Vegas Golden Knights vs. Seattle KrakenMar 30, 2022

FinalWednesday, Mar 30, 2022· Climate Pledge Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	0	1	2	3		VGK	6	14	10	30
SEA	0	0	0	0		SEA	7	9	6	22

: VGK 60SEA 44
: VGK 4.97SEA 1.52
PP goals: VGK 0SEA 0
Hits: VGK 15SEA 26
Blocks: VGK 14SEA 10
PIM: VGK 7SEA 11
: VGK 52%SEA 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Seattle Kraken 3–0

Vegas Golden Knights beat Seattle Kraken 3–0 at SEA. Jonathan Marchessault (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for SEA: Eberle–Wennberg–McCann skated 6:50 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Jonathan Marchessault had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 19:57.Marchessault
New line
New look for SEA: Eberle–Wennberg–McCann skated 6:50 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eberle Wennberg McCann
Usage
Keegan Kolesar (VGK) played 4:24, −8:22 down on his 12:46 season average over 76 games.Kolesar
New line
New look for VGK: Janmark–Roy–Rondbjerg skated 6:22 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Janmark Roy Rondbjerg
Luck
VGK scored 3 goals on 4.97 expected goals (60 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Michael Amadio (VGK) played 16:03, +3:58 up on his 12:05 season average over 55 games.Amadio
Luck
SEA scored 0 goals on 1.52 expected goals (44 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Shea Theodore (VGK) played 19:32, −3:39 down on his 23:11 season average over 77 games.Theodore

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)SEA attacks right (top on phones) →

SEA
VGK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 104 of 104 attempts · SEA 44 · VGK 60

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

SEA
VGK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

SEA 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 58% of the game, SEA 16%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

SEA

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	SEA
	61	48
	4.27	1.75
	4.02	1.65
	20	10
	6	5
	18	14
	+0.005	−0.005
	58%	16%

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

L1Karlsson – Marchessault – Amadio
10:4086% CF
L2Dadonov – Stephenson – Eichel
9:3253% CF
L3Janmark – Roy – Rondbjerg
6:2267% CF
D1Martinez – Whitecloud
16:1448% CF
D2McNabb – Theodore
15:2859% CF
D3Pietrangelo – Hutton
14:2962% CF

PP1Dadonov – Marchessault – Stephenson – Theodore – Eichel
3:0975% CF
PP2Pietrangelo – Karlsson – Janmark – Roy – Coghlan
2:0475% CF
PK1FJanmark – Roy
0:46
PK2FKarlsson – Stephenson
0:22
PK1DPietrangelo – McNabb
1:17
PK2DMartinez – Whitecloud
0:43

Current VGK line combinations →

Seattle Kraken

L1Rask – Gourde – Kuhlman
9:0533% CF
L2Eberle – Wennberg – McCann
6:5025% CF
L3Sheahan – Donskoi – Sprong
6:0773% CF
L4Donato – Lind – Geekie
3:4438% CF
D1Larsson – Dunn
15:0644% CF
D2Oleksiak – Soucy
13:2526% CF
D3Pouliot – Borgen
10:5467% CF

PP1Eberle – Gourde – McCann – Donato – Dunn
1:05100% CF
PP2Rask – Soucy – Wennberg – Sprong – Geekie
0:550% CF
PK1FGourde – Kuhlman
2:17
PK2FSheahan – Donskoi
1:57
PK1DLarsson – Soucy
2:12
PK2DOleksiak – Dunn
0:41

Current SEA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

7:38
VGKShea Theodore (Jonas Rondbjerg)backhand0.08 xG
VGK: Pietrangelo, McNabb, Theodore, Leschyshyn, RondbjergSEA: Rask, Soucy, Wennberg, Sprong, Geekie
VGK 1 – 0 SEA

3rd period

7:03
VGKMichael Amadio (Jonathan Marchessault, William Karlsson)backhand0.02 xG
VGK: McNabb, Karlsson, Marchessault, Theodore, AmadioSEA: Eberle, Larsson, Wennberg, McCann, Dunn
VGK 2 – 0 SEA
19:33
VGKJonathan MarchessaultENwrist0.90 xG
VGK: Martinez, Marchessault, Stephenson, Eichel, WhitecloudSEA: Donskoi, Rask, Oleksiak, Soucy, Donato, Kuhlman
VGK 3 – 0 SEA

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
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	1	1	2	+2	6	1.42	0	0	0	19:57	—	—	89	95
William Karlsson C	L1	0	1	1	+1	5	0.63	1	1	0	18:42	—	—	88	94
Michael Amadio R	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.02	0	0	0	16:03	—	—	83	91
Jack Eichel C	L2	0	0	0	+1	5	0.40	0	2	0	20:34	—	—	46	73
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.19	1	0	0	20:15	—	—	48	61
Evgenii Dadonov L	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.39	1	1	0	17:05	—	—	55	76
Mattias Janmark C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:35	—	—	38	62
Nicolas Roy C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	1.00	0	1	0	15:58	—	—	50	65
Jonas Rondbjerg R	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.25	0	0	0	12:08	—	—	67	91
Alec Martinez D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	4	0	18:56	—	—	47	69
Zach Whitecloud D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	2	0	0	18:32	—	—	49	74
Shea Theodore D	D2	1	0	1	+2	1	0.30	0	0	2	19:32	—	—	60	69
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.05	4	3	0	19:23	—	—	59	70
Alex Pietrangelo D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.11	0	0	0	20:55	—	—	66	76
Ben Hutton D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	16:00	—	—	59	66
Jake Leschyshyn C	—	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	1	0	11:49	—	—	17	16
Dylan Coghlan D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	0	0	0	8:46	—	—	50	53
Keegan Kolesar R	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.12	2	0	5	4:24	—	—	20	27

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	W	22	22	0	.1000	1.52	60:00

Seattle Kraken

SEA skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Yanni Gourde C	L1	0	0	0.13	0	0	0	20:19	—	—	48	38
Karson Kuhlman C	L1	-1	2	0.20	1	0	0	16:43	—	—	30	27
Victor Rask C	L1	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:12	—	—	48	31
Jordan Eberle R	L2	-1	0	0.05	1	0	0	18:42	—	—	33	20
Alexander Wennberg C	L2	-2	1	0.01	1	2	0	17:24	—	—	30	23
Jared McCann L	L2	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:59	—	—	28	16
Daniel Sprong R	L3	-1	4	0.34	1	0	0	15:26	—	—	70	49
Joonas Donskoi R	L3	-1	2	0.08	1	1	0	13:52	—	—	73	47
Riley Sheahan C	L3	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:10	—	—	70	40
Ryan Donato C	L4	-1	2	0.26	0	0	2	12:55	—	—	27	20
Morgan Geekie C	L4	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:05	—	—	26	18
Kole Lind R	L4	0	0	0.02	1	0	0	9:24	—	—	35	25
Adam Larsson D	D1	-1	2	0.12	5	2	2	23:55	—	—	46	23
Vince Dunn D	D1	-1	2	0.11	1	0	0	22:46	—	—	41	24
Carson Soucy D	D2	-2	3	0.10	3	1	0	21:32	—	—	32	31
Jamie Oleksiak D	D2	-1	1	0.05	2	3	5	20:20	—	—	30	24
Derrick Pouliot D	D3	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:09	—	—	63	39
Will Borgen D	D3	0	3	0.06	5	0	2	13:29	—	—	58	32

SEA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Chris Driedger(start)	L	29	27	2	.931	4.08	57:38

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.