Vegas Golden Knights vs. Los Angeles KingsDec 29, 2018

FinalSaturday, Dec 29, 2018· STAPLES Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	1	1	2	4		VGK	12	12	8	32
LAK	1	0	0	1		LAK	8	7	16	31

: VGK 67LAK 51
: VGK 3.48LAK 2.62
PP goals: VGK 0LAK 0
Hits: VGK 14LAK 16
Blocks: VGK 10LAK 17
PIM: VGK 4LAK 2
: VGK 59%LAK 41%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Los Angeles Kings 4–1

Vegas Golden Knights beat Los Angeles Kings 4–1 at LAK. Alex Tuch (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Paul Stastny (VGK) played 12:50, −5:23 down on his 18:13 season average over 49 games.

Points
Alex Tuch had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 14:11.Tuch
Points
Paul Stastny had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 12:50.Stastny
Points
Nate Schmidt had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 21:19.Schmidt
Usage
Paul Stastny (VGK) played 12:50, −5:23 down on his 18:13 season average over 49 games.Stastny
New line
New look for LAK: Clifford–Amadio–Luff skated 6:19 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (45% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Clifford Amadio Luff
New line
New look for VGK: Eakin–Carrier–Carpenter skated 9:31 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (55% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eakin Carrier Carpenter
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New look for VGK: Reaves–Bellemare–Nosek skated 9:39 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (64.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Reaves Bellemare Nosek
Luck
LAK scored 1 goal on 2.62 expected goals (51 attempts), well short of its chances.

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 118 of 118 attempts · LAK 51 · VGK 67

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 37% of the game, LAK 23%.

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
	76	59
	2.88	2.91
	2.80	2.85
	8	10
	5	1
	20	8
	+0.034	−0.034
	37%	23%

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
14:0954% CF
L2Stastny – Pirri – Tuch
10:5760% CF
L3Reaves – Bellemare – Nosek
9:3965% CF
L4Eakin – Carrier – Carpenter
9:3155% CF
D1McNabb – Schmidt
17:4745% CF
D2Engelland – Theodore
15:5967% CF
D3Holden – Merrill
15:5265% CF

PP1Engelland – McNabb – Eakin – Carpenter – Nosek
0:52100% CF
PK1FBellemare – Nosek
2:44
PK2FSmith – Karlsson
1:14
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
2:44
PK2DHolden – Merrill
0:54

Current VGK line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo
17:1139% CF
L2Kovalchuk – Thompson – Leipsic
12:4146% CF
L3Carter – Toffoli – Kempe
11:0860% CF
L4Clifford – Amadio – Luff
6:1945% CF
D1Muzzin – Walker
18:3565% CF
D2Doughty – Forbort
17:2726% CF
D3LaDue – Fantenberg
10:0623% CF

PP1Carter – Brown – Kopitar – Doughty – Toffoli
2:3967% CF
PP2Kovalchuk – Muzzin – Leipsic – Kempe – Iafallo
1:200% CF
PK1FThompson – Toffoli
0:52
PK1DMuzzin – Doughty
0:52

Current LAK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:55
VGKWilliam Carrier (Cody Eakin, Nick Holden)tip-in0.06 xG
VGK: Holden, Eakin, Merrill, Carrier, CarpenterLAK: Kovalchuk, Thompson, Doughty, Forbort, Leipsic
VGK 1 – 0 LAK
19:55
LAKAnze Kopitar (Sean Walker, Alex Iafallo)wrist0.15 xG
VGK: McNabb, Eakin, Schmidt, Carrier, CarpenterLAK: Brown, Kopitar, Muzzin, Iafallo, Walker
VGK 1 – 1 LAK

2nd period

12:26
VGKAlex Tuch (Paul Stastny)slap0.23 xG
VGK: Stastny, McNabb, Pirri, Schmidt, TuchLAK: Muzzin, Clifford, Amadio, Luff, Walker
VGK 2 – 1 LAK

3rd period

3:20
VGKWilliam Karlsson (Nate Schmidt)wrist0.15 xG
VGK: McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, SchmidtLAK: Kopitar, Muzzin, Toffoli, Iafallo, Walker
VGK 3 – 1 LAK
17:28
VGKPaul StastnyEN (Alex Tuch, Nate Schmidt)wrist0.90 xG
VGK: Stastny, Merrill, Marchessault, Schmidt, TuchLAK: Kovalchuk, Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Toffoli, Forbort
VGK 4 – 1 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	1	0	1	+1	6	0.24	0	0	0	18:07	—	—	56	56
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.14	0	0	0	17:12	—	—	58	57
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.31	0	0	0	16:47	—	—	56	57
Alex Tuch R	L2	1	1	2	+2	4	0.65	0	0	2	14:11	—	—	60	59
Brandon Pirri C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.11	0	0	0	12:57	—	—	58	57
Paul Stastny C	L2	1	1	2	+2	1	0.90	1	0	0	12:50	—	—	61	64
Tomas Nosek L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	1	0	0	15:42	—	—	63	68
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	14:50	—	—	55	47
Ryan Reaves R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	2	2	0	12:23	—	—	50	53
Cody Eakin C	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.14	1	0	0	14:55	—	—	54	26
Ryan Carpenter C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	0	0	13:51	—	—	58	29
William Carrier L	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.06	4	1	0	12:09	—	—	46	24
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	2	0	0	23:14	—	—	49	47
Nate Schmidt D	D1	0	2	2	+2	1	0.03	2	3	0	21:19	—	—	40	40
Deryk Engelland D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.12	0	1	0	21:39	—	—	59	42
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.19	0	0	0	17:49	—	—	69	49
Nick Holden D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	0	1	0	18:32	—	—	63	59
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	+2	3	0.32	0	2	2	17:33	—	—	67	60

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Malcolm Subban(start)	W	31	30	1	.968	2.62	60:00

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Dustin Brown R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	0	2	0	22:11	—	—	38	48
Anze Kopitar C	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.32	1	0	0	22:02	—	—	40	49
Alex Iafallo L	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.24	0	1	0	20:09	—	—	40	49
Ilya Kovalchuk L	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.53	0	0	0	16:53	—	—	46	63
Brendan Leipsic L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	1	0	2	15:29	—	—	41	60
Nate Thompson C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	1	2	0	15:27	—	—	41	58
Tyler Toffoli C	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.52	1	0	0	17:25	—	—	61	53
Jeff Carter C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:14	—	—	55	53
Adrian Kempe R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	0	0	0	14:36	—	—	56	41
Matt Luff R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:42	—	—	39	38
Michael Amadio R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	1	1	0	7:35	—	—	38	38
Kyle Clifford L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	2	1	0	6:43	—	—	45	39
Jake Muzzin D	D1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.07	4	1	0	23:30	—	—	65	55
Sean Walker D	D1	0	1	1	-1	5	0.11	0	3	0	18:44	—	—	66	61
Drew Doughty D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.16	0	4	0	27:30	—	—	31	46
Derek Forbort D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	1	0	0	18:57	—	—	30	46
Oscar Fantenberg D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	14:54	—	—	26	41
Paul LaDue D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	1	0	12:15	—	—	31	21

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	L	31	28	3	.903	2.57	59:52

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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.