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Vegas Golden Knights vs. Utah Hockey ClubNov 15, 2024

Final· Delta Center
away
VGK
4
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UTA
2
Goals123TShots123T
VGK0134VGK991129
UTA1102UTA1610632
VGK 46UTA 77
VGK 3.75UTA 3.58
PP goals
VGK 2UTA 1
Hits
VGK 30UTA 12
Blocks
VGK 25UTA 8
PIM
VGK 23UTA 11
VGK 39%UTA 61%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Utah Hockey Club 4–2

Vegas Golden Knights beat Utah Hockey Club 4–2 at UTA. William Karlsson (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 1A. UTA's first power-play unit (Kerfoot, Schmaltz, Keller, Sergachev and Guenther) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 4:02 together.

  1. Points
    William Karlsson had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 19:43.Karlsson
  2. Points
    Tomas Hertl had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:26.Hertl
  3. Points
    Jack Eichel had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:40.Eichel
  4. PP1
    UTA's first power-play unit (Kerfoot, Schmaltz, Keller, Sergachev and Guenther) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 4:02 together.KerfootSchmaltzKellerSergachevGuenther
  5. Luck
    UTA scored 2 goals on 3.58 expected goals (77 attempts), well short of its chances.
  6. Usage
    Barrett Hayton (UTA) played 12:50, −3:19 down on his 16:09 season average over 81 games.Hayton
  7. Usage
    Juuso Välimäki (UTA) played 13:01, −3:37 down on his 16:38 season average over 42 games.Välimäki
  8. Usage
    Keegan Kolesar (VGK) played 16:32, +3:23 up on his 13:09 season average over 81 games.Kolesar

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.

Shot map, VGK at UTA: 123 attempts, 61 on goal, 6 goals, 7.33 expected goals; best chance William Karlsson at 0.96 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← VGK attacks left (bottom on phones)UTA attacks right (top on phones) →
  • UTA
  • VGK
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 123 of 123 attempts · UTA 77 · VGK 46

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, VGK at UTA: expected goals 3.58 to 3.75 (VGK led the chances), shot attempts 77 to 46, 6 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdUTAVGKCSHHKKnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • UTA
  • VGK
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
UTAVGKcontrol2nd3rdCooley · 1st 11:16Sergachev · 2nd 6:59Hertl · 2nd 13:37Hertl · 3rd 8:23Karlsson · 3rd 18:42Karlsson · 3rd 19:31
  • UTA 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 27% of the game, UTA 41%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, VGK at UTA: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Karel Vejmelka (59:21) for UTA and Adin Hill (59:46) for VGK, 6 goals.

UTA
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
StatVGKUTA
4685
2.343.79
2.243.57
813
213
2316
−0.059+0.059
27%41%

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

Current VGK line combinations →

Utah Mammoth

Current UTA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 11:16
    UTALogan Cooley (Matias Maccelli, Dylan Guenther)slap0.25 xG
    VGK: Pietrangelo, Barbashev, Hanifin, Eichel, DorofeyevUTA: Maatta, Sergachev, Maccelli, Guenther, Cooley
    VGK 0 – 1 UTA

2nd period

  1. 6:59
    UTAMikhail SergachevPP (Clayton Keller, Alexander Kerfoot)snap0.10 xG
    VGK: Pietrangelo, McNabb, Karlsson, EichelUTA: Kerfoot, Schmaltz, Keller, Sergachev, Guenther
    VGK 0 – 2 UTA
  2. 13:37
    VGKTomas HertlPP (Nicolas Roy, Jack Eichel)backhand0.16 xG
    VGK: Hertl, Hanifin, Eichel, Roy, DorofeyevUTA: Cole, Sergachev, McBain, Cooley
    VGK 1 – 2 UTA

3rd period

  1. 8:23
    VGKTomas HertlPP (William Karlsson, Jack Eichel)snap0.17 xG
    VGK: Karlsson, Hertl, Theodore, Eichel, DorofeyevUTA: Maatta, McBain, Kesselring, Cooley
    VGK 2 – 2 UTA
  2. 18:42
    VGKWilliam Karlsson (Kaedan Korczak, Cole Schwindt)tip-in0.05 xG
    VGK: McNabb, Karlsson, Barbashev, Korczak, SchwindtUTA: Bjugstad, Maatta, Schmaltz, Keller, Kesselring
    VGK 3 – 2 UTA
  3. 19:31
    VGKWilliam KarlssonENbackhand0.96 xG
    VGK: Pietrangelo, McNabb, Karlsson, Hertl, EichelUTA: Stenlund, Keller, Sergachev, Maccelli, Guenther, Cooley
    VGK 4 – 2 UTA

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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Tomas Hertl CL1202+130.4601017:26——4243
Keegan Kolesar RL1000010.0150016:32——3733
Nicolas Roy CL1011010.37111913:50——3021
William Karlsson CL2213+241.2502019:43——4454
Brett Howden CL2000010.0112015:26——3135
Alexander Holtz RL2000010.1221013:55——3526
Jack Eichel CL3022030.3631019:40——2952
Ivan Barbashev LL3000010.1921015:18——4158
Pavel Dorofeyev RL3000-110.2820014:51——3750
Zach Whitecloud DD1000000.0033216:41——3254
Ben Hutton DD1000030.0402011:02——2656
Alex Pietrangelo DD2000020.1000021:50——3333
Shea Theodore DD2000010.0202019:47——3347
Brayden McNabb DD3000+230.0831020:49——4969
Kaedan Korczak DD3011+110.0121012:15——5029
Noah Hanifin D—000-100.0014219:04——1810
Tanner Pearson L—000020.3433014:11——2036
Cole Schwindt R—011+110.1120011:29——4227
VGK goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Adin Hill(start)W32302.9383.5859:46

Utah Mammoth

UTA skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Nick Schmaltz CL1000-120.1501019:23——5672
Clayton Keller RL1011-221.0200018:50——5272
Nick Bjugstad CL1000-110.0230013:31——4669
Kevin Stenlund CL2000-130.2610015:24——7772
Jack McBain CL2000000.0030014:13——7570
Michael Carcone LL2000040.5201012:28——7675
Logan Cooley CL3101030.3101016:47——6739
Dylan Guenther RL3011030.2610016:08——6539
Matias Maccelli LL3011000.0000015:06——6842
Alexander Kerfoot CL4011000.0000016:02——6554
Barrett Hayton CL4000010.1701012:50——6971
Lawson Crouse LL4000030.3810012:34——6565
Mikhail Sergachev DD1101020.1901024:25——7061
Olli Maatta DD1000000.0020020:56——7464
Ian Cole DD2000020.0211519:47——5637
Maveric Lamoureux DD2000010.0400418:00——5848
Michael Kesselring DD3000-150.2401216:48——6270
Juuso Välimäki DD3000000.0001013:01——6775
UTA goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Karel Vejmelka(start)L28253.8932.8059:21

Goal anatomy

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

Logan Cooley (UTA) 1st 11:16 · assists Matias Maccelli, Dylan Guenther · Cycle · 14.8 mph shot.

William Karlsson · 3rd 18:42 · VGK

Play
deflection
Entry
carry
Odd man
No
Passes
3
Shot
43.2 mph
Distance
23 ft
Entry to goal
5.7 s
Type
deflection

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