Vegas Golden Knights vs. Carolina HurricanesMar 11, 2023

FinalSaturday, Mar 11, 2023· PNC Arena

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Carolina HurricanesCAR

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	1	1	2	4		VGK	9	9	6	24
CAR	0	0	0	0		CAR	15	7	11	33

: VGK 39CAR 72
: VGK 3.11CAR 2.56
PP goals: VGK 0CAR 0
Hits: VGK 24CAR 13
Blocks: VGK 19CAR 9
PIM: VGK 2CAR 2
: VGK 52%CAR 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights rout Carolina Hurricanes 4–0

Vegas Golden Knights beat Carolina Hurricanes 4–0 at CAR. Alex Pietrangelo (VGK) led the scoring with 0G 2A. CAR scored 0 goals on 2.56 expected goals (72 attempts), well short of its chances.

Points
Alex Pietrangelo had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 22:41.Pietrangelo
Luck
CAR scored 0 goals on 2.56 expected goals (72 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Teddy Blueger (VGK) played 18:15, +5:26 up on his 12:49 season average over 62 games.Blueger
New line
New look for CAR: Stastny–Noesen–Puljujarvi skated 9:53 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (70% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Stastny Noesen Puljujarvi
Usage
Chandler Stephenson (VGK) played 14:41, −4:23 down on his 19:04 season average over 80 games.Stephenson
Usage
Brett Howden (VGK) played 16:10, +3:10 up on his 13:00 season average over 53 games.Howden
Usage
Keegan Kolesar (VGK) played 16:51, +5:27 up on his 11:24 season average over 73 games.Kolesar
Usage
Jaccob Slavin (CAR) played 18:16, −3:46 down on his 22:02 season average over 75 games.Slavin

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 111 of 111 attempts · CAR 72 · VGK 39

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 28% of the game, CAR 41%.

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
	40	76
	2.21	2.44
	2.16	2.39
	12	14
	11	4
	14	17
	+0.038	−0.038
	28%	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

L1Blueger – Kolesar – Howden
14:3632% CF
L2Marchessault – Barbashev – Eichel
11:2027% CF
L3Kessel – Stephenson – Cotter
10:3021% CF
L4Smith – Karlsson – Amadio
8:5447% CF
D1Martinez – Pietrangelo
16:5330% CF
D2McNabb – Theodore
16:5230% CF
D3Hague – Whitecloud
14:2439% CF

PP1Smith – Stephenson – Theodore – Amadio – Eichel
1:41100% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
0:48
PK2FStephenson – Barbashev
0:32
PK1DMartinez – Pietrangelo
1:01
PK2DMcNabb – Whitecloud
0:48

Current VGK line combinations →

Carolina Hurricanes

L1Aho – Svechnikov – Jarvis
12:1473% CF
L2Staal – Fast – Martinook
11:4267% CF
L3Stastny – Noesen – Puljujarvi
9:5370% CF
L4Teravainen – Necas – Kotkaniemi
9:1179% CF
D1Skjei – Pesce
17:1173% CF
D2Burns – Slavin
16:5252% CF
D3de Haan – Gostisbehere
13:3267% CF

PP1Burns – Noesen – Aho – Necas – Svechnikov
1:08100% CF
PP2Stastny – Teravainen – Gostisbehere – Kotkaniemi – Jarvis
0:380% CF
PK1FStaal – Martinook
1:42
PK2FFast – Teravainen
0:16
PK1DSkjei – Pesce
1:42
PK2DBurns – Slavin
0:16

Current CAR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:03
VGKJonathan Marchessault (Alex Pietrangelo)wrist0.15 xG
VGK: McNabb, Marchessault, Theodore, Barbashev, EichelCAR: Skjei, Martinook, Slavin, Aho, Jarvis
VGK 1 – 0 CAR

2nd period

17:20
VGKReilly Smith (William Karlsson)wrist0.19 xG
VGK: Smith, Karlsson, Amadio, Hague, WhitecloudCAR: Burns, Staal, Fast, Martinook, Slavin
VGK 2 – 0 CAR

3rd period

13:10
VGKPaul Cotter (Alex Pietrangelo, Chandler Stephenson)snap0.24 xG
VGK: Kessel, Martinez, Pietrangelo, Stephenson, CotterCAR: Staal, Fast, Skjei, Gostisbehere, Martinook
VGK 3 – 0 CAR
18:36
VGKBrett HowdenEN (Teddy Blueger)wrist0.92 xG
VGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Blueger, Kolesar, HowdenCAR: Burns, Gostisbehere, Aho, Puljujarvi, Necas, Svechnikov
VGK 4 – 0 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
Teddy Blueger C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.23	0	1	0	18:15	—	—	35	46
Keegan Kolesar R	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.10	3	0	0	16:51	—	—	32	47
Brett Howden C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.92	2	2	2	16:10	—	—	32	43
Jack Eichel C	L2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.16	2	1	0	15:55	—	—	33	37
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.44	1	0	0	15:47	—	—	37	45
Ivan Barbashev L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	3	0	0	14:28	—	—	27	25
Chandler Stephenson C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	14:41	—	—	21	33
Paul Cotter L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.25	3	0	0	13:46	—	—	24	34
Phil Kessel R	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.11	0	0	0	11:01	—	—	24	34
William Karlsson C	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.18	1	2	0	14:47	—	—	53	72
Reilly Smith R	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.26	0	0	0	14:36	—	—	57	76
Michael Amadio R	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.20	0	1	0	13:27	—	—	50	68
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	2	2	+2	1	0.00	0	1	0	22:41	—	—	31	38
Alec Martinez D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	2	0	20:02	—	—	30	40
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.10	0	2	0	20:58	—	—	29	51
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.13	3	3	0	19:56	—	—	30	53
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	18:25	—	—	42	52
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	3	2	0	16:14	—	—	41	51

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	W	33	33	0	.1000	2.56	60:00

Carolina Hurricanes

CAR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Seth Jarvis R	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	19:01	—	—	57	50
Sebastian Aho C	L1	0	0	0	-2	6	0.33	1	0	2	17:36	—	—	57	51
Andrei Svechnikov R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.19	1	0	0	17:01	—	—	73	85
Jordan Staal C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.15	2	0	0	16:12	—	—	62	43
Jordan Martinook L	L2	0	0	0	-3	3	0.17	0	0	0	15:02	—	—	59	40
Jesper Fast R	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.16	0	0	0	13:27	—	—	64	44
Paul Stastny C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	0	0	0	14:30	—	—	70	59
Stefan Noesen R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.28	2	1	0	14:15	—	—	63	43
Jesse Puljujarvi R	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.10	0	0	0	12:47	—	—	65	56
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	0	0	14:51	—	—	79	79
Teuvo Teravainen C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	14:48	—	—	79	76
Martin Necas C	L4	0	0	0	-1	4	0.21	0	0	0	14:23	—	—	77	78
Brady Skjei D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.12	0	3	0	22:38	—	—	72	63
Brett Pesce D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	1	1	0	22:03	—	—	71	68
Brent Burns D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.12	0	2	0	21:31	—	—	52	28
Jaccob Slavin D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.04	0	1	0	18:16	—	—	50	23
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.13	1	1	0	19:05	—	—	66	48
Calvin de Haan D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	2	0	0	14:13	—	—	69	60

CAR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Frederik Andersen(start)	L	23	20	3	.870	1.90	56:21

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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.