Vegas Golden Knights vs. Calgary FlamesFeb 9, 2022

FinalWednesday, Feb 9, 2022· 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	0	0	0	0		VGK	5	10	13	28
CGY	3	1	2	6		CGY	14	11	8	33

: VGK 42CGY 56
: VGK 2.47CGY 4.01
PP goals: VGK 0CGY 1
Hits: VGK 13CGY 16
Blocks: VGK 13CGY 7
PIM: VGK 4CGY 4
: VGK 45%CGY 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Calgary Flames rout Vegas Golden Knights 6–0

Calgary Flames beat Vegas Golden Knights 6–0 at home. Mikael Backlund (CGY) led the scoring with 1G 3A. New look for VGK: Dadonov–Pacioretty–Stephenson skated 7:33 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (41.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Mikael Backlund had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 4 shots in 17:56.Backlund
Points
Matthew Tkachuk had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 17:45.Tkachuk
Points
Andrew Mangiapane had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:53.Mangiapane
Points
Noah Hanifin had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:46.Hanifin
New line
New look for VGK: Dadonov–Pacioretty–Stephenson skated 7:33 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (41.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dadonov Pacioretty Stephenson
Luck
VGK scored 0 goals on 2.47 expected goals (42 attempts), well short of its chances.
Luck
CGY scored 6 goals on 4.01 expected goals (56 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for VGK: Carrier–Howden–Patrick skated 5:04 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Carrier Howden Patrick

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 98 of 98 attempts · CGY 56 · VGK 42

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 20% of the game, CGY 56%.

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
	43	58
	2.37	3.99
	2.29	3.77
	10	16
	5	1
	26	24
	−0.075	+0.075
	20%	56%

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 – Marchessault
12:1133% CF
L2Dadonov – Pacioretty – Stephenson
7:3342% CF
L3Janmark – Kolesar – Roy
6:5250% CF
L4Carrier – Howden – Patrick
5:0440% CF
D1McNabb – Theodore
16:3439% CF
D2Pietrangelo – Hague
16:0446% CF
D3Hutton – Coghlan
11:5130% CF

PP1Dadonov – Pacioretty – Stephenson – Theodore – Patrick
2:0150% CF
PP2Pietrangelo – Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Roy
1:5983% CF
PK1FJanmark – Roy
1:20
PK2FSmith – Karlsson
1:00
PK1DPietrangelo – Hague
1:06
PK2DHutton – Coghlan
0:49

Current VGK line combinations →

Calgary Flames

L1Gaudreau – Lindholm – Tkachuk
13:2673% CF
L2Backlund – Coleman – Mangiapane
12:4956% CF
L3Ritchie – Monahan – Dube
10:3536% CF
L4Lewis – Lucic – Ruzicka
9:4846% CF
D1Tanev – Kylington
17:5452% CF
D2Hanifin – Andersson
16:5175% CF
D3Gudbranson – Zadorov
15:2242% CF

PP1Gaudreau – Lindholm – Monahan – Andersson – Tkachuk
2:25100% CF
PP2Lucic – Backlund – Mangiapane – Hanifin – Kylington
0:57100% CF
PK1FBacklund – Lindholm
1:19
PK2FMangiapane – Dube
0:56
PK1DTanev – Gudbranson
1:59
PK2DHanifin – Andersson
1:08

Current CGY line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

5:03
CGYJohnny Gaudreau (Matthew Tkachuk, Erik Gudbranson)wrist0.18 xG
VGK: Pietrangelo, Janmark, Kolesar, Roy, HagueCGY: Gudbranson, Gaudreau, Lindholm, Zadorov, Tkachuk
VGK 0 – 1 CGY
12:24
CGYMikael Backlund (Noah Hanifin, Oliver Kylington)wrist0.12 xG
VGK: McNabb, Stephenson, Hutton, Howden, CoghlanCGY: Lucic, Backlund, Mangiapane, Hanifin, Kylington
VGK 0 – 2 CGY
15:06
CGYElias Lindholm (Matthew Tkachuk, Chris Tanev)wrist0.03 xG
VGK: Dadonov, Pacioretty, Pietrangelo, Stephenson, TheodoreCGY: Tanev, Gaudreau, Lindholm, Kylington, Tkachuk
VGK 0 – 3 CGY

2nd period

6:57
CGYAndrew Mangiapane (Mikael Backlund, Blake Coleman)snap0.22 xG
VGK: Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Hutton, CoghlanCGY: Backlund, Coleman, Mangiapane, Hanifin, Andersson
VGK 0 – 4 CGY

3rd period

3:09
CGYMatthew Tkachuk (Mikael Backlund, Nikita Zadorov)wrist0.11 xG
VGK: McNabb, Theodore, Carrier, Kolesar, HowdenCGY: Backlund, Gudbranson, Gaudreau, Zadorov, Tkachuk
VGK 0 – 5 CGY
15:44
CGYAndrew MangiapanePP (Mikael Backlund, Noah Hanifin)backhand0.10 xG
VGK: Hutton, Kolesar, Howden, HagueCGY: Lucic, Backlund, Mangiapane, Hanifin, Kylington
VGK 0 – 6 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
William Karlsson C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.22	0	0	0	16:10	—	—	35	22
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	0	1	0	16:09	—	—	35	22
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	0	0	15:32	—	—	42	29
Max Pacioretty L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	0	0	17:13	—	—	46	37
Evgenii Dadonov L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.27	1	0	0	17:02	—	—	47	27
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.00	1	1	0	16:30	—	—	35	26
Nicolas Roy C	L3	0	0	0	-1	5	0.37	0	0	0	17:09	—	—	56	45
Mattias Janmark C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:08	—	—	41	38
Keegan Kolesar R	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.17	4	0	0	13:44	—	—	46	57
Nolan Patrick C	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.52	2	0	0	13:22	—	—	47	54
Brett Howden C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.12	1	1	0	12:47	—	—	38	52
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	2	0	0	11:01	—	—	44	53
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.12	0	2	0	22:45	—	—	37	39
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.07	0	0	2	19:48	—	—	42	26
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.27	0	3	0	21:51	—	—	53	55
Nicolas Hague D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	0	2	0	19:49	—	—	44	43
Ben Hutton D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	2	0	17:21	—	—	37	30
Dylan Coghlan D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.08	1	1	2	14:17	—	—	38	23

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Robin Lehner(start)	L	33	27	6	.818	4.01	60:00

Calgary Flames

CGY skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Elias Lindholm C	L1	1	0	1	+2	3	0.42	3	2	0	18:25	—	—	70	62
Johnny Gaudreau L	L1	1	0	1	+3	3	0.36	0	0	0	18:00	—	—	72	65
Matthew Tkachuk L	L1	1	2	3	+3	2	0.35	0	0	0	17:45	—	—	76	66
Mikael Backlund C	L2	1	3	4	+3	4	0.59	1	0	0	17:56	—	—	55	72
Blake Coleman L	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.44	1	0	0	15:54	—	—	54	70
Andrew Mangiapane L	L2	2	0	2	+2	4	0.68	0	1	0	15:53	—	—	53	71
Sean Monahan C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.56	0	1	0	13:48	—	—	50	62
Dillon Dube C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.28	0	0	0	12:40	—	—	42	62
Brett Ritchie R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	5	0	0	11:57	—	—	50	61
Trevor Lewis C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	1	0	2	12:19	—	—	38	31
Milan Lucic L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	12:00	—	—	59	43
Adam Ruzicka C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	11:42	—	—	50	33
Chris Tanev D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	20:24	—	—	52	65
Oliver Kylington D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.01	0	0	0	19:57	—	—	52	66
Rasmus Andersson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	0	0	0	22:24	—	—	72	86
Noah Hanifin D	D2	0	2	2	+2	1	0.02	1	0	0	19:46	—	—	77	88
Erik Gudbranson D	D3	0	1	1	+2	3	0.05	0	0	0	18:16	—	—	44	32
Nikita Zadorov D	D3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.03	1	2	2	16:54	—	—	41	31

CGY goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	W	28	28	0	.1000	2.47	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.