Vegas Golden Knights vs. Seattle KrakenOct 15, 2022

FinalSaturday, Oct 15, 2022· Climate Pledge Arena

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

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Seattle KrakenSEA

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	2	3	0	5		VGK	9	15	6	30
SEA	0	0	2	2		SEA	11	11	11	33

: VGK 50SEA 63
: VGK 3.06SEA 2.34
PP goals: VGK 2SEA 1
Hits: VGK 12SEA 26
Blocks: VGK 20SEA 9
PIM: VGK 4SEA 8
: VGK 65%SEA 35%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Seattle Kraken 5–2

Vegas Golden Knights beat Seattle Kraken 5–2 at SEA. Jonathan Marchessault (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 0A. VGK's first power-play unit (Smith, Stone, Stephenson, Theodore and Eichel) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:49 together.

Points
Jonathan Marchessault had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:03.Marchessault
Points
Shea Theodore had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:23.Theodore
Points
Andre Burakovsky had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:35.Burakovsky
Points
Jack Eichel had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:29.Eichel
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Smith, Stone, Stephenson, Theodore and Eichel) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:49 together.Smith Stone Stephenson Theodore Eichel
Luck
VGK scored 5 goals on 3.06 expected goals (50 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Jack Eichel (VGK) played 15:29, −3:20 down on his 18:49 season average over 66 games.Eichel
Usage
Oliver Bjorkstrand (SEA) played 20:12, +4:38 up on his 15:34 season average over 80 games.Bjorkstrand

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 113 of 113 attempts · SEA 63 · VGK 50

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 31% of the game, SEA 29%.

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
	54	68
	2.89	2.42
	2.81	2.36
	17	12
	4	7
	13	7
	+0.178	−0.178
	31%	29%

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

L1Stone – Stephenson – Howden
12:3723% CF
L2Karlsson – Marchessault – Cotter
11:2843% CF
L3Carrier – Kolesar – Roy
10:4247% CF
L4Kessel – Smith – Eichel
9:3456% CF
D1McNabb – Theodore
17:0759% CF
D2Martinez – Pietrangelo
15:1138% CF
D3Hague – Whitecloud
14:3838% CF

PP1Smith – Stone – Stephenson – Theodore – Eichel
1:49100% CF
PP2Kessel – Martinez – Pietrangelo – Smith – Eichel
1:01
PK1FRoy – Howden
1:25
PK2FStone – Stephenson
1:03
PK1DPietrangelo – McNabb
1:10
PK2DHague – Whitecloud
0:48

Current VGK line combinations →

Seattle Kraken

L1Schwartz – Bjorkstrand – Wennberg
12:4975% CF
L2Donato – Geekie – Kuhlman
6:4536% CF
L3Burakovsky – McCann – Beniers
6:0050% CF
L4Eberle – Gourde – Tanev
4:2250% CF
D1Larsson – Dunn
19:1058% CF
D2Oleksiak – Borgen
7:2559% CF
D3Schultz – Soucy
6:4569% CF

PP1Schultz – Bjorkstrand – Wennberg – Donato – Beniers
1:56100% CF
PP2Eberle – Schwartz – Burakovsky – McCann – Dunn
1:27100% CF
PK1FTanev – Geekie
1:11
PK2FWennberg – McCann
0:47
PK1DLarsson – Oleksiak
1:57
PK2DDunn – Borgen
0:33

Current SEA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:12
VGKKeegan Kolesar (William Carrier)wrist0.02 xG
VGK: McNabb, Theodore, Carrier, Kolesar, RoySEA: Eberle, Gourde, Soucy, Borgen, Tanev
VGK 1 – 0 SEA
3:07
VGKJonathan MarchessaultPP (Nicolas Roy, Alex Pietrangelo)snap0.18 xG
VGK: Kessel, Pietrangelo, Karlsson, Marchessault, RoySEA: Gourde, Soucy, Borgen, Kuhlman
VGK 2 – 0 SEA

2nd period

13:55
VGKReilly SmithPP (Mark Stone, Jack Eichel)wrist0.12 xG
VGK: Smith, Stone, Stephenson, Theodore, EichelSEA: Larsson, Oleksiak, Tanev, Geekie
VGK 3 – 0 SEA
17:11
VGKJonathan Marchessault (Chandler Stephenson, Shea Theodore)wrist0.02 xG
VGK: McNabb, Karlsson, Marchessault, Theodore, CotterSEA: Eberle, Burakovsky, Dunn, Borgen, Beniers
VGK 4 – 0 SEA
19:43
VGKShea Theodore (Phil Kessel, Jack Eichel)wrist0.05 xG
VGK: Kessel, Pietrangelo, Smith, Theodore, EichelSEA: Eberle, Oleksiak, McCann, Borgen, Beniers
VGK 5 – 0 SEA

3rd period

13:19
SEAJustin Schultz (Andre Burakovsky, Matty Beniers)wrist0.13 xG
VGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Carrier, Kolesar, RoySEA: Eberle, Schultz, Soucy, Burakovsky, Beniers
VGK 5 – 1 SEA
16:17
SEAJaden SchwartzPP (Andre Burakovsky, Vince Dunn)tip-in0.12 xG
VGK: Pietrangelo, Stone, Stephenson, HagueSEA: Eberle, Schwartz, Burakovsky, McCann, Dunn
VGK 5 – 2 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
Mark Stone R	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.23	0	2	0	17:17	—	—	27	51
Chandler Stephenson C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.56	0	0	0	16:56	—	—	23	38
Brett Howden C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	1	0	16:18	—	—	29	49
William Karlsson C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.01	0	1	0	15:14	—	—	41	42
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	2	0	2	+1	3	0.31	0	1	0	15:03	—	—	52	54
Paul Cotter L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.14	1	1	2	13:59	—	—	47	50
Nicolas Roy C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.04	1	1	0	15:29	—	—	55	47
Keegan Kolesar R	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.03	3	0	0	12:37	—	—	47	38
William Carrier L	L3	0	1	1	0	4	0.36	1	0	0	11:37	—	—	50	49
Jack Eichel C	L4	0	2	2	+1	2	0.30	0	1	0	15:29	—	—	61	72
Phil Kessel R	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.28	0	0	0	15:01	—	—	58	69
Reilly Smith R	L4	1	0	1	+1	4	0.36	0	0	0	14:34	—	—	58	67
Shea Theodore D	D1	1	1	2	+3	2	0.10	0	0	0	21:23	—	—	63	77
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	1	2	0	20:02	—	—	56	66
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	1	1	0	3	0.09	1	2	0	23:04	—	—	36	36
Alec Martinez D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	3	2	18:09	—	—	34	38
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	3	0	17:29	—	—	38	53
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	3	2	0	16:56	—	—	39	58

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Adin Hill(start)	W	33	31	2	.939	2.34	60:00

Seattle Kraken

SEA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L1	0	0	0	0	6	0.26	2	0	0	20:12	—	—	68	48
Alexander Wennberg C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	0	1	2	19:50	—	—	79	84
Jaden Schwartz L	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.23	1	0	0	18:34	—	—	61	42
Karson Kuhlman C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.24	0	0	0	11:01	—	—	35	36
Ryan Donato C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	1	1	0	10:20	—	—	40	47
Morgan Geekie C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	9:28	—	—	36	45
Matty Beniers C	L3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.13	1	0	0	17:23	—	—	52	38
Andre Burakovsky L	L3	0	2	2	0	2	0.10	1	0	0	14:35	—	—	67	59
Jared McCann L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	0	0	0	14:17	—	—	54	32
Brandon Tanev L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	1	0	0	15:12	—	—	48	36
Yanni Gourde C	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.38	2	0	2	14:05	—	—	46	35
Jordan Eberle R	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.19	1	0	0	13:03	—	—	58	69
Adam Larsson D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.04	4	2	0	24:56	—	—	56	39
Vince Dunn D	D1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.02	2	0	0	22:28	—	—	57	36
Jamie Oleksiak D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	3	1	0	20:29	—	—	56	45
Will Borgen D	D2	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	0	2	0	16:18	—	—	50	45
Justin Schultz D	D3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.15	0	1	0	18:24	—	—	64	62
Carson Soucy D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	6	0	4	14:12	—	—	50	48

SEA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Martin Jones(start)	L	24	19	5	.792	2.26	40:00
Philipp Grubauer	—	6	6	0	.1000	0.79	20:00

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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.