Vegas Golden Knights vs. Tampa Bay LightningFeb 4, 2020

FinalTuesday, Feb 4, 2020· Amalie Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	1	0	1	2		VGK	11	10	8	29
TBL	2	0	2	4		TBL	8	5	5	18

: VGK 53TBL 36
: VGK 1.97TBL 2.17
PP goals: VGK 0TBL 0
Hits: VGK 25TBL 27
Blocks: VGK 12TBL 13
PIM: VGK 4TBL 8
: VGK 41%TBL 59%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–2

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–2 at home. Brayden Point (TBL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Jan Rutta (TBL) played 2:40, −13:17 down on his 15:57 season average over 32 games.

Points
Brayden Point had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:59.Point
Points
Brayden McNabb had 2 assists (2 points) in 17:26.McNabb
Points
Nikita Kucherov had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:16.Kucherov
Points
Ondrej Palat had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:31.Palat
Usage
Jan Rutta (TBL) played 2:40, −13:17 down on his 15:57 season average over 32 games.Rutta
Luck
TBL scored 4 goals on 2.17 expected goals (36 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Ryan Reaves (VGK) played 15:52, +5:48 up on his 10:04 season average over 70 games.Reaves
Usage
Ryan McDonagh (TBL) played 25:45, +5:09 up on his 20:36 season average over 49 games.McDonagh

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)TBL attacks right (top on phones) →

TBL
VGK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 89 of 89 attempts · TBL 36 · VGK 53

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

TBL
VGK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

TBL 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 39% of the game, TBL 20%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

TBL

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	TBL
	52	36
	2.12	1.16
	2.07	1.14
	7	1
	4	1
	23	14
	−0.128	+0.128
	39%	20%

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

L1Pacioretty – Stone – Stephenson
11:4169% CF
L2Stastny – Smith – Marchessault
9:2125% CF
L3Eakin – Carrier – Tuch
7:3654% CF
L4Reaves – Nosek – Roy
6:5456% CF
D1Holden – Theodore
15:3256% CF
D2McNabb – Schmidt
13:5946% CF
D3Merrill – Whitecloud
11:5470% CF

PP1Reaves – Smith – Marchessault – Stephenson – Theodore
2:10100% CF
PP2Pacioretty – Smith – Stone – Theodore – Tuch
1:2567% CF
PK1FStone – Stephenson
0:26
PK2FStastny – Smith
0:22
PK1DHolden – Merrill
0:41
PK2DMcNabb – Schmidt
0:26

Current VGK line combinations →

Tampa Bay Lightning

L1Stamkos – Kucherov – Point
13:3652% CF
L2Johnson – Palat – Cirelli
11:5843% CF
L3Killorn – Maroon – Paquette
9:4633% CF
L4Gourde – Verhaeghe – Stephens
8:4536% CF
D1McDonagh – Cernak
8:5660% CF
D2Hedman – Sergachev
7:1045% CF
D3Shattenkirk – Rutta
0:00

PP1Killorn – Stamkos – Hedman – Kucherov – Point
0:53100% CF
PP2McDonagh – Stamkos – Hedman – Gourde – Stephens
0:14100% CF
PK1FKillorn – Cirelli
1:38
PK2FPalat – Stephens
0:50
PK1DHedman – Sergachev
1:42
PK2DMcDonagh – Cernak
1:03

Current TBL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

10:57
TBLBrayden Point (Nikita Kucherov, Erik Cernak)wrist0.12 xG
VGK: Stastny, McNabb, Smith, Marchessault, SchmidtTBL: Stamkos, Hedman, Kucherov, Point, Cernak
VGK 0 – 1 TBL
15:42
VGKWilliam Carrier (Brayden McNabb, Cody Eakin)wrist0.02 xG
VGK: McNabb, Eakin, Merrill, Carrier, TuchTBL: Shattenkirk, McDonagh, Gourde, Verhaeghe, Stephens
VGK 1 – 1 TBL
17:57
TBLTyler Johnson (Anthony Cirelli, Ondrej Palat)tip-in0.11 xG
VGK: Pacioretty, Holden, Stone, Stephenson, TheodoreTBL: Shattenkirk, McDonagh, Johnson, Palat, Cirelli
VGK 1 – 2 TBL

3rd period

3:47
VGKPaul Stastny (Jonathan Marchessault, Brayden McNabb)tip-in0.06 xG
VGK: Stastny, McNabb, Smith, Marchessault, SchmidtTBL: Stamkos, Kucherov, Point, Cernak, Sergachev
VGK 2 – 2 TBL
10:36
TBLSteven Stamkos (Brayden Point, Nikita Kucherov)tip-in0.06 xG
VGK: Stastny, McNabb, Smith, Marchessault, SchmidtTBL: Shattenkirk, Stamkos, Hedman, Kucherov, Point
VGK 2 – 3 TBL
19:15
TBLAlex KillornEN (Ondrej Palat)wrist0.93 xG
VGK: Stastny, Pacioretty, Smith, Stone, Marchessault, TheodoreTBL: Killorn, McDonagh, Palat, Cernak, Cirelli
VGK 2 – 4 TBL

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
Max Pacioretty L	L1	0	0	0	-2	5	0.69	3	0	2	21:06	—	—	75	84
Mark Stone R	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.07	0	0	0	20:28	—	—	74	83
Chandler Stephenson C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.09	2	1	0	17:19	—	—	72	80
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	0	1	1	-2	3	0.18	0	0	2	19:33	—	—	48	49
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.08	0	1	0	17:14	—	—	33	30
Paul Stastny C	L2	1	0	1	-2	1	0.06	2	0	0	14:36	—	—	37	33
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	0	0	+1	4	0.25	0	1	0	12:38	—	—	63	61
Cody Eakin C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	1	0	0	12:18	—	—	60	68
William Carrier L	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.06	3	0	0	10:00	—	—	59	60
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6	0	0	15:52	—	—	69	92
Nicolas Roy C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:20	—	—	64	85
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	2	1	0	9:50	—	—	57	64
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.14	1	0	0	25:10	—	—	60	37
Nick Holden D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	2	1	0	19:43	—	—	59	47
Nate Schmidt D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	0	1	0	19:56	—	—	52	56
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	2	2	0	0	0.03	1	3	0	17:26	—	—	46	52
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	0	2	0	18:11	—	—	67	89
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	2	1	0	13:51	—	—	71	87

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	L	17	14	3	.824	1.24	58:29

Tampa Bay Lightning

TBL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Steven Stamkos C	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.14	1	1	2	17:25	—	—	52	57
Brayden Point C	L1	1	1	2	+1	2	0.15	0	0	0	16:59	—	—	44	55
Nikita Kucherov R	L1	0	2	2	+1	1	0.17	1	0	0	16:16	—	—	46	55
Anthony Cirelli C	L2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	1	2	0	17:09	—	—	43	32
Ondrej Palat L	L2	0	2	2	+2	1	0.13	1	1	0	16:31	—	—	45	35
Tyler Johnson C	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.11	0	0	0	13:37	—	—	43	32
Alex Killorn L	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.93	0	2	0	15:34	—	—	25	1
Cedric Paquette C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	2	0	12:39	—	—	33	1
Patrick Maroon L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	10:44	—	—	33	1
Mitchell Stephens C	L4	0	0	0	-1	4	0.26	1	0	0	12:40	—	—	40	36
Yanni Gourde C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	3	0	0	12:20	—	—	31	29
Carter Verhaeghe C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	0	0	10:05	—	—	44	43
Ryan McDonagh D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.11	1	0	4	25:45	—	—	60	67
Erik Cernak D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	2	1	0	21:04	—	—	38	32
Victor Hedman D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.04	0	2	2	26:44	—	—	34	41
Mikhail Sergachev D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	5	0	0	23:05	—	—	31	24
Kevin Shattenkirk D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	20:50	—	—	43	28
Jan Rutta D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	2:40	—	—	50	47

TBL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy(start)	W	29	27	2	.931	1.97	60:00

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.