Vegas Golden Knights vs. Seattle KrakenApr 13, 2023

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	1	1	1	3		VGK	5	9	5	19
SEA	1	0	0	1		SEA	13	12	6	31

: VGK 41SEA 80
: VGK 2.04SEA 3.40
PP goals: VGK 0SEA 0
Hits: VGK 13SEA 20
Blocks: VGK 27SEA 15
PIM: VGK 12SEA 6
: VGK 54%SEA 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Seattle Kraken 3–1

Vegas Golden Knights beat Seattle Kraken 3–1 at SEA. Alec Martinez (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Alec Martinez (VGK) played 25:40, +6:32 up on his 19:08 season average over 76 games.

Usage
Alec Martinez (VGK) played 25:40, +6:32 up on his 19:08 season average over 76 games.Martinez
Luck
SEA scored 1 goal on 3.40 expected goals (80 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for VGK: Blueger–Kolesar–Roy skated 9:10 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (38.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Blueger Kolesar Roy
Usage
Adam Larsson (SEA) played 19:07, −4:35 down on his 23:42 season average over 81 games.Larsson
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Shea Theodore (VGK) played 17:22, −4:09 down on his 21:31 season average over 54 games.Theodore
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Brandon Tanev (SEA) played 10:40, −3:36 down on his 14:16 season average over 81 games.Tanev
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Justin Schultz (SEA) played 20:56, +3:11 up on his 17:45 season average over 72 games.Schultz
PP1
SEA's PP1 (Eberle, Schultz, Schwartz, Sprong and Beniers) went scoreless in 3:12 of 5v4 time with 6 attempts.Eberle Schultz Schwartz Sprong Beniers

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 121 of 121 attempts · SEA 80 · VGK 41

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 9% of the game, SEA 55%.

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
	40	77
	1.04	2.79
	1.03	2.68
	7	16
	5	6
	20	14
	+0.013	−0.013
	9%	55%

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

L1Marchessault – Eichel – Dorofeyev
11:5142% CF
L2Kessel – Stephenson – Barbashev
9:3036% CF
L3Blueger – Kolesar – Roy
9:1038% CF
L4Smith – Karlsson – Amadio
7:4224% CF
D1Martinez – Pietrangelo
16:3555% CF
D2McNabb – Theodore
12:3329% CF
D3Hutton – Hague
10:4813% CF

PP1Pietrangelo – Stephenson – Eichel – Roy – Dorofeyev
1:0450% CF
PP2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore – Barbashev
0:49
PK1FStephenson – Barbashev
2:04
PK2FSmith – Karlsson
1:19
PK1DMartinez – Pietrangelo
4:42
PK2DMcNabb – Hague
0:48

Current VGK line combinations →

Seattle Kraken

L1Gourde – Bjorkstrand – Tolvanen
10:5873% CF
L2Schwartz – Wennberg – Geekie
10:2880% CF
L3Eberle – McCann – Beniers
9:5359% CF
L4Donato – Sprong – Tanev
7:0667% CF
D1Larsson – Dunn
14:4565% CF
D2Schultz – Soucy
14:3064% CF
D3Oleksiak – Borgen
12:4165% CF

PP1Eberle – Schultz – Schwartz – Sprong – Beniers
3:12100% CF
PP2Bjorkstrand – Wennberg – McCann – Dunn – Tolvanen
2:36100% CF
PK1FWennberg – Tanev
1:19
PK2FGourde – McCann
0:39
PK1DOleksiak – Borgen
1:27
PK2DSoucy – Dunn
0:28

Current SEA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

9:56
VGKReilly Smithdeflected0.05 xG
VGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Smith, Karlsson, AmadioSEA: Schwartz, Larsson, Wennberg, Dunn, Geekie
VGK 1 – 0 SEA
16:20
SEAJaden Schwartz (Alexander Wennberg, Morgan Geekie)snap0.09 xG
VGK: McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, Theodore, AmadioSEA: Schwartz, Larsson, Wennberg, Dunn, Geekie
VGK 1 – 1 SEA

2nd period

12:37
VGKAlec Martinez (Ivan Barbashev, Jack Eichel)other0.19 xG
VGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Stephenson, Barbashev, EichelSEA: Larsson, Gourde, Dunn, Sprong, Beniers
VGK 2 – 1 SEA

3rd period

19:22
VGKChandler StephensonENother0.48 xG
VGK: Martinez, McNabb, Stephenson, Barbashev, RoySEA: Eberle, Schultz, Schwartz, Bjorkstrand, McCann, Beniers
VGK 3 – 1 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
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.50	1	1	2	17:58	—	—	36	24
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.14	0	0	0	17:11	—	—	47	47
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	2	2	15:13	—	—	46	51
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	1	0	1	+2	2	0.49	0	0	0	17:38	—	—	28	26
Ivan Barbashev L	L2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.24	2	1	0	15:19	—	—	36	54
Phil Kessel R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	10:50	—	—	33	50
Nicolas Roy C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.09	1	0	0	14:58	—	—	50	27
Teddy Blueger C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	2	1	0	13:00	—	—	28	15
Keegan Kolesar R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:10	—	—	28	15
Reilly Smith R	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.10	0	1	0	16:06	—	—	19	21
William Karlsson C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	1	0	14:58	—	—	30	28
Michael Amadio R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	3	2	9:54	—	—	20	14
Alec Martinez D	D1	1	0	1	+3	2	0.25	0	2	0	25:40	—	—	55	72
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	3	4	25:23	—	—	55	68
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	3	2	19:17	—	—	31	15
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	0	2	0	17:22	—	—	29	20
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	4	0	16:01	—	—	20	17
Ben Hutton D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	14:27	—	—	15	2

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Laurent Brossoit(start)	W	31	30	1	.968	3.40	59:35

Seattle Kraken

SEA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.30	3	0	0	16:57	—	—	73	79
Yanni Gourde C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	0	4	16:12	—	—	60	75
Eeli Tolvanen R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	2	2	0	14:53	—	—	73	74
Jaden Schwartz L	L2	1	0	1	-1	1	0.18	0	2	0	18:25	—	—	74	80
Alexander Wennberg C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.14	0	0	0	16:02	—	—	77	74
Morgan Geekie C	L2	0	1	1	0	4	0.09	0	1	0	12:28	—	—	78	77
Matty Beniers C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.27	1	1	0	19:24	—	—	59	57
Jordan Eberle R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	2	0	18:52	—	—	54	62
Jared McCann L	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.23	0	0	0	17:08	—	—	54	47
Daniel Sprong R	L4	0	0	0	-1	4	0.33	1	0	0	14:01	—	—	64	77
Brandon Tanev L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.63	2	0	0	10:40	—	—	58	76
Ryan Donato C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.44	2	0	0	9:51	—	—	63	76
Vince Dunn D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	2	2	0	22:31	—	—	62	64
Adam Larsson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.22	2	0	2	19:07	—	—	70	74
Justin Schultz D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	1	0	20:56	—	—	65	78
Carson Soucy D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	0	3	0	17:13	—	—	59	67
Jamie Oleksiak D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	2	1	0	17:05	—	—	69	81
Will Borgen D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	0	0	0	15:36	—	—	70	71

SEA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Philipp Grubauer(start)	L	18	16	2	.889	1.13	58:39

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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.