenson, TheodoreCGY: Giordano, Backlund, Brodie, Mangiapane, Tkachuk
VGK 4 – 3 CGY
19:42
VGKJonathan MarchessaultEN (Reilly Smith, William Karlsson)wrist0.47 xG
VGK: McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, SchmidtCGY: Giordano, Gaudreau, Lindholm, Monahan, Andersson, Tkachuk
VGK 5 – 3 CGY

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
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.68	0	0	0	18:23	—	—	61	54
Paul Stastny C	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.05	1	1	0	17:58	—	—	61	54
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.35	1	0	0	17:09	—	—	65	59
William Karlsson C	L2	0	2	2	+1	2	0.55	0	0	0	17:28	—	—	72	80
Max Pacioretty L	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.29	0	0	0	17:17	—	—	74	81
Nicolas Roy C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.53	0	2	0	16:05	—	—	67	72
Chandler Stephenson C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.05	0	1	0	16:02	—	—	63	79
Nick Cousins C	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.33	1	0	0	14:41	—	—	65	80
Brandon Pirri C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	13:32	—	—	63	82
Tomas Nosek L	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.30	0	0	0	11:20	—	—	70	84
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.08	3	0	0	10:15	—	—	78	88
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	8:46	—	—	75	88
Shea Theodore D	D1	1	0	1	0	5	0.33	0	1	0	22:47	—	—	58	64
Alec Martinez D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.09	0	4	2	22:00	—	—	58	63
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.09	2	0	0	23:13	—	—	71	64
Nate Schmidt D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.07	0	0	0	21:44	—	—	70	63
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.06	0	0	0	15:14	—	—	75	89
Nick Holden D	D3	1	1	2	+1	1	0.22	0	1	0	14:05	—	—	75	89

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Robin Lehner(start)	W	22	19	3	.864	1.50	60:00

Calgary Flames

CGY skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Elias Lindholm C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.24	2	1	0	21:21	—	—	40	29
Johnny Gaudreau L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	1	0	20:20	—	—	37	31
Sean Monahan C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	0	2	0	20:11	—	—	34	30
Matthew Tkachuk L	L2	1	0	1	-2	2	0.37	1	1	0	19:37	—	—	39	39
Mikael Backlund C	L2	0	1	1	-1	4	0.29	4	0	0	17:27	—	—	39	35
Andrew Mangiapane L	L2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.21	1	0	0	16:37	—	—	39	35
Milan Lucic L	L3	1	1	2	+1	2	0.07	7	2	0	16:51	—	—	19	18
Dillon Dube C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.06	4	0	0	15:29	—	—	14	11
Derek Ryan C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:20	—	—	18	14
Sam Bennett C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	1	0	8:12	—	—	36	6
Mark Jankowski L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	5:56	—	—	40	8
Zac Rinaldo C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	5	0	0	4:45	—	—	20	4
Mark Giordano D	D1	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	1	5	2	25:48	—	—	31	24
TJ Brodie D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	5	0	23:59	—	—	36	27
Erik Gustafsson D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.05	0	3	0	21:32	—	—	21	27
Derek Forbort D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	20:10	—	—	31	27
Rasmus Andersson D	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	3	0	24:59	—	—	47	44
Noah Hanifin D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	2:00	—	—	50	44

CGY goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
David Rittich(start)	L	31	27	4	.871	3.63	59:29

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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.