Vegas Golden Knights vs. Carolina HurricanesJan 31, 2020

FinalFriday, Jan 31, 2020· PNC Arena

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Carolina HurricanesCAR

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	2	0	2	4		VGK	16	8	13	37
CAR	0	1	2	3		CAR	6	9	10	25

: VGK 57CAR 50
: VGK 4.46CAR 3.29
PP goals: VGK 1CAR 1
Hits: VGK 25CAR 17
Blocks: VGK 17CAR 10
PIM: VGK 4CAR 6
: VGK 53%CAR 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge Carolina Hurricanes 4–3

Vegas Golden Knights beat Carolina Hurricanes 4–3 at CAR. Sebastian Aho (CAR) led the scoring with 1G 1A. CAR's first power-play unit (Williams, Teravainen, Slavin, Aho and Svechnikov) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:51 together.

Points
Jonathan Marchessault had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:44.Marchessault
Points
Paul Stastny had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:45.Stastny
Points
Sebastian Aho had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:46.Aho
Points
Teuvo Teravainen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:28.Teravainen
Points
Reilly Smith had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:40.Smith
PP1
CAR's first power-play unit (Williams, Teravainen, Slavin, Aho and Svechnikov) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:51 together.Williams Teravainen Slavin Aho Svechnikov
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Stastny, Pacioretty, Stone, Theodore and Tuch) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 2:11 together.Stastny Pacioretty Stone Theodore Tuch
New line
New look for VGK: Stastny–Smith–Marchessault skated 11:55 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (48.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Stastny Smith Marchessault

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)CAR attacks right (top on phones) →

CAR
VGK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 107 of 107 attempts · CAR 50 · VGK 57

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CAR
VGK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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 36% 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

CAR

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	CAR
	52	53
	3.16	3.48
	2.89	3.15
	12	14
	2	4
	17	20
	+0.022	−0.022
	36%	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

L1Stastny – Smith – Marchessault
11:5548% CF
L2Eakin – Carrier – Tuch
11:4927% CF
L3Pacioretty – Stone – Stephenson
11:1052% CF
L4Reaves – Nosek – Roy
8:1078% CF
D1Holden – Theodore
19:1766% CF
D2McNabb – Schmidt
16:3443% CF
D3Engelland – Merrill
13:2440% CF

PP1Stastny – Pacioretty – Stone – Theodore – Tuch
2:11100% CF
PP2Reaves – Smith – Marchessault – Stephenson – Schmidt
1:15100% CF
PK1FStone – Stephenson
0:55
PK2FStastny – Smith
0:36
PK1DMcNabb – Schmidt
0:52
PK2DHolden – Merrill
0:48

Current VGK line combinations →

Carolina Hurricanes

L1Staal – Foegele – Svechnikov
12:0554% CF
L2Williams – Martinook – Wallmark
6:0460% CF
L3Haula – Dzingel – Necas
4:3425% CF
L4Teravainen – McGinn – Aho
3:1867% CF
D1Gardiner – Pesce
17:0845% CF
D2Edmundson – Slavin
14:1352% CF
D3van Riemsdyk – Fleury
14:1276% CF

PP1Williams – Teravainen – Slavin – Aho – Svechnikov
1:51100% CF
PP2Williams – Dzingel – Slavin – Wallmark – Necas
0:150% CF
PK1FMcGinn – Wallmark
1:13
PK2FTeravainen – Aho
0:40
PK1DSlavin – Pesce
2:01
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Fleury
0:29

Current CAR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:52
VGKPaul Stastny (Reilly Smith, Jonathan Marchessault)wrist0.08 xG
VGK: Stastny, McNabb, Smith, Marchessault, SchmidtCAR: Gardiner, Dzingel, Teravainen, Pesce, Aho
VGK 1 – 0 CAR
9:59
VGKJonathan Marchessault (Reilly Smith)snap0.08 xG
VGK: Stastny, McNabb, Smith, Marchessault, SchmidtCAR: Williams, Edmundson, Martinook, Slavin, Aho
VGK 2 – 0 CAR

2nd period

9:55
CARTeuvo Teravainen (Jordan Martinook, Sebastian Aho)wrist0.35 xG
VGK: Engelland, Pacioretty, Merrill, Stone, StephensonCAR: Edmundson, Teravainen, Martinook, Slavin, Aho
VGK 2 – 1 CAR

3rd period

12:09
VGKNate Schmidt (Chandler Stephenson, Mark Stone)wrist0.18 xG
VGK: Pacioretty, McNabb, Stone, Stephenson, SchmidtCAR: Edmundson, Teravainen, Martinook, Slavin, Aho
VGK 3 – 1 CAR
12:25
CARBrock McGinn (Haydn Fleury, Justin Williams)snap0.16 xG
VGK: Engelland, Reaves, Merrill, Nosek, RoyCAR: Williams, Haula, McGinn, van Riemsdyk, Fleury
VGK 3 – 2 CAR
16:21
CARSebastian AhoPP (Jaccob Slavin, Teuvo Teravainen)tip-in0.11 xG
VGK: Engelland, Stastny, McNabb, SmithCAR: Williams, Teravainen, Slavin, Aho, Svechnikov
VGK 3 – 3 CAR
17:32
VGKAlex TuchPP (Paul Stastny, Shea Theodore)wrist0.12 xG
VGK: Stastny, Pacioretty, Stone, Theodore, TuchCAR: Staal, McGinn, Slavin, Pesce
VGK 4 – 3 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

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Paul Stastny C	L1	1	1	2	+2	4	0.48	0	1	0	18:45	—	—	50	41
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	1	1	2	+2	4	0.14	0	0	0	16:44	—	—	48	40
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	2	2	+2	4	0.99	1	1	0	16:40	—	—	49	41
Alex Tuch R	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.53	1	2	0	16:06	—	—	25	41
Cody Eakin C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	14:38	—	—	24	46
William Carrier L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	14:28	—	—	29	42
Mark Stone R	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.88	1	3	0	17:37	—	—	58	61
Max Pacioretty L	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.48	1	0	0	15:54	—	—	56	60
Chandler Stephenson C	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.35	0	2	0	15:13	—	—	52	60
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	6	0	0	12:25	—	—	67	38
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	0	0	11:46	—	—	63	41
Nicolas Roy C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.22	1	0	2	11:19	—	—	77	37
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	1	1	0	4	0.16	0	1	0	23:43	—	—	66	63
Nick Holden D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	1	0	20:43	—	—	63	63
Nate Schmidt D	D2	1	0	1	+3	2	0.19	0	0	0	21:26	—	—	40	37
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	+3	0	0.00	4	1	0	19:24	—	—	43	38
Deryk Engelland D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	2	3	2	15:35	—	—	39	35
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	1	1	0	15:31	—	—	42	37

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Malcolm Subban(start)	W	25	22	3	.880	3.29	59:54

Carolina Hurricanes

CAR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Andrei Svechnikov R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.72	0	0	0	17:02	—	—	55	59
Jordan Staal C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.26	1	2	0	15:13	—	—	59	64
Warren Foegele L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.27	1	0	2	14:49	—	—	58	66
Justin Williams R	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	2	0	0	14:14	—	—	63	78
Jordan Martinook L	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.28	4	1	0	13:12	—	—	61	65
Lucas Wallmark C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	0	0	12:31	—	—	55	78
Erik Haula L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	1	0	16:14	—	—	50	24
Martin Necas C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	13:33	—	—	38	11
Ryan Dzingel C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	0	0	12:32	—	—	21	4
Sebastian Aho C	L4	1	1	2	-2	4	0.67	0	0	2	17:46	—	—	36	45
Teuvo Teravainen C	L4	1	1	2	-1	1	0.46	0	0	0	17:28	—	—	42	47
Brock McGinn L	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.41	1	0	0	14:39	—	—	71	91
Brett Pesce D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	2	0	22:35	—	—	40	43
Jake Gardiner D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	0	2	0	20:47	—	—	47	53
Jaccob Slavin D	D2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.05	1	1	0	22:28	—	—	50	39
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	2	16:30	—	—	50	41
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:56	—	—	58	75
Haydn Fleury D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	17:45	—	—	74	96

CAR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Petr Mrazek(start)	L	37	33	4	.892	3.85	58:40

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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.