Vegas Golden Knights vs. Los Angeles KingsOct 13, 2019

FinalSunday, Oct 13, 2019· STAPLES Center

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

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Los Angeles KingsLAK

2

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	2	2	1	5		VGK	7	23	6	36
LAK	1	0	1	2		LAK	16	8	14	38

: VGK 65LAK 67
: VGK 2.86LAK 2.75
PP goals: VGK 3LAK 0
Hits: VGK 23LAK 29
Blocks: VGK 14LAK 10
PIM: VGK 6LAK 6
: VGK 62%LAK 38%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Los Angeles Kings 5–2

Vegas Golden Knights beat Los Angeles Kings 5–2 at LAK. Paul Stastny (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 2A. VGK's first power-play unit (Stastny, Pacioretty, Stone, Theodore and Glass) scored 2 power-play goals on 7 attempts in 2:25 together.

Points
Paul Stastny had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 3 shots in 18:06.Stastny
Points
Max Pacioretty had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 17:12.Pacioretty
Points
Shea Theodore had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:38.Theodore
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Stastny, Pacioretty, Stone, Theodore and Glass) scored 2 power-play goals on 7 attempts in 2:25 together.Stastny Pacioretty Stone Theodore Glass
Goalie
Marc-Andre Fleury (VGK) faced 38 shots and stopped 36 (.947), +9 against a season average of 28.6; the win.Fleury
Goalie
Jonathan Quick (LAK) faced 36 shots and stopped 31 (.861), +7 against a season average of 29.1; the loss.Quick
Luck
VGK scored 5 goals on 2.86 expected goals (65 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Nicolas Hague (VGK) played 12:25, −3:46 down on his 16:11 season average over 37 games.Hague

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 132 of 132 attempts · LAK 67 · VGK 65

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 34% of the game, LAK 32%.

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
	61	66
	2.45	2.50
	2.34	2.23
	7	14
	6	4
	13	11
	+0.060	−0.060
	34%	32%

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
12:4050% CF
L2Stastny – Pacioretty – Stone
11:4954% CF
L3Eakin – Zykov – Glass
10:0328% CF
L4Reaves – Carrier – Nosek
9:1571% CF
D1Holden – Merrill
18:1749% CF
D2McNabb – Theodore
15:4059% CF
D3Engelland – Hague
11:3927% CF

PP1Stastny – Pacioretty – Stone – Theodore – Glass
2:25100% CF
PP2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore – Zykov
0:50100% CF
PK1FEakin – Stone
2:40
PK2FSmith – Karlsson
1:53
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
3:56
PK2DHolden – Merrill
1:26

Current VGK line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo
11:5447% CF
L2Carter – Toffoli – Lizotte
11:4148% CF
L3Kovalchuk – Lewis – Amadio
10:5571% CF
L4Clifford – Kempe – Wagner
8:2618% CF
D1Martinez – Walker
15:5265% CF
D2Doughty – Hutton
15:4940% CF
D3Ryan – Roy
14:4253% CF

PP1Brown – Kopitar – Doughty – Kempe – Iafallo
3:5091% CF
PP2Kovalchuk – Carter – Martinez – Toffoli – Amadio
1:46100% CF
PK1FBrown – Kopitar
0:59
PK2FCarter – Lizotte
0:50
PK1DDoughty – Hutton
3:20
PK2DMartinez – Walker
0:32

Current LAK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

5:42
VGKReilly Smith (William Karlsson)wrist0.07 xG
VGK: Holden, Smith, Merrill, Karlsson, MarchessaultLAK: Kovalchuk, Lewis, Martinez, Amadio, Walker
VGK 1 – 0 LAK
6:59
VGKMax PaciorettyPP (Shea Theodore, Paul Stastny)wrist0.09 xG
VGK: Stastny, Pacioretty, Stone, Theodore, GlassLAK: Carter, Doughty, Hutton, Lizotte
VGK 2 – 0 LAK
7:49
LAKAustin Wagner (Sean Walker, Adrian Kempe)wrist0.04 xG
VGK: Engelland, Reaves, Eakin, Zykov, HagueLAK: Clifford, Ryan, Amadio, Wagner, Roy
VGK 2 – 1 LAK

2nd period

14:51
VGKPaul StastnyPP (Max Pacioretty, Shea Theodore)tip-in0.09 xG
VGK: Stastny, Pacioretty, Stone, Theodore, GlassLAK: Brown, Kopitar, Martinez, Walker
VGK 3 – 1 LAK
17:00
VGKPaul StastnyPP (Jonathan Marchessault, Nicolas Hague)wrist0.12 xG
VGK: Stastny, Pacioretty, Marchessault, Zykov, HagueLAK: Doughty, Toffoli, Hutton, Iafallo
VGK 4 – 1 LAK

3rd period

4:24
LAKDustin Brown (Anze Kopitar, Alex Iafallo)wrist0.08 xG
VGK: Stastny, Pacioretty, McNabb, Stone, TheodoreLAK: Brown, Kopitar, Ryan, Roy, Iafallo
VGK 4 – 2 LAK
4:41
VGKMark Stone (Max Pacioretty, Paul Stastny)backhand0.16 xG
VGK: Engelland, Stastny, Pacioretty, Stone, HagueLAK: Kovalchuk, Lewis, Doughty, Hutton, Amadio
VGK 5 – 2 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	1	0.11	2	0	0	16:56	—	—	54	58
Reilly Smith R	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.24	0	1	0	16:31	—	—	50	58
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.23	1	0	2	16:17	—	—	46	58
Mark Stone R	L2	1	0	1	0	5	0.57	0	0	0	18:27	—	—	55	43
Paul Stastny C	L2	2	2	4	0	3	0.29	3	0	0	18:06	—	—	52	42
Max Pacioretty L	L2	1	2	3	0	3	0.23	0	1	0	17:12	—	—	53	42
Cody Eakin C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.22	0	1	0	14:15	—	—	29	27
Cody Glass C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	14:02	—	—	31	28
Valentin Zykov L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:51	—	—	31	26
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.05	0	0	0	11:56	—	—	61	83
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	-1	4	0.36	6	1	0	10:48	—	—	57	78
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.23	1	0	2	10:13	—	—	68	85
Nick Holden D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	4	1	0	22:34	—	—	45	31
Jon Merrill D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	0	2	0	21:53	—	—	53	41
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	2	2	0	21:02	—	—	55	62
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	2	2	-1	4	0.17	1	0	0	19:38	—	—	59	65
Deryk Engelland D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	4	0	18:54	—	—	37	32
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	12:25	—	—	27	25

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	38	36	2	.947	2.75	60:00

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Dustin Brown R	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.35	3	0	2	18:43	—	—	52	38
Anze Kopitar C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.21	0	0	0	18:29	—	—	49	37
Alex Iafallo L	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.33	0	1	0	17:21	—	—	47	36
Jeff Carter C	L2	0	0	0	0	6	0.58	2	1	2	16:09	—	—	48	79
Tyler Toffoli C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	0	0	15:40	—	—	50	80
Blake Lizotte C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	0	0	14:44	—	—	47	77
Michael Amadio R	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.30	3	0	0	15:13	—	—	72	60
Ilya Kovalchuk L	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	0	0	0	14:49	—	—	74	66
Trevor Lewis C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.10	2	1	0	12:40	—	—	68	56
Adrian Kempe R	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.14	1	0	0	14:13	—	—	29	10
Austin Wagner L	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.09	4	0	0	12:14	—	—	36	21
Kyle Clifford L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	4	0	0	11:55	—	—	36	19
Alec Martinez D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	1	0	18:56	—	—	64	56
Sean Walker D	D1	0	1	1	-1	4	0.12	1	1	0	18:01	—	—	61	61
Drew Doughty D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	4	0	0	24:45	—	—	41	16
Ben Hutton D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.04	0	3	0	20:36	—	—	40	31
Joakim Ryan D	D3	0	0	0	+2	2	0.06	0	2	2	16:38	—	—	53	75
Matt Roy D	D3	0	0	0	+2	4	0.23	3	0	0	15:02	—	—	53	85

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	L	36	31	5	.861	2.86	60:00

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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.