Vegas Golden Knights vs. Los Angeles KingsApr 17, 2018

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	0	1	0	1		VGK	8	7	6	21
LAK	0	0	0	0		LAK	14	7	10	31

: VGK 41LAK 67
: VGK 1.73LAK 2.44
PP goals: VGK 0LAK 0
Hits: VGK 37LAK 41
Blocks: VGK 20LAK 7
PIM: VGK 4LAK 2
: VGK 45%LAK 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge Los Angeles Kings 1–0

Vegas Golden Knights beat Los Angeles Kings 1–0 at LAK. Brayden McNabb (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 0A. LAK scored 0 goals on 2.45 expected goals (67 attempts), well short of its chances.

Luck
LAK scored 0 goals on 2.45 expected goals (67 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Colin Miller (VGK) played 15:55, −3:23 down on his 19:18 season average over 19 games.Miller
Usage
David Perron (VGK) played 13:04, −3:44 down on his 16:48 season average over 14 games.Perron
Usage
Jon Merrill (VGK) played 12:34, −3:37 down on his 16:11 season average over 7 games.Merrill
Cats
Dustin Brown (LAK) threw 6 hits, a night for hits leagues.Brown
Cats
Brayden McNabb (VGK) blocked 5 shots in 23:36.McNabb

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)LAK attacks right (top on phones) →

LAK
VGK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 108 of 108 attempts · LAK 67 · VGK 41

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

LAK
VGK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

LAK 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, LAK 38%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

LAK

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	LAK
	46	74
	1.98	2.57
	1.92	2.46
	8	8
	2	5
	14	13
	−0.029	+0.029
	27%	38%

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 – Marchessault
14:3440% CF
L2Neal – Haula – Tuch
12:0650% CF
L3Perron – Eakin – Carpenter
9:1439% CF
L4Carrier – Bellemare – Nosek
7:5718% CF
D1McNabb – Schmidt
20:3028% CF
D2Engelland – Theodore
17:0444% CF
D3Merrill – Miller
12:2148% CF

PP1Neal – Perron – Haula – Miller – Schmidt
1:01100% CF
PP2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore – Tuch
0:46100% CF
PK1FBellemare – Nosek
2:21
PK2FEakin – Karlsson
0:46
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
2:04
PK2DMiller – Schmidt
1:49

Current VGK line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo
14:0269% CF
L2Carter – Toffoli – Pearson
10:0050% CF
L3Lewis – Rieder – Kempe
7:2845% CF
L4Thompson – Mitchell – Clifford
5:3291% CF
D1Doughty – Fantenberg
20:2761% CF
D2Phaneuf – Martinez
14:2556% CF
D3Muzzin – Folin
9:0661% CF

PP1Carter – Brown – Kopitar – Muzzin – Doughty
1:54100% CF
PP2Phaneuf – Martinez – Toffoli – Pearson – Kempe
1:45100% CF
PK1FThompson – Mitchell
0:52
PK2FBrown – Kopitar
0:30
PK1DMuzzin – Doughty
1:16
PK2DMartinez – Folin
0:44

Current LAK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

4:04
VGKBrayden McNabb (Reilly Smith, William Karlsson)slap0.12 xG
VGK: McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, SchmidtLAK: Brown, Kopitar, Muzzin, Folin, Iafallo
VGK 1 – 0 LAK

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
William Karlsson C	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.31	0	1	0	19:47	—	—	40	54
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	0	0	+1	5	0.29	1	0	0	18:30	—	—	41	55
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.14	1	0	2	17:39	—	—	38	53
James Neal L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	2	0	2	16:20	—	—	46	30
Erik Haula L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	5	0	0	14:05	—	—	52	30
Alex Tuch R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	0	0	0	13:50	—	—	50	30
Cody Eakin C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	5	3	0	15:05	—	—	33	45
David Perron L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.19	0	0	0	13:04	—	—	39	46
Ryan Carpenter C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.19	2	1	0	13:00	—	—	46	62
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:10	—	—	20	28
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	3	0	13:09	—	—	21	31
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	0	0	9:12	—	—	17	13
Nate Schmidt D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.09	5	3	0	25:48	—	—	29	48
Brayden McNabb D	D1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.12	5	5	0	23:36	—	—	26	45
Deryk Engelland D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	4	1	0	22:18	—	—	39	35
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	1	0	19:03	—	—	46	39
Colin Miller D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	15:55	—	—	50	45
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	12:34	—	—	48	44

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	31	31	0	.1000	2.44	59:55

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Anze Kopitar C	L1	-1	2	0.39	2	1	0	24:21	—	—	66	55
Dustin Brown R	L1	-1	6	0.55	6	0	0	22:21	—	—	71	58
Alex Iafallo L	L1	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:29	—	—	61	43
Jeff Carter C	L2	0	3	0.21	6	1	0	19:09	—	—	54	50
Tanner Pearson L	L2	0	1	0.06	3	0	0	18:16	—	—	50	49
Tyler Toffoli C	L2	0	3	0.14	2	0	0	16:28	—	—	48	43
Adrian Kempe R	L3	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	13:19	—	—	56	51
Trevor Lewis C	L3	0	1	0.00	4	0	0	12:34	—	—	56	66
Tobias Rieder L	L3	0	3	0.18	0	1	0	11:07	—	—	55	60
Nate Thompson C	L4	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	8:30	—	—	77	72
Torrey Mitchell C	L4	0	1	0.08	1	1	0	8:22	—	—	78	70
Kyle Clifford L	L4	0	2	0.38	5	0	0	7:26	—	—	94	83
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	2	0.23	0	1	0	29:13	—	—	63	53
Oscar Fantenberg D	D1	0	2	0.06	2	0	0	22:35	—	—	64	54
Alec Martinez D	D2	0	0	0.04	1	1	0	19:58	—	—	55	53
Dion Phaneuf D	D2	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	18:31	—	—	61	58
Jake Muzzin D	D3	-1	1	0.04	1	0	0	18:31	—	—	62	58
Christian Folin D	D3	-1	3	0.06	2	1	0	11:12	—	—	68	71

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	L	21	20	1	.952	1.73	58:38

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.