Vegas Golden Knights vs. Philadelphia FlyersOct 13, 2018

FinalSaturday, Oct 13, 2018· Wells Fargo Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	0	0	1	1		VGK	5	10	6	21
PHI	0	0	0	0		PHI	10	10	6	26

: VGK 52PHI 55
: VGK 2.50PHI 2.37
PP goals: VGK 0PHI 0
Hits: VGK 23PHI 26
Blocks: VGK 17PHI 17
PIM: VGK 4PHI 6
: VGK 37%PHI 63%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge Philadelphia Flyers 1–0

Vegas Golden Knights beat Philadelphia Flyers 1–0 at PHI. Cody Eakin (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Deryk Engelland (VGK) played 8:25, −11:37 down on his 20:02 season average over 73 games.

Usage
Deryk Engelland (VGK) played 8:25, −11:37 down on his 20:02 season average over 73 games.Engelland
New line
New look for PHI: Weal–Lindblom–Konecny skated 7:31 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (47.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Weal Lindblom Konecny
Luck
PHI scored 0 goals on 2.37 expected goals (55 attempts), well short of its chances.
Luck
VGK scored 1 goal on 2.50 expected goals (52 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Mikhail Vorobyev (PHI) played 14:14, +5:15 up on his 8:59 season average over 14 games.Vorobyev
Usage
Nick Holden (VGK) played 22:08, +3:54 up on his 18:14 season average over 60 games.Holden
Usage
Wayne Simmonds (PHI) played 19:23, +3:46 up on his 15:37 season average over 78 games.Simmonds
Usage
Tomas Hyka (VGK) played 14:53, +3:19 up on his 11:34 season average over 16 games.Hyka

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)PHI attacks right (top on phones) →

PHI
VGK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 107 of 107 attempts · PHI 55 · VGK 52

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

PHI
VGK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

PHI 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 37% of the game, PHI 32%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

PHI

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	PHI
	54	49
	2.00	1.99
	1.86	1.83
	12	16
	5	1
	16	11
	−0.082	+0.082
	37%	32%

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
11:3652% CF
L2Reaves – Carrier – Bellemare
7:2750% CF
L3Pacioretty – Haula – Nosek
6:0367% CF
L4Eakin – Hyka – Carpenter
5:3150% CF
D1Holden – McNabb
10:4182% CF
D2Merrill – Miller
10:0932% CF
D3Engelland – Theodore
5:3550% CF

PP1Pacioretty – Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore
2:5467% CF
PP2Eakin – Haula – Miller – Hyka – Nosek
1:29
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
2:06
PK2FBellemare – Nosek
1:31
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
2:15
PK2DHolden – Merrill
1:32

Current VGK line combinations →

Philadelphia Flyers

L1Giroux – Voracek – Couturier
10:2662% CF
L2Weal – Lindblom – Konecny
7:3147% CF
L3Simmonds – Laughton – Vorobyev
6:4550% CF
L4Lehtera – Weise – Raffl
3:5086% CF
D1Gostisbehere – Provorov
15:3848% CF
D2MacDonald – Hagg
14:1541% CF
D3Gudas – Sanheim
13:2655% CF

PP1Giroux – Voracek – Simmonds – Couturier – Gostisbehere
2:10100% CF
PP2Sanheim – Lindblom – Konecny – Provorov – Vorobyev
1:28
PK1FCouturier – Raffl
1:30
PK2FLehtera – Laughton
1:29
PK1DGudas – Provorov
3:22
PK2DMacDonald – Hagg
1:04

Current PHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

3rd period

18:35
VGKCody Eakin (Ryan Carpenter)wrist0.12 xG
VGK: Holden, Eakin, Merrill, Carpenter, NosekPHI: Giroux, MacDonald, Simmonds, Couturier, Hagg
VGK 1 – 0 PHI

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	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	21:45	—	—	46	43
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.76	4	0	2	19:26	—	—	50	47
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.42	1	1	0	19:14	—	—	53	47
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	0	0	10:59	—	—	44	64
Ryan Reaves R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	5	0	0	10:23	—	—	60	81
William Carrier L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	2	1	2	10:03	—	—	60	81
Erik Haula L	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.24	1	1	0	16:52	—	—	64	74
Tomas Nosek L	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:41	—	—	58	62
Max Pacioretty L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.32	0	0	0	15:16	—	—	60	65
Tomas Hyka R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	1	0	14:53	—	—	44	33
Cody Eakin C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.13	1	1	0	13:13	—	—	52	42
Ryan Carpenter C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.14	4	0	0	12:13	—	—	39	41
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	22:12	—	—	59	57
Nick Holden D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	22:08	—	—	81	86
Colin Miller D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	2	0	22:17	—	—	40	31
Jon Merrill D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	1	1	0	20:51	—	—	40	37
Shea Theodore D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.15	0	1	0	20:09	—	—	55	51
Deryk Engelland D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	6	0	8:25	—	—	47	40

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	26	26	0	.1000	2.37	60:00

Philadelphia Flyers

PHI skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sean Couturier C	L1	-1	3	0.33	0	1	0	21:06	—	—	49	41
Claude Giroux R	L1	-1	2	0.41	0	0	0	19:35	—	—	57	54
Jakub Voracek R	L1	0	3	0.20	0	0	0	17:27	—	—	59	61
Oskar Lindblom L	L2	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	12:02	—	—	39	53
Travis Konecny R	L2	0	0	0.12	3	0	0	11:50	—	—	36	45
Jordan Weal C	L2	0	2	0.18	0	0	0	10:46	—	—	48	64
Wayne Simmonds R	L3	-1	1	0.04	3	0	2	19:23	—	—	20	0
Scott Laughton C	L3	0	2	0.24	0	0	0	15:29	—	—	36	67
Mikhail Vorobyev C	L3	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	14:14	—	—	24	18
Michael Raffl L	L4	0	1	0.03	2	0	0	13:28	—	—	57	47
Dale Weise R	L4	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	11:34	—	—	65	59
Jori Lehtera C	L4	0	2	0.05	1	0	2	10:12	—	—	79	74
Ivan Provorov D	D1	0	0	0.18	3	1	0	26:11	—	—	47	58
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D1	0	4	0.11	1	1	0	20:12	—	—	50	67
Robert Hagg D	D2	-1	4	0.35	4	2	0	19:08	—	—	43	36
Andrew MacDonald D	D2	-1	0	0.00	2	2	0	16:17	—	—	41	28
Radko Gudas D	D3	0	0	0.00	2	3	0	19:26	—	—	52	46
Travis Sanheim D	D3	0	2	0.12	0	2	2	17:12	—	—	55	50

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Brian Elliott(start)	L	21	20	1	.952	2.50	58:28

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.