Vegas Golden Knights vs. Winnipeg JetsMar 6, 2020

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	0	0	0	0		VGK	12	11	6	29
WPG	3	1	0	4		WPG	13	6	5	24

: VGK 63WPG 45
: VGK 3.36WPG 2.59
PP goals: VGK 0WPG 2
Hits: VGK 19WPG 16
Blocks: VGK 12WPG 16
PIM: VGK 4WPG 2
: VGK 46%WPG 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Winnipeg Jets rout Vegas Golden Knights 4–0

Winnipeg Jets beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–0 at home. Patrik Laine (WPG) led the scoring with 1G 1A. WPG's first power-play unit (Wheeler, Scheifele, Connor, Laine and Pionk) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:52 together.

Points
Nikolaj Ehlers had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:05.Ehlers
Points
Patrik Laine had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:32.Laine
PP1
WPG's first power-play unit (Wheeler, Scheifele, Connor, Laine and Pionk) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:52 together.Wheeler Scheifele Connor Laine Pionk
Luck
VGK scored 0 goals on 3.36 expected goals (63 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Mathieu Perreault (WPG) played 8:05, −5:08 down on his 13:13 season average over 48 games.Perreault
New line
New look for WPG: Perreault–Shore–Appleton skated 6:14 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (77.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Perreault Shore Appleton
Usage
Nicolas Roy (VGK) played 17:10, +5:57 up on his 11:13 season average over 27 games.Roy
Usage
Josh Morrissey (WPG) played 19:45, −3:04 down on his 22:49 season average over 64 games.Morrissey

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)WPG attacks right (top on phones) →

WPG
VGK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 108 of 108 attempts · WPG 45 · VGK 63

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

WPG
VGK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

WPG 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 43% of the game, WPG 21%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

WPG

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	WPG
	71	50
	3.65	2.84
	3.47	2.75
	20	14
	4	8
	18	17
	−0.058	+0.058
	43%	21%

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

L1Pacioretty – Karlsson – Roy
14:1476% CF
L2Stastny – Smith – Marchessault
12:4250% CF
L3Pirri – Cousins – Stephenson
6:4059% CF
L4Reaves – Carrier – Nosek
5:4443% CF
D1Martinez – Theodore
18:3350% CF
D2McNabb – Schmidt
17:1677% CF
D3Holden – Whitecloud
11:2741% CF

PP1Stastny – Pacioretty – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore
1:38100% CF
PP2Martinez – Smith – Cousins – Stephenson – Schmidt
0:22
PK1FKarlsson – Roy
1:08
PK2FStephenson – Nosek
0:47
PK1DMartinez – McNabb
1:07
PK2DHolden – Whitecloud
0:27

Current VGK line combinations →

Winnipeg Jets

L1Wheeler – Scheifele – Connor
15:0238% CF
L2Eakin – Ehlers – Laine
11:4445% CF
L3Copp – Harkins – Roslovic
10:5038% CF
L4Perreault – Shore – Appleton
6:1478% CF
D1Kulikov – Pionk
18:4838% CF
D2DeMelo – Morrissey
14:3555% CF
D3Beaulieu – Poolman
13:4652% CF

PP1Wheeler – Scheifele – Connor – Laine – Pionk
1:5250% CF
PP2Wheeler – Perreault – Copp – Morrissey – Roslovic
0:28
PK1FShore – Copp
1:17
PK2FEakin – Appleton
0:40
PK1DDeMelo – Beaulieu
1:17
PK2DKulikov – Poolman
0:40

Current WPG line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:32
WPGNikolaj Ehlers (Patrik Laine, Cody Eakin)wrist0.05 xG
VGK: Reaves, Holden, Carrier, Nosek, WhitecloudWPG: Eakin, Beaulieu, Poolman, Ehlers, Laine
VGK 0 – 1 WPG
4:41
WPGPatrik LainePP (Neal Pionk, Blake Wheeler)wrist0.09 xG
VGK: Holden, McNabb, Karlsson, NosekWPG: Wheeler, Scheifele, Connor, Laine, Pionk
VGK 0 – 2 WPG
18:10
WPGKyle Connor (Jack Roslovic)wrist0.14 xG
VGK: Pacioretty, McNabb, Karlsson, Schmidt, RoyWPG: DeMelo, Copp, Morrissey, Connor, Roslovic
VGK 0 – 3 WPG

2nd period

14:00
WPGMathieu PerreaultPP (Josh Morrissey, Nikolaj Ehlers)wrist0.13 xG
VGK: Holden, Stephenson, Nosek, WhitecloudWPG: Perreault, Copp, Morrissey, Ehlers, Roslovic
VGK 0 – 4 WPG

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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
William Karlsson C	L1	-1	1	0.19	2	0	0	19:35	—	—	76	63
Max Pacioretty L	L1	-1	2	0.26	0	0	0	17:42	—	—	77	63
Nicolas Roy C	L1	-1	5	0.69	1	0	0	17:10	—	—	73	61
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	0	2	0.27	0	0	2	17:14	—	—	48	55
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	2	0.15	1	1	0	15:57	—	—	44	53
Paul Stastny C	L2	0	3	0.39	0	0	0	15:52	—	—	52	57
Chandler Stephenson C	L3	0	2	0.28	0	0	0	14:08	—	—	62	56
Nick Cousins C	L3	0	0	0.00	2	1	2	12:58	—	—	58	56
Brandon Pirri C	L3	0	2	0.23	3	1	0	11:34	—	—	55	54
Tomas Nosek L	L4	-1	1	0.11	0	1	0	13:50	—	—	44	45
William Carrier L	L4	-1	1	0.12	1	0	0	11:45	—	—	50	50
Ryan Reaves R	L4	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	11:42	—	—	42	50
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	2	0.07	0	0	0	23:57	—	—	51	52
Alec Martinez D	D1	0	0	0.02	1	2	0	22:36	—	—	47	54
Nate Schmidt D	D2	-1	4	0.46	0	1	0	21:26	—	—	77	75
Brayden McNabb D	D2	-1	2	0.08	3	2	0	21:04	—	—	78	81
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	-1	0	0.02	0	1	0	15:18	—	—	47	27
Nick Holden D	D3	-1	0	0.01	3	1	0	13:55	—	—	38	26

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	L	24	20	4	.833	2.59	59:57

Winnipeg Jets

WPG skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mark Scheifele C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	1	3	0	21:00	—	—	33	48
Kyle Connor L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.41	0	0	0	20:57	—	—	34	48
Blake Wheeler R	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.27	0	3	2	19:14	—	—	34	53
Patrik Laine L	L2	1	1	2	+1	2	0.30	0	1	0	16:32	—	—	46	31
Cody Eakin C	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.15	1	0	0	15:27	—	—	45	35
Nikolaj Ehlers L	L2	1	1	2	+1	1	0.24	0	2	0	15:05	—	—	41	38
Andrew Copp C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	0	0	0	15:21	—	—	43	43
Jack Roslovic C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:51	—	—	35	43
Jansen Harkins C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.38	0	0	0	14:01	—	—	40	39
Mason Appleton C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	1	0	0	10:13	—	—	56	47
Nicholas Shore C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.15	0	1	0	9:34	—	—	47	47
Mathieu Perreault C	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.25	6	0	0	8:05	—	—	75	62
Neal Pionk D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.01	1	1	0	22:34	—	—	36	40
Dmitry Kulikov D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	2	0	21:06	—	—	38	43
Josh Morrissey D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	0	0	0	19:45	—	—	48	53
Dylan DeMelo D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	18:40	—	—	41	54
Nathan Beaulieu D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	2	0	0	19:36	—	—	40	32
Tucker Poolman D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	15:59	—	—	52	40

WPG goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Connor Hellebuyck(start)	W	29	29	0	.1000	3.36	60:00

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.