Vegas Golden Knights vs. Seattle KrakenJan 1, 2024

FinalMonday, Jan 1, 2024· T-Mobile Park

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	0	0	0	0		VGK	10	10	15	35
SEA	1	1	1	3		SEA	10	11	6	27

: VGK 69SEA 63
: VGK 1.96SEA 2.58
PP goals: VGK 0SEA 0
Hits: VGK 23SEA 30
Blocks: VGK 20SEA 20
PIM: VGK 4SEA 2
: VGK 52%SEA 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Seattle Kraken beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–0

Seattle Kraken beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–0 at home. Eeli Tolvanen (SEA) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for VGK: Marchessault–Stephenson–Carrier skated 10:37 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (55% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Eeli Tolvanen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:43.Tolvanen
New line
New look for VGK: Marchessault–Stephenson–Carrier skated 10:37 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (55% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Marchessault Stephenson Carrier
Goalie
Joey Daccord (SEA) faced 35 shots and stopped 35 (.1000), +8 against a season average of 27.5; the win.Daccord
Luck
VGK scored 0 goals on 1.96 expected goals (69 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Jamie Oleksiak (SEA) played 26:00, +6:26 up on his 19:34 season average over 81 games.Oleksiak
Usage
Zach Whitecloud (VGK) played 21:19, +3:48 up on his 17:31 season average over 60 games.Whitecloud
Usage
Andre Burakovsky (SEA) played 11:16, −3:22 down on his 14:38 season average over 48 games.Burakovsky
Usage
Brandon Tanev (SEA) played 17:38, +3:06 up on his 14:32 season average over 65 games.Tanev

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 132 of 132 attempts · SEA 63 · VGK 69

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 23% of the game, SEA 32%.

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
	67	71
	1.80	2.59
	1.77	2.53
	6	17
	6	7
	16	16
	+0.042	−0.042
	23%	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

L1Stone – Barbashev – Eichel
12:5971% CF
L2Marchessault – Stephenson – Carrier
10:3755% CF
L3Karlsson – Amadio – Cotter
10:3026% CF
L4Kolesar – Roy – Howden
8:2244% CF
D1McNabb – Whitecloud
11:5750% CF
D2Pietrangelo – Hague
9:3340% CF
D3Martinez – Pachal
9:0129% CF

PP1Pietrangelo – Stone – Karlsson – Marchessault – Eichel
1:1767% CF
PP2Martinez – Stephenson – Barbashev – Roy – Whitecloud
0:23
PK1FKarlsson – Eichel
0:50
PK2FStone – Stephenson
0:46
PK1DMartinez – Pietrangelo
1:06
PK2DHague – Whitecloud
0:58

Current VGK line combinations →

Seattle Kraken

L1Eberle – Tatar – Beniers
11:5245% CF
L2Gourde – Bjorkstrand – Tolvanen
11:3766% CF
L3Wennberg – McCann – Tanev
11:0123% CF
L4Burakovsky – Yamamoto – Kartye
8:1456% CF
D1Larsson – Dunn
18:0749% CF
D2Oleksiak – Borgen
16:3460% CF
D3Schultz – Dumoulin
11:0339% CF

PP1Bjorkstrand – Wennberg – McCann – Dunn – Yamamoto
0:5050% CF
PP2Eberle – Schultz – Burakovsky – Tolvanen – Beniers
0:490% CF
PK1FGourde – Tanev
0:49
PK2FWennberg – McCann
0:15
PK1DOleksiak – Borgen
1:07

Current SEA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	5	0.40	0	0	0	20:15	—	—	70	55
Mark Stone R	L1	0	3	0.10	0	0	0	20:10	—	—	70	46
Ivan Barbashev L	L1	0	0	0.10	4	0	0	16:53	—	—	63	37
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	0	7	0.20	0	0	0	19:12	—	—	46	35
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	18:15	—	—	57	35
William Carrier L	L2	0	2	0.25	3	1	0	12:19	—	—	57	59
William Karlsson C	L3	-2	1	0.05	1	1	0	18:36	—	—	33	39
Paul Cotter L	L3	-2	1	0.25	1	0	0	15:11	—	—	30	35
Michael Amadio R	L3	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:29	—	—	32	39
Nicolas Roy C	L4	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:20	—	—	48	36
Brett Howden C	L4	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	10:41	—	—	47	39
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	-1	1	0.15	3	1	0	9:26	—	—	50	39
Zach Whitecloud D	D1	-1	1	0.00	2	0	0	21:19	—	—	54	55
Brayden McNabb D	D1	-1	1	0.00	2	4	2	16:10	—	—	50	49
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	-2	6	0.23	1	1	2	24:40	—	—	61	33
Nicolas Hague D	D2	-2	1	0.01	1	3	0	19:21	—	—	45	31
Alec Martinez D	D3	0	3	0.14	1	6	0	19:30	—	—	50	51
Brayden Pachal D	D3	0	1	0.03	3	3	0	14:07	—	—	29	40

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	L	27	24	3	.889	2.25	57:00

Seattle Kraken

SEA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Matty Beniers C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.24	1	2	0	17:58	—	—	50	60
Jordan Eberle R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.30	1	1	0	16:07	—	—	52	57
Tomas Tatar L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.23	1	0	0	14:13	—	—	50	63
Yanni Gourde C	L2	1	0	1	+2	5	0.34	1	1	0	17:04	—	—	70	72
Eeli Tolvanen R	L2	1	1	2	+2	2	0.17	4	2	0	15:43	—	—	65	73
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	2	1	0	13:18	—	—	65	70
Alexander Wennberg C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	1	3	0	18:45	—	—	19	38
Brandon Tanev L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.47	3	2	0	17:38	—	—	25	57
Jared McCann L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	16:25	—	—	30	46
Andre Burakovsky L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:16	—	—	55	47
Kailer Yamamoto R	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:34	—	—	58	50
Tye Kartye L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.47	2	1	0	10:07	—	—	63	69
Adam Larsson D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.02	2	2	2	23:24	—	—	49	56
Vince Dunn D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.01	0	2	0	22:44	—	—	51	61
Jamie Oleksiak D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.20	2	0	0	26:00	—	—	57	58
Will Borgen D	D2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.10	2	1	0	18:27	—	—	61	71
Brian Dumoulin D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	14:48	—	—	47	59
Justin Schultz D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	0	0	13:29	—	—	38	50

SEA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joey Daccord(start)	W	35	35	0	.1000	1.96	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Eeli Tolvanen (SEA) 1st 4:50 · assists Vince Dunn, Adam Larsson · Deflection · 22.5 mph shot.

Eeli Tolvanen · 1st 4:50 · SEA

Play: deflection
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 22.5 mph
Distance: 6 ft

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Will Borgen · 2nd 2:19 · SEA

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 70.8 mph
Distance: 41 ft
Type: rebound

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Yanni Gourde · 3rd 2:10 · SEA

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 9.5 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 3.1 s

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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.

Vegas Golden Knights vs. Seattle KrakenJan 1, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Seattle Kraken beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–0

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Vegas Golden Knights

Seattle Kraken

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Vegas Golden Knights

Seattle Kraken

Goal anatomy

Eeli Tolvanen · 1st 4:50 · SEA

Will Borgen · 2nd 2:19 · SEA

Yanni Gourde · 3rd 2:10 · SEA