Vegas Golden Knights vs. Carolina HurricanesJan 21, 2018
| Goals | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | Shots | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VGK | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | VGK | 9 | 10 | 14 | 33 | |
| CAR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | CAR | 10 | 10 | 8 | 28 |
- VGK 53CAR 58
- VGK 3.33CAR 3.25
- PP goals
- VGK 2CAR 1
- Hits
- VGK 21CAR 24
- Blocks
- VGK 14CAR 6
- PIM
- VGK 8CAR 10
- VGK 37%CAR 63%
Fantasy takeaways
Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.
Vegas Golden Knights rout Carolina Hurricanes 5–1
Vegas Golden Knights beat Carolina Hurricanes 5–1 at CAR. Colin Miller (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 2A. VGK's first power-play unit (Neal, Perron, Haula, Miller and Hunt) scored 2 power-play goals on 8 attempts in 3:05 together.
- PointsColin Miller had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 7 shots in 18:39.Miller
- PP1
- LuckCAR scored 1 goal on 3.25 expected goals (58 attempts), well short of its chances.
- New lineNew look for CAR: Kruger–Nordstrom–Di Giuseppe skated 4:15 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (72.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.KrugerNordstromDi Giuseppe
- New line
- LuckVGK scored 5 goals on 3.33 expected goals (53 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
- UsageJames Neal (VGK) played 13:42, −3:31 down on his 17:13 season average over 70 games.Neal
- UsageWilliam Carrier (VGK) played 11:51, +3:06 up on his 8:45 season average over 36 games.Carrier
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 CAR: 111 attempts, 61 on goal, 6 goals, 6.59 expected goals; best chance Derek Ryan at 0.52 xG.
- CAR
- VGK
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Showing 111 of 111 attempts · CAR 58 · VGK 53
Game flow
Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.
Cumulative shot attempts
Game flow, VGK at CAR: expected goals 3.25 to 3.33 (VGK led the chances), shot attempts 58 to 53, 6 goals.
- CAR
- VGK
- Goal
- Power play (shaded)
- CAR 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, CAR 30%.
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 CAR: 39 players over 60:00; most ice Cam Ward (46:56) for CAR and Marc-Andre Fleury (60:00) for VGK, 6 goals.
- 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).
| Stat | VGK | CAR |
|---|---|---|
| 48 | 53 | |
| 3.04 | 2.13 | |
| 3.00 | 2.01 | |
| 12 | 10 | |
| 6 | 4 | |
| 19 | 11 | |
| −0.074 | +0.075 | |
| 37% | 30% |
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 – Marchessault10:4933% CF
- 9:4733% CF
- 9:4475% CF
- 9:3050% CF
- 14:2338% CF
- 13:5442% CF
- 11:2983% CF
- 3:05100% CF
- PP2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Schmidt – Theodore1:4850% CF
- 3:01
- 1:10
- 3:43
- 1:59
Carolina Hurricanes
- 9:3039% CF
- 8:3333% CF
- L3Staal – Teravainen – Lindholm7:2250% CF
- L4Kruger – Nordstrom – Di Giuseppe4:1573% CF
- 12:5690% CF
- 11:1726% CF
- D3van Riemsdyk – Hanifin11:0842% CF
- PP1Staal – Faulk – Rask – Teravainen – Lindholm3:18100% CF
- 2:52100% CF
- 3:59
- 1:19
- PK1DSlavin – van Riemsdyk4:48
- 0:36
Scoring summary
Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.
1st period
- 2:55VGK: Engelland, Lindberg, Theodore, Carrier, BellemareCAR: Kruger, Nordstrom, Di Giuseppe, van Riemsdyk, HanifinVGK 1 – 0 CAR
- 12:20VGK 2 – 0 CAR
- 12:59VGK 3 – 0 CAR
- 19:15VGK 3 – 1 CAR
2nd period
- 13:42VGK 4 – 1 CAR
3rd period
- 10:20VGK 5 – 1 CAR
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
| Skater | Line | G | A | P | +/- | Hits | Blk | PIM | PP | SH | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Karlsson C | L1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0.57 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19:02 | — | — | 38 | 51 |
| Reilly Smith R | L1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0.08 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17:16 | — | — | 35 | 64 |
| Jonathan Marchessault R | L1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0.03 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 15:20 | — | — | 35 | 49 |
| Alex Tuch R | L2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 0.61 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15:00 | — | — | 29 | 55 |
| Cody Eakin C | L2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:00 | — | — | 25 | 19 |
| Brendan Leipsic L | L2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:43 | — | — | 30 | 21 |
| Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L | L3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0.17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14:02 | — | — | 67 | 87 |
| Oscar Lindberg L | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0.02 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:43 | — | — | 76 | 88 |
| William Carrier L | L3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0.51 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11:51 | — | — | 77 | 92 |
| David Perron L | L4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:18 | — | — | 44 | 38 |
| Erik Haula L | L4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.30 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:17 | — | — | 45 | 45 |
| James Neal L | L4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13:42 | — | — | 50 | 49 |
| Deryk Engelland D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0.01 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 23:34 | — | — | 28 | 27 |
| Shea Theodore D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0.02 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18:46 | — | — | 39 | 37 |
| Nate Schmidt D | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0.01 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20:58 | — | — | 36 | 54 |
| Brayden McNabb D | D2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0.03 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20:24 | — | — | 39 | 58 |
| Colin Miller D | D3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 7 | 0.26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18:39 | — | — | 77 | 87 |
| Brad Hunt D | D3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 0.11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:11 | — | — | 76 | 86 |
| Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marc-Andre Fleury(start) | W | 28 | 27 | 1 | .964 | 3.25 | 60:00 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| Skater | Line | G | A | P | +/- | Hits | Blk | PIM | PP | SH | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor Rask C | L1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 0.22 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16:55 | — | — | 40 | 15 |
| Justin Williams R | L1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15:49 | — | — | 44 | 28 |
| Brock McGinn L | L1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:08 | — | — | 33 | 14 |
| Jeff Skinner L | L2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 0.33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19:02 | — | — | 50 | 61 |
| Derek Ryan C | L2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 0.78 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:45 | — | — | 50 | 63 |
| Lee Stempniak R | L2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14:14 | — | — | 44 | 57 |
| Jordan Staal C | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16:19 | — | — | 50 | 33 |
| Teuvo Teravainen C | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:35 | — | — | 58 | 49 |
| Elias Lindholm C | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13:24 | — | — | 61 | 39 |
| Joakim Nordstrom C | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0.15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13:17 | — | — | 72 | 51 |
| Marcus Kruger C | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12:24 | — | — | 74 | 62 |
| Phillip Di Giuseppe L | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 0.47 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11:05 | — | — | 60 | 47 |
| Jaccob Slavin D | D1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23:48 | — | — | 78 | 78 |
| Justin Faulk D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0.27 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20:38 | — | — | 79 | 61 |
| Klas Dahlbeck D | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0.06 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17:29 | — | — | 41 | 24 |
| Roland McKeown D | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0.01 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14:45 | — | — | 20 | 8 |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.01 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:46 | — | — | 55 | 40 |
| Noah Hanifin D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:18 | — | — | 40 | 25 |
| Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cam Ward | — | 25 | 23 | 2 | .920 | 2.81 | 46:56 |
| Scott Darling(start) | L | 8 | 5 | 3 | .625 | 0.53 | 12:59 |