Vegas Golden Knights vs. Tampa Bay LightningMar 9, 2023

Final / OTThursday, Mar 9, 2023· Amalie Arena

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

4

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Tampa Bay LightningTBL

3

Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
VGK	1	0	2	1	4		VGK	4	5	9	3	21
TBL	1	0	2	0	3		TBL	10	9	17	1	37

: VGK 38TBL 73
: VGK 2.98TBL 3.87
PP goals: VGK 1TBL 0
Hits: VGK 33TBL 36
Blocks: VGK 18TBL 10
PIM: VGK 75TBL 71
: VGK 52%TBL 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge Tampa Bay Lightning 4–3 (OT)

Vegas Golden Knights beat Tampa Bay Lightning 4–3 in overtime at TBL. Brayden Point (TBL) led the scoring with 2G 1A. VGK's first power-play unit (Smith, Stephenson, Theodore, Amadio and Eichel) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:06 together.

Points
Brayden Point had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 21:20.Point
Points
Nikita Kucherov had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 21:25.Kucherov
Points
Mikhail Sergachev had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 26:27.Sergachev
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Smith, Stephenson, Theodore, Amadio and Eichel) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:06 together.Smith Stephenson Theodore Amadio Eichel
Goalie
Jonathan Quick (VGK) faced 37 shots and stopped 34 (.919), +11 against a season average of 26.3; the win.Quick
Usage
Reilly Smith (VGK) played 22:58, +6:04 up on his 16:54 season average over 77 games.Smith
Usage
Paul Cotter (VGK) played 6:33, −6:24 down on his 12:57 season average over 54 games.Cotter
Usage
William Karlsson (VGK) played 20:46, +3:20 up on his 17:26 season average over 81 games.Karlsson

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 111 of 111 attempts · TBL 73 · VGK 38

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 21% of the game, TBL 44%.

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
	29	65
	0.90	3.07
	0.90	2.89
	4	17
	1	1
	19	10
	−0.001	+0.001
	21%	44%

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 – Barbashev – Eichel
11:4830% CF
L2Smith – Karlsson – Stephenson
10:2644% CF
L3Blueger – Kolesar – Howden
10:0623% CF
L4Kessel – Amadio – Cotter
2:5111% CF
D1McNabb – Theodore
14:2332% CF
D2Martinez – Pietrangelo
13:0426% CF
D3Hague – Whitecloud
12:0438% CF

PP1Smith – Stephenson – Theodore – Amadio – Eichel
2:06100% CF
PP2Martinez – Pietrangelo – Karlsson – Marchessault – Barbashev
0:40
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
2:35
PK2FBlueger – Howden
2:13
PK1DMartinez – Pietrangelo
3:34
PK2DHague – Whitecloud
1:10

Current VGK line combinations →

Tampa Bay Lightning

L1Stamkos – Kucherov – Point
11:0871% CF
L2Killorn – Cirelli – Hagel
10:0475% CF
L3Paul – Colton – Jeannot
9:1265% CF
L4Perry – Maroon – Eyssimont
7:1689% CF
D1Cole – Cernak
15:1372% CF
D2Sergachev – Perbix
14:2868% CF
D3Bogosian – Fleury
10:5068% CF

PP1Killorn – Stamkos – Kucherov – Point – Sergachev
3:3650% CF
PP2Perry – Paul – Colton – Hagel – Perbix
1:120% CF
PK1FCirelli – Hagel
1:36
PK2FKillorn – Paul
0:42
PK1DCole – Cernak
1:43

Current TBL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:27
VGKKeegan Kolesar (Teddy Blueger, Brett Howden)tip-in0.08 xG
VGK: Martinez, McNabb, Blueger, Kolesar, HowdenTBL: Perry, Maroon, Bogosian, Fleury, Point
VGK 1 – 0 TBL
4:28
TBLBrayden Point (Nikita Kucherov, Steven Stamkos)wrist0.32 xG
VGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Karlsson, Amadio, CotterTBL: Stamkos, Bogosian, Kucherov, Point, Sergachev
VGK 1 – 1 TBL

3rd period

2:27
VGKWilliam KarlssonSH (Alex Pietrangelo)wrist0.35 xG
VGK: Martinez, McNabb, Smith, KarlssonTBL: Killorn, Stamkos, Kucherov, Point, Sergachev
VGK 2 – 1 TBL
5:39
VGKChandler StephensonPP (Shea Theodore, Reilly Smith)tip-in0.14 xG
VGK: Smith, Stephenson, Theodore, Amadio, EichelTBL: Killorn, Cole, Sergachev, Hagel
VGK 3 – 1 TBL
17:53
TBLNikita Kucherov (Mikhail Sergachev, Brayden Point)slap0.07 xG
VGK: McNabb, Marchessault, Theodore, Barbashev, EichelTBL: Killorn, Stamkos, Kucherov, Point, Cirelli, Sergachev
VGK 3 – 2 TBL
19:32
TBLBrayden Point (Nikita Kucherov, Mikhail Sergachev)wrist0.12 xG
VGK: Pietrangelo, McNabb, Smith, KarlssonTBL: Killorn, Stamkos, Kucherov, Point, Cirelli, Sergachev
VGK 3 – 3 TBL

OT period

3:09
VGKAlec Martinez (Jack Eichel, Jonathan Marchessault)snap0.79 xG
VGK: Martinez, Marchessault, EichelTBL: Stamkos, Cernak, Hagel
VGK 4 – 3 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
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.15	4	1	0	21:13	—	—	28	20
Ivan Barbashev L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.29	4	0	0	17:47	—	—	30	21
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.12	0	0	0	16:32	—	—	29	20
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.42	3	0	0	22:58	—	—	39	27
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.14	0	1	2	21:08	—	—	44	32
William Karlsson C	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.39	1	1	0	20:46	—	—	40	18
Teddy Blueger C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	1	0	12	13:38	—	—	29	26
Brett Howden C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.05	2	0	12	13:30	—	—	23	25
Keegan Kolesar R	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.08	4	0	12	11:24	—	—	29	26
Phil Kessel R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	0	0	7:10	—	—	23	37
Michael Amadio R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.23	1	0	0	7:10	—	—	20	19
Paul Cotter L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	6:33	—	—	20	19
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.10	1	1	4	23:54	—	—	31	36
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.14	3	1	9	17:17	—	—	35	33
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.02	0	5	0	23:39	—	—	30	19
Alec Martinez D	D2	1	0	1	+2	1	0.79	0	4	0	21:47	—	—	30	12
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	2	2	12	18:43	—	—	30	17
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	5	1	12	16:00	—	—	27	20

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	W	37	34	3	.919	3.87	63:09

Tampa Bay Lightning

TBL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nikita Kucherov R	L1	1	2	3	+1	5	0.52	2	0	0	21:25	—	—	67	84
Brayden Point C	L1	2	1	3	0	5	1.05	0	2	0	21:20	—	—	65	82
Steven Stamkos C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.30	0	0	2	21:15	—	—	71	83
Anthony Cirelli C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.22	1	0	0	19:48	—	—	64	61
Alex Killorn L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.65	1	0	0	19:21	—	—	72	64
Brandon Hagel L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	2	2	0	19:11	—	—	71	69
Nick Paul L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	14:52	—	—	67	74
Ross Colton C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	1	0	0	13:19	—	—	68	75
Tanner Jeannot L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.11	9	1	5	10:50	—	—	65	69
Corey Perry R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	12	10:57	—	—	77	81
Michael Eyssimont C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.23	4	0	14	9:16	—	—	90	96
Patrick Maroon L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	5	0	14	9:04	—	—	73	77
Ian Cole D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	3	1	0	22:53	—	—	71	83
Erik Cernak D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.18	4	0	0	22:22	—	—	65	85
Mikhail Sergachev D	D2	0	2	2	+1	3	0.11	0	2	0	26:27	—	—	67	86
Nick Perbix D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	0.08	1	0	0	20:03	—	—	71	84
Zach Bogosian D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	1	12	12:47	—	—	70	65
Haydn Fleury D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	1	12	11:16	—	—	68	44

TBL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy(start)	O	21	17	4	.810	2.98	61:15

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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.